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B 97285B 97285 33 Short Comedy Plays for Teens: Plays for Small Casts
Grade Lvl: T Author: Allen, Laurie
Length: 211 Copyright: 2011

This is a collection of plays with natural dialogue and believable situations for two to six actors. These thirty-three short plays give teenage performers a chance to portray the drama of their everyday lives. They may push boundaries, act crazy, and even discover themselves in the many true-to-life scenes and characterizations offered here. These plays permit student actors to show off their talents by creating outrageous characters in the context of situations they know so well. Sample titles include: Grounded Until Further Notice, Crazy Hairy Day, Breaking Up Is Hard to Do, Prom Date, Confessions, and A Fine Line between Love and Hate. Reader's Theater ideas. Middle school students Drama. One-act plays. Student IL appropriate for grades 5-8.
33 Short Comedy Plays for Teens: Plays for Small Casts T  
B 92706B 92706 40 Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom
Grade Lvl: T Author: Culham, Ruth
Length: 64 Copyright: 2003

Subtitle: Checklists, Graphic Organizers, Rubrics and Scoring Sheets, and More to Boost Students' Writing Skills in All Seven Traits. Collection of forms for assessing students, planning instruction, communicating with parents, and teaching forms of writing. Reproducible pages. 6+1 Traits of Writing. Six Plus One Traits. Authors: Ruth Culham and Amanda Wheeler. Forty.
40 Reproducible Forms for the Writing Traits Classroom T  
B 94266B 94266 50 Literacy Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching, K-8
Grade Lvl: T Author: Schmidt, Patricia
Length: 140 Copyright: 2006

Presents a collection of fifty literacy strategies for the multicultural classroom that addresses all aspects of language arts, reading, writing, speaking, and listening, as well as the math, science, and social studies disciplines. Authors: Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and Wen Ma.
50 Literacy Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching, K-8 T  
B 95395B 95395 50 Literacy Strategies: Step-by-Step, 4th Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Tompkins, Gail
Length: 158 Copyright: 2013

The fourth edition of 50 Literacy Strategies: Step by Step by Gail E. Tompkins is a conveniently organized resource for all elementary and middle school teachers, providing research-based and classroom-tested strategies to develop literacy skills. For each strategy, the book indicates the instructional focus, grade levels, and explains why, how, & when to use it. Gives the Common Core State Standards the strategy supports. Some have ideas for differentiating instruction.
50 Literacy Strategies: Step-by-Step, 4th Edition T  
B 92540B 92540 6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide Grades 3 and Up
Grade Lvl: T Author: Culham, Ruth
Length: 304 Copyright: 2003

Describes six traits of good writing in any genre, including ideas, organizations, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation, and offers advice for teachers on how to assess student writing using the 6 + 1 TRAIT model. Includes scoring guides, sample student papers, and focus leassons and activities. Six plus one traits. Rhetoric.
6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide Grades 3 and Up T  
KM 11081KM 11081 AGS Practical English Skills
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 1997

Each worktext in the Practical English Skills Series contains 96 pages of examples, practice, review, and a final test. The answer key covers the three-book series. Contents: answer key and three worktexts: Everyday Writing; Filling Out Forms; and Writing Letters. Two-week loan period.
AGS Practical English Skills T  
B 90430B 90430 All Year Long: Funny Readers Theatre for Life's Special Times
Grade Lvl: T Author: Jenkins, Diana
Length: 253 Copyright: 2007

Collection of contemporary, humorous plays designed to help middle-school students address problems they face througout the year, including peer pressure, fear of failure, and jealousy. Includes a summary, prop list, costume and presentation ideas, and discussion questions for each play. For grades 6-8.
All Year Long: Funny Readers Theatre for Life's Special Times T  
B 94931B 94931 Art of Teaching Writing
Grade Lvl: T Author: Calkins, Lucy McCormick
Length: 550 Copyright: 1994

A guide to teaching writing with chapters on assessment, thematic studies, reading-writing relationships, curriculum development, and nonfiction writing. Writing workshop. Writing to learn. Teacher-student conferences. Covers teaching writing to very young children through adolescence.
Art of Teaching Writing T  
B 95038B 95038 Best Practices Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Development: The Rule of 3
Grade Lvl: T Author: Ventriglia, Linda D.
Length: 240 Copyright: 2009

Takes teachers through the key strategies for effective and systematic vocabulary development. Steps are presented through the Rule of 3 (Rehearsal of the World; Word Analysis; Deep Processing Strategies). Designed to accelerate language learning and comprehension skills across content areas for English language learners and struggling readers. Each chapter presents specific strategies, examples, rubrics, charts, and activities. Includes reproducible worksheets for grade one through high school.
Best Practices Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Development: The Rule of 3 T  
B 95203B 95203 Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers
Grade Lvl: T Author: Kittle, Penny
Length: 174 Copyright: 2013

A guide to reducing student apathy towards reading and books providing strategies to increase volume, capacity, and complexity, to help students deepen their thinking about reading, and related topics. Teenagers Books and reading. Chapters: Teenagers want to read--if we let them -- Understanding readers and reading -- Building stamina and fluency -- Opening doors into reading -- The power of the book talk -- Conferences -- Responding to reading -- Nurturing interdependent readers in a classroom community -- Creating a school community of readers.
Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers T  
B 93382B 93382 Born Storytellers: Readers Theatre Celebrates the Lives and Literature of Classic Authors
Grade Lvl: T Author: Black, Ann
Length: 125 Copyright: 2005

Contains ten readers theater scripts for students in grades 6-12, based on the lives and works of authors of classic literature Louisa May Alcott, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Roubert Louis Stevenson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Jules Verne.
Born Storytellers: Readers Theatre Celebrates the Lives and Literature of C T  
B 96061B 96061 Breakthroughs in Critical Reading
Grade Lvl: T Author: Benner, Patricia
Length: 234 Copyright: 1997

Subtitle: Developing Critical Reading Skills by Patricia Ann Benner. Workbook is designed to help junior high students develop critical reading and thinking skills in the content areas. Presents short reading passages followed by exercises. Each chapter is divided into three parts: comprehension section, vocabulary section, and study skill section.
Breakthroughs in Critical Reading T  
B 92509B 92509 Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Inst
Grade Lvl: T Author: Beck, Isabel
Length: 148 Copyright: 2002

Subtitle: Robust Vocabulary Instruction by Isabel L. Beck, Margaret G. McKeown, and Linda Kucan. Addresess the challenges associated with teaching and developing vocabulary and provides strategies and advice for dealing with these challenges. Includes activities for early childhood through high school. From the series Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy.
Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Inst T  
B 92546B 92546 Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Works in Schools
Grade Lvl: T Author: Marzano, Robert
Length: 219 Copyright: 2004

Marzano shows how a carefully structured combination of two approaches--sustained silent reading and instruction in subject-specific vocabulary terms--can help ovecome the deficiencies in background knowledge that hamper the achievement of many children. Vignettes suggest how the recommended reading and vocabulary instruction programs might be implemented in elementary schools, middle and junior high schools, and high schools. Includes a list of 7,923 vocabulary terms. Organized into 11 subject areas and four grade-level categories. Achievement gap.
Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement: Research on What Wo T  
B 96462B 96462 Celebrating Writers: From Possibilities Through Publication
Grade Lvl: T Author: Ayres, Ruth
Length: 90 Copyright: 2013

Discusses a number of ways that teachers can promote writing and make it fun. Ruth Ayres and Christi Overman discuss dozens of ways to respond, reflect, and rejoice along the journey to a finished project. They share effective ways for teachers and their students to commemorate their progress as writers. Authorship. Grades K-8.
Celebrating Writers: From Possibilities Through Publication T  
B 97237B 97237 Challenging Common Core Language Arts Lessons (Grade 7)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Walker, Anitra
Length: 192 Copyright: 2017

