The first month of each school year is the critical time for helping your students develop the habits of successful learners. These comprehensive guides each include 30 grade-appropriate mini-lessons, one for each of the first 30 days of school. Focused on literacy, teachers will find lessons for: Shared reading and writing; Class meetings; Conferences; Accountable talk; Responding to literature; Independent reading; Tips for classroom organization, reproducible calendars, reading logs, book lists, assessments, and more round out these essential references that every teacher, new or experienced, will turn to again and again.