25 Just-right Plays for Emergent Readers


Book Description

Turn your classroom into a readers' theater with this delightful collection of short, simple plays on themes kids adore-pets, dinosaurs, space, losing a tooth, birthday parties, making new friends, going to school, and many more. These lively plays include adorable illustrations that support the text as well as rhymes, repition, and predictable language to help bolster young children's reading and oral language skills. Comes complete with teaching strategies and cross-curricular extensions. For use with Grades K-1.




25 Science Plays for Emergent Readers


Book Description

Reproducible plays with extension activities that build literacy and invite kids to explore favorite science topics.




Just-Right Plays: 15 Plays About Famous Americans For Emergent Readers


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Connect reading and social studies with 15 engaging and easy-to-read plays about famous Americans such as George Washington, Betsy Ross, Martin Luther King, Jr., Pocahontas, Harriet Tubman, and more! Kids will enjoy learning about these fascinating figures while building reading and oral-language skills. Designed for emergent readers, the plays feature simple, predictable language, as well as rhyme and repetition. Includes background information and extension activities. For use with Grades K-2.




20 Rebus Mini-Books for Emergent Readers


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Delight and engage young readers with easy-to-make, easy-to-read mini-books. Each mini-book’s rebus format supports emergent readers, while helping them learn to read new words and build essential reading skills. Reproducible mini-books include favorite nursery rhymes and predictable stories on favorite themes—from Humpty Dumpty to Old King Cole, Transportation to Seasons, and more! Kids will love reading all 20 of these irresistible mini-books again and again. For use with Grades PreK-1.




Comprehension During Guided, Shared, and Independent Reading, Grades K - 6


Book Description

Learn when and how to teach comprehension using Comprehension during Guided, Shared, and Independent Reading for grades K–6. This 224-page book includes step-by-step lessons and research-based strategies that can be adapted for any student or any classroom. This book gives a glimpse into classrooms using these strategies, as well as suggestions for materials needed, planning, and grouping students and a list of recommended children's books.




George Washington


Book Description

An easy-to-read biography of the first president of the United States




Nonfiction Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers


Book Description

Teachers and librarians are continually looking for an interesting, fun way to input content knowledge to build that background information which will help push up student expository reading scores. Nonfiction readers theatre is one way to accomplish this. Professor Fredericks offers 30 short nonfiction readers theatre plays for the young reader (grades 1-3) on topics ranging from earth and natural science to community helpers, holidays, and government. Test scores across the country show American students are far more able to read narrative than nonfiction text. Some research speculates this is due to a great lack in the background knowledge of many children. Librarians are beginning to realize that a unique fit for the school librarian is as a provider of background knowledge materials for teachers to use.




Mother Goose Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers


Book Description

Written for children reading at first and second grade levels, this readers theatre book uses Mother Goose rhymes as its basis, making it especially valuable to teachers and librarians working on building fluency skills in their beginning readers. The book offers plays based on well-known rhymes, complete with presentation and instructional follow up suggestions. The author also offers staging diagrams that enable teachers to use each script with entire classrooms of students, and he includes lists of further teaching resources for each play as well. Reading levels are based on accepted readability formulas. Several of the scripts feature simultaneous Spanish translations—a real plus for ELL programs. An introductory chapter discusses the educational value of using readers theatre with young readers and ELL students. Grades 1 and 2.




How to Get Your Child to Love Reading


Book Description

Offers advice and guidelines on how to expand a child's world through books and reading, introducing three thousand teacher-recommended book titles, craft ideas, projects, recipes, and reading club tips.




25 Spanish Plays for Emergent Readers (Grades K-1)


Book Description

More than 24 lively all-Spanish plays bolster Spanish language skills through rhymes and repetition with friendly themes, including pets, space, dinosaurs and more. Illustrations throughout.