The photographs make it easy to understand how to set up and organize centers for poetry, listening, writing, independent reading, the ABCs, and lots more.

Ever wonder what the rest of your class should be doing while you are working with a small reading group? Debbie Diller offers practical suggestions in Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work for over a dozen literacy work stations that link to classroom instruction and make preparation and management easy for teachers. Learn how to set up work stations, how to manage them, and how to keep them going throughout the year. Each chapter includes: How to introduce each station Which materials to include at which station What to model the station as How to solve problems and differentiate How to assess while keeping students accountable Reflection questions for professional development Materials in both English and Spanish are provided in the extensive resource section. Throughout the book the author has included photos of literacy workstations from a variety of classrooms in which she has worked to illustrate the methods discussed in the text. Literacy Work Stations is a go-to classroom resource that will help you keep all students engaged while you focus in on small groups.

Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.

The Roadmap to Literacy Renewal of Literacy Edition is a reading, writing, and language arts program for Waldorf schools grades 1-3.

Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grades 1-3 has 17 self-contained centers presented in one of three charming formats. The formats, center topics, and skills practiced include: - Hanger Pocket Centers: Mailbox--write a letter, Pencil--handwriting practice, Circus Clown--write a story, Kangaroo--read a poem, Dog--categories - Shoebox Centers: Birdhouse--descriptive paragraphs, Bear--support the topic sentence, Chicken--riddles, Elephant--compound words, Leaf & Caterpillar--synonyms, Flower--rhyming - Folder Centers: Penguins--antonyms, Trucks--building words, Monkeys--singular & plural, Rabbit--super sentences, Trains--alphabetical order, Dogs--real or make-believe?

A mentor teacher shares insights, strategies and lessons for teaching reading, writing and math--and laying the foundation for learning success.