Fluency
29/11/06 23:03 Filed in: Middle
School
Fluency Practice, Grades 4 &
Up
from Teacher Created Resources
Fluency has two basic parts. Reading fluency is the ability to read quickly and accurately while using expression and proper phrasing. Speaking fluency is the ability to express oneself easily and gracefully. Oral reading is a great way for students to practice fluency and for teachers to assess fluency. The books in this series present oral reading practice in a variety of genres:
from Teacher Created Resources
Fluency has two basic parts. Reading fluency is the ability to read quickly and accurately while using expression and proper phrasing. Speaking fluency is the ability to express oneself easily and gracefully. Oral reading is a great way for students to practice fluency and for teachers to assess fluency. The books in this series present oral reading practice in a variety of genres:
- Nursery Rhymes
- Poetry
- Haiku
- Songs
- Proverbs
- Tongue Twisters
- Fairy Tales
- Readers' Theater
Fluency
29/11/06 23:01 Filed in: Intermediate
Texts for Fluency Practice Level C
(Grades 4 and up)
from Shell Educational Publishing
Research has shown that readers who engage in regular repeated readings improve their word recognition, reading rate, comprehension, and overall reading proficiency. As students regularly read and perform these age-appropriate texts, they improve their decoding, interpretation, and ultimately comprehension of the materials. Since the selections are engaging and enjoyable, students will want to read, reread, and perform! A variety of genre are included: poetry and rhymes, song lyrics, readers theater scripts, and famous speeches and quotations. Grades: 4 - 8
from Shell Educational Publishing
Research has shown that readers who engage in regular repeated readings improve their word recognition, reading rate, comprehension, and overall reading proficiency. As students regularly read and perform these age-appropriate texts, they improve their decoding, interpretation, and ultimately comprehension of the materials. Since the selections are engaging and enjoyable, students will want to read, reread, and perform! A variety of genre are included: poetry and rhymes, song lyrics, readers theater scripts, and famous speeches and quotations. Grades: 4 - 8
Phonics
29/11/06 22:56 Filed in: Primary
The New Kindergarten: Teaching
Reading, Writing & More
from Scholastic
SCH0439288363 (Primary, Staff)
Come into ConnieÕs kindergarten classroom and learn how to plan literacy-rich learning experiences all year long. This complete resource includes activities to build phonemic awareness and phonics skills, mini-lessons on shared reading and writing, and learning-filled morning messages and meetings. Plus, tips on introducing and managing materials, establishing classroom routines, setting up sensational centers, creative ways to connect with parents, photos, student samples, reproducible activity sheets, forms, and more!
Grades: K, Staff
from Scholastic
SCH0439288363 (Primary, Staff)
Come into ConnieÕs kindergarten classroom and learn how to plan literacy-rich learning experiences all year long. This complete resource includes activities to build phonemic awareness and phonics skills, mini-lessons on shared reading and writing, and learning-filled morning messages and meetings. Plus, tips on introducing and managing materials, establishing classroom routines, setting up sensational centers, creative ways to connect with parents, photos, student samples, reproducible activity sheets, forms, and more!
Grades: K, Staff
Phonics
29/11/06 22:53 Filed in: Primary
Clip Art for
Phonics
from Scholastic
Contains hundreds of cute and clever illustrations in the style made famous by Teacher's Friend. Every letter of the alphabet is represented including consonants, beginning sounds and short and long vowel sounds. Make your own flash cards, gameboards or matching activity using the many delightful phonetic illustrations! Grades: PK - 3
from Scholastic
Contains hundreds of cute and clever illustrations in the style made famous by Teacher's Friend. Every letter of the alphabet is represented including consonants, beginning sounds and short and long vowel sounds. Make your own flash cards, gameboards or matching activity using the many delightful phonetic illustrations! Grades: PK - 3
Vocabulary
20/11/06 22:14 Filed in: Intermediate
Vocabulary (Grades
4-6)
This book helps expand students' vocabulary by providing them with instruction and practice on such topics as synonyms, homophones, homographs, and word relationships. The activity sheets encourage students to use context clues, prefixes, suffixes, and word parts to discover the meaning of new vocabulary words. A variety of interesting and fun activities help students to master new words quickly and easily while encouraging them to build their own vocabularies. Students will need a dictionary or thesaurus to complete some of the activity sheets in this book. Grades: 4 - 6
This book helps expand students' vocabulary by providing them with instruction and practice on such topics as synonyms, homophones, homographs, and word relationships. The activity sheets encourage students to use context clues, prefixes, suffixes, and word parts to discover the meaning of new vocabulary words. A variety of interesting and fun activities help students to master new words quickly and easily while encouraging them to build their own vocabularies. Students will need a dictionary or thesaurus to complete some of the activity sheets in this book. Grades: 4 - 6