This activity book, from the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary, provides gifted and advanced learners challenging activities to master and engage with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts through four mini units. Each mini unit is packed with activities and practice problems that enrich and extend grade-level ELA content for grade 7. Included texts have messages and characters that are developmentally suitable for students. Through higher order reasoning questions, resulting discussions, and student-created products associated with these texts, gifted and advanced students' needs are met while still maintaining messages and characters to which students can relate. Students will be exposed to themes chosen with advanced seventh-grade students in mind and their emerging need to learn more about themselves, their world, and how to work through adversity to accomplish their goals.
Challenging Common Core Language Arts Lessons (Grade 7) T  
B 95758B 95758 Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning, 4th edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Buehl, Doug
Length: 260 Copyright: 2014

Describes more than forty literacy skill-building strategies that may be used to help students from elementary through high school learn in all curricular areas, each including a list of resources.
Classroom Strategies for Interactive Learning, 4th edition T  
KM 130KM 130 Collections English Language Arts - Grade 6
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2017

Collections English Language Arts - Grade 6 Curriculum Preview. Contains 1 Teacher's Edition; 1 Performance Assessment; 1 Student Close Reader; 1 Student Edition; Program Overview and HMH Player Card.
Collections English Language Arts - Grade 6 T  
KM 131KM 131 Collections English Language Arts - Grade 7
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2017

Collections English Language Arts - Grade 7 Curriculum Preview. Contains 1 Teacher's Edition; 1 Performance Assessment; 1 Student Close Reader; 1 Student Edition; Program Overview and HMH Player Card.
Collections English Language Arts - Grade 7 T  
KM 132KM 132 Collections English Language Arts - Grade 8
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2017

Collections English Language Arts - Grade 8 Curriculum Preview. Contains 1 Teacher's Edition; 1 Performance Assessment; 1 Student Close Reader; 1 Student Edition; Program Overview and HMH Player Card.
Collections English Language Arts - Grade 8 T  
B 96281B 96281 Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8: What They Say, What They Mean, How to Teach Them
Grade Lvl: T Author: Burke, Jim
Length: 280 Copyright: 2013

A guide for teachers of grades sixth through eight to using the Common Core standards in day-to-day practice in English language arts, history and social studies, science, and technical subjects. Lays out Grade 6-8 standards side by side with key distinctions highlighted. Includes different content-area versions of each standard; explanations of each standard, with student prompts; content to cover, lesson ideas, and instructional techniques; glossary and adaptations for ELL students.
Common Core Companion: The Standards Decoded, Grades 6-8: What They Say, Wh T  
B 94923B 94923 Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, Grades 6-8.
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 215 Copyright: 2012

Presents a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units for teaching skills outined in the CCSS for English language arts in sixth through eighth grades. Each unit contains focus standards, student objectives, suggested works, sample activities and assessments, a sample lesson plan with guidance for differentiated instruction, and more.
Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, Grades 6-8. T  
B 95184B 95184 Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work, Grades 6–8
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fisher, Douglas / Frey, Nancy
Length: 170 Copyright: 2013

Provides strategies and tips for grades 6-8 teachers to integrate the CCSS for English language arts in their instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention practices. Details how to implement the CCSS within a powerful collaborative model: Professional Learning Communities at Work. Includes information on how to use the CCSS to support English learners and students with special needs.
Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work, Grades 6–8 T  
B 95308B 95308 Common Core: Teaching Students in Grades 6-12 to Meet the Reading Standards
Grade Lvl: T Author: McLaughlin, Maureen / Overturf, Brenda
Length: 237 Copyright: 2013

Explains the key points of the Common Core State Standards and describes how to use the Standards effectively in grades 6-12 instruction. Language arts Curricula.
Common Core: Teaching Students in Grades 6-12 to Meet the Reading Standards T  
B 93057B 93057 Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher's Guide
Grade Lvl: T Author: Daniels, Harvey
Length: 278 Copyright: 2007

Harvey Daniels, Steven Zemelman, and Nancy Steineke present an exploration of writing in the subject areas at the middle and secondary levels. Book is organized around two kinds of writing, writing to learn and public writing. Writing to Learn is the quick, exploratory, and extemporaneous in-class writing that helps students engage deeply with content, build connections, and retain what they've learned (examples are pro-con lists, outlines, concept mapping, journaling, diagrams, response logs, and clustering). Public Writing is planned, constructed, and polished writing in which students demonstrate knowledge and reflect on what they've learned (examples are research papers, lab reports, proposals, mathematical proofs, biographies, editorials, reviews, speeches, essays, plays, letters, and literary criticism).
Content-Area Writing: Every Teacher's Guide T  
B 94765B 94765 Continuum of Literacy Learning (PK-8)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Pinnell, Gay Su
Length: 404 Copyright: 2011

A curriculum document and assessment tool that may be used by teachers to understand the literacy learning of students from prekindergarten through eighth grade in the areas of interactive read-alouds and literature discussion, writing, writing about reading, shared and performance reading, guided reading, phonics and spelling, and oral, visual, and technological communication. Authors: Gay Su Pinnell and Irene C. Fountas.
Continuum of Literacy Learning (PK-8) T  
B 97150B 97150 Create, Compose, Connect! Reading, Writing and Learning with Digital Tools
Grade Lvl: T Author: Hyler, Jeremy / Hicks, Troy
Length: 200 Copyright: 2014

Find out how to incorporate digital tools into your English language arts class to improve students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Authors Jeremy Hyler and Troy Hicks show you that technology is not just about making a lesson engaging; it’s about helping students become effective creators and consumers of information in today’s fast-paced world. You’ll learn how to use mobile technologies to teach narrative, informational, and argument writing as well as visual literacy and multimodal research. Each chapter is filled with exciting lesson plans and tech tool suggestions that you can take back to your own classroom immediately.
Create, Compose, Connect! Reading, Writing and Learning with Digital Tools T  
B 94378B 94378 Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing (5th Ed)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Spandel, Vicki
Length: 418 Copyright: 2009

A model for teaching students how to assess their writing and link assessment to revision, including focused lessons on the six traits of good writing, advice for adapting the six-trait teaching model, and samples of student writing. Bibliographical references. Children's writings evaluation. Rhetoric. Prose.
Creating Writers Through 6-Trait Writing (5th Ed) T  
B 94606B 94606 Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 6+
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 160 Copyright: 2008

Contains 125 lessons based on the six traits of writing that are appropriate for students in sixth grade and up, including lesson plans, reproducible student sheets, writing prompts, scaffolding instructions, and assessment rubrics.
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 6+ T  
B 96151B 96151 Daily Analogies, Level 7
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 40 Copyright: 1991

On cover: Oral Activities for Critical and Creative Thinking: Vocabulary Development; Test-Taking Skills. Purpose of the program is to devevelop higher-order thinking skills, to foster a diversity of problem solving techniques and to build reading skills through vocabulary enrichment. Analogical thinking. Test preparation.
Daily Analogies, Level 7 T  
B 96152B 96152 Daily Analogies, Level 8
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 40 Copyright: 1991

On cover: Oral Activities for Critical and Creative Thinking: Vocabulary Development; Test-Taking Skills. Purpose of the program is to develop higher-order thinking skills, to foster a diversity of problem solving techniques and to build reading skills through vocabulary enrichment. Analogical thinking. Test prepration.
Daily Analogies, Level 8 T  
B 90923B 90923 Dictionary Activities
Grade Lvl: T Author: Leaney, Cindy
Length: 150 Copyright: 2007

Presents a wide range of activities designed to help students learn how to use different types of dictionaries and find the information they need. Explains basics such as what the features of a dictionary are and how to navigate a dictionary, through more complex topics such as collocations, idioms and word building. Also looks at the use of electronic dictionaries and specialized dictionaries such as picture dictionaries. Includes activities that deal with vocabulary-building, grammar, pronunciation, reading and writing. Each activity is laid out to show the aim, focus, level and time plus any preparation needed. From the series Cambridge Handbooks for Language Teachers.
Dictionary Activities T  
B 95450B 95450 Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Language Arts (Grades 6-8)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Westphal, Laurie
Length: 151 Copyright: 2009

