Picture CROW is a crossword puzzle booklet designed for children who have been learning English for at least 1 or 2 years and have already gained a basic knowledge. However, we also recommend it for anybody who is seeking a playful way of learning English.
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Professional educators and the public at large have long known that reading is an enabling skill that traverses academic disciplines and translates into meaningful personal, social, and economic outcomes for individuals. It is common knowledge that reading is the fulcrum of academics, the pivotal ability that stabilizes and leverages children's opportunities to learn and to become reflective, independent learners. Despite society's long recognition of the importance of successful reading, only recently have we begun to understand the profound and enduring consequences of not learning to read and the new-found evidence of the critical and abbreviated period in which we have to alter reading trajectories

The classroom teacher brings to the planning partnership knowledge of curriculum, of the classroom program, and of student needs and abilities. The teacher-librarian brings to the planning partnership knowledge of curriculum, of the resources to support student learning in the program, and of the skills and strategies necessary for students to handle information and ideas effectively. When these areas of expertise are integrated, the result is teaching and learning with information skills and strategies incorporated in resource-based instruction in thoughtful and relevant ways. Student learning is assessed jointly through careful monitoring and authentic products.

Learning Made Simple books give you skills without frills. They are matched to the main qualifications and written by experienced teachers and authors to make often tricky subjects simple to learn. Every book is designed carefully to provide bite-sized lessons matched to readers' needs.

This book offers both a conceptual framework and practical guidance for arranging the learning environment. It will give classroom teachers and future teachers in elementary and early childhood settings a better understanding of the effects of the teacher-arranged environment in which they spend their days with children. Through its text and illustrations, it presents practical information and procedures for making the learning environment supportive.