Look, I Made a Book

What does it mean to have high expectations for five-year-old learners? In one of the author's classrooms, children are treated as authors, as world citizens, and as confident, responsible community and family contributors. Kindergartners publish their own stories and keep them on the same shelves as books from libraries and bookstores. In addition to books, these young students also produce their own plays, thank-you cards, and math problems. Zaragoza, Dwyer, and Brownie (the class mascot) invite new teachers along as they take one class of children through a month-by-month journey of authorship, literacy development, poetry, positive interaction, and imagination.

Reviews:

“I really learned a lot from you and will definitely use all the Kindergarten methods in the future. I was so amazed at how much the kids learned through the various literacy activities (writing stories, T.A.G.™, the graduation play, etc.). They were extremely excited to take their story notebooks home the last week of school. Ms. Marie and I watched them proudly look through their books that last week and remember stories they wrote back in the Fall and their faces were priceless. I'll definitely use the classroom management techniques with any grade I teach, of course!”
-Maria, Kindergarten Teacher; New York