Trisha Callella's Books

Covers pre-reading strategies, nonfiction text, post-reading applications and hands-on science experiments.

Incorporate journal writing into your curriculum. This book by Kimberly Jordano gives you simple directions for making cross-curricular journals; ideas for managing journal writing time; and tips for conferencing, publishing, and keeping children motivated. A minilesson for each type of journal is included, along with reproducible journal covers and writing pages.

The national standards require that students beginning at fouth grade use their knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of wrods. Each of the 30 units in this resource includes a word list, vocabulary sort cards, review game cards, and a vocabulary quiz. Students will learn over 300 vocabulary words and become more comfortable "dissecting" words and defining their parts.

Finally an answer for kids who finish class assignments ahead of all others and race to say, "I'm through! What can I do?" Each activity book is filled with word puzzles, logic problems, creative-thinking tasks, and lots more! These ready-to-use activities are also perfect for learning centers and take-home practice.

The activities in this book consist of a series of question and answer cards. Students are actively engaged as each player answers a question and then asks the next one. When students reach the last card, they will find that it refers back to the first card. The activities require minimal preparation but result in maximum participation and effort.

Provides activities and materials designed to reinforce language skills.

A young girl demonstrates the traits of honesty, caring, good sportsmanship, helpfulness, friendship, patience and selflessness in a variety of school settings.

Use practical and creative activities to help students develop this essential skill. Each book features over 20 standards-based reading comprehension strategies. Strategies include: making predictions, identifying story elements, sequencing, drawing conclusions, identifying the main idea, using context clues.

Repetitive, predictable story lines and illustrations that match the text provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, and easy and fun activities on the inside back covers extend learning. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension, and ESL/ELL!

The activities in this book consist of a series of question and answer cards. Students are actively engaged as each player answers a question and then asks the next one. When students reach the last card, they will find that it refers back to the first card. Activities require minimal preparation but result in maximum participation and effort.

A young girl demonstrates the traits of honesty, caring, good sportsmanship, helpfulness, friendship, patience and selflessness in a variety of school settings.

Activities and instructions designed to teach writing by a group method in which the teacher and students take turns writing the text.

From addition and subtraction to number patterns and data analysis, each game reinforces essential math skills. The reproducible active listening enrichment page that follows each card game provides students with an opportunity to extend and transfer the learning to a paper-and-pencil activity."--Cover.

Use the activities in this book to help students develop reading fluency and increased comprehension as a result. The book includes four sections filled with reproducibles that provide fun and easy strategies to help students develop reading fluency. It also includes two sections to provide intervention for students struggling with developing reading fluency.

Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension.

The activities in this book consist of a series of question and answer cards. Students are actively engaged as each player answers a question and then asks the next one. When students reach the last card, they will find that it refers back to the first card. Activities require minimal preparation but result in maximum participation and effort.

Children often struggle to comprehend nonfiction reading materials in the content areas. It can also be difficult to fit in social studies curriculum given all you have to teach every day. Integrating Our Community with Reading Instruction is a dual solution! This resource includes six units that cover citizenship, geography, and economics. The units are based on the most common social studies topics taught in grades 1-2 in accordance with the national social studies standards. Each unit provides a nonfiction social studies story; prereading and postreading strategies; critical thinking, logic, and test-taking pages; as well as a hands-on social studies activity. Using the lessons in this resource, children will continue learning to read while reading to learn. They will also become more successful readers while gaining new social studies knowledge and experiences, and you will maximize your teaching time by integrating the social studies curriculum with reading instruction. Book jacket.

Students often struggle to comprehend nonfiction reading materials in the content areas. It can also be difficult to fit in social studies curriculum given all you have to teach every day. Integrating Maps and Money with Reading Instruction is a dual solution! This resource includes six units that cover geography and economics. The units are based on the most common social studies topics taught in grades 3-4 in accordance with the national social studies standards. Each unit provides a nonfiction social studies story; prereading and postreading strategies; critical thinking, logic, and test-taking pages; as well as a hands-on social studies activity. Using the lessons in this resource, students will continue learning to read while reading to learn. They will also become more successful readers while gaining new social studies knowledge and experiences, and you will maximize your teaching time by integrating the social studies curriculum with reading instruction. Book jacket.

Students often struggle to comprehend nonfiction reading materials in the content areas. It can also be difficult to fit in social studies curriculum given all you have to teach every day. Integrating Growth of a Nation with Reading Instruction is a dual solution! This resource includes six units that cover history and citizenship. The units are based on the most common social studies topics taught in grades 3-4 in accordance with the national social studies standards. Each unit provides a nonfiction social studies story; prereading and postreading strategies; critical thinking, logic, and test-taking pages; as well as a hands-on social studies activity. Using the lessons in this resource, students will continue learning to read while reading to learn. They will also become more successful readers while gaining new social studies knowledge and experiences, and you will maximize your teaching time by integrating the social studies curriculum with reading instruction. Book jacket.

Students often struggle to comprehend nonfiction reading materials in the content areas. It can also be difficult to fit in social studies curriculum given all you have to teach every day. Integrating American History with Reading Instruction is a dual solution! This resource includes six units that are based on the most common social studies topics taught in fifth grade in accordance with the national social studies standards. Each unit provides a nonfiction social studies story; prereading and postreading strategies; critical thinking, logic, and test-taking pages; as well as a hands-on social studies activity. Using the lessons in this resource, students will continue learning to read while reading to learn. They will also become more successful readers while gaining new social studies knowledge and experiences, and you will maximize your teaching time by integrating the social studies curriculum with reading instruction. Book jacket.

Students often struggle to comprehend nonfiction reading materials in the content areas. It can also be difficult to fit in social studies curriculum given all you have to teach every day. Integrating Ancient Civilizations with Reading Instruction is a dual solution! This resource includes six units that are based on the most common social studies topics taught in sixth grade in accordance with the national social studies standards. Each unit provides a nonfiction social studies story; prereading and postreading strategies; critical thinking, logic, and test-taking pages; as well as a hands-on social studies activity. Using the lessons in this resource, students will continue learning to read while reading to learn. They will also become more successful readers while gaining new social studies knowledge and experiences, and you will maximize your teaching time by integrating the social studies curriculum with reading instruction. Book jacket.

This book includes six complete social studies units that cover history, government, and geography. Each unit includes a nonfiction social studies story; pre-reading and post-reading strategies; critical thinking, logic, and test-taking pages; as well as a hands-on social studies activity.

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