Find out about the life of Harriet Tubman and how her brave actions working to "conduct" the Underground Railroad helped the Union Army in the Civil War lead more than 700 slaves to freedom.
Meet cuttlefish that can camouflage themselves, octopuses that outsmart their predators, and squids that patrol the deep in this cool fact-filled reader.
Fans of American history and the hit Broadway play are sure to enjoy the true story of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton in this Level 3 biographical Reader from National Geographic Kids.
Veteran educator Marilee Sprenger explains how to teach the essential, high-frequency words that appear in academic contexts--and reverse the disadvantages of what she calls word poverty.
Veteran educator Marilee Sprenger explains how to teach the essential, high-frequency words that appear in academic contexts--and reverse the disadvantages of what she calls word poverty.
This collection of articles on the teaching of reading pulls together some of the bestand most clicked-onarticles on reading that Educational Leadership has published in the past few years from more than a dozen of the most respected experts in the field, including Richard L.
As a teacher, what you want most is for your students to learn-to immerse themselves in rich and challenging content and leave your classroom better prepared for school and life.
This collection of articles on the teaching of reading pulls together some of the bestand most clicked-onarticles on reading that Educational Leadership has published in the past few years from more than a dozen of the most respected experts in the field, including Richard L.
Your students may recognize words like determine, analyze, and distinguish, but do they understand these words well enough to quickly and completely answer a standardized test question?
Your students may recognize words like determine, analyze, and distinguish, but do they understand these words well enough to quickly and completely answer a standardized test question?
What teacher hasn't sometimes believed that the entire class understands a lesson, even though only a few students are nodding their heads and answering questions?
All teachers know that a robust vocabulary gives students the communication skills they need to do well on tests and shine in the classroom--and the best way to ensure successful vocabulary instruction is to embrace new and engaging strategies that don't take too much time away from other work.
All teachers know that a robust vocabulary gives students the communication skills they need to do well on tests and shine in the classroom--and the best way to ensure successful vocabulary instruction is to embrace new and engaging strategies that don't take too much time away from other work.
In this practical guide to teaching beginning language learners of all ages, Calhoun encourages us to begin where the learners begin--with their developed listening and speaking vocabularies and other accumulated knowledge about the world.
Now halfway through their first year at the world-famous Garrick School of Performing Arts, things are hotting up for Cat, Belle and Holly - life as a superstar just gets busier!
Rafe Khatchadorian is getting the Hollywood treatment in a film version of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life starring Griffin Gluck, Lauren Graham, Rob Riggle and Thomas Barbusca.
