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Voice in writing allows the reader to connect to the story. When a student has access to reading material with a strong voice, it sets up the student for how they want to include their own voice in their writing. The student can read and then write how they feel and think, explain their perspectives, and convey their message. This gives the student the power to express their personality through their writing and listen to others as well.

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Ideas are the heart of writing. Whether the text is factual or fiction, ideas are what make writing come to life. By being able to express ideas through your writing, you are able to relay your core message to bring awareness, communicate opinions, problem solve, and so much more.

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Conventions are the guidelines set in place to make sure everyone is able to enjoy reading and writing. By having a standard of punctuation, grammar, spelling, and capitalization, writing becomes translatable for each language. These elements of writing provide a framework of clear communication so writing can be seen, heard, and felt.

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Organization allows the writer to express their message concisely to be articulated and analyzed. A proper flow of topics allows the reader to easily understand and interpret main ideas. Connections between the reader and the text occur when the organization allows that clear communication.

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Presentation allows the reader to be invited into the writing for what they need and are accessible to. This is taken into consideration during the final draft stage to show the reader that you care about the piece you wrote. Great use of margins, illustrations, graphics, font, and legibility are examples of how to present an inviting story.

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Word choice is a great leverage for the writer to be able to convey a message so vividly to the reader. Use of specific and intentional vocabulary, formal or informal lingo, can help show expression of a feeling, place, and ideas. It is important for students to try not only to use impressive words but every day vocab that can strenghten their writing.

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Sentence fluency is another great way to add meaning to writing. How we read writing and how we hear writing can be musical in a way. The rhythm and flow of writing keeps a reader engaged in the story, wanting them to read on. It is important to know how to link ideas together in a piece to keep the attention of the reader and also them them to keep up with the ideas of your message.

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Reviews

"Through expressive minimalist illustrations, ethereal sound design, sharp writing, and thematic coherence, the chaos and serenity of young adulthood jumps out of its pages for a story that's heartbreaking, heartwarming, and wholly affecting."
9/10 - Gamespot

"If Found bridges the gaps between a handful of different mediums and artistic disciplines to create a sad, poignant, ultimately uplifting tale."
9/10 - Paste Magazine

"There's a stunning beauty to If Found, and it goes further than the gorgeous painting aesthetic of Kasio's journey."
9/10 - USgamer

About This Game

If Found... is a game about searching for connection.

On December 31st 1993 in the crumbling ruins of a mansion on Achill Island, Kasio destroys her diary.

It tells the story of her return home to the West of Ireland, her conflict with her family, the friends she makes, and the challenges she goes through.

Everything leads to this night when a black hole will destroy the entire world. Where did it come from? Is there any way to stop it?

With brand new gameplay mechanics, beautiful hand-drawn art, and a stunning soundtrack, players will relive Kasio's experiences and see the moments both happy and painful that make up the month of December 1993.

Features include: awkward crushes, the planet Jupiter, many kisses, a punk concert, confusion, happiness, a cute dog, and a break in.

© 2020 Dreamfeel Ltd. Published by Annapurna Interactive under exclusive license. All rights reserved.

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If Found... is a game about going home, coming out and erasing everything.

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This book is about how a boy in school is not able to play with his peers during recess, due to his hearing sensitivity. Through making a paper airplane, he finds someone similar to him that he is able to play with and be slowly integrated into the rest of the class. It uses illustration to guide the reader through the text and word emphasis to show importance of an idea.

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Thanks for the tremendous support of my work which includes books I have written and illustrated, (The Dot, Ish, Happy Dreamer, The Word Collector) as well as collaborations, (Someday with Alisan McGhee, the Judy Moody series with Megan McDonald, Going Places with my twin brother, Paul, and the I AM series with Susan Verde)

My children's media company, FableVision, located in Boston, is dedicated to crafting "stories that matter, stories that move." I also make creativity tools for the classroom - FableVision LeanMy twin brother, Paul, and I founded an independent bookshop in Dedham Square, MA called The Blue Bunny. www.bluebunnybooks.com

Much of my work is designed to inspire all of us to navigate our true potential - to be brave, original, inspirational, inspired, and active.

My hope is that my work will also inspire YOU to make YOUR mark - and see where it takes you.

