Integrating literacy instruction and coaching, this step-by-step guide is for literacy coaches, teachers, and administrators of all grade levels. It uses an explicit instruction model, complete with ready-to-use strategies, charts, checklists, protocols, and teaching scenarios.

This practical resource is a compendium of authentic and hands-on literacy activities that will engage, challenge, and delight students. Specifically targeting Grade 4, these lessons and strategies enhance literacy instruction and encourage critical thinking. Aligned with current standards and principles of literacy instruction, the lessons will inspire GenZ and future generations of students by allowing them to explore literacy through public speaking, graphic design, improvisation, smartphones and video, art, music, and more. The original and entertaining activity sheets, graphic organizers, and examples are ready to be used or adapted to a wide variety of stories, novels, and nonfiction. With fully developed lesson plans, the practical resources in this book will motivate students of all backgrounds, including English language learners, gifted and twice exceptional learners, and all students who are comfortable or not yet comfortable in the English classroom. This book is the first in a set of three literacy titles focused on Grades 4, 5, and 6. Each book contains lessons and units to help develop deeper learning and encourage student creativity.

This practical resource is a compendium of authentic and hands-on literacy activities that will engage, challenge, and delight students. Specifically targeting Grade 6, these lessons and strategies enhance literacy instruction and encourage critical thinking, aiming to enrich all students’ abilities and gifts. Aligned with current standards and principles of literacy instruction, the lessons will inspire GenZ and future generations of students by allowing them to explore literacy through graphic design, public speaking, improvisation, smartphones and video, art, music, and more. The original and entertaining activity sheets, graphic organizers, and examples are ready to be used or adapted to a wide variety of stories, novels, and nonfiction. With fully developed lesson plans, the practical resources in this book will motivate students of all backgrounds, including English language learners, gifted and twice exceptional learners, and all students who are comfortable or not yet comfortable in the English classroom. This book is the third in a set of three literacy titles focused on 4th, 5th, and 6th grades. Each book contains lessons and units to help develop deeper learning and encourage student creativity.

Creative displays and activities for practical and fun literacy. This great title from the best-selling World of Display series builds on the success of Literacy on Display by the same authors. This book offers more creative display ideas using popular primary texts as a starting point for work in literacy. Contains 33 exciting themes, linked to popular texts for KS1. The texts have been chosen to work across a number of lessons and reflect a specific literary focus, including: phonics, vowels and consonants, rhyme and rhythm, and sentences and grammar. Each theme includes a focus of learning, a whole-class starter, art and display ideas, practical activities linked to literacy, and cross-curricular links.

This practical resource is a compendium of authentic and hands-on literacy activities that will engage, challenge, and delight students. Specifically targeting Grade 5, these lessons and strategies enhance literacy instruction and encourage critical thinking. Aligned with current standards and principles of literacy instruction, the lessons will inspire GenZ and future generations of students by allowing them to explore literacy through graphic design, public speaking, improvisation, smartphones and video, art, music, and more. The original and entertaining activity sheets, graphic organizers, and examples are ready to be used or adapted to a wide variety of stories, novels, and nonfiction. With fully developed lesson plans, the practical resources in this book will motivate students of all backgrounds, including English language learners, gifted and twice exceptional learners, and all students who are comfortable or not yet comfortable in the English classroom. This book is the second in a set of three literacy titles focused on Grades 4, 5, and 6. Each book contains lessons and units to help develop deeper learning and encourage student creativity.

This book (and accompanying CD-ROM) is aimed at helping secondary school and college students develop critical information literacy skills.

Plan lessons from a child-centered perspective! This innovative resource features more than 1,000 activities using inexpensive, readily available objects to engage young children’s senses and build their knowledge of the world through hands-on experiences. Organized into 16 themes and grouped under the areas of literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, physical development, and creativity, the book’s unique approach: Presents a new and simple way to design hands-on activities that complement any curriculum Offers suggestions on how to modify activities to respond to children’s developmental levels Includes a list of over 60 generic tactile activities suitable for use in any classroom