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Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language A Cognitive Perspective
123008
Kate Cain and Jane Oakhill

Comprehension is the ultimate aim of reading and listening. How do children develop the ability to comprehend written and spoken language, and what can be done to help those who are having difficulties? This book presents cutting-edge research on comprehension problems experienced by children without any formal diagnosis as well as those with specific language impairment, autism, ADHD, learning disabilities, hearing impairment, head injuries, and spina bifida. Providing in-depth information to guide research and practice, chapters describe innovative assessment strategies and identify important implications for intervention and classroom instruction. The book also sheds light on typical development and the key cognitive skills and processes that underlie successful comprehension.

2008

Ages: -

$59.35

Dyslexia in the Primary Classroom
124037
Wendy Hall

This book is an important resource for all primary trainees, many of whom receive limited teaching about learning difficulties but are required to cater for all children in a class during placements and when qualified. It provides an explanation of what dyslexia is and how it affects a child's learning, suggests simple activities which can be used to screen children ready for referral and outlines some easy to follow activities addressing different learning styles. It is full of practical suggestions on how to teach reading, spelling and mathematics, develop writing and help with classroom organisation for children displaying difficulties in these areas. The Primary National Strategy is considered throughout and clear links are made to the Professional Standards for the Award of QTS.

2009

Ages: -

$54.00

Kids Like Me Learn ABCs DUE AUGUST 2009
123819
Laura Ronay

Featuring adorable and diverse children with Down syndrome on every page, and many of their siblings too, these chunky, sturdy books are perfect for youngsters who are ready to start learning their colours and ABCs. "Kids Like Me...Learn ABCs" includes appealing photos of children with Down syndrome on a crisp white background, surrounded by colourful borders. Each child holds or interacts with an object that represents a letter of the alphabet. Surrounding images also show that letter in sign language, upper and lower case type, and an illustration of the featured object. All children will enjoy this book, but children with Down syndrome will delight in seeing other kids just like them, having fun and learning about their ABCs.

2009

Ages: 0 - 6

$25.00

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Revealing Minds Assessing to Understand and Support Struggling Learners
123590
Craig Pohlman Mel Levine

Revealing Minds is a practical, hands on guide to assessing learning problems, based on the approach of All Kinds of Minds, the groundbreaking nonprofit institute co founded by Mel Levine. Whereas most assessments of struggling learners focus on what is broken within a student and needs to be fixed, All Kinds of Minds has adopted a more positive and comprehensive approach to the process. Rather than labeling children or categorizing them into certain pre defined groups, their optimistic and helpful path creates a complete picture or profile of each student, outlining the childs assets along with any weaknesses, and identifying specific breakdown points that lead to problems at school.

2007

Ages: -

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Story Comprehension to Go
304
Rosemary Huisingh, Linda Bowers, Paul Johnson, Carolyn LoGiudice, Jane Orman

To Go means pick-up-and-use-now! Simply photocopy each brief reading passage and accompanying questions and you have a reading comprehension lesson ready to go! The range in readability is from grade levels 2.0 through 4.9. The comprehension questions are similar to those found on classroom and national tests. You'll address many comprehension skills, including: determining the main idea, recalling details, vocabulary and semantics, comparing and contrasting, drawing conclusions, figurative language, paraphrasing and summarizing, making inferences, and much more! Each lesson also encourages students to formulate their own comprehension question about what they have read. There is a writing prompt for each lesson to extend the learning.
285 pages

2003

Ages: 7 - 10

$146.74

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Targeting Word Retrieval 8 Book Series can buy individually
124569
Susan Howell Brubaker

These individual parts of the 8 book set can be purchased on their own. The 8 books cover the topics of: Categories, Associations, Completions, Expressions, Pictures and parts , Trivia, word flexibility, word Puzzles . Each book is available individually at $45.00 each. These books were under our radar and while they were around since 2003, no one has requested them probably preferring the more popular workbook series. Each book focuses on a different aspect of word retrieval. The exercises in the book progress in terms of difficulty so the participating individuals can progress and develop their range of abilities. All Books have answers that can be made easier by supplying clues, first letters, partial answers etc. Most pages in all 8 books are easily adapted for working on auditory comprehension , verbal expression, spelling, reading comprehension, memory, or for group work or multiple populations.

2003

Ages: 15 -

$160.00