**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Fun, Interactive Reading Selections for Fluency Practice Reaserch has confirmed that the more children practice reading, the more fluent they become. Jingle Jangles features 32 interactive scripts and minibooks based on familiar songs and chants that provide this necessary element of repeated reading practice in a fun and interactive way. This motivating format keeps children's...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Using Nonfiction to Teach Writing in the Primary Classroom   This resource is designed to teach children to recognize and use text features such as captions, time lines, labels, and more. Every activity provides a helpful list of reading selections from an array of curricular areas. Introduce children to the world of nonfiction with Unwrapping...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Unlock the Secrets to Reading Success with Research-Based Strategies Reading First is a comprehensive, all-in-one resource for understanding and implementing phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and text comprehension. These research-based strategies are essential for effective reading instruction. This resource includes plenty of ready-to-go, playful activities that meet specific learning objectives for each area of reading...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Make-and-Take Mini-Units from A to Z This resource gives you dozens of ideas for organizing 26 thematic mini-units from A-Z. Each letter of the alphabet is presented as a mini-unit designed to give children practice with fundamental language, math, science, social studies, writing, and thinking skills. Developmentally appropriate games and activities, as well as books,...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** 40 Independent Phonemic Awareness Centers for Emergent Readers Getting Ready to Read directly addresses the phonological needs of preschool students, emergent readers, English-language learners, and other students who have limited exposure to oral language. This resource includes 40 independent center activities that will help students learn how to analyze and apply the five levels of...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** 26 Step-by-Step Recipes Inspired by Favorite Children's Books Book Cooks includes 26 easy-to-follow recipes—one for each letter of the alphabet—inspired by favorite children’s books. Each recipe includes an original poem, chant, or song that helps children learn valuable language skills. This resource also features literature synopses, additional related literature titles, step-by-step recipe cards, and over...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Using Student Interaction to Improve Reading Comprehension This resource provides all you need to introduce, implement, and manage literature circle groups in your classroom. It's all here: step-by-step directions for teacher preparation, sample daily schedules, daily task questions, lesson ideas with coordinating reproducibles, teacher and student assessment ideas with reproducible evaluation forms, and synopses of...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Getting Sidelined Readers Off the Bench and Back in the Game This resource helps teachers identify "sidelined" readers and offers a strategic plan to help students find success as well as enjoyment in the "game" of reading. Specific lessons are presented to target three key skill areas--phonemic awareness, phonics, and decoding; vocabulary development; and comprehension...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Dozens of Ideas to Extend the Use of Any Word Wall Now that you have devoted a large section of your classroom wall space to a word wall, how do you ensure that your students are improving their reading, writing, vocabulary, and spelling skills because of it? The dozens of activities in this resource provide...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Here's the blueprint you need to help early-childhood and ESL students build a strong foundation in each of the four areas of language?listening, speaking, reading, and writing. This resource includes over 60 fun, hands-on games and activities. Each activity encourages students to respond to verbal directions through movement and speech, pronounce, and build new vocabulary...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Children jump, gallop, wiggle, and leap as they count, measure, estimate, create patterns, skip-count, add, subtract, name shapes, tell time, and work with money. This resource includes over 40 math-and-movement activities, a variety of reproducibles, an assessment checklist, playful chants, and a list of recommended music and literature links.

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Learning How Words Work Enhance your reading program using word family stories and puzzles that reinforce 500 common primary words created from 37 phonograms. A great way to improve spelling, increase vocabulary, and develop comprehension skills. Fun with Phonograms helps you teach students how to use 37 phonograms, or "packages" of sounds, to read and...