Can you find 2 pigs and 4 birds? 3 balls? 5 dice and 2 planes? As children play this look-and-find game, they are developing essential early learning skills, including visual discrimination and the ability to follow directions. In gorgeous photographs that create poetry from the commonplace, Bill Kontzias invites children to READ AND SEE! At the same time, he challenges readers to a game that is both educational and fun with simple text.
Studies of effective teaching practices have continued to validate the need for explicit and systematic instruction in basic reading skills, and Bill Honig uses this research to shed new light on an old problem—how to help all students become fluent readers. Teaching Our Children to Read grows out of the experiences of scores of dedicated teachers and their success in the classroom. This book explores current research from the leading experts in the field, and presents new instructional strategies that bring all students to higher levels of literacy. Highlights from Teaching Our Children to Read include: • Phonics instruction and fluency • Connected practice with decodable text • Multisyllabic word instruction • Spelling, vocabulary, and concept development • Strategic reading, book discussions, and text organization • Literacy benchmarks, assessment, and intervention This is an essential resource for educators, administrators, policymakers, and parents concerned about how to successfully teach our children to read. Teaching Our Children to Read points the way to implementing the best research-based practices in adopting reading materials, training teachers, and providing the necessary school leadership.
From the popular culture’s perspective, reading the Bible “literally” is something that only naïve, uneducated Christians do because they lack awareness of current scientific interpretations of our world, or cannot accept 21st-century social sensibilities. However, this aspersion itself lacks understanding of what it means to read the Bible – or any other work – literally. This guide will not only clarify what it means to read the Bible literally, but will also lead you through examples of biblical passages that have been misread (some famously) and explain what has gone wrong with the interpretation. You will learn five tools for how to read the Bible accurately, including understanding how to recognize figures of speech, how to be aware of context, and how doctrinal considerations apply.
SUMMARY: Guide to the second level readers in Bill Martin's instant readers, a program focussing on the use of structure and rhyme as decoding skills and structured books to encourage children to read successfully with pleasure. Includes discussions of each title and suggestions for follow-up activities for level 2 books.
My cathedral is in an isolated wilderness, away from contemporary blight. After several years of marriage my wife describes me as odd. I prefer eccentric. She calls me a cheapskate. I am frugal. I also choose to be different; we put way too much emphasis on the words; Hall of Fame, legend, glamour, champion, celebrity, and famous. I may admire but never idolize, Heroes aren't on golf courses nor in stadiums but in the uniforms of our firefighters, military and police officers. There are no idols in my life. Stars are to be revered only in the night sky, not in Hollywood. Rather than sit in a night-club involved in inane conversations I would rather see hummingbirds performing aerobatics, canoe a rogue river, watch a moose cavorting with her calf in a turbulent stream, see the Aurora Borealis fire streamers of color across a darkening sky, study undulating lines of snow geese, buffeted by lofty winds, honking their way to their mysterious destinations. There are yet unseen wonders in nature. My adventurous nature was established when I lived for a month on a Chipewyan reservation in Manitoba hunting seal and bear from a dog sled, using harpoons and bow and arrows, living the way of their ancestors. Frogs in a well have a limited view of the limitless sky. Beyond every horizon there is a horizon. I have canoed the Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territory, the Churchill in Manitoba, Fraser River in British Columbia, the Deschutes in Oregon and the Wolverine in Nunavut. I lust to explore each wilderness on earth where overpopulation has not contaminated the environment. Time away from the fallacies of civilization is regenerative.
Reinforce reading skills for students in grade 1 with Reading Achievement. This 96-page workbook helps students build high-level thinking. Each passage uses vibrant, age-appropriate language so that students feel confident completing the reinforcement activities. The book features more than 200 questions, 70 reproducible activity pages, 4 pretests in standardized test format, a ready-to-use scoring box on each page, and answer keys.
