Phonics Connections Teacher S Resource Guide

This guide includes lessons that allow you to focus on the foundational skills that are so important to emergent readers as they connect sounds to letters, decode words, and develop a bank of sight words and academic vocabulary. In this guide, you will find tools to provide students with explicit and systematic phonemic awareness and phonics instruction. Each lesson links to an engaging studentbook that introduces phonics skills and provides a strong text-to-photo match in order to reinforce comprehension and build content-area knowledge.

The EPS Phonics PLUS Teacher Resource Package C provides a user-friendly design for the classroom teacher, yet is flexible enough to be used by, or in conjunction with, literacy specialists. The Teacher Resource Package comes in a handsome storage box and includes these five invaluable resources: Teacher s Edition: the core of your phonics program, this guide provides detailed lesson plans in a wrap-around format to match every activity in the Student Book. Each lesson includes a rich resource of Center activities, providing further practice and application opportunities for the day s lesson. Center activities focus on Reading, Writing, and Language. Also included are: Pre- and post- tests for every unit. Literature Connections to extend lessons Challenge activites Point-of-use cross references to all the Teacher Resource Package Differentiated Instruction Guides Picture Glossary: your own copy of the student resource that presents words encountered in Student Book reading selections in picture dictionary format. A great tool for English language learners and for vocabulary building activities. The following three resources provide classroom teachers with additional lessons that can be used to reinforce the Teacher s Edition lessons. These lessons can be used by the classroom teacher with small groups during Centers activities or with the whole class. Lessons can also be used by specialists with small groups within the general classroom or in pull-out sessions. Reteach and Practice Differentiated Instruction Guide: ideal for students struggling occasionally with particular skills or those who need regular reinforcement. These three-step lessons provide an alternative presentation of the lesson, giving students additional oral and written practice. Blackline masters are included. Learning Differences Differentiated Instruction Guide: geared for students with language-based learning differences. These multisensory lessons are designed to incorporate all sensory modalities and provide the multiple exposures necessary for struggling readers to internalize concepts. Blackline masters are included. English Language Learners Differentiated Instruction Guide: offers lesson modifications to ensure the success of students who are acquiring English.

This teacher resource book provides instructional strategies, activities, graphic organizers, and assessments to accompany the 26 Alphabet Connections in the Alphabet Connections series. Non-fiction writing, vocabulary development, and tips for differentiating instruction are also included.

The EPS Phonics PLUS Teacher Resource Package A provides a user-friendly design for the classroom teacher, yet is flexible enough to be used by, or in conjunction with, literacy specialists. The Teacher Resource Package comes in a handsome storage box and includes these five invaluable resources: Teacher s Edition: the core of your phonics program, this guide provides detailed lesson plans in a wrap-around format to match every activity in the Student Book. Each lesson includes a rich resource of Center activities, providing further practice and application opportunities for the day s lesson. Center activities focus on Reading, Writing, and Language. Also included are: Pre- and post- tests for every unit. Literature Connections to extend lessons Challenge activites Point-of-use cross references to all the Teacher Resource Package Differentiated Instruction Guides Picture Glossary: your own copy of the student resource that presents words encountered in Student Book reading selections in picture dictionary format. A great tool for English language learners and for vocabulary building activities. The following three resources provide classroom teachers with additional lessons that can be used to reinforce the Teacher s Edition lessons. These lessons can be used by the classroom teacher with small groups during Centers activities or with the whole class. Lessons can also be used by specialists with small groups within the general classroom or in pull-out sessions. Reteach and Practice Differentiated Instruction Guide: ideal for students struggling occasionally with particular skills or those who need regular reinforcement. These three-step lessons provide an alternative presentation of the lesson, giving students additional oral and written practice. Blackline masters are included. Learning Differences Differentiated Instruction Guide: geared for students with language-based learning differences. These multisensory lessons are designed to incorporate all sensory modalities and provide the multiple exposures necessary for struggling readers to internalize concepts. Blackline masters are included. English Language Learners Differentiated Instruction Guide: offers lesson modifications to ensure the success of students who are acquiring English.

"Contains lessons and tools to move your students through both reading and writing arguments and opinions. The instructional path is clear and easy to follow, supplementing your language arts instruction with resources designed to hone in on arguments and opinions. Use this guide to inform your instruction, from speaking and listening to reading and then making the writing connection."--Teacher's Resource Guide Information page 5.