Discusses the benefits of using menus to create a student-centered, differentiated learning environment in middle school language arts classes, and provides resources including reproducible menus, guidelines for products, assessment rubrics, and teaching tips. On cover: Advanced-Level Menus Grades 6-8.
Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Language Arts (Grades 6-8) T  
B 96529B 96529 Discovering Voice: Lessons to Teach Reading and Writing of Complex Text
Grade Lvl: T Author: Dean, Nancy
Length: 160 Copyright: 2015

Discovering Voice is a collection of classroom exercises that helps students deeply understand the reading and writing of complex text. The lessons, which cover diction, detail, figurative language, imagery, syntax, and tone, help students understand voice in what they read and encourage them to develop a strong, personal voice in their own writing. Every voice lesson includes a quotation selected from a wide range of fiction and nonfiction text, two discussion questions, and an exercise that encourages students to practice what they have learned about the elements of voice. These lessons are specifically designed for students in middle and high school. The lessons provide focused practice for a specific element of voice and take 10 to 20 minutes of class time.
Discovering Voice: Lessons to Teach Reading and Writing of Complex Text T  
B 97585B 97585 Dyslexia Tools Workbook for Teens
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 162 Copyright: 2021

Subtitle: 120 Exercises to Improve Reading Skills. Boost confidence and reading skills for teens. Reading comprehension is a critical skill for students to practice, especially for students with dyslexia. The Dyslexia Workbook for Teens provides practice and encouragement for kids ages 12 to 16, with 125 activities that focus on learning big words, prefixes and suffixes, word recognition, language fluency, and more.
Dyslexia Tools Workbook for Teens T  
B 99997B 99997 Easy Mini-Lessons for Building Vocabulary
Grade Lvl: T Author: Robb, Laura
Length: 96 Copyright: 1999

Subtitle: Practical Strategies That Boost Word Knowledge and Reading Comprehension. Grades 4-8.
Easy Mini-Lessons for Building Vocabulary T  
B 93047B 93047 Engaging Readers & Writers with Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understandings in Language Arts and the Content Areas With Guiding Questions
Grade Lvl: T Author: Wilhelm, Jeffrey D.
Length: 176 Copyright: 2007

Wilhelm debunks the myth that teaching through inquiry is hard. He shares ideas for developing engaging authentic questions that move students toward deep understandings. Includes: examples of guiding questions for every content area; planning guidelines and sample inquiry units; research-based tips for cultivating productive discussions; secret prompts, walkarounds, other activities that deepen thinking about topics; examples of Question Answer Relationships (QAR); and other questioning techniques that promote inquiry-oriented reading. For use with Grades 4 and up.
Engaging Readers & Writers with Inquiry: Promoting Deep Understandings in L T  
B 92169B 92169 English Brainstormers!
Grade Lvl: T Author: Umstatter, Jack
Length: 292 Copyright: 2002

Subtitle: Ready-To-Use Games & Activities That Make Language Skills Fun To Learn. Covers grammar, mechanics, vocabulary, creative writing, literature, research, and critical thinking. Includes crosswords, word searches, scrambled words, magic squares, letter substitutions, cryptograms, and word play--plus activities on story writing, literacy analysis, word origins, and more. For grades 6-12.
English Brainstormers! T  
KM 12478KM 12478 English Essentials, Short Version (Books)
Grade Lvl: JST Author: Langan, John
Length: 282 Copyright: 2015

English Essentials, Short Version, Second Edition provides the guidance students need to help master key grammar, punctuation, and usage skills, as well as to understand the basics of effective writing. Text includes one activity and three tests per chapter. Kit contains the Instructor's Edition & the Student Edition. Short Version is for grades 8-12.
English Essentials, Short Version (Books) JST  
B 93081B 93081 Favorite Greek Myths
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 16 Copyright: 2003

Study guide to Mary Pope Osborne's "Favorite Greek Myths" for students in grades six through nine. Includes book summary, author profile, vocabulary builders, comprehension and discussion questions, graphic organizers and writing activities. Reproducible pages. From the series Scholastic Book Guides.
Favorite Greek Myths T  
B 95286B 95286 Figurative Language
Grade Lvl: T Author: Brooks-Young, Susan
Length: 92 Copyright: 2008

Provides advice for having students process figurative language. Provides models for instruction and application of figurative language in a variety of contexts. Features 20 lessons organized around reading, vocabulary, and writing. Extends and enhances an existing curriculum. Focuses on specific figures of speech, including alliteration, analogy, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, paradox, simile, and more. Includes activities & instruction that take 20-50 minutes to complete. From the Adolescent Literacy series.
Figurative Language T  
B 94621B 94621 Foldables, Notebook Foldables, and VKVs for Spelling and Vocabulary: Test Prep, Academic Vocabulary, and ESL Strategies
Grade Lvl: T Author: Zike, Dinah
Length: 423 Copyright: 2009

Intermediate to Advanced 4th-12th Grades. At head of title: Dinah Zike's Photographic Reference Guide to Kinesthetic Graphic Organizers. Contains over 1,600 color photos of Foldables, Notebook Foldables and VKVs (Visual Kinesthetic Vocabulary). Organized alphabetically with sections including abbreviations, acronyms, analogies, antonyms, clipped words, root words, synonyms, and more with word lists in each section. Spelling rules are noted in red within the word lists and throughout the book. Special word lists are presented in Venn diagram format to graphically illustrate relationships between sounds and different spellings. Includes Foldables instructions and VKV folding instructions.
Foldables, Notebook Foldables, and VKVs for Spelling and Vocabulary: Test P T  
B 96525B 96525 Formative Assessment in the New Balanced Literacy Classroom
Grade Lvl: T Author: Policastro, Margaret Mary / McTague, Becky
Length: 168 Copyright: 2016

Guide explains the use of school-wide formative assessment practices in the balanced literacy classroom for grades K-8. It integrates the new balanced literacy model with formative assessment, along with the Common Core State Standards, and discusses the history of formative assessment and balanced literacy, the formative assessment process, and a framework for balanced literacy, the Common Core, instructional shifts, and formative assessment. It then describes assessment of read-alouds, guided reading/writing, language and literacy centers, and independent reading and writing, ending with a guide for school leaders on school-wide implementation and providing feedback to parents. Includes reproducible pages.
Formative Assessment in the New Balanced Literacy Classroom T  
KM 10057KM 10057 Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System 2
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fountas, Irene / Pinnell, Gay Su
Length: 0 Copyright: 2008

Assessment kit by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell is designed to determine a child's reading level on the Fountas & Pinnell A-Z gradient. For grades 3-8. Levels L-Z. Contents: teaching guide; assessment guide; assessment forms book; student forms book; DVD; two CD-ROMs; calculator/stopwatch; student folders; and 30 books (15 fiction, 15 nonfiction). Intended for Preview Purposes only. Two-week loan period.
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System 2 T  
KM 12707KM 12707 Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System 2 Third Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fountas, Irene / Pinnell, Gay Su
Length: 0 Copyright: 2017

Assessment kit by Irene C. Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell is designed to determine a child's reading level on the Fountas & Pinnell A-Z gradient. For grades 3-8. Levels L-Z. Contents: The Literacy Continuum Expanded Edition; Assessment Forms book; Assessment Guide Levels L-Z; Student Forms Optional Assessments book; calculator/stopwatch; and 30 student books (15 fiction, 15 nonfiction). Also includes folder with overview, case studies, and sample books. Intended for preview purposes only. Two-week loan period.
Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System 2 Third Edition T  
B 96748B 96748 Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum: A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and Teaching, PreK-8 Expanded Ed.
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fountas, Irene / Pinnell, Gay Su
Length: 668 Copyright: 2017

