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!

"Simple text and color photographs describe nine silly cars"--Provided by the publisher.

"Simple text and photos explain a day as a unit of time and the parts of a day"--

Non-fiction text structures organize information into comprehensible patterns. Knowing how to recognize and use these structures to navigate non-fiction text greatly improves students' understanding of what they read. Gail Saunders-Smith simplifies the process by providing teachers of grades 4-8 with: ways to teach each of the five non-fiction text structures: compare/contrast, cause/effect, sequence/procedure, question/answer, and exemplification; engaging whole-class and small-group activities using written, verbal, image, three-dimensional, and technology responses; study skills for locating, recording, and using information; tools for assessing student understanding, and explanations of the text features that organize information within the text structures; and mini-lessons for whole-class, small-group, and independent application of students' text structure knowledge. Examples, photographs, student samples, and graphic organizers support your teaching, and a bibliography of professional books and resources for locating leveled non-fiction texts make this a complete, ready-to-use guide for improving student comprehension.

Text and photographs show people and things which make zigzag movement including sewing machines, sailboats, people playing checkers, and people skiing.

Simple text and photographs depict the weather, plants, animals, and activities of autumn.

Text and photographs describe people who work in a doctor's office including receptionists, nurses and doctors, and explains what their roles and activities are and the equipment they use.

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.

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.

Describes where and how various species of birds nest, including in tree branches, in hollow trees, near water, and on cliffs. Birds shown include cardinals, the Canadian goose, woodpeckers, great blue herons, pigeons, and Atlantic puffins.

Simple text and photographs depict the life cycle of the sunflower, from seeds to sprouts to flowers that finally turn again to seeds.

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

Text and photographs describe the growth of an apple from blossom to ripe fruit, ready to be picked.

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

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

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

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

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

Describes various kinds of workers in a community and explains the service which persons in each occupation provide.

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

Text and photographs depict types of flower seeds, how they travel, and what happens when they are planted.

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

Describes and illustrates the life cycle of frogs.

Describes a variety of trucks and what they do, including garbage trucks, cement mixers, dump trucks, snow plows, tow trucks, and mail trucks.

Introduces the reader to many types of boats and ships, including canoes, kayaks, paddle wheelers, sailboats, rowboats, motorboats, tugboats, cruise ships, and aircraft carriers.

In simple text and photographs, describes the accomplishments of a child growing from a baby to a toddler and finally to a young child.

Text and photographs describe an apple tree as it goes through the seasons.

Describes a number of different cars, including toy cars, model cars, and old cars.