The Blue Pages

The Blue Pages has been updated, expanded , and revised to provide the most comprehensive set of annotated teacher resources available in one place.

REGIE ROUTMAN is an internationally respected teacher and author who speaks at major educational conferences and conducts full day workshops for educators. Her current work and focus involves weeklong school residencies where she does daily demonstration teaching in classrooms, coaches teachers, and facilitates ongoing professional conversations. Currently, she lives in Seattle, WA. Regie's teaching experience of almost thirty-five years includes being a classroom teacher (for most of the elementary grades), a reading specialist, a learning disabilities tutor, a Reading Recovery teacher, a language arts resource and mentor teacher, and a staff developer. Her books are widely acclaimed as providing a solid, theory-based understanding of language learning along with a wealth of practical ideas and extensive, annotated resources. Because Regie writes in an honest, personal, and encouraging voice based on her daily experiences in classrooms, teachers find her books

Acknowledgments

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Introduction

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Resources for Teachers Annotations with Vera Milz

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Professional Books

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Being Professional

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(41)

Journal Articles

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Themed Journals

52

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Journals

55

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Newsletters/Other Periodicals

59

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Literacy Extension Resources

60

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Assessment and Evaluation Books and Resources

74

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Spelling Books and Resources

83

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Mathematics Books and Resources

86

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Social Studies Books and Resources

90

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Science Books and Resources

93

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Author/Illustrator Books and Resources

97

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Parent Books and Resources

100

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Recommended Literature by Grade Level, K-12, and Supplemental Lists K-8 annotations by Susan Hepler; 9-12 by Dana Noble

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About These Lists

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Kindergarten

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Books Which Invite Readers into Print

110

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Developing Early Reading Strategies

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Grade 1

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Grade 2

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Grade 3

128

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Grade 4

134

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Grade 5

138

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Grade 6

142

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Books Which Invite Writing and Storytelling (Grades I-6)

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Wordless Books (Grades K-6)

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Life Stories (Grades 2-6)

150

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Bilingual Spanish Books: A beginning List

153

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Grade 7

154

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Grade 8

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Grades 9 and 10

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Grades 11 and 12

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Multicultural Book List

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African-American/Black Culture

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Asian-American/Asian Culture

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Latino

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Native American

169

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Appendices

Appendix A Folk/Fairy Tale Unite for Grades 3-6

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Appendix B A Teacher's Guide for Amos & Boris

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Appendix C A Teacher's Guide for Journey to Topaz

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Appendix D Using the Goldilocks Strategy to Choose Books

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Appendix E A Sliding Mask and a ``Flag''

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Appendix F Notes on Use of the WEB

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Appendix G General Guidelines to Students for Submitting Stories, Poems, or Manuscripts to Publishers

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Appendix H Spelling Interview

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Appendix I Have-a-Go Sheet

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Appendix J Communicating with Parents

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J1: Getting Parents Involved

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J2: Ways to Help Your Child with Reading at Home

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J3: Letter to Parents Explaining Independent Reading Program

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J41 & J42: Explanation of Integrated Spelling Program

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J5: Parents as Allies in Children's Education

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J6:Letter to Parents to Help Make Book Covers

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J7: Request to Parents to Make Book Covers

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J8: Communicating with Parents about the Reading-Writing Program

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J9: Communicating with Parents Through a Student Newspaper

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J10: Letter to Parents Guiding Book Club Selection

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J11: Involving Parents in Evaluating Journal Writing

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J12: Explanation About Spelling Development

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Appendix K Do Nothing to Destroy the Joy

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Appendix L Questions to Think About in Choosing a Writing Topic

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Appendix M Teachers' Self-Evaluation: Observations About the Student as a Reader/Writer

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M1: Observations About the Student as a Reader

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M2: Observations About the Student as a Writer

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Appendix N Self-Evaluation Forms

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N1: Self-Evaluation: Reading

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N2: Self-Evaluation: Journal Writing

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N3: Self-Evaluation: Literature Discussion

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N4: Self-Evaluation: From for Any Grade or Area

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N5: Ways to Involve Students in Self-Evaluation

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N6: Weekly Self-Evaluation

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N7: A Self-Evaluation Checklist for Teachers

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Appendix O Approaches to Teaching Reading

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Appendix P Reading Strategies for Unknown Words

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Appendix Q Authentic Assessment: Some Examples

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Index

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