Explore the Deck A teacher's resource book for primary teachers. Suggested student grade levels are 1 and 2.
Order Now!   |   Next   |   Back to Catalog Page The Explore the Deck Teacher Resource Book is a complete text for primary teachers who are committed to teaching writing skills to their first and/or second graders for forty to sixty minutes per day. Explore not only includes suggestions for daily writing activities but also strategies for long range projects. The goal is to provide primary teachers with an easy to follow book that emphasizes practical writing strategies for making the writing process come alive for young authors as they begin to explore themselves and their world. Written by two teachers from New Canaan, Connecticut, Betty Parker and Jill Campbell, Explore is divided into two sections. Section one includes nine units that provide a complete understanding of writing as a process. Section two includes over eighty pages of blackline masters for all activities students will practice throughout the year. Key features of section one: Guides for establishing a warm, trusting, child-centered classroom Suggestions for oral sharing on the first day of school Strategies for shifting from oral shares to daily writing Procedure for setting up a writing classroom Rules for effective classroom management Practical strategies for teaching daily writing Step-by-step procedure for whole class writing activities: card-making, poetry, alliteration books, Then and Now Books Research writing: memory book, I-Search Alphabet Book, ABC research Mini-lesson suggestions Publishing suggestions Key features of section two: Teacher language observation and conference record sheets for record keeping Forty shape patterns--four for each month of the school year Mini-lesson practice pages Twenty-six handwriting pages Alliteration book pages Card-making pages ABC research pages Sample letters for staff and parents Reasonable Prices: Catalog # 50TR--1-2 copes $29.95 each; 3 or more copies $19.95 each.

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