Best Selling Books by Lucy Calkins

Originally published as part of the bestselling series: Units of study in opinion/argument, information, and narrative writing [Grades K-8].

"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 1 of the series is intended for Grade K"--

« 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 upper-elementary teachers teach a rigourous yearlong writing curriculum.

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

"In second grade, children move from a "little-kid" focus on print to a "big-kid" focus on meaning. The first unit, Second-Grade Reading Growth Spurt, teaches children to take charge of their reading, drawing on everything they know to figure out hard words, understand author''s craft, and build big ideas about the books they read. Children learn that books can be their teachers in the second unit, Becoming Experts: Reading Nonfiction, in which they learn more about familiar topics and grow understanding of new topics while working on word solving, vocabulary development, and comparing and contrasting information across texts. In the third unit, Bigger Books Mean Amping Up Reading Power, children learn strategies to build three foundational reading skills--fluency, understanding figurative language, and comprehension. In the final unit for second grade, Series Book Clubs, children work within book clubs to study author''s craft to understand ways authors use word choice, figurative language, punctuation, and even patterns to construct a series and evoke feelings in readers"--Pearson.com.

"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.