New Releases by Lucy Calkins

"The Supporting All Readers: High-Leverage Small Groups and Conferences, K-2 book will be an invaluable resource as you meet the needs of a range of learners in your classroom. If, for example, your assessments reveal that some of your first graders still need work solidifying their knowledge of letter-sound correspondence, you''ll find a collection of work times and tools you can draw on to provide needed support. Similarly, if you find that students are ready to retell their fiction books in more sophisticated ways, you''ll find a collection of small groups and conferences that lift the level of kids'' retelling based on knowledge of story structure and lessons learned. We''re confident you''ll draw on this book often to support your whole-class teaching, as well as to meet the needs of students through one-on-one and small-group reading interventions"--

"There are five Units of Study in Reading for each grade level, and each unit represents four to six weeks of teaching. The units are the heart of the series. In each unit of study, you will learn a rich repertoire of ways to provide focused and explicit instruction on a specific set of skills and strategies. This is unit 1 of the series is intended for Grade 1"--

"This book is designed to be used in tandem with the Unit of Study books themselves. Your unit of study book will help you lead conferences and small groups that are closely aligned to your minilesson and that address youngsters who are working roughly at grade-level. To help you access the instructional supports that you need, this book is organized into five chapters: Maintaining Essential Workshop Routines, Supporting Foundational Skills, Lifting the Level of Students'' Narrative Writing, Lifting the Level of Students'' Opinion Writing, Lifting the Level of Students'' Information Writing"--

This series of books is designed to help primary teachers teach a rigourous yearlong writing curriculum.

"There are five Units of Study in Reading for each grade level, and each unit represents four to six weeks of teaching. The units are the heart of the series. In each unit of study, you will learn a rich repertoire of ways to provide focused and explicit instruction on a specific set of skills and strategies. This is unit 1 of the series is intended for Grade K"--

"There are five Units of Study in Reading for each grade level, and each unit represents four to six weeks of teaching. The units are the heart of the series. In each unit of study, you will learn a rich repertoire of ways to provide focused and explicit instruction on a specific set of skills and strategies. This is unit 2 of the series is intended for Grade 2"--

"A Guide to the Units of Study in Phonics series by Lucy Calkins and colleagues in which the principles that undergird this phonics curriculum are overviewed. This book overviews phonics development and helps you understand the developmental progression that the series supports and orients you to the methods and materials used in this curriculum"--

"I''''m convinced that Howard Gardner was right when he suggested that all leaders need chances to retreat to the mountains. I hope this book gives you metaphorical mountains. I hope that Leading Wellallows you to step back from the hurly burly of school leadership, to see far horizons, to breathe a new kind of air, and to return home with new energy and vision. And more than that, I hope the book helps you give the teachers and children in your care their own metaphorical mountains; because in the end, good leaders create leaders." -Lucy Calkins In Leading Well: Building Schoolwide Excellence in Reading and Writing, Lucy Calkins draws on the transformative work that she and her colleagues at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project have done in partnership with school leaders over the last thirty years. Travel to any corner of this country, inquire about the schools that are winning acclaim for their joyous and rigorous schoolwide literacy work, and you''''re apt to find yourself hearing about the results of the remarkable community of practice that has taken root around reading and writing workshop instruction. This book, like the work of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project itself, is deeply research-based and principled, while also absolutely practical and real-world tested. Leading Well will provide you with the inspiration and energy you need to rally your teachers to outgrow their own best teaching practices and tackle predictable challenges. Additionally, Leading Well will remind you that you are part of a vibrant community of practice. You''''ll learn not only from Lucy Calkins and from contributing authors, Mary Ehrenworth and Laurie Pessah, but also from talented, tenacious, and imaginative school leaders who are creating new horizons for the world of education. Topics addressed include: Planning for Literacy Reform Supporting teachers in implementing reading and writing workshops Tapping the insight and talents of teachers, and rallying key individuals to join your cabinet of literacy leaders Honing your vision for reform and communicating it to the whole school Leading through influence rather than compliance Lifting the Level of Teaching Defining the goals for your teachers and the priorities for students Establishing the structures and culture that support these goals and priorities Protecting independent reading and writing time for students and planning time for teachers Identifying ways to coach and nurture teachers'''' skills in the specific methods of instruction of the Units of Study Supporting teachers'''' continuing professional development Building Structures across the School and Community Setting up feedback cycles through instructional rounds and targeted conversations Putting in place rituals and traditions to support your school community''''s unique character Addressing resistance with radical candor and learning from it Staying the course while integrating new initiatives Engaging parents and building your own professional learning community The book is for school leaders who''''ve invited their teachers to join them in the exhilarating work of adopting a dynamic, rigorous, student-centered language arts curriculum. It is for school leaders who have taken on the challenge of transforming their whole school into a place where everyone''''s potential, for learning and for growth, is sky high.

