Help students build fluency with the repeated reading practice they need. These high-interest mini-books—in a variety of genres—are leveled to best suit the needs of third. graders. Includes research-based mini-lessons, strategies, teaching ideas, rubrics, and checklists to help students read with ease and confidence. For use with Grade 3.

Develop fluent, confident readers! Each lesson includes a piece of nonfiction, short fiction, script, song, poem, or riddle. Follow-up activities help readers with unfamiliar words, punctuation marks, and various reading skills. Fluency report cards help assess students rate of reading, accuracy, and tone.

Immerse your fourth graders in research-based practice aimed to develop fluency. Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word Phrases<\i> offers 20 creative lessons that analyze high frequency practice to gain word recognition, expression, and fluency with comprehension questions to evaluate mastery. A fluency rubric and reference list of oral reading strategies are included to support learning success. Based on Dr. Timothy’s expert fluency research and Dr. Edward Fry’s Instant Words<\i>, this resource is aligned with college and career readiness standards and provides an important reading foundation. An Audio CD with oral readings of phrases and reading selections is included.

In this classic Irish legend, two harpists -- merry-hearted Old Pat and ill-spirited Young Tom -- set off for a contest to name the finest harpist in all of Ireland. When Young Tom realizes that Old Pat is truly the better musician, he schemes to be the winner -- but he doesn′t reckon with the clever trickery of a mischievous little leprechaun. Noted picture book creators Pamela Duncan Edwards and Henry Cole have imagined a joyful and fanciful tale with a priceless lesson.

This approach to teaching basic math facts, grounded in years of research, will transform students' learning of basic facts and help them become more confident, adept, and successful at math. Mastering the basic facts for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division is an essential goal for all students. Most educators also agree that success at higher levels of math hinges on this fundamental skill. But what's the best way to get there? Are flash cards, drills, and timed tests the answer? If so, then why do students go into the upper elementary grades (and beyond) still counting on their fingers or experiencing math anxiety? What does research say about teaching basic math facts so they will stick? In Math Fact Fluency, experts Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling provide the answers to these questions—and so much more. This book offers everything a teacher needs to teach, assess, and communicate with parents about basic math fact instruction, including The five fundamentals of fact fluency, which provide a research-based framework for effective instruction in the basic facts. Strategies students can use to find facts that are not yet committed to memory. More than 40 easy-to-make, easy-to-use games that provide engaging fact practice. More than 20 assessment tools that provide useful data on fact fluency and mastery. Suggestions and strategies for collaborating with families to help their children master the basic math facts. Math Fact Fluency is an indispensable guide for any educator who needs to teach basic math facts.

Texas Wonders is designed to foster a love of reading in all children. Through exploration of texts and daily development of their skills as readers, writers, speakers, and active listeners, students experience the power of literacy. Our focus on teaching the whole child, and every child, prepares students to be lifelong learners and critical thinkers. ​

All the latest research on fluency plus dozens of practical lessons and ready-to-use fluency-priming tools, including partner poems, word ladders, and more!

Contains activities based on the United States Dept. of Education's Reading First program.

Classroom Data Tracking for grade 1 is a 160-page customizable resource that will transform how you track data and set goals in your classroom. The book features tracking sheets that cover skills such as addition, subtraction, word problems, place value, measurement, shapes, decoding, and more. --Take charge of data tracking with a product that simplifies the process. The Classroom Data Tracking series for kindergarten to grade 5 provides the tools to successfully assess and track academic growth. These books feature reproducible pages that focus on standards-based ELA and math concepts. Each title includes crosswalks for every anchor and an example for every reproducible. With the help of this series, you'll save time while your students master important skills.

As students regularly read and perform these age-appropriate texts, they improve decoding, interpretation, fluency, and comprehension.