Author: Ai-Ling Louie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698113888
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Told with beauty and grace, this Cinderella story from Ai-Ling Louie is brought vividly to life by Caldecott Medal-winner Ed Young’s soft, glowing illustrations. Half-starved and overworked by her stepmother, Yeh-Shen’s only friend is a fish with golden eyes. When the stepmother kills the fish for dinner, poor Yeh-Shen is left with only the bones. But the bones are filled with a powerful spirit. When Ye-Shen is forbidden to attend the annual spring Festival, the spirit grants her a gown of azure blue and delicate golden slippers. That night, everyone marvels at the beautiful, mysterious young woman at the ball. “Misty, jewel-like illustrations evoke the mythic past in this Chinese Cinderella story.” —Publishers Weekly
What Is a Fairy Tale?
Author: Robyn Hardyman
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 162275218X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Fairy tales have existed in every culture around the world, teaching children stories of characters in imaginary worlds who undergo hardship but learn to overcome their difficult circumstances. This compelling book covers the basic components that make up fairy tales, as well as the purpose these fantastic tales serve in culture. Some of the most famous fairy tales are retold in varying versions, unique to different cultures, followed by activities that help readers identify what these tales share in common and what sets them apart. After learning the key elements of fairy tales, readers are given a step-by-step guide to plan out their own magical characters, setting, and plot.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 162275218X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Fairy tales have existed in every culture around the world, teaching children stories of characters in imaginary worlds who undergo hardship but learn to overcome their difficult circumstances. This compelling book covers the basic components that make up fairy tales, as well as the purpose these fantastic tales serve in culture. Some of the most famous fairy tales are retold in varying versions, unique to different cultures, followed by activities that help readers identify what these tales share in common and what sets them apart. After learning the key elements of fairy tales, readers are given a step-by-step guide to plan out their own magical characters, setting, and plot.
Cinderella Stories Around the World
Author: Cari M Meister
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1479564087
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Think there's just one fairy tale with an overworked girl and wicked stepsisters? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Cinderella stories. Visit Canada, China, Egypt, and France, and find out whose glass slippers are made of red silk, and whose fairy godmother is a fish.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1479564087
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Think there's just one fairy tale with an overworked girl and wicked stepsisters? Think again! Cultures all around the world have their own Cinderella stories. Visit Canada, China, Egypt, and France, and find out whose glass slippers are made of red silk, and whose fairy godmother is a fish.
Common Core Connections Language Arts, Grade 2
Author:
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483805301
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Common Core Connections: Language Arts is the perfect tool for helping second grade students master Common Core English Language Arts skills. The Common Core Standards for English Language Arts in second grade focus on many areas including: determining the lesson or moral of a story, retelling key information or ideas, and writing stories with a clear sequence of events. This resource provides focused practice pages for targeting and reinforcing these and other second grade language arts skills while helping students connect comprehension with knowledge and application. Connecting the standards to content has never been easier with the Common Core Connections series for Language Arts. The Common Core Connections series provides teachers with the skill assessments to help determine individualized instruction needs. Focused, comprehensive practice pages and self-assessments guide students to reflection and exploration for deeper learning! Grade specific coherent content progresses in difficulty to achieve optimum fluency. It is also an ideal resource for differentiation and remediation. Each 96-page book includes an assessment test, test analysis, Common Core State Standards Alignment Matrix, and answer key.
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483805301
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Common Core Connections: Language Arts is the perfect tool for helping second grade students master Common Core English Language Arts skills. The Common Core Standards for English Language Arts in second grade focus on many areas including: determining the lesson or moral of a story, retelling key information or ideas, and writing stories with a clear sequence of events. This resource provides focused practice pages for targeting and reinforcing these and other second grade language arts skills while helping students connect comprehension with knowledge and application. Connecting the standards to content has never been easier with the Common Core Connections series for Language Arts. The Common Core Connections series provides teachers with the skill assessments to help determine individualized instruction needs. Focused, comprehensive practice pages and self-assessments guide students to reflection and exploration for deeper learning! Grade specific coherent content progresses in difficulty to achieve optimum fluency. It is also an ideal resource for differentiation and remediation. Each 96-page book includes an assessment test, test analysis, Common Core State Standards Alignment Matrix, and answer key.
