Full-color photographs selected by seasoned first-grade teacher Judy Lynch showcase dozens and dozens of creative, practical ideas, each accompanied by Judy's insightful comments. From arranging furniture and creating storage space to designing teaching areas and making schedules, Judy guides teachers through the creation of a successful classroom environment. She also describes classroom-tested procedures and routines for shared, guided, and independent reading, writer's workshop, literacy centers, word work, and more. The fresh ideas, helpful tips, and beautiful photographs will inform and inspire—all year long! For use with Grade 1.

First Grade in Photographs: A Thoughtful and Practical Guide for Managing and Teaching Literacy in the First Five Weeks and Throughout the Year

Reference

Lynch, Judy

Words, Language & Grammar

Scholastic Teaching Resources

In this companion to the best-selling Easy Lessons for Teaching Word Families, Judy Lynch shares her most successful word work lessons, perfect for guided reading, shared reading, interactive writing, and whole-group instruction. Super-fun activities like "Word Hop" jumpstart word-learning, and the interactivity continues with dynamic lessons on initial and final letters, suffixes, chunks, and clusters. This packed resource includes targeted lessons, word lists, sorting mats, guided and independent practice ideas, and more! For use with Grades K-2.

Word Learning, Word Making, Word Sorting: 50 Lessons for Success: Ready-to-Go Lessons That Support Guided Reading, Shared Reading & Writing, and Word-Work Lessons in K-2 Classrooms

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Teaching Resources

Use Word Walls effectively and efficiently to build students' reading and writing skills. Weekly lessons and routines show how to introduce and review words all year long. Ready-to-reproduce, color-coded word cards specifically chosen for each grade make preparing a perfect Word Wall a snap.

Making Word Walls Work: A Complete, Systematic Guide With Routines, Grade-Perfect Word Lists, and Reproducible Word Cards to Help All Children Master High-Frequency Words

Children's Books

Master teacher Judy Lynch shares her tried-and-true lessons and routines for setting up a writing workshop in first grade—and keeping it running smoothly all year long. From preparing materials and setting the tone to teaching mini-lessons on procedures and craft to conferring and assessing, this complete resource has everything you need to introduce the writing process to first graders and help them develop into proficient writers. Full of model lessons, student samples, ready-to-go reproducibles, photographs, and more! For use with Grade 1.

First Grade Writing Workshop: A Mentor Teacher’s Guide to Helping Young Learners Become Capable, Confident Writers―and Meet the Common Core

Help students make the link between phonemic awareness (hearing sounds in words) and phonics (the visual details of print) with these 55, systematic lessons. Using big and small letter cards, word boxes, and nursery rhymes—all designed as ready-to-go reproducibles—children manipulate their own letters to make words having high-frequency word patterns. Students then sort these for common word patterns and write more words using the sounds they have just practiced. Perfect for small-group practice, the lessons are arranged by vowel patterns to help teachers pick and choose what their students need. For use with Grades K-2.

Easy Lessons for Teaching Word Families: Hands-on Lessons That Build Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Spelling, Reading, and Writing Skills