Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: readers, beginning, theatre, nonfiction
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2007-04-30
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 159158499X
ISBN-13: 9781591584995

Teachers and librarians are continually looking for an interesting, fun way to input content knowledge to build that background information which will help push up student expository reading scores. Nonfiction readers theatre is one way to accomplish this. Professor Fredericks offers 30 short nonfiction readers theatre plays for the young reader (grades 1-3) on topics ranging from earth and natural science to community helpers, holidays, and government.Test scores across the country show American students are far more able to read narrative than nonfiction text. Some research speculates this

Author: Anthony Fredericks
Publisher: NorthWord Books for Young Readers
Keywords: world, wild, moose
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $7.95
ISBN-10: 1559717440
ISBN-13: 9781559717441

Every title contains: -Where the animal lives, what it eats, when it sleeps, how it raises its young, and much more. -Over 30 vivid, full color photos and illustrations. -Sidebar ’Fun Facts,’ an index and a list of useful Internet Sites.

Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: readers, beginning, theatre, mother, goose
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2007-05-30
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1591585007
ISBN-13: 9781591585008

Written for children reading at first and second grade levels, this readers theatre book uses Mother Goose rhymes as its basis, making it especially valuable to teachers and librarians working on building fluency skills in their beginning readers. The book offers plays based on well-known rhymes, complete with presentation and instructional follow up suggestions. The author also offers staging diagrams that enable teachers to use each script with entire classrooms of students, and he includes lists of further teaching resources for each play as well. Reading levels are based on accepted readab

Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Keywords: nature, bird, slugs
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2000-03
List price: $26.60
ISBN-10: 0822530414
ISBN-13: 9780822530411

Author: Anthony D. Fredericks
Publisher: Teacher Ideas Press
Keywords: grades, literature, children, parents, involving
Number of Pages: 118
Published: 1992-09-15
List price: $21.00
ISBN-10: 1563080125
ISBN-13: 9781563080128

You’ll appreciate these tools for parent participation in the learning process. Reproducible activity sheets based on quality children’s books are designed as take-home assignments for children. Each sheet includes a book summary, discussion questions, and a list of engaging learning activities for adults and children that increase discussion, reading skills, and comprehension.

Authors:Judy Breckenridge, Anthony D. Fredericks, Louis V. L
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Keywords: materials, everyday, experiments, science, simple
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 1998-08-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1579120350
ISBN-13: 9781579120351

Illustrated by Frances Zweifel This companion to the popular 365 Simple Science Experiments fills a whole new year with fun, easy and educational hands-on experiments. Kids will learn basic scientific concepts, covering everything from nature, physics, time, chemistry and space. The fundamentals of science are brought to life in an informative and colorful text that children ages seven and up can easily follow by themselves. Simple, clear and safe instructions explain the experiments all of which use everyday materials found in most homes. Projects range from mastering helicopter flight wit

Author: Mariah Fredericks
Publisher: Atheneum
Keywords: time, crunch
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2007-06-26
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1416939733
ISBN-13: 9781416939733

Leo, Max, Jane, and Daisy don’t have much in common. But when they all blow off their SAT prep in favor of forming their own study group, they actually begin to bond -- over why there’s so much competition over a stupid test. And what it really measures, anyway. Then it’s revealed that someone has cheated on the SATs, and all eyes point to the study group. Everyone knows that Leo can’t stand to lose. That Max is convinced he’s a loser. That Jane couldn’t care less about the whole thing. And that if Daisy doesn’t clinch the right score, forget it -- s