"Save 15% with our Book Study Bundle! "Love brings us in close, leads us to study the details of a thing, and asks us to return again and again. These are the motivations and ideas that built this book." -Chris Lehman and Kate Roberts You and your students will fall for close reading. In Falling in Love with Close Reading, Christopher Lehman and Kate Roberts show us that it can be rigorous, meaningful, and joyous. You'll empower student ..."
"Stacey Shubitz and Lynne Dorfman warmly welcome you to experience writing workshop for the first time or in a new light with Welcome toWriting Workshop. Through strategic routines, tips, resources, and short focused video clips, teachers can create the sights and sounds of a thriving writing workshop where: • both students and teachers are working authors • students spend most of their time writing—not just learning about it • student c ..."
Tea in the Heather(2nd Edition) by KateRoberts Hardcover, 112 Pages, Published by J.Jones,Cardiff ISBN-13: 978-0-902375-66-6, ISBN: 0-902375-66-0
A Novel Approach Whole-Class Novels, Student-Centered Teaching, and Choice by KateRoberts Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2018 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-325-08865-5, ISBN: 0-325-08865-9
"As an English teacher, Kate Roberts has seen the power of whole-class novels to build community in her classroom. But she's also seen too many kids struggle too much to read them--and consequently, check out of reading altogether. Kate's had better success getting kids to actually read - and enjoy it-when they choose their own books within a workshop model. "And yet," she says, "I missed my whole-class novels." In A Novel Approach, Kat ..."
""We have never seen teachers work harder than we do now. These tools inspire kids to work as hard as we are." -Kate Roberts and Maggie Beattie Roberts What's DIY Literacy? It's making your own visual teaching tools instead of buying them. It's using your teaching smarts to get the most from those tools. And it's helping kids think strategically so they can be DIY learners. "Teaching tools create an impact on students' learning," write K ..."
"Within the Units of Study, there are six books and one CD-ROM of additional resources. The three ring-bound units are Personal Narrative, The Literary Essay, and Research-Based Information Writing. The three remaining books are A Guide to the Common Core Writing Workshop, Writing Pathways Grades 6-8, and the If...Then...Curriculum."
"Then in Unit 2, The Literary Essay: Analyzing Craft and Theme, students return to literary essays, writing arguments and counterarguments about themes in texts, supporting their positions with details of plot, character, and author's craft."
"... doesn't matter as longas you have the right truck, andthrough theyears there
have been plenty to choose from. The jinglesays it all:“I love dumpin', Ilove diggin'
,I love haulin', Ilove liftin', I love dirt and rocks and sand and mud and muck. I love
my Tonka! Man, I love my truck!” EDWARD GREEN, trucker, author Frisbee Itall
started with apieplate. Establishedin 1871, theFrisbie Baking Company. and a
lifetime fascination for al ..."
"The content in this stand-alone edition is the same as in the previous editions found in Lucy Calkins' Units of Study (K-5 and 6-8 are combined in this new edition). Teachers who have the Units of Study do not need this new edition."
"Gumby. Barbie. Slinky. WHAM-O. Spirograph. Hot Wheels. Atari. These toys—and the stories of the kids, parents, child-rearing experts, inventors, manufacturers, and advertisers they affected—reflect the dynamism of American life. Senior exhibit developer and best-selling author Kate Roberts, along with senior curator Adam Scher, spotlight forty-five memorable toys, placing them in historical context and examining their developm ..."
"Then in Unit 2, The Literary Essay: Analyzing Craft and Theme, students return to literary essays, writing arguments and counterarguments about themes in texts, supporting their positions with details of plot, character, and author’s ..."