Focusing on addition and subtraction in this volume of the series, Battista (mathematics education, Ohio State U.) details the cognition-based assessment (CBA) framework, which can be used with any cu
Viewing language as a human social phenomenon tied to history and culture and a tool for connecting with people in speech and writing, Wilde (curriculum and teaching, Hunter College, City U. of New Yo
This book is one of six in a series of instructional guides for teachers who teach writing to middle school and high school students. It is intended to help those teachers by providing them with a str
Describes the life and career of Steve Jobs, from his early life and his development of the first Apple computer to his accomplishments with the computer company and how he has helped shape the modern
Keene, an author who has been a classroom teacher, staff developer, and adjunct professor of reading and writing, provides K-8 teachers with a guide to modifying oral communication with children to he
Barnhouse, a literacy consultant for elementary through high school, and Vinton, a literacy consultant who works in public schools, consider how students make meaning of texts. They begin with chapter
"Wow, wow, and wow! At the time when we most need it, with the advent of the Common Core State Standards and in the midst of a documented crisis in adolescent literacy, here come Deborah Appleman and
"Every classroom has readers who struggle with texts. Whatever their challenges, it is our job as teachers to help them negotiate the texts of their world." -Linda Hoyt Classroom-ready solutions to su
The modeling of reasoning strategies on the open number line, the open array, and the ratio table allows students to solve problems in their own way and compare different strategies with the rest of t
Fletcher, author of many books for adults and children, works with student writers and writing teachers in schools. Here, he collects 24 short readings (stories, poems, memoir, picture books, and exce
Introduces readers to the Mandarin dialect of Chinese, with information about where it is spoken, who speaks it, and what script it uses, as well as lessons of basic Mandarin phrases.
""As teachers today, everything we teach has to be turbo-charged with skills and the promise of advancing our students academically. Here's the cool thing: poetry can get you there. It is inherently t
When kids envision a word as if it were a real person, with a unique voice and personality, they forever imprint the meaning of the word into their memories. Vocabulary lessons become anything but dul
Parsons author of First Grade Writers and Second Grade Writers, offers educators a year's worth of reading instruction and development with a holistic approach to teaching reading skills. She divides
"Literacy is freedom and everyone has something significant to say." -Jimmy Santiago Baca Fusing Jimmy Santiago Baca's talents as a writer of memoir with ReLeah Cossett Lent's expertise in building an
Book study groups and professional learning communities, click here to save 15% when you order 15 copies of Writing Circles A $330 value for $280.50. Listen to a podcast with Jim Vopat and Harvey "Smo
Still authoritative. Still definitive. Now focused on the reading process. The Brief Edition of Constance Weaver's classic "Reading Process & Practice" begins with the seemingly simple question "W
"The twenty-first century has brought with it considerable buzz surrounding the connections between science and literacy. Karen Worth and her colleagues have been at the center of this discussion for
Book study groups and professional learning communities, click here to save 15% when you order 15 copies of Clock Watchers. A $315 value for $267.75. Listen to a podcast with Stevi Quate, John McDermo
Marie Clay pursued a tantalizing quest: What is possible for children with reading problems? What would have to change? Boundless Horizons tells the story of how, by observing young readers in ordin
"As teachers, we do indeed live narrative lives, and if you read "Engaging Young Writers, Preschool to Grade 1," Matt Glover will help you live out new kinds of stories with the children you teach. I
How can you work with twice as many students each day? And give struggling writers more attention? All without diminishing the quality of your teaching? By making the most of conferring with "Small-Gr
Today's classrooms are filled with diverse students with a variety of needs and abilities, including English language learners, students with disabilities, and gifted/talented students. While diversi
I could have done a much better job of empowering my students with language had I had this book as a young teacher. " - Carol Ann Tomlinson Author of "The Differentiated Classroom" Vocabulary is key -
Organizing and Collecting: The Number Systemis one of eight units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction (K-3) This unit begins with the sto
"Reading Begins at Home "is a book early childhood educators can recommend to parents. It is a straightforward account of proven ways in which parents can help their children with reading - before the
Formerly with Western Carolina U., Ray is an independent writer and researcher of the teaching of writing; an early childhood educator and presenter, Glover is the principal of an early childhood scho
Bender, a staff developer with the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project works through a series of ideas for grades three to eight in this well-organized reference and source of teaching inspir
What makes a teacher outstanding? More than anything, it's a way of being with kids in the classroom that lets them know they're smart and capable of high achievement. When you combine this mind-set w
Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmermann have returned with a new edition of Mosaic of Thought that features 70 percent new material. When the first edition published ten years ago, Mosaic of Thought b
Witherell (reading, Bridgewater State College) offers commonsense answers to the persistent instructional question: what do you do with the rest of the class while you're leading a small group? She de
It is never too soon to start children on the road to successful writing. We can, and should, work with even the youngest of writers to begin them on the journey from scribbles to letters, to words, t
Narrative Writing is winner of the Richard Meade Award, given by the National Council of Teacher's of EnglishGeorge Hillocks, Jr. is a master teacher who has had great success working with kids in the
"Getting Grammar is a book chock full of inviting ways to share grammar information with students. But it is so much more." - Shelley Harwayne "Getting Grammar" is a new take on an old - fashioned sub
When your classroom hums with the activity of twenty-five students, each diligently pursuing their own line of inquiry, real learning happens. Independent research increases student motivation and is
"Lester and Reba not only provide us with a bold new framework for weaving read-alouds seamlessly into the fabric of the classroom, they also show us how to do it with grace and art. At the heart of t
Like earlier editions of the widely used Subject Is Writing, the Fourth edition continues the tradition of bringing first-year students into contact with provocative ideas and voices-some of them fell
"Reading Lauren's "The Wonder of Word Study" reminded me of . . . visits to her early childhood classroom, only this visit lasted a long time and was filled with a master teacher's articulate explanat
"Joy's questions and Jim's responses evoke in us an appreciation for what it means to do the work called teaching with the "living intensity of soul." May such soulful teaching flourish among us: here
Katie is your guide on a tour of Lisa's writing workshop, where you'll come face to face with emerging writers and see for yourself how smart, organized, high-powered teaching helps ignite a passion