Vocabulary
20/11/06 22:13 Filed in: Middle
School
Skills for Life - Vocabulary and
Reading (Grades 6-9)
ÒWhen will we ever need to know this?Ó Sound familiar? Not with this book. These pages give students practice with vocabulary and reading skills they will need to do everyday tasks throughout their lives. The activities focus on real-life situations such as ordering through a catalog, reading maps and graphs, being a smart shopper, using reference sources, understanding labels, and much more. Each page is designed to teach important skills while making the learning meaningful to students. Grades: 6 - 9
ÒWhen will we ever need to know this?Ó Sound familiar? Not with this book. These pages give students practice with vocabulary and reading skills they will need to do everyday tasks throughout their lives. The activities focus on real-life situations such as ordering through a catalog, reading maps and graphs, being a smart shopper, using reference sources, understanding labels, and much more. Each page is designed to teach important skills while making the learning meaningful to students. Grades: 6 - 9
Reading Practice
19/11/06 23:18 Filed in: Intermediate
Reading Practice Tests (Grades
4-6)
Easy-to-use sample tests and student practice sheets. The new Reading Practice Tests title present the best samples tests and reproducibles from Weekly Reader's award-winning periodicals to provide teachers with engaging activities for determining how children are progressing in their reading and writing. The reproducibles provides teachers with instructions that will help students improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills. Grades: 4 - 6
Easy-to-use sample tests and student practice sheets. The new Reading Practice Tests title present the best samples tests and reproducibles from Weekly Reader's award-winning periodicals to provide teachers with engaging activities for determining how children are progressing in their reading and writing. The reproducibles provides teachers with instructions that will help students improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills. Grades: 4 - 6
Sight Words
19/11/06 23:16 Filed in: Primary
100 Write-and-Learn Sight Word
Practice Pages
Watch confidence soar as children master 100 sight words - the words most commonly encountered in any text. Children read more fluently, write with greater ease, and spell more accurately when they know these high-frequency words! These fun, ready-to-go practice pages let kids trace, copy, manipulate, cut and paste, and write each sight word on their own. Features words from the Dolch Word List, a commonly recognized core of sight words. Also includes games and extension activities. Grades: K - 2
Watch confidence soar as children master 100 sight words - the words most commonly encountered in any text. Children read more fluently, write with greater ease, and spell more accurately when they know these high-frequency words! These fun, ready-to-go practice pages let kids trace, copy, manipulate, cut and paste, and write each sight word on their own. Features words from the Dolch Word List, a commonly recognized core of sight words. Also includes games and extension activities. Grades: K - 2
Reading Activities
19/11/06 23:13 Filed in: Primary
Instant Independent Reading Response
Activities
Boost reading comprehension with 50 engaging, ready-to-use literature-response activities that kids can use with any book! Includes easy-to-follow directions and reproducible activity sheets so kids can complete their work on their own. An instant way to enhance your independent reading program, build key reading and writing skillsÉand watch your students' enthusiasm for reading grow! Grades: 2 - 4
Boost reading comprehension with 50 engaging, ready-to-use literature-response activities that kids can use with any book! Includes easy-to-follow directions and reproducible activity sheets so kids can complete their work on their own. An instant way to enhance your independent reading program, build key reading and writing skillsÉand watch your students' enthusiasm for reading grow! Grades: 2 - 4
Reading Activties
19/11/06 23:08 Filed in: Intermediate
Creative Activities for Gifted
Readers (Grades 3-6)
Gifted students demand original, fresh, and mind-expanding activities that stimulate their creativity and enhance high-level thinking abilities. Creative Activities for Gifted Readers provides that and more! The numerous single-period and multi-week activities in this book are designed to foster active involvement across the reading curriculum. Lessons correlate to NCTE standards, and include activity sheets, word puzzles, analogies, short-term activities, long-term projects, and story energizers. Grades: 3 - 6
Gifted students demand original, fresh, and mind-expanding activities that stimulate their creativity and enhance high-level thinking abilities. Creative Activities for Gifted Readers provides that and more! The numerous single-period and multi-week activities in this book are designed to foster active involvement across the reading curriculum. Lessons correlate to NCTE standards, and include activity sheets, word puzzles, analogies, short-term activities, long-term projects, and story energizers. Grades: 3 - 6