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Fourth Grade Readers: Units of Study to Help Students Internalize and Apply Strategies
Fourth Grade Readers Units of Study to Help Students Internalize and Apply Strategies
Author: Martha Heller-Winokur, Marcia Uretsky
In fourth grade, the stakes for your readers go up. Their learning shifts from skills to content. They encounter chapter books regularly. Text books become a staple of the classroom and standardized testing rears its head for the first time. Expectations skyrocket for children and they're just as high for you. — Fortunately, Fourth Grade R...  more » gives you units of study that meet the challenge. The four units of study in Fourth Grade Readers help your students make the transition to critical reading. With Martha Heller-Winokur and Marcia Uretsky's lessons you'll help students internalize how to:

* engage with texts by reading strategically through a unit on using reading tools

* respond to texts by applying reading strategies through a unit on discussion skills

* understand and respond to nonfiction by utilizing reading strategies through a unit on biography

* recognize an author's intent and craft through an author-study unit.

Fourth Grade Readers goes even further: its advice on assessment and differentiation supports classroom-wide success. It shows you how to design your own units to meet your classroom's specific demands. And it provides all the helpful planning materials, conferring forms, and booklists you'll need to get started.Fourth grade is a year of challenges for readers and their teachers. But you're ready. Let Fourth Grade Readers be your indispensable partner as you help your students meet and exceed expectations.
ISBN-13: 9780325021263
ISBN-10: 0325021260
Publication Date: 9/5/2008
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Heinemann
Book Type: Paperback
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