Leaders in the Community Guided Reading 6-Pack

Leaders in the Community Guided Reading 6-Pack
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Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2022-02-21
Genre:
ISBN: 1087689082

Teach second grade students about various types of local leaders and what it takes to become one! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers explores what it means to be a good community leader. Leaders in the Community 6-Pack • Describes the roles and responsibilities of various leadership positions • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will keep students interested • Connects civics topics such as volunteerism and local government to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, interactive discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity designed to inspire and empower students to be good leaders • Offers a detailed lesson plan that will assist with implementation of activities Mayors, coaches, and principals are just some of the essential community leaders students will learn about in this 6-pack of books. The teacher-approved 6-pack emphasizes the importance of those who lead in schools and communities, all while encouraging students to be leaders in their own way. With a relevant fiction story, an index, and other beneficial features, this 6-pack will show second grade students how to be leaders who improve their communities—and their world. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.

Changing Our Community Guided Reading 6-Pack

Changing Our Community Guided Reading 6-Pack
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Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2022-02-21
Genre:
ISBN: 1087689155

Show second grade students how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers explores the processes that lead to change in communities. Changing Our Community 6-Pack • Describes the various ways individuals can make an impact on their communities • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will keep students invested • Connects essential subjects such as leadership and voting to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, thought-provoking discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity that will inspire students to make their communities better • Offers a thorough lesson plan that will facilitate implementation of activities From contacting local leaders to speaking up at town meetings, there are many ways students can create change in their communities. Changing Our Community is an exciting and informative reader that explains the steps individuals can take to make improvements in their cities, neighborhoods, and towns. This teacher-approved 6-pack of books includes a relevant fiction story, vibrant images, an index, and other tools that will empower second grade students as they look to better their communities. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.

Doing Your Part: Serving Your Community Guided Reading 6-Pack

Doing Your Part: Serving Your Community Guided Reading 6-Pack
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Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1425831478

We live in communities to have better lives. In a community, people help one another. There are many ways to help someone in need. You can volunteer your time, donate things, and recycle. It feels good to help other people! Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level Q title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

American Indian Leaders Today Guided Reading 6-Pack

American Indian Leaders Today Guided Reading 6-Pack
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Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2022-02-21
Genre:
ISBN: 1087689856

American Indian tradition is a rich and important part of American culture! Many great American Indian leaders work to preserve their history and culture, and this 6-pack of nonfiction readers will teach third grade students about the American Indian changemakers of today. American Indian Leaders Today 6-Pack • Explains the important work of American Indian leaders and their interactions with government • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic to keep students interested • Describes both the traditions and struggles of various American Indian Nations • Explores important themes such as fairness and leadership • Includes a glossary, interactive discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity to show how individuals can work with government to make change • Offers a detailed lesson plan that will facilitate implementation of activities The American Indian leaders of today work hard to preserve their ways of life and teach the leaders of tomorrow. This teacher-approved 6-pack of books provides an illustrated fiction story, index, vibrant images, and other useful features to deliver an exciting explanation of modern American Indian communities and leaders. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.

I'll Lead the Way! Guided Reading 6-Pack

I'll Lead the Way! Guided Reading 6-Pack
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Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1493881671

Readers will learn what it takes to be a good leader in this interesting nonfiction book. Featuring vivid images, supportive text, and a helpful table of contents, glossary, and index, children will be eager to learn about and practice being a good leader! This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level M title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

Hand to Heart: Improving Communities Guided Reading 6-Pack

Hand to Heart: Improving Communities Guided Reading 6-Pack
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Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1425831826

Introduce readers to the various ways they can participate in volunteerism with this nonfiction title. Readers will discover many different charities and programs, including The Salvation Army, Feeding America, Habitat for Humanity, and Doctors Without Borders through vivid images, charts, and informational text. This nonfiction title aids in encouraging children to make a difference in their own communities by writing to newspapers or politicians or by participating in fund-raising and various programs or charities. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level T title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

Leveled Books (K-8)

Leveled Books (K-8)
Author: Irene C. Fountas
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2006
Genre: Education
ISBN:

For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.

The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading

The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading
Author: Jan Richardson
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Guided reading
ISBN: 9780545948739

This resource-rich book includes planning and instructional tools, prompts, discussion starters, teaching points, intervention suggestions, and more to support all students. Plus, an online resource bank with downloadables and videos. Jan Richardson's latest thinking on Guided Reading helps teachers take the next step forward to pinpoint instruction that supports every reader. Richardson uses the Assess-Decide-Guide framework to take a deep dive into each guided reading stage, covering PreA to Fluent readers, their needs, and the best ways to support and challenge them. A master reading teacher at all levels, Richardson skillfully addresses all the factors that make or break guided reading lessons: support for striving readers, strategies for reaching ELLs, making home-school connections--all with an unwavering focus on reading for deeper comprehension, to develop thoughtful, independent readers. The book includes dozens of must-have record-keeping, assessment, and reference forms, as well as how-to video links that provide show Jan in action with diverse readers.

Barack Obama Guided Reading 6-Pack

Barack Obama Guided Reading 6-Pack
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2016-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1425832032

This inspiring biography tells about the life of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. Readers will learn about Obama's childhood in Hawaii and Indonesia, his time as president of the Harvard Law Review, his dream of becoming a community organizer, and his journey from State Senator to the very first African American President of the United States. Through lively photos of Obama and his family and interesting facts about his political campaigns and ideas, readers will be inspired and engaged from cover to cover! A glossary and index are featured to aid in better understanding of the content and vocabulary. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level U title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.

School, Family, and Community Partnerships

School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Author: Joyce L. Epstein
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2018-07-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483320014

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.