Share Book Recommendations, Join Book Clubs, Learn more about your Favorite Books and Share Books with Friends. wfj7 from goo.gl Book Blogs Kids Games - PrimaryGames - Play Free Kids Games Online Welcome to TheSmartieZone Leveled Books Why Leveled Books? As all teachers know, not all children in the same grade read on the same level or even read at their own grade level. So why make all children read the same book? Studies show that the best way to teach kids to read is to pair them up with books that are at their instructional or independent reading level. Students can build their fluency and comprehension skills when they read books that are on their target level, allowing them to concentrate on comprehension instead of struggling in decoding unknown words. Think about this - how fluently would you be able to read a crocheting instructions? Leveled books allow students to read and comprehend various types of texts, exposing them to information and vocabulary they can understand, allowing students to gain background knowledge that will help them move onto higher level texts. To learn how to find students' reading levels (independent, instructional, and frustional), go to the Running Records page.
Academic Software Discounts for Students Teachers Faculty and Schools KIZCLUB-Learning Resources for Kids Life in the Middle Ages in the Best Children's Books The following books about life in the Middle Ages are sure to be a hit! The knights, the castles, the princesses, the jousting tournaments...it all adds up to a very exciting historical period. I clearly remember learning about the Middle Ages when I was in seventh grade. It was all so fantastical thatI was actually skeptical that it really did happen. As I made my scale model castle, complete with a moat, I vividly remember wondering if perhaps historians had gotten this one wrong. Below are some of the best children's books about life in the Middle Ages, about castles and knights and princesses, etc. These books are for 6th grade, 7th grade, and/or 8th grade. Do you know of a good children's book about life in the Middle Ages? Go -from- Life in the Middle Ages -to- World History BooksGo -from- Life in the Middle Ages -to- the Best Childrens Books homepage
Academic Superstore : Academic Software discounts for students, teachers and schools Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: Profiles in Courage Activity 1. History and cultural milieu of the deep South in 1930s America—an Introduction Use of the Internet, an LCD player, and speakers will be useful. Before beginning the novel, the students should read in class The Need for Change section of the EDSITEment-recommended We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement for general background information on what life was like for an African American living in the south under Jim Crow laws. In addition to this site, the class should also examine Remembering Jim Crow from the Edsitement approved History Matters website History Matters. Particularly good sections from this site include those entitled "Bitter Times," "Danger Violence and Exploitation," "Whites Remember Jim Crow," and "Jim Crow Laws." Both Remembering Jim Crow and We Shall Overcome will help students get a sense of the world Harper Lee describes in To Kill A Mockingbird. Questions to Consider During Class Discussion: Define Jim Crow. Activity 2. Activity 3.
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