Curriculum+Resources

= Your LRC and Curriculum Team are working to bring you top-notch resources for use in your classroom. Below are a few "new" resources: =

==**__Sent to schools in late January, 2011__**: == ===ORCA novel sets for struggling readers. Each grade received 6 copies of 4 different titles. Please check out the link below for lesson ideas to accompany each novel title: === [|Orca Books Teacher Guides]

=== "Newish" recommendations also include (for purchase with school funds): Adrienne Gear's __Reading Power__ book; Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis' __Strategies That Work__; and Ruth Culham's __6+1 Traits of Writing__. ===

Each of these resources can be ordered through the LRC. Please use the regular [|Curriculum Materials Requisition Form].

= //Now Available!// = === __"Learning to Read with Graphic Power__" kits for each of grades 4 - 8. Each kit includes 6 titles, 6 copies of each title. Each title also includes a lesson on a reading strategy that matches Adrienne Gear's reading powers. The reading strategies are: making connections, summarizing and synthesizing, taking different perspectives, making inferences, determining importance, and questioning. Each kit also includes a general teaching guide for using graphic novels. The kits are currently waiting to be catalogued and will be available for loan from the LRC sometime in May. ===