Instructional scaffolding is an essential part of teaching literacy. But what is scaffolding exactly? What does it look like in a classroom, and how can we improve the ways we use it? Despite its prom
In this volume, the authors demonstrate how to use mentor texts to teach grammar to students in kindergarten through sixth grade and embed grammar instruction into units in the writing workshop classr
The authors offer lesson plans in life science for grades K-2 that utilize children's fiction and nonfiction books. The text is geared toward teachers with limited time and resources to invest in out
Students love math games and puzzles, but how much are they really learning from the experience? Too often, math games are thought of as just a fun activity or enrichment opportunity.Well Played shows
“In everything we have to understand, poetry can help.” —Tony Hoagland, Harper’s, April 2013In Poem Central, Shirley McPhillips helps us better understand the central role poetry can play in our perso
I Read It, but I Don't Get It is a practical, engaging account of how teachers can help adolescents develop new reading comprehension skills. Cris Tovani is an accomplished teacher and staff developer
Primary-grade teachers face an important challenge: teaching children how to read while enabling them to build good habits so they fall in love with reading. Many teachers find the independent readin
?Do I really have to teach reading?” This is the question many teachers of adolescents are asking, wondering how they can possibly add a new element to an already overloaded curriculum. And most are f
Brad Buhrow and Anne Garcia are primary teachers in a diverse school in Boulder, Colorado. In Ladybugs, Tornadoes, and Swirling Galaxies, you will see how they blend comprehension instruction and ELL
Since its publication in 1998 Craft Lessons has become a mainstay of writing teachers, both new and experienced. Readers value the pithy, practical lessons?each printed on one page?and appreciate the
Every teacher of reading plays a vital role in helping to catch those readers for whom learning to read does not come easily. Through examples from both adults and children, the authors explain and de
Middle school history teachers confront the same challenge every day: how to convey the breadth and depth of a curriculum that spans centuries, countries, and cultures. In Making History Mine, Sarah C
Fuhrken, who has worked in assessment on testing programs for several states and on program transitions for Texas and the Common Core, helps middle school teachers prepare students for reading tests.
"Introducing a spelling test to a student by saying, 'Let's see how many words you know,' is different from saying, 'Let's see how many words you know already.' It is only one word, but the already
Ayres and Overman suggest approaches and visions for helping students learn to write stories, pivoting on the notion of writing as celebration. They discuss expanding writing celebrations, the backbon
Relax and enjoy an afternoon’s reflection on how to break out of rigid prescriptions and orthodoxies that limit writing instruction . . . . —Tom Newkirk, from the Foreword When was the las
Boushey and Moser, teachers and consultants who specialize in literacy, assessment, and creating classroom learning spaces, describe the use of the Daily 5 as a learning structure for literacy that fo
