With this book, the authors support content-area and language arts teachers alike by pairing more than 75 short, kid-tested reproducible nonfiction texts with 33 simple, ready-to-go lessons that deepen comprehension and support effective collaboration.--[book cover]
A new web support feature in this edition includes downloadable copies of all the texts, articles, forms, prompts, and images that accompany lessons.
"Smokey and Steve, two of America's most popular educators, share exactly what you need to help students read your nonfiction content closely and strategically: 27 proven teaching strategies that help meet--and exceed--the standards; how-to ...
" Use the 37 innovative, step-by-step, common-core-correlated lessons with the reproducible texts provided, with selections from your literature textbook, or with your own best-loved texts to teach close reading skills and deep ...
Harvey Daniels' Literature Circles introduced tens of thousands of teachers to the power of student-led book discussions. Nancy Steineke's Reading and Writing Together showed how a teacher can nurture friendship...
There are three truths about teaching writing, one that's widely known, one that isn't, and one that will change your teaching forever: the ability to write is essential for...
In S. Graham, C. A. MacArthur, & J. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Best practices in writing instruction (2nd ed., pp. 48–70). New York: Guilford Press. Philippakos, Z. A. T., & FitzPatrick, E. (2018). A proposed tiered model of assessment in ...
Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6 Lynne R. Dorfman, Rose Cappelli, Linda Hoyt ... The (Byars), 182, 183f, 319 Miller, Debbie, 263 Miller, Debbie S., Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights, 156, 308, 316, 330 Miller, Kathy M., ...
This book is about making those encounters as compelling as we can make them." -Harvey "Smokey" Daniels and Steven Zemelman We are specialists to the bone-in science, math, social studies, art, music, business, and foreign language.
" -Gretchen Owocki The Common Core Reading Book, 6-8 makes the reading goals of the standards doable for teachers in every content area.
"...strategy lessons that help students become skilled readers of nonfiction, able to read and learn from textbooks and other materials independently."--Pg.4 of cover.