January 25th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: at, Beginnings, Literacy's, Readers, Supporting, Writer's, Young
Product Description
The Fifth Edition of Literacy’s Beginnings offers an integrated approach to reading and writing instruction keyed to the five typical developmental stages through which most children pass (the IRA/NAEYC phases of literacy). McGee and Richgels have set the standard in this new edition by clearly and simply explaining the issues addressed in Reading First and Early Reading First legislation that affect the reading instruction of young children. Aligned with the findings of the National Reading Panel, this edition focuses on child-centered instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, comprehension, and interpretation. Without question, this will be the most talked about…
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December 17th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: at, Centers, Connecting, Literacy, Literature, Middle, Readers, Reading, School, Struggling, struggling readers, Vocabulary
- ISBN13: 9780929895987
- Condition: NEW
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Turn your struggling readers into successful readers with literacy centers created especially for middle-school students. This easy-to-use resource provides teacher directions, student directions, and reproducibles for forty center activities structured around the Big Ten areas of reading that all students must master: main idea, cause and effect, compare and contrast, vocabulary in context, sequence of events, literature terms, fact and opinion, author s purpose, reference and research, and summarizing. Using a variety of literature genres, from fiction and autobiographies, to newspaper articles and anecdotal records, these classroom-tested centers allow students to apply, practice, and master the skills…
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November 24th, 2009
Category: Books
Tags: Adult, annotated bibliography, at, Bibliography, ESL, Light, Literacy, Lively, Programs, Readers, Reading, Reads, Teen, Thematic
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If you have been searching for reading materials that are both interesting and accessible to beginning adult and teen readers, look no further. Rosow builds this annotated bibliography of high-interest, low-reading-level fiction and nonfiction materials around themes that appeal to adults. She covers a variety of resources, from books and chapters of books to magazine articles and letters, organizing them from easier to more difficult reading levels to help readers progress with their reading. Dozens of dialogue and writing activities are suggested for each subject area. Most can be used with any size group, from one-on-one tutoring situations to…
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October 22nd, 2009
Category: Articles
Tags: at, Canada, dg, english language, General, Information, Phonics, Pronunciation, r words, Readers, Reading, reading comprehension, reading strategies, reading strategies for struggling readers, sight words, Strategies, Struggling, struggling readers, Vocabulary
Struggling readers are simply individuals who have not learned effective reading strategies. Don’t be too concerned if you aren’t familiar with the term, “reading strategies;” most good readers never had to learn them; instead, they just use them naturally. Struggling readers, on the other hand, have no idea how their friends can finish their work before they make it through the first paragraph. Why is it that their friends are reading “Lord of the Rings” and they are still reading “Magic Tree House” books? How do their friends manage to read those really long and unfamiliar words with ease?
Reading strategies…
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