Julie Wright – författare

Short texts are everywhere and so are the readers who love them!Today's teachers are continually looking for resources to help support their literacy instruction in an engaging and effective way while also saving precious instructional hours and planning time. In Shining a Light on Short Texts, authors Julie Wright and Elizabeth Keim invite readers into the world of short texts and all they have to offer.Part background information and part direct implementation, this treasure trove of resources introduces readers to a collection of short text types (from poems to comic strips to short stories to excerpts from trade books to infographics, and more) while showing them why this type of text can be so impactful, where to locate a variety of short texts, and how to plan instruction using them to meet students’ needs.With a diverse collection of short texts to use as mentors alongside model planners embedded with ready-to-use lessons, Wright and Keim give teachers everything they need to get started, including:● Descriptions and illustrations of multiple short text types● 24 demonstration lessons grounded in 8 comprehension strategies● Instructional examples built across three grade level bands (K–2, 3–5, and 6–8)● Ideas for incorporating short texts sets for further study● An extensive appendix with bonus lessons and resourcesTeachers need solutions, and short texts are plentiful, low-cost, and come in a variety of interest levels and a wide range of text complexity. Shining a Light on Short Texts offers ready-to-use lessons while also establishing practices educators can easily replicate as they ultimately identify their own short text sources and create their own plans, based on their instructional focus and the unique needs of their readers.

A powerful new book that gives flustered parents the exact words to use in any situation.A toddler meltdown over the wrong pair of trousers, siblings fighting in the back of the car, constant struggles just to leave the house … Parents have the best intentions to be patient and loving, but in the heat of the moment they often find themselves feeling helpless, desperate, and so frustrated that they resort to shouting, threatening, bribing, or caving. Now Say This solves the dilemma of how to be empathic and effective at once.Based on their popular 3-step ‘ALP’ model — Attune, Limit Set, Problem Solve — which the authors have taught to thousands of parents in their clinical practice, Now Say This addresses issues such as:tantrumssibling relationshipsscreen timebedtimeBest of all, it answers the question ‘Now, what do you actually say?’ using scripts and body-language tips from real-life examples. User-friendly and research based, Now Say This transforms remarkable ideas into practical how-tos that busy parents can use right away.

An intimate glimpse inside a silent epidemic that is harming teens, and a pathway for parents to help them reclaim the restorative power of sleep.If you could protect your child from unnecessary anxiety, depression, and chronic stress, and foster a greater sense of happiness and well-being in their lives, wouldn’t you? In this book, the authors of The Happy Sleeper, the classic book on helping babies and young children develop healthy sleep habits, uncover one of the greatest threats to our teenagers’ physical and mental health: sleep deprivation. Caught in a perfect storm of omnipresent screens, academic overload, and unnecessarily early school-start times, our children are operating in a constant state of sleep debt while struggling to meet the demands of adolescence.In this essential book, Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright draw on the latest scientific research to reveal that today’s teenagers are, in fact, the most sleep-deprived population in human history. In fact, at a critical phase of development, many teens need more sleep than their younger siblings — but they’re getting drastically less. Generation Sleepless guides families in building healthy habits around sleep by:• establishing family agreements around sleep habits;• altering family practices around phones, social media, and screen time;• regaining overall equilibrium in the home; and• remaking bedtime routinesPacked with years of research and in-depth reporting, Generation Sleepless is a wake-up call for parents that equips them with the right tools to start a family conversation about sleep and to ultimately regain connection with their tweens and teens.

A research-based guide to helping children do what comes naturally — sleep through the night.Many parents feel pressured to ‘train’ babies and young children to sleep. Sometimes hours are spent rocking, singing, and coaxing. But kids don’t need to be trained — they’re built to sleep.Over time, all that cajoling can have the opposite effect to what is desired. Problems can arise when parents (with the best of intentions) overhelp or ‘helicopter parent’ at night, overshadowing their baby’s biological ability to sleep well.In The Happy Sleeper, child-sleep experts Heather Turgeon and Julie Wright show parents how to avoid and undo cumbersome sleep habits. They provide guidance on how to be sensitive and nurturing, but also structured, so that your baby or young child can develop the skills they need in order to:fall asleep independentlysleep through the nighttake healthy napsacquire natural, optimal sleep patterns for day and night.Using these methods, parents can guide their children in learning how to soothe themselves to sleep — putting kids (and the whole family) on track to a full night’s sleep.