"Online resources include 32 reproducibles and study guides"--Front cover.

Simpler, more effective K-3 comprehension instruction for your preservice teachers College edition includes: copy of Comprehension from the Ground Up including CD-ROM of 32 reproducibles and study guide Student Guide (37pp est.) 6 month's access to 120 minutes of classroom instructional video Instructor's Guide (17pp est.) Sharon Taberski shares the how-tos needed to sustain a literacy block that engages children in authentic reading and writing practices including: dozens of activitiesand foundational practices grade-appropriate schedulesand favorite book liststo fill the school day with rich, engaging literary practices management ideasand sample lessonsto teach K-3 reading in a simplified, streamlined way innovative tipsand suggestionsfrom a master teacher.

At a time when standardized testing businesses are raking in huge profits, when many schools are struggling, and students and educators everywhere are suffering under the strain, Ken Robinson argues for an end to our outmoded industrial educational system. He proposes instead a highly personalized, organic approach that draws on today's unprecedented technological and professional resources to engage all students, develop their love of learning, and enable them to face the real challenges of the twenty-first century. Filled with anecdotes, observations, and recommendations from professionals on the front line of transformative education, case histories, and groundbreaking research, Creative Schools aims to inspire teachers, parents, and policy makers alike to rethink the real nature and purpose of education.

Finally, in a literature that is dominated by top-down, diplomatic, and political-level mediation, this volume provides graphic evidence of peacebuilding at the grassroots and middle levels of society, a rapidly growing arena in which the Mennonites have been vitally active.".

A practical guide for teaching comprehension and fluency in the kindergarten through eighth-grade classroom with instruction on reading levels, writing about reading, and interactive read-aloud and literature study; and contains a DVD with over 100 blackline masters, forms, and checklists.