Grandfather's Storytelling--Reader's Theater Script & Fluency Lesson


Book Description

This reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.







World War II--Reader's Theater Script & Fluency Lesson


Book Description

This historical reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.




Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Nursery Rhymes Kit


Book Description

Make nursery rhymes come to life with these lively, colorful scripts! These stories are based on classic nursery rhymes that children know and love! Young readers will enjoy building fluency through performance. This kit includes eight scripts with leveled roles written at multiple reading levels, making it easy to implement differentiation strategies included in the Teacher's Guide. This feature allows teachers to assign roles to students in a way that best accommodates their individual reading levels. This encourages all students to participate and engage in the same activity, regardless of their current reading ability. All readers can gain confidence and feel successful! By performing these stories together, students will practice important skills like interacting cooperatively, reading aloud, and using expressive voices and gestures. Each script also includes a poem and song to give children additional fluency practice. All of these scripts give students the tools they need to confidently practice repeating reading and performance, making it the perfect resource for a classroom of varied readers! Building Fluency through Reader's Theater: Nursery Rhymes kit includes: 8 scripts, 6 copies each, 16-24 pages per book in print and digital formats; a Teacher's Guide; poems and songs in digital and transparency formats; and professionally recorded audio of scripts, songs, and poems.




Teaming with Mr. Cool!


Book Description

In this script, Mr. Cool Coyote is a sneaky character. He continually steals sweet little animals from Farmer Joe and Farmer Jack. On their own, the farmers' efforts to catch Mr. Cool are unsuccessful, but when they work together, the coyote's antics are put to an end! The language arts connection is writing narratives.




Literacy Out Loud


Book Description

Committed to embracing the power of oral language, Literacy Out Loud recognizes the important role "talk" plays in developing the reading and writing abilities that students need in school and beyond. The book offers strategies where oral language takes centre stage and is fostered through engaging activities. Literacy activities and events focus on all aspects of listening and speaking, and emphasize enjoyable, purposeful, social learning. The book argues that listening and speaking, or "talk," is at the heart of a vibrant classroom. It shows teachers how to nurture dynamic classroom talk that is essential in its own right, and makes all learning possible.




Teaching for Comprehending and Fluency


Book Description

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.




Grandpa's Tractor


Book Description

Generations have fallen in love with this classic story of a grandson and grandfather whose visit to a family farm with a special tractor brings back memories. Don't miss the new companion title Grandma's Farm — now available! Grandpa Joe takes his grandson Timmy back to the site of his family’s farm, where the old house and a ramshackle barn still stand. The visit stirs up memories for Grandpa Joe—in particular, the majesty of his own father's shiny red tractor, now rusting in the forgotten fields. An ideal gift, this picture book evokes nostalgia while demonstrating a special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.




Grandfather Tang's Story


Book Description

Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.




Grandfather's Journey


Book Description

A picture book masterpiece from Caldecott medal winner Allen Say now available in paperback! Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man’s love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers’ attention and hearts. Fifteen years later, it remains as historically relevant and emotionally engaging as ever.