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 (3.5 / 5.0) Gay Su Pinnell and Irene Fountas understand that a high-quality curriculum is the important first step toward good teaching and successful learning. Good curriculum comes from knowing what students can do, can almost do, and need to learn how to do as readers, writers, and language users. In The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K-8 they combine everything they have learned about literacy development to create a powerful tool that enables curriculum coordinators and literacy specialists to observe teaching and learning, to plan responsive instruction, and to ensure consistency across buildings, grades, or classrooms. Across the Grades The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K-8 places the behaviors and understandings children can be expected to demonstrate on continua that reflect seven critical instructional contexts:
Level by Level The first six continua are organized by grade, while the guided reading milestones are laid out level-by-level along Pinnell and Fountas' A-Z gradient to facilitate reading instruction at the precise level at which it is most appropriate to support new learning. This helpful representation of goals for literacy growth make it easy to analyze whether curriculum goals are aligned among grades, buildings, or districts. They can serve as a foundation for the creation of responsive, flexible curriculum documents. And, they present the information in Pinnell and Fountas' Continua for grades K-2 and 3-8 in a different organization that enables literacy specialists and coaches to effectively communicate commonly shared expectations that are grounded in research and expressed as teaching practices. In fact, they provide numerous opportunities for conversations with teachers about:
Discover the convenient, easy-to-read resource that supports every aspect of your curriculum by presenting a unified vision of language and literacy development. Read The Continuum of Literacy Learning, Grades K-8 and discover the key to a new standard for excellence in literacy education. 
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 (3.0 / 5.0) medEssentials for the USMLE Step 1 offers a thorough review of early medical school curriculum and the highest-yield prep for the USMLE. Ranked at “A” level by First Aid for the USMLE Step 1, this book is an ideal textbook companion for first- and second-year medical students.
Structured by organ system, medEssentials for the USMLE Step 1 packs multiple disciplines into one manual and reviews the core science concepts covered in medical programs and on the USMLE. Eight different online exercises feature a personalized learning matrix that provides a visual snapshot of a student’s strengths and weaknesses. A 12-page, full-color insert of medical photography illustrates the most tested concepts and diseases.
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 (4.0 / 5.0) The Critical Reasoning Guide simplifies arguments by illustrating innovative diagramming techniques designed to increase comprehension and improve accuracy.Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 70 'In-Action' problems of increasing difficulty with detailed answer explanations. The content of the book is aligned to the latest Official Guides from GMAC (12th edition).
Special Features: Purchase of this book includes one year of access to Manhattan GMAT's online Critical Reasoning Question Bank (accessible by inputting a unique code in the back of each book).
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 (4.5 / 5.0) This expanded second edition presents planners, templates, rubrics, graphic organizers, and a step-by-step guide to lesson planning and adjustable assignments to help all students succeed.
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(4.0 / 5.0) The Equations, Inequalities, & VICs Guide covers algebra in all its various forms (and disguises) on the GMAT. Master fundamental techniques and nuanced strategies to help you solve for unknown variables of every type.Each chapter builds comprehensive content understanding by providing rules, strategies and in-depth examples of how the GMAT tests a given topic and how you can respond accurately and quickly. The Guide contains a total of 162 'In-Action' problems of increasing difficulty with detailed answer explanations. The content of the book is aligned to the latest Official Guides from GMAC (12th edition).
Special Features: Purchase of this book includes one year of access to Manhattan GMAT's online Equations, Inequalities, & VICs Question Bank (accessible by inputting a unique code in the back of each book).
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(4.0 / 5.0) CompTIA Security+ Deluxe Study Guide gives you complete coverage of the Security+ exam objectives with clear and concise information on crucial security topics. Learn from practical examples and insights drawn from real-world experience and review your newly acquired knowledge with cutting-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcards. Find authoritative coverage of key topics like general security concepts, communication security, infrastructure security, the basics of cryptography and operational and organizational security. The Deluxe edition contains a bonus exam, special Security Administrators’ Troubleshooting Guide appendix, and 100 pages of additional hands-on exercises.
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 (5.0 / 5.0) In Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons, you will find a wealth of exciting classroom-tested lessons that will aid you in teaching the comprehension strategies--connect, predict/infer, question, summarize, monitor/clarify, and evaluate--through a variety of modalities. Interactive think alouds engage students during the modeling phase of the lesson with gestures to cue the strategies and clever characters and metaphors that students can relate to the strategies. The DVD offers additional support, watch the lessons in action before, after, or during your reading of the text. Because the lessons are so hands on it is helpful to see them in action in the classroom with children. For use with Grades KÐ5.
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(5.0 / 5.0) A Perfect Plan for the Perfect Score We want you to succeed on your AP* exam. That's why we've created this 5-step plan to help you study more effectively, use your preparation time wisely, and get your best score. This easy-to-follow guide offers you a complete review of your AP course, strategies to give you the edge on test day, and plenty of practice with AP-style test questions. You'll sharpen your subject knowledge, strengthen your thinking skills, and build your test-taking confidence with
The 5-Step Plan helps you get the most out of your study time: Topics include: Reactions and Periodicity, Stoichiometry, Gases, Thermodynamics, Spectroscopy, Light, and Electrons, Bonding, Solids, Liquids, and Intermolecular Forces, Solutions and Colligative Properties, Kinetics, Equilibrium, Electrochemistry, Nuclear Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry *AP, Advanced Placement Program, and College Board are registered trademarks of the College Entrance Examination Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.
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(4.0 / 5.0) Designed by experts in education, this best-selling workbook features vivid and full-color illustrations to guide children step-by-step through a variety of engaging and developmentally appropriate activities in phonics, reading, reading comprehension, language arts, writing, and math. Answer keys included. 544 pp. Features: • Easy-to-understand samples and directions • High interest topics • Fun, motivating activities • Review lessons to measure progress • Expanded teaching suggestions
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(5.0 / 5.0) The Sourcebook for Teaching Science is a unique, comprehensive resource designed to give middle and high school science teachers a wealth of information that will enhance any science curriculum. Filled with innovative tools, dynamic activities, and practical lesson plans that are grounded in theory, research, and national standards, the book offers both new and experienced science teachers powerful strategies and original ideas that will enhance the teaching of physics, chemistry, biology, and the earth and space sciences.
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