The Joy of Children's Literature
Author: Denise Johnson
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003817521
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
• Fully updated research and inclusion of recent children’s book titles, including more diverse and inclusive literature such as LGBTQ children’s books • New Read, Watch, Listen resources within each chapter; new Activities for Professional Development and Print and Online Resources sections • New emphases and expanded attention to censorship and diversity.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1003817521
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
• Fully updated research and inclusion of recent children’s book titles, including more diverse and inclusive literature such as LGBTQ children’s books • New Read, Watch, Listen resources within each chapter; new Activities for Professional Development and Print and Online Resources sections • New emphases and expanded attention to censorship and diversity.
Common Core Curriculum Maps in English Language Arts, Grades K-5
Author: Great Minds
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118137124
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
The first books to present specific guidance for teaching the Common Core State Standards Forty-three states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands have signed on to adopt the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The need for curriculum guides to assist teachers in helping students meet these standards has become imperative. Created by teachers, for teachers, the research-based curriculum maps in this book present a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units for teaching the skills outlined in the CCSS for English language arts in Grades K-5. The maps address every standard in the CCSS, yet are flexible and adaptable to accommodate diverse teaching styles. Each grade is broken down into six units that include focus standards, suggested works, sample activities and assessments, lesson plans, and more Teachers can use the maps to plan their year and craft their own more detailed lesson plans Any teacher, school, or district that chooses to follow the Common Core maps can be confident that they are adhering to the standards.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118137124
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 577
Book Description
The first books to present specific guidance for teaching the Common Core State Standards Forty-three states plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands have signed on to adopt the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The need for curriculum guides to assist teachers in helping students meet these standards has become imperative. Created by teachers, for teachers, the research-based curriculum maps in this book present a comprehensive, coherent sequence of thematic units for teaching the skills outlined in the CCSS for English language arts in Grades K-5. The maps address every standard in the CCSS, yet are flexible and adaptable to accommodate diverse teaching styles. Each grade is broken down into six units that include focus standards, suggested works, sample activities and assessments, lesson plans, and more Teachers can use the maps to plan their year and craft their own more detailed lesson plans Any teacher, school, or district that chooses to follow the Common Core maps can be confident that they are adhering to the standards.
Spectrum Language Arts and Math, Grade 2
Author: Spectrum
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483805980
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Spectrum(R) Language Arts and Math: Common Core Edition for --Grade 2 helps parents understand Common Core standards and helps students master essential Common Core skills. Engaging practice pages and sturdy flash cards help students with main ideas, vocabulary, skip-counting, estimating, and more. --Spectrum(R) Language Arts and Math: Common Core Edition helps take the mystery out of current academic standards for busy parents. This unique resource for kindergarten to grade 5 provides easy-to-understand overviews of Common Core learning standards for each grade level. Each title includes more than 100 skill-building practice pages and more than 100 sturdy cut-apart flash cards. The handy cards make it easy to review important skills quickly at home or on the go. You will find all of the focused, standards-based practice your child needs to succeed at school this year.
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483805980
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Spectrum(R) Language Arts and Math: Common Core Edition for --Grade 2 helps parents understand Common Core standards and helps students master essential Common Core skills. Engaging practice pages and sturdy flash cards help students with main ideas, vocabulary, skip-counting, estimating, and more. --Spectrum(R) Language Arts and Math: Common Core Edition helps take the mystery out of current academic standards for busy parents. This unique resource for kindergarten to grade 5 provides easy-to-understand overviews of Common Core learning standards for each grade level. Each title includes more than 100 skill-building practice pages and more than 100 sturdy cut-apart flash cards. The handy cards make it easy to review important skills quickly at home or on the go. You will find all of the focused, standards-based practice your child needs to succeed at school this year.
