Download or read book Stone Bench in an Empty Park written by Paul B. Janeczko and published by Orchard Books (NY). This book was released on 2000 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of haiku accompanied by photographs reflect nature in the city.
Download or read book Poem Central written by Shirley McPhillips and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In everything we have to understand, poetry can help. Tony Hoagland, Harper's , April 2013 In Poem Central: Word Journeys with Readers and Writers , Shirley McPhillips helps us better understand the central role poetry can play in our personal lives and in the life of our classrooms. She introduces us to professional poets, teachers, and students----people of different ages and walks of life---who are actively engaged in reading and making poems. Their stories and their work show us the power of poems to illuminate the ordinary, to nurture, inspire and stand alongside us for the journey. Poem Central is divided into three main parts-;weaving poetry into our lives and our classrooms, reading poems, and writing poems. McPhillipshas structured the book in short sections that are easy to read and dip into. Each section has a specific focus, provides background knowledge, shows poets at work, highlights information on crafting, defines poetic terms, features finished work, includes classroom examples, and lists additional resources. In Poem Central -; a place where people and poems meet-;teachers and students will discover how to find their way into a poem, have conversations around poems, and learn fresh and exciting ways to make poems. Readers will enjoy the dozens of poems throughout the book that serve to instruct, to inspire, and to send us on unique word journeys of the mind and heart.
Download or read book Poetry People written by Sylvia M. Vardell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Sylvia Vardell's new children's poetry reference book provides a comprehensive introduction to more than 60 contemporary young people's poets. Focusing primarily on those who are still actively writing today, the author includes poets appropriate for young children through young adults. Each entry features brief biographical information, highlights selected poetry books authored, showcases awards won, notes related Web sites, and provides suggestions for making connections (programming ideas, related books and activities). The book is ideal for librarians who serve children and young adults, as well as for teachers and others who work with children and young adults. Beginning with Arnold Adoff the list of poets is both impressive and informative. A sample: Francisco Alarcon, Aileen Fisher, Douglas Florian, Nikki Giovanni, Kristine O'Connell George, Jane Yolen, Eloise Greenfield, John Ciardi and many more!
Download or read book Of Primary Importance written by Ann M. Corgill and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first chapter of Ann Marie Corgills Of Primary Importance: What's Essential in Teaching Young Writers, you experience the swirling energy, the sights, and the sounds of a primary classroom. Forming the heart of the book are detailed units of study on poetry, nonfiction, and fiction writing that provide a clear demonstration of the writing workshop process at work throughout a school year. You'll also find examples of favorite texts for teaching various craft components, ideas for classroom organization and where to purchase materials, suggestions for publishing student work, lists of professional resources and, most importantly, inspiring examples of what children who are empowered to write can and will write. Of Primary Importance is not a how-to manual as much as it is a celebration of the idiosyncratic journey of teaching young children to write. If you are a grade-one through grade-three teacher struggling to get your students writing well, if you want to push your writing workshop to new dimensions, or if you are just plain skeptical that primary kids can write something beyond "I love my mom. I love my dog. The end," this book is for you. You will come away inspired, challenged, supported, and wiser in your classroom writing instruction.
Download or read book Making the Match written by Teri S. Lesesne and published by Stenhouse Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains how teachers and librarians can steer students to the literature they love by focusing on three key areas: knowing the readers, knowing the books, and knowing the strategies to motivate students to read.
Download or read book Common Core Curriculum English Grades 6 8 written by Great Minds and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common Core's English resources empower educators to meet the expectations of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA) and build essential content knowledge for students in grades 6-8. Each grade in The Wheatley Portfolio features a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units that engage students in deep study of worthwhile texts and topics. Features of this book include: Six thematic units for each grade, each centered on a curated collection of literary and informational texts Focus standards for each unit that complement the topic and promote student mastery of essential literacy skills Suggested texts and activities to incorporate science, art, and history into English instruction This revised second edition includes a sample text study that guides students through a close read of an exemplary text, updated web resources, and refreshed suggested works. Educators who create their curriculum based on Common Core's Wheatley Portfolioguarantee that students are exposed to content-rich instruction and have ample opportunity to master the reading, writing, speaking, listening, and language skills articulated in the CCSS for ELA.
Download or read book Striking a Balance written by Nancy L. Cecil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-04 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in its sixth edition, Striking a Balance clearly illustrates how to create a comprehensive early literacy program that places direct skills instruction within the context of rich and varied reading and writing experiences. Text discussions, dynamic activities, and valuable appendices provide a variety of effective instructional resources, selected based on research and teacher testimonials. The sixth edition incorporates recent updates to national and state standards, as well as expanded sections on working with English language learners and students with special needs, while maintaining the book’s essential features: classroom vignettes, discussion questions, field-based activities, a student website, and study guide. An essential resource for early literacy instructors, this textbook’s practical approach fundamentally demonstrates how children develop authentic literacy skills through a combination of direct strategy instruction and motivating contexts.