This expanded edition enables teachers to construct a common vision for student achievement that effectively and efficiently engages all students in the robust, authentic and meaningful literacy learning every child deserves. The Literacy Continuum provides a way to look for specific evidence of learning from prekindergarten through grade eight, and across eight instructional contexts. Each instructional context contributes substantially, in different but complementary ways, to students' development of the literacy process. The continuum describes text characteristics and behavioral goals for prekindergarten through middle school, across the areas pertinent to the language arts. Expanded Edition is designed to: -elevate language and literacy expertise; -develop an understanding of the demands of texts on readers; -build an understanding of the reading and writing process and how it changes over time; -hone the observation of students' literacy behaviors; -teach toward student integration of the Systems of Strategic Actions; -articulate the literacy curriculum within and across grade levels -activate the responsive teaching that meets students where they are and brings them forward with intention and precision; -build professional learning opportunities with colleagues; -create a common vision and common language for literacy. Fountas & Pinnell include eight different continua. Each focuses on a different aspect of their language and literacy instructional framework (Guided Reading: Responsive Teaching Across the Grades #96748) and each contributes to students' development of reading, writing, and language processes. The Literacy Continuum includes: 1.Interactive Read-Aloud and Literature Discussion 2.Shared & Performance Reading 3.Writing About Reading 4.Writing 5.Oral & Visual Communication 6.Technological Communication 7.Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study 8.Guided Reading
Fountas & Pinnell Literacy Continuum: A Tool for Assessment, Planning, and T  
B 92797B 92797 Four Square: The Total Writing Classroom for Gr 5-
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gould, Judith
Length: 112 Copyright: 2002

A companion to the Four Square Writing Method. Presents projects and activities designed for use with the Four Square method of writing instruction in grades five through nine, covering the areas of language connections, management tools for writing projects, warm-ups and mini-lessons, and composition writing.
Four Square: The Total Writing Classroom for Gr 5- T  
B 91445B 91445 Frantic Frogs & Other Frankly Fractured Folktales
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fredericks, Anthony
Length: 123 Copyright: 1993

Complete title: Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales For Readers Theatre. Resource offers more than 20 reproducible satirical scripts (parodies) for dramatics. Also contains guidelines and tips for using theatre in the classroom. Grades 4-8.
Frantic Frogs & Other Frankly Fractured Folktales T  
B 95209B 95209 Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love
Grade Lvl: T Author: Baxter, Kathleen / Kochel, Marcia
Length: 220 Copyright: 2012

Provides reading suggestions for fiction books and book series that may appeal to boys in grades three through nine, including the genres of adventure, horror, science fiction, humorous fiction, and sport stories.
Get Those Guys Reading!: Fiction and Series Books that Boys Will Love T  
B 94047B 94047 Get Up and Move with Nonfiction, Grades 4-8
Grade Lvl: T Author: Polette, Nancy
Length: 163 Copyright: 2008

Contains instructions for one hundred kinesthetic activities which use nonfiction materials and promote learning in students in fourth through eighth grade, covering science, mathematics, geometry, and U.S. history. Many activities are in game and/or dramatic presentation format. Activities include Reader's Theatre to solve story problems in math, mnemonics to remember the names and geographic location of the 50 states, nonfiction storytelling using historical events, and charades to learn and discuss how animals move.
Get Up and Move with Nonfiction, Grades 4-8 T  
B 93015B 93015 Graphic Organizers and Activities for Differentiated Instruction in Reading
Grade Lvl: T Author: Witherell, Nancy L. / McMackin, Mary C.
Length: 112 Copyright: 2002

Presents over fifty graphic organizers and activity sheets that may be used for differentiated reading instruction in grades 4-8.
Graphic Organizers and Activities for Differentiated Instruction in Reading T  
B 93376B 93376 Great Moments in Science: Experiments and Readers Theatre
Grade Lvl: T Author: Haven, Kendall
Length: 227 Copyright: 1996

Combines the use of stories and experiments to teach science through twelve readers theatre scripts that highlight significant discoveries in Western science, each including hands-on instructions for recreating the scientist's work. Archimedes/lever; Galileo/falling objects; Torricelli/air pressure; Newton/gravity; Franklin/electricity; Rumford/heat; Mitchell/comet; Pasteur/microorganisms; Mendel/heredity; Goddard/rocket; Curie/radioactivity; Hodgkin/penicillin. For grades 4-9.
Great Moments in Science: Experiments and Readers Theatre T  
B 94903B 94903 Greek Mythology for Teens
Grade Lvl: JST Author: Hamby, Zachary
Length: 199 Copyright: 2011

Subtitle: Classic Myths in Today's World. Introduces teens to Greek mythology, with interactive activities, retelling of classic myths, an overview of the gods and goddesses, and questions to help them realize how the myths apply to modern life. Various myths are presented in the form of reader's theater.
Greek Mythology for Teens JST  
B 96161B 96161 How to Get Better Test Scores, Gr. 7-8
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 52 Copyright: 1998

Complete title: How to Get Better Test Scores on Standardized Tests.Provides test-taking and reading tips for seventh & eighth graders. Contains ten reproducible lessons dealing with vocabulary and reading comprehension. 1. Word Meaning. 2. Word Analysis. 3. Synonyms and Antonyms. 4. Context Clues. 5.Main Ideas and Details. 6. Constructing Meaning. 7. Drawing Conclusions. 8. Evaluating Information. 9. Characters & Plot. 10. Reading Literature. Includes two tryout tests. Test Preparation
How to Get Better Test Scores, Gr. 7-8 T  
B 93379B 93379 Just Deal With It!: Funny Readers Theatre for Life's Not-So-Funny Moments
Grade Lvl: T Author: Jenkins, Diana
Length: 239 Copyright: 2004

Contains a collection of 19 humorous plays with real-life settings and includes theater scripts on annoying traits, school dilemmas, and embarrassing moments.
Just Deal With It!: Funny Readers Theatre for Life's Not-So-Funny Moments T  
KM 12336KM 12336 Launching the Writer's Workshop Grades 3-12, 2nd Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Smekens, Kristina / Scane, Maureen
Length: 126 Copyright: 2010

Resource is divided into 2 parts - Part 1 provides lessons for the initial weeks of school: techniques, procedures, methods, and strategies - Part 2 focuses on writing skills teachers address all year long: plans for 50 additional mini-lessons, skills sorted by 6 traits, and ways to teach students how to craft stronger writing. Each mini-lesson includes a detailed description of the lesson execution; spin-off activities; suggestions for using anchor paper or mentor text for support; teacher tips for lesson insight; and reproducible resources. Kit contains book and CD with reproducible handouts.
Launching the Writer's Workshop Grades 3-12, 2nd Edition T  
B 95540B 95540 Literacy Remix: Bridging Adolescents’ In and Out of School Literacies
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gainer, Jesse / Lapp, Diane
Length: 128 Copyright: 2010

Provides lessons and practices to help teachers instruct students on the importance of literary skills and ways to use their reading, writing, learning, and communication skills in everyday life. Includes reproducible pages (Storyboard for a montage sequence; Storyboard for digital poems; Research paper outline template).
Literacy Remix: Bridging Adolescents’ In and Out of School Literacies T  
B 97581B 97581 Literacy Strategies for Secondary Grades
Grade Lvl: T Author: Keisler, Laura
Length: 193 Copyright: 2024

Bring the science of reading directly into the classroom! Developed for Grades 6-12, this resource offers teachers meaningful strategies to build students’ reading and writing skills. Text provides easy-to-use methods and lessons to help older learners practice word recognition, reading comprehension and content knowledge, and writing. With these research-based strategies, middle and high school teachers can make reading and writing simple, engaging, and effective! This book meets College and Career Readiness and other state standards. Professional Series: What the Science of Reading Says.
Literacy Strategies for Secondary Grades T  
KM 11865KM 11865 Literary Elements Toolkit, Grades 4-8
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2012

