Dragonfly

After the mysterious egg they find hatches into a dragon, Jason, Philip, and Rose join their family and friends in a conspiracy to keep the growing creature a secret from the outside world.

Children's Books

Alice McLerran

Animals

Absey & Company

The Craft of Children's Writing provides an invaluable resource for both teachers and parents by actually showing the reader how to discover what young children know about writing.

The Craft of Children's Writing, 2nd Edition

Reference

Newman, Judith

Words, Language & Grammar

Nudges gives the big picture look at addressing complex skills of reading and writing. Nudges is both "how to do" and "why to do" key literacy components such as writing, spelling, and vocabulary as well as establishing the attitudes and classroom environment that engenders engagements and excitement for both learners and teachers.

Nudges: Thinking, Writing, Vocabulary, and Spelling.

Brock, Paula

Before the Test is a compelling read. Down-to-earth and commonsensical, Barbara Charbula recounts her method of teaching her students to write and prepare for state mandated tests. As you read, you feel as if you are listening to the author. Her prose is clear and untethered to copious theory. Yet, the reader knows Charbula knows her theory for she applies it in consistent, kid-friendly ways. By employing R.E.A.S.S., students are not invoking a formula but a mnemonic device that takes them back to the best classroom practices and lessons they have received throughout the school year.

Before the Test: How I Taught Writing and Sixteen Out of Thirty-two Students Made the Highest Score: One Teacher's Narrative

Charbula, Barbara

Poems' Progress features poems from various stages of Barker's career, each of which is accompanied by an informal, conversational essay on the background and process of writing and rewriting the poem. Including examples of drafts and revisions, the book offers a rare and unique insight into one poet's processes.

Poems' Progress

Barker, Wendy

Dr. Jac's Guide to Writing With Depth

For those who write, for those who want to write, and for those who teach writing–for the neophyte, and for the professional–this book delivers. 
Joyce Armstrong Carroll's Dr. JAC's™ Guide to Writing with Depth takes up where other writing guides leave off. The strategies for writing with depth as well as tips on ways to deepen writing would be book enough, but Carroll provides depth herself by offering models from literature–children's, the classics, and contemporary–to support her advice. Clearly, good writers use the techniques she suggests. 
This book will remind you of the importance of crafting your writing. And it is well written. Drawing upon almost a half century of writing, studying writing, and teaching writing, Carroll sprinkles her text with personal anecdotes, much research. suggested books, and lines that stick in the brain, "Repetition is the drum of remembering." Each piece if advice is conveyed in brisk but clear prose and is followed by an "Application" so that you can immediately try the suggestion. All writers need this book on their reference shelves, and all teachers of writing need this book in their professional libraries.

Dr. JAC's Guide to Writing with Depth

Joyce Armstrong Carroll

Joyce Armstrong Carroll has done it again! Bringing together over four decades of teaching with her ability to put her finger on the pulse of what is needed in the profession, Dr. JAC's Reading/Writing Workshop Primer is a big little book packed with nuts and bolts information necessary to design and sustain reading/writing workshop for any grade level K-12. Framed simply into seven substantive sections: introduction, definition, organization, setting it up, tracking teaching, assessment, this primer concludes with suggested sources, a plethora of annotated reference waiting to become part of any school's professional library. Yet, while offering techniques, models, and tips, Carroll is clear–workshop offers choices–choices for the teacher and choices for the student. While there is no way to "do" workshop, this primer invites the novice as well as the experienced to range around its pages for ideas. Innovative strategies such as "Reading Memory Quires" and "Literacy Letters," distinctions made and examples given for the many ways to assess the aspects of workshop, models for creating a workshop that works are among the features in this helpful teacher resource.

Dr. JAC's Reading/Writing Workshop Primer

Carroll, Joyce Armstrong

Carroll has done it again! Just when heigh-stakes tests have begun to demoralize even the most enthusiastic teachers, AUTHENTIC STRATEGIES FOR HIGH-STAKES TESTS comes along. In her inimitable teacher-friendly but thorough style, Carroll not only presents hands-on strategies for teaching writing and reading skills, but she also weaves in the theories that support the skills. You'll find no quick-fix formulae here, but you will find indispensable ways to garner those high-stakes test scores. Have trouble with writing prompt? Find answeres here. Are your students writing superficially? Check out Carroll's ideas. Is main idea confusing to teach? Look within these pages for lessons that clear up the confusion. Inference giving your students fits? Ten lessons on inference wait within. Drawing upon almost five decades of teaching experience, Joyce Armstrong Carroll presents sensible strategies that work.

Authentic Strategies for High-Stakes Tests: A Practical Guide for English Language/Arts

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Johnson give hands-guidelines how to teach writing to third graders. Time becomes an issue and the book gives options and strategies to remove the issue. Rich with reading and writing strategies, Time to Write, is a must have book for teachers.

Time to Write

Robin Johnson

Robinson tackles the difficult task of teaching writing to high school students. She gives units and plans along with great resources that results in successes for students and teachers.

Piecing the Puzzle: Teaching Writing in High School

Mona Robinson

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