Guided Reading Books
Red Group: Don't Blame Me by Eleanor Robins (for students focusing on reading strategies and comprehension)
Green Group: Cam Jansen and the Mystery of the Television Dog by David A. Adler (for students focusing on fluency, expression and comprehension)
Blue Group: I Didn't Do It by Paul Kropp (for students focusing on comprehension)
Teacher Literacy & Other Resources
Four Square Writing Method : A Unique Approach to Teaching Basic Writing Skills for Grades 1-3
Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Primary Writing: A Yearlong Curriculum (K-2)
Lucy Calkins Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing A Common Core Workshop Curriculum (K-5)
Teaching with Robert Munsch by by Amy Von Heyking, Janet McConaghy
Is a great resource which provides many idea for how to build important language arts skills and cross curricular connections in math, social studies, art and science. Use the selected stories in the book, or take idea on types of discussion questions, activities and author study on Munsch, and the talented illustrators who have worked with him. This also provides insight into the real like kids who inspired many of Munsch’s stories.
TRIBES: A New Way of Learning Together by Jeanne Gibbs
Reaching All by Creating Tribes Learning Communities blends the fields of group process and cooperative learning; prevention and resiliency; learning theory and school change into a comprehensive, meaningful whole.
Online Literacy Resources
Is a mobile and web application that allows users to create a unique avatars (cartoon versions of themselves) and interact with their class friends in students generated comic book strips. Teachers can set their own assignments or utilize any of the many templates provided by Bitstrips. once published students can view and comment on their classmates comics.
Teacher curated simple blogging platform empowering every student to be a publisher. Curated reading and instructions for class assignments are often posted on the class Kidblog.
The Zones of Regulation by by Leah Kuypers
ZPR is a curriculum comprised of lessons and activities designed to help students gain skills in the area of self-regulation. Students are taught to recognize when they are in the different Zones (states of alertness/moods) as well as learn how to use strategies (including sensory supports, calming techniques, and thinking strategies) to regulate the Zone they are in.
Support for Reading, Writing and Science: with readers, ebooks, booklets, activities, projectables and assessments based on 27 reading levels. Also offers Spanish Resources.