U.S. History Through Children's Literature

U.S. History Through Children's Literature
Author: Wanda Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 245
Release: 1997-03-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313079463

Allow students to step back in time to experience the thoughts, feelings, dilemmas, and actions of people from history. For each history topic, Miller suggests two titles-one for use with the entire class and one for use with small reading groups. Summaries of the books, author information, activities, and topics for discussion are supplemented with vocabulary lists and ideas for research topics and further reading. This integrated approach makes history meaningful to students and helps them retain historical details and facts.

Explore Colonial America!

Explore Colonial America!
Author: Verna Fisher
Publisher: Nomad Press
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2009-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1934670766

In Explore Colonial America!, kids ages 6-9 learn about America’s earliest days as European settlements, and how the colonists managed to survive, build thriving colonies, and eventually challenge England for independence. How did the colonists build homes, feed and clothe themselves, and get along with the Native Americans who were already here? This accessible introduction to the colonial period teaches young children about the daily lives of ordinary colonists and offers fascinating stories about those who helped shape the emerging nation. Activities range from creating a ship out of a bar of soap and building a log home out of graham crackers and pretzels to making a wampum necklace. Projects are easy-to-follow, require minimal adult supervision, and use primarily common household products and recycled supplies. By combining a hands-on element with riddles, jokes, fun facts, and comic cartoons, kids Explore Colonial America!, and have a great time discovering our nation’s founding years.

Daily Reading Comprehension

Daily Reading Comprehension
Author: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Publisher: Evan Moor Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Reading comprehension
ISBN: 9781608236374

Common Core Top Pick for Reading Literature and Informational Text Key Ideas and Details Craft and Structure Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity View all Common Core Top Picks for Reading Literature and Informational Text Daily instruction on the reading strategies and comprehension skills your students need to improve reading comprehension and raise test scores! Engage your students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of passages and texts! Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 6 presents your students with the reading strategies and comprehension skills they need to become strong and successful readers. 30 weeks of instruction cover the following reading skills and strategies: Skills: Theme Evaluating Evidence Character & Setting Main Idea & Details Visual Information Author's Purpose Make Predictions Draw Conclusions Cause & Effect Compare & Contrast Nonfiction Text Features Sequence Strategies: Monitor Comprehension Make Connections Visualization Organization Determine Important Information Ask Questions

History Pockets: Colonial America, Grade 4 - 6 Teacher Resource

History Pockets: Colonial America, Grade 4 - 6 Teacher Resource
Author: Evan-Moor Corporation
Publisher: Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781557999061

History Pockets-Colonial America, Grades 4-6, contains eight discovery pockets. The introduction pocket gives an overview of the settlement of the thirteen original colonies. The other pockets feature a look at the aspects of colonial life in the northern, middle, and southern colonies. Each pocket contains: - a reproducible pocket label - a bookmark of short, fun facts about the subject - a fact sheet of background information for teacher and students - arts and crafts projects - writing activities Evaluation forms are provided at the end of the book for teacher and student assessment purposes. The book contains the following pockets: - Introduction to Colonial America - The First Settlements - The Native Americans - Homes and Villages - Daily Life - School - Work - Memorable People