Toolkit uses picture books to help teach key literary elements. Includes eight high-interest picture books, hand-picked by literature experts to facilitate a dynamic way of teaching of setting, point of view, plot, characterization, theme, foreshadowing, flashback, and figurative language. The toolkit also comes with a companion teaching guide for each picture book, a poster for each literary element, recommendations for meeting common core state standards, and a copy of the professional resource, Using Picture Books to Teach 8 Essential Literary Elements. Two-week loan period.
Literary Elements Toolkit, Grades 4-8 T  
B 99567B 99567 Literature Circles: Voice and Choice In Book Clubs and Reading Groups, (2nd Edition)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Daniels, Harvey
Length: 260 Copyright: 2002

Provides specific techniques for starting and managing literature circles. Includes ideas and suggestions for extending literature circles across the curriculum and reproducible role sheets in English and Spanish. Second edition features new structures for primary, intermediate, middle, and high school grades; alternative scheduling patterns; new mini lessons for training, problem solving, and book sharing; new assessment tools; ideas for using nonfiction texts; research on literature circles (correlation with increased achievement); and an explanation of how literature circles match with the national standards for literacy education.
Literature Circles: Voice and Choice In Book Clubs and Reading Groups, (2nd T  
B 96509B 96509 Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop
Grade Lvl: T Author: Anderson, Jeff
Length: 216 Copyright: 2005

Places grammar theory in context with practical instruction strategies, explains why students often don't understand or apply grammar correctly, and demonstrates how to create a workshop environment that supports grammar and mechanics concepts. The author, a middle school teacher, discovered that his students were not grasping the basics, and that it was preventing them from reaching their potential as writers, so he began researching and testing the ideas of scores of grammar experts in his classroom, gradually finding successful ways of integrating grammar instruction into writer's workshop.
Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Wor T  
B 98442B 98442 Mel White's Readers Theatre Anthology
Grade Lvl: JST Author: White, Melvin
Length: 341 Copyright: 1993

Anthology of 28 plays, novels, and short stories that have been edited for reading aloud in the classroom. Includes comedy, mystery, Christmas specials, folklore, classics, and others to use with middle and high school students.
Mel White's Readers Theatre Anthology JST  
B 93479B 93479 Mental Models for English Language Arts, Gr 6-12
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 99 Copyright: 2007

Uses pictures, analogies, stories (cartoons, short stories, vignettes), and metaphors to help students translate information from the abstract to the concrete, learn abstract information more quickly and retain it, understand a discipline or field of study and understand the purpose, structure or pattern of a body of knowledge. Chapters: Purpose of Language Arts; Strucures and Patterns of Language Arts; Figures of Speech and Word Patterns; Development of Thesis and Patterns of Written Text; Logic and Proof in Written and Oral Persuasion; Grammar, Word Meaning, Conventions of Writing; and Sorting.
Mental Models for English Language Arts, Gr 6-12 T  
B 90429B 90429 More Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theatre
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fredericks, Anthony
Length: 151 Copyright: 2008

Contains more than twenty reproducible scripts of wacky folktales and fairy tales that will act as energizers for middle school language arts programs and includes suggestions for staging and a bibliography. Grades 4-8.
More Frantic Frogs and Other Frankly Fractured Folktales for Readers Theat T  
B 92997B 92997 More Novels and Plays (for Grades 6-12)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Worthington, Janet
Length: 223 Copyright: 2000

Subtitle: Thirty Creative Teaching Guides for Grades 6-12. Presents guides for teaching 30 novels to students in grades 6-12, each including a summary, appraisal, themes, literacy concepts, related reading, reading problems and opportunities, initiating activities, discussion questions, writing activities, other activities, and selected teaching resources. Titles: Bridge to Terabithia; Shiloh; Tuck Everlasting; Number the Stars; The Sign of the Beaver; Where the Lilies Bloom; Hatchet; The Cay; The Goats; The Pearl; Nothing but the Truth; The Contender; The Miracle Worker; The Moves Make the Man; The Outsiders; Great Expectations; Fahrenheit 451; Julius Caesar; The Chocolate War; The Red Badge of Courage; Fences; A Lesson Before Dying; Things Fall Apart; The Crucible; The Great Gatsby; Death of a Salesman; Their Eyes Were Watching God; Lord of the Flies; Hamlet; and Wuthering Heights.
More Novels and Plays (for Grades 6-12) T  
B 97286B 97286 More Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Students: Inspired by Literature, Social Studies, and Real Life
Grade Lvl: T Author: Surface, Mary Hall
Length: 207 Copyright: 2007

Eleven-to fourteen-year olds love making theater. But they demand dramatic material that honestly captures who they are-newly emerging individuals, struggling with school, friends and parents, eager to explore and find a place in the great big world. Written by a nationally award-winning playwright of theater for family audiences, this collection offers the teacher and student: Monologues with strong emotional turning points. Two- and four-actor scenes with strong relationships, specific objectives. Multiple-actor scenes, drawn from multicultural sources, in which the roles have relatively equal weight. Reader's Theater ideas. Middle school students Drama. One-act plays and monologues. Student IL appropriate for grades 5-8.
More Short Scenes and Monologues for Middle School Students: Inspired by Li T  
B 97281B 97281 More Ten-Minute Plays for Middle School Performers: Plays for a Variety of Cast Sizes
Grade Lvl: T Author: Young, Rebecca / Gritton, Ashley
Length: 125 Copyright: 2011

A sequel collection of eighteen plays that give teenage performers the chance to reveal the unique identities and motivations of students their own age. These brief plays may be used for speech and drama classrooms, forensic competitions, or variety shows. They are easily staged with no sets or costumes. Topics include: the never-ending gossip cycle, parents, being conceited, getting in trouble, and more. Included are scripts for girls only, scripts for boys only, and scripts for mixed casts. The dialogue is believable and easy to perform. Sample titles: Word Gets Around, The School Talent Show, The Party, Three Boys and a Baby, Bad Hair Day, First Kiss, The Bigheaded Girl and more. Reader's Theater ideas. Middle school students Drama. One-act plays. Student IL 7-10.
More Ten-Minute Plays for Middle School Performers: Plays for a Variety of T  
B 92007B 92007 Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing
Grade Lvl: T Author: Armstrong, Thomas
Length: 153 Copyright: 2003

Subtitle: Making the Words Come Alive. The first chapter summarizes the basics of multiple intelligences theory and provides an overview of the connections that reading and writing have with different areas of the brain. Subsequent chapters examine the relationship of reading and writing to the different intelligences within MI theory. Provides hundreds of strategies, tips, and resources to increase literacy in every grade level and ability group.
Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing T  
B 97060B 97060 Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice
Grade Lvl: T Author: Roberts, Kate
Length: 184 Copyright: 2018

Dive into the troubles and triumphs of both whole-class novels and independent reading and arrive at a persuasive conclusion: we can find a student-centered, balanced approach to teaching reading. Offers a practical framework for creating units that join both teaching methods together and helps you: - Identify the skills your students need to learn - Choose whole-class texts that will be most relevant to your kids - Map out the timing of a unit and the strategies you'll teach - Meet individual needs while teaching whole novels - Guide students to choice books and book clubs that build on the skills being taught.
Novel Approach: Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice T  
KM 10838KM 10838 Outspoken!
Grade Lvl: T Author: Halbrook, Sara
Length: 0 Copyright: 2006

Subtitle: How to Improve Writing and Speaking Skills Through Poetry Performance by Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger. Contains lessons and exercises designed to help students improve their writing and speaking skills by performing poems, each with a stated objective, a procedure, notes on possible stumbling blocks, and extra credit possibilities. Performance poetry--study and teaching (elementary and secondary). Poetry slams. Contents: book and DVD (live student performances). Two-week loan period.
Outspoken! T  
B 95493B 95493 Patriotic and Historical Plays for Young People
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 230 Copyright: 1987

