| Read, Write, Checkmate: Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities Contributor(s): Root, Alexey (Author) |
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ISBN: 1591587549 ISBN-13: 9781591587545 Publisher: Libraries Unlimited OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Read, Write, Checkmate both teaches chess to students and provides educators with an outline for an effective classroom literacy project. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts - Games & Activities | Chess |
| Dewey: 372.604 |
| LCCN: 2008051228 |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 9.19" W x 10.78" (0.89 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Chess expert, Alexey Root, describes her project to have kids read and write about chess while learning to play and excel at the game. Patterned after an actual project undertaken with 25 middle school students, this book features all you need to know to teach kids to play well and reinforce their reading and writing skills at the same time. This book helps educators and librarians prepare students to succeed in University Interscholastic League (UIL) Chess Puzzle. All activities are linked to the NCTE/IRA national standards for language arts. Lesson plans, over 100 chess diagrams, parent letters, annotated bibliographies and all other needed information project in the classroom is included. Grades 3-8. |
