Daily Word Ladders Gr. 4-6: 100 Word Study Activities That Help Kids Boost Reading, Vocabulary, Spelling & Phonics Skills (Interactive Whiteboard Activities) - Softcover

Rasinski, Timothy V.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 054537488X ISBN 13: 9780545374880

Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2012

Synopsis

Students climb to new heights in reading and writing with these engaging, reproducible word-building games&;now also available for whole-class participation through the interactive whiteboard! Students read clues on each rung, then change and rearrange letters to create words until they reach the top. All the while, they&;re boosting decoding and spelling skills, broadening vocabulary, and becoming better, more fluent readers!

Includes a teaching guide with teaching tips and printable word ladder worksheets&;PLUS, all 100 daily word ladders in a full-color ActivInspire flipchart, to use with your interactive whiteboard!

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About the Author

Timothy Rasinski is a professor of literacy education at Kent State University. He has written over 200 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited over 50 books or curriculum programs on reading education. He is author of the best-selling book on reading fluency entitled The Fluent Reader, published by Scholastic, and co-author of the award-winning fluency program called Fluency First, published by the Wright Group. His scholarly interests include reading fluency and word study, reading in the elementary and middle grades, and readers who struggle. His research on reading has been cited by the National Reading Panel and has been published in journals such as Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Reading Psychology, and the Journal of Educational Research. Tim recently served a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association and from 1992 to 1999, he was co-editor of The Reading Teacher, the world&;s most widely read journal of literacy education. He has also served as co-editor of the Journal of Literacy Research. Rasinski is past-president of the College Reading Association and has won the A. B. Herr and Laureate Awards from the College Reading Association for his scholarly contributions to literacy education. Prior to coming to Kent State Tim taught literacy education at the University of Georgia. He taught for several years as an elementary and middle school classroom and Title I teacher in Nebraska.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 054537488X
• ISBN 13: 9780545374880
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 112