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Watch Katie and Matt . . . Sit Down and Teach Up eBook

Katie Ray , Matt Glover

Pub Date: 11/1/2011
Product Type: eDoc
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You are purchasing a downloadable PDF version of Watch Katie and Matt... Sit Down and Teach Up which is viewable from either a PC or Mac computer. You will receive instructions with your email confirmation. Note: iPad users should purchase the iBook version from... more

In Pictures and In Words Book Study Bundle

Katie Ray

Pub Date: 5/27/2010
Product Type: bundle
Grade: PreK - 4th

Make abstract qualities like tone, detail, and organization easily visible for young writers with Katie Wood Ray’s In Pictures and in Words. “If teachers show children how an illustrator’s decisions about pictures are a lot like a writer’s decisions about words, they form a bridge of understanding that nurtures children as writers.” Katie... more

In Pictures and In Words

Katie Ray

Pub Date: 5/27/2010
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: PreK - 4th

Make abstract qualities like tone, detail, and organization easily visible for young writers with Katie Wood Ray’s In Pictures and in Words.   “If teachers show children how an illustrator’s decisions about pictures are a lot like a writer’s decisions about words, they form a bridge of understanding that nurtures children as writers.” ---Katie... more

Early Writing Instruction Staff Development Bundle

Katie Ray , Lisa Cleaveland

Pub Date: 2/13/2009
Product Type: bundle
Grade: K - 2nd

  Staff Development DVD Bundles   1 DVD and 10 copies of a related professional book for 30% off. Our DVD-book bundles are designed to give literacy coaches and staff developers the flexibility to organize powerful professional development anytime, anywhere. These resources lead your teachers through the classrooms... more

Already Ready

Katie Ray , Matt Glover

Pub Date: 1/11/2008
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: PreK - K

  From the very first chapter of this informative and inspiring book, a clear picture emerges of how even three- and four-year-olds’ capacities for serious authorship can and should be supported. —Lillian G. Katz Coauthor of Young Investigators: The Project Approach in the Early Years   By the time they... more

About the Authors Book + DVD

Katie Ray , Lisa Cleaveland

Pub Date: 1/26/2007
Product Type: bundle
Grade: K - 2nd

  Alone, About the Authors and The Teaching Behind About the Authors each help you understand how powerful instruction can support amazing learning in the very youngest students—children in kindergarten through second grade.   But together these superb resources create an unusually compelling professional learning... more

Study Driven

Katie Ray

Pub Date: 6/19/2006
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 8th

No matter what grade you teach, what state your school is in, and what level of diversity is present in your classroom, students have the right to be shown real-world examples of the kinds of writing they’re asked to produce. For Katie Wood Ray, this foundational idea is also the beginning of an important way of approaching... more

The Teaching Behind ABOUT THE AUTHORS (DVD)

Katie Ray , Lisa Cleaveland

Pub Date: 9/13/2005
Product Type: DVD
Grade: K - 2nd

In their popular About the Authors, Katie Wood Ray and Lisa Cleaveland show that with thoughtful instruction, even the youngest students can create dazzling writing. Now with The Teaching Behind About the Authors, Katie is your guide on a tour of Lisa's writing workshop, where you'll come face to face with emerging writers and see... more

About the Authors

Katie Ray , Lisa Cleaveland

Pub Date: 1/14/2004
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 2nd

About the Authors is about the littlest authors—those in kindergarten through second grade. Based on a profound understanding of the ways in which young children learn, it shows teachers how to launch a writing workshop by inviting children to do what they do naturally—make stuff. So why not write books? Gifted... more

What You Know by Heart

Katie Ray

Pub Date: 6/5/2002 1
Product Type: Paperback
Grade: K - 8th

"In this wise, comforting, intimate book, Katie Ray takes her readers by the hand and brings us home to ourselves. ‘This is where ideas for teaching writing come from,’ she says, brushing aside the distracting clutter, quick fixes, and one-size-fits-all panaceas. She hands us a pen, a book, and a reminder of all that matters most."—Lucy... more