Teaching Children to be Literate
Teaching Children to be Literate

Author: Anthony V. Manzo

Publisher: LiteracyLeaders

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 698

ISBN-13: 9780153005602

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Prepares teachers for careers in literacy education, emphasizing the role of literacy education in promoting the spirit of democratic life. Chapters on the reading process, teacher empowerment, teaching approaches, higher order literacy, content area reading, and literacy provisions for children wit

From Pumpkin Time to Valentines
From Pumpkin Time to Valentines

Author: Susan Ohanian

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1994-08-15

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 0313079641

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Keep students happily focused on learning during two of the most exciting holidays of the year for the elementary classroom-Halloween and Valentine's Day. Poems and excerpts are used as launching points for such projects as writing spooky tongue twisters or designing animal valentine cartoons. Reproducible language arts strategies teach word play, interviewing, letter writing, research skills, problem solving, and metaphorical language while encouraging divergent thinking. Grades 1-5.

A to Zoo
A to Zoo

Author: Carolyn W. Lima

Publisher: R. R. Bowker

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 976

ISBN-13:

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A guide to 12,000 titles cataloged under 700 subjects and indexed by author, title, and illustrator.

Something Funny Happened at the Library
Something Funny Happened at the Library

Author: Rob Reid

Publisher: American Library Association

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780838908365

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Offers strategies and resources for youth services librarians who want to introduce humor into their programs, featuring tricks of the humor trade, programming models, and select bibliographies of humor books.

Bookpeople
Bookpeople

Author: Sharron L. McElmeel

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1992-06-15

Total Pages: 189

ISBN-13: 0313079382

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Fifteen units focus on authors who speak about their ethnic heritage through their books and those who write or illustrate multicultural materials. Each unit includes a full-size photograph and a brief biography containing bits of background information that will fascinate students. Activities that reinforce the multicultural theme and bibliographies of related books and films are also featured. Ideal for the media center and the integrated curriculum. Grades 1-6.