Let's stay connected - follow me on twitter - @peterhreynolds : )

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I'm here. And you're there. And that's okay. But... maybe there will be a gentle wind that pulls us together. And then I'll be here and you'll be here, too. Pure, powerful and deceptively simple, bestselling author and illustrator Peter H. Reynolds reminds us that children-and the friendships they ...

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This story teaches students that anyone can write with any level of writing skills. The boy is encouraged by his sister to start writing with one letter and drawings. He then gets the confidence to write more and more on his own. Organization is used to demonstrate thoughts versus dialog in a comic book fashion.

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A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter," his sister explains patiently. "Why don't you start there, with a letter?" So the boy tries. He writes a letter. An easy letter. The letter I. And from that one skinny letter, the story grows, and the little boy discovers that all of us, including him, have what we need to write our own perfect story. This picture book from award-winning author Andrew Larsen playfully and imaginatively explores a young child's process of learning to express himself. It promotes the idea that stories are available for everyone to tell, whatever way we can, and will inspire pre-readers to try writing stories of their own. The lively, fun illustrations by Mike Lowery incorporate story panels with dialogue bubbles, adding visual texture. Also helpful, the boy's story is shown both as he actually writes it --- with just a few letters, some punctuation marks and typographical symbols --- and as he imagines it. Celebrating self-expression, self-discovery and imagination, this book would enhance an early language arts lesson on writing, particularly on the parts of a story. It beautifully highlights the exciting worlds that are opened up when children begin to read and write. In a sweet touch, the boy and his sister model a close and supportive sibling relationship.

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A young boy wants to write a story, just like his big sister. But there's a problem, he tells her. Though he knows his letters, he doesn't know many words. "Every story starts with a single word and every word starts with a single letter," his sister explains patiently.

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This story is about stories engulfing other stories. By integrating foreign word systems, it is preserving cultures by sharing their unique scripts. It shows students that no matter the language, letters, or symbols stories can be found all around the world.

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Fine artist Sam Winston, cocreator of the New York Times best-selling A Child of Books , celebrates the power of stories and written languages-and the imperative to preserve them.

Once there were many stories in the world. There were stories with sunsets and wonderful tales filled with fairies and dinosaurs. But one day, a story decided that it was the best, the most important story ever. It called itself the One and started to consume every other story it came across. The One ate stories made of seas and others full of dogs. Soon it seemed that the One was all there was . . . or was it? Inspired by the Endangered Alphabets project, aimed at preserving cultures by sharing their unique scripts, author-illustrator Sam Winston uses writing systems such as cuneiform and Tibetan, Egyptian hieroglyphs and ogham to illustrate this book in his signature typography-based style, using symbols and letters that have relayed the world's stories over the centuries.

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One and Everything [Winston, Sam, Winston, Sam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. One and Everything

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This books is about a boy learning to enjoy the writing process after being discouraged by his imperfect work. His sister shows pride in his "ish" work that encourages him to keep writing. Word choice is used by using the word "ish" to describe that doubtful feeling that all new writers have.

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This book is about a student that is discouraged in art class because he believes he cannot make good art. His teacher tells him to start with a dot and go from there. The idea that students who don't know where to begin, just need to start. The ideas will flow once you start writing your ideas down.

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Thanks for the tremendous support of my work which includes books I have written and illustrated, (The Dot, Ish, Happy Dreamer, The Word Collector) as well as collaborations, (Someday with Alisan McGhee, the Judy Moody series with Megan McDonald, Going Places with my twin brother, Paul, and the I AM series with Susan Verde)

My children's media company, FableVision, located in Boston, is dedicated to crafting "stories that matter, stories that move." I also make creativity tools for the classroom - FableVision LeanMy twin brother, Paul, and I founded an independent bookshop in Dedham Square, MA called The Blue Bunny. www.bluebunnybooks.com

Much of my work is designed to inspire all of us to navigate our true potential - to be brave, original, inspirational, inspired, and active.

My hope is that my work will also inspire YOU to make YOUR mark - and see where it takes you.

Let's stay connected - follow me on twitter - @peterhreynolds : )

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Amazon.com: The Dot: 9780763619619: Peter H Reynolds: Books

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This story is about a monster that is nervous about his first day of school. However, during his first day he realizes he really likes school and it wasn't as bad as he thought. Voice is used by the author to show her enthusiasm and passion for learning. This monster's voice of fear into joy is expressed throughout.

