Recommended by the Ontario Ministry of Education

Grades K-8

If you’re looking for a single book that provides everything you need to create a balanced, comprehensive literacy program, you’ll find it here. Applying research, expertise, and common sense, veteran teacher Regie Routman discusses and demonstrates exemplary teaching practices, strategies, and activities. Explicit demonstration lessons, with accompanying

examples of children’s work, focus on:

• reading
• the literature program
• writing
• spelling and word study
• curriculum inquiry
• classroom management
• assessment and evaluation

Also available by Regie Routman, for Grades K-8:

Writing Essentials / 0325006016 / 2004 / 304 pp. + DVD

Reading Essentials / 0325004927 / 2005 / 288 pp.