Author: Avi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689841574
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. A compulsory soccer team made up of seventh-graders uninterested in sports struggles to keep a winning attitude through a losing season.
S.O.R. Losers
Author: Avi
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689841574
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. A compulsory soccer team made up of seventh-graders uninterested in sports struggles to keep a winning attitude through a losing season.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0689841574
Category : Children's stories, American
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
For use in schools and libraries only. A compulsory soccer team made up of seventh-graders uninterested in sports struggles to keep a winning attitude through a losing season.
There's Room for Me Here
Author: Janet Allen
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN: 1571100423
Category : Language arts (Middle school)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
What do you do with students who cannot or will not read and write? This portrait of Kyle Gonzalez's classroom offers teachers theory-based strategies for helping students become motivated and successful readers and writers. You will see how one middle school teacher sets up her literacy classroom, offers intervention and support for struggling students, and assesses their progress. Rich in description of Kyle's successes, the book also looks honestly at why some practices were ineffective in her setting. With Janet's and Kyle's practical and detailed suggestions for creating a literate environment, you'll learn how to:establish a literacy workshop;choose and use effective resources;implement effective, informative record-keeping;help students establish goals and assess progress;use read-alouds as well as shared, guided, and independent reading and writing;instill reading and writing practices that help students read content-specific texts. There's Room for Me Here includes record-keeping forms, extensive bibliographies of literature and professional materials, resource information, and samples of strategy lessons all embedded in this engaging story of a teacher's first three years building a literacy workshop in her classroom. Kyle's students are middle school learners who struggle with literacy. The strategies, content-area connections, and management ideas, however, are applicable and appropriate for use by any 3-12 teacher.
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
ISBN: 1571100423
Category : Language arts (Middle school)
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
What do you do with students who cannot or will not read and write? This portrait of Kyle Gonzalez's classroom offers teachers theory-based strategies for helping students become motivated and successful readers and writers. You will see how one middle school teacher sets up her literacy classroom, offers intervention and support for struggling students, and assesses their progress. Rich in description of Kyle's successes, the book also looks honestly at why some practices were ineffective in her setting. With Janet's and Kyle's practical and detailed suggestions for creating a literate environment, you'll learn how to:establish a literacy workshop;choose and use effective resources;implement effective, informative record-keeping;help students establish goals and assess progress;use read-alouds as well as shared, guided, and independent reading and writing;instill reading and writing practices that help students read content-specific texts. There's Room for Me Here includes record-keeping forms, extensive bibliographies of literature and professional materials, resource information, and samples of strategy lessons all embedded in this engaging story of a teacher's first three years building a literacy workshop in her classroom. Kyle's students are middle school learners who struggle with literacy. The strategies, content-area connections, and management ideas, however, are applicable and appropriate for use by any 3-12 teacher.
Roads Go Ever on
Author: Wadsworth
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780669114492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780669114492
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031307819X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031307819X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
The book focuses on individuals writing in the '90s, but also includes 12 classic authors (e.g., Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, J.R.R. Tolkien) who are still widely read by teens. It also covers some authors known primarily for adult literature (e.g., Stephen King) and some who write mainly for middle readers but are also popular among young adults (e.g., Betsy Byars). An affordable alternative to multivolume publications, this book makes a great collection development tool and resource for author studies. It will also help readers find other books by and about their favorite writers.
Integrated Language Arts Handbook for Reading/language Arts Teachers
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780021804726
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780021804726
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Avi
Author: Michael A. Sommers
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 149946276X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The author Avi has written more than 70 children’s and young adult books and has fans—young and old—all over the world. Readers can’t help but be inspired by Avi’s life story, including his battle and ultimate triumph over dyslexia. Despite his problem being ignored and not diagnosed until late in his childhood, Avi was determined to make it as a writer. This author’s story will hold readers as rapt as they are while reading one of his best-selling, award-winning novels. They’ll find themselves eagerly flipping pages to find out what happens next.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 149946276X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
The author Avi has written more than 70 children’s and young adult books and has fans—young and old—all over the world. Readers can’t help but be inspired by Avi’s life story, including his battle and ultimate triumph over dyslexia. Despite his problem being ignored and not diagnosed until late in his childhood, Avi was determined to make it as a writer. This author’s story will hold readers as rapt as they are while reading one of his best-selling, award-winning novels. They’ll find themselves eagerly flipping pages to find out what happens next.
Curriculum and Students in Classrooms
Author: Walter S. Gershon
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498524958
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Curriculum and Students in Classrooms: Everyday Urban Education in an Era of Standardization is a timely and thought-provoking work that attends to often-neglected aspects of schooling: the everyday interactions between curriculum, teachers, and students. Walter S. Gershon addresses the bridge between the curriculum and the students, the teachers, and their everyday pedagogical decisions. In doing so, this book explores the students' perspectives of their teachers, the language arts curriculum at an urban elementary school, and how the particular combination of curriculum and teaching work in tandem to narrow students’ academic and social possibilities and reproduce racial, class, and gender inequities as normal. Recommended for scholars of education and curriculum studies.
Publisher: Lexington Books
ISBN: 1498524958
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Curriculum and Students in Classrooms: Everyday Urban Education in an Era of Standardization is a timely and thought-provoking work that attends to often-neglected aspects of schooling: the everyday interactions between curriculum, teachers, and students. Walter S. Gershon addresses the bridge between the curriculum and the students, the teachers, and their everyday pedagogical decisions. In doing so, this book explores the students' perspectives of their teachers, the language arts curriculum at an urban elementary school, and how the particular combination of curriculum and teaching work in tandem to narrow students’ academic and social possibilities and reproduce racial, class, and gender inequities as normal. Recommended for scholars of education and curriculum studies.
Quotation Index to Children's Literature
Author: Melanie Axel-Lute
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031300918X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Not just an anthology, this extensive index offers keyword, title, and author name access to more than 1,800 quotations from nearly 500 classic, award-winning, and popular works for children. Pearls of humor and wisdom from authors such as the Brothers Grimm, Dr. Seuss, Judith Viorst, and Shel Silverstein are at your fingertips. Very few quotations have been indexed in other works, making this a unique tool to find that elusive quote. A sure-to-please reference tool for school and public libraries-not just in children's departments-this book helps you identify the source of unusual terms or names such as tesseract or Who-ville and makes a great resource for locating quotes addressing special occasions. Fun for browsing!
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031300918X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Not just an anthology, this extensive index offers keyword, title, and author name access to more than 1,800 quotations from nearly 500 classic, award-winning, and popular works for children. Pearls of humor and wisdom from authors such as the Brothers Grimm, Dr. Seuss, Judith Viorst, and Shel Silverstein are at your fingertips. Very few quotations have been indexed in other works, making this a unique tool to find that elusive quote. A sure-to-please reference tool for school and public libraries-not just in children's departments-this book helps you identify the source of unusual terms or names such as tesseract or Who-ville and makes a great resource for locating quotes addressing special occasions. Fun for browsing!
SRA Open Court Reading
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780076026319
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780076026319
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Escape from Home
Author: Avi
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780531088630
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to intertwine on board ship and in the New World.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780531088630
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait for a ship to America; their fates continue to intertwine on board ship and in the New World.