Provides intervention instruction for struggling readers that covers the most important aspects of literacy including oral language, phonemic awareness, word recognition, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and writing.
An instructional guide for James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier's novel "My brother Sam is dead" that provides close reading tasks, text-based vocabulary practice, cross-curricular activities, text-dependent questions, reader response writing prompts, and more.
Lionel and Leona ride a train into a book called "Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain," by Verna Aardema. Learn about African tales, the environment, problem solving and transportation. Featuring the "AI" as long "A" sound.
It's Alice Day! It's Alice Day! Callooh! Callay! Hooray! Learn about challenges and determination and self-esteem, read classics. Featuring the short "E" sound.
The two pigeons, Walter and Clay, want "The fox and the crow" banned from the library because they think the book makes birds look like birdbrains. Learn about animal stories and writing stories and poems, read Aesop's fables. Featuring the short "o" sound.
Lionel is very unhappy because author Livingston Dangerously has written The Last Cliffhanger. Learn about writing short stories and poems, reading original stories. Featuring the short "A" sound.