All Products by Elizabeth Franco

Units of Study in Phonics, Grade 1

Lucy Calkins , Natalie Louis , Amanda Hartman , Elizabeth Franco , Kelly Boland Hohne , Havilah Jespersen , Katrina Davino , Jennifer Russo , Celena Dangler Larkey , Sarah Picard Taylor , Dani Sturtz , Christine Holley , Emma Coufal Bemowski , Laurie Pessah , Rebecca Cronin , Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Pub Date: 6/1/2022 1
Product Type: Bundle
Grade: 1st-1st

About the Series The Units of Study in Phonics: provide an instructional pathway in phonics that is realistic and doable, and that taps into kids’ skills and energy for tackling the fabulous challenge of learning to read and write introduce high-leverage phonics concepts and strategies in a way that keeps pace with students’... more

Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing without TradePack (2016), Grade 2

Lucy Calkins , Amanda Hartman , Julia Mooney , Monique Knight , Lauren Kolbeck , Shanna Schwartz , Alexandra Marron , Elizabeth Franco , Mary Ehrenworth , Stephanie Parsons , Amy Ludwig VanDerwater

Pub Date: 10/12/2016
Product Type: Boxed Set
Grade: 2nd-2nd

About the Grade 2 Units The second-grade units are written with seven-year-olds in mind. These youngsters are chomping at the bit for something new. They feel very big now and want work that feels big and important. That’s what they’ll get—this series invites second-graders into author studies that help them craft powerful true... more

Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing without TradePack (2016), Grade K

Lucy Calkins , Amanda Hartman , Natalie Louis , Laurie Pessah , Elizabeth Moore , Elizabeth Franco

Pub Date: 10/12/2016
Product Type: Boxed Set
Grade: K-K

About the Kindergarten Units The kindergarten units begin with Lucy and her colleagues helping children approximate writing by drawing and labeling first in all-about books and then in stories. The first unit, Launching the Writing Workshop, acknowledges that most children will be labeling their drawings—and the letters in those... more

Units of Study in Opinion, Information, and Narrative Writing without TradePack (2016), Grade 1

Lucy Calkins , Abby Oxenhorn Smith , Rachel Rothman-Perkins , Kristine Mraz , Barbara Golub , Celena Dangler Larkey , Elizabeth Franco , Christine Holley , Mary Ehrenworth

Pub Date: 10/6/2016
Product Type: Boxed Set
Grade: 1st-1st

About the Grade 1 Units The first-grade units are written for children who are just tapping into their burgeoning powers as readers as well as writers, and believe they can do anything. Students begin with the always-popular unit Small Moments: Writing with Focus, Detail, and Dialogue. In this unit students take the everyday events... more

Word Detectives: Strategies for Using High-Frequency Words and for Decoding,Grade 1, with Trade Pack

Lucy Calkins , Elizabeth Franco , Havilah Jespersen , Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Pub Date: 8/8/2016 1
Product Type: Bundle
Grade: 1st-1st

About the Unit Designed to be the second unit in first grade, Word Detectives supports students’ word solving skills and their knowledge of high-frequency words. This playful unit expands on the important work that the entire series does to support youngsters’ foundational reading skills. In this unit, students will: Learn... more

Word Detectives: Strategies for Using High-Frequency Words and for Decoding,Grade 1

Lucy Calkins , Elizabeth Franco , Havilah Jespersen , Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Pub Date: 6/16/2016
Product Type: Bundle
Grade: 1st-1st

About the Unit Designed to be the second unit in first grade, Word Detectives supports students’ word solving skills and their knowledge of high-frequency words. This playful unit expands on the important work that the entire series does to support youngsters’ foundational reading skills. In this unit, students will: Learn... more

Units of Study for Teaching Reading (2015), Grade K

Lucy Calkins , Natalie Louis , Amanda Hartman , Elizabeth Franco , Katie Wears , Rebecca Cronin , Angela Báez , Marjorie Martinelli , Christine Holley , Elizabeth Moore , Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Pub Date: 6/25/2015
Product Type: Bundle
Grade: K-K

About the Kindergarten Units In kindergarten, your students begin to establish their identities as readers while they build the foundational skills for reading. In the first unit, We Are Readers, children will develop concepts of print, phonemic awareness, phonics, and the knowledge necessary to use story language to support their... more

Units of Study for Teaching Reading (2015), Grade 1

Lucy Calkins , Elizabeth Franco , Amanda Hartman , Havilah Jespersen , Lindsay Barton , Elizabeth Moore , Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Pub Date: 6/25/2015
Product Type: Bundle
Grade: 1st-1st

About the Grade 1 Units The start of first grade is a time for dusting off the skills and habits that children learned during kindergarten. In the first unit, Building Good Reading Habits, you’ll reinforce children’s learning from kindergarten, and you’ll establish ability-based partnerships that tap into the social power of peers... more

Units of Study for Teaching Reading (2015), Grade K

Lucy Calkins , Natalie Louis , Amanda Hartman , Elizabeth Franco , Katie Wears , Rebecca Cronin , Angela Báez , Marjorie Martinelli , Christine Holley , Elizabeth Moore , Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Pub Date: 6/25/2015
Product Type: Boxed Set
Grade: K-K

About the Kindergarten Units In kindergarten, your students begin to establish their identities as readers while they build the foundational skills for reading. In the first unit, We Are Readers, children will develop concepts of print, phonemic awareness, phonics, and the knowledge necessary to use story language to support their... more

Units of Study for Teaching Reading (2015), Grade 1

Lucy Calkins , Elizabeth Franco , Amanda Hartman , Havilah Jespersen , Lindsay Barton , Elizabeth Moore , Teachers College Reading & Writing Project

Pub Date: 6/25/2015
Product Type: Boxed Set
Grade: 1st-1st

About the Grade 1 Units The start of first grade is a time for dusting off the skills and habits that children learned during kindergarten. In the first unit, Building Good Reading Habits, you’ll reinforce children’s learning from kindergarten, and you’ll establish ability-based partnerships that tap into the social power of peers... more