Thursday, November 29, 2007

Reading and Learning

Many Ways to Learn

from Good Year Books
GYB9781596472495 (Primary)

Ten thematic units, September through June, develop multiple intelligences with creative hands-on activities, projects, songs, and fingerplays for 8 different learning modes. Each unit is a rich resource of ideas that celebrate the uniqueness of each child and foster individual learning styles. Units integrate curriculum subjects, list popular books, and include blackline masters.

Grades: K - 2


Advantage Reading, Grade 6

from Creative Teaching Press
CTP8117 (Middle School)

High-Interest Skill Building for Home and School!
A wide range of activities that focus on essential grade-level skills and strategies. These activities are shaped and influenced by current research findings in literacy instruction grounded in the Reading First Initiative. This activity book is divided into 4 units with reading selections in each unit that all center around a common theme. Each unit features the following skill strands:

phonics/structural word analysis
vocabulary
fluency
comprehension
Grades: 6

Friday, November 23, 2007

eBooks that Build Vocabulary

Building Vocabulary Skills and Strategies Level 3

from Saddleback Educational Publishing
SDLSP7216 (Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A great vocabulary program that is equally appropriate for younger students working at grade level and older students who have forgotten or never mastered the basics.

Grades: 3 - 12


Building Vocabulary Skills and Strategies Level 4

from Saddleback Educational Publishing
SDLSP7224 (Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A great vocabulary program that is equally appropriate for younger students working at grade level and older students who have forgotten or never mastered the basics.

Grades: 3 - 12

Building Vocabulary Skills and Strategies Level 5

from Saddleback Educational Publishing
SDLSP7232 (Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A great vocabulary program that is equally appropriate for younger students working at grade level and older students who have forgotten or never mastered the basics.

Grades: 3 - 12


Building Vocabulary Skills and Strategies Level 6

from Saddleback Educational Publishing
SDLSP7240 (Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A great vocabulary program that is equally appropriate for younger students working at grade level and older students who have forgotten or never mastered the basics.

Grades: 3 - 12


Building Vocabulary Skills and Strategies Level 7

from Saddleback Educational Publishing
SDLSP7259 (Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A great vocabulary program that is equally appropriate for younger students working at grade level and older students who have forgotten or never mastered the basics.

Grades: 3 - 12


Building Vocabulary Skills and Strategies Level 8

from Saddleback Educational Publishing
SDLSP7267 (Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A great vocabulary program that is equally appropriate for younger students working at grade level and older students who have forgotten or never mastered the basics.

Grades: 3 - 12

Saturday, November 17, 2007

for google


Daily Warm-Ups for Reading

Daily Warm-Ups: Reading, Grade 2

from Teacher Created Resources
(Primary)

Each book in the Daily Warm-Ups: Reading series provides students with over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. The warm ups include both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills.

Topics in this series include:

animals
biographies
thistory
science
current events
fairy tales/fables
historical fiction
contemporary fiction
fantasy
mystery/suspense/adventure
Adding one daily warm-up a day to the classroom schedule or at home gives students the practice they need to improve their reading comprehension skills.
Grades: 2


Daily Warm-Ups: Reading, Grade 6

from Teacher Created Resources
(Middle School)

Each book in the Daily Warm-Ups: Reading series provides students with over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. The warm ups include both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills.

Topics in this series include:

animals
biographies
thistory
science
current events
fairy tales/fables
historical fiction
contemporary fiction
fantasy
mystery/suspense/adventure
Adding one daily warm-up a day to the classroom schedule or at home gives students the practice they need to improve their reading comprehension skills.
Grades: 6


Daily Warm-Ups: Reading, Grade 4

from Teacher Created Resources
(Intermediate)

Each book in the Daily Warm-Ups: Reading series provides students with over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. The warm ups include both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills.

Topics in this series include:

animals
biographies
thistory
science
current events
fairy tales/fables
historical fiction
contemporary fiction
fantasy
mystery/suspense/adventure
Adding one daily warm-up a day to the classroom schedule or at home gives students the practice they need to improve their reading comprehension skills.
Grades: 4


Daily Warm-Ups: Reading, Grade 3

from Teacher Created Resources
(Primary, Intermediate)

Each book in the Daily Warm-Ups: Reading series provides students with over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. The warm ups include both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills.

Topics in this series include:

animals
biographies
thistory
science
current events
fairy tales/fables
historical fiction
contemporary fiction
fantasy
mystery/suspense/adventure
Adding one daily warm-up a day to the classroom schedule or at home gives students the practice they need to improve their reading comprehension skills.
Grades: 3


Daily Warm-Ups: Reading, Grade 5

from Teacher Created Resources
(Intermediate, Middle School)

Each book in the Daily Warm-Ups: Reading series provides students with over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. The warm ups include both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills.

Topics in this series include:

animals
biographies
thistory
science
current events
fairy tales/fables
historical fiction
contemporary fiction
fantasy
mystery/suspense/adventure
Adding one daily warm-up a day to the classroom schedule or at home gives students the practice they need to improve their reading comprehension skills.
Grades: 5


Daily Warm-Ups: Reading, Grade 1

from Teacher Created Resources
(Primary)

Each book in the Daily Warm-Ups: Reading series provides students with over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. The warm ups include both fiction and nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions that are based on Bloom's Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills.

Topics in this series include:

animals
biographies
history
science
current events
fairy tales/fables
historical fiction
contemporary fiction
fantasy
mystery/suspense/adventure
Adding one daily warm-up a day to the classroom schedule or at home gives students the practice they need to improve their reading comprehension skills.
Grades: 1

Saturday, November 03, 2007

eBooks in School

I am looking for examples of teachers using ebooks in the classroom. How are educators using these resources to help students learn? If anyone would like to share their ideas and experiences I would love to hear them. Please leave a post on the blog or stop by keybookshop.com and drop us an email. Thank you!