Four Blocks

Listed below are websites which provide information related to learning about or implementing the Four Block approach to teaching reading and writing. 

http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/column.html
Cheryl Sigmon's weekly column on implementing 4-block instruction. Organized each time around a
common question or problem (e.g., whole group guided reading instruction, parent communication,
principal's role, spelling instruction…). Also a large, and growing, set of teachers' lesson plans available
for viewing/printing or downloading as zipped files.

http://www.teachers.net/4blocks/
4-Blocks gateway site. Links to lots of Internet resources (bulletin board, chatroom, listserv (mailring)
informational sites…).

http://www.teachers.net/buildingblocks/
Building Blocks gateway site. Links to lots of Internet resources for kindergarten teachers implementing
"Building Blocks" adaptation of 4-Blocks (bulletin board, chatroom, listserv (mailring) informational
sites…).

http://www.wfu.edu/users/cunningh/fourblocks/
Pat Cunningham's website with information and a few links.


Thanks to David Koppenhaver for assembling this information

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