Best Selling Books by Lucy Calkins

A CD-Rom as a part of units of study for teaching writing.

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

"A guide to the Units of Study in Phonics, Grades K-1 curriculum. An overview of what the curriculum consists of and helpful information on implementing and teaching the units" --

"This book is a supporting resource used in the Writing Units of Study series, grades 3-5. The book begins with an overview of assessing writing, with a particular focus on third grade through fifth grade. Although second- and sixth-grade tools and exemplars are included, this book is designed for 3-5 teachers. Second grade is included to support students who are writing below benchmark levels. Sixth grade is present to provide fifth-grade teachers and students with a ceiling. We''ll overview ways to collect assessment data, suggest ways to analyze those assessments with colleagues, and encourage you to teach responsively based on the data you gather"--

Introduces curriculum for grade 3 students regarding reading and writing in English language.

"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.

"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.

"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.