In Lessons That Change Writers, Nancie has narrowed and deepened her conversation with teachers, to focus on the minilesson as a vehicle for helping students improve their writing. She shares over a h
Harnessing the power of poetry, Nancie Atwell's Naming the World: A Year of Poems and Lessons empowers adolescents to make sense of their personal place in the world while honing their critical readin
Supporting dreams of fabulous escape and transformation, fantasy literature can be especially compelling for adolescents. Mary Ehrenworth offers a unit of study that harnesses the power of this expans
""We teach the reader, not just the reading. We want children to be lifelong learners who read actively and independently across the curriculum, who engage their minds and understand what they read. T
In "A Quick Guide to Teaching Second Grade Writers with Units of Study "Lucy Calkins chronicles a curricular calendar that will help teachers increase the volume of student writing; encourage students
In "A Quick Guide to Reaching Struggling Writers" Colleen Cruz shows how to stop struggling with writers who struggle. You'll find effective support for students who say: "I'm not a good writer; My ha
Recognizing that there is a vast difference between children getting it and children holding on to what they have learned, Shanna Schwartz lays out the universal principles of "stickiness" and descri
Children have voices that need to be heard and ideas that need to be understood. Building on this premise Sarah Picard Taylor describes why you should try a persuasive writing unit of study, describe
In "A Quick Guide to Boosting English Acquisition in Choice Time" Alison and Cheryl explain how choice-time workshops can be structured to help English language learners imagine, create, and explore l
Minilessons for Extending Multiplication and Division is one of two yearlong resource guides in Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Multiplication and Division (3 - 5) Minilessons for Ex
Minilessons for Early Multiplication and Division is one of two yearlong resource guides in Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Multiplication and Division (3-5) Minilessons for Early
Muffle's Truffles: Multiplication and Division with the Array is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Multiplication and Division (3 - 5) The focus of this unit i
The Mystery of the Meters: Decimals is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4 - 6) This unit begins with the story of Zig - who
Measuring for the Art Show: Addition on the Open Number Line and Subtractionis one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K-3)
The T-Shirt Factory: Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction is one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K - 3) This unit beg
The Teachers' Lounge: Place Value and Division is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Multiplication and Division (3 - 5) The focus of this unit is division. It
The Box Factory: Extending Multiplication with the Array is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Multiplication and Division (3 - 5) The focus of this unit is the
Bunk Beds and Apple Boxes: Early Number Senseis one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K-3) This unit begins with the st
The California Frog-Jumping Contest: Algebra is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4 - 6) This unit uses the context of the f
Research shows that for long-term retention and real-world application spelling instruction needs to be more than the memorization of word lists. Offering an alternative to the traditional word-list a
"These articles lend themselves to active reading, giving kids a great place to annotate and work out their thinking as they read." --Stephanie Harvey and Anne GoudvisIn response to the overwhelming d
"These articles lend themselves to active reading, giving kids a great place to annotate and work out their thinking as they read." --Stephanie Harvey and Anne GoudvisIn response to the overwhelming d
"These articles lend themselves to active reading, giving kids a great place to annotate and work out their thinking as they read." --Stephanie Harvey and Anne GoudvisIn response to the overwhelming d
For a comprehensive overview of the Units of Study for Teaching Writing series, visit unitsofstudy.com. - Eavesdrop on Lucy Calkins as she confers with students. - Witness minilessons in action. - O
