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THE BLUEBERRY HILL GUIDEBOOKS

 The Blueberry Hill guidebooks are based on research based best teaching practises. Explicit instruction of reading strategies takes place during the guided reading lesson. The guides incorporate the use of graphic organizers to enhance comprehension skills. Suggestions for writing activities honour the reciprocal relationship between reading and writing. A small but important role is also given to phonemic awareness, phonics instruction, working with words and developing a high-frequency vocabulary. Poems and Readers Theater pieces help to develop phrased and fluent reading. The center activities provide the variety and movement needed by young children. The guidebooks were written by teachers and field tested in the classroom!

IT'S AS EASY AS 1, 2, 3! - A TEACHER'S GUIDE TO LEVELS 1,2 & 3

The 1,2,3 guide outlines how to establish literacy centers and provide daily guided reading instruction!


****The guide contains:
  • Lesson plans incorporating research based, best teaching practices.
  • Literacy center activities.
  • Suggestions for assessment for learning.
  • Suggestions for the teaching of strategies
  • Phonemic awareness activities.
  • Suggestions for Working With Words.
  • Poems, songs and games to extend the stories and foster language development.
  • Blackline Masters to provide materials for center activities:
    1. Black and white copies of eleven of the books
    2. Sequencing activities
    3. Cloze activities
    4. Cut-apart sentences
    5. Poems to create a poetry book
    6. And more...

INTRODUCING CHILDREN TO THE MAGIC OF READING: A TEACHERS GUIDE FOR LEVELS 4 to 16
The level 4-16 guide takes the student beyond the basics and includes an outline of the changes we should expect to see throughout the levels.

**** The guide contains:
  • Detailed lesson plans with a focus on more complex reading strategies and comprehension.
  • Companion poems and Readers Theater pieces.
  • A Book Club celebration component.
  • Ideas to help students having difficulty.
  • An alternative implementation for literacy centers.
  • Blackline Masters containing:
    1. Graphic organizers
    2. An idea book
    3. Student tutor logbook sheets
    4. Sequencing activities
    5. Cloze activities
    6. Little books (extension of the stories, rather than direct copies)
    7. Poems to create a poetry book
    8. Cut-apart sentences
    9. And more. . .

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