Teaching Reading & Writing With Nursery Rhymes: Activities, Games, and Manipulatives That Teach Sight Words and Phonics Skills, Build Vocabulary, Boost Comprehension, and More

by Deborah Schecter

Overview

Use the timeless appeal of nursery rhymes to foster a love of reading and develop important literacy skills. Standards-based lessons and activities help children build background knowledge, practice word-building and phonics skills, expand vocabulary, and use descriptive language. Lessons also introduce comprehension skills such as retelling, sequencing, exploring problems and solutions, and more. Includes hands-on manipulatives, graphic organizers, center ideas, and writing connections.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545275040
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Deborah Schecter has taught science at the elementary level and is the former editor of a primary-grade classroom science magazine. Her interest in combining science with art began as a young child when she designed pressed flower pictures with her mother.