Best Selling Books by Timothy Rasinski

Expand your students'' content-area vocabulary and improve their understanding with this roots-based approach! This standards-based resource, geared towards secondary grades, helps students comprehend informational text on grade-level topics in science using the most common Greek and Latin roots. Each lesson provides tips on how to introduce the selected roots and offers guided instruction to help easily implement the activities. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of roots associated with specific subject areas into their everyday vocabulary.

Increase student reading fluency in 1st grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Increase student reading fluency in 3rd grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Increase student reading fluency in 1st grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Increase student reading fluency in 1st grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Increase student reading fluency in 5th grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Teach kindergarten students close reading strategies that strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills! Students will read and analyze various types of texts to get the most out of the rich content. Their reading skills will improve as they answer text-dependent questions, compare and contrast texts, and learn to use close reading strategies on their own! The lessons are designed to make close reading strategies accessible, interactive, grade appropriate, and fun. The lesson plans are easy to follow, and offer a practical model built on research-based comprehension and fluency strategies.

Increase student reading fluency in 1st grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

This resource enables teachers to incorporate today''s career and college readiness standards into their lessons in a fun and intriguing way. The sixty poems that are included focus on social studies topics including US history and ancient civilizations. The use of poetry has many benefits that include increased literacy, fluency and reading comprehension. Each strategy lesson includes a model lesson, a template, an example lesson, a sample poem, and student pages. Students will be engaged in the verse format as they increase their literacy and understanding of social studies topics.

Increase student reading fluency in 5th grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Use these level 2 paired texts to test your students'' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Increase student reading fluency in 1st grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Expand your students'' content-area vocabulary and improve their understanding with this roots-based approach! This standards-based resource, geared towards secondary grades, helps students comprehend informational text on grade-level topics mathematics using the most common Greek and Latin roots. Each lesson provides tips on how to introduce the selected roots and offers guided instruction to help easily implement the activities. Students will be able to apply their knowledge of roots associated with specific subject areas into their everyday vocabulary.

Increase student reading fluency in 2nd grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Use these paired texts to test your students'' understanding of level K mathematics! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Increase student reading fluency in 2nd grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Increase student reading fluency in 4th grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Engage students in complex literary strategies as they dive into exploring rich pairs of fiction and nonfiction texts. Written by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource brings together two key strategies from the Common Core State Standards: close reading of paired texts. It provides teachers with the opportunity to use close reading strategies, reciprocal teaching, paired fiction/nonfiction texts, text sets, text-dependent questions, and hands-on activities. It includes 12 units across 4 content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. Key differentiation strategies used in today''s classrooms are provided including open-ended tasks and activities strong for multiple intelligences, and each unit includes text-dependent assessment for each text type. Aligned to McREL and Common Core State Standards, this resource prepares students for college and career.

Using Dr. Fry''s Instant Words and Dr. Rasinski''s research, these books provide a powerful tool for building fluency. Each of the books in this series provides a clear direction on how to teach students to recognize words, read phrases with expressions, and ultimately improve comprehension. Each book includes: A fluency assessment rubric and a reference list of oral reading fluency strategies 20 four-page lessons on phrasing plus activities for practicing comprehension and fluency activities Audio CD with oral reading of the phrase list and reading selection from each lesson 96pp. plus Audio CD and Teacher CD

Teach second grade students close reading strategies that strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills! Students will read and analyze various types of texts to get the most out of the rich content. Their reading skills will improve as they answer text-dependent questions, compare and contrast texts, and learn to use close reading strategies on their own! The lessons are designed to make close reading strategies accessible, interactive, grade appropriate, and fun. The lesson plans are easy to follow, and offer a practical model built on research-based comprehension and fluency strategies.

Increase student reading fluency in 2nd grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Make learning science vocabulary fun with a roots approach! This resource, geared towards secondary grades, focuses on root words for science and includes teaching tips and strategies, standards-based lessons, and student activity pages.

Use strategies developed by Dr. Timothy Rasinski to help students improve their phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, and vocabulary skills.

Use this resource featuring a game-like format to help students build words from overlapping word parts. Each activity provides a focus on specific letters in words and meaning clues, ultimately helping learners with spelling and vocabulary skills.

Increase student reading fluency in 5th grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Increase student reading fluency in 2nd grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Did you grow up reciting Little Miss Muffet, Jack Be Nimble, and Mary Had a Little Lamb? Mother Goose nursery rhymes have helped generations of children achieve literacy. This second grade classroom resource will help teachers incorporate rhymes into a standards-based curriculum that is aligned to TESOL, WIDA, and Common Care. Students will master phonological awareness, phonics skills, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and writing while purposefully playing with rhymes. Watch your students light up as they recite these traditional and original rhymes and complete hands-on activities with this invaluable resource.

Increase student reading fluency in 3rd grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Using Dr. Fry''s Instant Words and Dr. Rasinski''s research, these books provide a powerful tool for building fluency. Each of the books in this series provides a clear direction on how to teach students to recognize words, read phrases with expressions, and ultimately improve comprehension. Each book includes: A fluency assessment rubric and a reference list of oral reading fluency strategies 20 four-page lessons on phrasing plus activities for practicing comprehension and fluency activities Audio CD with oral reading of the phrase list and reading selection from each lesson 96pp. plus Audio CD and Teacher CD

Take your students beyond mere memorization of words by taking a roots approach to learning! This resource, geared towards fifth grade students, focuses on root words for specific content areas such as science or social studies.

Increase student reading fluency in 2nd grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Use these paired texts to test your students'' understanding of level 3 science! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Did you grow up reciting Little Miss Muffet, Jack Be Nimble, and Mary Had a Little Lamb? Mother Goose nursery rhymes have helped generations of children achieve literacy. This third grade classroom resource will help teachers incorporate rhymes into a standards-based curriculum that is aligned to TESOL, WIDA, and Common Care. Students will master phonological awareness, phonics skills, vocabulary, comprehension, fluency, and writing while purposefully playing with rhymes. Watch your students light up as they recite these traditional and original rhymes and complete hands-on activities with this invaluable resource.

Teach first grade students close reading strategies that strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills! Students will read and analyze various types of texts to get the most out of the rich content. Their reading skills will improve as they answer text-dependent questions, compare and contrast texts, and learn to use close reading strategies on their own! The lessons are designed to make close reading strategies accessible, interactive, grade appropriate, and fun. The lesson plans are easy to follow, and offer a practical model built on research-based comprehension and fluency strategies.

Increase student reading fluency in 1st grade with this engaging and effective lesson! Through strategic use of Fry''s Instant Words, students will both improve reading prosody and build important comprehension skills.

Teach third grade students close reading strategies that strengthen their fluency and comprehension skills! Students will read and analyze various types of texts to get the most out of the rich content. Their reading skills will improve as they answer text-dependent questions, compare and contrast texts, and learn to use close reading strategies on their own! The lessons are designed to make close reading strategies accessible, interactive, grade appropriate, and fun. The lesson plans are easy to follow, and offer a practical model built on research-based comprehension and fluency strategies.

Take your students beyond mere memorization of words by taking a roots approach to learning! This resource, geared towards third grade students, focuses on root words for specific content areas such as science or social studies.