Bronwyn Morgan
Published: 2004
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The PM Extras Teacher's Guide Sapphire Levels 29-30 provides suggestions for small-group teaching using the six chapter books and six non-fiction titles. Each set of teachers notes includes a Text features of each book including key vocabulary, grammatical conventions, spelling and visual literacy components a a variety of comprehension questions at the literal, inferential and critical levels a Suggested activities for going beyond the text a a reading and writing activity sheet to accompany each text a computer task cards to enhance students' understanding of the text using information technology skills a creative thinking tasks that have been designed using the levels of thinking from Bloom's taxonomy. The teacher's guide also provides ideas for assessment and an overview of a balanced reading program.