reading (elementary)

Presents fifty, two-page reproducible scripts based on nursery rhymes, poems, and other fun things designed to help preschoolers and kindergarteners build early reading skills.

Explores eleven reading skills and literary devices through fifty-five popular children's books; each skill or device is introduced, explained, and reinforced with five related picture books.

Ideas on how to use thirty-five books in the curriculum to help reluctant readers in grades two to five.

Presents a comprehensive manual for teachers and school library media specialists to provide reading instruction in the elementary school library, and contains strategies on sequencing, compare and contrast, and more.

Provides resources and materials for educators teaching reading comprehension to third- through sixth-grade students, including twelve lessons that use nonfiction texts, along with scaffolding tips, assessment ideas, and graphic organizers for each of the lessons.

A guide to bringing nonfiction into the curriculum in third through eighth-grade classrooms, with strategies and ideas for reading nonfiction, conducting research, and writing reports.

Examines the characteristics and needs of transitional student readers and offers tools that will assist them in becoming more independent.

The author assists educators moving towards more meaning-focused approaches in reading and writing--"whole language.".

Introduces elementary school students to six areas of the world--Australia, Hawaii, Japan, Italy, Kenya, and Brazil.

Presents a comprehensive curriculum program designed to help teachers of grades three through eight help their students develop as readers, writers, and language users, with resources for planning, assessment, evaluation, discussion, and trouble shooting.