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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 & Elementary • K-9

Theater Games for the Classroom

A Teacher's Handbook

by Viola Spolin

$24.95

Theater Games for the Classroom book cover

For Middle Level & Elementary • K-8

Time to Teach, Time to Learn

Changing the Pace of School

by Chip Wood

$24.00

For Elementary • K-2

Transition Time

Let's Do Something Different

by Jean Feldman

$19.95

For Middle Level & Elementary • K-8

Uncle Jed's Barbershop

by Margaree King Mitchell and James Ransome

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Despite many setbacks, Uncle Jed perseveres and is able to realize his dream of owning a barbershop.

$7.99

For Elementary • K-6

Ways We Want Our Class to Be

Class Meetings That Build Commitment to Kindness and Learning

by Ideas from the Child Development Project

$25.00

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

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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

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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

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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

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Elementary

For Elementary • Grade 3

Child Development Pamphlets – 3RD GRADERS

Ages 7, 8, and 9

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Talking points to share with families during conferences. Charts social, cognitive, and physical growth of third graders in a conversational way.
Package of 30

$18.00

Child Development Pamphlet: 3rd Graders cover

For Elementary • Grade 3

Child Development Pamphlets – 3RD GRADERS en Español

Ages 7, 8, & 9

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Package of 30

$18.00

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For Elementary • 4th Grade

Child Development Pamphlets – 4TH GRADERS

Ages 8, 9, and 10

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Talking points to share with families during conferences. Charts social, cognitive, and physical growth of fourth graders in a conversational way.
Package of 30

$18.00

Child Development Pamphlet: 4th Graders cover

For Elementary • Grade 4

Child Development Pamphlets – 4TH GRADERS en Español

Ages 8, 9, & 10

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Package of 30

$18.00

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For Elementary • 5th Grade

Child Development Pamphlets – 5TH GRADERS

Ages 9, 10, and 11

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Talking points to share with families during conferences. Charts social, cognitive, and physical growth of fifth graders in a conversational way.
Package of 30

$18.00

Child Development Pamphlet: 5th Graders cover

For Elementary • 5th Grade

Child Development Pamphlets – 5TH GRADERS en Español

Ages 9, 10, & 11

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Package of 30

$18.00

Child Development Pamphlet: 5th Graders en Español cover

For Middle Level & Elementary • 6th Grade

Child Development Pamphlets – 6TH GRADERS

Ages 10, 11, and 12

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Talking points to share with families during conferences. Charts social, cognitive, and physical growth of sixth graders in a conversational way.
Package of 30

$18.00

Child Development Pamphlet: 6th Graders cover

For Elementary • K

Child Development Pamphlets – KINDERGARTNERS

Ages 4, 5, and 6

by Northeast Fdtn. for Children

Talking points to share with families during conferences. Charts social, cognitive, and physical growth of kindergartners in a conversational way.
Package of 30

$18.00

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For Middle Level & Elementary • All Grades

Children's Social Consciousness and the Development of Social Responsibility

by Sheldon Berman

$29.95

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For Elementary • K-6

Classroom Spaces That Work

by Marlynn K. Clayton and Mary Beth Forton, Introduction by Jay Lord

$24.00

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