"Hands-on skills practice with a self-checking answer system. Help children build confidence through critical thinking."

"Hands-on skills practice with a self-checking answer system. Help children: build confidence through critical thinking, boost independent learning, have fun with self-checking system."

"Hands-on skills practice with a self-checking answer system. Help children build confidence through critical thinking."

"Splat the Cat gets a job as a newspaper cat, but getting up early, keeping track of all the papers, and delivering them to all the houses is not easy."--

"This book has connected some of the current major literacy and English language arts standards to active learning with easy to access and use lesson plans and resources for the busy elementary school librarian"--

"The all-in-one resource you've been clamoring for, this book presents a comprehensive package of literacy-based public library programming ideas designed for children in kindergarten through the early tweens. Chock full of strategies and best practices for promoting literacy and reading skill development, it also features numerous planning templates and other materials ready to print and adapt as needed. With specific guidance for improving and streamlining...

"A compendium of reading and writing tasks that virtually all teachers have students do, with the value-add of expert scaffolding tips that ensure students are doing the work--not the teacher. Based on research on coherence by Elmore and others at Harvard. Perfect for balanced literary classrooms whether workshop centered or literature based"--

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