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A strategy from Interactive Think-aloud Lessons that can be used to teach kids of all ages how to support the reading they do in a variety of subjects.
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101 Drama Games and Activities by Publication Date: 2009-04-23Gain access to a personal collection of 101 highly effective drama games and activities suitable for children or adults. Sections include improvisation, mime, ice-breakers, group dynamics, rehearsal, story-telling, voice and warm-ups. This unique book has been developed over a thirty year career in education and theatre, through workshops with actors, teachers and children around the world. The pages are packed with tried and tested ideas for a whole range of activities useful for teaching drama lessons, workshops or rehearsals.'Belongs amongst the top 10 books any director or drama teacher should own.' - English Touring Opera
The Art of Comprehension by Publication Date: 2019-01-09
Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons by Call Number: 372.47 OczPublication Date: 2009-02-01Every teacher who asks students to read something in order to support their learning is a teacher of reading (or literacy, more broadly). It is in our best interests, as teachers, to have a solid understanding of how reading develops in order to help all our students achieve to the best of their abilities. This book presents creative classroom-tested lessons that will help you help teach your students reading strategies they can use to support how they interact with texts in all subject areas.
Notice and Note by Call Number: 372.474 BeePublication Date: 2012-11-01Just as rigor does not reside in the barbell but in the act of lifting it, rigor in reading is not an attribute of a text but rather of a reader's behavior-engaged, observant, responsive, questioning, analytical. The close reading strategies in Notice and Notewill help you cultivate those critical reading habits that will make your students more attentive, thoughtful, independent readers." -Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
Theater Games for the Classroom by Call Number: PN 3171 S65 1986Publication Date: 1986-12-01A collection of games and music to aid the drama teacher and give ideas for varied classes.
When Kids Can't Read - What Teachers Can Do by Publication Date: 2002-10-22When Kids Can't Read - What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12, Kylene shares what she has learned and shows teachers how to help struggling readers with comprehension vocabulary fluency word recognition motivation Here, Kylene offers teachers the comprehensive handbook they've needed to help readers improve their skills, their attitudes, and their confidence. Filled with student transcripts, detailed strategies, reproducible material, and extensive booklists, this much-anticipated guide to teaching reading both instructs and inspires.
