literacy

The highly literate field mice of Tottensea Burrows are shocked when Pleasings Tatterstraw runs away with a charming French mouse, leaving her husband, Merchanty, to wallow in his own grief, but when Tottensea Burrows is threatened, Merchanty must put aside his grief to save his friends.

Discusses the nation's current obsession with what the author calls pseudo-science, which includes beliefs in things like ESP, crystal power, and the lost continent of Atlantis, debunking such notions through the use of scientific thinking and urging a renewed interest in the study of true science.

As a young Igbo man, Amadi does not understand why his mother insists he learn to read, since he already knows his numbers and will be a businessman one day, but an older boy teaches him the value of learning about the world through books.

Discusses the nation's current obsession with what the author calls pseudo-science, which includes beliefs in things like ESP, crystal power, and the lost continent of Atlantis, debunking such notions through the use of scientific thinking and urging a renewed interest in the study of true science.

Ideas for including literature in the classroom as part of a whole language program.

Contains activities based on fifteen books about Clifford the Big Red Dog designed to help build students' literacy skills.

Explains how students build reading skills, and provides activities and strategies for teachers from kindergarten through high school, in phonemic awareness, phonics and decoding, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, and higher-order thinking.

Presents subject-specific lesson plan to engage middle school students.

Patrick tries to hide the fact that he can't read from his friends while they are building a soap box derby racer.

Advice for young people whose parents can't read in helping to deal with what is really a whole-family problem and changing that situation for the better.