23 reproducible stories for practicing comprehension, developing vocabulary, letter-sound association, word families, and rhyming.

Engaging, Easy-to-Read Storybooks With "Think-Aloud" Prompts That Boost Kids' Reading-Comprehension Skills

This hands-on resource book contains 21 reproducible stories of different genre and practice materials for a wide spectrum of reading skills. The one-and two-page stories vary in reading difficulty from mid-second through beginning-fourth grade levels to meet the range of needs in an average third-grade classroom. Each story consists of one or two reproducible pages of text with fun illustrations and five pages of activities for practicing reading skills.

Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.

A step-by-step program that shows parents, simply and clearly, how to teach their child to read in just 20 minutes a day.

Teachers can help children read deeply with this powerful new book by members of Ohio State University's Literacy Collaborative. The first part discusses the strategies and structures readers need to comprehend text-and the changes those readers experience as they move up the primary grades. The second part shows strategy instruction in action, in real classrooms, bymaster teachers. The third part focuses on how planning, organization, and management support instruction.

More Read and Understand Stories and Activities, Grade 2 provides teachers with a comprehensive resource of stories and skills pages to supplement any core reading program. This book features 21 stories, each followed by four or five pages of activities for practicing reading skills. Activities for practicing reading skills include: comprehension vocabulary development phonetic elements word attack skills The types of stories include: fairy tales fables realistic fiction nonfiction poetry Practice activities for every story include: a comprehension page a word meaning page a phonetic element Other skills practiced include: sequencing event compound words possessives syllables homophones following directions This resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.