The Reading Lesson is a bestselling program that teaches young children to read in 20 easy lessons. It is designed as a step-by-step course for parents who want to teach their young children to read at home. The teaching method is based on phonics and key-word recognition, and with its innovative and guided approach, the 20 step-by-step lessons provide an easy-to-follow recipe for teaching children to read. Developed by pediatrician Michael Levin, the program has also been used successfully for children with disabilities.

How do I use the Reading Lesson?

There are twenty lessons in this book. Each lesson takes about two weeks to complete (with about 15 minutes of study per day). Before starting a lesson, we suggest that you read the instructions for that lesson. Each lesson begins with an introduction and a description of how to proceed. For example, lesson two introduces the letters m, d, and r. At the beginning of the lesson, there is an introduction with some words of advice and thoughts on how to go through the sounds of those letters and how to read them in words.

Each lesson consists of words, exercises and short stories. When reading the words, ask the child to tell you what the word means. Before you read the story, read the title and talk a little bit about the content of the story. Approximately 300 key words form the basis of reading skills in this course. Each lesson introduces a set of key words. Your child should learn them well before you proceed to the next lesson, since these words are used in later lessons.

For many young readers (including children who are familiar with the alphabet), the letters in words seem to melt together. The instructions in Lesson One teach the child basic sound blending. The special typography and font style the book uses will help your child to identify and separate the letters she already knows. These bars, dots, and special graphics are there as guides and are used to blend the sounds into words. This process is called sounding out. At first, blending is difficult for most children. You will need to help the child but he will get better at it with practice.

How fast should I go through the book?

The length and the pace of the daily lessons will vary with your child's age and abilities. We suggest the following schedule: For children under five, one page per day will suffice and maintain their concentration on the lesson. For children between five and six, two to three pages per day will be sufficient. For children over six, three or more pages per day will be fine.

Children have a very short attention span. Try to keep each lesson under fifteen minutes, and spend no more than five to seven minutes per page. If your child is young, don't rush Work at a leisurely and comfortable pace. Remember: you have plenty of time to complete the course and, if necessary, to go back and repeat the course before your child starts reading instruction in school.

How old should my child be when we start the Reading Lesson?

The book is meant for children between the ages of 3 and 8. We do not suggest that you try to teach a child under the age of three to read. Contrary to some books that suggest that you can teach infants to read, there is no proof that such a thing is possible. Children need certain developmental skills before they can read. Flashing cards with letters and words at a baby is a fun thing to do and makes us feel like good parents, but it does not work

The Reading Lesson is a totally developmentally appropriate course that is easy to follow, and makes learning to read fun for parents and kids. The book is an easy and cheap solution to teaching your children to read at home, and has been a success with families all around the world. Give it a try - you're sure to love it.

Lead a writing revolution in your classroom with the proven Hochman Method

Building on the success of the original best-seller, this new edition of The Writing Revolution adds valuable guidance for teachers seeking a way to bring their students' writing ability up to rigorous state standards. As thousands of educators have already discovered, The Writing Revolution provides the road map they need, clearly explaining how to incorporate the Hochman Method into their instruction, no matter what subject or grade they're teaching and regardless of the ability level of their students. The new edition provides a reorganized sequence of activities and even more student-facing examples, making it easier than ever to bring the method to your classroom.

The Writing Revolution isn't a separate curriculum or program teachers need to juggle. Rather, it is a method providing strategies and activities that teachers can adapt to their preexisting curriculum and weave into their content instruction. By focusing on specific techniques that match their students' needs and providing them with targeted feedback, The Writing Revolution can turn weak writers into strong and confident communicators. In addition, the method can:

• Identify misconceptions and gaps in knowledge
• Boost reading comprehension and learning
• Improve organizational skills
• Enrich oral language
• Develop analytical abilities

The Writing Revolution takes the mystery out of teaching students to write well.

With Daily Language Review, students practice language skills covering punctuation, verb tense, conjunctions, word meaning, and more in ten- to fifteen-minute daily lessons.

How it works
Daily Language Review follows the research-based model of frequent, focused practice to help students learn and retain skills.

