Study Driven: A Framework for Planning Units of Study in the Writing Workshop

10 best books like Study Driven: A Framework for Planning Units of Study in the Writing Workshop (Katie Wood Ray): Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, Come On, Rain!, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Last Stop on Market Street, The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child, Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist, Real Revision: Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers, Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop, All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel, Craft Lessons

Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale

Author	Mo Willems
ISBN	1844280594

Merging expressive cartoon network-esque illustrations with beautiful black and white photographs of Brooklyn, this funny story tells how Trixie and Knuffle Bunny's trip to the laundromat with Dad goes terribly wrong when Trixie realizes some bunny's been left behind...! Her attempts to alert...

Come On, Rain!

Author	Karen Hesse
ISBN	0590331256

I love the colors of this book. It’s about a time that I really don’t like; those hot muggy days you can hardly breath and people are praying for rain to keep things from dying. I can’t stand that time. It makes me want to live in Scotland.

A Mama is taking care of her wilting plants and a girl...

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Author	Grace Lin
ISBN	0316114278

In the valley of Fruitless Mountain, a young girl named Minli spends her days working hard in the fields and her nights listening to her father spin fantastic tales about the Jade Dragon and the Old Man of the Moon. Minli's mother, tired of their poor life, chides him for filling her head with nonsense....

Last Stop on Market Street

Author	Matt de la Pena
ISBN	0399257748

Winner of the 2016 Newbery Medal
A 2016 Caldecott Honor Book
A 2016 Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Book
A New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of 2015
A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of 2015

Every Sunday after church, CJ and his grandma ride the...

The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

Author	Donalyn Miller
ISBN	0470372273

Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller is a dedicated teacher who says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. Her approach, however, is not conventional. Miller dispenses with the more traditional reading instruction of book reports and comprehension...

Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist

Author	Susan Wood
ISBN	1580896731

Juan Garcia Esquivel was born in Mexico and grew up to the sounds of mariachi bands. He loved music and became a musical explorer. Defying convention, he created music that made people laugh and planted images in their minds. Juan’s space-age lounge music—popular in the fifties and sixties—has...

Real Revision: Authors' Strategies to Share with Student Writers

Author	Kate Messner
ISBN	1571108564

How do you show students that revision is more than a classroom exercise to please the teacher? Take them into the real world of writing for publication. In Real Revision, award-winning author and teacher Kate Messner demystifies the revision process for teachers and students alike and provides tried-and-true...

Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop

Author	Ellin Oliver Keene
ISBN	0435072374

How do students become thoughtful, independent readers who comprehend text at a deep level?

To find the answers, authors Keene and Zimmermann embarked on a journey into the thought processes of proficient readers - a journey through poems and essays, classrooms and workshops, humor and...

All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel

Author	Dan Yaccarino
ISBN	0375966420

“This immigration story is universal.” —School Library Journal, Starred
 
Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and never forget your family.” With simple text...

Craft Lessons

Author	Ralph Fletcher
ISBN	1571100733

Craft is the cauldron in which the writing gets forged.



Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi argue that too often we concentrate on the beginning and ending of the writing process - conceiving and correcting - while leaving students on their own to make a thousand critical decisions...

Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6

Author

Lynne R. Dorfman

How do children's book authors create the wonder that we feel when reading our favorite books? What can students and teachers learn from these authors and books if we let them serve as writing mentors? In Mentor Texts, Lynne Dorfman and Rose Cappelli show teachers how to help students become confident,...

From North to South/Del Norte al Sur

Author	Rene Colato Lainez
ISBN	0892392312

Jose loves helping Mama in the garden outside their home in California. But when Mama is sent back to Mexico for not having citizenship papers, Jose and his Papa face an uncertain future. What will it be like to visit Mama in Tijuana? When will she be able to come home? Award-winning children's book author...