Most Popular Books by Lucy Calkins

Lucy Calkins and her colleagues from the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project have helped hundreds of thousands of teachers launch and implement rigorous and responsive reading and writing workshops. Now they have written an unprecedented curriculum for the reading workshop--Units of Study for Teaching Reading. Organized within a carefully crafted spiraling curriculum, sequential units of study model the teaching moves and language Lucy and her colleagues use to teach their students how to read with increasing sophistication and personal engagement.

"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.

"Through this instructional DVD, Lucy Calkins and her colleagues open the doors of their classrooms and invite you to eavesdrop on their elementary writing workshops. Carefully correlated to each of the units of study in Grades 3-5, two hours of live-from-the classroom video clips walk you through an entire year of instruction and allow you to observe how Lucy Calkins initiates minilessons and teaches writing strategies; listen in on conferences and small group instruction; study the structures and rituals that characterize a well-managed writing workshop. Each video clip is supported by an optional voice-over coaching commentary from Lucy that explains the teaching moves and strategies."--Publisher.

""If the writing workshop is always changing, always haphazard, children remain pawns waiting for their teacher''s agenda. For this reason and others, I think it is so important for each day''s workshop to have a clear, simple structure. Children should know what to expect. This allows them to carry on; it frees the teacher from choreographing activities and allows time for listening. How we structure the workshop is less important than that we structure it." "" "-Lucy Calkins Learn how to take your students from pictorial story telling into fluent writing and how Lucy Calkins and her colleagues launch a rigorous and responsive primary writing workshop. Through 2 foundational books-"The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing" and "Launching the Writing Workshop"-and eight online video clips, Lucy and her colleagues provide the strategies, lesson plans, and tools you''ll need to jump in and teach writing to your students in powerful, lasting ways. "The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing" equips you to teach a productive, well-managed writing workshop, introduces you to the methods that underlie all writing instruction, and helps you plan a yearlong curriculum in the teaching of writing. In addition to guiding you through the classroom systems and teaching structures that are the foundation of a primary writing workshop, this comprehensive overview also includes chapters about working within developmental stages of writing, supporting English language learners, and assessing writers. Whether you have taught in a writing workshop for years or are just learning the term, "Launching the Writing Workshop" will offer you a comprehensive plan for the first four weeks of a primary writing workshop. Lucy and Leah Mermelstein present both the precise language and pacing of their teaching and the reasoning behind it, so that you can create the same powerful experiences with your own children. Whether writers write just a few labels on items in their pictures or write paragraphs, by the end of this unit all children know that in order to write, a writer fills him or herself with an idea, plans how the text will go, and then draws and writes as best he and she can, working to make the page match the writer''s vision. The eight accompanying video clips convey the inner workings of writing workshops in a variety of primary classrooms. These live-from-the-classroom video clips are supported and enhanced by an optional voice-over coaching commentary from Lucy that explains the teaching moves and strategies. (Video clips are free for 6 months upon registration. You must register within 6 months of purchase.) Learn more about these resources and the series at "www.unitsofstudy.com"."" This pack is part of "first"hand''s "Getting Started" series. Bridging the gap between educational theory and practice, "first"hand classroom materials model the carefully crafted techniques and language of master teachers in ways that help teachers refine their practice and reinvent their own teaching. The most comprehensive of these resources span more than a year of instruction. "First"hand''s" Getting Started Packs" were created for teachers in training and professional book study groups who want a compact, affordable way to study and tryout these transformative classroom materials. Each "Getting Started Pack" includes an overview book, a complete unit of study, online video clips provided free of charge for 6 months, and an accompanying study guide. Getting Started packs include: ""Launch a Primary Writing Workshop, " "Grades K-2; Launch an Intermediate Writing Workshop, Grades 3-5; ""Launch an Intermediate Reading Workshop, " "Grades 3-5; ""Introduce the Qualities of Writing, "" Grades 3-6; ""Monitor Comprehension with Primary Students, "" Grades K-2; ""Monitor Comprehension with Intermediate Students, "" Grades 3-6; ""Investigate the Number System, "" Grades K-3; ""Investigate Multiplication, "" Grades 3-5; Investigate Fractions, Grades 4-6.

Organized around the school calendar, the ten chapters in "A principal''s guide to leadership in the teaching of writing" walk principals through the month-by-month demands involved in organizing and implementing whole-school reform in the teaching of writing. From back cover.

"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"--

Noted teacher/author Lucy Calkins and a team from The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Community have created the most comprehensive and accessible leveled lists and guides for nearly 1,200 children''s trade books.

"These assessment tools make progress in writing as transparent, concrete, and obtainable as possible and put ownership for this progress into the hands of learners, allowing students and teachers to work toward a very clear image of what good writing entails." -Lucy Calkins, Writing Pathways Lucy Calkins'' groundbreaking performance assessments offer instructional tools to support continuous assessment, timely feedback, and clear goals tied to learning progressions that have been aligned with world-class standards. Originally published as part of the bestselling Units of Study in Opinion/Argument, Information, and Narrative Writing, grades K-8, Writing Pathways is ideal for writing workshop, but suitable for any writing instruction context or curriculum. This practical guide includes: Learning progressions for opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing, which map the specific benchmarks students will master for every grade level On-demand writing prompts that support schoolwide performance assessment Student checklists to help students set goals and integrate crucial self-assessment into their work Rubrics to support individual teachers and professional learning communities as they evaluate mastery and plan instruction within and across grade levels Student writing samples that illustrate different ways students have exemplified standards and highlight essential features of each writing genre Annotated exemplar pieces of writing on the same topic for every grade level that highlight the traits you can expect to see at each level of the learning progressions. Who needs Writing Pathways? Educators who are not yet ready to implement the full Units of Study curriculum can use Writing Pathways to get started with Lucy Calkins'' proven approach to writing assessment and instruction. Coaches and administrators who are supporting implementation of Lucy Calkins'' Units of Study will find Writing Pathways to be an ideal resource to guide their work. Who doesn''t need Writing Pathways? The content in this stand-alone edition is the same as in the previous editions found in Lucy Calkins'' Units of Study (K-5 and 6-8 are combined in this new edition). Teachers who have the Units of Study do not need this new edition.

« 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. »--

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

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

"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.

"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"--

"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"--