Learn about how writing has changed--and stayed the same--over the years in this engaging book that features vivid images and examples of books, bookbinders, the Gutenberg Press, and more. Readers will learn about some of the very first examples of writing and the way computers and the Internet have changed the way writers and reporters do their jobs--from blogs, to email. The easy-to-read text, supportive glossary, and index ensure that readers learn all they can about writing from the past and the present. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Theater has been around for many years and people still enjoy going to the theater today! In this exciting book, young readers will learn about the history of theater and the various roles that are involved, including directors, actors, and the chorus. Through examples from the past, readers learn about theaters from ancient Greece and Asia, as well as different genres and types like comedies, tragedies, and Kabuki. The glossary, index, and table of contents ensure that readers have the tools they need to understand and enjoy the content. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

Twenty kid-pleasing little books plus a teaching guide packed with lessons, tips, and literacy-boosting reproducible. Correlates with Guided Reading Level A!

For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.

Teachers facing the challenge of meeting the diverse reading needs of students will find the structure and tools they need in Jan Richardson's powerful approach to guided reading. Richardson has identified the essential components of an effective guided reading lesson: targeted assessments, data analysis that pinpoints specific strategies students need, and the use of guided writing to support the reading process. Each chapter contains planning sheets to help teachers analyze assessments in order to group students and select a teaching focus Includes detailed, ready-to-go lesson plans for all stages of reading: emergent, early, transitional, and fluent

"Each book features simple text, decodable words, strong picture cues, and one to six lines of text per page to promote reading confidence and success"--