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ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! Visit castles, meet princes and princesses, attend a royal wedding, and travel the world through the story of Queen Elizabeth II of England. This Level 3 Reader tells the true story of a girl who never thought she would be queen. Readers meet Princess Elizabeth as a child playing with her favorite corgis and pony and follow the young woman who assumes the throne at age 25 and becomes one of the most famous, and longest reigning,...
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Since its publication, teachers throughout the world have made The Daily 5 one of the most widely read books in education. Through this proven structure, teachers experience for themselves the power of students gaining independence and monitoring their own behaviors. Join Gail and Joan as they work with third- and fifth-grade teachers in two diverse Midwest classrooms where the Daily 5 has been in place for several years. As the popularity of the...
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You can read books or attend workshops about how to teach writing, but there's no substitute for seeing master teachers put ideas into practice with real kids. When students write takes us into the classrooms at Bailey's Elementary School in the outskirts of Washington, DC, where teachers wrestle with the questions of what it means to become an effective writer and what is a teacher's role in developing students' competence as writers. The four videos...
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Readers in grades 3-6 present unique challenges and opportunities for teachers. Many intermediate readers can decode text well, but few have the skills required for the thick textbooks and complex literature they will encounter in the middle grades and beyond. Teachers need to guide students as they develop sophisticated strategies for tackling a variety of new text, while helping students cultivate the independence and self-reflection they need for...
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In her book In the company of children, Joanne Hindley invites you inside her third-grade New York City classroom to "have a look" as she describes her reading and writing workshops. Joanne extends the invitation once again through a series of four video programs that give you a close-up look at mini-lessons and conferences during those workshops. In the two programs on reading mini-lessons and writing mini-lessons, she explores and rethinks the resources,...
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Not your typical how-to manual for new teachers, this no-nonsense, jargon-free guide offers a wide variety of tools and tactics for getting through every school day with grace and sanity. Covered in glue, glitter, orange juice—or worse? Make a quick change into the spare set of clothes you keep on hand for just this purpose. Butterflies in your stomach before your first-ever Meet the Teacher Night? Keep your cool by writing the agenda on your board—it’ll...
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"Julie Anne Long's writing glows with emotional intensity." -New York Times Bestselling Author Jayne Anne Krentz
USA Todaybestselling author Julie Anne Long continues her critically acclaimed Hellcat Canyon series!
Single mom Eden Harwood has a lively daughter, a blooming business-and a juicy secret she's hung on to for ten years. She doesn't mind a bit that there's no room for romance in her whirlwind life . . . until six-foot-infinity, smoldery-eyed,...
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Questioneers volume 1
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Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic.
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Throughout the 20th Century theorists and teachers argued about the best way to teach reading. In California, when the whole language approach was in vogue, many teachers were forced to ignore phonics. I said forced and this was true. Either they had to teach phonics secretly or they would be insulted, degraded, and intimidated to teach using whole language. I ignored it like I had every other dictate that came from above that I knew was the latest...
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This is the story of Grumpy the bear. While going throug the forest he encounters different animals, and by talking to them, he learns the colors. In fact, he learns he actually is totally brown.He learns that rabbits are white, foxes are orange, and frogs are green. He's also shocked to learn that owls are also brown, but a different shade.Join Grumpy bear on a new adventure through forest, while he discovers colors.
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The children's book Easy as Can Be: Jingles A to Z is a fun and engaging way for children to learn the alphabet. The children's book can be used by regular and special education teachers, as well as parents to help their children learn the letters of the alphabet. It also teaches short and long vowel sounds and to move to the actions of each alphabet letter.
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Two of Mark D. Pencil's friends, Super E and Dr. Waters, will teach your children fun ways to remember and practice vowel rules (Super E, Two Vowels Together, Short Vowel Sounds, and Sometimes Y). This ebook is fun and beneficial to all beginning readers and will be especially useful for teachers, speech therapists, and parents to help teach students who are emerging and/or struggling. A fun audio book for each story is also available separately.
17) All About Me
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The All About Me workbook concentrates on basic self-identification questions and answers. It teaches simple reading and writing of basic self-identification questions and answers for students grades 1-3. Each page of the All About Me book addresses a particular question and answer. An illustration is provided for comprehension purposes. In addition, practice sheets are included to reinforce all concepts.
Cutout practice self-ID cards are also provided...
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This book relates to issues that many children deal with daily. This unique children's book is about a child who wants to do good but has a difficult time following through with commitments and promises. There are many excuses he gives for his actions. This book is an eye-opener for other children who make pure choices but can eventually do the right thing. This book gives so many life's lessons; it's humorous and will provide lots of smiles. This...
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In the world today, it is not easy for kids to find the empowerment and confidence needed to overcome major obstacles. This is obvious by the consistent loss of life through suicide, drug abuse, and gang violence at every age level, in every state, of every country ... These negative influences, along with many other forms of negative expression, have become a normal choice for kids to depend on through adversity. The busier people become as adults,...
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