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Helping students master a broad range of individual words is a vital part of effective vocabulary instruction. Building on his bestselling resource The Vocabulary Book, Michael Graves’s new book describes a practical program for teaching individual words in the K–8 classroom. Designed to foster...

Laboratorio lector presenta una visión amplia, interdisciplinaria y divertida de la lectura. Es solo un libro, pero incluye toda clase de experimentos, como en unos auténticos «juegos reunidos»: comprobar la amplitud de las fijaciones oculares, descubrir los automatismos del cerebro, tomar conciencia...

This is a compact and convenient guide to learning the Kansai dialect of the Japanese language Maido, maido and welcome to the Kansai region of western Japan. Whether visiting or living in this area, you will quickly notice the locals aren't speaking standard Japanese taught in textbooks and...

This is an extensive beginning level Korean workbook. This helpful practice book is intended as a companion to Elementary Korean but can be used with any other Korean textbook or as a stand-alone self–study guide to learn Korean. Elementary Korean Workbook is essential for practicing and...

If you are having trouble getting students engaged in books or need essay topics, try this book of discussion questions.  Topics are included for the following books: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Romeo and Juliet, The Grapes of Wrath, A Separate Peace, Walden, The Adventures of Huckleberry...

Trivia-on-Book: The Cuckoo's Calling: Cormoran Strike by Robert Galbraith Take the challenge yourself and share it with friends and family for a time of fun! You may have read the book, but not have liked it. You may have liked the book, but not be a fan. You may call yourself...

Within this book, beloved children's author Sara Cone Bryant offers advice on how to convert fidgety listeners into enthralled ones in a few simple, easy-to-follow lessons. Covering such subjects as selecting, adapting, and voicing stories, this concise guide will teach you how to grab and hold children's...

In order to succeed in school and beyond, students in grades 6-12 need to understand and use both academic language and discipline-specific vocabulary. This book describes effective practices for integrating vocabulary study with instruction in English language arts, history/social studies, and math...

Offers a positive approach to literary criticism At a moment when the “hermeneutics of suspicion” is under fire in literary studies, The Practices of Hope encourages an alternative approach that, rather than abandoning critique altogether, relinquishes its commitment to disenchantment....

The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy by Jean Kennedy Smith | Conversation Starters The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy” is a memoir by ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the eighth of the nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald. In her book, she looks back at a time long...

Bringing together leading scholars of literature, history, library studies, and communications, Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis rejects the idea that print culture necessarily spreads outwards from capitals and cosmopolitan cities and focuses attention to how the residents of smaller...

Wanna Read But Not Enough Time? Then, grab a SpeedyReads of Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family and Friends by Peter Schweizer now! Here's a sample of what you'll see in this book: Summary of Secret Empires Chapter 1: Corruption...

These sight word flash cards include 61 First Grade sight words - 41 of the most common sight words - Plus 20 common sight nouns Sight words can be known by many names including high-frequency words, Dolch words, Fry words, instant words or even Star words. These flash cards have been designed...

Sight words can be known by many names including high-frequency words, Dolch words, Fry words, instant words or even Star words.  This list includes 46 of the most common sight words, plus 23 common sight nouns. These flash cards have been designed to make learning sight words fun:...