A guide to introducing children to author/illustrator Patricia Polacco and her works, featuring biographical information about Polacco, and lessons based on twelve books, each with a summary, discussion ideas, and reproducible activity pages.
Contains activities based on favorite Dr. Seuss books designed to help students in pre-kindergarten through second grade improve their skills in phonics, reading fluency, and other curriculum areas. Includes an author study.
Contains a guide to teaching literacy through the books of Ezra Jack Keats, author of "Peter's Chair, " and "The Snowy Day, " including reproducible pages that provide activities for learning about families, friendship, neighborhood, and community.
Contains reproducible reading and writing activity worksheets for the kindergarten through second-grade classroom, and includes vocabulary skills and discussion ideas.
Explains how teachers can use the process conference approach in their classrooms to improve students' writing and reading skills and boost their comprehension.
Presents activities for teaching character and cross-curriculum skills using eight stories by Kevin Henkes, including "Sheila Rae, the Brave" and "Wemberly Worried.".
A guide for teachers to activities for children grades K to 2 using the books of Leo Lionni as thematic inspiration. Provides activities to follow the reading of thirteen books and includes a preliminary chapter "Teaching activities for any time.".
Provides an overview of standardized reading tests, explores methods that may be used to prepare students for these exams, reconsiders the reading workshop in light of norm-referenced reading tests, and offers guidlines for reading and interpreting test results.
