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Seasons of Literacy
A Monthly Guide to Growing Lifelong Readers and Writers
McCarthy and Torres provide a yearlong plan for teachers to cultivate positive and engaging reading experiences. This planner includes monthly themes, literacy activities, and reflection exercises to help teachers inspire students.
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An educator’s yearlong literacy planning guide
Fostering engagement and growth in literacy begins with intentional planning and reflection. This monthly guide equips educators, instructional coaches, librarians, and district leaders with strategies to nurture a culture and community of learners who celebrate literacy all year long. Featuring themes like belonging, curiosity, and renewal, it offers tools to support and inspire student literacy development throughout the academic year.
K–8 teachers can use this book to:
- Create and sustain positive mental outlooks toward literacy and teaching over the years
- Focus on emotional and mental themes each month to reframe attitudes toward literacy
- Develop weekly plans to reinforce new approaches and attitudes toward reading
- Inspire students in their reading through engaging literacy activities and supportive reading lists
- Empower students through reflection on their progress and recognition of their strengths
- Find author-curated offering read-alouds and suggestions to connect to the monthly themes
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“Sometimes the voices in a book have a pull—one that keeps the pages turning with little effort. Trust me, here is solace and inspiration. Here are quotes I will put on my whiteboard. Here are mentor spotlights and so many, many books to add to our personal and classroom libraries. All teachers need planners. You need this one! Here is joy and possibility.”
“This book is not just a planner—it’s a calling. With space to dream, reflect, and rise, Seasons of Literacy provides what you need to lead students on a journey through a literacy-rich year with heart, joy, and purpose. It’s celebration and strategy, inspiration and instruction, bound in one beautiful, accessible planner. Whether you’re new to the classroom or a veteran word warrior, JoEllen and Julia remind us that creating a classroom community of young readers isn’t just necessary—it’s revolutionary.”
“Seasons of Literacy reaches our hearts, our students, and everything and everyone in between. From mentors who guide our way to thoughtfully curated booklists and teaching considerations, this planner paves the way for deep reflection and culturally sustaining teaching. To carry JoEllen and Julia’s insights with us in this way is such a gift.”
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