From the pages of the Mis-Adventures of Adam West comes a new spin-off featuring iconic sci fi actor Bill Mumy. "The Curse of the Mumy"... an original new series created and written by Bill Mumy. Read it or be sent to the cornfield. This special edition features never before seen images
First published in paperback in 1992, READING RHYTHM is the most comprehensive rhythmic reading textbook in the galaxy! Within its 159 pages you will find a wealth of sight-reading exercises which include audio play-along links to ensure you are on track and in time. This book is a must-have for every drummer. In fact, any musician or music teacher that is serious about developing sight-reading skills needs to get a copy! Beginners will find this as a perfect resource as it commences with Whole Notes (Semibreves). It then systematically progresses all the way to Thirty-Second Notes (Demi-Semiquavers). Drummers are able to develop their coordination by applying the written rhythms to the ostinato patterns found on pages 156 & 157. This makes READING RHYTHM much more than just a reading book. A wonderful section on syncopation is provided which explores all the Latin and Jazz phrases (pages 93 - 103). For those wanting to go deeper, polyrhythms are explored in pages 146 - 151, including 2 over 3, 4 over 3, 4 over 5, 4 over 7, 3 over 5 and 3 over 7. After many years as a professional drummer and educator in Sydney, Australia, I am happy that this book is finally available as a low cost eBook that can travel with you wherever you go. Wishing everyone a happy learning experience.
Bill Martin Jr. is the beloved author whose books have sold more than 12 million copies, including the classics Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom; and Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? His classic book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is read by millions of children around the world. Now, best-selling author Bill Martin Jr. has teamed with Michael Sampson to introduce your kids to the great heroes of the Bible.
Read about people, places, and events that will make you cry or just laugh out loud. It will amaze you that these stories actually happened. Human nature can be so entertaining, and this book will capture your imagination and keep you reading.
Tracing the roots of the modern American University in German philosophy and in the work of British thinkers such as Newman and Arnold, Bill Readings argues that the integrity of the modern University has been linked to the nation-state, which it has served by promoting and protecting the idea of a national culture. But now the nation-state is in decline, and national culture no longer needs to be either promoted or protected.
Read along with Disney! Who's been using Minnie's new-fangled Sparkle-izer? When Minnie needs it to decorate her customers' bows, the Super Sparkle-izer turns up missing! It's up to Millie and Melody to solve the mystifying mystery! Minnie's nieces are on the fun, wacky case busily turning the Bow-tique upside-down! In this reader with picture reading, word repetition, and word for word narration, children will enjoy this Minnie and friends story on their own.
With the rise of new technologies and media, the way we communicate is rapidly changing. Literacies provides a comprehensive introduction to literacy pedagogy within today's new media environment. It focuses not only on reading and writing, but also on other modes of communication, including oral, visual, audio, gestural and spatial. This focus is designed to supplement, not replace, the enduringly important role of alphabetical literacy. Using real-world examples and illustrations, Literacies features the experiences of both teachers and students. It maps a range of methods that teachers can use to help their students develop their capacities to read, write and communicate. It also explores the wide range of literacies and the diversity of socio-cultural settings in today's workplace, public and community settings. With an emphasis on the 'how-to' practicalities of designing literacy learning experiences and assessing learner outcomes, this book is a contemporary and in-depth resource for literacy students.
Bill Johnson guides you through the book that transformed his healing ministry. The Gospels are full of stories of supernatural healing—sight restored to the blind, the lame made to walk, and the dead raised to life. We wonder why these types of miracles aren't more prevalent in our own lives. Is it our lack of faith? Do we just need to try harder, believe more? But these questions imply that these miracles are born out of our own efforts. This isn’t how faith works. As Bill Johnsons says in the introduction to this special edition, "Faith is not about striving; it is about surrender." In this unique book, Bill Johnson guides you through the work that has most influenced his own healing ministry—The Real Faith—written by Dr. Charles Price in 1940. Containing an introduction, guided notes and questions by Pastor Bill to enrich your own reading, this timeless classic by one of the great “generals” of the faith offers proven wisdom for your own journey in healing ministry. In The Real Faith, Charles Price and Bill Johnson will invite you to think differently about faith—and therefore healing miracles. Faith is: A gift from God, given to us A product of our total surrender to Him An invitation to know God deeply Born out of intimacy with God An ongoing discovery with God Supernatural healing, for Charles Price and Bill Johnson, is a byproduct of deep, abiding intimacy with God. As you read Dr. Price's ageless words and Pastor Bill’s remarkable insights, you’ll begin to understand that the miracles we long for are not about our own efforts, they’re a product of real faith. That is, faith given to us by Him.
