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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 • 5

What Every 5th Grade Teacher Needs to Know

About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

by Mike Anderson

Tailor your teaching to your students' physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language needs.

$19.00

What Every 5th Grade Teacher Needs to Know Book Cover

For Elementary • 1

What Every First Grade Teacher Needs to Know

About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

by Margaret Berry Wilson

Mentor and experienced teacher Margaret Wilson guides first grade teachers through what they need to know about teaching first grade.

$19.00

What Every First Grade Teacher Needs to Know cover

For Elementary • 4

What Every Fourth Grade Teacher Needs to Know

About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

by Mike Anderson

Learn the developmental characteristics of fourth graders and how to set up the classroom and routines to create confident and excited learners.

$19.00

What Every Fourth Grade Teacher Needs to Know cover

For Elementary • K

What Every Kindergarten Teacher Needs to Know

About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

by Margaret Berry Wilson

The wisdom of supportive mentor, Margaret Wilson, shows you how to meet kindergarteners' needs.

$19.00

What Every Kindergarten Teacher Needs to Know cover

For Elementary • 2

What Every Second Grade Teacher Needs to Know

About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

by Margaret Berry Wilson

With warmth, humor, and a deep respect for children, Margaret Wilson describes the physical, cognitive, social-emotional, and language characteristics common in second graders.

$19.00

What Every Second Grade Teacher Needs to Know cover

For Elementary • K-5

What Every Teacher Needs to Know K-5 Series

About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

by Mike Anderson and Margaret Berry Wilson

$95.00

What Every Teacher Needs to Know K-5 Series cover

For Elementary • 3

What Every Third Grade Teacher Needs to Know

About Setting Up and Running a Classroom

by Mike Anderson

Experienced teacher Mike Anderson answers all the starting questions about teaching third graders, including how to help student this age learns with confidence and excitement.

$19.00