Books in CPH Teaching Resource series

Fluency is essential for comprehension, but how exactly do you teach it? From Readers Theater and Choral Reading of Patriotic Songs to Exploring Vocabulary and Incorporating Movement to Improve Prosody and Comprehension, you’ll see how teachers from all over the country have incorporated effective fluency practice into their literacy instruction. Rasinski and his colleagues share their stories, complete with teacher interviews and effectiveness studies that document the success of each implementation. In addition, you’ll find the resource materials you need to try each one in your classroom. For use with Grades 5 & Up.

Introduce early readers to nonfiction texts with fact-filled mini-books about 15 fascinating figures who played a key role in our nation's history: Martin Luther King, Jr., George Washington, Harriet Tubman, the Wright Brothers, and more. Featuring two or three lines of text per page with supportive illustrations, the easy-to-navigate format helps children become confident, fluent readers. Includes background information, writing prompts, and extension activities. For use with Grades K-2.

Finally, a one-stop resource for all the forms a teacher needs. From beginning-of-the-year checklists and customizable record-keeping forms to lesson-planning templates and substitute packets to reading strategy checklists and writing surveys, this resource is packed with reproducibles teachers use to gather information about students, plan instruction, document students’ progress, teach content, and communicate with parents. Includes graphic organizers, rubrics, letters to parents, awards, and so much more! All forms are on the CD, many in a customizable format! For use with Grades K-5.

A must-have resource packed with surefire tips, handy checklists, and dozens of reproducible pages to ensure a successful day when the teacher is out. Helps teachers plan for a short- or long-term absence. Helps substitute teachers manage their day effectively, keeping students on-task and engaged with easy learning games and plenty of activities for every subject! For grades K-2.

A wide range of activity and coloring pages, this book offers 60 ways to teach Early Childhood and early elementary students about the Bible. An easy way to help children become familiar with the Bible, this economical book includes puzzles, connect-the-dots, hidden pictures, complete the pictures, coloring pages and many more. The activities included are completed with pencils, crayons, or markers. They're reproducible, perfect for classrooms with a tight budget. An answer key and Scripture index is included. An ideal resource for home, church, day school, and Sunday school.

This resource includes more than 50 research-based comprehension mini-lessons that will engage children and help teachers meet the standards. Each mini-lesson is linked to a National Reading Panel strategy, such as monitoring comprehension, generating and answering questions, creating and using images, summarizing, and more. Includes lessons for fiction and nonfiction, plus ready-to-use graphic organizers and checklists. For use with Grade 1.

These rib-tickling word family plays will delight children and help them become confident, fluent readers. Each play gives children plenty of practice reading a group of words from the same word family—words that share the same sound and spelling pattern. Learning to recognize these families of words helps children decode with ease so they can focus on comprehension. What’s more, the funny plots and characters will invite children to read the plays again and again, helping them improve reading rate, automaticity, expression, and other key fluency skills. For use with Grades K-2.

Teachers can make reading response fun and meaningful with 15 booklets full of creative writing prompts to use with any book! Booklets are specially designed for fiction or nonfiction and feature fun shapes and other unique formats to make each writing experience engaging and memorable. Kids explore character, setting, conflict and resolution, main idea and details, and much more. A great addition to any independent reading program! For use with Grades 2-4.

This complete resource is a must-have management guide for primary teachers who want to build students’ self confidence, strengthen the classroom community, and “bully-proof” their classrooms. In a practical, step-by-step way, McMullen shows teachers how to help students discuss, plan, and practice social skills so they can react strategically in any bullying situation. Through class meetings, role playing, and hands-on activities, students develop a personal set of strategies for dealing with bullies. They also learn how to be self-reliant, supportive members of their class community and resolve conflicts with their peers. Includes a recommended bibliography of engaging, read-aloud books that reinforce key concepts about bullying and support reading goals. For use with Grades 1-3.