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Author: Debra J. Housel
Publisher: Teacher Created Resources
Published: 2002-06
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0743932706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLessons detailing how to read, write, discuss, research, remember, and listen to information from nonfiction sources give students the meaningful practice they need to master nonfiction comprehension skills. Strategies are correlated to McREL s Standards.
Author: John Crossingham
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780865059870
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHibernation is one of nature's greatest miracles, allowing animals to sleep through periods of extreme cold and heat. Interesting information describes how different animals use body fat to survive, how they can wake themselves up, and how some give birth during hibernation.
Author: Sneed B. Collard III
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780325087771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat happens when a bestselling nonfiction children's book author pairs up with a nationally known writing teacher to discuss revision strategies? Magic. Sneed B. Collard III and Vicki Spandel blow the roof off everything you thought you knew about teaching nonfiction writing and the purposes for revision. Dozens of strategy lessons pulled from Sneed's professional writing experience followed by Vicki's classroom-savvy tips and exercises give you the nuts and bolts of teaching revision to make nonfiction writing more meaningful, useful, and enjoyable for the reader. Using a "big-to-small" process of revision, from Big Picture ideas down to individual words, Sneed and Vicki demystify revision and help students become clear, persuasive, compelling-even entertaining-writers. "With your encouragement and guidance," they write, "students will discover the joy of turning their first rough ideas into something readers cannot put down."
Author: Bobbie Kalman
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780778718604
DOWNLOAD EBOOKElephants are the largest land-dwelling mammals on Earth, best known for their tremendous trunks and tusks. These majestic animals are in danger of becoming extinct, however! Endangered Elephants details both the African and Asian habitats of these animals, the stages of the elephant life cycle, and the social structure of elephant herds. This book also explains how habitat loss, war, and poaching have contributed to the endangerment of elephants and what people are doing to help save them from extinction.
Author: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Published: 2007-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780439694971
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproducible passages, grouped by reading strategies, come with test-formatted questions
Author: Nancy Akhavan
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2014-02-04
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1452286469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat exactly makes The Nonfiction NOW Lesson Bank such a stand-out? If you consider the amount of instructional support, that alone is substantial enough to transform your teaching. But Nancy Akhavan happens to be an educator who has performed many roles over her career so she divests in this book just about everything in her professional vault A whole new vision of teaching nonfiction 50 powerhouse lessons A bank of short informational texts Dozens of student practice activities Graphic organizers for taming textbooks Unlike so many books, this one will live its life in actual use: dog-eared, sticky-noted, and loved.
Author: G. Kylene Beers
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 2016
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780325050805
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Nonfiction intrudes into our world and purports to tell the truth. To evaluate that truth, we need students to be sophisticated, skillful, and savvy readers. And that's why Kylene and Bob wrote Reading Nonfiction, a book that presents: 3 big questions that develop the stance needed for attentive reading; 5 signposts that help readers analyze and evaluate the author's craft; and 7 strategies that develop relevance and fix up confusions"--Back cover.
Author: Melissa Stewart
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-10-10
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 1003842445
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOnce upon a time...children's nonfiction books were stodgy, concise, and not very kid friendly. Most were text heavy, with just a few scattered images decorating the content and meaning, rather than enhancing it. Over the last 20 years, children's nonfiction has evolved into a new breed of visually dynamic and engaging texts.In 5 Kinds of Nonfiction: Enriching Reading and Writing Instruction with Children's Books , Melissa Stewart and Dr. Marlene Correia present a new way to sort nonfiction into five major categories and show how doing so can help teachers and librarians build stronger readers and writers. Along the way, they: Introduce the 5 kinds of nonfiction: Active, Browseable, Traditional, Expository Literature, and Narrative -;and explore each category through discussions, classroom examples, and insights from leading children's book authorsOffer tips for building strong, diverse classroom texts and library collectionsProvide more than 20 activities to enhance literacy instructionInclude innovative strategies for sharing and celebrating nonfiction with students.With more than 150 exemplary nonfiction book recommendations and Stewart and Correia's extensive knowledge of literacy instruction, 5 Kinds of Nonfiction will elevate your understanding of nonfiction in ways that speak specifically to the info-kids in your classrooms, but will inspire all readers and writers.
Author: Irene C. Fountas
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780325028743
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is a comprehensive volume that focuses on genre study through inquiry-based learning with an emphasis on reading comprehension and the craft of writing. In exploring genre study, Fountas and Pinnell advocate a way of thinking and learning where students are actively engaged in the thinking process.
Author: G. Kylene Beers
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780325046938
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Examines the new emphasis on text-dependent questions, rigor, and text complexity, and what it means to be literate in the 21st century"--P. [4] of cover.
