Every minute matters [grades K-5] : 40 activities for literacy-rich classroom transitions / Molly Ness.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ness, Molly, author.

Series:

Corwin literacy.

Corwin literacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Elementary)--Activity programs.

Reading (Elementary).

Critical thinking--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Activity programs.

Critical thinking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 139 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, Incorporated, [2021]

Summary:

Make the most of every instructional minute with engaging literacy activities Time - or lack thereof - may be the most precious commodity in the classroom. From covering all the necessary curriculum and imparting life skills to attending meetings and answering emails, educators are faced with real challenges when there never seems to be enough time to do it all. Although teachers don’t have the power to create more minutes in the school day, they do have the power to be effective and efficient with the time given. Molly Ness asks teachers first to examine their use of time in the classroom in order to make more space for literacy. She then introduces 40 innovative activities designed to replace seatwork. These literacy-rich alternatives for classroom transitions are presented alongside Research on instructional time in K - 5 classrooms Strategies for how to maximize every minute of instruction Suggestions for improving efficiency to expand independent reading and writing time Reflective practices to help teachers examine how they use the time they have The instructional day is ripe for redesign with a thoughtful and authentic time audit. Every Minute Matters guides educators through that process by outlining literacy-rich activities to optimize transitional times and minimize lost instructional minutes.

Contents:

Introduction: So much to do, so little time

Making the most of our time by examining what we have

Why you need this book

The #1 literacy activity: independent reading

The #1 literacy tool: readers' notebooks

How to use this book

Keep the conversation going

Part one: Thinking through instructional time

Part two: Literacy-rich experiences at your fingertips

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781071818312

1071818317

9781071818275

1071818279

9781071818305

1071818309

9781071818251

1071818252

OCLC:

1196340022