On days 1 through 4, half-page activities provide four language exercises:

• two sentence-editing exercises
• two items that practice a variety of language and vocabulary skills

On day 5, a full-page activity provides a more extensive practice of a vocabulary strategy or skill, and gives students the opportunity to practice using the words in their own sentences.

36 weeks of daily practice activities cover:

• Grammar and usage
• Capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
• Formal and informal uses of English
• Vocabulary word meaning and relationships
• Using acquired vocabulary

Features and benefits:

• Concise daily lessons are easy to scaffold and ideal for daily warm-up, quick informal assessments, and test prep
• The skills scope and sequence details the skills practiced each week
• A downloadable skill list and answer key provides an item-by-item list of the skills practiced each day to help teachers identify student competencies
• Each title includes downloadable home - school connection activities to encourage parent involvement
• A progress chart and vocabulary log help students monitor their daily scores and keep track of new vocabulary

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.

With the rise of teacher stressors, new and changing state standards, and high-stakes testing, it is more important than ever to remind literacy teachers and teacher-librarians about the reason that brought them to this profession: the love of story.

Learning to write well requires learning to use writing as a tool to think well, and Rosenwasser/Stephen's WRITING ANALYTICALLY, 9th edition, shows you how. This reader-friendly book is built on step-by-step tools that expand your thinking and help you arrive at better ideas. You'll learn to determine which details are important in your subject, how to go about figuring out why they are important and how to talk and write about what they mean. Building your confidence, WRITING ANALYTICALLY helps you think of yourself as a writer and see writing as a way to better understand yourself and the world. Samples of student writing emphasize what makes the writing good rather than its shortcomings. Numerous applications and examples are tailored to those headed toward STEM majors. In addition, MindTap provides you with on-the-go digital learning solutions.

In the age of click-and-go reading, why do students need to know information when they can just look things up?

Bestselling author Kelly Gallagher argues that to think critically, it's imperative that we teach kids stuff. Lots of it. Why? Because students who know more are able to read more, and read better.

In To Read Stuff You Have to Know Stuff, Kelly draws from his own teaching practice to share the importance of building students' prior knowledge at four levels:

Words: How building knowledge helps students to overcome word poverty

Sentences and Passages: How building knowledge helps students to comprehend small reading

Articles: How building knowledge helps students to critically read articles--an important skill in our digital age

Books: How building knowledge moves students away from fake reading and back into reading full-length books

To Read Stuff You Have to Know Stuff also shows how students can monitor their own comprehension. They can see that many reading difficulties aren't the result of not being a good reader-- they simply lack knowledge.

Our students are fortunate to live in an age where so much information is a click away. But to read well--and think well--they need to own that knowledge.

Too often, students who fail a grade or a course receive remediation that ends up widening rather than closing achievement gaps. According to veteran classroom teacher and educational consultant Suzy Pepper Rollins, the true answer to supporting struggling students lies in acceleration. In Learning in the Fast Lane, she lays out a plan of action that teachers can use to immediately move underperforming students in the right direction and differentiate instruction for all learners-even those who excel academically. This essential guide identifies eight high-impact, research-based instructional approaches that will help you * Make standards and learning goals explicit to students. * Increase students' vocabulary-a key to their academic success. * Build students' motivation and self-efficacy so that they become active, optimistic participants in class. * Provide rich, timely feedback that enables students to improve when it counts. * Address skill and knowledge gaps within the context of new learning. Students deserve no less than the most effective strategies available. These hands-on, ready-to-implement practices will enable you to provide all students with compelling, rigorous, and engaging learning experiences.

Help K-5 students experience the magic of reading by sparking amazement, wonder, and excitement through the art of the read aloud

It is not news to educators that kids have trouble paying attention. The allure and interactivity offered in televisions, tablets, and video games are tough to match. Consequently, reading scores have plummeted and educators say the joy has been sucked out of teaching. Rock Your Read Aloud brings back the joy and helps you create a read aloud experience that will have even the most reluctant of K-5 readers begging for just one more story.