"An introduction to teaching phonics within Units of Study for the kindergarten grade level. Introduces concepts such as high-frequency words, initial letter words, and syllables and how to teach in a workshop model with student success"--

"The new Units of study in phonics provide a lean and concise instructional pathway in phonics that is realistic and doable, and that taps into kids'' skills and energy for tackling the fabulous challenge of learning to read and write, introduce high-leverage phonics concepts and strategies in a way that keeps pace with students'' reading and writing and helps them understand when, how, and why they can use phonics to read and write, offer delightfully fun and engaging storylines, classroom mascots, songs, chants, rhymes, and games to help students fall head over heels in love with phonics and to create a joyous community of learners, align with state-of-the-art reading and writing workshops for a coherent approach in which terminology, tools, rituals, and methods are shared in ways that benefit both teachers and kids."--provided by publisher.

« Au fil des ateliers présentés dans cet ouvrage, les auteures accompagnent les enseignants dans le processus d’écriture de textes narratifs et informatifs chez les élèves de cinq et six ans, et ce, étape par étape. S’appuyant sur la recherche et sur de nombreuses expérimentations en classe, les auteures, enseignantes d’expérience, communiquent avec passion une approche explicite, illustrée par de nombreux exemples et travaux d’élèves. Une vingtaine d’ateliers et de nombreuses activités permettent aux élèves de faire leurs premiers pas dans l’univers de l’atelier d’écriture. Guidés par les enseignants, les enfants apprennent peu à peu à devenir des auteurs. L’ouvrage comprend du matériel reproductible pertinent, incluant des gabarits d’écriture, des exemples de tableaux d’ancrage, des listes de vérification ainsi que des tableaux de progression des apprentissages de l’écriture narrative et informative. »--

"The Guide to the Reading Workshop: Middle School Grades offers a comprehensive but concise introduction to: the need for this series; research on what adolescent readers need; ways to launch and sustain independent reading; a big-picture introduction to the reading workshop; the architecture of minilessons; classroom management tips and strategies; levels of text complexity; conferring with readers and providing transferrable feedback; small-group work; writing about reading; practical help for book clubs; instructional Read Aloud; the special importance of nonfiction reading; supporting English learners in reading workshop"--provided by publisher.

"The start of first grade is a time for dusting off the skills and habits that children learned during kindergarten. In the first unit, Building Good Reading Habits, you''ll reinforce children''s learning from kindergarten, and you''ll establish ability-based partnerships that tap into the social power of peers working together to help each other become more strategic as readers. The second unit, Learning About the World: Reading Nonfiction, taps into children''s natural curiosity as they explore nonfiction, while you teach comprehension strategies, word solving, vocabulary, fluency, and author''s craft. The third unit, Readers Have Big Jobs to Do: Fluency, Phonics, and Comprehension, focuses on the reading process to set children up to read increasingly complex texts. The last unit of first grade, Meeting Characters and Learning Lessons: A Study of Story Elements, spotlights story elements and the skills that are foundational to literal and inferential comprehension, including empathy, imagination, envisioning, prediction, character study, and interpretation"--provided by publisher.

"These reading units guide fifth graders toward intellectual independence. In Unit 1 students practice close reading, noting how authors develop themes in fictional works. Unit 2 deals with higher-level nonfiction and emphasizes strong foundational skills, such as fluency and word solving. The third unit has kids read complex nonfiction under the umbrella of argument and advocacy. In the final unit students explore fantasy bookclubs."--Publisher website.

This series of books is designed to help kindergarten teachers teach a yearlong reading curriculum.