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A book that every children's librarian will love, this series of games and quizzes (cryptograms, word searches, scavenger hunts, plays, and much more) will encourage reading, reading competitions, and games. Covering all types of children's literature from Mother Goose to the Classics to the Award winners, this is a hands-on book made up of reproducible game and quiz pages that will be easily and often used in school and public library programming. The quizzes can be easily adapted to Battle of the Books programs and other library- and classroom-based literature competition programs. ...More

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This text is designed to provide elementary and middle school teachers with a step-by-step, hands-on guide for integrating science and math instruction. Each strategy is aligned with both the NCTM and NSES standards. New to this edition are "Technology Notes," suggestions for incorporating Internet resources or technological instruments to carry out many of the activities. ...More

"Teaching Children to Read" has always been well known for its comprehensive look at literacy instruction. This streamlined edition of that text has been developed to provide readers a brief version that offers essential information about reading instruction based on research that aligns with No Child Left Behind directives. The focus of this book is how to teach phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, and ongoing classroom assessment. Special features include: ...More

• A theory chapter to ground literacy background knowledge.
• An infusion of the most current research available to inform practice and all five No Child Left Behind initiatives regarding phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
• A newly organized assessment chapter presenting four purposes of assessment as

Based on Dewey's theory of learning, this text consists of eight clear, concise, and useable guides for planning meaningful learning experiences in the social studies for children in childcare settings, nursery or preschool programs, Head Start, and kindergartens. Primary grades can also engage in active experiential learning too, as each experience is extended to the early primary grades. This is the only activity book that includes experiences in history, geography, economics, and living in a democracy together. Describe how to plan and implement experiential learning. Contains continuos learning activities and teaching ideas. Explains how to assess and evaluate children's learning and the effectiveness of each experience. Appropriate for readers wishing to learn about early childhood social studies. ...More