reading (primary)

Contains a guide to teaching literacy through the books of Lois Ehlert, author of "Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf" and "Eating The Alphabet, " including reproducible pages that provide activities for building vocabulary and developing basic science skills.

Contains twenty-six reading lessons for the first through third grade classroom and includes a theme-related craft or activity and discussion of the story.

An introduction to reading that gives beginners confidence and the chance to use their newly discovered skills.

The author describes her experiences teaching first-graders to read through a program that focuses on writing and reading workshops and the incorporation of children's literature in the daily life of the classroom.

Presents an overview of a typical day in a classroom in which the Four-Blocks literacy model is used, and features descriptions of each segment of the Four-Blocks framework, with advice on implementation and management, and a selection of classroom activities.

Presents more than two hundred word, picture, and letter sorts designed to help students in kindergarten through third grade learn letter sounds and patterns, spelling, and word meaning.

Helps primary-grade teachers plan for independent reading workshops in the classroom, describing the structure of independent reading workshops and other components of a balanced literacy program that works with other possible study units for a yearlong curriculum.

Presents teaching suggestions and reproducible activities for first through fourth grade based on more than twenty children's books set in each region of the U.S., including the Pacific Ocean.

Describes the key elements and procedures of guided reading; provides a list of books, arranged by title and by level; and includes practical suggestions to help teachers implement guided reading in kindergarten through third grade classrooms.