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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