Your textbook may be an inch deep, but your teaching doesn't have to be. ""The defining characteristic of instruction in a focused curriculum is that students have experiences that promote deeper unde
"When I finished Middle School Readers I wanted to reverse time and relive sixth grade as a student in Nancy Allison's class. Allison takes us into her own unique brand of reading workshop, providing
Introduces the physical properties of materials and uses everyday examples to compare such properties as shiny or dull, hard or soft, and heavy or light.
A simple description of the nature of a community and the various types of work people do to earn money and help those around them, including sales, health care, public safety, education, and animal c
"Traditional assessments often reveal very little about students' thinking. Nancy describes how activities that engage students in complex, multifaceted demonstrations of learning can transfer the res
"Because African American adolescent males and face their own challenges, they must identify texts that mark their times and their lives. If we create opportunities for this to happen, they will not o
What is teacher empowerment? It's not just some formal administrative position exercised from above. It starts with expanding our professional roles in small everyday actions that make our jobs more f
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
Special PLC discount when you buy 15 copies of English Learners, Academic Literacy, and Thinking. A $352 value for $282."For educators individually and collectively who aspire to implement a curriculu
A book of cool problems for middle school mathematics classrooms-does it get any better? Yes, it does. Art Hyde and his colleagues go far beyond providing a collection of problems. They address big id
Book study groups and professional learning communities, save when you order the Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners Book Study Bundle. 15 copies for $318.75. SAVE $56.25! Teaching Engl
Interactive Notebooks are gaining popularity in English classrooms nationwide that include English language learners. These student-created, teacher-directed notebooks are effective with all students.
"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
Hear a podcast where David West Brown and Rebecca Wheeler discuss code-switching. In Other Words "is a tour de force. As a linguist and teacher educator, I am grateful to David West Brown for bringing
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
2010 James N. Britton Award winner from the Conference on English Education (CEE) of the National Council of Teachers of English. This work is an important contribution to the field of writing instruc
"I love this book for all it teaches us about persuasive writing and for how it strengthens our understanding of this expansive genre.... Having read it, I am wiser about teaching - and writing - pers
Why aren't there more good poems for use in shared reading? Poems that address key curricular goals while making the most of young children's love of rhythm and rhyme? Now, thanks to Zoe Ryder White,
Differentiating in Algebra, PreK-Grade 2 applies Jennifer Taylor-Cox's easy but effective differentiation strategies to the algebra content standard. Taking the foundational elements of differentiatio
It pays to be detail-oriented. Emily Kissner shows why in "The Forest AND the Trees." She proves that in any content area, focusing readers on details can help you achieve important classroom goals, s
"Dan has made it his business to delve into punctuation, and we are all the wiser for the impressive and exciting writing about the subject that he has done in this book." - Carl Anderson Author of "H
"Good-bye Round Robin offers numerous practical suggestions for engaging English language learners in meaningful oral-language activities, all connected to wonderful, recently-published books for stud
Beneath the Surface "provides both a framework and specific pedagogical strategies for working effectively with students learning English...." "Ken Pransky asks teachers to take an honest look at who
Algebra in the Elementary Classroom" provides the support we need as teachers to embed the development of students' algebraic thinking in the teaching of elementary school. " - Megan Loef Franke Coaut
Lessons in Comprehension helped your students improve their comprehension. Now take your readers to the next level with More (Advanced) Lessons in Comprehension. With More (Advanced) Lessons in Compr
"This is a work of incredible scope: adventurous, ingratiating, challenging, genuinely groundbreaking, and gorgeously written. It will knock the socks off this profession." -Harvey Daniels Author of S
Weaver (English, emeritus, Western Michigan University) looks at what's wrong with the way grammar has been taught traditionally, and outlines current theories, research, and principles underlying gra
"A must-have for every elementary science teacher striving to be highly effective and for every support person addressing the needs of science teachers." - Linda Froschauer NSTA President 2006 - 2007
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
"Writing is how students connect the dots in their knowledge. Although many models of effective ways to teach writing exist, both the teaching and practice of writing are increasingly shortchanged thr
Why just "sit and get" professional development when you can take charge of it? Schools nationwide are using professional learning communities to revitalize staff development, and "Literacy Learning C
Today there is no such thing as a general education classroom - virtually every class contains learners with special needs. Accommodating these children with stop-gap measures takes great effort and o
For teachers who feel alone with the challenges they face, this is the book for you. For instructional coaches who are stuck and unsure where to lead, this book will show the way. It will help you wor
The announcement that "It's social studies time" often elicits dread from students who mistakenly view the subject as a near-death experience. And who can blame them when this fascinating subject has
Gretchen Owocki's "Literate Days: Reading and Writing with Preschool and Primary Children "is a multimedia curriculum resource for preschool, kindergarten, and first-grade teachers looking to enrich a
Had "Bridge to Terabithia "been Katherine Paterson's only book, her fame would be secure in the annals of young adult writers - and the memories of her readers. Fortunately she has published dozens of
This book gives students the chance to absorb and replicate the grammar used in some of the finest novels. Fourteen grammatical structures are developed as writing tools in accessible, understandable
The Writer's-Reader's Notebook is essential to everything Linda Rief's students do in her workshop classroom as literate young men and women. Far more than a place where students merely practice writi
Richard Gentry understands what every teacher knows about early literacy assessment: that to be useful, an assessment instrument must reveal more than how well a student is reading or writing - it's g
There are three truths about teaching writing, one that's widely known, one that isn't, and one that will change your teaching forever: the ability to write is essential for students in every subject
