Zarah and the Zemi

Zarah and the Zemi

Genre: Picture Book Reader's Theater/Play (Kids, Grade 4) Publisher: Heinemann (August 2022, 16 pages) ISBN: 9780325119243 Illustrated by Keisha Morris *A Fountas & Pinnell Shared Reading Collection book. Standalone titles available from Pearson Canada. SYNOPSIS Open your heart. When Zarah's parents bring home a special kind of statue called a zemi, they say it's a kind spirit and a protector. Zarah, a young Taino girl, just thinks it's terrifying. What can she learn if she listens to what the zemi has to say? Used in about one in six American elementary schools, the Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Shared Reading texts are an exquisite collection of original big books, in a variety of genres, with accompanying lesson folders. Six copies of each book are also provided in a small size for children to revisit during independent reading. Some of the books have special features such as flaps, cutouts, and foldouts to engage and excite children. As a teacher of literacy, you transform the lives of the children in your classroom. The Fountas & Pinnell Classroom™ Shared Reading Collection ensures an enjoyable experience for your classroom community. Shared reading provides an important opportunity for children to “step up together” into more challenging texts, and to use them as mentor texts as they gain independence.

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"The Fountas and Pinnell Classroom Shared Reading Collection is beyond amazing. The collection consists of 65 big books, in a variety of genres, with accompanying lesson folders. Six copies of each book are also provided in a small size for children to revisit during independent reading. Some of the books have special features such as flaps, cutouts, and foldouts to engage and excite children.The most exciting part of this collection, is not the awesome big books or the accompanying lesson plan folders, it is the set of six books the children get to use for independent reading! I use the big books for shared reading with the whole class or a small group. After we read the big book together, the group of six students get to use the small books to practice the skill we have worked on. They are so excited to have a small book that matches the big book we have read together. This has definitely helped them build confidence in reading."
    —Melissa Babich, teacher, Leland Street Elementary School

"With over 20 years of literacy leadership, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have set the standard in the field of literacy instruction and professional development. Fountas and Pinnell Classroom Resources maximize student learning with systematic lessons, student books and materials, and powerful tools that guide teachers’ language and actions and support them in expert decision making for high-impact literacy instruction."
    —Crossland Literacy

"Fountas and Pinnell are two reading experts who revolutionized classroom teaching with their systematic approach to small-group reading instruction. Today, [their approach] is a featured technique in nearly every elementary school in America."
    —Standards Assessment Report, Spartanburg County School District

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