A must read for every current or aspiring elementary teacher, librarian, and administrator, this book shows you why read alouds are critical to literacy education in today's media-saturated world. Inside, you'll find techniques for turning reading scores around in early elementary classrooms, so you can rediscover how rewarding teaching can be when students are engaged and learning. You can even link this book to the Novel Effect app to access a unique soundscape that will give you a taste of just how fun reading can be.

• Discover how reading aloud to kids can improve reading scores and outcomes
• Get tips for making your read alouds magical and igniting students' love of books
• Motivate struggling readers by creating a culture of reading together
• Learn about proven techniques like buddy reading and community read alouds

K-5 teachers, parents, administrators, librarians, and reading interventionists will gain insight and inspiration as Rock Your Read Aloud shows how to cut through the distraction and make reading fun again.

Build word power with 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons

Each lesson teaches ten words, and includes research-based activities that tap students' prior knowledge for greater understanding and give them multiple encounters with new words so they really remember them. Topics include synonyms, antonyms, compound words, content area vocabulary related to key science and social studies topics, and much more. Watch reading skills soar

An award-winning journalist and literacy advocate provides a clear, step-by-step guide to helping your child thrive as a reader and a learner.

When her child went off to school, Maya Smart was shocked to discover that a good education in America is a long shot, in ways that few parents fully appreciate. Our current approach to literacy offers too little, too late, and attempting to play catch-up when our kids get to kindergarten can no longer be our default strategy. We have to start at the top. The brain architecture for reading develops rapidly during infancy, and early language experiences are critical to building it. That means parents' work as children's first teachers begins from day one too--and we need deeper knowledge to play our positions.

Reading for Our Lives challenges the bath-book-bed mantra and the idea that reading aloud to our kids is enough to ensure school readiness. Instead, it gives parents easy, immediate, and accessible ways to nurture language and literacy development from the start. Through personal stories, historical accounts, scholarly research, and practical tips, this book presents the life-and-death urgency of literacy, investigates inequity in reading achievement, and illuminates a path to a true, transformative education for all.

Learn Punjabi Through English is a book by Krishna Gopal Vikal & Amitabh Dhingra, that serves as a reference manual and comprehensive guide in teaching its readers Punjabi by means of English. The book promises to teach Punjabi in just 30 days using the medium of English. With its engaging chapters and informative content, the book is a promising compilation to teach Punjabi in a quick period of time.
In a country like India, where the regions are diversified with different languages and cultures, English serves as a backbone in connecting to the various parts of the country. So, it is essential to have books that teach the regional languages through English. Learn Punjabi in 30 Days Through English does the exact same job. The book is divided into five parts which deal with various aspects of the Punjabi language. Part 1-Alphabet gives an introduction to alphabets, vowels, consonants, conjunctions, parts of speech, genders and numbers. Part 2-Words deals with pronouns, verbs, tenses, often confused words and adjectives. Part 3-Classified Sentences deals with useful expressions, imperative sentences and three tenses. Part 4-Situational Sentences deals with sentences on home, shopping, craftsmen, food, drinks, hotels, restaurants, post offices, banks, telephones, etc. Part 5-Conversation indulges the readers with real time conversations like that of talk between two friends, about money, asking the way, on the bus, doctor and patient talks and the likes.

With Daily Language Review, students practice language skills covering punctuation, verb tense, conjunctions, word meaning, and more in ten- to fifteen-minute daily lessons.

How it works
Daily Language Review follows the research-based model of frequent, focused practice to help students learn and retain skills.

On days 1 through 4, half-page activities provide four language exercises:

• two sentence-editing exercises
• two items that practice a variety of language and vocabulary skills

On day 5, a full-page activity provides a more extensive practice of a vocabulary strategy or skill, and gives students the opportunity to practice using the words in their own sentences.

36 weeks of daily practice activities cover:

• Grammar and usage
• Capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
• Vocabulary word meaning and relationships
• Acquired vocabulary (e.g., using conjunctions to show relationships)

Features and benefits:

• Concise daily lessons are easy to scaffold and ideal for daily warm-up, quick informal assessments, and test prep
• The skills scope and sequence details the skills practiced each week
• A downloadable skill list and answer key provides an item-by-item list of the skills practiced each day to help teachers identify student competencies
• Each title includes downloadable home - school connection activities to encourage parent involvement
• A progress chart and vocabulary log help students monitor their daily scores and keep track of new vocabulary

This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key. This is a reproducible resource (photocopying of lessons is permitted) for single classroom or individual home use only.

About Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Igniting young minds to help every child learn and succeed! Evan-Moor creates engaging and meaningful learning resources for children in grades PreK - 8. Trusted by parents and teachers for over 45 years, Evan-Moor's award-winning resources are thoughtfully developed to nurture children's hearts and minds to help them reach their full potential.

Ideal for the ESL classroom, International Folktales provides an opportunity for students to learn about the folktales told by different cultures around the world. The folktales in this volume span the globe and are both educational and entertaining. Readers will enjoy following the adventures of the Laotian trickster XiengMieng, discovering the profound lesson in the Pashtun tale The Walnut and the Pumpkin, and appreciating the frights inspired by Latin American ghost La Llorona. Author and educator Nancy Harmon, co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Global Awareness, has collected these stories during years of teaching around the world.

Stories are arranged by linguistic complexity, starting with simpler sentence structures and moving on to more challenging syntax and vocabulary. Language awareness activities, comprehension questions, and vocabulary exercises allow students to test their learning and consider the stories in realms beyond the written page. Stories can be used for different levels, from beginning to high intermediate students. Regardless of the classroom, readers will discover newfound appreciation for human commonalities, and for intriguing cultural differences.

Small school students just enjoy reading these stories. Older university students found them philosophic and life true. As a teacher I was glad to find the variety of activities that Nancy offers. Thus, all are happy. - Urunsa, a teacher in Kyrgyzstan.

This book is for adult learners, educators, and students. Illustrated.

Table of Contents

The Dog and the Meat
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Tiger and the Mouse
The King and His Daughters
The Cobra
The Walnut and the Pumpkin
The Sound of Money
XiengMieng Tricks the King
The Great Rain
La Llorona
Stone Soup

How I Learned English describes the journey of Claudia Sanchez, a young woman who immigrates to the United States. It is a pedagogical picture book that aims to inspire English learners to become proficient in their new language. It was written in basic English to ensure reading comprehension. Study questions are available to encourage discussion. Major topics: ESL, immigration, financial difficulties, family separation, study skills, culture shock, perseverance, and cultural values. Target audience: Although this book was created with adult English learners in mind, it is also appropriate for 3rd graders +.

Visit www.heinemann.com/ReadingNonfiction for special previews, videos, and more.

Also available: Reading Nonfiction Student Bookmarks and Notice & Note/Reading Nonfiction Signpost Student Bookmarks

When students recognize that nonfiction ought to challenge us, ought to slow us down and make us think, then they're more likely to become close readers. That means we need to help them question texts, authors, and, ultimately, their own thinking. No matter the content area, with Reading Nonfiction's classroom-tested suggestions, you'll lead kids toward skillful and responsible disciplinary literacy.

Picking up where their smash hit Notice & Note left off, Kylene Beers and Bob Probst write: Fiction invites us into the writer's imagined world; nonfiction intrudes into ours and purports to tell us something about it. This crucial difference increases the responsibility of the nonfiction reader, so Kylene and Bob have developed interlocking scaffolds that every student can use to go beyond a superficial reading:

• 3 essential questions that set students up for closer, more attentive readings of nonfiction texts
• 5 Notice & Note nonfiction signposts that cue kids to apply the skills and processes that sophisticated readers use instinctively
• 7 proven strategies readers can use to clear up confusions when the text gets tough.

We all know the value of helping students define nonfiction and understand its text structures. Reading Nonfiction goes the next crucial step--helping kids challenge the claims of nonfiction authors, be challenged by them, and skillfully and rigorously make up their mind about purported truths.

Get fresh, new ideas for ESL speaking and conversation classes!

Whether you're a first-time teacher, an experienced but overwhelmed instructor, or someone without a textbook, you need more low-prep activities for your English conversation and speaking classes.

