Tag: book
Singapore Removes Racist Chinese-language Book
Singapore publisher Marshall Cavendish Education has apologized for any misunderstanding caused to readers after its Chinese-language children’s book Who Wins? was removed from all of the country’s libraries due to a complaint about racist content.
“We have decided to cease the sale and distribution of this series and recall the books from retail stores,” the publisher said in a statement...
Bridging the Gap with Lindie Lou
The Lindie Lou Adventure Series books are charming, educational chapter books written at a second-grade reading level by author Jeanne Bender. Used in schools and libraries nationwide, the series helps readers bridge the gap and gain stamina between early chapter books and middle-grade novels. It is recognized by Follett School Solutions online ordering system, Titlewave, as a “safe” choice for schools...
Is the Internet Making Us Dumber? Lol, no.
Facebook posts and text messages are far from being bastions
of grammar. People’s communication online has an informal quality that is often
at odds with established linguistic rules, but Montreal-based linguist Gretchen
McCulloch says that it’s not really that big of a problem. McCulloch’s new
book, Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language explores
the style of informal writing people use when talking...
Focus on Student-Centered Learning
In Future-Focused Learning: Ten Essential Shifts of Everyday Practice, published by Solution Tree, author Lee Watanabe-Crockett details how educators can shift instruction to focus on student-centered learning competencies to support critical thinking and digital skills.
Based on Watanabe-Crockett’s work with schools around the world, Future-Focused Learning details ten core shifts of practice—along with simple microshifts—educators can use immediately, regardless of...
Focus on Student Centered Learning
In Future-Focused Learning: Ten Essential Shifts of Everyday Practice, published by Solution Tree, author Lee Watanabe-Crockett details how educators can shift instruction to focus on student-centered learning competencies to support critical thinking and digital skills.
Based on Watanabe-Crockett’s work with schools around the world, Future-Focused Learning details ten core shifts of practice—along with simple microshifts—educators can use immediately, regardless of...
The Home Run Book Experience
Vinnie Jordan Henkin and Stephen Krashen chronicle the Naruto Breakthrough: How the discovery of manga books was a catalyst in the English language development of a teen
The concept of the home run book was introduced by Trelease (2001), who hypothesized that one positive experience can be enough to create a permanent interest in reading. Many children have testified that...
Levi’s Book of Barnyard Animals / Arabic
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals presents 21 different animals of the barnyard -- bull, cat, chicken, cow, dog, donkey, duck, fox, goat, goose, horse, mouse, owl, pig, rabbit, rat, rooster, sheep, skunk, squirrel, and turkey.
The following list of words are Arabic (A'rabi), in page order with the book.
Battah
Dajaajah
Deek
Habasha
Ouwazza
Kalb
Cat
Jadee
Kharoof
Tor
Baqarah
Hesan
Hemar
Khanzeer
Sinjeb
Jardon
Taa’lab
A-dhirban al amrekki
Boomé
Arnab
Fa’r
Levi’s Book of Barnyard Animals / Japanese
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals presents 21 different animals of the barnyard -- bull, cat, chicken, cow, dog, donkey, duck, fox, goat, goose, horse, mouse, owl, pig, rabbit, rat, rooster, sheep, skunk, squirrel, and turkey.
The following list of words are Japanese (Nihongo), in page order with the book.
Kamo かも
Niwatori にわとり
Ondori おんどり
Shichimenchou しちめんちょう
Gachou がちょう
Inu いぬ
Neko ねこ
Yagi やぎ
Hitsuji...
Levi’s Book of Barnyard Animals / Korean
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals presents 21 different animals of the barnyard -- bull, cat, chicken, cow, dog, donkey, duck, fox, goat, goose, horse, mouse, owl, pig, rabbit, rat, rooster, sheep, skunk, squirrel, and turkey.
The following list of words are Korean (Hangug-ui), in page order with the book.
Ori 오리
Dak 닭
Soodak 수탉
Chilmyunjo 칠 면 조
Guwee 거위
Gae 개
Go...
Levi’s Book of Barnyard Animals / Russian
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals
Levi's Book of Barnyard Animals presents 21 different animals of the barnyard -- bull, cat, chicken, cow, dog, donkey, duck, fox, goat, goose, horse, mouse, owl, pig, rabbit, rat, rooster, sheep, skunk, squirrel, and turkey.
The following list of words are Russian (Rooskiy), in page order with the book.
Ootka утка
Kuritsa Курица
Petooh Петух
Induik Индюк
Goose гусь
Sabaka собака
Koshka Кошка
Kozá Коза
Baran...