Suzanne I. Barchers

Looking for ways to add rigor to your students' explorations of rich, complex literature? Students will be engaged as they analyze this beloved children's story about a family of immortals trying to keep their secret from the world. Tuck Everlasting: An Instructional Guide for Literature provides engaging activities that incorporate the following research-based literacy skills: close reading tasks; text-based vocabulary practice; cross-curricular activities; text-dependent questions; reader response writing prompts; leveled comprehension questions; story elements comprehension tasks; diverse and relevant assessments. Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!

Gus plays in the mud and has to get in the tub! Readers will practice recognizing short U words and develop their early reading and phonemic skills as they make their way through this delightful book. With lively illustrations and simple text, children will read familiar as well as challenging words using short U sounds. This phonics book also includes discussion questions and extension activities to help early readers comprehend the story and continue to practice using words with short U sounds.

It's bedtime for Ren and she wants to fill her bed with toys and dolls. Beginning readers will follow along as Ren tries to fill her bed with toys. Readers will practice their short E sounds and early reading and phonemic skills as they make their way through this delightful phonics book containing familiar and new vocabulary. With lively illustrations and simple text, children will read sight words and words using short E sounds. This book also includes discussion questions and extension activities to help early readers comprehend the story and continue to practice using words with short E sounds.

What happens when Ross, a young boy, is given a big job? Beginning readers will find out in this charming phonics book that uses lively illustrations and simple, easy-to-read text in a story made up of sight words and short words containing the vowel O. This book is a great resource for helping new readers develop phonemic pronunciation and recognition skills. Early readers will enhance their ability to use and recognize short O sounds in familiar vocabulary as well as challenging new words. This book also includes discussion questions and extension activities to help students comprehend the story and continue to practice using words with short O sounds.

Come along as Kip gets fit Beginning readers will enjoy the colorful illustrations and simple text in this story made up of sight words and short words containing the vowel I. This book helps young children develop their reading and phonemic skills as they use and recognize short I sounds in both familiar and new vocabulary. This phonics book also includes discussion questions and extension activities to help early readers comprehend the story and continue to practice using words with short I sounds.

How big is Kip? Beginning readers will find out in this charming book that features delightful illustrations and simple text to tell a story using sight words and short words containing the vowel I. This phonics book is a great resource to aid in children's progression in reading and phonemic skills. Early readers will enhance their ability to use and recognize short I sounds in familiar vocabulary as well as challenging words. This book also includes discussion questions and extension activities to help students comprehend the story and continue to practice using words with short I sounds.

Unlike most readers theatre titles, the 36 scripts in this book introduce young readers to classic authors like Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain while they have fun and improve their reading fluency. The use of readers theatre as a classroom tool develops fluency while students are engaged in learning new content and actively participating in their learning. Background information and discussion questions round out the readers theatre experience, providing young readers with an opportunity to increase their reading fluency while inspiring them to read the works of well-known authors. Each of these 36 readers theatre scripts—one for each week of the school year—provides teachers and librarians with an introduction to authors of short stories, chapter books, and poetry. The subject matter includes acclaimed writers such as Charles Dickens and Laura Ingalls Wilder, as well as more contemporary authors like Paula Danzinger and Roald Dahl. Each script is designed to be introduced, read, and discussed in a 30-minute period, and encompasses characters with lines written at grade levels 2, 3, and 4 to accommodate different reading levels (grade levels are indicated on the teacher's page only).

Learn more about graphs while protecting the environment by reducing, reusing, and recycling Through this book, that has been translated into Spanish, young readers can practice their graphing and STEM skills by making bar graphs and pictographs of recyclable objects. Not only will children feel more confident in their graphing skills, but they will also be more environmentally conscious Clear images, example graphs, and mathematical diagrams and charts make graphing seem simple and fun

Find two-dimensional shapes while traveling on a train This enjoyable title, that has been translated into Spanish, teaches children about geometry, encouraging them to discover familiar shapes like circles, triangles, and rectangles all around them. This book also challenges young readers to learn new STEM skills and geometry terms like octagon, parallel, and vertices Find circles on the train's wheels Find parallel rectangles on train tracks Vivid images, clear examples, and helpful mathematical charts all simplify geometry and encourage children to find new geometric shapes all around them

Practice two-digit addition and subtraction while planning a family reunion This charming, Spanish-translated title encourages young readers to use subtraction skills and STEM concepts to help plan the reunion by determining how many people are attending and how much the family will need to accommodate everyone. Add up the tallies to determine where the reunion should be Calculate how many children are attending by subtracting the number of adults from the number of total guests Examples like these and more pair with helpful mathematical charts and vivid images to make useful skills like addition and subtraction seem easy and fun

