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This teachers' handbook highlights some of the many possible teaching opportunities that can arise from the books in the 'Twisters' series & makes links to the framework for Years 1 & 2. The emphasis is on phonics & the 18 photocopiable pages provide activities to support the teaching of blending for reading.
This resource includes teacher instructions; tongue twisters for each beginning consonant and vowel sound; a parent letter; an observation and assessment guide; and much more
Reading on your own One moment, it is sunny and calm. The next moment, a whirling black funnel cloud touches down. Take cover! It’s a twister! This classic Step into Reading science title is brimming with facts about tornadoes and hurricanes. Whether kids are interested in the science of how they form, the history of famous storms, or offbeat stories like the tornado that picked up hundreds of fish and dropped them on a town, they’ll find it in Twisters!, now with all-new illustrations and photographs throughout.
Uses tongue twisters and skill-building activities to teach students about letter blends and digraphs.
When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado warnings are a way of life during the summer in Grand Island, Nebraska. But soon enough, the wind begins to howl, and the lights and telephone stop working. Then the emergency siren starts to wail. Dan, his baby brother, and Arthur have only seconds to get to the basement before the monstrous twister is on top of them. Little do they know that even if they do survive the storm, their ordeal will have only just begun. . . .
The authors offer ideas for developing strategies including word sorts, cluster analyses, homophone pairs, silent letter searches, cumulative charts and word webs.
Give students in grade K strategies to succeed in phonics with Jump Into Phonics! This 208-page book leads young readers past the frustration involved with the early stages of understanding letter-sound associations by using strategies proven to create basic phonics comprehension. This helpful classroom resource includes diagnostic tests that identify students' instructional needs, multimethod strategies for teaching every reader, reproducible practice pages, and a skills index. The book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.
Okay. You are living and working in the United States, or perhaps you are living and working in your home country using English on a daily basis for business. You have basic English language fluency. I admire you because it has been a dream of mine to be able to speak another language--any language--as well as you speak English. But darn it! Don't you get a little tired of those funny looks? Doesn't it get annoying to hear, "Could you repeat that please?" The purpose of this workbook and accompanying CDs, is to help you realize why you get those occasional reactions from your listeners, and to take the good English you already have and polish it enough to keep those questions to a bare minimum. And while we're at it, I'd like for you to have some fun!