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Amazon.com: The Colour Monster Goes to School: 9781787415522: Llenas, Anna: Books

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Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to) is a 2019 casual video game developed by American[1] indie developer Popcannibal, consisting of programmer and designer Ziba Scott and artist Luigi Guatieri. The game was first released as a Humble Bundle Original in July 2019, and was released on Steam in September 2019. In the game, the player can send and request letters to and from other players anonymously over the internet, while lo-fi music plays in the background.[2][3]

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This book is about finding out how to use your skills and strengths to overcome the obstacles to achieving your dreams. The organization of the sentences give the reader a sense of the feeling of the illustrations, such as wind, ice, water movement.

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Patrick Guest (Author), Jonathan Bentley (Illustrator)

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The Second Sky [Guest, Patrick, Bentley, Jonathan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Second Sky

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This book is about a character names Henry that confuses truth and lies during show and tell. This leads to his teacher encouraging him to turn his lies into stories, so his lies can be fictional. This gives the idea that students can use writing as a way to express their ideas through writing, even if it is imaginary.

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Read 18 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. When Henry's imagination gets mixed up with the truth during show and tell, his teacher sug...

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This book uses organization to show students the art of how to create poems using the world around them. The illustrations that portray this little girl's daily life are transformed into her writing. This is beneficial for students who struggle to find a topic to write about.

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Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI (co-authored with James Patterson), SOLO, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is the Founding Editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt that aims to Change the World One Word at a Time.

Kwame's most recent book is LIGHT FOR THE WORLD TO SEE: A THOUSAND WORDS ON RACE AND HOPE. Find out more info on Kwame and where he'll be at www.KwameAlexander.com.

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Amazon.com: How to Write a Poem: 9780063060906: Alexander, Kwame, Nikaido, Deanna, Sweet, Melissa: Books

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This book talks about a girls day from leaving her house in the big city to catch the school bus, to spending all day at school, to coming back home at the end of the day. It uses organization to demonstrate the meaning up words such as over, under, inside through word placement.

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Amazon.com: Out the Door (9780823446445): Hale, Christy: Books

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This book is about a boy who travels to 13 countries to share their own unique cultures. While talking about things like their language, food, wildlife, and geography, students learn the idea that although someone may seem very different from you, you can also be similar in some ways. It also teaches to think positively about individuality.

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Take a tour of 13 countries in this introduction to cultures around the world, an Amazon.com Teachers' Pick for ages 5 to 8! Join a young boy as he hops around the globe, visiting friends in 13 different countries spanning all six populated continents. Along the way, he introduces us to each friend's environment and customs, and shares interesting facts about each country's culture, language, food, geography, wildlife, landmarks and more. Each country has a dedicated spread with a small map that shows geography and landmarks, letting readers imagine they are traveling, too. The format makes it easy to spot similarities and differences between countries. will leave readers feeling like they've toured the globe without ever having left home.

This informational picture book brings engaging nonfiction content to younger readers by showing them how other children just like them live around the world. Playful, realistic illustrations done with stylized realism lend warmth and whimsy to the book, making each locale feel welcoming. A Ticket Around the World

Countries included:
Costa Rica
India
Morocco
Greece
Canada
Brazil
France
Botswana
China
Philippines
Australia
United States
Jordan

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A Ticket Around the World [Diaz, Natalia, Owens, Melissa, Smith, Kim] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Ticket Around the World

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This book is about the changing lives of a group of friends that run a babysitters club in Connecticut. This could be influential to students who struggle to connections with their real life to their writing. The hard topics of divorce, siblings, moving, friendships, and more will relate to many young students. This will give kids the courage to give themselves a voice in their writing.

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Baby-Sitters Club SET: Volume 1 through 12 (12 books) are included in this collection: Titles: BSC 1: Kristy's Great Idea BSC 2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls BSC 3: The Truth About Stacey BSC 4: Mary Anne Saves the Day BSC 5: Dawn and the Impossible Three BSC 6: Kristy's Big Day BSC 7: Cla...

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Leap frog is an amazing series that was used frequently at school and at home during my early education. Leap frog is great because you can use this resource to teach in many ways other than reading to engage the students. Important key concepts of writing such as hearing letter sounds, phoenix, rhyming, and pronunciation are available.

