Designed for teachers wanting to know what to do to help pupils with spelling difficulties, this book combines practical advice with theory, research and accounts of the author's own experience. The author looks at how spelling skills develop in both young children and older pupils.
This market-leading book provides comprehensive coverage of behavior management concepts and techniques and presents them in a versatile and practical manner for teachers. This new edition has been shortened and streamlined and chapters flow step-by-step through an actual behavior analysis, using classroom-based examples and practices firmly grounded in research. The text covers: identifying target behavior, collecting and graphing data, functional assessment, experimental design, arranging antecedents and consequences, generalizing behavior change and discusses the importance of ethical considerations in using applied behavior analysis in the classroom.
Vocabulary & Spelling presents thirty-two lessons that cover a broad range of topics from etymology to context clues to spelling patterns. It is essential that vocabulary instructions include a variety of strategies to develop students' word-study skills. Lessons in Vocabulary & Spelling provide many different ways of exploring and studying words, word parts, semantic families, and spelling patterns and rules. Activating students' prior knowledge of words and of essential concepts related to words helps students make associations between new terms and words they already know. An answer key is included.
Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum (11th Edition)
Remaining one of the best-selling interdisciplinary composition texts for over twenty-five years, Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum helps readers of all majors and interests learn to write effectively for college. This rhetoric and reader guides students through the essential college-level writing skills of summary, critique, synthesis, and analysis.
Silly foods, sweets, and foods from other countries are some of the features of this delicious resource. Building on the concepts offered in the acclaimed Mudluscious (Libraries Unlimited, 1986), this delightful volume focuses on the ever-popular topic of food, with an emphasis on activities that span the curriculum and offer opportunities for both written and oral expression. Original stories, songs, chants, and other learning activities are provided. Grades K-3.
