Daily Word Ladders


Book Description

100 reproducible word study lessons that help kids boost reading, vocabulary, spelling and phonics skills--independently.




Daily Word Ladders, Grades 4-6


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Engaging word-study activities for independent practice, as well as whole-class fun!




Daily Word Ladders Content Areas, Grades 4-6


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A new addition to the best-selling Daily Word Ladder series, Content Areas will reinforce concepts students are learning in math, science, and social studies, while inviting them to dive into word study! A favorite format, these motivating word-building puzzles specifically build students' awareness of sound-symbol relationships, broaden their vocabulary, and improve spelling skills. Includes new teaching notes to provide extra teaching opportunities!




Daily Word Ladders, Grades K-1


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Engaging word-study activities for independent practice, as well as whole-class fun!




Daily Word Ladders: Idioms, Grades 4+


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These word-study puzzles help students grasp common idioms, giving them more tools to tackle vocabulary challenges in grade-level texts.




The Bad Guys in Alien vs Bad Guys (The Bad Guys #6)


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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE! "I wish I'd had these books as a kid. Hilarious!" -- Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants and Dog ManThey may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds...whether you like it or not! This New York Times bestselling illustrated series is perfect for fans of Dog Man and Captain Underpants.The Bad Guys are vanishing! A creature with TONS of teeth and WAY too many butts is stealing them, one by one. Is this the end for the Bad Guys? Maybe. Will it be funny? You bet your butts it will!




The Megabook of Fluency


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All the latest research on fluency plus dozens of practical lessons and ready-to-use fluency-priming tools, including partner poems, word ladders, and more!




How This Book Was Made


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You may think you know how this book was made, but you don't. Sure, the author wrote many drafts, and the illustrator took a long time creating the art, but then what? How'd it get into your hands? Well, open the cover and read through these pages to find out. Just beware of the pirates and angry tiger. New York Times best-selling creators Mac Barnett and Adam Rex reveal the nitty gritty process of making a book . . . with a few unexpected twists along the way! Budding writers and artists will laugh at the mix of reality and the absurd as the story makes its way to a shelf, and a reader.




Partner Poems for Building Fluency


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Beloved poet David L. Harrison has teamed up with fluency expert Timothy Rasinki and Gay Fawcett to create this fun and motivating resource for helping students develop fluency and comprehension. Forty poems written for two voices engage middle-grade students in reading and rereading with a purpose. The companion activities focus on key comprehension skills, including visualizing, summarizing, synthesizing, predicting, and inferring. Complete with lesson ideas and routines for using the poems, this collection will be a welcome addition to any teacher’s bookshelf. For use with Grades 4-6.




Phonics, Grades 3-6


Book Description

Dozens of practice pages that give older, struggling readers multiple opportunities to review and really learn common, tricky words that are not easily decodable, recognize and reinforce must-know phonic elements, and hone word-study skills. With repeated practice, students develop automaticity and help become more fluent readers.Reviews basic word-study techniques.Improves automaticity.Boosts reading comprehension.Perfect for independent practice.