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.

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

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

Profiles the life and career of President George Washington.

Introduces the concepts og the four seasons and types of weather, both daily and seasonal. The effects of weather and the water cycle also are addressed.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate push and pull movement.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate starting and stopping.

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 a visit to a fire station, including the people, uniforns, and the equipment.

Text and photographs describe places on the farm and what farmers do on farms including planting and harvesting crops, and raising animals and livestock.

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

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

Text and photographs describe the life cycle of frogs.

Text and photographs show objects which move in circles.

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.

Text and photographs depict a snowy day, including the formation of snow and the actions of the people out in it.

Text and photographs present the behavior changes of animals as winter approaches, such as growing thicker fur, migrating, and hibernating.

Text and photographs present the different types and colors of leaves found in the Northern Hemisphere in autumn.

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

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

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

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

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

In simple text and photographs, describes a variety of trucks and what they do, including garbage trucks, cement mixers, snow plows, and mail trucks.

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

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

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