Journey to Literacy argues that teachers need to engage children in their own learning and give them opportunities to pursue their own interests and investigations. Through individual and small-group
It is a troubling statistic that a quarter of the students in any grade are reading below grade level. The good news is that it's not too late, even in middle school, to provide the extra instruction
This easy-to-read, humorous survival guide for substitute teachers presents strategies to get students on your side and make classroom management easier for the whole day. Experienced and new teachers
Writing Power is a practical and thoughtful resource that shows teachers how to encourage students to consider the reader's thinking as they write. Using the same five thinking strategies from Adrienn
This practical book offers unique and powerful ways to use play to investigate stories, big ideas, and events. It focuses on dramatic play as a natural response to learning. Dramatic Play in
Stop the Stress in Schools argues that conflict does not involve large isolated incidents but small daily frustrations and emphasizes the power teachers have in building a positive classroom environme
Provides information for teachers on working with children with learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, visual and hearing impairments, developmental disabilities, and low incidence disabilities.
In I’ve Got Something to Say, teachers will learn how to inspire students to buy into their own learning by giving them a voice in determining, organizing, structuring, and responding to what is happe
Based on learning generated by a 200-year-old folktale used by thirty teachers and a thousand kids,Exploding the Reading explores how to “dig deep” inside the story and encourages teachers to incorpor
The Write Voice shows how to use rich, engaging writing prompts to help students develop their writing voice and addresses the importance of listening to a mentor's voice, defining voice, setting succ
This poignant collection of stories and poems honors literacy educators for the often difficult and always essential work they do with students of all ages. A well-loved classic, Life's Literacy Lesso
Upper elementary teachers have a big job: to help students deepen their mathematical understanding and become more efficient mathematicians. Number Sense Routines: Developing Mathematical Understandin
Allen, a literacy specialist who works as a reading coach and leads professional development programs, shares ideas for supporting new teachers in their first year, based on her experiences. She descr
Miller (journalism, U. of New Hampshire) discusses different types of digital storytelling, a technique that uses computers to join art (from paintings to video and photographs) with narration and mus
Do you spend hours creating word lists and weekly vocabulary tests only to find that your students have "forgotten" the words by the following week? Janet Allen and her students were frustrated with t
"This book anchors shared reading as an essential element within a comprehensive and balanced literacy program." Margaret MooneyIn this book, Brenda Parkes introduces new teachers to shared readi
Do you spend your days working with students who struggle to comprehend reading in literacy and content classes? Are you looking for a way to establish comprehensive literacy instruction in your schoo
The value of small-group instruction cannot be emphasized enough, but many teachers have found it difficult to manage, especially when class sizes remain large. Here is practical, theoretically-sound
This is a book about problem solving--an internal tool that shapes the cognitive development of young readers and writers. At the same time, it is a book about the role of the teacher and the curricul
The goal of teaching writing is to create independent and self-motivated writers. When students write more often, they become better at writing. They acquire habits, skills, and strategies that enable
