I am in an elementary school. We have a lot of non-fiction books from
Newbridge. The kids love the texts because they are colorful and have lots of
photographs. The books include a variety of text features and text structures.
They also reference national standards for science and social stu
I saw the Sundance Comprehension Strategies Kit at the NCASCD conference last
month. The materials looked great. Since we are having a major reduction in
Title I funds next year, I knew that there was no use in spending too much
time with the materials.
Kate in NC
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I have the Comprehension Strategies Kit. I teach third grade and found that
the text was too hard at the beginning of the year for most of my students (I
am a reading specialist working with small groups of students who are "at-risk
of not meeting the academic requirements of the state, as dete
Union County was one of the orignal pilots for the Units of Study 3-5, working
directly with TC (or at least that is what one of their elementary principals
told me). They might have someone who would be a good source. Also, try the
ELA division of DPI (Lisa Llewelyn is one of the consultants
Kendra,
This year my school system began implementing Lucy Caulkins Units of Study for
Primary Writing: A Yearlong Curriculum, K-2 in grades K-2 and Units of Study
for Teaching Writing, 3-5 in grades 3-5. We were originally given one set per
grade level. Then after much "discussion" it becam
I attended staff development training in "High Yields Strategies" based on
Classroom Instruction That Works. The reason that we had the training is
because our principals are required to do "Classroom Walkthroughs" , which are
on a Blackberry, and they are based on these strategies, with the
Joy (and anyone else who is familiar with the Durham/Raleigh area -RTP):
I will be in RTP until Friday. I though that there might be a place to go to
purchase several Heinmann titles that I want to read this summer (like I.E.S.S.
in Kernersville if you are familiar with it). So, far I haven't
Keith,
Thanks for sharing the information on Debbie Miller's new book (and thanks to
Stenhouse for allowing us to preview it). I had an email from Stenhouse
announcing it's release and preview for one chapter. It helps a lot to be able
to preview the entire text. I was thinking of making a pr
