Download or read book Using Context Clues to Help Kids Tackle Unfamiliar Words written by Helen Zeitzoff and published by Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Packed with practice pages, this one-of-a-kind resource helps students read independently and confidently. Students practice nine simple strategies for using context clues to figure out the meanings of unknown words- without the help of an adult or a dictionary! Includes helpful strategy sheets for students and teachers and a reproducible strategy mini-poster.
Download or read book How to Learn Like a Pro written by Phyllis Nissila and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Word Collector written by Peter H. Reynolds and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the beloved bestselling creator of The Dot and our own Happy Dreamer comes an inspiring story about the transformative and profound power of words. Some people collect stamps.Some people collect coins.Some people collect art.And Jerome?Jerome collected words . . . In this extraordinary new tale from Peter H. Reynolds, Jerome discovers the magic of the words all around him -- short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multisyllable words that sound like little songs. Words that connect, transform, and empower. From the creator of The Dot and Happy Dreamer comes a celebration of finding your own words -- and the impact you can have when you share them with the world.
Download or read book The Thing About Spring written by Daniel Kirk and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spring is in the air! Bear, Bird, and Mouse are all excited that winter snows are melting away, but their friend Rabbit is not. There are too many things about winter that Rabbit adores, and spring just seems to spell trouble. His friends offer an abundance of reasons to love spring and the changing seasons, but will Rabbit listen? Daniel Kirk has written a lively and humorous tale with the gentle message that change can be fun.
Download or read book A Wonderful World of Weather written by Kay Barnham and published by World of Wonder. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does weather work and how does it affect people's lives? Find out about the weather, from clouds and fog to snow, sleet, and hail.
Download or read book 100 Task Cards Context Clues written by Carol Ghiglieri and published by Scholastic Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Add this set of 100 text cards to your classroom routine and watch students' comprehension abilities skyrocket! Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone must-know inference skills--in just 10 minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students learn to effectively read between the lines in both fiction and nonfiction texts. A great way to boost standardized test taking scores!
Download or read book The Get Rich Quick Club written by Dan Gutman and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-06 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We, the members of the Get Rich Quick Club, in order to form a more perfect summer, vow that we will figure out a way to make a million dollars by September. We agree that neither rain nor snow nor gloom of night will prevent us from achieving our stated goal, till death do us part. Gina Tumolo and her Get Rich Quick Club are determined to make their summer pay off. They're going to make a pact and hatch a scheme, and their small-town life will never be the same again.
Download or read book 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know written by American Heritage Dictionaries and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2010-07-07 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A book that will appeal to word lovers as well as parents hoping to boost their kids’ verbal test scores.” —Booklist More is expected of middle schoolers—more reading, more writing, more independent learning. Achieving success in this more challenging world requires knowing many more words. 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know helps students in grades 6 to 8 (ages 11-14) to express themselves with distinction and get the most out of school. The 100 words are varied and interesting, ranging from verbs like muster and replenish to nouns like havoc and restitution to adjectives like apprehensive and imperious. Knowing these words enables students to express themselves with greater clarity and subtlety. Each word has a definition and a pronunciation and appears with at least one quotation—a moving or dramatic passage—taken from a book that middle schoolers are assigned in the classroom or enjoy reading on their own. Both classic and contemporary works of fiction and nonfiction are represented. Among the authors are young adult favorites and award-winners such as Kate Di Camillo, Russell Freedman, Neil Gaiman, E.L. Konigsberg, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers, Katherine Paterson, J. K. Rowling, and Gary Soto. Readers can see for themselves that the words are used by the very best writers in the very best books. It stands to reason that they will see them again and again in higher grades and throughout their lives. 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know helps students to gain useful knowledge and prepares them to step into a broader world.
Download or read book The Merriam Webster Thesaurus written by Merriam-Webster and published by Merriam-Webster. This book was released on 2023-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find the right word fast! This indispensable guide from America's Language Experts is the perfect tool for readers and writers! This all new edition of The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus features more than 150,000 word choices, including related words, antonyms, and near antonyms. Each main entry provides the meaning shared by the synonyms listed and abundant usage examples show words used in context. Words alphabetically organized for ease of use. A great complement to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary and perfect for school, home, or office.
Download or read book Bookmarks Are People Too 1 written by Henry Winkler and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-02-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hank stars the same Hank as in the bestselling Hank Zipzer series, only this time he's in 2nd grade! Hank is a kid who doesn't try to be funny, but he somehow always makes the kids in his class laugh. He's pretty bad at memorizing stuff, and spelling is his worst subject. (But so are math and reading!) In the first book in this new series, Hank's class is putting on a play, and Hank wants the lead part: Aqua Fly. But he freezes in his audition and can only buzz like a fly. His teacher creates a special part for Hank, a silent bookmark. This may seem like an insignificant role, but when his enemy, Nick McKelty, freezes during the performance, it's up to Hank to save the play!
Download or read book Fire Fuego Brave Bomberos written by Susan Middleton Elya and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brave group of firefighters set off to battle a blaze at a townhouse. Spanish words interspersed in the rhyming text are defined in a glossary.
Download or read book Vocabulary Handbook written by Linda Diamond and published by Brookes Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part textbook, part practical handbook, this must-have resource from the trusted Consortium on Reading Excellence (CORE) will help every literacy teacher understand key research on vocabulary instruction, put best practices to work in any classroom,
Download or read book 100 Task Cards Text Evidence written by Scholastic Teaching Resources and published by Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give students the tools they need to meet--and exceed--the new language-arts standards in just ten minutes a day! Each book in this series contains 100 reproducible cards stocked with high-interest mini-passages and key questions to quickly hone comprehension skills. Focus topics include main idea and details, making inferences, summarizing, predicting, citing text evidence, author's purpose, and much more. Perfect for whole-class, group, or independent learning.
Download or read book Reading Comprehension written by Scholastic, Inc. Staff and published by Teaching Resources. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Give students the targeted, skill-building practice they need with these standards-based books! Each workbook includes more than 40 ready-to-reproduce practice pages. Easy-to-follow directions and fun exercises motivate students to work on their own. Every activity in each book is correlated to state standards. For use with Grade 4.
Download or read book Level II Student Text written by hm Group and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2000-04-13 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Level II: Grades 8-10 Young adolescents have different developmental needs than other students. The hm Program is geared for specific grade levels, allowing you to encourage the middle and junior high student's growing capacity for abstraction. At the same time, the activity-oriented structure keeps their attention. Students will learn to harness their particular "learning style" in a way that best suits their needs. Each student workbook teaches and reinforces the essential skills students need to be successful: skills for perceiving, organizing, making sense of, and using ideas and data. The workbook functions as a text for learning study skills and as a reference resource throughout the year.
Download or read book Put Reading First the Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read written by Bonnie B. Armbruster and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Comprehension Process Instruction written by Cathy Collins Block and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2004-04-28 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Filling a crucial gap in the literature, this immensely practical volume presents innovative tools for helping K-3 students significantly increase their ability to make meaning from texts. The focus is on teaching the comprehension processes employed by expert readers, using a carefully sequenced combination of whole-class activities, specially designed kinesthetic movements, metacognitive strategies, and independent reading. Teachers are taken step by step through implementing the authors' research-based approach with diverse students, including English-language learners and children with special needs. Designed in a convenient, large-size format, the book features clear lesson plans and reproducible activities and visual aids, together with fiction and nonfiction book lists. An invaluable resource for helping teachers meet the mandates of No Child Left Behind, the volume is also ideal for use in preservice and inservice training. Every chapter concludes with thought-provoking exercises, activities, and discussion topics.
