Spark a love of poetry and language with this classroom treasury of poems. It includes time-tested classics by poets such as Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg, Elinor Wylie, and Emily Dickinson, plus new poems sure to become classroom favorites. The selections are perfect for teaching poetic forms such as haiku, cinquain, and free verse, as well as figurative language such as metaphor, alliteration, …
The Second edition of Really Writing! provides 40 real-life writing activities that capture the attention of young authors (grades 2 through 6) who are just learning the composing process. This book is also a valuable resource for teaching advanced writers who are ready to experiment with a variety of writing and speaking genres. Each of the really writing! activities is based on state and nat…
Literature Circles are student-centered book discussion groups in which each student has a role for which he or she is responsible. Literature circles accommodate a wide variety of reading levels and allow for differentiated instruction. In addition to promoting reading, writing and listening skills, literature circles encourage cooperation and courtesy, allow for individual assessment and moti…