New Releases by Gail Saunders-Smith

"A solid resource to help teachers understand the basic foundation for literacy development through guided reading in the primary grade." —Patti Ulshafer, first-grade teacher Develop successful readers with these strategies for before, during, and after reading. In Teaching Kids to Read, Gail Saunders-Smith describes the cognitive processes of emergent readers and provides educators with clear guidelines for promoting reading comprehension with small groups of young learners. A variety of exercises included helps children to locate, record, retrieve, and manipulate information from texts while enabling teachers to measure how students respond in oral, written, graphic, and three-dimensional forms. Topics covered include: Aliteracy Coaching statements Elements of craft False positive readers Fresh text Guided reading Instructional practice Metacognition Phonemic awareness Self-monitoring Shared reading Sight words Study skills Teacher talk Workable words and more!

As students gain confidence and skills in guided reading, what is the next step to helping them become strong, independent readers? Small-group reading sessions. By working in small groups, students will be able to explore longer text and build their literacy skills with confidence. Literacy expert Gail Saunders-Smith demonstrates through the methods in this book how educators can advance students from small-group reading to silent reading, all while building reading comprehension. Ideal for teachers of emergent readers, The Ultimate Small-Group Reading How-To Book demonstrates how to develop successful readers through step-by-step, small-group reading instruction that focuses on vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency. Inside are tools for teachers to help them: Set up small-group mini-lessons and discussion of texts Provide tools for students to help investigate narrative texts Engage students to evaluate expository texts Develop students’ skills in defining literary elements such as characters, setting, and plot And much more Help students become independent readers with these strategies for use before, during, and after guided reading!

Describes the effects of light from the sun on earth and how it causes temperature changes, the seasons, winds, and clouds.

Geared towards primary school teachers to understand the foundation for literacy development

"Describes the characteristics, habitat, behavior, life cycle, and threats to California condors."--

Profiles the life and career of President George Washington.

Simple text and photographs present wheels and axles and their function as a simple machine.

Simple text and photographs depict a visit to a fire station, including the people, uniforns, and the equipment.

Text and photographs provide examples of back and forth movement, including the pendulum on a clock, a child in a rocking chair, and waves on the shore.

Simple text and photographs describe how several different crops, including pumpkins, apples, wheat, corn, and potatoes, are harvested by humans and by machine.

Thematic units designed to instill a curiosity to learn more about the world and simultaneously sharpen students'' reading skills.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate starting and stopping.

Text and photographs describe different ways to enjoy eating apples including eating them whole, in slices, cooked, in pies, and juiced.

Describes the life cycle of the chicken through photographs and text.

Text and photographs describe the stage in the life cycle of apples when the buds on a tree turn into leaves and apple blossoms.

In simple text and photographs describes the growing cycle of the carrot, from planting through cooking and eating.

Simple text and photographs depict the parts of flowers and their pollination.

Describes the different kinds of roots and stems flowers may have and their importance in helping flowers to grow.

Describes several different kinds of airplanes, including a paper airplane, a propeller plane, a biplane, a crop duster, a seaplane, a water bomber, and jets.

Simple text and photographs depict places on the farm and what farmers do there.

Text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of spring.

Describes the different sizes and shapes of leaves, the function of chlorophyll, and the process of photosynthesis using simple text and illustrations.

Simple text and photographs depict a trip to a supermarket, covering the workers and the areas inside.

Text and photographs explain what lightning is and how it forms.

Simple text and photographs depict a field trip to a doctor''s office, including the people, equipment, and activities.

Text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of winter.

Text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of summer.

Simply describes what rain is and the cycle that repeatedly brings water to the earth.

Describes different kinds of clouds--cirrus, cumulus, stratus, and nimbus--and the types of weather they indicate.

Describes the relationships among members of a family, including grandparents, aunts and uncles, sisters, brothers, and cousins.