The Teacher's Guide to Big Blocks, Grades 4-8


Book Description

This helpful classroom resource provides the balanced literacy framework of Four-Blocks(R) for students in the upper grades. It includes ideas and suggestions for scheduling, materials for each block, classroom layout, professional development, and much more. Instruction is tailored to the needs of all learners, including those who may have been left behind by other methods, and it fully supports the Four-Blocks(R) Literacy Model.




The Teacher's Guide to Building Blocks


Book Description

Stimulate kindergarten students desire to learn to read and write through multilevel activities! Also help increase their phonemic awareness and knowledge of letters and sounds, print or language concepts, and interesting words with this Four-Blocks(R) Literacy Model support classroom resource.




Children with Disabilities: Reading and Writing the Four-Blocks® Way, Grades 1 - 3


Book Description

Meet the learning needs and preferences of all students using Children with Disabilities: Reading and Writing the Four-Blocks(R) Way for students in grades 1–3. This 144-page book provides a glimpse into an inclusion special-education classroom that uses the Four-Blocks(R) Literacy Model. This wonderful collection of ideas, strategies, and resources includes information on Self-Selected Reading, Guided Reading, Writing, and Working with Words. It also includes strategies for reading and writing success in special-education classrooms, variations for students with disabilities, teacher's checklists, IEP goal suggestions, examples of assistive technology, and answers to commonly asked questions. The book supports the Four-Blocks(R) Literacy Model and provides a list of children's literature that can be used in lessons.




Guided Reading the Four-Blocks® Way, Grades 1 - 3


Book Description

Learn when and how to teach the Guided Reading block using Guided Reading the Four-Blocks(R) Way for grades 1–3. This 224-page book gives a glimpse into classrooms that use the Guided Reading model within a balanced literacy program. The book includes a list of materials needed, comprehension skills and strategies, and activities for before, during, and after reading a text. It also includes a list of children's literature. The book supports the Four-Blocks(R) Literacy Model.







Tools for Teaching in the Block


Book Description

Presents research-based best practices for teaching adolescent learners in extended sessions, with lesson plans and content area strategies designed to integrate reading, writing, and critical thinking, and reproducible blackline masters.




Predictable Charts, Grades K - 1


Book Description

Presents ideas and suggestions for teaching interactive reading and writing for all students in kindergarten and early first grade.




A Teacher's Guide to Including Students with Disabilities in General Physical Education


Book Description

The comprehensive, bestselling guide to making inclusive physical education work for students of all ages--includes a wide range of low?cost adaptations, realistic case studies, and practical guidance on key issues like safety and behavior challenges




The Teacher's Guide to the Four-Blocks® Literacy Model


Book Description

"THE TEACHER'S GUIDE TO THE FOUR-BLOCKS LITERACY MODEL IS THE ALL-NEW, GRADE-SPECIFIC GUIDE TO IMPLEMENTING THE FOUR-BLOCKS FRAMEWORK. THE BOOK FOCUSES ON THE ESSENTIAL COMPONENTS OF A BALANCED LITERACY FRAMEWORK, STEPS FOR CLASSROOM IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT, AND A VARIETY OF STUDENT ACTIVITIES."--Page 4 of cover.




Driven by Data


Book Description

Offers a practical guide for improving schools dramatically that will enable all students from all backgrounds to achieve at high levels. Includes assessment forms, an index, and a DVD.