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This series has so many books about elaborate stories of adventure between Jack and Annie. Lessons include science, history, geography, culture, and humanity. It is perfect for young readers just starting to read chapter books. Chapters are very short and paragraphs are four to five sentences long. The books have a lot of detail but are short enough to where students have enough time to read through the intro, climax, and conclusion.

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Buy books online and find book series such as Magic Tree House on PenguinRandomHouse.com

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This staple is about a young student named Junie who goes through her day to day life in school while learning valuable life lessons. She learns that what matters most to her is focusing on being the best person on the inside. Junie is known throughout the series to have improper grammar. This is a good example for students who struggle with conventions to be strong willed like Junie and work on being your best self, despite the criticism of others on your work.

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Meet the World's Funniest Kid-Junie B. Jones! Barbara Park's #1 New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, has been keeping kids laughing-and reading-for more than twenty-five years.

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This is a mystery series suited for more upper elementary students. Cam uses her photographic memory to help solves mysteries to prove others wrong that girls can be the hero in the story too. This will challenge the writing student's perspective on who character dynamics while creating a story. Young students will generally write about characters similar to themselves. Therefore, this will encourage them to write about characters you don't typically see being in the spotlight.

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If writing is like swimming... An interview with Bruce Black:

1) how do you get into the water each day?
The only way to get into the water is to jump in. Don't over think the process. Just jump in and write.

2) What keeps you afloat...for short work? For longer work?
I keep rereading what I've written and that takes me deeper and deeper into my story.

3) How do you keep swimming through dry spells?
How can there be dry spells in swimming? Being dry can only mean you stepped out of the water. If I get stuck working on one manuscript, I start or continue work on another. I find it helpful to work on more than one project at a time.

4) What's the hardest part of swimming?
The hardest part, I find, is discovering the voice for my story and that comes at the very beginning.

5) How do you overcome obstacles, problems, when swimming alone?
Writers always swim alone. I try not to put too much pressure on myself, not to demand a great first draft. But I keep rereading and rewriting until I'm satisfied.

6) What's the part of swimming that you love the most?
It's the swim I love, not the jumping in the water, and not the stepping out. I love the rewriting, just playing with my words. I feel somewhat sad to finish the final rewrite and have to send off a cherished manuscript.

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Cam Jansen Mysteries - CAM JANSEN MYSTERIES

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Cam Jansen mysteries have been favorites with beginning readers for more than twenty years.

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This book is very useful for teaching students the basic structure of writing and how to organize their ideas. From plot structure, to paragraph structure, to idea structure, this contains written and visual graphs to be printed out for student referral. Students can find ways to come up with new ideas, organize them in a fluent way, and map out the details in the body that support their main idea.

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This books describes how as a writing teacher, you can teach the importance of inclusion, equity, and agency first. The assessments, conventions, and mentor shared text with fall into place once you have established a connection with your students. Keeping the instruction child centered keeps them happy, engaged, and feeling a sense of purpose in the classroom.

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The Responsive Writing Teacher, Grades K-5

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Writing stories is one of the best ways for children to give focus to their creativity while learning and having fun. With this book, students will find all the guidance and help they need to hone their writing skills and create their own original stories.

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Putting our best book forward

Each Great on Kindle book offers a great reading experience, at a better value than print to keep your wallet happy.

Explore your book, then jump right back to where you left off with Page Flip.

View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look.

Enjoy features only possible in digital - start reading right away, carry your library with you, adjust the font, create shareable notes and highlights, and more.

Discover additional details about the events, people, and places in your book, with Wikipedia integration.

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Writing Prompts for Kids: A Creative Writing Workbook To Inspire Young Writers

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Writing Prompts for Kids: A Creative Writing Workbook To Inspire Young Writers [Green, Sheryl] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Writing Prompts for Kids: A Creative Writing Workbook To Inspire Young Writers

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Teach Writing Without a Pencil is a collection of games and activities to help students improve their writing skills. Strong verbs, authentic voice, cohesive flow, and the joy of writing--all taught in games and activities. This book doesn't replace your writing program, but it provides tools to enhance that program.

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Teach Writing Without a Pencil is a collection of games and activities to help students improve their writing skills in Language Experience Approach. Strong verbs, authentic voice, cohesive flow, and the joy of writing--all taught in games and activities Test Preparation. This book doesn't replace your writing program. It provides tools at your fingertips to enhance that program. Developed by children's author, Peggy Purser Freeman, Teach Writing Without a Pencil offers fun-filled games and activities to teach writing. Use time every day at home, commuting to school, waiting in line, waiting for the bus, or during other teachable moments, this concept can grow your students into excellent writers. Repeating the games and activities in this book will launch your students into the world of writing and improve test scores. Writing fun for you and your students.