Includes twenty-five one-act plays and programs that range from ten to twenty-five minutes in length, featuring George Washington, Molly Pitcher, Thomas Paine and other heroic figures of Revolutionary times. Full texts of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are included.
Patriotic and Historical Plays for Young People T  
B 93082B 93082 Phantom Tollbooth
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 16 Copyright: 2003

Presents a study guide for grades six through nine for the book "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster. Includes book summary, author information, vocabulary builders, comprehension questions, discussion questions, and cross-curricular activities. From the Scholastic Book Guides.
Phantom Tollbooth T  
KM 10282KM 10282 Poem a Day/Naming the World
Grade Lvl: T Author: Atwell, Nancie
Length: 0 Copyright: 2006

Contains two books and DVD. Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons is a collection of more than 200 poems, accompanied by five-ten minute lessons for grades 6-9. A Poem a Day: A Guide to Naming the World explains how the author, Nancie Atwell, integrates poetry into her curriculum. The DVD shows her teaching seven poetry lessons and students talking with her about the poems. Two-week loan period.
Poem a Day/Naming the World T  
B 98892B 98892 Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing
Grade Lvl: T Author: Collom, Jack
Length: 252 Copyright: 1994

Subtitle: Teaching Poetry Writing In School and In the Community. Bulk of the book describes and illustrates more than 50 exercises: acrostics, chants, definition poems, question poems, sestinas, water poems, etc. Accompanying each exercise are explanatory remarks, variations, cross-references to other exercises, and sample student poems from virtually every grade level. Includes 11 explanatory essays by the authors on a variety of poetry- and teaching-related topics, such as using model poems, teaching sound and rhythm, and dealing with revision.
Poetry Everywhere: Teaching Poetry Writing T  
B 93352B 93352 Razzle Dazzle Writing: Achieving Excellence Through 50 Target Skills
Grade Lvl: T Author: Forney, Melissa
Length: 173 Copyright: 2001

Provides mini-lessons for teaching students in grade 3-8 how to put some pizzazz into their writing, covering such topics as strong and weak verbs, similes and metaphors, transitions, story action, personal narratives, expository writing, revising, editing, and assessment. Reproducible pages.
Razzle Dazzle Writing: Achieving Excellence Through 50 Target Skills T  
B 90540B 90540 Readers on Stage: Resources for Reader's Theater
Grade Lvl: T Author: Shepard, Aaron
Length: 110 Copyright: 2004

Collection of resources for scripting, directing, and teaching reader's theater to ages 8 and up. Part 1 offers three sample scripts: Legend of Lighting Larry (tall tale for 22 or more readers, ages 7-12); Peddler Polly and the Story-Stealer (humorous fable for 13 or more readers, ages 9-12); The Baker's Dozen: A Saint Nicholas Tale (6 or more readers, ages 8-13). Part 2 has tips on scripting, staging and reading. Part 3 provides plans, notes, handouts, and worksheets from actual reader's theater workshops, ready for copying. Part 4 has listings of additional resources.
Readers on Stage: Resources for Reader's Theater T  
B 91876B 91876 Readers Theatre for American History
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fredericks, Anthony
Length: 173 Copyright: 2001

Presents 24 readers theatre scripts that stimulate children to become active participants in selected historical events. For grades 4-8. Provides directions for staging, using props, delivery, and post presentations. Scripts are presented in five parts and cover the land and early people of North America to modern times. Readers theater.
Readers Theatre for American History T  
B 90455B 90455 Readers Theatre for Middle School Boys
Grade Lvl: T Author: Black, Ann
Length: 190 Copyright: 2008

Subtitle: Investigating the Strange and Mysterious. Presents ten Readers Theatre scripts selected to engage middle school boys providing an introduction and production notes with each. Includes adaptations of Rats and Fools from The Pied Piper of Hamelin (Robert Browning); Adventure of the Speckled Band (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle); White Grizzly (Mary Peace Finley); Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; The Ransom of Red Chief (O. Henry); Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving); The Monkey's Paw (W.W. Jacobs); To Light a Fire (Jack London); Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allan Poe); The Country of the Blind (H.G. Wells).
Readers Theatre for Middle School Boys T  
B 96494B 96494 Readers Theatre for Young Adults
Grade Lvl: T Author: Latrobe, Kathy
Length: 130 Copyright: 1989

Overview of reader's theatre techniques, a collection of sixteen scripts from classics and forty readers theatre starters that can be used with secondary students. Readers' Theater.
Readers Theatre for Young Adults T  
KM 129KM 129 Ready Common Core Reading Instruction Grade 7
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2014

Contains 1 Grade 7 Reading Instruction Student Book and 1 Grade 7 Reading Instruction Teacher Resource Book.
Ready Common Core Reading Instruction Grade 7 T  
B 97223B 97223 Red Hot Root Words: Mastering Vocabulary With Prefixes, Suffixes And Root Words Grades 6-9
Grade Lvl: T Author: Draze, Dianne
Length: 158 Copyright: 2005

Over 200 roots are presented in a series of 54 lessons. Each two-page lesson presents between two and five related roots (on average), along with their meanings and common words that use them. Then, ten vocabulary words are listed with part of speech, definition, and a sentence showing the word in context. The second page of the lesson is a student worksheet with a variety of exercises that give students practice defining and using the vocabulary words. Lesson by lesson notes are included for the teacher in the front of the book. These include suggestions for incorporating games and other extension activities (including reproducible student pages). Book 2 in series. Intended for use with students in grades 6-9.
Red Hot Root Words: Mastering Vocabulary With Prefixes, Suffixes And Root W T  
KM 11151KM 11151 REWARDS Writing: Sentence Refinement
Grade Lvl: IJST Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2008

First module of the REWARDS Writing Program for intermediate and secondary students. Supplementary set of 75 mini-lessons (20-30 minutes). Contents: teacher's guide, student book, book of blackline masters, and poster (Strategy for Editing Paragraphs). Two-week loan period.
REWARDS Writing: Sentence Refinement IJST  
B 96396B 96396 Rhyme, Meter, And Other Word Music
Grade Lvl: JST Author: Fandel, Jennifer
Length: 0 Copyright: 2006

Discusses the use of rhyme, meter, and other word music in poetry. Offers explanations and examples of perfect, slant, and internal rhymes. The various forms a poem can take, including haiku, limerick, and sonnet, are also described. Includes activities. Poetics. Versification. From the series Understanding Poetry. Designed for grades 7-10.
Rhyme, Meter, And Other Word Music JST  
B 97282B 97282 Scenes for Teens: 50 Original Comedy and Drama Scenes for Teenage Actors
Grade Lvl: T Author: Kimmel, Mike
Length: 120 Copyright: 2014

Scenes for Teens is meant to help simplify the acting process for young actors. These fifty original comedy and drama scripts are intended for the teenage reader. The scenes are written for two actors. They are gender-neutral, and intentionally exclude costumes, props, entrances, exits, complicated stage directions, and additional characters. Scenes for Teens is specifically designed to help young readers practice dialogue in a conversational and realistic manner. This allows them to focus on the one-on-one comedy and drama relationship. Scripts include content geared toward teenage social themes. Reader's Theater ideas. Middle school students Drama. One-act plays. Student IL appropriate for grades 7-10.
Scenes for Teens: 50 Original Comedy and Drama Scenes for Teenage Actors T  
B 93380B 93380 Science Fiction Readers Theatre
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fredericks, Anthony
Length: 148 Copyright: 2002

Presents 20 readers theater scripts on scientific principles and possibilities, which cast students in grades 4-8 in the roles of explorers, discoverers, scientists, and aliens. Includes activity ideas and learning extensions.
Science Fiction Readers Theatre T  
KM 11902KM 11902 Showtime! Reading - Grade 7
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2012

