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Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3-8

by Sharon M. Fennessey

Published 2008144 pagesISBN 978-0-3250-0984-1

"Every teacher knows: increasing student engagement and participation increases student achievement. But students are different, learn differently, and have unique strengths and needs. Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3-8 supports classroomwide success with a variety of lessons that get every student involved and tap a wide range of learning styles." "Teacher-tried and classroom-proven, Language Arts Lessons for Active Learning, Grades 3-8 provides a clear lesson format that states its focus as well as step-by-step instructions. In addition, Teacher-to-Teacher sections offer helpful suggestions for implementation based on the experience of practicing teachers in upper-elementary and middle-level classrooms."--BOOK JACKET.

Beyond its central premise, the book can be read through the connected lenses of Nonfiction. Those themes offer useful points of attention as the characters, ideas, or world develop, especially where the book complicates the expectations of its primary category.

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Reading lengthA shorter read144 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2008
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978-0-3250-0984-1
Language
English
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OL10485594M
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Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Nonfiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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Read for connection, not completion.

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  3. How does the book change the way you understand its larger subject?

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