Author: Peter V. JonesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521653732
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A guide for students using the Reading Latin course on their own.
An Independent Study Guide to Reading Latin
Author: Peter V. JonesPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521653732
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
A guide for students using the Reading Latin course on their own.
Absolutely Not Another Reading Test Study Guide
Author: Cindy CatePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781975868437
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Reading methods instructors, preservice and practicing teachers must meet the challenges of cultivating a solid understanding of effective literacy practices to get ready to teach in classrooms across the country. If necessary-depending on the state you live in-you must pass the required foundational reading tests and student teacher performance assessments. Policies and mandates come and go, but meeting the challenge of understanding and implementing effective literacy practices never fades. This book is organized into five sections with 14 chapters. Features include more than 70 chapter questions (similar to those found on literacy exams for teacher certification), teacher performance assessment support, a delightful cast of animated characters, graphic organizers at the end of each chapter, and QR code links to a custom website. Section I: Preparing to Teach nurtures the heart and mind of preservice teachers and educators alike. The content commits to a comprehensive view of mindful, responsive, and effective teaching and learning. It provides instructors, preservice and practicing teachers a welcoming place to return, tracking their connections as they explore the other chapters. It celebrates community, conversation, and a commitment to the students we teach. Like starting a garden from scratch or improving the soil of an existing one, we begin with a deeper, more fertile view of literacy, so in turn, all learners thrive. Section II: Literacy-Rich Environment examines how literacy behaviors intertwine and grow through each developmental stage. From the beginning, young children need quality literacy instruction and authentic reading and writing tasks. Whether a student is producing or receiving language, proficiency in the written, oral and visual skills of the language arts is critical. Like the master gardener, the most fertile literacy conditions nourish our students' minds and hearts. Section III: Essential Components is devoted to teaching practices that support knowing how words work and their meanings, fluency, comprehension, and assessment. These essential components are highlighted in their respective chapters; however, they are also dispersed throughout all our chapters. Suggestions are also offered for working with English language learners as well as reluctant and struggling learners. Section IV: Cultivating Knowledge waters the seeds of learning from each chapter to pass reading tests and educational teacher performance assessments. It is vital to share with readers the vision of effective and responsive literacy practices while still recognizing the gravity of initial teacher assessments. The authors share variegated voices, strategies, and tips to successfully answer multiple-choice questions, open response essays, and written commentaries. Section V: Literacy Supplies farms our favorite teaching methods and strategies that instructors use in their methods courses. Know and Grow words in each chapter are presented through a manipulative, engaging vocabulary strategy. This activity is an effective way to learn words in the context before and after reading. The Flashcard Glossary chapter puts a unique twist on learning words, as words are organized into flashcard format. The editors and contributors are a diverse village of concerned literacy experts, educators, preservice teachers, and friends. With determination, they mindfully plow these assessments within responsive literacy practices in preparation to teach and if necessary pass specific assessments that many states have mandated for initial teaching and reading licensure. In doing so, our practices match our beliefs about teaching and learning.
Tempered Resilience
Author: Tod BolsingerPublisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830841652
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
What type of leadership is needed in a moment that demands adaptive change? Exploring the qualities of adaptive leadership within churches and nonprofit organizations, Tod Bolsinger deftly examines both the external challenges we face and the internal resistance that holds us back, showing how leaders can become both stronger and more flexible.
Bible Workbook and Guide
Author: Brian GugasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description
The Bible is as true as it gets. It is our guidebook for life.It is the proof of how and why we exist. It is a book of promises that cannot and will not be brokenThis workbook and study guide gives an overview and book by book guide for each of the 66 books. It is designed to help you study yourself and find answers to the questions asked. It is simple and enjoyable way of self study of BibleA lot us when we start we have a few questions that we need to answer like how to read the bible or what does it mean to study the bible or even what are the types of bible study even the purpose of it My simple answer to that is to go through the understanding of the Bible book by book, lesson by lesson and then start going in-depth into each book to complete the overall study
Kaplan SAT Critical Reading Workbook
Author: KaplanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1618655914
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 765
Book Description
Prep for the current SAT with confidence. This SAT prep was designed for the current SAT and is good until the College Board's last official SAT administration in January 2016. Kaplan's SAT Critical Reading Workbook is the complete test prep tool that contains tips, strategies, and practice for students who want to sharpen their critical reading skills for the SAT. No other products on the market can match the quality and experience behind Kaplan’s SAT guides. SAT Critical Reading Workbook includes in-depth coverage of all pertinent SAT critical reading information, as well as effective score-raising strategies for building speed and accuracy from critical reading experts. Not only does this tool contain everything a student needs to conquer the Critical Reading section of the exam, it also provides key information about the SAT in general, such as Kaplan’s methods for answering multiple-choice questions and more. Kaplan's SAT Critical Reading Workbook contains many essential and unique features to help improve test scores, including: * Two realistic critical reading tests with detailed answer explanations covering all parts of the SAT Critical Reading section * Hundreds of targeted practice questions with detailed answer explanations covering every category of the SAT Critical Reading section, including reading comprehension, sentence completion, and more * Effective score-raising methods and strategies for building speed and accuracy * Tips for tackling all Critical Reading question types from SAT experts Kaplan's SAT Critical Reading Workbook provides students with everything they need to improve their scores—guaranteed. Kaplan’s Higher Score guarantee provides security that no other test preparation guide on the market can match. Kaplan has helped more than three million students to prepare for standardized tests. We know that our test-taking techniques and strategies work and our materials are completely up-to-date. Kaplan's SAT Critical Reading Workbook is the must-have preparation tool for every student looking to score higher!
