When learning to read, kids are often intimidated by 'bigger' words. This title teaches younger audiences how to break such words apart and introduces them to the concept of roots. Reading becomes easy and fun once it's clear how various letter combinations can change a word's meaning. The Language Rules! series introduces readers to one of the most difficult things they'll ever have to learn--the English language. Using fun examples, helpful hints,...

"This TinkerActive workbook covers: the alphabet, phonics, vocabulary, reading comprehension, comparing texts, writing sentences, punctuation, writing stories, writing informational texts, research." -- from publisher.

In her book In the company of children, Joanne Hindley invites you inside her third-grade New York City classroom to "have a look" as she describes her reading and writing workshops. Joanne extends the invitation once again through a series of four video programs that give you a close-up look at mini-lessons and conferences during those workshops. In the two programs on reading mini-lessons and writing mini-lessons, she explores and rethinks the resources,...

"Help little ones learn to talk with fun-to-read rhymes, written by an early speech expert! Created by a speech-language pathologist, My First Learn-to-Talk: Things that Go uses a proven approach designed to help little ones master the skills they need as they learn to talk and communicate. Each page features: A simple, exclamatory sound that is easy for little ones to replicate and can be used to build bigger words; Rhythm and rhyme to encourage...

This resource contains 25 book discussion group activities for children in grades 2-6.