Students participate as knowledgeable, reflective, creative, and critical members of a variety of literacy communities. Students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions (e.g., spelling and punctuation), media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint texts.ġ1. They draw on their prior experience, their interactions with other readers and writers, their knowledge of word meaning and of other texts, their word identification strategies, and their understanding of textual features (e.g., sound-letter correspondence, sentence structure, context, graphics).Ħ. Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts. Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.ģ. Among these texts are fiction and nonfiction, classic and contemporary works.Ģ. Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world to acquire new information to respond to the needs and demands of society and the workplace and for personal fulfillment.

Falker will make a beautiful gift for the special child who needs encouragement or any special teacher who has made a difference in the child’s life.1. This inspiring story is available in a deluxe slipcased edition, complete with a personal letter to readers from Patricia Polacco herself. Patricia Polacco will never forget him, and neither will we. Falker, who encouraged her to overcome her reading disability. It took a very special teacher to recognize little Trisha’s dyslexia: Mr. Trisha could paint and draw beautifully, but when she looked at words on a page, all she could see was jumble. Patricia Polacco is now one of America’s most loved children’s book creators, but once upon a time, she was a little girl named Trisha starting school.

A perfect gift for teachers and for reading students of any age.

The real-life, classic story of a dyslexic girl and the teacher who would not let her fail. Falker written by Patricia Polacco which was published in. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Thank You, Mr.

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