Sequencing Practice Mini Books Grades K 1

Kids read, cut, paste, and draw to sequence the pages in these high-interest fiction and nonfiction mini-books that progress from easy to more challenging sequencing formats. As they interact with the stories to order events from beginning to end, children develop essential skills they need for understanding sequence, such as identifying context and picture clues, making predictions, drawing conclusions, and using key sequencing words. Helps boost comprehension, critical thinking, fluency, and vocabulary, too. Great for ELLs! For use with Grades K–1.

Join Carol Ann Tomlinson and Caroline Cunningham Eidson in their continuing exploration of how real teachers incorporate differentiation principles and strategies throughout an entire instructional unit. Focusing on the elementary grades, but applicable at all levels, Differentiation in Practice, Grades K-5 will teach anyone interested in designing and implementing differentiated curriculum how to do so or how to do so more effectively. Included are * Annotated lesson plans for differentiated units in language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. * Samples of differentiated product assignments, learning contracts, rubrics, and homework handouts. * An overview of the non-negotiables in differentiated classrooms and guidelines for using the book as a learning tool. * An extended glossary and recommended readings for further exploration of key ideas and strategies. Each unit highlights underlying standards, delineates learning goals, and takes you step by step through the instructional process. Unit developers provide running commentary on their use of flexible grouping and pacing, tiered assignments and assessments, learning contracts, and numerous other strategies. The models and insight presented will inform your own differentiation efforts and help you meet the challenge of mixed-ability classrooms with academically responsive curriculum appropriate for all learners. Note: This product listing is for the Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of the book.

Get solid learning results with phonics! Teach students in Grades K-1 the basics of phonemic awareness to increase reading skills. The lessons include playful story hour rhymes and activities to provide direct instruction in phonics and phonemic awareness targeted to get solid learning results. The lessons are easy-to-implement and correlated to national standards. This new resource offers hands-on help with teaching phonics and phonemic awareness. These easy-to-follow lessons on letter and sound recognition will help educators build the foundation for an effective reading program in the classroom and library. Use this book to teach phonics and improve your students' reading scores!

In a Fresh Look at Phonics, Wiley Blevins, author of the blockbuster Phonics from A-Z, explains the 7 ingredients of phonics instruction that lead to the greatest student gains, based on two decades of research in classrooms. For each of these seven must-haves, Wiley shares lessons, routines, word lists, tips for ELL and advanced learners, and advice on pitfalls to avoid regarding pacing, decodable texts, transition time, and more. A Fresh Look at Phonics is the evidence-based solution you have been seeking that ensures all students develop a solid foundation for reading.

Fun and engaging activity pages that reinforce the alphabet, reading, writing, phonics, math skills, and more, and prepare preschoolers for kindergarten! From the editors of Weekly Reader.

How did the caterpillar become a butterfly? Ask your students to put a sequence of four pictures in the right order and they'll tell you. It's just one of the 20 activities in Sequencing, Cut and Paste Activities many of which are open ended, that invite your kindergarten and first grade students to cut and paste a series of simple, charming illustrations. Some of the picture stories included are: - a dog washing his car - a rabbit eating an ice cream cone - a bear going skiing - as well as a child opening a present - a child building a sand castle Teachers can use this book to: - encourage children to explore the various ways the pictures on certain pages may be sequenced - sequence 3-, 4-, and 5-part picture stories - use the picture for discussion to practice oral language skills and to increase vocabulary - use the finished picture stories as a basis for writing stories

40 easy-to-read mini-books on fiction and nonfiction topics for every week of the school year.

Kids read, cut, paste, and draw to sequence the pages in these high-interest fiction and nonfiction mini-books that progress from easy to more challenging sequencing formats. As they interact with the stories to order events from beginning to end, children develop essential skills they need for understanding sequence, such as identifying context and picture clues, making predictions, drawing conclusions, and using key sequencing words. Helps boost comprehension, critical thinking, fluency, and vocabulary, too. Great for ELLs! For use with Grades 2–3.