books about: comprehension     books:       The Seasoning of a Soul: When Comprehension Comes Through Trial and Experience15 reviews Athena Demetrios Outskirts Press, 2010 Couldnt put it down! With unparalleled intensity, The Seasoning of the Soul is a riveting account of Athena's journey from utter despair to incredible freedom. Her raw depiction of her harrowing experiences left me unable to put the book down. Witnessing her journey and the subsequent lessons and blessings she ultimately gleans by her brave attitude, left me awed and inspired by her enormous courage and generous ...             Daily Word Ladders: Grades 4-612 reviews Timothy Rasinski Teaching Resources, 2005 Awesome!!!!!!!!! I bought this book to use as a warm up with my tutoring students. They LOVE it and so do I!!!!! They look forward to it every time, and even though it is the same type of activity every time, they still love it. There are some words on the ladder that are very easy, however some are challenging and they have to use a dictionary or really think about what the answer might be. This is a GREAT ...             Reading with Meaning43 reviews Stenhouse Publishers, 2002 A MUST HAVE for primary teachers! Debbie Miller is truly a genius! This book is such an easy read, you will get wrapped up in it. It's not written like a text book, rather a conversation with Debbie. She is passionate about teaching, which comes through on every page, with every anchor lesson she shares. I have seen Debbie in person, and she is amazing. This book will get you started - learning how to teach kids to THINK ...             Mosaic of Thought, Second Edition: The Power of Comprehension Strategy Instruction12 reviews Ellin Oliver Keene, Susan Zimmermann Heinemann, 2007 It'll Make You Think! During my credential program, I heard and read about think alouds and comprehension strategies, but didn't get to see those in practice in the classroom. I knew they were important, but didn't know how to implement them. This book offered practical advice (for multiple grade levels) that will help me begin to teach these strategies in the fall. The authors describe a clear structure for teaching ...             The Fluent Reader: Oral Reading Strategies for Building Word Recognition, Fluency, and Comprehension14 reviews Timothy V. Rasinski Scholastic, Inc., 2003 The Fluent Reader The Fluent Reader is Rasinski's definitive work on the subject. It is a book that should be on every grade school teacher's shelf. The strategies developed in this book are applicable to any age or grade level. Since fluency is directly correlated with comprehension, it is imperative that children learn to read fluently as soon as they know how to decode. This book shows how to make that happen!             Deeper Reading14 reviews Kelly Gallagher Stenhouse Publishers, 2004 Great The book that I ordered arrived right on time, and was in excellent condition. I would recommend this vendor.             Guiding Readers and Writers: Teaching Comprehension, Genre, and Content Literacy27 reviews Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell Heinemann, 2001 Guided Reading Bible Having had no training whatsoever in guided reading, our upper elementary teachers were told to "adopt" this reading strategy into our reading curriculum. This book is a godsend! It takes you through step by step, sets up "a day in the life of a student" using guided reading, and includes book lists for leveling your own library... plus so much more!! My only regret is that I ordered it the ...             Attack of the Chicken Nugget Man: A North Carolina EOG Adventure9 reviews Kumar Sathy Student Solutions, Inc, 2009 Even 4th graders in North Carolina LOVE Chicken Nugget Man! Although this book is recommended for third graders getting ready to take the EOG (End of Grade) test in North Carolina, I found that my fourth graders really enjoyed it! The comprehension skills and strategies are so well included that the students didn't realize we were reviewing things that they had learned during the year! They loved the pictures, which I intend to enlarge next year; ...             Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading16 reviews Tanny McGregor Heinemann, 2007 Perfect for literacy teachers I think I have mentioned Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading by Tanny McGregor before, but it is an invaluable tool for any language arts teacher! Today I used one of the lesson suggestions for inference and it was a huge success! I brought in a bag of "trash" that I told my kids I took from my weird neighbor's porch. I really do have a weird neighbor, who I know very ...             How Can My Kid Succeed in School What Parents and Teachers Can Do to Conquer Learning Problems (Jossey-Bass ...17 reviews Craig Pohlman Jossey-Bass, 2009 One helluva dedicated educator! Dr. Craiger Pohlman has been deeply dedicated to improving parents' ability to help their children, and his advice for educators is advice that educators should follow. John Kelly Inland Empire Education Supporter             Action Strategies for Deepening Comprehension: Role Plays, Text Structure Tableaux, Talking Statues, and ...6 reviews Jeffrey D. Wilhelm Teaching Resources, 2002 A terrific resource for all teachers! Wilhelm's book, Action Strategies for Deepening Comprehension is one of the most valuable teaching resources I own. I've had phenomenal success with the hotseating and tableaux activities, only two of the terrific resources in this great book. Kids of all ages love hotseating in particular because it's so much fun. In a nutshell: one kid gets in front of the room (I drape a piece of red fabric ...             Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Third Edition8 reviews The Guilford Press, 2007 Best Practices=Best Teachers I begged my administrator to purchase this for me after attending the state reading convention. What a great resource! This provides practical, yet expertly researched ideas and solutions to common literacy problems. A great feature is included for pre-service and new teachers at the end of each chapter - questions and activities to evaluate current teaching. My copy is all highlighted, dog ...             Charlie - A Boy With Reading Difficulties and His Dream6 reviews Vassiliki Plomaritou Outskirts Press, 2009 Courage and Wisdom in one child to Persevere Charlie: A Boy With Reading Difficulties And His Dream Everyone has a dream to become someone special when they grow up. Each of us has a talent and we need to explore it to its fullest no matter what it takes or how much work is required. Charlie, a nine- year old boy with dyslexia feels discouraged and happy when he has to read in school or at home. No one should feel defeated about learning ...             Hi-Lo Nonfiction Passages for Struggling Readers: Grades 4-5: 80 High-Interest/Low-Readability Passages With ...6 reviews Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2007 Well worth the investment! I teach students in grades 6-8 who are struggling in reading. These articles are a perfect one day lesson to teach a reading skill. The book is organized by strategy: main idea, inference, sequencing, using context clues, etc. and then by reading level with increasing difficulty to reinforce the skill and stretch the student's reading skills. I often will use the lowest readability article to ...             The Longman Handbook for Writers and Readers6 reviews Chris M. Anson, Robert A. Schwegler Longman Pub Group, 1997 Most useful english book I've ever used. I bought this book for an English class last winter. Now, I'm a music major and I have tons of music books, but I must say that this is the most useful book I have ever bought. Everything is explained in a concise and direct manner, and is easy to find. Whenever I'm in doubt of how to use a punctuation mark, or how to phrase something correctly I always come to this book. Whenever I have to write ...             Teaching Smarter With the Brain in Focus: Practical Ways to Apply the Latest Brain Research to Deepen ...6 reviews Sarah Armstrong Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2008 Teaching Smarter with the Brain In Focus Teaching Smarter with the Brain in Focus is a practical teacher professional guide to enhances learning at a deeper level. It is inexpensive and so pragmatic compared to most brain sources/materials I have purchased. She is specific listing games, graphic organizers and different ways to engage students in collaborative tasks and cooperative groups. Her startegies are research based and fit ...             Revisit, Reflect, Retell: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension7 reviews Linda Hoyt Heinemann, 1998 Wow! What an amazing and easy to use tool for teachers! This book contains an incredible amount of useful information and ready to use strategy sheets for students. Includes wonderful pre, during, and post reading strategies to help students with their comprehension. Also includes great student self-assessment sheets. Extremely easy to use for teachers! Highly recommended!             Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom - Middle School Edition: Lesson Plans and Students' Favorite ...6 reviews, ... HCI, 2007 Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom -Elementary Edition: I have been graced with the opportunity to experience Chicken Soup for the Soul in the Classroom by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, and Anna Unkovich. I am a Spiritual Leader and the Youth Ministry Coordinator for Unity Church Five Cities in Arroyo Grande, California. We are constantly on the hunt for worthy educational materials to teach and support our children. Also, it needs to be ...             Reading Comprehension Success in 20 Minutes a Day, 3rd Edition (Skill Builders)6 reviews LearningExpress Editors LearningExpress, LLC, 2005 Reading comprehension workbook I would recommend this book for anyone from high school through graduate school. It is an excellent workbook for those who have found their reading comprehension skills needing improvement.             100 Selected Stories (Comprehension Skills; 4vct-10m)7 reviews O. Henry, Karen Duddy NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company, 1998 Short story master! A collection of 100 or more short stories by O. Henry? My mouth waters already! It's hard to imagine any literary treat that can be enjoyed in small doses more pleasurable than this. I have spent over a year savouring these stories, reading them one by one, tasting his delightful choice of words, digesting his fascinating story-lines, and the warm satisfying afterglow that comes after a ...              search for books adventure, character, classroom, comprehension, connections, deepening, difficulties, enrichment, experience, high-interest, improving, instruction, interest, jossey-bass, low-readability, mini-lessons, nonfiction, passages, practical, practices, questions, readability, recognition, seasoning, strategic, strategies, structure, struggling, techniques, thinking books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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