Voyager's Showtime! Reading program is a skill and strategy building program for students in grades 3–8 that connects instruction to the Common Core State Standards. Prepares students to demonstrate reading content knowledge on high-stakes assessments. Test preparation. Program provides explicit instruction and is designed to be delivered in daily 20-30 minute lessons. There are three types of lessons: comprehension strategy/ skill lessons; test-taking strategy instruction & practice lessons; constructed response instruction and practice lessons. Kit contains Teacher Edition and student text for grade 7.
Showtime! Reading - Grade 7 T  
B 92808B 92808 Silly Salamanders and Other Slightly Stupid Stuff for Readers Theatre
Grade Lvl: T Author: Fredericks, Anthony
Length: 159 Copyright: 2000

Presents more than 30 classroom-reading scripts for students in grades 3-8, including parodies of popular fairy tales and other humorous stories. Factured fairy tales and twisted legends. Reproducible pages.
Silly Salamanders and Other Slightly Stupid Stuff for Readers Theatre T  
B 98472B 98472 Stories on Stage: Scripts for Reader's Theater
Grade Lvl: T Author: Shepard, Aaron
Length: 162 Copyright: 1993

A collection of 22 plays adapted from folk tales, short stories, myths, and novels and intended for use in reader's theater programs with middle grade and junior high school students. Reader's theatre.
Stories on Stage: Scripts for Reader's Theater T  
B 96166B 96166 Study Skills 1
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 100 Copyright: 1999

Study skills activities for struggling students in grades 6-12. RL 3-4. Includes time management, textbooks, scanning, library skills, reference books, following directions, note-taking, context clues, word meaning, test preparation, graphics, maps, etc.
Study Skills 1 T  
B 94085B 94085 Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Retelling: Skills for Better Reading, Writing, and Test Taking
Grade Lvl: T Author: Kissner, Emily
Length: 148 Copyright: 2006

Guide to teaching students the importance of summarization that breaks the skill down into smaller, more manageable tasks that can help students improve their reading comprehension, writing, and test-taking skills.
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Retelling: Skills for Better Reading, Writin T  
B 94874B 94874 Teacher's Big Book of Graphic Organizers: 100 Reproducible Organizers that Help Kids with Reading, Writing, and the Content Areas, Gr 5-12
Grade Lvl: T Author: McKnight, Katherine
Length: 214 Copyright: 2010

Contains reproducible graphic organizers that are designed to help develop the reading, writing, and content areas skills of fifth- through twelfth-grade students and promote active learning.
Teacher's Big Book of Graphic Organizers: 100 Reproducible Organizers that T  
B 92882B 92882 Teaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry
Grade Lvl: T Author: Janeczko, Paul
Length: 96 Copyright: 2000

Contains projects designed to help readers learn about ten differentforms of poetry. Lessons, brainstorming sheets, and organizers for writing acrostics, cinquains, clerihews, limericks, haiku, senryu, tankas, blues poems, The ballad, concrete poems, and a bonus lesson on Found poems. For grades 4-8.
Teaching 10 Fabulous Forms of Poetry T  
B 92137B 92137 Teaching Vocabulary in All Classrooms (2nd Ed)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Blachowicz, Camille
Length: 253 Copyright: 2002

Provides ideas and strategies for developing vocabulary in any K-12 classroom in all content areas. Has websites for vocabulary exploration. Also discusses vocabulary instruction for learners with special needs.
Teaching Vocabulary in All Classrooms (2nd Ed) T  
B 92634B 92634 Teaching Writing in the Content Areas
Grade Lvl: T Author: Urquhart, Vicki
Length: 170 Copyright: 2005

Authors (Vicki Urquhart and Monette McIver) explain how to create time for writing, monitor what students are learning through their writing, and reduce the time and stress of adding writing assignments to classroom activities. A set of 35 classroom strategies guides teachers in using writing assignments to deepen students' understanding of content and connecting subject matter to life. Some of the strategies include: Prewriting guide; Journalists' questions; group summarizing; RAFT; Citation guide; Word sorts; Blooming sentences; Partnership editing; Informational text features chart; Group critiques; Process analysis; E-journal; Short-term WebQuests; Writing inventories; Interactive readign guides; and Magnet summaries.
Teaching Writing in the Content Areas T  
B 92702B 92702 Teaching Writing Through Differentiated Instruction With Leveled Graphic Organizers
Grade Lvl: T Author: Witherell, Nancy
Length: 112 Copyright: 2005

For grades 4-8. Authors Nancy L. Witherell and Mary C. McMackin provide seventeen writing lessons that include a skill focus, a model lesson and writing sample, and reproducible organizers designed to support individual learning needs at three levels: introductory, intermediate, and challenging. Provides literature links, student samples, and teaching tips. Writing skills covered: building paragraphs; describing and enumerating; persuading; comparing and contrasting; explaining "how to;" writing dialogue; crafting plots; developing characters; using figurative language; and more. Includes nonfiction writing, narrative and memoir writing, book reports, newspaper articles, and letters.
Teaching Writing Through Differentiated Instruction With Leveled Graphic Or T  
B 97280B 97280 Ten-Minute Plays for Middle School Performers: Plays for a Variety of Cast Sizes
Grade Lvl: T Author: Young, Rebecca
Length: 129 Copyright: 2008

The plays in this theatre book give teenage performers the chance to reveal the unique identities and motivations of students their own age. These brief plays may be used for speech and drama classrooms, forensic competitions or variety shows. They are easily staged with no sets or costumes. Topics include: how to be popular, jealousy, shoplifting, prank, K-I-S-S-I-N-G and more. Included are scripts for girls only, scripts for boys only and scripts for mixed casts. The dialogue in all the plays is believable and easy to perform. Reader's theater ideas. Middle school students Drama. One-act plays. Students IL 7-10.
Ten-Minute Plays for Middle School Performers: Plays for a Variety of Cast T  
B 95183B 95183 Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading
Grade Lvl: T Author: Frey, Nancy / Lapp, Diane
Length: 140 Copyright: 2012

Focuses on the quantitative and qualitative factors of text complexity as well as the ways in which readers can be matched with texts and tasks. It also examines how close readings of complex texts scaffold students understanding and allow them to develop the skills necessary to read like a detective.
Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading T  
B 93076B 93076 Theme-Sets for Secondary Students: How to Scaffold Core Literature
Grade Lvl: T Author: Richinson, Jeannine
Length: 155 Copyright: 2006

Guide to planning theme-based instruction, differentiating instruction using theme-sets, and motivating struggling students; and contains book lists, teaching points, and activities that integrate theme sets with the core text. Themes: Migrant Families; Growing Up Ethnic in America--The African American Experience; Literature of War; The Bullying Mentality; and Utopian/Dystopian Societies.
Theme-Sets for Secondary Students: How to Scaffold Core Literature T  
B 95451B 95451 Thrice Told Tales: Three Mice Full of Writing Advice
Grade Lvl: IJST Author: Lewis, Catherine
Length: 136 Copyright: 2013

Uses the "Three Blind Mice" nursery rhyme to illustrate key elements of writing and literature, including plot, mechanics, foreshadowing, point of view, character, style, and dialogue. Resource guide introduces a multitude of literary elements/terms aimed at teachers & budding student writers. Literature -- Terminology. Authorship.
Thrice Told Tales: Three Mice Full of Writing Advice IJST  
KM 11233KM 11233 Traits of Writing: Complete Guide/Middle School
Grade Lvl: T Author: Culham, Ruth
Length: 0 Copyright: 2010

Offers guidance and materials for middle school teachers to better assess the writing skills of sixth through eighth grade students, providing scoring guides, sample papers with scores and comments. Provides warm-up exercises and lessons to encourage focus. Contents: book and CD-ROM with reproducibles. Two-week loan period.
Traits of Writing: Complete Guide/Middle School T  
B 94260B 94260 Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices. Volume 4: Recommended Books for Children and Young Adults
Grade Lvl: T Author: Hall, Susan
Length: 282 Copyright: 2008

