Build a love of literature with more than 60 adorable comprehension-based projects. First, kids read any book, they complete an engaging activity to show what they understand about the book they've read. Inside, you'll find projects from A to Z, such as Accordion Books, Book Bags, Story Quilts, and Story Zippers, that get kids excited about book reports. Encourages critical and creative thinkin…
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…
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.