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Novel Units, Inc.
Polar Express (Teacher's Edition)
by Novel Units, Inc. (Paperback)

E. L. Konigsburg
Literature Guide: From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Grades 4-8)
by Scholastic (Paperback)

Lois Lowry
Literature Guide: The Giver (Grades 4-8)
by Scholastic (Paperback)

Wilson Rawls
Literature Guide: Where the Red Ferns Grow (Grades 4-8)
by Scholastic (Paperback)

PHILIP DENNY
A Guide for Using Island of the Blue Dolphins in the Classroom
by Teacher Created Resources (Paperback) (Release Date: 2004-11-03)

Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis
Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension to Enhance Understanding
by Stenhouse Publishers (Paperback)

Since its publication in 2000, Strategies That Work has become an indispensable resource for teachers who want to explicitly teach thinking strategies so that students become engaged, thoughtful, independent readers. In this revised and expanded edition, Stephanie and Anne have added twenty completely new comprehension lessons, extending the scope of the book and exploring the central role that activating background knowledge plays in understanding. Another major addition is the inclusion of a section on content literacy which describes how to apply comprehension strategies flexibly across the curriculum. The new edition is organized around four sections:Part I highlights what comprehension is and how to teach it, including the principles that guide practice, a review of recent research, and a new section on assessment. A new chapter, Tools for Active Literacy: The Nuts and Bolts of Comprehension Instruction, describes ways to engage students in purposeful talk through ...

Donald R. Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane R. Templeton, Francine Johnston
Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction (4th Edition) (Words Their Way Series)
by Prentice Hall (Paperback)

With more than 15 years of extensive observations and experiences in real classrooms, the authors bring keen insight to this activity-based book. They advocate basing student learning on the appropriate developmental level. This philosophy is supported with more than 250 ready-to-use word study, spelling, vocabulary, and phonics activities presented in developmental sequence, from the Emergent through the Derivational Relation stage. For educators and school administrators.

Lauren Leslie, JoAnne Schudt Caldwell
Qualitative Reading Inventory-4 (4th Edition)
by Allyn & Bacon (Spiral-bound)

This easy-to-use, best-selling collection of reading materials effectively assesses reading ability at emergent though high school levels. It includes both narrative and expository passages at each grade level, questions to assess prior knowledge, and word lists. Instructors can measure comprehension by retelling passages, implicit and explicit questions, and other devices. Based on the latest reading research and in-line with No Child Left Behind Reading First components, this comprehensive inventory focuses assessment on specific questions regarding word identification, fluency, and comprehension. It also provides suggestions for intervention instruction, procedures for assessment of strategic reading, and inclusion of results in classroom portfolios. Get even more effectiveness from your QRI results with Caldwell and Leslie's book Intervention Strategies to Follow Informal Reading Inventory Assessment: So What Do I Do Now? (ISBN: 0205405584)

LAURIE SWINWOOD
A Guide for Using The Best Christmas Pageant Ever in the Classroom
by Teacher Created Resources (Paperback) (Release Date: 2004-11-03)

This resource is directly related to its literature equivalent and filled with a variety of cross-curricular lessons to do before, during, and after reading the book. This reproducible book includes sample plans, author information, vocabulary building ideas, cross-curriculum activities, sectional activities and quizzes, unit tests, and ideas for culminating and extending the novel.

Florence Atwater, Richard Atwater
Literature Guide: Mr. Popper's Penguins (Grades 4-8)
by Scholastic (Paperback)

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