Knock At the Door: Impressions

Swartz, Larry

Phenix, Jo

Booth, David

Booth, Jack

Impressions

This totally revised and updated version of the best seller "Dramathemes" features all-new games and activities along with practical ideas for assessment and literature links. The teacher-friendly format of this valuable resource will make drama entertaining, educational, and informative. 
"Dramathemes" uses themes as a springboard for easy drama through games, mime, tableau, movement, sound exploration, storytelling, improvisation, readers theatre, choral speaking, and much more. Then ten themes featured are: humor, mystery, fantasy, animals, relationships, folklore, community, the past, the future, and multiculturalism. Designed to make teaching drama accessible to all classrooms, each theme is introduced with an overview and goals that tie in with all aspects of language arts. The chapters begin with simple games that build to more challenging activities and evolve to deeply structured drama lessons. Each chapter includes practical tips for evaluating areas such as choral speaking, group participation, storytelling, problem solving, role playing, and student self-assessment. 
More a guide than a prescriptive outline, "Dramathemes "encourages teachers of all grade levels to incorporate their values, Experiences, training, and confidence and to select and modify ideas within the units.

DRAMATHEMES: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR TEACHING DRAMA

Humor & Entertainment

Heinemann

This totally revised and updated version of the best-selling Dramathemes features all-new games and activities along with practical ideas for assessment and literature links.

Dramathemes

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Heinemann Drama

Classroom Events Through Poetry

Poetry

Stenhouse Pub

Dramathemes: A Practical Guide for Classroom Teachers

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Pembroke Pub Ltd

This remarkable book includes more than one hundred games and drama activities, all with a clear learning focus. The activities use themes as a springboard for easy drama through games, movement, tableau, role playing, improvisation, readers theatre, choral speaking, and much more. Teachers will find opportunities to explore literary genres that include the picture book, novel, rhyme, folktale, poem, script, and photograph. New drama structures look at relevant topics that range from personal narrative and the immigrant experience to bullying and building a community. This comprehensive approach to drama illustrates how teachers can reach each learner in the classroom.

New Drama Themes, The

Pembroke Publishers

This revised handbook is even more useful for elementary teachers who want to explore the best techniques for teaching reading and writing. The second edition of this popular guide has been totally rewritten and offers more than one hundred procedures and activities based on the latest research. In this superb collection of proven strategies, teachers will find old favorites as well as new approaches they will want to try— from using reading comprehension strategies and the writing process to working with information texts and technology.
This overview of best practices for encouraging literacy helps teachers reflect on their own teaching style as they explore innovative approaches to learning. It contains hundreds of practical ideas to meet the particular needs of every student. Each strategy includes a brief discussion of the issues and then focuses on ready-to-use ideas for any classroom. Some of the topics addressed include:
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<li> joining the literacy club—from conditions for literacy learning and gender issues to supporting literacy growth and using parents as partners; </li>
<li>structures for literacy learning— from creating a print environment and guided reading to independent reading and tutoring struggling students;</li>
<li>reading strategies—from tapping into background knowledge and monitoring comprehension to encouraging oral, written, and visual response;</li>
<li>writing strategies— from using notebooks and tricks of the trade to writing in genre and applying the conventions of language;</li>
<li>organizing a literacy classroom— from timetabling and involving the library to essential classroom resources in all genres.</li>
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Literacy Techniques for Building Successful Readers and Writers also includes checklists and guidelines—many in reproducible form—for easy classroom use.

Literacy Techniques: For Building Successful Readers and Writers

This 32-page flipchart provides a wealth of practical tips and suggestions for using the power of novels to explore the fascinating world of language. Through simple steps, this handy guide helps students develop confidence in choosing novels that suit their tastes, interests, and abilities. It focuses on innovative ways students can share their responses to literature and make connections to their own lives.
The flipchart offers a thoughtfully structured framework for organizing classrooms that promote a variety of novel-reading experiences.Why Read Novels?Organizing a Novel ProgramChoosing NovelsReading for ComprehensionProcessing InformationResponding and Sharing
The Novel Experiencemodels comprehension strategies to use before, during, and after reading that will help readers hone their skills and clarify their understanding. Graphic organizers and reproducible masters illustrate how students can integrate thinking, reading, writing, and responding.
The straightforward and easy-to-read format is complemented by an up-to-date list of more than 100 novels that will introduce readers to a whole new world of favorites!

Novel Experience, The: Steps for Choosing and Using Fiction in the Classroom

This playful 32-page flip book explores all aspects of poetry — from guidelines and an overview of poetic forms to the Top Ten lists of various poetry favorites. Handy reproducible masters are also provided which include a poetry timetable, ten questions to ask about any poem, an observation checklist for teachers, and a personal poetry inventory for students. Created by two remarkable poets and educators, The Poetry Experience brings their infectious style to a topic that is often challenging for students and teachers alike. From questions and short activities to full classroom events, this engaging book focuses on both reading and writing poetry, and on experiencing poetry both on the page and read aloud. Extensive lists of poets and books ensure that every reader will find personal favorites to celebrate.

Poetry Experience: Choosing and Using Poetry in the Classroom

Children's Books

Fitch, Sheree

Education & Reference

Based on extensive research on the features that make children's books appealing and appropriate, this valuable teacher resource offers guidance on selecting books, strategies for specific grade levels, suggestions for extension, and tips for assessment. This teacher-friendly book is organized around the major genres -- traditional literature, picture books, nonfiction, poetry, and multicultural texts -- that will inspire young readers. Throughout the book, teachers will find suggestions for using literature to implement shared reading, reading aloud, and response strategies with emergent, developing, and independent readers.

Good Books Matter: How to Choose and Use Children's Literature to Help Students Grow as Readers

Peterson, Shelley Stagg

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