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Learning to read opens the doors to the world of imagination, understanding, critical thinking, and continued learning and growth. It provides a means by which all other learning can fall into place. All of the advance technology cannot equal the power behind turning the page to discover more. No where else can we place a bookmark on the page, close the book, and come back to it later and discovering that the characters have waited to move forward until we join once again. Reading allows the reader to create the images, the characters, the settings, and as we read, we become omniscient about those specific characters and their stories.
As your child’s tutor, I will use quick, specific diagnostic assessments to determine the best way to unlock the doors to reading.As your child’s tutor, I will use quick, specific diagnostic assessments to determine the best way to unlock the doors to reading. Instructional strategies suited to your child’s needs will be implemented to improve reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence.
Having trained tens of thousands of teachers who teach hundreds of thousands of students, we know that children and adolescents can and will be responsible for their own behavior and for their own learning, but these skills must be taught first. That’s why we have been tirelessly promoting it for over twenty-seven years! This book focuses on proven strategies for teaching important skills to students, evaluating their successes, and certainly focuses on the art of delivering effective consequences when all else fails. Special techniques are outlined for preventing discipline problems and dealing effectively with those that do occur.
This book is a wonderful resource. Struggling students will come to class eager to learn new content if they know they are going to be involved in an exciting activity. They will love the hands-on activities contained in this book. It consists of 50 social studies lessons that make real life application and connect students to their world. In each lesson, a product, project, or performance is completed by each student. A rubric is provided for each lesson as well as the critical thinking verbs that are specifically used in the lesson. The book enables the implementation of differentiated instruction to help ensure successful learning.
Every teacher knows the frustration of trying to reach each student at that student’s appropriate level, just as every student knows the frustration of receiving a lesson that was too easy or too difficult. This book describes Differentiated Instruction strategies proven to make the most of every moment of teaching time and learning time in a way that is simple, fun, engaging, and motivating. These ideas will serve you as you further expand your students’ engagement opportunities and support your students in extending their self-motivation. Included are strategies to promote positive feelings, promote attention and interest, promote connectedness and relevancy, promote self-efficacy, and ideas on how to share these best practices with others!
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