Busy? Looking for inspiration? New Bright Ideas is crammed with lively easy-to-use ideas to brighten up your classroom. Each book provides a fresh and practical collection of dip-in activities that will ensure your children have fun as they learn. There are clear step-by-step instructions and guidance on how to differentiate for lower and higher achievers. All the ideas can be slotted easily in…
Complete how-tos for using an array of graphic organizers accross the curriculum as well as for planning, instruction, and assesment. Includes webs, Venn diagram, cause and effect maps, cyclical organizer, and many more.
Boost reading comprehension and reach all learners with these ready to go reproducible templates! Fun and engaging graphic organizers invite beginning readers to develop reading strategies as they explore concepts of plot, setting, character, and story sequence. Kids build skills in inferring, predicting, vocabulary, and more as they respond to any book (fiction or nonfiction). You'll also find…
Guide students through the writing process with 20 engaging graphic organizers geared toward the traits! They'll generate ideas, select just-right words, develop voice, and more. Introduce each activity with an interactive mini-lesson, then photocopy and distribute the ready-to-use organizer for homework, class work, group work, or assesment. A great way to make learning visible and memorable.
In this book, the author has compiled more than 200 annotations of new and classic books that will delight you and your students and inspire powerful writing. Each teacher-friendly annotation captures the essence of the book and describes precisely why it works well for the selected trait. In addition, she present 32 step-by-step, trait-focused lessons based on specific books. You'll wonder how…
Literature circles can inspire top-quality discussion and thinking in ways no other approach can match. They are an excellent way to differentiate instruction using Novice, Developing, and Expert levels. Passionate debates emerge and even reluctant readers plunge into the action.This book lays a solid foundation and provides step-by-step plans and hands on activity to directly teach students ab…
Discover a dynamic, interactive way to bring literature to life for your children through the use of "literature circles", student-centered discussion groups. From Character Sketcher to Decision Director to Recipe Reader. You'll find 20 ready to reproducible role sheets to make your literature circle discussion exciting, informative and fun.