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Read and Understand Poetry Series, edited by Sarita C. Silverman. ©2005. This series with simple and structured lessons will appeal to teachers and students alike. Each book has over 25 poems. For each poem are a teacher lesson plan, the reproducible poem, and two activity sheets -- one with multiple choice questions and one with short answers. An answer key is also included. There are also drawing and poem writing opportunities. Here are the books:

    Read and Understand Poetry Grades 2-3: Poetry themes include Beasts, Birds, and Bugs; Seasons and Celebrations; Stuff and Nonsense; Step Outside; Poems in Song; and A World of Sights and Sounds. Many of these will be familiar to you (I'm skipping the quotes for faster typing and using italics for poem titles.): The Spider and the Fly; The Swing by Robert Lewis Stevenson; Hush, Little Baby; Mary's Lamb by Hale) My County "Tis of Thee; and many more. Children will become familiar with many styles, including limericks, songs, free verse, Haiku, and many poetic devices, including rhyme, alliteration, personification, onomatopoeia, simile, and more.

There is also a glossary of poetic terms, short biographical sketches of the poets, poetry posters, and more. BTH-943. $15.29-D

Read and Understand Poetry Grades 3-4: Contains 26 contemporary and classic poems. Poetry themes include Through the Eyes of a Child; Nature's Mysteries; Poetic Forms; North, South, East, and West; Fanciful Fun; and Stories in Verse. Many of these will be familiar to you (I'm skipping the quotes for faster typing and using italics for poem titles.): Black is Beautiful; The Land of Counterpane by Robert Lewis Stevenson; Who Has Seen the Wind; Snow-Flakes by Longfellow), The Trouble with Spaghetti; Waltzing Matilda; The Walrus and the Carpenter; Hiawatha's Childhood, A Visit From St. Nicholas, and many more. Children will become familiar with many styles, including limericks, cinquain; acrostics, narrative verse, songs, free verse and  Haiku, and many poetic devices, including assonance, rhyme, alliteration,  onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, invented words, and more.

There is also a glossary of poetry terms, short biographical sketches of the poets, poetry posters, and more. BTH-944. $15.29-D

 

Read and Understand Poetry Grades 4-5: Contains 27 contemporary and classic poems. Poetry themes include Family Album; Wacky Words; Verse in Motion; The Work of Our Hands; On the Railroad; Water and Waves; From the pages of History; Celebrate! Many of these will be familiar to you (I'm skipping the quotes for faster typing and using italics for poem titles.): The Village Blacksmith and Paul Revere's Ride by Longfellow;  The Runner,. I Hear America Singing, and The Runaway Slave by Walt Whitman ; The Brook by Tennyson;  and many more. Children will become familiar with many styles, including limericks,  parodies, narrative verse, songs, free verse, odes, sonnets,  and  Haiku, and many poetic devices, including assonance, rhyme, alliteration,  onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, invented words, personification, dialog, meter, and more.

There is also a glossary of poetry terms, short biographical sketches of the poets, poetry posters, and more. BTH-945. $15.29-D

 

Read and Understand Poetry Grades 5-6 Contains 27 contemporary and classic poems. Poetry themes include Generations and Legacies; Seasons of Life; Outside My Window; War and Peace; and Mirth and Magic.  Many of these will be familiar to you (I'm skipping the quotes for faster typing and using italics for poem titles.): Youth, Do I Adore Thee by Shakespeare; Dust of Snow by Frost; The Brook and The Charge of the Light Brigade by Tennyson;  In Flanders Fields by McCrae; Grass by Sandburg; and You Are Old, Father William and Jabberwocky by Carroll. Children will become familiar with many styles, including elegies,  parodies, narrative verse, songs, ballads; free verse,  and  Haiku, and many poetic devices, including , rhyme, alliteration,  parallel syntax, simile, metaphor, invented words, personification, dialog, repetition,  meter, and more.

There is also a glossary of poetry terms, short biographical sketches of the poets, poetry posters, and more. BTH-946. $15.29-D

 

 

EMC-00637.gif (15755 bytes)Read and Understand Stories and Activities: These books provide a comprehensive resource of stories and skills pages to supplement any core reading program. Books contain at least 20 stories, each followed by four to five pages of activities to practice reading skills.  144 pages. $15.29-D each book. The links below will take you to a better description on my e-commerce site where you can put the item in your shopping cart and check out.