"Thanks to the games in this book, our students are excited about expanding their writing abilities. The verb ball game was an exciting activity that allowed every student to participate and my students started thinking outside of the box to come up with the 'best verb..' I am already seeing writing improve and they are actually excited about writing." ~ Melanie Cooper, a 2nd-grade
Teacher at T.W. Ogg Elementary, Clute, Texas.

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Teach Writing without a Pencil: Writing Games to Play Anywhere, Anytime

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This books provides ways to find strategies, prompts, and tips that meet every student where they are now. This saves time and support readers’ progress toward skills mastery with classroom-ready features such as revised lesson language with updated mentor texts, teaching tips with advice for differentiation, and mostly new student-facing charts.

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Your Research-based Guide to Developing Skilled Readers. 300+ strategies with learning progressions support 13 reading goals, with each strategy cross-linked to skills, teacher tips, prompts, research, and reading levels-everything from fluency to literary analysis.

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This classic is about a misunderstood boy named Max, who escapes to an island in his imagination of creatures that act as wild as their emotions. Max learns the limitations of his wild emotions and about the unconditional love from his mother. The strong emotions we all feel will eventually subside, and we can still love the person for who they are. This book utilizes engaging illustrations from Max's imagination to aid in sentence comprehension for emergent writers. The pictures set the tone for how the sentences are to be read.

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Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner

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Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner [Maurice Sendak] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Where the Wild Things Are: A Caldecott Award Winner

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This story takes a reader through the beautiful sounds of the world. It encourages collaboration between two readers to read this playful poetry. One student is to read what they see and the other shouts out the noise they hear from that animal. It is a great way for emergent writers to start thinking about their experiences in more detail, by adding in senses other than sight in their writing.

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Animal Poems for Two or More Voices

This playful collection of poems--peppered with an astounding variety of animal sounds--is meant to be read aloud together.

These poems for two or more voices explore the myriad sounds animals make--from a frog's jug-o-rum to a fish's boom! to an elephant's bark. Laced with humor, the poems are a delight to read aloud and cover all major classes of animals: mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians, insects, even a crustacean! Readers will learn how to estimate the temperature by counting a cricket's chirps and see how creatures make sounds at specific pitches and frequencies, so that they can be heard despite other noise around them. Extensive end notes provide more information on the animals and how and why they make the sounds they do. Written by noted children's poet Georgia Heard, this is an ideal collection for parents and children to share, or for a fun, interactive classroom read-aloud.

A NCTE Notable Poetry Book

"One thing that sets picture books apart from titles for older readers is that we often share them with another person. Georgia Heard's text leans into this interactive experience, creating the space for distinct speakers in each poem. Each is intended as a sort of duet, with the text set in different colors to differentiate the alternating parts. The book relies heavily on the humor and child-friendly simplicity of animal noises, but the noises animals make are not always what you'd expect...the beauty of poetry for small children is that the sounds of words can be appealing long before their meanings are fully understood... Heard's engaging poems, paired with Aaron DeWitt's bright digital images of the natural world, are designed to bring readers together, and with an informative author's note on various elements of the natural world, they may also find a welcome role in the classroom." -- The New York Times Book Review

★ "Thirteen playful poems give young performers a chance to noisily shine as they explore the denizens of the wild. Poems are highly evocative...and many poems include notes to further guide readers in maximizing the mimicry (and the fun). The result is an opportunity for some startlingly effective natural noises, lively poetry, and glorious chaos...DeWitt also offers some elegant and dramatic spreads...Following in the estimable footsteps of Paul Fleischman, this work offers an irresistible invitation to its audience to join in the woooooooo, pzzzz pzzzz pzzzz, and peep of the natural world." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review

"Kids love to make animal noises. The 13 poems in this collection vary in style, but all rely heavily on accurate animal sounds...(t)he poems could become part of a creative performance piece, and use as a home read-aloud could lead to playful adult-child interaction. The bold, digital illustrations have a painterly feel. Fascinating closing notes offer opportunities for caregivers to extend the instruction. In the hands of the right presenter, this book could lead to exciting aural experiences." - Kirkus Reviews
"In 13 short free-verse poems, Heard highlights animal calls, songs, and other noises...The entries...include notes related to the poem's performance...and considerably expanded notes for each poem at the end fill in background behavioral facts, as well as identify each animal depicted in...DeWitt's carefully detailed natural scenes. (T)he natural history...dovetails neatly into performer- and audience-pleasing mixes of words and onomatopoetic sound effects."- Booklist

