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Joyful Learning in Kindergarten by Bobbi Fisher. ISBN 0-325-00038-7 Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

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…And with a Light Touch: Learning about Reading, Writing, and Teaching with First Graders by Carol Avery. ISBN 0-435-08787-8 Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

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On Their Way: Celebrating Second Graders as they Read and Write by Jane Fraser & Donna Skonick. ISBN 0-435-08830-5 Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann

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Invitations: Changing [...]

RTI from All Sides: What Every Teacher Needs to Know
by Mary Howard
Response to Intervention (RTI) is here, but what do teachers need to know about it? As Mary Howard investigated that question, she was surprised: the more she knew about it, the more this “teacher’s teacher” was excited by it. That’s because RTI promises to [...]

  Everyone’s talking about Tom Newkirk’s Holding On to Good Ideas
in a Time of Bad Ones! Tom will lead a discussion of the book during July on Jim Burke’s EC Ning http://englishcompanion.ning.com. Buy the book now to join the discussion and get free shipping. Use code TN09P1. Holding On to Good Ideas in a Time of [...]

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Writing is the single most important skill for students’ academic and professional success. Yet in the last twenty years, it has received little attention in our nation’s schools, and national assessments show that just one in four American students is able to write proficiently. [...]

How has the teaching of writing changed in the 21st century? In this innovative guide, teachers share their stories, successful practices, and vivid examples of their students’ creative and expository writing from online and multimedia projects such as blogs, wikis, podcasts, electronic poetry, and more.
The book also addresses assessment: How can teachers navigate the reductive [...]