Grade-specific books that take all the guesswork out of teaching reading and writing. - Each book provides a detailed curricular calendar tied to a developmental continuum and the standards. - Includes monthly units of study that integrate reading and writing so both work together to provide maximum support for students. - The units are organized around four essential components, process, genre, strategy, and conventions, addressing everything students need to know about reading and writing. - Packed with ready-to-use lessons that offer exemplary teaching and continuous assessment. - Features a flexible framework that shows how to frame a year of teaching, a unit, and a lesson-all easily adapted to fit the unique needs and interests of students at all levels of learning. Patty Vitale-Reilly is a national consultant, teacher, and author with over 25 years of experience in education. Patty taught in both public and independent schools, as well as at the graduate level, in New York and New Jersey. Patty also worked as a staff developer at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. In 2003, Patty founded her own literacy consulting group, and currently works directly with school leaders, coaches, teachers, and students inside and outside of classrooms. Patty is an author of Time for Kids teacher training materials and is a contributor to Write Time for Kids (TCM, 2000), co-author of The Complete Year in Reading and Writing Grade 2 (Scholastic, 2008), and the author of Engaging Every Learner: Classroom Principles, Strategies, and Tools (Heinemann, 2015) and Supporting Struggling Learners: 50 Instructional Moves for the Classroom Teacher (2017). As a national consultant, Patty is dedicated to guiding schools and districts to set and realize goals that matter most in their learning communities, and to her belief that every student has the right and the capacity to learn. Patty can be found at pattyvitale-reilly.com and on Twitter at @Pattyvreilly. Pam Allyn is the Executive Director of LitLife, a nationally known literacy development organization which provides innovative, research-based professional development for educators grades K-12. Prior to founding LitLife, Pam was the Director of Funded Projects for The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project. She is also the Founding Director of Books for Boys, a reading initiative for New York's foster care children. Pam has received several commendations for her work, including a Points of Light/Disney Award for her literacy work, and a James Patterson Page Turner Award for the Books for Boys project. Pam is a graduate of Amherst College and received a Masters Degree from Teachers College, Columbia University.