Brain-based strategies turn reluctant readers into motivated learners!
Building on Marcia Tate’s successful “dendrite-growing” teaching strategies, Reading and Language Arts Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites contains 300 instructional activities and brain-compatible literacy. Newly consistent with Common Core State Standards, this resource offers hands-on techniques to help teach reading in relevant, motivating, and engaging ways. Activities cover literacy instruction including:
- Phonemic awareness
- Phonics and vocabulary instruction
- Text comprehension
- Reading authentically, widely, and strategically
- Writing strategically
- Creating, critiquing, and discussing texts
- Conducting research
- Using technological resources
- Respecting diversity in language
- Participating in literary communities
- Using language to accomplish purposes