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The Origins bookstore offers a range of products--books, music CDs, DVDs of classrooms in action, professional development guide--to support educators as they implement the Responsive Classroom and Developmental Designs approaches in their schools. View all available grades K-9 publications, or filter by elementary or middle level. Search for what you need with keywords or through the topics provided--Advisory, Morning Meeting, Rule Breaking, etc.

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Resources for Building Advisory

Study together and create site-based professional development. Lean on these three resources, carefully designed to help middle-level educators create an effective, school-wide advisory program.

Advisory Book, The REVISED EDITION

Advisory Book Study Guide

Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting, DVD

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For Middle Level

Advisory Book Study Guide

by Origins

Work with colleagues to implement the practices of The Advisory Book.

$10.95

For Middle Level • 5-9, with application to high school5-9

Advisory Book, The REVISED EDITION

Building a Community of Learners Grades 5-9

by Linda Crawford

$26.95

For Middle Level • 5-9

Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting, DVD

NEW!

by Origins

$49.95

For Middle Level • Grades 5-9, with application to high school

Classroom Discipline

Guiding Adolescents to Responsible Independence

by Linda Crawford and Christopher Hagedorn

$24.95

For Middle Level

Classroom Discipline Study Guide

by Origins

Work with colleagues to implement the practices of Classroom Discipline.

$10.95

For Middle Level • 5-9, with application to high school

Face to Face Advisories

Bridging Cultural Gaps in Grades 5–9

by Linda Crawford

Guide adolescents toward meaningful conversations to connect with their peers and build a solid foundation for understanding and accepting other cultures.

$26.95

For Middle Level

Modeling and Practicing Classroom Routines DVD

by Origins

Watch modeling practices applied to middle-level classroom routines

$49.95

For Middle Level • Grades 4-9

Tried and True Classroom Games and Greetings

by Origins

$9.95

For Elementary • K-8

16 Songs Kids Love to Sing

CD and Book

by Pat and Tex LaMountain

$24.00

For Elementary • K-4

36 Games Kids Love to Play

by Adrian Harrison

$12.00

Elementary

For Elementary • K-6

Closing Circles

50 Activities for Ending the Day in a Positive Way

by Dana Januszka and Kristen Vincent

Wrap up the day – or your lesson – with a quick closing circle and leave students wanting to come back for more.

$20.00

For Middle Level & Elementary • All Grades

Courage to Teach, The

Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life

by Parker Palmer

$27.95

For Elementary • K-6

Creating a Safe & Friendly School

Lunchroom, Hallways, Playground, and more . . .

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

$18.00

Creating a Safe & Friendly School book cover

For Elementary • K-5

Doing Math in Morning Meeting

150 Quick Activities that Connect to Your Curriculum

by Andy Dousis and Margaret Berry Wilson, Introduction by Roxann Kriete, author of The Morning Meeting Book.

$25.00

Doing Math in Morning Meeting book covers

For Elementary • K-8

Down in the Valley

Singing Games for Children, CD ONLY

by Peter Amidon et al.

$15.00

For Elementary • K-8

Down in the Valley

More Great Singing Games for Children, Book/CD Set

by Peter Amidon et al.

$28.00

For Elementary • K-8

Down in the Valley

More Great Singing Games for Children, Book ONLY

by Peter Amidon et al.

$15.00

For Elementary • K-6

Energizers!

88 Quick Movement Activities That Refresh and Refocus, K-6

by Susan Lattanzi Roser

$22.00

For Middle Level & Elementary • PreK-8

Everyone Wins!

by Sambbava and Josette Juvmour

$8.95

For Elementary

Explosive Child

A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children, The

by Ross W. Greene, Ph.D.

$14.99

Middle Level

For Middle Level

Advisory Book Study Guide

by Origins

Work with colleagues to implement the practices of The Advisory Book.

$10.95

For Middle Level • 5-9, with application to high school5-9

Advisory Book, The REVISED EDITION

Building a Community of Learners Grades 5-9

by Linda Crawford

$26.95

For Middle Level • 5-9

Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting, DVD

NEW!

by Origins

$49.95

For Middle Level • Grades 5-9, with application to high school

Classroom Discipline

Guiding Adolescents to Responsible Independence

by Linda Crawford and Christopher Hagedorn

$24.95

For Middle Level

Classroom Discipline Study Guide

by Origins

Work with colleagues to implement the practices of Classroom Discipline.

$10.95

For Middle Level • 5-9, with application to high school

Face to Face Advisories

Bridging Cultural Gaps in Grades 5–9

by Linda Crawford

Guide adolescents toward meaningful conversations to connect with their peers and build a solid foundation for understanding and accepting other cultures.

$26.95