Teaching a subject such as reading, which is surrounded by conflicting evidence and competing claims, is not always easy. This guide explains the current arguments about reading and offers advice on effective teaching, reading schemes, phonics, assessment and other related issues.
Presents an activity book that helps children with mastering sight words.
They bring only a research book to guide them and a magic wand with three special rules. Formerly numbered as Magic Tree House #37, the title of this book is now Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #9: Dragon of the Red Dawn.
That was all—just three lines in a circle. This bold picture book tells the story of the peace symbol—designed in 1958 by a London activist protesting nuclear weapons—and how it inspired people all over the world.
The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!
Reading is a revolutionary act, an act of engagement in a culture that wants us to disengage. In The Lost Art of Reading, David L. Ulin asks a number of timely questions - why is literature important? What does it offer, especially now?
Offered here is a theology for reading and practical suggestions for reading widely, reading well, and for making it all worthwhile.
Travel back in time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in this #1 bestselling series and meet the greatest warriors of all--the Romans!
“In here's the office, and in here's the paper, sir,” said Nelson, “and here's the chairs for all the attorneys to sit down in.” It was intolerable that this man wouldn't show him more respect. “God damn you, bring it to me, ...
The ideas set forth in this volume will stimulate new lines of research on the effects of storybook reading, as well as refinements of current methods, yielding findings that enrich our understanding of this important arena of literacy ...
Jo Lowde Gail Haslam Loose Maurits Lugard Jane Mace Katherine MacInnes Lin Mackinnon Shona Main Kate Mallinckrodt Marc Mangoni Maya Matthews Philip McCauley Robert McLeod David Melvin Maarten and Rosário Meulenbelt-Dias Diogo Annabel ...