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Patricia Cunningham & Four Blocks Books

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Books by Patricia Cunningham
Founder of the Four Blocks Method


 


 


Classrooms That Work: They Can All Read and Write
by Patricia Cunningham & 
Richard L. Allington
Cunningham's best book to date on how to design a language arts program to meet the needs of ALL your students.  With her latest tried-and-true research-based methods, Cunningham and co-author Allington give you advice straight from the classroom.

Schools That Work: Where All Children Read and Write
by Richard L. Allington &
Patricia Marr Cunningham 

The predecessor to Classrooms That Work.  Lots of terrific information in an easy to use format.


 


Phonics They Use:
Words for Reading and Writing
by Patricia Cunningham
Are you tired of phonics worksheets that don't make sense? Are you ready for something that really works?  This is my favorite book for working with Word Walls and teaching phonics in a fun and easy fashion.  This book covers the Working With Words block.  It's packed full of ready-to-use, fun learning games and activities that will get your students excited and involved.  A must-have for 4 Blocks teachers and anyone who wants to accelerate reading, writing, and spelling in their classroom!
Reading and Writing in Elementary Classrooms:
Strategies and Observations
by Patricia M. Cunningham, Sharon Arthur Moore, David Moore

This is a huge book -- over 500 pages -- and it's filled with Cunningham's practical advice on setting up a reading program that works.  I'd suggest this one as an addition to your school's professional library, or for your own bookshelf if you're a serious Cunningham fan, like me.  (Addison-Wesley, 1995)
 

 Making Words:
Multilevel, Hands-On Developmentally Appropriate
Spelling and Phonics Activities
by Patricia Cunningham

Hundreds of wonderful activities for teaching children to spell and write.

Making More Words:
Multilevel, Hands-On Phonics and Spelling Activities
by Patricia Cunningham

The updated, most recent, version of Making Words, with even more activities you can use starting today!

 Making Big Words:
Multilevel, Hands-On Phonics Activities
by Patricia Cunningham (1994)

For more advanced wroters and readers.


 

Additional Four Blocks Resources


 

Easy Lessons for Teaching Word Families: Hands-On Lessons That Build Phonemic Awareness, Phonics,
Spelling, Reading, and Writing Skills
by Judy Lynch (Scholastic, 1998)
This wonderful new book is getting LOTS of use in my classroom right now!
I found it the first week of March, and have been using it 3 days a week since then.  Lynch's book is the perfect accompaniment to Cunningham's Making Words  and the lessons are easy to follow and build upon each other in a systematic fashion that appeals to kids and teachers, using word families and high frequency words.  Highly recommended!

Teaching Reading and Writing with Word Walls: Easy Lessons and Fresh Ideas for Creating Interactive Word Walls
That Build Early Literacy Skills
by Janiel Wagstaff
 

A brand new book with lots of great ways to get kids involved with your Word Wall.  A must-have for anyone creating a Balanced Literacy classroom.

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Top 10
Must Have
Books
for
Teachers
Phonics
&
Phonemic Awareness
Integrated Curriculum
&
Balanced Literacy
Reproducible
Mini Books
for Emergent
Readers
Pat Cunningham Books &
4 Blocks Books
Writing
&
Writer's Workshop
Reading
&
Guided Reading
How to
Level
Trade Books
and others
Pocket Chart Resources
 Songs and
Poems
All
About Me
Back to School
Marvelous Math Books
Read It!
Draw It!
Solve It!
Literacy
Centers
What's In A
Name?
Literature for Math
Friends
Family
Math
I Love
My
ABC's
Monthly Themes
Math
Their Way
Birthdays
Bears Everywhere
Down on the Farm
Rain Forest
Going Buggy!
Spring Has Sprung!
Come Into
Our
Garden
A Camping We Will Go!
Under the Sea
A Rainbow of Colors
 Graphing
 Topics
I Lost
A
Tooth!
Author
Studies
Me & My
Family
Harvest
Time
Snowmen
&
Mittens
 Special Books for Special People
reading for pleasure
Scarecrows
Coming Soon!
Nursery
Rhymes
Bats
&
Spiders

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