Follow the Directions! (Grades 3-6) 180 Daily Exercises That Help Kids Learn to Follow Written Directions . . . Independently!

Could your students' flare for following directions be improved? You bet! 180 quick, daily directions, written by teachers who know how to build this skill slowly, give children the independent practice they need. Perfect for the start of the day or any time. Just present one new direction regularly, and see improved performance on homework tasks, quizzes, and various in-class learning activities. Best of all, kids really enjoy these classroom-tested directions.

Denise Nessel, Ph.D., is an education consultant and writer with professional experience as a classroom teacher, clinician, university professor, curriculum supervisor, author, and software designer. Her interests include teaching reading and writing as thinking processes, integrating reading and writing across the curriculum, and using technology intelligently within instruction. She is currently a Senior Consultant and Project Director for the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, Teacher's College, Columbia University, an organization that serves urban school districts across the country. Joyce Graham Baltas, Ph.D., is a Senior Consultant and Project Director with the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, Teacher's College, Columbia University. Previously she was Director of Research and Professional Development for the Instructional Publishing Group at Scholastic, Inc., responsible for the assessment, staff development, and writing components of Literacy Place, a core reading and language arts program.