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Introduce the effective power of the mini-lesson format into your classroom and discover the skills you need to teach your young writers. With fifty-nine mini-lessons organized by the function they serve in the kindergarten classroom, and calendars that outline skills expectations for your students' first year of writing instruction, this resource helps you customize the power of Writers' Workshop so you can meet the needs of your emergent writers.
This focused resource from experts in teaching writing helps develop enthusiastic and efficient writers through classroom-tested methods that support all students. Its research-based strategies and proven best practices in writing instruction help educators meet the demands of today's new and challenging standards while developing purposeful writers. This book provides high-quality support in areas such as writer's workshop, the writing process, the traits of good writing, assessment, classroom organization, and the use of appropriate writing assignments. Using the strategies, tips, and resources in this book, you can transform students into college- and career-ready writers.
Recipe for a Successful Study Group: 6-12 highly motivated teachers; 1 efficient and confident facilitator; 10 inspiring, open-ended questions; and 2 buckets of smiles (laughter optional) Directions: Mix all ingredients. Liberally sprinkle with positive attitude. Enjoy! When you're working with a study group, you're not just having fun. You're furthering your professional development in the best possible way! Research shows that your professional development is best handled by you, with other teachers at your school site, in a cooperative environment of trust and support. Having a forum for the exchange of ideas gives you the power to expand your expertise through observation, discussion and...
"The practical principles in Your Money Map are powerful and life-changing because are they based on the Bible. My only regret is that I did not read it twenty years ago. Don’t make the same mistake!" —Joe Gibbs, former NFL head coach and founder of NASCAR’s Joe Gibbs Racing This book will transform your finances . . . and your life. When you learn what the God of the universe says about handling money—and apply it—everything changes. Your Money Map shows you how. This biblical and practical guide is for everyone—single or married, young or old, whether you earn a little or a lot. It helps you: Frame your finances within God’s big picture Determine and change the trajectory of your financial situation Establish and follow 7 steps for wise stewardship. Follow the principles in Your Money Map toward financial freedom and you will know a joy, peace, and confidence about your finances that few ever do. Includes discussion questions, tools, and resources to help you put the book into practice.
The skills and strategies students practice to become proficient writers also nudge them closer to becoming proficient readers, so how can K-2 teachers connect reading and writing instruction in meaningful ways that allow students to go deeper in their thinking? This revised second edition provides tips, tools, and mini-lessons for integrating reading, writing, and speaking and listening. Each operational, print awareness, craft, and foundational writing mini-lesson identifies the connecting point to reading and speaking and listening with Target Skills¨ that can and should be revisited and reinforced during your reading block and any content area. By design, these books are not printable from a reading device. To request a PDF of the reproducible pages, please contact customer service at 1-888-262-6135.
The writing/reading connection means more than having your students write under the influence of literature that they have read! Noted author and educator Connie Campbell Dierking shows you how to develop a literacy-connected classroom, including using oral storytelling to scaffold primary reading and writing. She supplies more than 50 mini-lessons--organized by their classroom function--to help you explicitly teach foundational literacy skills during writer's workshop or whole-class and small-group reading instruction. Dierking encourages you to make the most of the writing/reading connection by thinking about some basic questions when you're crafting your literacy instruction: How can I connect the conversations in reading and writing workshop? What can I learn about the readers in my classroom through their writing? What can my students learn about reading through writing? How can I teach young writers to support their readers? How can I teach readers how to use a writer's supports intentionally?
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In Juan and Marie Join the Class, third-grade students will have fun learning about the language and customs of Mexico and France as they master vocabulary, punctuation, literary devices, and sentence structure. Clear instructions help you integrate the proven Caught'ya! approach easily into your classroom. And for your convenience, the supplemental CD contains the Caught'ya! sentences formatted in Word for duplication, along with writing suggestions and activities, a complete and easy-to-use grammar reference with examples and teaching tips, and other helpful tools.