Rich traditions of group therapy permeate the substance misuse field - from residential and day-centre group programmes and the fellowship group tradition to the panoply of support/education and relapse prevention groups offered by out-patient services. There are specialist groups - e.g. art therapy and psychodrama- and groups for special population- e.g. relatives, prisoners and adult children of alcoholics. This important collection is written by many well-known experts, several renowned on the international stage, with perspectives from the UK, USA and Scandinavia. They share their extensive experiences in the conceptualisation, setting up and running of therapy groups. Ultimately, all are concerned in their groups to increase empathic contact and thereby to facilitate opportunities for addicts to embark upon change. With no equivalent UK book of its kind, the reader has a rare opportunity to consider this subject in impressive scope, diversity and depth.
Preparing students to be active, informed, literate citizens is one of the primary functions of public schools. But how can students become engaged citizens if they can't read, let alone understand, their social studies texts? What can educators—and social studies teachers in particular—do to help students develop the knowledge, skills, and motivation to become engaged in civic life? Building Literacy in Social Studies addresses this question by presenting both the underlying concepts and the research-based techniques that teachers can use to engage students and build the skills they need to become successful readers, critical thinkers, and active citizens. The authors provide targeted strategies—including teaching models, graphic organizers, and step-by-step instructions—for activities such as * Building vocabulary, * Developing textbook literacy skills, * Interpreting primary and secondary sources, * Applying critical thinking skills to newspapers and magazines, and * Evaluating Internet sources. Readers will also learn how to organize classrooms into models of democracy by creating learning communities that support literacy instruction, distribute authority, encourage cooperation, and increase accountability among students. Realistic scenarios depict a typical social studies teacher's experience before and after implementing the strategies in the classroom, showing their potential to make a significant difference in how students respond to instruction. By making literacy strategies a vital part of content-area instruction, teachers not only help students better understand their schoolwork but also open students' eyes to the power that informed and engaged people have to change the world.
The global economy threatens the uniqueness of places, people, and experiences. In Here and There, Bill Conlogue tests the assumption that literature and local places matter less and less in a world that economists describe as “flat,” politicians believe has “globalized,” and social scientists imagine as a “global village.” Each chapter begins at home, journeys elsewhere, and returns to the author’s native and chosen region, northeastern Pennsylvania. Through the prisms of literature and history, the book explores tensions and conflicts within the region created by national and global demand for its resources: fertile farmland, forest products, anthracite coal, and college-educated young people. Making connections between local and global environmental issues, Here and There uses the Pennsylvania watersheds of urban Lackawanna and rural Lackawaxen to highlight the importance of understanding and protecting the places we call home.
The first truly introductory text on Lyotard, this book situates Lyotard's interventions in the postmodern debate in the wider context of his rethinking of the politics of representation. Bill Readings examines Lyotard's relationship to structuralism, Marxism and semiotics, and contrasts his work with the literary deconstruction of Paul de Man; he positions Lyotard's work so as to draw out the implications of poststructurlaism's attention to difference in reading. Lyotard's willingness to question the political and examine the relationship between art and politics is shown to undermine the charge that deconstruction abdicates political and social articulation.
Read along with Disney! It's summertime at the Clubhouse, and the Sensational Six are ready to have fun on vacation—but they all want to do different things. Minnie calls on Toodles to help, and together they find a way to make everybody happy!
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