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

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

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

Simple text and photographs present mail carriers, their role in the community, and their many tasks as they work for the Post Office collecting and sorting mail, and delivering letters, packages, and magazines.

Simple text and photographs present the clothing worn to keep warm as fall changes to winter.

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

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.

Simple text and photographs describe planting, growing, picking and eating green beans.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

Describes and illustrates the life cycle of frogs.

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.

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

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

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

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