Your Move

Your Move
Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780152001810

When ten-year-old James' gang initiation endangers his six-year-old brother Isaac, they find the courage to say, "Thanks, but no thanks."

The Snowy Day

The Snowy Day
Author: Ezra Jack Keats
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2012-10-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0670013250

The magic and wonder of winter’s first snowfall is perfectly captured in Ezra Jack Keat’s Caldecott Medal-winning picture book. Young readers can enjoy this celebrated classic as a full-sized board book, perfect for read-alouds of all kinds and a great gift for the holiday season. In 1962, a little boy named Peter put on his snowsuit and stepped out of his house and into the hearts of millions of readers. Universal in its appeal, this story beautifully depicts a child's wonder at a new world, and the hope of capturing and keeping that wonder forever. This big, sturdy edition will bring even more young readers to the story of Peter and his adventures in the snow. Ezra Jack Keats was also the creator of such classics as Goggles, A Letter to Amy, Pet Show!, Peter’s Chair, and A Whistle for Willie. (This book is also available in Spanish, as Un dia de nieve.) Praise for The Snowy Day: “Keats made Peter’s world so inviting that it beckons us. Perhaps the busyness of daily life in the 21st century makes us appreciate Peter even more—a kid who has the luxury of a whole day to just be outside, surrounded by snow that’s begging to be enjoyed.” —The Atlantic "Ezra Jack Keats's classic The Snowy Day, winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal, pays homage to the wonder and pure pleasure a child experiences when the world is blanketed in snow."—Publisher's Weekly

Talking Beyond the Page

Talking Beyond the Page
Author: Janet Evans
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Children
ISBN: 9780415476966

Talking Beyond the Page shows how different kinds of picturebooks can be used with children of all ages and highlights the positive educational gains to be made from reading, sharing, talking and writing about picturebooks. With contributions from some of the world's leading experts, chapters in this book consider how: children think about and respond to visual images and other aspects of picturebooks children's responses can be qualitatively improved by encouraging them to think and talk about picturebooks before, during and after reading them the non-text features of picturebooks, when considered in their own right, can help readers to make more sense out of the book different kinds of picturebooks, such as wordless, postmodern, multimodal and graphic novels, are structured children can respond creatively to picturebooks as art forms picturebooks can help children deal with complex issues in their lives Talking beyond the Page also includes an exclusive interview with Anthony Browne who shares thoughts about his work as an author illustrator. This inspiring and thought provoking book is essential reading for teachers, student teachers, literacy consultants, academics interested in picturebook research and those organising and teaching on teacher education courses in children's literature and literacy.

Whole Novels for the Whole Class

Whole Novels for the Whole Class
Author: Ariel Sacks
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2013-10-21
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118526503

Work with students at all levels to help them read novels Whole Novels is a practical, field-tested guide to implementing a student-centered literature program that promotes critical thinking and literary understanding through the study of novels with middle school students. Rather than using novels simply to teach basic literacy skills and comprehension strategies, Whole Novels approaches literature as art. The book is fully aligned with the Common Core ELA Standards and offers tips for implementing whole novels in various contexts, including suggestions for teachers interested in trying out small steps in their classrooms first. Includes a powerful method for teaching literature, writing, and critical thinking to middle school students Shows how to use the Whole Novels approach in conjunction with other programs Includes video clips of the author using the techniques in her own classroom This resource will help teachers work with students of varying abilities in reading whole novels.

Reading and Responding: A Guide to Literature

Reading and Responding: A Guide to Literature
Author: Denise Ryan
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1425811027

Introduce students to literary texts to help them become active and enthusiastic readers! This practical resource provides experienced and novice teachers with a variety of literature that can be implemented into the elementary classroom. Background information and fiction book recommendations are provided for key topics. From alphabet books to poetry, chapter books to read-alouds, this teacher-friendly resource is a must-have!

Twelve Readers Reading

Twelve Readers Reading
Author: Richard Straub
Publisher:
Total Pages: 500
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This work gives the reader a chance to look over the shoulders of 12 theorists, and study how they comment on student writing. It presents over 50 sets of teachers' comments on a sampling of student essays, and describes each of the readers' response styles.

Language at the Speed of Sight

Language at the Speed of Sight
Author: Mark Seidenberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2017-01-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0465019323

We’ve been teaching reading wrong—a leading cognitive scientist tells us how we can finally do it right

Grammar Keepers

Grammar Keepers
Author: Gretchen Bernabei
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2015-01-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1483390268

Your best offense against the state assessments No matter what state you teach in, you can be certain that grammar is being tested . . . frequently and across the grades! The biggest issue? Most of our grades 4-12 students continue to make the same old errors year after year. Grammar Keepers to the rescue, with 101 lessons that help students internalize the conventions of correctness once and for all. Bernabei’s key ingredients include Daily journal writing to increase practice and provide an authentic context Minilessons and Interactive Dialogues that model how to make grammatical choices A “Keepers 101” sheet to track teaching and “Parts of Speech Sheet” for student reference

Read, Record, Respond

Read, Record, Respond
Author: Anne Bayetto
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2013
Genre: Literacy
ISBN: 9780195520729

Read Record Respond is the professional support tool that comes with Oxford Literacy Assess. Read Record Respond takes educators through a cycle of:Oral reading assessment.Analysis of students' reading responses, with an increased emphasis on comprehension.Identification of learning goals.Selection of instructional approaches to teach specific reading strategies, with greater support for teaching comprehension.Read Record Respond is based on the latest research and addresses key questions, including:What makes effective teachers of reading?Reading stages and levels: what are students showing us?What do independent and successful readers do?What are meaning, structure and visual (MSV) skills?Why is comprehension so important?What is fluency and why is it important?The Read Record Respond obook is an online version of the print professional support resource. The obook includes:'extras' such as PDFs of the 60 readingrecords and the 20 additional assessment checklists, which can be used to assess different aspects of reading more deeplyprofessional support videosaudio recordings of a reading assessment being carried outthe ability to personalise your copy of the obook by adding notes and bookmarks, and highlighting text.

A Boy and a Jaguar

A Boy and a Jaguar
Author: Alan Rabinowitz
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0544358872

2015 Schneider Family Book Award Winner * "A candid and deeply resonant account of a hard-fought battle against societal stigma, and an embrace of one's true talent and calling." —Publisher's Weekly, starred review Speaking for the animals he loves gives one boy’s life hope, purpose, and truth in this gorgeous picture book autobiography. Alan loves animals, but the great cat house at the Bronx Zoo makes him sad. Why are they all alone in empty cages? Are they being punished? More than anything, he wants to be their champion—their voice—but he stutters uncontrollably. Except when he talks to animals…then he is fluent. Follow the life of the man Time Magazine calls, "the Indiana Jones of wildlife conservation" as he searches for his voice and fulfills a promise to speak for animals, and people, who cannot speak for themselves. This real-life story with tender illustrations by Catia Chien explores truths not defined by the spoken word. Publishers Weekly Best Book Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Honor Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2015 Winner of the 2015 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award 2015 Green Earth Book Honor book