Reading Informational Text: Matching Words to Pictures Practice

Reading Informational Text: Matching Words to Pictures Practice

Author: Suzanne Barchers

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-06-01

Total Pages: 5

ISBN-13: 1480774340

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This resource is robust and relevant, helping students prepare for life beyond school. Students will gain regular practice through these quick activities. Perfect for additional practice in the classroom or at home! Perfect practice makes perfect!


Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Classroom Teachers

Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Classroom Teachers

Author: Beverly A. DeVries

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-04-25

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 1000856240

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The Sixth Edition of this comprehensive resource helps future and practicing teachers recognize and assess literacy problems, while providing practical, effective intervention strategies to help every student succeed. DeVries thoroughly explores all major components of literacy, offering an overview of pertinent research, suggested methods and tools for diagnosis and assessment, intervention strategies and activities, and technology applications to increase students' skills. Substantively updated to reflect the needs of teachers in increasingly diverse classrooms, the Sixth Edition addresses scaffolding for English language learners and the importance of using technology and online resources. It presents appropriate instructional strategies and tailored teaching ideas to help both teachers and their students. The valuable appendices feature assessment tools, instructions, and visuals for creating and implementing the book's more than 150 instructional strategies and activities, plus other resources. New to the Sixth Edition: Up to date and in line with national, state, and district literacy standards, this edition covers the latest shifts in teaching and the evolution of these standards New material on equity and inclusive literacy instruction, understanding the science of reading, using technology effectively, and reading and writing informational and narrative texts New intervention strategies and activities are featured in all chapters and highlight a stronger technology component Revamped companion website with additional tools, videos, resources, and examples of teachers using assessment strategies


Wolf in the Snow

Wolf in the Snow

Author: Matthew Cordell

Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

Published: 2017-01-03

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1250148308

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Winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal A girl is lost in a snowstorm. A wolf cub is lost, too. How will they find their way home? Paintings rich with feeling tell this satisfying story of friendship and trust. Wolf in the Snow is a book set on a wintry night that will spark imaginations and warm hearts, from Matthew Cordell, author of Trouble Gum and Another Brother.


Contemporary Intellectual Assessment

Contemporary Intellectual Assessment

Author: Dawn P. Flanagan

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2022-12-05

Total Pages: 1153

ISBN-13: 146255203X

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This leading practitioner reference and text--now in a revised and expanded fourth edition--provides the knowledge needed to use state-of-the-art cognitive tests with individuals of all ages, from preschoolers to adults. The volume examines major theories and tests of intelligence (in chapters written by the theorists and test developers themselves) and presents research-based approaches to test interpretation. Contributors address critical issues in evaluating culturally and linguistically diverse students, gifted students, and those with intellectual disability, sensory–motor impairments, traumatic brain injuries, and learning difficulties and disabilities. The fourth edition highlights the use of cognitive test results in planning school-based interventions. New to This Edition *Complete coverage of new or updated tests: WPPSI-IV, WISC-V, WISC-V Integrated, WJ IV, ECAD, CAS2, RIAS-2, KABC-II Normative Update, and UNIT2. *Chapters on cutting-edge approaches to identifying specific learning disabilities and reading disorders. *Chapters on brain imaging, neuropsychological intervention in schools, adult intellectual development, and DSM-5 criteria for learning disorders. *Updated chapters on theories of intelligence, their research base, and their clinical utility in guiding cognitive and neuropsychological assessment practice.


St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day

Author: June Preszler

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780736863988

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Describes the history and meaning of the holiday known as St. Patrick's Day, and how it is celebrated today.


Teaching Informational Text in K-3 Classrooms

Teaching Informational Text in K-3 Classrooms

Author: Mariam Jean Dreher

Publisher: Guilford Publications

Published: 2015-09-19

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 1462522262

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Specifically designed for K-3 teachers, this accessible guide describes ways to use informational text creatively and effectively in both reading and writing instruction. The book presents lessons, read-alouds, and activities that motivate students to engage with a wide variety of exemplary texts. Links to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are explained throughout. Key topics include how to build academic vocabulary, balance fiction and nonfiction, and address the needs of English language learners. Examples from diverse classrooms and end-of-chapter discussion questions and engagement activities enhance the book's utility as a professional development resource. Reproducible handouts and other tools can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.


Kid's Box American English Level 6 Teacher's Resource Pack with Audio CD

Kid's Box American English Level 6 Teacher's Resource Pack with Audio CD

Author: Kate Cory-Wright

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-03-24

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0521178185

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Kid's Box is a six-level course for young learners. Bursting with bright ideas to inspire both teachers and students, Kid's Box American English gives children a confident start to learning English. It also fully covers the syllabus for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) tests. This Resource Pack contains extra photocopiable activities to reinforce and extend each unit of the Student's Book, allowing teachers to cater for mixed-ability classes, as well as tests suitable for YLE preparation. It is accompanied by an Audio CD complete with songs, listening exercises and tests. Level 6 completes the Flyers cycle (CEF level A2).


The Cornerstones to Early Literacy

The Cornerstones to Early Literacy

Author: Katherine Luongo-Orlando

Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1551382571

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How can we build a strong literacy foundation for children? This book appreciates that learning and language development start with the play episodes, oral language practices, wordplay activities, print encounters, reading events, and writing experiences that children engage in during the early years of life. Filled with rich language activities, The Cornerstones to Early Literacy shows teachers how to create active learning experiences that are essential to building early literacy. This comprehensive handbook is organized around the following topics: Play Experiences - Understanding the early stages of learning and all aspects of the play-literacy connection ; Oral Language - Supporting opportunities for child talk with suggested conversation starters and events that involve personal timelines and storytelling ; Language Awareness and Word Play - Creating a balanced approach to language learning using games and activities that involve literature, music, choral speaking, sound games, and more ; Print Encounters - Discovering, reproducing, and creating all forms of environmental print ; Reading Events - Integrating read-aloud and shared book experiences with proven strategies for supporting and observing young readers ; Writing Experiences - Identifying early writing characteristics and techniques for moving children along in their writing.