Reading Engagement, Grade 7


Book Description

Get your students engaged in a love of reading with this exceptional classroom supplement. It provides instructional reading practice for below-average and/or reluctant readers, independent reading activities for the average reader, and supplemental reading for the more competent readers in your classroom. Designed with high-interest, low-readability stories perfect for students in seventh grade, it also includes a reading level analysis for reading selections and answer keys. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.




Reading Engagement, Grade 8


Book Description

Get students in grade 8 reading with Reading Engagement! This 128-page resource provides instructional reading practice for below-average and reluctant readers, independent reading activities for average readers, and supplemental reading for more-competent readers. The book includes high-interest, low-readability stories, a reading-level analysis for reading selections, and answer keys.




Reading Engagement, Grade 5


Book Description

Get students in grade 5 reading with Reading Engagement! This 128-page resource provides instructional reading practice for below-average and reluctant readers, independent reading activities for average readers, and supplemental reading for more-competent readers. The book includes high-interest, low-readability stories, a reading-level analysis for reading selections, and answer keys.




Reading Engagement, Grade 6


Book Description

Get students in grade 6 reading with Reading Engagement! This 128-page resource provides instructional reading practice for below-average and reluctant readers, independent reading activities for average readers, and supplemental reading for more-competent readers. The book includes high-interest, low-readability stories, a reading-level analysis for reading selections, and answer keys.




Improving Reading and Reading Engagement in the 21st Century


Book Description

This book presents cutting-edge research findings in areas critical to advancing reading research in the 21st century context, including new literacies, reading motivation, strategy instruction, and reading intervention studies. While students’ reading performance is currently receiving unprecedented attention, there is a lack of research that adopts an international perspective and draws on research expertise from different parts of the world to present a concerted effort, discussing key research models and findings on how to improve reading education. Addressing this gap in the literature, the book also responds to the challenge of promoting higher levels of literacy, and supporting and developing readers who can enjoy and critique texts of every genre.




Ready, Set, Write, Grade 7


Book Description

Help students learn to write while encouraging them to write about topics that interest them. Open-ended activities cover generating ideas, prewriting, sequencing, writing final drafts, and proofreading.




Handbook of Research on Literacy and Diversity


Book Description

This is the first research handbook to address all dimensions of diversity that have an impact on literacy achievement. Leading experts examine how teaching and learning intersect with cultural and language differences and socioeconomic disparities in today's increasingly diverse schools and communities. The volume weaves compelling research findings together with theory, policy considerations, and discussions of exemplary instructional practices. It offers fresh perspectives on such topics as family literacy, multiliteracies, drawing on cultural resources in the classroom, factors that promote success in high-poverty schools, equity issues, and ways to teach specific literacy skills. The concluding section provides crucial recommendations for teacher preparation and professional development.




Reading Engagement, Grade 3


Book Description

Get students in grade 3 reading with Reading Engagement! This 128-page resource provides instructional reading practice for below-average and reluctant readers, independent reading activities for average readers, and supplemental reading for more-competent readers. The book includes high-interest, low-readability stories, a reading-level analysis for reading selections, and answer keys.




Teaching Reading in Middle School


Book Description

Get the "big picture" of teaching reading in the middle school, including research, as well as the practical details you need to help every stydent become a better reader. Veteran teacher Laura Robb shares how to: teach reading strategies across the curriculum, present mini-lessons that deepen students' knowledge of how specific reading strategies work; help kids apply the strategies through guided practice; support struggling readers with a plan of action that improves their reading motivation; and much more.




Jumpstarters for Algebra, Grades 7 - 8


Book Description

Make algebra equations easy for students in grades 7 and up using Jumpstarters for Algebra: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom. This 48-page resource covers real numbers, algebraic expressions, linear equations, polynomials, factoring, rational expressions, square roots, and quadratic equations. The book includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.