Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Similes Practice

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Similes Practice

Author: Christine Dugan

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13: 1425879896

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This resource is designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, helping students prepare themselves for life beyond school. Students will gain regular practice through these quick activities. Perfect for additional practice in the classroom or at h


Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Print Resource Tools Practice

Vocabulary Acquisition and Use: Print Resource Tools Practice

Author: Christine Dugan

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 4

ISBN-13: 1425879888

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This resource is designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, helping students prepare themselves for life beyond school. Students will gain regular practice through these quick activities. Perfect for additional practice in the classroom or at h


My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks

My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks

Author: Hanoch Piven

Publisher: Schwartz & Wade

Published: 2013-06-26

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 0307983641

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How do you draw your smelly dog? Your playful daddy? Your yummy mommy? See how one girl does it in this simple, clever picture book that's comprised of family portraits made out of objects. For example, her baby brother is so noisy—he's as loud as a whistle, a horn, and even a fire truck!—that she creates a picture of him with whistles for eyes, a horn mouth, and holding a fire truck. After the girl has described everyone in her family (including herself, in great detail), she asks, "What does your special family look like?" encouraging readers to create their own portraits. With a list of objects at the end of the book to use as a guide, this is the ideal choice for budding artists everywhere. Here's a wonderful exploration of simile and metaphor for young readers. And don't miss the companion book My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil!


Bright & Brainy - 5th Grade Practice - Getting to the Core of Learning in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

Bright & Brainy - 5th Grade Practice - Getting to the Core of Learning in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

Author: Stephanie Kuligowski

Publisher: Shell Education

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 1425894968

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Inspire brainy learners and critical thinkers with these activities, designed to be completed inside and outside of the classroom. This resource provides learning opportunities focused on essential fifth grade skills that get to the core of reading, writing, and mathematics. Each engaging activity offers relevant, real-world practice using complex literary and informational text, fun math problems, and creative writing prompts that build the foundational skills students need to become well-rounded learners.


Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox

Author: Loreen Leedy

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2009-09-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0823422488

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Rufus the fox is up to something-- find out why he's acting so crazy in this clever simile story. All night, he's been sleeping like a log. When the sun rises, he feels as fresh as a daisy. In a story told entirely with similes, Rufus sneaks up and startles his friend Babette, and leads her on a wild chase through the woods. Perfect for teaching figurative language, this brightly-illustrated picture book includes the definition of a simile, as well as a brief introduction to idioms and cliches-- and examples on every page of different sayings and similes. Loreen Leedy's zany illustrations depic the figurative sayings in literal ways-- a wooden fox sleeping like a log, a yellow and black striped sheep who's as mad as a hornet-- to bring home the meanings of the expressions. Perfect for kids studying creative writing, or English language learners who may not be familiar with common but less literal sayings, Crazy Like a Fox will make readers happy as a clam-- and help them incorporate similes into their own writing.


Bright & Brainy: 5th Grade Practice

Bright & Brainy: 5th Grade Practice

Author: Stephanie Kuligowski

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 9781425809096

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This classroom resource encourages fifth grade students to reinforce their knowledge of mathematical and language arts grade-level skills. Focusing on specific Common Core Standards, this resource is designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, helping students prepare themselves for life beyond their educational careers. Students will gain regular practice through the quick activities found in each book. Perfect for additional practice in the classroom or at home! The book contains a Teacher Resource CD with PDFs of the activity pages. 208pp.


Bright & Brainy - 4th Grade Practice - Getting to the Core of Learning in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

Bright & Brainy - 4th Grade Practice - Getting to the Core of Learning in Reading, Writing, and Mathematics

Author: Christine Dugan

Publisher: Shell Education

Published: 2012-06

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 142589495X

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Inspire brainy learners and critical thinkers with these activities, designed to be completed inside and outside of the classroom. This resource provides learning opportunities focused on essential fourth grade skills that get to the core of reading, writing, and mathematics. Each engaging activity offers relevant, real-world practice using complex literary and informational text, fun math problems, and creative writing prompts that build the foundational skills students need to become well-rounded learners.


Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades K–6

Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades K–6

Author: Gayle H. Gregory

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2011-10-05

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1412996481

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As you tailor your teaching to engage the increasing number of English language learners, the key to success is focusing on literacy. Adapted from the highly successful "Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades k-6", this book provides a wealth of grade-specific literacy strategies that not only increase student achievement but also increase it rapidly. The authors provide proven practical tools for differentiating instruction to meet language and individual learning styles. Teachers will find an instructional and assessment framework designed to promote these critical competencies: (1) Functional literacy in phonics, spelling, and reading; (2) Content-area literacy for vocabulary, concept attainment, and comprehension; (3) Technological literacy for information searching, evaluation, and synthesis; and (4) Innovative literacy for creativity, growth, and lifelong learning. Included are more than 100 planning models, matrixes, rubrics, and checklists. Teachers with students who have had interrupted formal education or come from newly arrived immigrant populations will find a wealth of proven methods for giving ELLs every opportunity to succeed.


Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades 7–12

Differentiated Literacy Strategies for English Language Learners, Grades 7–12

Author: Gayle H. Gregory

Publisher: Corwin Press

Published: 2011-10-05

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1412996473

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100 ways to keep adolescent ELLs engaged This versatile handbook is for middle school and high school educators who need to differentiate literacy instruction for adolescent ELL students at various stages of literacy competency. Adapted from the highly successful Differentiated Literacy Strategies for Student Growth and Achievement in Grades 7–12, the authors use brain-based strategies and texts that appeal to older learners who may have had interrupted formal education or come from newly arrived immigrant populations. More than 100 hands-on tools help teachers develop students’ competencies in: Content areas, including vocabulary, concept attainment, and comprehension Technology, such as information searching, evaluation, and synthesis Creative applications and 21st century skills ·


Come On, Rain!

Come On, Rain!

Author: Karen Hesse

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2016-01-26

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 0545347491

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Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse recreates the body and soul-renewing experience of a summer downpour after a sweltering city heat wave. "Come on, rain!" Tess pleads to the sky as listless vines and parched plants droop in the endless heat. Up and down the block, cats pant while heat wavers off tar patches in the broiling alleyway. More than anything, Tess hopes for rain. And when it comes, she and her friends are ready for a surprising and joyous celebration....Through exquisite language and acute observation, Newberry medalist Karen Hesse recreates the glorious experience of a quenching rainstorm on a sweltering summer day. Jon J Muth's masterful and lyrical watercolors perfectly reflect the spirit of the text.