Coles, an educational psychologist who has written widely on literacy and learning disabilities, critiques studies which have been used to promote policy and legislation on behalf of skills-emphasis l
Provides a collection of essays, poems, conversations, and letters that offer inspiration and encouragement to teachers and includes anecdotes about the author's experiences in the classroom.
Ethnographic Eyes extends ethnography beyond the work of university researchers and proves what an accessible and instructive observation tool it can be for inservice and preservice teachers.
Acknowledging the criticism that ethnographers make the obvious or the familiar strange, Bishop (English, Florida State U.) clarifies theoretical and methodological issues related to classroom-based r
An innovative teacher shares his method for inspiring inquiry in elementary classrooms, a method which allows children to do what they do best: investigate and explore, using their own questions and i
Literacy Through Play is a resource for preschool and primary teachers who are looking for proven methods for preparing young children to become confident and flexible readers and writers.
Three Arguments offers some real solutions, chief of which is making sure that all children have access to interesting reading material so they can finally achieve the standards of literacy they dese
Faced with the limitations of traditional testing, teachers across the country are searching for new ways to make students' achievement in the classroom count for more - a system of measurement that r
Journals are not just for liberal arts students anymore. Thirteen essays (all but one original to this collection) enlighten instructors in business, computer science, education, medical, and other fi
Significant recent research in literacy learning casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of traditional phonics instruction. Researchers have discovered that traditional phonics, with its emphasis on
James Percoco demonstrates how, using applied history, you can bring to life the people, places, and events of our nation's history, inspiring in your students a passion for the past.
An analysis of what it means to teach and learn language, focused on the undergraduate level. Bleich (English, U. of Rochester) examines the materiality of language, academic teaching, writing, and d
Instead of following the sanctioned procedures of educational research, this collection plays with all the devices of storytelling-scene, dialogue, point of view-exploring a new way to report crucial
This book presents several key principles for teaching mathematics for understanding that you can use to reflect on your own teaching, make more informed decisions, and develop more effective systems
By combining illustrations and texts, children engage in a kind of communication that transcends the sum of its parts-their pictures and words interact to convey a new level of meaning.
There are plenty of books on spelling instruction for teachers, but what about parents who want to play a more active role in their children's education? In this book Richard Gentry offers timely and
Martens observed her daughter's reading and writing from ages two through five and documents how her daughter, through meaningful literacy experiences in her social community, understood literacy and
Goodman makes the highly complex process of reading easy to understand. He involves his readers in examining their own reading, and he provides real language examples from real children reading real
A revised edition presenting the curricular framework for a whole language approach to teaching literacy based on the co-authors collaborative work with language teachers. The text outlines the whol
Anyone working with "at-risk" students will find here a reflection of their own experiences, plus thoughtful and creative strategies for making those experiences positive ones.
Combines practical discussion with theoretical information on the rationale for active assessment, enabling classroom teachers to develop, interpret, and score their own assessments. Annotation copyri
The book is based on the assumption that the classroom program is a major resource for language development, and that a responsive program takes into account the fact that children are not only learn
As Joan Countryman demonstrates in this book, the use of journals, learning logs, letters, autobiographies, investigations, and formal papers can dramatically improve the reasoning abilities of stude
The Boynton/Cook editions of four of Shakespeare's most popular plays have been reissued with attractive new cover designs and printed on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series is specifically d
The Boynton/Cook edition of Romeo and Juliet has been reissued with an attractive new cover design and printed on more opaque, easy-to-read paper. This series is specifically designed for high school
A story of one child's growth in writing, "Lessons from a Child" explains how teachers can work with children, helping them to teach themselves and each other. Matters of classroom management, methods
NCTM's Process Standards support teaching that helps children develop independent, effective mathematical thinking. The books in the Heinemann Math Process Standards Series give every primary teacher
Teaching English by Design has become a classic resource for preservice teachers as well as in-service teachers who consider it their go-to guide to creating lessons and units organized around key con
In The Book in Question, Carol Jago issues a call to action. Reading is in crisis. Too often, too many students are choosing not to read. "There is urgency to our work," She argues. "We are living in
In A Teacher's Guide to Writing Conferences, Carl Anderson explains the underlying principles and reasons for conferring with students, and how to make writing conferences a part of your daily routine
Fresh new cover, same great content! Children want to make their mark-on paper, on any surface, in life. But the difficulties of transferring words to paper can be daunting enough to drown out even th
Helping students put words on a page can be hard enough. "I don't have anything to write about!" they say. And when writing does happen, how do you help them develop these ideas into more effective pi
"This book is for teachers who want to honor their students' experiences as writers and readers-and their own." -Maja Wilson In Reimagining Writing Assessment, Maja Wilson shows us that by replacing t
"Evaluations can be seen as someone else's judgment. Or they can be seen as a way for us to show what we can do and how amazing our students are." -Jennifer Ansbach This year's evaluation can be diffe
The Prompting Guide App is now available for the ipad. Visit the app store to purchase it today! The Fountas & Pinnell Prompting Guide 1 is a flip-chart tool that you can use to enhance your teaching
Many students find themselves struggling to learn from texts because glitches in their reading process block learning, cause frustration, and impede success. The source of these problems can be diffic
"Kids love hands-on science. Yet too few grow up to be scientists. Kids need to be reading, writing and thinking about science as well as doing it. Writing in Science in Action propels us full thr
"When math fact instruction is thoughtful and strategic, it results in more than a student's ability to quickly recall a fact; it cultivates reflective students who have a greater understandi
Biks and Gutches is an easy-to-administer-and-score task. It looks too simple to be very useful but with it we can easily predict which young children need extra help with learning English. Giving thi