"Animals of many kinds describe the sounds that they make in poems intended to be read aloud by two or more readers. DeWitt's digital collages show fine detail in the animals' features, depicting how their physical characteristics range as widely as their sounds. The use of onomatopoeia all but guarantees a lively group reading experience, while Heard's back matter includes engaging facts about the biodiverse subjects." - Publishers Weekly

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Boom! Bellow! Bleat! - Astra Publishing House

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This playful collection of poems-peppered with an astounding variety of animal sounds-is meant to be read aloud together. These poems for two or more voices explore the myriad sounds animals [...]

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Poetry

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Conventions

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Paragraph Organization

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Story Organization

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Brainstorming

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Analyzing Writing

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Rough Draft Checklist

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Checklist

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Checklist

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Analyzing text

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How to Babysit a Grandma [Reagan, Jean, Wildish, Lee] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How to Babysit a Grandma

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Adam Wallace (Author), Andy Elkerton (Illustrator)

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How to Catch the Tooth Fairy [Wallace, Adam, Elkerton, Andy] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. How to Catch the Tooth Fairy

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Discover different and surprising ways of creating pictures with finger- and handprints. Create handprint birds, lions and reindeer; invent strange creatures by combining fingerprints and blowpainting; make fingerprint stencil art or create your own gallery of aliens and monsters. From flowers an...

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How to Read a Story: (Illustrated Children's Book, Picture Book for Kids, Read Aloud Kindergarten Books)

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Amazon.com: How to Read a Story: (Illustrated Children's Book, Picture Book for Kids, Read Aloud Kindergarten Books): 9781452112336: Messner, Kate, Siegel, Mark: Books

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The seventh title in the popular series about the demanding Little Princess. The Little Princess wants to know why everyone is telling her to wash her hands ALL the time...She washed them after playing outside, after playing with the dog, after going on her potty and after sneezing...The maid tells the Little Princess all about the germs and the nasties who live in dirt, in sneezes and on animals, and who can make you sick. So, when the maid offers the Little Princess a piece of cake, the Little Princess says, ''Have you washed YOUR hands?''

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The seventh title in the popular series about the demanding Little Princess. The Little Princess wants to know why everyone is telling her to wash her hands ALL the time...She washed them after playing outside, after playing with the dog, after going on her potty and after sneezing...The maid tel...

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This little boy named Jerome inspires others to make their own collection of words. Other children collect tangible things, but Jerome values the sounds and meanings of words more. He loves finding new words that pair together unexpectedly to collect in his scrapbook. He later realizes that his collection of words accidently creates a passion for language and communication.

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Thanks for the tremendous support of my work which includes books I have written and illustrated, (The Dot, Ish, Happy Dreamer, The Word Collector) as well as collaborations, (Someday with Alisan McGhee, the Judy Moody series with Megan McDonald, Going Places with my twin brother, Paul, and the I AM series with Susan Verde)

My children's media company, FableVision, located in Boston, is dedicated to crafting "stories that matter, stories that move." I also make creativity tools for the classroom - FableVision LeanMy twin brother, Paul, and I founded an independent bookshop in Dedham Square, MA called The Blue Bunny. www.bluebunnybooks.com

Much of my work is designed to inspire all of us to navigate our true potential - to be brave, original, inspirational, inspired, and active.

My hope is that my work will also inspire YOU to make YOUR mark - and see where it takes you.

Let's stay connected - follow me on twitter - @peterhreynolds : )

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The Word Collector [Reynolds, Peter H., Reynolds, Peter H.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Word Collector

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This tells the story of a hungry caterpillar's life from the moment he hatches to when he turns into a beautiful butterfly. The caterpillar eats and eats until he can't eat anymore. Children are able to relate to this story because of the places he goes and the lack of self control when he eats. Through repetitive sentences and rhymes, emergent writers can practice sentence flow.

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Amazon.com: The Very Hungry Caterpillar: 9780399226908: Carle, Eric: Books