XI ENGLISH OLYMPIAD - 2010

Teaching reading and viewing

Teaching students to become effective readers is an important goal of the compulsory years of schooling. It involves extending student's vocabularies and knowledge of the world, developing their knowledge of English grammar and their decoding skills, developing their reading fluency and extending their ability to comprehend what they read and view from the literal level to the inferential and critical levels.

The New Oxford Picture Dictionary: Teacher's Guide

The New Picture Dictionary and its components provide a complete, four-skills language development program. The program is: * Practical - a wide range of topics introduce new words in their most common context. * Easy to use - vocabulary items are presented without ambiguity or the need for translation. * Versatile - the Dictionary itself and its components have unlimited applications. * Flexible - the Dictionary can be used alone or with its components.

Total Reading is the most comprehensive teaching guide for reading available. This workbook, specifically designed for children in grade 2, gives them the help they need to succeed in all aspects of reading including vocabulary building, grammar skills, critical thinking, dictionary skills, and more.

Including a complete answer key and easy-to-follow directions, this workbook also features reading puzzles, and a poster for added learning.

Responsive Literacy Coaching - Tools for Creating and Sustaining Purposeful Change

In Responsive Literacy Coaching, Cheryl Dozier draws on twenty-four years of experience as an elementary classroom teacher and teacher educator to present both a theoretical framework and practical tools to enact responsive literacy coaching. Through thoughtful and purposeful coaching, teachers learn effective ways to improve literacy instruction and student achievement.