    Read and Understand, Grade K -- Cat. BTH-126    
    Read and Understand, Grade 1 -- Cat.
BTH-845.
    Read and Understand, Grade 2 -- Cat. BTH-139
    Read and Understand, Grade 3 -- Cat. BTH-140
    More Read and Understand, Grade 1 -- Cat. BTH-143
    More Read and Understand, Grade 2 -- Cat.  BTH-144
    More Read and Understand, Grade 3 -- Cat.  BTH-145
    Read and Understand, Fiction Grades 4-6 -- Cat. BTH-141
    Read and Understand, Nonfiction Grades 4-6 -- Cat. BTH-142
    Read and Understand Fairytales &Folktales, Grades 1-2 -- Cat.  BTH-676
    Read and Understand Folktales & Fables, Grades 2-3 --  BTH-677
    Read and Understand Tall Tales, Grades 3-4 -- Cat. BTH-678
    Read and Understand Myths and Legends, Grades 4-6 -- Cat. BTH-679
   

Nonfiction Reading Practice Series: This series is unique in that each unit features three different articles, each at a different  reading level for each topic. Assignments can be  given to each student according to his or her ability. Each reproducible book contains 20 units. A test page follows each article to assess comprehension and vocabulary. Each unit also contains a visual aid suitable for reproduction as an overhead transparency. 176 pages each. $17.99-D each. Follow title links for cover art and the opportunity to actually browse parts of the books on line.

    Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 1           BTH-684
    Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 2           BTH-685   
    Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 3           BTH-686
    Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 4           BTH-687
    Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 5           BTH-688
    Nonfiction Reading Practice Grade 6           BTH-2439

 

 

Reader's Theater. The scripts in this book help students improve their reading fluency and expression when reading aloud. the 15 reproducible scripts are related to content areas, helping them to come alive. Student performances can be showcased at school assemblies or other public gatherings.

 Each selection includes a teacher's page to summarize the script, help build background knowledge and vocabulary, and provide simple staging suggestions. There is a complete script for student readers, a program for listing cast members, follow-up activities for students to practice the skills related to the content, a complete answer key, and evaluation templates. 144 pages. Individual titles are below:

    Reader's Theater Grade 1 by Martha Cheney and Jill Norris. Includes scripts such as Why Bear Has a Stumpy Tail; Math at Farmers' Market; Too Much !; Out in the Woods; The Three Billy Goats Gruff; The Little Red Hen; Taxi the Turtle; The Three Little Pigs; Elephants in the Wild; and more. BTH-870. $15.29-D

 

Reader's Theater Grade 2 by Ginny Hall. Includes scripts such as John Chapman; Crow's Potlatch; Earth's Seven Continents; The Statue of Liberty; Hw Anansi Brought Stories to Earth; George Washington Carver; Lion Dancer; Our Solar System; Don't Forget Zero; The Lost Kitten; and more. BTH-871 $15.29-D

 

Reader's Theater Grade 3 by Barbara Linde. Includes scripts such as The Amazing Laundry Hamper; It Happened at Hull House; Davy Crockett; Fact or Legend?; A Riddle-Maker Saves the Day; Yankee Doodle Hits the Road; Brer Rabbit Shares His Crops; Spider Woman and the Gift of the Loom; The Walking Stick Buys Shoes; Those Magnificent Counting Machines; and more.
 BTH-872. $15.29-D

 

Reader's Theater Grade 4 by Martha Cheney and Hilve Firek.  Includes scripts such as Louis Pasteur: A Scientist Serving Humanity; The Farmer, His Son, and Their Donkey; Keelboat Annie; The Sager Children; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Story of the Chestnut Tree; The Girls of the Round Table; An Underwater Web of Life; Sojourner Truth: A Life Devoted to Justice; How Animals Got Their Beautiful Coats; and more.  BTH-873. $15.29-D

 

Reader's Theater Grade 5 by Michael Ryall. Includes scripts such as Demeter and Persephone; SOS Titanic; The Montgomery Bus Boycott; Enter Bruce Lee; Journey to a New World; Women in Science; Beauty and the Beast; The Runaways; Tall Tales from the Wild West; Haste Makes Waste; and more.  BTH-874. $15.29-D

 

Reader's Theater Grade 6 by Michael Ryall. Includes scripts such as Welcome to Ellis Island; Whiz Kid; Romeo and Juliet; Sarah Winnemucca;: A Leader for Peace; Arachne's Web; To Tell the Truth; The Amistad Case; The Great Transcontinental Railroad Race; and more.  BTH-875. $15.29-D

 

 

 

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