reading (elementary)

Provides a practical resource guide for the second through sixth-grade reading classroom, and includes lessons and reproducible forms, student self-assessments, comprehension strategies, and more.

Provides instruction on building a successful reading and writing workshop in the classroom, with information on how to introduce formal writing projects from notebooks, where to get ideas for mini-lessons, what role reader-response plays, and assessing student progress.

Explains what factors contribute to effective reading instruction and offers teachers advice on the best ways to teach their students to read well.

Provides a teaching plan that will enhance comprehension using procedures, quality literature, and relevant student activities.

Presents reproducible activities for use with "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?", "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, " and ten other Bill Martin books in kindergarten or first grade, which teach vocabulary and skills such as predicting, sequencing, and retelling.

Collects more than three hundred recipes from best-selling and award-winning children's stories for grades pre-K through six, accompanied by brief introductions that describe the stories, and arranged by food category, from breakfast entrees to main dishes to breads and desserts.

Offers a fresh approach on teaching children to read and master basic language skills.

Shows teachers how to improve their students' reading by using different versions of the Cinderella story. Useful for a multicultural student population.