Download or read book Booklist s 1000 Best Young Adult Books since 2000 written by Gillian Engberg and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the explosion in YA publishing, it’s harder than ever to separate good books from the rest. Booklistmagazine’s editors’ deep and broad knowledge of the landscape offers indispensable guidance, and here they bring together the very best of the best books for young adults published since the start of the 21st century. Drawing on the careful judgment of expert YA librarians, this book Includes a foreword by best-selling YA lit authority Michael Cart, who demonstrates how we have entered a new golden age of books for young adults Collects reviews which showcase the most stimulating contemporary YA titles Features an essay in each section, grouped by genre, presenting an overview and examining relevant trends Indexes selections by author, title, and genre for handy reference The thoughtful professional review coverage for which ALA’s Booklist is known makes this volume an ideal tool for YA readers’ advisory and collection development.
Download or read book A Poke in the I written by Paul B. Janeczko and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a collection of poetry for young readers from numerous visual poets, including Maureen W. Armour and John Hollander.
Download or read book The Children s Literature Dictionary written by Kathy Howard Latrobe and published by Neal-Schuman Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three hundred and twenty-five literary terms are defined and discussed with examples from children's books. Activities to help reinforce children's understanding of the terms are also suggested.
Download or read book The Quiet Fields written by William Boden and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from the heart, the poems of William Boden offer a new take on our outer and inner worlds. This collection shines new light on mens issues, art, and music, and as his insights of solitude and the natural world weave through the book, their impressions are sure to linger. Here youll encounter poetrys fresh voice. It speaks to us all.
Download or read book Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom written by Laurie E. Westphal and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-03 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Language Arts for grades 6-8 offers teachers who have multiple ability levels in one classroom everything they need to create a student-centered learning environment based on choice. For each topic covered, there are two menus that look similar but contain differentiated content: one menu for students working on grade level and the other for students working below grade level. Using the creative, challenging choices found in Tic-Tac-Toe menus, List menus, 2-5-8 menus, and Game Show menus, students will demonstrate their knowledge with unique, exciting products. Also included are specific guidelines for products, assessment rubrics, and teacher introduction pages for each menu. These menus can also be used in conjunction with the Differentiating Instruction With Menus series (for students working above grade level) for three tiers of complementary menus. Grades 6-8
Download or read book Windows on the World written by Rosanne Blass and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-12-14 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource book for librarians and teachers of elementary and middle grade readers introduces over 400 titles of books (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) written and illustrated by international authors and illustrators. Windows on the World: International Books for Elementary and Middle Grade Readers helps librarians and teachers open the eyes of elementary and middle grade readers to what life is like for children like themselves around the globe. In this extraordinary resource, you will find introductions to over 400 fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles for age levels 4-8 and 8-12, written and illustrated by international authors and illustrators, and matched with related curriculum activities correlated with national curriculum standards. Windows on the World consists of over 100 lead books and over 350 related books published in the last ten years, organized by countries and cultures. It includes work from non-American authors working in the United States and abroad, as well as reissues of classics, and a few American titles noted for their authentic representations of other cultures. Each entry includes bibliographic data, information about the author and illustrator, identification of genre, recommended age level, a synopsis, suggested curriculum responses correlated with national curriculum standards, and related books.
Download or read book Chasers of the Fallen written by Paul Wisdom and published by Red Thundercloud Books & Media. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone’s sins return to haunt them, even those of divine beings. For the Grim Reaper, collecting Lynnette was the hardest thing he had ever had to do. He had collected mortal souls since there were humans on Earth to die, but Lynnette was different. Since being assigned as her guardian angel, he had come to love Lynnette through her years on Earth. To Grim’s great relief, Lynnette is not taken but, like himself, was given a new form and assigned to be his helper. As husband and wife, they are given the assignment of apprehending the fallen angels who had disguised themselves through the ages as the ancient gods of Greece and Rome. Follow them as they hone their skills on several wandering souls before taking on the monumental task of bringing the wayward angels to justice as the Chasers of the Fallen.
Download or read book How to Get Your Child to Love Reading written by Esmé Raji Codell and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers advice and guidelines on how to expand a child's world through books and reading, introducing three thousand teacher-recommended book titles, craft ideas, projects, recipes, and reading club tips.
Download or read book Radioactive Starlings written by Myronn Hardy and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an award-winning poet, a collection that explores the complexities of transformation, cultures, and politics In Radioactive Starlings, award-winning poet Myronn Hardy explores the divergences between the natural world and technology, asking what progress means when it destroys the places that sustain us. Primarily set in North Africa and the Middle East, but making frequent reference to the poet’s native United States, these poems reflect on loss, beauty, and dissent, as well as memory and the contemporary world’s relationship to the collective past. Hardy imagines the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa as various starlings dwelling in New York City, Lisbon, Tunis, and Johannesburg, flying above these cities, resting in ficus and sycamores and on church steeples and minarets. Inhabiting the invented voices of Gwendolyn Brooks, Bob Kaufman, and Henry Ossawa Tanner, the poems make references to Miles Davis, Mahmoud Darwish, Tamir Rice, Ahmed Mohamed, and Albert Camus, and use forms such as ghazal, villanelle, pantoum, and sonnet, in addition to free lyricism. Through all these voices and forms, the questing starlings persist, moving and observing—and being observed by we who are planted on a crumbling ground. A meditation on the complexities of transformation, cultures, and politics, Radioactive Starlings is an important collection from a highly accomplished young poet.
Download or read book Best Books for Children written by Catherine Barr and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
