The Four Blocks Framework is for first, second, and third grade. There are many books now available for these grade levels. Our new books (2008) have separate Teachers Guides for each of these three grade levels, Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade3.

Building Blocks is the Four Blocks program for kindergarten. You will find books, a planbook, and bulletin board packages for K.The new Month by Month Reading, Writing, and Phonics for Kindergarten (2008) updates the Teacher's Guide to Building Blocks.

Big Blocks is what we call our "Upper Grades" (grades 4-8) program. In May 2005 we completed the Teachers Guide to Big Blocks and it replaced Modifying the Four Blocks for the Upper Grades. Along with the previous Month-by-Month Phonics books including one for the Upper Grades we now have Month by Month Phonics for Gr 4 and 5. For students who need a lot of basic work in Phonics the "Upper Grades" book is more applicable. For students who have had Month by Month Phonics in Grades 1, 2, and 3 they should continue on with Month by Month Phonics for Grades 4 and 5.

Also, in August of 2011 we will have product available in the Really Good Stuff Catalog. This catalog comes to all schools twice a year.

In 2008 we have new Making Words books (for K, and Grades 1,2,3,4,and 5) available from Pearson/Allyn Bacon and these will be in the Really Good Stuff Catalog in August 2011..

Contact The Four Blocks Shop (573)564-8117. Jeff Arens, the owner and husband of Amanda Arens, knows the products well and can help you and your school or call Carson Dellosa Publishing (1-800-321-0943)

New Book for 2011

Comprehension During Guided Reading, Shared and Independent Reading (Replaces Guided Reading the Four Blocks Way)

New Books in 2008

The Teachers' Guide to the Four Blocks is the most comprehensive description of Four Blocks. It is now in Grade level books:

The Teacher's Guide to Four Blocks Grade 1(copyright 2008)

The Teacher's Guide to Four Blocks Grade 2(copyright 2008)

The Teacher's Guide to Four Blocks Grade 3(copyright 2008)

Month by Month Phonics for First Grade (revised, 2008)

Month by Month Phonics for Second Grade (revised, 2008)

Month by Month Phonics for Third Grade (revised, 2008)

Other Books Available:

Poetry for Reading and Writing (Grades 2-5) by Dottie Hall

Children with Disabilities: Reading and Writing the Four-Blocks Way by Karen Erickson (UNC-CH) and David Koppenhaver (Applachian State).

Month by Month Phonics and Vocabulary for Fourth Grade by Amanda Arens, Karen Loman, and Pat Cunningham

Month by Month Phonics and Vocabulary for Fifth Grade by Amanda Arens, Karen Loman, and Pat Cunningham

Integrating Reading, Writing and Words: A Thematic Approah to Balanced Reading Instruction by Dottie Hall, Marie Daniel, and Jeff Maglio.

Guess the Cover Words for Science and Social Studies by Dottie Hall and Marie Daniel.

Checklists for Teaching Big Blocks by Karen Loman and Amanda Arens.

Big Blocks Planbook by Amanda Arens and Karen Loman.

The Teacher's Guide to Big Blocks (Pat, Dottie, Amanda Arens, & Karen Loman)

Writing the Four Blocks Way (Pat, Jim Cunningham, Dottie, and Sharon Moore)

The Teacher's Guide to Building Blocks (Dottie and Elaine Williams) is written for kindergarten. Month-by-Month Reading and Writing for Kindergarten (Dottie and Pat) describes the Building Blocks program also and helps teaches ease into it month by month. Building Blocks "Plus", a bulletin board package with ideas from the books is also available as is a planbook special for kindergarten.

Predictable Charts: Shared Writing for Kindergarten and First Grade (Dottie and Elaine) is a book for K and Grade1 with 60 ideas for predictable charts.

Making Alphabet Books to Teach Letters and Sounds (Dottie Hall)

Pat's wrote Systematic, Sequential Phonics They Use. We call it "SSP." This book contains 140 making words lessons that follow a traditional phonics scope and sequence. It can be used by "special" teachers or tutors, either one-on-one or with a small group of students in grades 1 or 2. The word cards for these lessons are now in a box----that matches the cover of the book. Most "regular" classrooms need Making Words for their grade level (K, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) not this book.

Prefixes and Suffixes: Sequential, Systematic Phonics II (or SSP2) is for small groups of children or "special teachers" or tutors in third and fourth grade who still need this. Regular classroom need Making Words by grade level.
 
Contact The Four Blocks Shop (573)564-8117. Jeff Arens, the owner and husband of Amanda Arens, knows the products well and can help you and your school or call Carson Dellosa Publishing(1-800-321-0943)