In this book, ten scripts derived from highly regarded sources bring World War II to life for students in grades 6–12 and serve as a springboard for further investigation of this pivotal world event. World War II mobilized 100 million military personnel and resulted in the deadliest conflict in human history. Everyone from students in grade six to adults will be engrossed by tales documenting the actions of Hannah Szenes, a young Hungarian woman who lost her life trying to save Jews, the sobering and shocking occurrences during the Bataan Death March, and the daring POW rescues like the raid at Cabanatuan. Each script in War Stories for Readers Theatre: World War II not only brings history to life, but also provides a perspective that readers may not have encountered. While some topics are familiar, such as the attack on Pearl Harbor, most readers are unaware of the motivations behind it. Some of the narratives are created from interviews with living World War II veterans. Every reader will be inspired to explore each subject more deeply after experiencing these intimate views of the specific events during World War II. Includes content based on new interviews with living World War II veterans and heroes, primary documents, and adaptations of previously published worksA bibliography of topical reading and media sources are provided for each script

The dogs, cats, and rabbits at the shelter who are waiting to be adopted need water, food, exercise, and grooming. Spend a day at a busy animal shelter and learn how employees and volunteers use graphs and charts to make sure the animals have everything they need! With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn graphs and build their STEM skills.

Are you learning how to count to 100? The students in this book are learning how, too. Their teacher is helping them by counting up to and celebrating their 100th day of school. With vibrant photos, math charts and diagrams, grade-appropriate text, and informational text features to help navigate the text, students will learn practical, real-world applications of math skills as they learn to count and build their STEM skills.

Traces the history to the latest breakthroughs of space exploration, focusing on the key individuals who revolutionized the technology. Features color illustrations, diagrams, photographs, a timeline, a glossary, and a simple hands-on activity.

36 readers theatre scripts use authors and illustrators to awaken student imaginations. This book of 36 readers theatre scripts (one for each week of the school year) concentrates on scripts written at multiple reading levels with a large number of parts—including choral reading parts—that enable the entire class to participate. The first 18 scripts are written for 1st-3rd grade reading levels and feature giants of kids literature like Margaret Wise Brown, James Marshall, Bill Martin Jr., Bill Peet, and Beatrix Potter. The second 18 scripts are written for 2nd-4th grade reading levels to allow for growth throughout the school year. This group of plays introduces students to Stan Berenstain, Arnold Lobel, Shel Silverstein, and Tasha Tudor, among others. Carefully designed to meet the needs of students of various reading levels, the scripts are also ideal for use with remedial readers. Grades 2-5

This book of readers theatre scripts for low-achieving middle grade readers is meant to inspire. Written at readability levels of grades 2 and 3, students who struggle with reading will enjoy learning about the lives of people both current (Bob Woodruff) and historical (Franklin Roosevelt) who are inspirational because of their perseverance and ability to overcome adversity in their daily lives. By reading, performing, and discussing these plays about people who possess the important character trait of perseverance, students will not only practice their oral reading skills, thus building the important skill of fluency, they will also build their own models for good character. Grades 3-8. Readability Levels: Grades 2-3.

Getting Ready to Read with Readers Theatre contains fifty, reproducible scripts to entice the preschool and kindergarten group into beginning to read. These patterned scripts based on nursery rhymes, poetry and other fun things to read are grouped into traditional preschool and kindergarten curricular groupings. Reading level based on the Flesch-Kincaid scale will be 0.0. Kids will learn to read by hearing and repeating and seeing the patterns. The authors will include information about props, staging and how to introduce the concept of reading together to these very young children.

More Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers contains thirty all new scripts organized into three sections with ten scripts each for grades one, two, and three as analyzed by the Flesch Kincaid readability formula. As with Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers, each script includes suggestions for props, presentation, and the like. For the first section, more choral and/or group responses is included, with particular emphasis on rhyme and repetition. After more than a decade in print, Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers continues to outsell all comparable books on Readers Theatre. More RTBR capitalizes on both the popularity of Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers and the emphasis on fluency due to the recommendations of the National Reading Panel. Further, the fact that many classrooms now have ESL students or struggling readers provides a demand for more easy scripts. The introduction includes a brief overview of how to get started with Readers Theatre, with particular attention to the needs of young students. Thirty new scripts are organized into 3 sections with ten scripts each for grades one, two, and three as analyzed by the Flesch Kincaid readability formula. As with RTBR, each script includes suggestions for props, presentation, and the like. For the first section, more choral and/or group responses is included with particular emphasis on rhyme and repetition. Grades K-2.

Ten readers theatre scripts based on some of the most famous, sensational trials in U. S. history provide a fascinating glimpse into our past and our justice system. These compelling dramas are based on actual trial proceedings, and have been adapted to the interest and reading level of students in upper elementary and middle school. Details of the crime have been incorporated into the trial format allowing the story to unfold through the eyes of the jury. The verdict is detailed in a separate section, allowing students to decide what the outcome should be. These scripts are wonderful tools for enhancing history, social studies, civics, humanities, or the English program. They sharpen critical thinking skills through the deliberation process; help build and refine reading, oral presentation, and performance skills.

Presents sixteen scripts adapted from classic works of English literature, including "Little Women," "The Necklace," and "Frankenstein," and offers easy dialogue, prop suggestions, and background information.