What can students really accomplish when they practice something for just a few minutes a day? Quite a lot, as Tammy Mulligan illustrates in The Power of Quick and Frequent Practice: Joyful Small Moves with Big Impacts on Elementary Literacy.

Come along as we follow classroom teacher Tammy Mulligan’s journey to plan and facilitate small but powerful moments of practice that help students grow as readers, writers, and community members. Chapter by chapter, Mulligan explores how to bring different categories of quick and frequent practice to life in the classroom including:

● Quick and Frequent Phonics Moves

● Quick and Frequent Fluency Moves

● Quick and Frequent Comprehension Moves

● Quick and Frequent Moves To Help Readers Lead

● Quick and Frequent Moves to Connect with Families

Written with the practical lens of a teacher, The Power of Quick and Frequent Practice outlines how to make these practice moves a part of daily and weekly instructional routines, utilize simple tools you already have in your classroom, and weave moments of student leadership throughout the practice times to help children celebrate their growth. Mulligan shares strategies, routines, and tips for planning, managing, and implementing the kind of engaging and meaningful literacy practice that learners need.

The Power of Quick and Frequent Practice illustrates that small moves can have a big impact on children's literacy learning!

Tammy Mulligan is the co-author of It's All About the Books and Assessment in Perspective. At work, you can find her teaching second graders at the Hanscom Primary School. On other days, she is in her garden, hiking in the woods with her three dogs, or hiding behind a pile of children’s books. You can connect with Tammy on Twitter @TammyBMulligan or on Instagram @TammyReadsKidLit.