Pick up a copy of this English teaching book if you want to...

• Motivate students with these interactive speaking activities
• Have better TEFL conversation classes
• Save time when planning lessons
• Help students improve their English speaking skills
• Have students who want to keep coming back for more!
• Get lots of ideas for classroom games for ESL lessons
• Have activities that can be adapted to any level of English learner
• Engage students without spending a lot of time on prep
• Incorporate creative activities into common ESL curriculum and teaching frameworks
• Supplement an ESL textbook with some fun ideas for speaking games and activities

CELTA/DELTA certified teacher and author Jackie Bolen has developed countless games and activities for her students. She's sharing her low-prep/no-prep ideas with ESL teachers throughout the world. These are the games and activities that she personally uses in her own classes!

In 39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities, you'll get over three dozen ideas to use in your own classroom. The highly detailed descriptions will show you exactly how to use the activities during your lessons. Jackie's clearly and concisely explained activities will help you add instructional variety and put the focus back on your students. The teaching tips will help you avoid common pitfalls.

If you're extremely busy or you're simply out of new ideas, Jackie's book makes it easy to try out new and exciting activities your students will love! It's the ESL teaching tool you can't go without. Have interactive ESL teaching materials at your fingertips.

Buy 39 No-Prep/Low-Prep ESL Speaking Activities for Teenagers and Adults to get new lesson plans for conversation classes ready to go in minutes!

Four Books, One Unifying Vision: English Acquisition...

Whether you are a beginner or an advanced learner, embark on your path to fluency with a captivating collection of 20 English short stories designed to navigate you through the rich landscape of the English language. Each story brings you one step closer to mastering English, making language learning not only easy but also immensely enjoyable.

This is a set of 4 Books, each one crafted for a different language proficiency level and suitable for all ages:

1. English Short Stories For Beginners: Collection of 20. Learn and Practice Your Language Skills the Natural Way.
2. English Short Stories For Intermediate Level: Collection of 20, Unlock and Boost Your Reading Potential, Comprehension, and Speaking Abilities.
3. Short Stories in English for Upper Intermediate Learners: Speed Up Your Language Acquisition with 20 Captivating Short Narrations.
4. Advanced English Short Stories: Challenge Your Language Skills with This Collection of 20 Fun and Engaging Narratives.

The Power of Stories in Language Learning

Step into a world where learning English comes alive through stories. Find out how each tale, set in the vibrant world of English-speaking places, pulls you into real situations. You'll get to experience lively moments and peaceful scenes, all while learning new words and how to use them. This way, English becomes more than just a language; it feels like a part of your own life.

Common Pitfalls in Learning English

Many start their English learning journey with enthusiasm, only to become overwhelmed by complex grammar, unfamiliar vocabulary, and cultural nuances. Maintaining interest and mastering pronunciation can be challenging, often leading to frustration and a feeling of stagnation, so...

Why This Book is Your Solution?

• Not only will you get the 4 books at a special price: But you will also be able to download all the stories translated into Spanish at no extra cost.
• Graduated Difficulty: A carefully curated set of 80 English short stories progressing from beginner to advanced levels in increments of 20 per level, ensuring a smooth learning curve.
• Cultural Immersion: Each story is a window into the everyday life, challenges, and joys of people across English-speaking countries.
• Interactive Learning: Engage with the language actively through questions and answers designed to test comprehension and encourage reflection.
• For All Ages: Whether you're a young learner or an adult, find stories that resonate with everyone, making it a perfect learning tool for families.

Designed for Learners of Any Native Language

This book is designed for learners from any native language background (including English). However, due to popular demand, it includes the Spanish translation of all the stories, making it an ideal resource for Spanish speakers while still being accessible to everyone else.

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What it really means to read closely

Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading--call it what you like. The point is, it's a level of understanding that students of any age can achieve with the right kind of instruction. In Rigorous Reading, Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher articulate an instructional plan so clearly, and so squarely built on research, that teachers, schools, and districts need look no further:

• Purpose & Modeling
• Close & Scaffolded Reading Instruction
• Collaborative Conversations
• An Independent Reading Staircase
• Performance

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