This complete resource includes great activities, models, and reproducibles for helping students develop expository writing skills. Offers complete how-to's for presenting ideas in an orderly way, supporting ideas with essential facts, and writing to a specific audience. Includes independent learning ideas, reinforcement activities, and self-assessment pages.
This must-have idea book is crammed with lots of quick and easy teaching “tricks” and “treats” that will really work for you! Build skills in math, reading, writing, and more with activities like Monster Math, Spider Word Webs, Spooky Story Bags, and Ghostly Graphs. Plus: poetry, mini-books, games, graphic organizers, literature links and more!
Easy Ways to Reach & Teach English Language Learners (Grades K–5)
How can we help English Language Learners adapt and adjust to life in the classroom—and thrive? ELL specialist Valerie SchifferDannoff shares her success strategies for including ELLs in meaningful instruction and classroom life right from the start. This guide also offers lessons adapted for ELLs at different levels of English mastery, tips for immersing them in classroom routines and community, and helpful definitions for language-learning terms.
Packed with teacher-tested ideas and activities that correlate with the Language Arts Standards. Includes tips for working with second language learners; assessment ideas; and writing, art, music, and movement connections for kids of all learning styles. You’ll also find reproducible graphs, charts, graphic organizers, games, mini-books, easy-to-make manipulatives, and much more!
You’ll never hear "There’s nothing to write about" again with this BIG collection of imaginative writing prompts correlated with the calendar—from Thanksgiving to Elephant Appreciation Day, Abe Lincoln’s birthday to National Umbrella Week. A great way to provide meaningful writing practice every day of the school year!
