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Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. She shares her teaching methods and includes a dynamite list of recommended "kid lit" that helps parents and teachers find the books that students really like to read.
9) Mud puddle
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
420L
Language
English
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Jule Ann is afraid to go outside because a mud puddle keeps jumping on her and getting her muddy. Then she has an idea about how to get rid of the mud puddle.
11) Fact Finders!
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When is the best time to invite students to become actively involved in think-alouds? Join classroom teacher, Patrick Allen, in this 35 minute video, and watch as he engages the students in his fourth-grade classroom, demonstrating that you don’t need to wait very long to make the most of your think-alouds. The importance of nonfiction literature in literacy instruction is. Using Seymour Simon’s Animals Nobody Loves, Patrick demonstrates how comprehension...
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Since its publication, teachers throughout the world have made The Daily 5 one of the most widely read books in education. Through this proven structure, teachers experience for themselves the power of students gaining independence and monitoring their own behaviors. Join Gail and Joan as they work with third- and fifth-grade teachers in two diverse Midwest classrooms where the Daily 5 has been in place for several years. As the popularity of the...
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English
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Develop successful readers with these strategies for before, during, and after reading.
In Building Literacy Through Small-Group Instruction, Gail Saunders-Smith describes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners.
A variety of exercises included helps children to locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts,...
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English
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"Explores whether or not we are truly instilling lifelong reading habits in our students and provides practical strategies for teaching 'wild' reading. Based on survey responses from over 900 adult readers and classroom feedback, [the book] offers ... advice and strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess key lifelong reading habits, including dedicating time for reading, planning for future reading, and defining oneself as a reader"-- Provided...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City-the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist...
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In her book In the company of children, Joanne Hindley invites you inside her third-grade New York City classroom to "have a look" as she describes her reading and writing workshops. Joanne extends the invitation once again through a series of four video programs that give you a close-up look at mini-lessons and conferences during those workshops. In the two programs on reading mini-lessons and writing mini-lessons, she explores and rethinks the resources,...
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English
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Everyone agrees that reading is important, but kids today tend to lose interest in reading before adolescence in this digital age. Willingham provides practical solutions for engendering a love of reading that lasts into adulthood. The three key elements for reading enthusiasm-- decoding, comprehension, and motivation-- are explained in depth, and the author provides practical orientation toward supporting these three elements from birth through adolescence....
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