Provides strategies for teachers and librarians on using picture books to teach literary devices to kindergarten through twelfth grade students; providing a summary of forty books, describing the devices they reinforce, and including curriculum tie-ins for each selection. Some of the 43 devices include: allusion, antithesis, connotation, foreshadow, hyperbole, inference, irony, motif, paradox, parallelismpoint-of-view, pun, simile, solecism, theme, tone, and understatement.
Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices. Volume 4: Recommended B T  
B 96071B 96071 Vocabulary Works, Level D
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 112 Copyright: 1995

Vocabulary workbook for grades 5-7.
Vocabulary Works, Level D T  
B 96072B 96072 Vocabulary Works, Level E
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 112 Copyright: 1995

Vocabulary workbook for grades 6-8.
Vocabulary Works, Level E T  
B 96073B 96073 Vocabulary Works, Level F
Grade Lvl: T Author:
Length: 112 Copyright: 1995

Vocabulary workbook for grades 6-8.
Vocabulary Works, Level F T  
B 92959B 92959 Vocabulary-Enriched Classroom: Practices for Improving the Reading Performance of All Students in Grades 3 and Up
Grade Lvl: T Author: Block, Cathy Collins / Mangieri, John N.
Length: 224 Copyright: 2006

Contains a collection of research-based strategies for word recognition, comprehension, and other areas of literacy designed for students in grades three and up.
Vocabulary-Enriched Classroom: Practices for Improving the Reading Performa T  
B 96564B 96564 What Really Matters for Middle School Readers: From Research to Practice
Grade Lvl: T Author: Allington, Richard
Length: 230 Copyright: 2015

Looks at the areas that struggling adolescents find most difficult—meaning, vocabulary, (especially for academic words), and inferential comprehension—and focuses on ways to foster accelerated growth. Dr. Allington stresses that through expanding the volume of high-success reading that students experience each day, as well as through the wide variety of additional classroom strategies and methodologies included in the text, middle school students can achieve a working literacy proficiency.
What Really Matters for Middle School Readers: From Research to Practice T  
B 95890B 95890 Words Their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling (2nd Edition)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Helman, Lori.
Length: 364 Copyright: 2012

Provides guidance and activities for using word study to teach phonics, vocabulary, and spelling to the young English learners in one's classroom, covering each stage from emergent to derivational relations as well as classroom organization and assessment and including examples of students' work. Appendix consists of eight sections: Assessment Materials (Primary Spelling, Elementary Spelling, & Picture Spelling Inventories); Sound Boards & Alphabets; Pictures for Sorts & Games; Sample Picture & Word Sorts; Word Lists of Pictures in Book with Translations (English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Hmong, Korean, Vietnamese); Templates for Sorts & Games; Game Boards; Media Guide. Has reproducible pages.
Words Their Way with English Learners: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, T  
B 96380B 96380 Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (2nd Edition)
Grade Lvl: T Author: Johnston, Francine / Invernizzi, Marcia
Length: 137 Copyright: 2009

Contains reproducible pages of word sorts and instructional strategies aimed at helping students excel in the syllables and affixes stages of spelling; and includes teacher's notes and assessments. Orthography & spelling. Suffixes & prefixes. Syllabication. Grades 3-8.
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Syllables and Affixes Spellers (2nd Editio T  
B 96381B 96381 Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Derivational Relations Spellers, 2nd Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Templeton, Shane / Johnston, Francine
Length: 164 Copyright: 2009

Contains reproducible pages of word sorts and instructional strategies aimed at helping students excel in the derivational relations stage of spelling; and includes teacher's notes and assessments. English language Spelling Problems, exercises, etc. Orthography. Etymology. Grades 5-12.
Words Their Way: Word Sorts for Derivational Relations Spellers, 2nd Editio T  
B 96437B 96437 Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, 6th Edition
Grade Lvl: T Author: Bear, Donald R. / Invernizzi, Marcia
Length: 438 Copyright: 2015

Hands-on, developmentally-driven approach to word study that illustrates how to integrate and teach children phonics, vocabulary, and spelling skills. Common Core State Standards are listed for each activity.
Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instructi T  
KM 11711KM 11711 Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing
Grade Lvl: T Author: Kittle, Penny
Length: 272 Copyright: 2008

Presents a guide for teachers to aid secondary school students in matters of writing, including techniques to improve strength of voice and clarity in daily writing practices, and includes guidance for genres, grammar, and assessment. Includes DVD-ROM with classroom footage, a study guide, forms, and other resources.
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B 95202B 95202 Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts
Grade Lvl: T Author: Gallagher, Kelly
Length: 264 Copyright: 2011

Shows teachers how to bring effective modeling practices into their classrooms, and provides mentor texts, student writing samples, and numerous assignments and strategies designed to elevate student writing.
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KM 7700KM 7700 Writing in the Real World
Grade Lvl: IJST Author:
Length: 0 Copyright: 2000

Kit contains materials in the Writing in the Real World program which is an interactive writing program designed to help students develop their everyday writing skills. IL 6-12. RL 3-4. Shows how to write business and personal letters, fax cover sheets, e-mails, invitations, memos, resumes, forms, etc. Components: Student Worktext (units: organizing yourself; writing for family and friends; writing for the community; shopping and managing money; writing at work); forms booklet (blank forms such as W-4, Voter registration, rental application, bank check); teacher's guide (lessons, teaching strategies, suggestions for ELL students, activities, and answer key); and CD-ROM with activities, blank forms, and style guide. CD-ROM requires Adobe Acrobat 4.0.
Writing in the Real World IJST  
B 97145B 97145 Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers
Grade Lvl: T Author: Serravallo, Jennifer
Length: 410 Copyright: 2017

300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals. The text supports developing skilled writers by: •supporting and developing individual goals for every writer •give students step-by-step strategies for writing with skill and craft •coach writers using prompts aligned to a strategy •present mentor texts that support a genre and strategy •adjust instruction to meet individual needs with Jen's Teaching Tips •demonstrate and explain a writing move with her Lesson Language •learn more with Hat Tips to the work of influential teacher-authors. •suggestions for stocking your writing center, planning units of study, celebrating student writing, and keeping records. Whether you use Writing Workshop, 6+1 Traits, Daily 5's "Work on Writing," a scripted writing program, the writing exercises in your basal, or any other approach, you'll discover a treasure chest of ways to work with whole classes, small groups, or individual writers. Designed for the K-8 classroom.
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B 95889B 95889 Writing Strategies for the Common Core: Integrating Reading Comprehension into the Writing Process, Grades 6-8
Grade Lvl: T Author: Wolfe, Hillary
Length: 0 Copyright: 2013

Provides core instruction, teaching strategies, and mini-lessons for teaching middle school students to write informational, argument, and narrative texts and respond to literature. Includes test prep mini-lessons.
Writing Strategies for the Common Core: Integrating Reading Comprehension i T  
B 92640B 92640 Writing to Prompts/Trait-Based/Literature Response
Grade Lvl: T Author: Culham, Ruth
Length: 80 Copyright: 2003

Complete title: Writing to Prompts in the Trait-Based Classroom Literature Response. Contains writing prompts for more than 45 best-loved books, organized by realistic fiction, historical fiction, and fantasy fiction. Includes guidelines for using R.A.F.T.S. prompts (a role, audience, format, topic, and strong verb). Then students use the 6+1 writing traits (six plus one): ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation to generate finely crafted writing. Includes prompts for Dear Mr. Henshaw; Hatchet; Holes; How to Eat Fried Worms; The Outsiders; Across Five Aprils; Bud, Not Buddy; Number the Stars; Indian in the Cupboard; Phantom Tollbooth; Tuck Everlasting; Walk Two Moons; etc. For grades 3 and up.
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