A new addition to the best-selling Daily Word Ladder series, Content Areas will reinforce concepts students are learning in math, science, and social studies, while inviting them to dive into word study! A favorite format, these motivating word-building puzzles specifically build students' awareness of sound-symbol relationships, broaden their vocabulary, and improve spelling skills. Includes new teaching notes to provide extra teaching opportunities!
Each book is a complete Phonics and Word Study Curriculum for each of the primary grades. With 100 Minilessons for each of the three grade levels. You can use the month-by-month planning guide, the assessment checklists, and the lesson selection map to choose the lessons that align with your students' needs and the Word Study Continuum. The Continuum encompasses nine scientific categories of learning: * Early Literacy Concepts * High-Frequency Words * Phonological and Phonemic Awareness * Spelling Patterns * Letter Knowledge * Word Structure * Letter/Sound Relationships * Word-Solving Actions * Word Meaning Each 4-page lesson includes: 1. Professional Understandings Explanations of underlying principles research, and suggestions for working with English Language Learners 2. 3-part Lesson plan * Teach Step by step instructions for implementing the lesson * Apply Application activities and routines for teaching them * Share Guidelines for reinforcing principles and helping children share their learning 3. Follow-up * Assessment links to literacy framework, extensions, and home connections
All the latest research on fluency plus dozens of practical lessons and ready-to-use fluency-priming tools, including partner poems, word ladders, and more!
Distinguished poet Donald Hall and award-winning artist Barry Moser have teamed up to create a hilarious, affectionate portrait in contrasts of our companions, and often best friends, a cat and a dog. With evocative words and masterful paintings, they delineate the doginess and catlike qualities that everyone will recognize. Full-color illustrations.