Take It To Your Seat Writing Centers Grades 1 2 Teacher Resource Book

Contains 13 self-contained and portable centers that students can use to practice their writing skills.

Contains 16 portable and self-contained centers that students can use to practice their reading and writing skills.

Engage children in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards and incorporate colorful learning activities with geography concepts.

The best story is one that comes from the heart. The library is having a contest for the best story, and the quirky narrator of this book just has to win that rollercoaster ride with her favorite author! But what makes a story the best? Her brother Tim says the best stories have lots of action. Her father thinks the best stories are the funniest. And Aunt Jane tells her that the best stories have to make people cry. A story that does all these things doesn't seem quite right, though, and the one thing the whole family can agree on is that the best story has to be your own. Anne Wilsdorf's hilarious illustrations perfectly capture this colorful family and their outrageous stories in Eileen Spinelli's heartfelt tale about creativity and finding your own voice.

The Daily 5: Fostering Literacy in the Elementary Grades, Second Edition retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new brain research. The Daily 5 provides a way for any teacher to structure literacy (and now math) time to increase student independence and allow for individualized attention in small groups and one-on-one. Teachers and schools implementing the Daily 5 will do the following: Spend less time on classroom management and more time teaching Help students develop independence, stamina, and accountability Provide students with abundant time for practicing reading, writing, and math Increase the time teachers spend with students one-on-one and in small groups Improve schoolwide achievement and success in literacy and math. The Daily 5, Second Edition gives teachers everything they need to launch and sustain the Daily 5, including materials and setup, model behaviors, detailed lesson plans, specific tips for implementing each component, and solutions to common challenges. By following this simple and proven structure, teachers can move from a harried classroom toward one that hums with productive and engaged learners. What's new in the second edition: Detailed launch plans for the first three weeks Full color photos, figures, and charts Increased flexibility regarding when and how to introduce each Daily 5 choice New chapter on differentiating instruction by age and stamina Ideas about how to integrate the Daily 5 with the CAFE assessment system New chapter on the Math Daily 3 structure

The photographs make it easy to understand how to set up and organize centers for poetry, listening, writing, independent reading, the ABCs, and lots more.

Motivate your students to practice reading and language skills! Help your grade 6+ students practice and reinforce reading and language skills using the delightful, highly motivating centers in Take It to Your Seat Reading and Language Centers, Grade 6+. 12 full-color centers cover the following standards-correlated skills: 1. Synonyms and Antonyms Identify synonyms and antonyms. 2. Homophones Identify the correct homophone to use in a sentence 3. Homographs Indentify homographs 4. Greek and Latin Roots Recognize word roots originating in other languages. 5. Prefixes Identify prefixes as word parts added to base words. 6. Suffixes Identify suffixes as word parts added to base words. 7. Analogies Identify analogies as a kind of comparison 8. Idioms Identify idiomd as colorful expressions. 9. Similes and Metaphors Distinguish between a metaphor and a simile. 10. Using Context Clues Use context clues to help define unfamiliar vocabulary in a reading selection. 11. Inference Use clues in a reading passage to understand what is being implied. 12. Main Idea and Details Identify what a passage is mainly about and important details that support the main idea.