The Complete 4 for Literacy by Pam Allyn

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Synopsis

This book provides an organizational framework, detailed models, lessons and practical support for mapping and building grade-specific curriculum across the school year through four major types of units of study—strategy, process, genre, and conventions—that integrate reading and writing. Allyn equips teachers to identify the big ideas and deep understandings they want to develop in children and shows how to use them framing a year, a unit and a lesson in the teaching of reading and writing. For use with Grades K–6.

Biography

Pam Allyn is the founder and executive director of LitLife, an internationally recognized organization that trains hundreds of K-12 teachers each year in literacy techniques. She is also the founding director of Books for Boys, an award-winning mentoring and reading initiative at the Children's Village. The recipient of a Points of Light Award from the Bush Foundation and two James Patterson Pageturner awards, Allyn speaks frequently to parents, teachers, and librarians at major conferences, and has also appeared on the Today show.