Teachers know that encouraging children to talk and listen improves their ability to communicate. But until now, they haven't had a way to...
Scholastic Teaching Solutions The Ultimate Read-Aloud Resource, 2nd Edition
$35.99
Tax excluded
Award-winning children's author and acclaimed educator Lester L. Laminack provides guidelines, lessons, and resources for making every read-aloud experience intentional and instructional to engage students in deep thinking about fiction and nonfiction books. Central to Laminack's message is his breakthrough thinking about the value and importance of "Best Friend Books"-- a small, carefully curated collection that you repeatedly turn to for specific teaching purposes.
- Step-by-step lessons for "first visits" and "return visits" to recommended Best Friend Books- clear guidelines for digging deeply and enriching students' understanding of content and craft
- Links to an online resource bank that contains "Spotlight on Lester" videos, graphic organizers for you, and downloadables for your students
- "What the Research Says" boxes that point to studies supporting Laminack's professional advice
- An annotated and alphabetized list of Laminack's favorite Best Friend Books
- "Home Visit" boxes that contain certain tips and tools for welcoming families into the work
8 other products in the same category:
In this convenient flip-chart guide, you can easily find prompts, discussion starters, and teaching points to use when you want students to process...
Dyslexia is no longer a mystery. MRI scans and other tools of neuroscience have advanced our understandings in the last decade. We now know what to...
If there's one thing teachers can agree on, it's that social-emotional learning is a hot topic in education. By supporting the emotional needs of...
Dr. Julia B. Lindsey's evidence-based routines help young readers decode words efficiently so they can spend more energy on comprehending—and...
What does a harmed child look like? It’s the little girl on the playground who has mysterious bruises on her legs. It’s the three-month-old baby...
Innovative educators are always looking for effective ways to meet the demands of teaching content standards while supporting the linguistic needs...
Parents are eager to help their children learn, but teaching young children complicated scientific and mathematical concepts can be intimidating....
Award-winning children's author and acclaimed educator Lester L. Laminack provides guidelines, lessons, and resources for making every read-aloud experience intentional and instructional to engage students in deep thinking about fiction and nonfiction books. Central to Laminack's message is his breakthrough thinking about the value and importance of "Best Friend Books"-- a small, carefully curated collection that you repeatedly turn to for specific teaching purposes.