1st Edition

Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program Nonfiction Student Workbooks, Grade 5, Fiction and Nonfiction Comparisons (Set of 5)

    48 Pages
    by Prufrock Press

    Corresponding to the activities in Jacob's Ladder: Nonfiction, Grade 5, students read high-interest passages, then complete skill ladders connected to the fiction and nonfiction comparisons to move them from concrete thinking skills to higher order, critical thinking skills.

    The student workbooks feature ample room for student responses and notes, make reviewing and providing feedback on student work easier than ever, provide students with an easy-to-use reference to use during discussions, and save time, as there is no need to reproduce student handouts.

    Break, Break, Break Korean War Photo Analysis Comparison Ladder for “Break, Break, Break” and “Korean War Photo Analysis” Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 William Wordsworth Comparison Ladder for “Composed Upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” and “William Wordsworth” At the Window D.H.Lawrence Comparison Ladder for “At the Window” and “D.H.Lawrence” Bond and Free The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking Comparison Ladder for “Bond and Free” and “The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking” The World Is Too Much With Us Should Schools Replace Textbooks With Tablets? Comparison Ladder for “The World Is Too Much With Us” and “Should Schools Replace Textbooks With Tablets?”

    Biography

    Joyce VanTassel-Baska, Ed.D., is the Jody and Layton Smith Professor Emerita of Education and former Executive Director of the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary in Virginia, where she developed a graduate program and a research and development center in gifted education. She also initiated and directed the Center for Talent Development at Northwestern University.

    Dr. Tamra Stambaugh is the Director of Programs for Talented Youth at Vanderbilt University. She is the coauthor (with Dr. Joyce VanTassel-Baska) of Comprehensive Curriculum for Gifted Learners, Overlooked Gems: A National Perspective on Low-Income Promising Students, and the Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program.