Designed for children learning to read, this book retells "Thumbelina" in lively, natural language to help children develop the confidence to read alone. Level Three is suitable for children who are developing reading stamina and who are ready to progress to longer stories.
Make learning fun with Fisher-Price®! Full-color pages feature fun activities with easy-to-follow directions and help reinforce preschool and early elementary school skills like Letters and Numbers, Number Order, Thinking Skills, Shapes and Following Directions, Reading Skills, Beginning Math, Learning New Words, and Phonic Skills
Building Vocabulary Flip Charts are designed to be used in small group center activities to expand vocabulary and comprehension skills in an easy-to-use flip chart. Leveled activities build background and reinforce word skills for children at all levels. The charts include beautiful photographs that make vocabulary easy for English Language Learners. The vocabulary in these flip charts is tied to key story words in each READING Student Anthology selection, and would be excellent for ELLs as well as other students.
Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline—poverty, second-language issues, and the ever-expanding choices of electronic entertainment. In this provocative new book, Kelly Gallagher suggests, however, that it is time to recognize a new and significant contributor to the death of reading: our schools.
'Valerie Coultas’s book on talk is primarily addressed to secondary English teachers, especially those who enjoy the challenge and lively contexts of inner city classrooms, providing the teaching equivalent of white water rafting. She has a lot of experience of working with pupils whose reading and writing skills are weak, but who bring to the classroom enormous energy and a wealth of experience combined with the ability to creatively express themselves orally in many different languages and vernaculars.
