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In this second edition of Independent Reading Inside the Box, Lisa Donohue shares what she has learned from the many teachers who have used her simple approach to reading response. Lisa describes how teachers can do even more to strengthen student comprehension, language and thinking skills. Full of new ways to monitor, assess and support students as they are actively engaged in their reading, the book remains committed to the premise that independent-reading time is purposeful and directly connected to classroom instruction.

Paul Joseph Black took his first degree in physics, and subsequently obtained his PhD in crystallography at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge in 1954. Between 1956 and 1976 he was a faculty member in the Department of Physics in the University of Birmingham (England), but his interests gradually moved from research in physics to research and development in science education. Paul left Birmingham in 1976 to become professor of science education and director of the Centre for Science and Mathematics Education, at Chelsea College in London, and when Chelsea College merged with King's in 1985 he became the head of the King's Centre for Educational Studies, King's College London (KQC). Paul Black retired in 1995, but is still active in research and development work.

The Brigance Screens III offer developmental screening of children from infancy to year one. The Screens III support the efforts of early childhood educators and others working with children to identify potential developmental delays, as well as giftedness, and inform instruction and monitor child progress. This Brigance Screens III Box of Materials contains items needed for administering the F & 1 Screens III with children in the quickest and simplest fashion. It includes: Pencil, Identical objects (12) for sorting and manipulation, Shapes (circles and squares) of two colours (16). The Brigance Screens III Box of Materials is the handy toolkit containing all you need to administer these comprehensive and unique screening instruments with children in the easiest and most painless way possible. Please note as this product contains some items unsuitable for children under 3 years old, please do not give to children unsupervised.

The Brigance Screens III offer developmental screening of children from infancy to year one. The Screens III support the efforts of early childhood educators and others working with children to identify potential developmental delays, as well as giftedness, and inform instruction and monitor child progress. This Brigance Screens III Box of Materials contains items needed for administering the 3-5 Year Old Screens III with children in the quickest and simplest fashion. It includes: Pencil, Coloured blocks(10), Shapes (circles and squares) of two colours (16). The Brigance Screens III Box of Materials is the handy toolkit containing all you need to administer these comprehensive and unique screening instruments with children in the easiest and most painless way possible. Please note as this product contains some items unsuitable for children under 3 years old, please do not give to children unsupervised.

The Essentials for Achieving Rigour series of instructional guides helps educators become highly skilled at implementing, monitoring and adapting instruction. Readers can put the guides to practical use immediately, adopting day-to-day examples as models for application in their own classrooms.

The Brigance IED-III Box of Materials contains items needed for administering the Brigance IED-III, all packaged in a sturdy and easy-to-transport carry case. It includes: Pencils (4); Blank sheets of paper for covering items; Box of crayons; Coloured blocks (12); Coloured pencils (five, each a different colour); Nesting containers; Rattle; Shapes (circles and squares) of two colours (16); Counters (12); and a Squeaking toy. The Brigance IED-III Box of Materials is a handy toolkit for administering the IED-III in the easiest and most painless way possible.

The Brigance Screens III offer developmental screening of children from infancy to year one. The Screens III support the efforts of early childhood educators and others working with children to identify potential developmental delays, as well as giftedness, and inform instruction and monitor child progress. This Brigance Screens III Box of Materials contains items needed for administering the 0-35 Month Old Screens III with children in the quickest and simplest fashion. It includes: Coloured blocks (10), Crayons, Pencil, Rattle, Spoon and Squeaking toy. The Brigance Screens III Box of Materials is the handy toolkit containing all you need to administer these comprehensive and unique screening instruments with children in the easiest and most painless way possible.

The activities in this book have been designed to enable lower primary school students to work in small groups with a minimum of instruction. The activities have been graded according to the developmental stages of reading in the early years. These recommendations are fluid and can be altered depending on the needs and strengths of the students. The cards can be used with the children's take-home books or any book appropriate to their reading level.

A Writing Box of Ideas is designed for early primary school students. This book contains many writing activities including: lists, instructions, letters, poetry, advertisements, dialogues, story starters, story challenges, structural challenges, descriptions, word challenges, cartoons, story sequences and pictures. These activities are designed for children at many different levels of writing. The activities can be used during the literacy block as set out in the Early Years and are suitable for years prep to grade two.

This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the most influential theories and models of reading and literacy, ranging from behaviourism and early information-processing theories to social constructionist and critical theories. Focusing on how these theories connect with different curricular approaches to literacy instruction (preschool to Year 12), the author shows how they both shape and are shaped by everyday literacy practices in classrooms. Readers are invited to explore detailed vignettes that offer a practice-based view of theories as they are brought to life in the classroom. This book devotes substantial attention to linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms and 21st-century technologies.

Margaret (Peggy) M Black is the director of the Center for Diverse Student Learning. Concentrating on the areas of integrating service delivery models with an emphasis on English language learner programs, Peggy works with schools to increase the efficiency of program development for sustained growth in student learning. Influencing effective teaching for the 21st century is the core of her consulting and professional development work.