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Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Morrell, Ernest, Ed.; Casey, Heather Kenyon, Ed. – Guilford Press, 2023
This authoritative text and PreK-12 teacher resource is now in a substantially revised seventh edition with 80% new material, foregrounding advances in inclusive, equitable instruction. Teachers are guided through every major component of reading, as well as assessment, motivation, teaching bilingual learners, strengthening connections with…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods, Inclusion
Morrow, Lesley Mandel, Ed.; Gambrell, Linda B., Ed. – Guilford Press, 2018
Many tens of thousands of preservice and inservice teachers have relied on this highly regarded text from leading experts, now in a revised and updated sixth edition. The latest knowledge about literacy teaching and learning is distilled into flexible strategies for helping all PreK-12 learners succeed. The book addresses major components of…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Literacy Education, Reading Instruction, Evidence Based Practice
Block, Cheryl – 2001
Noting that students who learn strategies to make and complete analogies benefit in many ways, the introduction to this workbook for grades three through five defines analogies as comparisons between seemingly unrelated items. It notes that comparing an unfamiliar item to an item that is more familiar increases understanding. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Analogy, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Reading Comprehension
Block, Cheryl – 2001
Noting that students who learn strategies to make and complete analogies benefit in many ways, the introduction to this workbook for grades six through eight defines analogies as comparisons between seemingly unrelated items. It notes that comparing an unfamiliar item to an item that is more familiar increases understanding. In addition, the…
Descriptors: Analogy, Learning Activities, Middle Schools, Reading Comprehension
McCabe, Don – 1982
Letting students as they read underline or highlight words they do not know allows teachers to find out the words their students do not know. This procedure also leaves a record of all the once unknown words for students to re-read later. It is an added advantage for teachers that it allows them to see how far into a book students have read, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Readability, Reading Material Selection, Reading Strategies
Hodges, Daniel L. – 1984
This guide summarizes the information and techniques presented on an audiotape designed to teach students to use the keyword method to memorize new words. First, introductory comments provide a rationale for the development of the materials and a discussion of their use at Lane Community College. Next, a summary is provided of the key word method,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Learning Strategies, Memorization, Mnemonics
Rabinowitz, Myrna – 1986
This workbook, written in simple English with pictographs, helps adult learners of English in British Columbia (Canada) deal with biological and medical needs and hospital patient visits. Lessons include parts of the body, nurses' and doctors' examination and instructions, general health problems, hospital items, hospital admissions, and pre- and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Hospitals
National Energy Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT. – 1991
This booklet was produced in an effort to increase the awareness and appreciation of young people for the Earth's resources. The Mining Education Glossary is intended to provide easy reference to mining terms which are used in the minerals recovery industry and as a useful resource for teaching basic learning skills. Accompanying the glossary are…
Descriptors: Earth Science, Educational Games, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
Trivette, Larry – 1994
Stone Mountain State Park's environmental education learning experience, Our Changing Land, introduces the student to the geology of the Blue Ridge Mountains, with emphasis on Stone Mountain, through a series of hands-on activities. The learning experience is designed for grades 4-6 and meets curriculum objectives of the standard course of study…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Environmental Education, Field Trips, Geology
Noren, Karen Lee – 1990
The vocabulary-building curriculum is designed for students, teachers, coordinators, and curriculum developers in vocational English as a Second Language. The curriculum gives high intermediate to advanced students background for a course in beginning carpentry, surveying the essential tools and materials used in the carpenter's workplace.…
Descriptors: Carpentry, Course Content, Equipment, Literacy Education
Warner, John F.; Warner, Margaret B. – 1987
Intended to increase reading motivation in students, this book features tales of ghosts and poltergeists. The tales range from the legendary to the contemporary. These accounts of ghost stories in the book provide subject matter for thoughtful interpretation and discussion, while challenging students in four critical reading categories: main idea,…
Descriptors: Critical Reading, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8
Blanchard, Cherie – 2002
This workbook is designed to help students expand their spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension skills through the study of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Noting that roots, prefixes, and suffixes are the building blocks upon which all words are formed, the introduction contends that a thorough knowledge of these elements will greatly enhance…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Intermediate Grades, Learning Activities, Prefixes (Grammar)
Blanchard, Cherie – 2002
This workbook is designed to help secondary-school students expand their spelling, vocabulary, and comprehension skills through the study of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Noting that roots, prefixes, and suffixes are the building blocks upon which all words are formed, the introduction contends that a thorough knowledge of these elements will…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Learning Activities, Prefixes (Grammar), Reading Comprehension
Western Kentucky Univ., Bowling Green. Center for Career and Vocational Teacher Education. – 1990
This packet contains an instructor's guide, student task sheets, and an illustrated vocabulary list for a program in automotive technology for handicapped students (special vocational education). The instructor's guide consists of a matrix of modules with vocabulary divided into 30 units of study for Auto Mechanics I and 17 units for Auto…
Descriptors: Auto Mechanics, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Definitions
MarcoPolo Education Foundation. – 2002
This lesson uses students' areas of interest both in and out of school to generate personalized vocabulary lists. Working in small groups, grade 3 to 5 students select their own vocabulary words and research their meanings. In a culminating activity that uses text and illustration, each student will create a "My World of Words Journal." During…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Lesson Plans
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