Re-Orienting the Fairy Tale
Author: Mayako Murai
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814345379
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Readers will find inspiration and new directions in the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches to fairy tales provided by Re-Orienting the Fairy Tale.
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
ISBN: 0814345379
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
Readers will find inspiration and new directions in the cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approaches to fairy tales provided by Re-Orienting the Fairy Tale.
Storytelling
Author: Janice M. Del Negro
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This book serves as both a textbook and reference for faculty and students in LIS courses on storytelling and a professional guide for practicing librarians, particularly youth services librarians in public and school libraries. Storytelling: Art and Technique serves professors, students, and practitioners alike as a textbook, reference, and professional guide. It provides practical instruction and concrete examples of how to use the power of story to build literacy and presentation skills, as well as to create community in those same educational spaces. This text illustrates the value of storytelling, covers the history of storytelling in libraries, and offers valuable guidance for bringing stories to contemporary listeners, with detailed instructions on the selection, preparation, and presentation of stories. It also provides guidance around the planning and administration of a storytelling program. Topics include digital storytelling, open mics and slams, and the neuroscience of storytelling. An extensive and helpful section of resources for the storyteller is included in an expanded Part V of this edition.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN:
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
This book serves as both a textbook and reference for faculty and students in LIS courses on storytelling and a professional guide for practicing librarians, particularly youth services librarians in public and school libraries. Storytelling: Art and Technique serves professors, students, and practitioners alike as a textbook, reference, and professional guide. It provides practical instruction and concrete examples of how to use the power of story to build literacy and presentation skills, as well as to create community in those same educational spaces. This text illustrates the value of storytelling, covers the history of storytelling in libraries, and offers valuable guidance for bringing stories to contemporary listeners, with detailed instructions on the selection, preparation, and presentation of stories. It also provides guidance around the planning and administration of a storytelling program. Topics include digital storytelling, open mics and slams, and the neuroscience of storytelling. An extensive and helpful section of resources for the storyteller is included in an expanded Part V of this edition.
Struggling To Be Heard
Author: Valerie Ooka Pang
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438415451
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Honorable Mention, 1999 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards Struggling To Be Heard offers various theoretical frameworks for understanding culture and language diversity in Asian Pacific American young people. The authors weave a unique tapestry integrating curriculum, instruction, mental health issues, language issues, delinquency, policy, disabilities, and cultures. They also offer critical recommendations for teachers, social workers, school psychologists, school administrators, bilingual professionals, and policy makers who work with Asian Pacific American children and youth so they can make a difference in the lives of Asian Pacific American students and address their unmet needs.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438415451
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Honorable Mention, 1999 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Awards Struggling To Be Heard offers various theoretical frameworks for understanding culture and language diversity in Asian Pacific American young people. The authors weave a unique tapestry integrating curriculum, instruction, mental health issues, language issues, delinquency, policy, disabilities, and cultures. They also offer critical recommendations for teachers, social workers, school psychologists, school administrators, bilingual professionals, and policy makers who work with Asian Pacific American children and youth so they can make a difference in the lives of Asian Pacific American students and address their unmet needs.
Myths, Legends, and Folktales of America
Author: David Adams Leeming
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195117840
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Presents a variety of myths, tales, and legends. Includes Native American tales about creation, goddesses, trickster gods, the Indian and the white man, as well as Hispanic American, Asian American, Anglo American, and African American stories. Features patriotic heroes, American loners, frontiersman, and tall tales, Western outlaws, lawmen, and cowboys, slave rebels, and Blues legends, among other topics.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195117840
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Presents a variety of myths, tales, and legends. Includes Native American tales about creation, goddesses, trickster gods, the Indian and the white man, as well as Hispanic American, Asian American, Anglo American, and African American stories. Features patriotic heroes, American loners, frontiersman, and tall tales, Western outlaws, lawmen, and cowboys, slave rebels, and Blues legends, among other topics.