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New! POSTERS

New!! Using the 7 Major Comprehension Strategies to Make Reading and Writing Connections
• Do you want to help your students understand how using comprehension strategies can improve their reading skills?
• Do you want to help your students understand how thinking like a writer can improve their writing skills?
• Do you want to help your students understand and use the reading and writing connection like never before?  

MRA’s new poster set will help you accomplish these goals and many more.  Each poster explains how using one of the seven major comprehension strategies can help a reader with reading and a writer while writing.  Included with the posters are mini-posters for placement in student reading and writing folders and bookmarks for teachers and students to use as constant reminders that strategies can improve reading comprehension and writing ability. $15.00

BOOKMARK

Content Area Bookmarks
Effective reading strategies at your fingertips - just tuck these information-packed cards into your lesson plan book for practical easy-to-use techniques. ©1991,
18 4x11 cards, K-12
$6.00
Supplemental Strategies Content Area Bookmarks II
More learning and thinking strategies to enhance effective content area teaching. Designed to illustrate how to put current research into instructional practice. ©1998,
16 4xI1cards, K-12
$8.00
Special!
Content Area Bookmarks I & II
Set of each of the above strategies.
$12.00

Writing Bookmarks
Ideas for helping students effectively use the writing process to produce both narrative and informational text. By the Michigan Department of Education Early Literacy Committee. ©1998,
27 4x11 cards, K-12.
$8.00

Literacy Connections - Effective Strategies that Work Bookmarks
Help your students make connections in comprehension, metacognition/study skills, vocabulary, fluency and word identification with these learning and thinking bookmarks. ©2002,
33 4x11 cards, K-12.
$9.00

 

PUBLICATIONS

Michigan's Educational Assessments: Preparation and Best Practices
Wondering what’s that right thing for getting ready for the MEAP or MME? This guide for teachers, assessment coordinators, and administrators regarding fair, appropriate, and ethical preparation for Michigan’s assessments provides the answers.
$3.00
Writing to Learn Handbooks for Social Studies, Science & Math
These new, teacher-friendly handbooks will prepare students for success on MEAP tests and more importantly, will improve thinking and learning in Mathematics, Science. and Social Studies. ©2001.
$12.00
Writing Intention: Prompting Professional Learning through Student Work
What is the best way to teach writing?  Teacher writers in this collection feature best practices in writing instruction illustrated with student work. Each section is followed by discussion questions – perfect prompts for professional dialogue!
$12.00
Kaleidoscope
Outstanding student writing to share with your class! This collection of more than 100 prize winning writings by Michigan's Young Authors can serve as models to motivate your students. Recreated annually.

Kaleidoscope 2004
$6.00

Kaleidoscope 2005
$6.00

Kaleidoscope 2006
$6.00

Kaleidoscope 2007
$6.00

 

 

 

 

FLIPCHARTS

The ABC's of Reading Strategies for Volunteers
A quick"how-to" guide for volunteers and tutors. Designed for the layman, this flipchart offers a variety of ideas to help your volunteers and tutors be more effective and informed.
$3.00
English Language Arts Content Standards and Working Draft Benchmarks
A handy guide to the Michigan English Language Arts Content Standards, adopted by the State Board of Education in July 1995, and the curriculum frameworks which contain the standards.
$3.00
What Do Parents Want to Know About Early Literacy Programs?
Perfect for parents of young readers! Concise explanations to common questions concerning early literacy programs. Issues covered include components of a quality program, phonics instruction, writing process, and invented spelling along with practice tips on how parents can help their child achieve success in school. By the Michigan Department of Education Early Literacy Committee. ©1997.
$2.00
Teaching Literacy to ESL Students Research and Best Practice
Designed as a flipchart. research evidence is presented along with implications for classroom application. Areas include the goals of reading, decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, self concept, scaffolds, cooperative grouping, authentic assessment, materials selection, and family support. The Michigan definition of reading, a glossary and an extensive bibliography are also included. ©2000.
$3.00

GLCE Flipcharts
New! The Michigan Department of Education Grade Level Content Expectations in three grade-level cluster flip charts. The GLCEs are presented in cross-grade format for grades K-2, grades 3-5, and grades 6-8. These expectations are derived from the Michigan Curriculum Framework and serve as targets for the MEAP assessment for grades 3-8.

Grades K-2
$4.00


Grades 3-5
$4.00

Grades 6-8
$4.00
HSCE Flipcharts
New!  The HSCE flipcharts contain the English Language Arts component of the new 2006 Michigan Merit Curriculum.  These flipcharts feature four strands of standards and expectations for grades 9 – 12, such as developing course and credit outcomes and creating units with high-level thinking, genre selections, and reading, writing and language strategies.
$4.00