Partner Poems for Building Fluency

Partner Poems for Building Fluency
Author: Bobbi Katz
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-08-29
Genre: Fluency (Language learning)
ISBN: 9780439554374

The Expert Teacher of Englishis for all passionate teachers – both novice and expert - who aspire to become outstanding professionals. It considers what we mean by ‘expert’ and ‘expertise’, explores concepts that are vital to understanding what expertise in teaching is ‘for’, and discusses the characteristics of excellent teaching. As increasing attention is being paid to the concept of the professional who can model excellent teaching and mentor and develop others, it provides a critical analysis of The Advanced Skills Teacher and the Excellent Teacher, as well as the Chartered Teacher in Scotland and the ‘highly accomplished teacher’ in the US. Ideas and issues considered include: The nature of English as a school subject What it means to be part of a profession Curriculum design, lesson planning and assessment Opportunities for technologies in the English classroom Working collaboratively with colleagues, mentoring and observation Continuing professional development and research Drawing on the views, ideas and experiences of a group of skilful teachers, The Expert Teacher of Englishaims to stimulate personal and professional development, help you reflect on the concept of expertise, and support you as you develop as a highly accomplished teacher.

Partner Poems for Building Fluency

Partner Poems for Building Fluency
Author: Timothy V. Rasinski
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Fluency (Language learning)
ISBN: 9780545108768

Beloved poet David L. Harrison has teamed up with fluency expert Timothy Rasinki and Gay Fawcett to create this fun and motivating resource for helping students develop fluency and comprehension. Forty poems written for two voices engage middle-grade students in reading and rereading with a purpose. The companion activities focus on key comprehension skills, including visualizing, summarizing, synthesizing, predicting, and inferring. Complete with lesson ideas and routines for using the poems, this collection will be a welcome addition to any teacher’s bookshelf. For use with Grades 4-6.

Building Fluency

Building Fluency
Author: Wiley Blevins
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2001
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780439288385

Contains mini-lessons, activities, and word lists designed to help students improve the speed, automaticity, and expression skills needed for better reading comprehension.

Poetry? Yuck!

Poetry? Yuck!
Author: Kathleen Petersen
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 14
Release: 2005-11-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0743900049

Act out the story of two boys who have to write poems for school. With the help of their siblings, these boys discover that poetry isn't always yucky. Poetry can also be fun, smart, silly, and funny! This script features roles written to match different reading levels, supporting differentiation and English language learner strategies. By utilizing these strategies, teachers can assign specific roles to their readers based on everyone's current reading level. This feature allows all students to get involved in the same activity and feel successful! All readers can gain confidence in their reading fluency through performance, regardless of their current reading ability. While performing with others, students will practice performance, interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures to better tell the story. This script also features an accompanying poem and song to give readers additional fluency practice. This dynamic, colorful script is the perfect tool for a classroom of varied readers. It will surely get everyone participating and confidently practicing fluency!

Phonics Poetry Pages

Phonics Poetry Pages
Author: Kama Einhorn
Publisher: Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780545248709

50 Fill-in-the-Blank Practice Pages That Help Kids Master Essential Phonics Skills for Reading Success

From Fluency to Comprehension

From Fluency to Comprehension
Author: Timothy Rasinski
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2013-08-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1462511813

Helping teachers move beyond fluency as measured by speed alone, this book focuses on building the skills that students need to read accurately, meaningfully, and expressively--the essential components of reading comprehension. Each concise chapter presents a tried-and-true instructional or assessment strategy and shows how K-12 teachers can apply it in their own classrooms, using a wide variety of engaging texts. Special features include classroom examples, "Your Turn" activities, and 24 reproducible forms, in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.

Poems for Building Reading Skills Level 1

Poems for Building Reading Skills Level 1
Author: Timothy Rasinski
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2010-03-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781425806750

This series, The Poet and the Professor: Poems for Building Reading Skills, brings poetry into a whole new light for students in grades 1-8. Each book includes playful, original content that will engage both reluctant and skilled readers. The easy-to-use, standards-based lessons and purposeful activity pages address key literacy skills. Each book includes an Audio CD of the poems that can be used to support fluency and comprehension. Also included is an interactive whiteboard-compatible Resource CD that can be used to further support literacy skills.

Joyful Noise

Joyful Noise
Author: Paul Fleischman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062283677

From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noise is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrates the insect world. Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise. The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. They can be fully appreciated by an individual reader, but they're particularly striking when read aloud by two voices, making this an ideal pick for classroom use. Eric Beddows′s vibrant drawings send each insect soaring, spinning, or creeping off the page in its own unique way. With Joyful Noise, Paul Fleischman created not only a fascinating guide to the insect world but an exultant celebration of life.