Tuesday, February 27, 2007

New Professional Resources

250+ Activities and Ideas for Developing Literacy Skills - M. Ellen Jay and Hilda L. Jay
Success in the information age means that children learn not only to read - but also to interpret a wide range of symbols: letters, musical tones, numbers, computer icons and the like. This unique sourcebook offers literacy activities and ideas to teach young children more than 72 literacy skills. It covers listening, sound recognition, parts of the book, top to bottom, left to right, letter/sound connections, using picture and context clues, sequencing, measurement, telling time, street addresses, coordinates, money, mouse skills, and keyboarding.


Reading, Writing, and Gender: Instructional Strategies and Classroom Activities that Work for Girls and Boys - Gail Lynn Goldberg and Barbara Sherr Rosewell
This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides detailed descriptions of instructional activities, reproducible tools and materials, illustrative examples of student work, concise summaries of state-of-the-art research, and ideas for action research projects.

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