TExES ELA and Reading 4-8 (117) Book + Online
Author: Kathleen C. TicePublisher: Research & Education Assoc.
ISBN: 0738688290
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
REA’s TExES English Language Arts and Reading 4-8 (117) Test Prep with Online Practice Tests Gets You Certified and in the Classroom! Teacher candidates seeking certification to become ELA teachers for the middle grades in Texas public schools must take the TExES ELA & Reading 4-8 (117) test. Written by Dr. Kathleen Tice, a nationally recognized expert in literacy and teacher education based at the University of Texas at Arlington, REA's Book + Online prep provides extensive coverage of the exam’s two domains and nine competencies. In addition to a thorough review, this test prep features a diagnostic test and 2 full-length practice tests (1 in the book and 1 online) that deal with every type of question, subject area, and skill tested on the exam. Our online tests offer timed testing conditions, automatic scoring, and diagnostic feedback on every question to help teacher candidates zero in on the topics that give them trouble now, so they can succeed on test day. REA’s test prep package includes: - Comprehensive review of all content categories tested on the TExES ELA & Reading 4-8 exam - Online diagnostic that pinpoints strengths and weaknesses to help focus study - 2 full-length practice tests based on actual exam questions - Practice test answers explained in detail - Proven study tips, strategies, and confidence-boosting advice - Online practice tests feature timed testing, automatic scoring, and topic-level feedback REA’s TExES ELA & Reading 4-8 (117) is a must-have for Texas teacher candidates seeking an ELA/Reading certificate for grades 4-8.
Grateful
Author: Diana Butler BassPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062659510
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Wilbur Award-winning book Grateful is now available in paperback and with an updated subtitle. If gratitude is good, why is it so hard to do? In Grateful, Diana Butler Bass untangles our conflicting understandings of gratitude and sets the table for a renewed practice of giving thanks. We know that gratitude is good, but many of us find it hard to sustain a meaningful life of gratefulness. Four out of five Americans report feeling gratitude on a regular basis, but those private feelings seem disconnected from larger concerns of our public lives. In Grateful, cultural observer and theologian Diana Butler Bass takes on this “gratitude gap” and offers up surprising, relevant, and powerful insights to practice gratitude. Bass, author of the award-winning Grounded and ten other books on spirituality and culture, explores the transformative, subversive power of gratitude for our personal lives and in communities. Using her trademark blend of historical research, spiritual insights, and timely cultural observation, she shows how we can overcome this gap and make change in our own lives and in the world. With honest stories and heartrending examples from history and her own life, Bass reclaims gratitude as a path to greater connection with god, with others, with the world, and even with our own souls. It’s time to embrace a more radical practice of gratitude—the virtue that heals us and helps us thrive.
SAT Reading Workbook
Author: Brian W. StewartPublisher: Barrons Educational Services
ISBN: 9781438011776
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Barron’s SAT Reading Workbook features exercises for all SAT Reading question types: reading comprehension; understanding words used in context; and graphical analysis. This edition features: Diagnostic test 3 full-length Reading practice tests Answers and explanations for all questions Test-taking tips and vocabulary review Exercises are divided according to three levels of increasing difficulty and labeled from A to C. Students who can answer all level C questions are ready to excel on the actual exam.
Put Reading First: the Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read
Author: Bonnie B. ArmbrusterPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 143793756X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Study Guide: Notes from Underground
Author: Vincent VerretPublisher:
ISBN: 9781986185967
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Master the material and ace any assignment with this innovative study guide series. This book is perfect for both students and teachers, as it produces true mastery of content knowledge and book details. Other study guides simply give basic details of the novel, meaning that students read over material without digesting or learning it. Other study guides take complex themes, concepts, and information and just regurgitate it to readers. This Study Guide series is different. Using the original text as a guide, you will learn to cite evidence from the text in order to complete and reflect on your reading.Designed under the guidance of an experienced and credentialed instructor, this study guide series GUIDES the learner to discovering the answers for themselves, creating a fully detailed study guide, in the user's own words. Filled with guided reading activities, students are able to fill this guidebook with their own information. If you read it, write it, and reflect on it, you will learn it!Teachers, you can also purchase a set of these books (or one book and make copies) for your entire class. It makes the perfect guided reading activity and will teach students how to internalize the reading, note taking, and learning process that advanced readers naturally perform. These make the perfect workbook to keep your class engaged and learning.Instructions for UseThis study guide is designed as a guided reading workbook. Keep the study guide open and next to you while you read. The sections are sequential, and allow you to annotate (a fancy word for taking notes). As you read the book, continue to take notes within this guide. Once you finish, you'll have a complete study guide, IN YOUR OWN WORDS.The fact is, that actually taking notes and then reading them, means that you learn while you take the notes, it's easier to read since it is in your own words, AND you will actually master the material since you have experienced it in multiple ways (reading AND writing). If you are a general reader, I want to call your attention towards our sections on annotating and analysis. As a student, I want you to focus on writing your own annotations and using these activities for your own understanding. For teachers, I have included specific activities for you to try with your classes. You have my permission, as a fellow educator, to purchase multiple books (I appreciate your support) OR feel free to purchase a book, make copies for your class, (and please recommend the book to others)I hope you enjoy this study guide!