Gail Saunders-Smith's Books

Describes and illustrates the life cycle of frogs.

Describes the life cycle of the chicken through photographs and text.

Describes a number of different cars, including toy cars, model cars, and old cars.

Describes various kinds of workers in a community and explains the service which persons in each occupation provide.

Text and photographs explain what lightning is and how it forms.

Simple text and photographs depict the parts of flowers and their pollination.

Text and photographs describe the growth of an apple from blossom to ripe fruit, ready to be picked.

Text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of winter.

Building from nuclear to extended families, and then on to people in the community, these richly photographed books help children see how they fit in the world.

Describes the different sizes and shapes of leaves, the function of chlorophyll, and the process of photosynthesis using simple text and illustrations.

Non-fiction text structures organize information into comprehensible patterns. Knowing how to recognize and use these structures to navigate non-fiction text greatly improves students' understanding of what they read. Gail Saunders-Smith simplifies the process by providing teachers of grades 4-8 with: ways to teach each of the five non-fiction text structures: compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/procedure, question/answer, and exemplification; engaging whole-class and small-group activities using written, verbal, image, three-dimensional, and technology responses; study skills for locating, recording, and using information; tools for assessing student understanding, and explanations of the text features that organize information within the text structures; and mini-lessons for whole-class, small-group, and independent application of students' text structure knowledge. Examples, photographs, student samples, and graphic organizers support your teaching, and a bibliography of professional books and resources for locating leveled non-fiction texts make this a complete, ready-to-use guide for improving student comprehension.

Text and photographs describe different ways to enjoy eating apples including eating them whole, in slices, cooked, in pies, and juiced.

Describes different kinds of clouds-- cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus-- and the types of weather they indicate.

Text and photographs depict types of flower seeds, how they travel, and what happens when they are planted.

Simply describes what rain is and the cycle that repeatedly brings water to the earth.

Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of autumn.

Simple text and photographs depict a visit to a fire station, including the people, uniforns, and the equipment.

Text and photographs describe the stage in the life cycle of apples when the buds on a tree turn into leaves and apple blossoms.

Text and photographs present the different types and colors of leaves found in the Northern Hemisphere in autumn.

Introduces the reader to many types of boats and ships, including canoes, kayaks, paddle wheelers, sailboats, rowboats, motorboats, tugboats, cruise ships, and aircraft carriers.

Text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of spring.

Text and photographs describe places on the farm and what farmers do on farms including planting and harvesting crops, and raising animals and livestock.

Simple text and photographs present the clothing worn to keep warm as fall changes to winter.

Describes and illustrates various activities of koalas and their joeys.

Text and photographs describes the different kinds of roots and stems flowers may have and their importance in helping flowers to grow.

In simple text and photographs, describes a variety of trucks and what they do, including garbage trucks, cement mixers, snow plows, and mail trucks.

Text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of winter.

A basic field guide format introduces 13 butterfly species. Includes color photographs and range maps"--Provided by publisher.

A solid resource to help teachers understand the basic foundation for literacy development through guided reading in the primary grade." —Patti Ulshafer, first-grade teacher Develop successful readers with these strategies for before, during, and after reading. In Teaching Kids to Read, Gail Saunders-Smith describes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners. A variety of exercises included helps children to locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts while enabling teachers to measure how students respond in oral, written, graphic, and three-dimensional forms. Topics covered include: Aliteracy Coaching statements Elements of craft False positive readers Fresh text Guided reading Instructional practice Metacognition Phonemic awareness Self-monitoring Shared reading Sight words Study skills Teacher talk Workable words and more!

As students gain confidence and skills in guided reading, what is the next step to helping them become strong, independent readers? Small-group reading sessions. By working in small groups, students will be able to explore longer text and build their literacy skills with confidence. Literacy expert Gail Saunders-Smith demonstrates through the methods in this book how educators can advance students from small-group reading to silent reading, all while building reading comprehension. Ideal for teachers of emergent readers, The Ultimate Small-Group Reading How-To Book demonstrates how to develop successful readers through step-by-step, small-group reading instruction that focuses on vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. Inside are tools for teachers to help them: Set up small-group mini-lessons and discussion of texts Provide tools for students to help investigate narrative texts Engage students to evaluate expository texts Develop students’ skills in defining literary elements such as characters, setting, and plot And much more Help students become independent readers with these strategies for use before, during, and after guided reading!

Simple text and photographs depict the life cycle of the sunflower, from seeds to sprouts to flowers that finally turn again to seeds.

Geared towards primary school teachers to understand the foundation for literacy development

Illustrations and simple text describe the life cycle of butterflies.

Text and photographs describe an apple tree as it goes through the seasons.

Text and photographs explain what lightning is and how it forms.

Text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of summer.

Text and photographs present the different types and colors of leaves found in the Northern Hemisphere in autumn.

Describes the effects of light from the sun on earth and how it causes temperature changes, the seasons, winds, and clouds.

Text and photographs depict the parts of flowers and their pollination.

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