25 Fun & Fabulous Literature Response Activities and Rubrics

25 Fun & Fabulous Literature Response Activities and Rubrics
Author: Christine Boardman Moen
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439282352

Quick Activities and Rubrics That Help Kids Understand Literary Elements and Use Reading Strategies for Better Comprehension This classroom-tested resource includes 25 easy and fun projects to help students explore literary elements such as plot, character, setting, theme-and deepen their comprehension. Each project includes directions, student samples, and a reproducible rubric.

Poetry Projects with Pizzazz

Poetry Projects with Pizzazz
Author: Michelle O'Brien-Palmer
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2001-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439282352

Presents fifteen activities designed to help students in grades three through six write and publish their poems.

Comprehension Cliffhanger Stories

Comprehension Cliffhanger Stories
Author: Tom Conklin
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439159784

15 reproducible, kid-pleasing stories that are perfect for building essential reading skills such as predicting, making inferences, summarizing, and more.

Survival

Survival
Author: Joan Kanavy
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2002-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439185202

In this learning-packed resource, two creative teachers share the standards-based survival unit they created around five favorite novels: Number the Stars, The Cay, My Side of the Mountain, Hatchet, and Banner in the Sky. Inside you'll find a survival simulation for piquing interest and activating prior knowledge, reading strategy mini-lessons, and literature-group management tips. Also includes discussion and writing prompts, reading-response projects, and creative activities for teaching literary elements and vocabulary. You'll use this resource again and again. Book jacket.

24 Ready-To-Go Genre Book Reports

24 Ready-To-Go Genre Book Reports
Author: Susan Ludwig
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2002
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439234696

Engaging Activities with reproducibles, rubrics, and everything you need to help students get the most out of their independent reading.

Getting Started with Literature Circle Role Sheets

Getting Started with Literature Circle Role Sheets
Author: Christine Boardman Moen
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0787733571

These ready-to-use, reproducible role sheets make literature circle discussions exciting, informative, fun and easy to manage. Literature circles accomodate 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 motivate students to read! Updated list of books for text sets and end-of-book projects suggestions included. Descriptions of how to get started, troubleshoot problems and assess have been expanded.

Literature Circle Role Sheets

Literature Circle Role Sheets
Author: Christine Boardman Moen
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1998-03-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1573101419

As a student-centered book discussion group, literature circles foster cooperative learning.

Literature Circle Role Sheets (eBook)

Literature Circle Role Sheets (eBook)
Author: Christine Boardman Moen
Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1998-03-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0787784710

These ready-to-use, reproducible role sheets make literature circle discussions exciting, informative, fun and easy to manage. Literature circles accomodate 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 motivate students to read! Updated list of books for text sets and end-of-book projects suggestions included. Descriptions of how to get started, troubleshoot problems and assess have been expanded.

Handbook of Research on Effective Communication in Culturally Diverse Classrooms

Handbook of Research on Effective Communication in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
Author: González, Katia
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2016-02-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 146669954X

Meaningful interaction between teachers and students is crucial to any educational environment, and particularly so in intercultural settings. When educators take steps to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into their classrooms, student learning is enriched and improved. The Handbook of Research on Effective Communication in Culturally Diverse Classrooms focuses on the significance of cultural sensitivity toward diverse students and the importance of communication to increase the overall educational experience. Highlighting key concepts relating to curriculum design, teaching models, and critical pedagogies in transcultural classrooms, this book is a pivotal reference source for teachers, teacher educators, and researchers interested in the impact of intercultural communication in learning environments.