Based on a profound understanding of the ways in which young children learn, this book shows teachers how to launch a writing workshop by inviting children to do what they do naturally - make stuff.
The author challenges the notion of "tolerance" for cultural differences and offers instead another challenge--to understand the building blocks of all cultures.
Drawing on 30-plus years of experience as educators, Davis and Hill present a guide for teachers of grades three to eight to the organization of a successful yearlong writing workshop. Coverage inclu
Janet Angelillo introduces us to an entirely new way of thinking about writing about reading. She shows us how to teach students to manage all the thinking and questioning that precedes their putting
The authors provide the practical wherewithal to implement reading aloud as an instructional strategy for both the language arts and the content area disciplines.
Zarnowskis practical text focuses on a questioning approach to teaching history. Rather than merely memorizing facts, students engage in historical sense making using the biography as an entryway int
Offering a new way to help struggling readers, this guide introduces recent discoveries in neuroscience and profiles the methods of ten expert teachers who have successfully taught children with learn
Presents a series of propositions set forth by the National Board for Professional Teaching, including issues of commitment to teaching, knowledge of subjects taught, and responsibility for monitoring
When teachers form networks to share their knowledge, they are breaking down obstacles that have thwarted their leadership for so long. Action research empowers teachers to do just that
A guide to classroom management and discipline provides a system to prevent bad behavior by promoting citizenship, encouraging self-discipline, and motivating students toward learning.
Routman (a language arts coach in the US) has created a useful guide full of techniques and examples for teaching reading at the pre-college level. Crediting the origins of her teaching philosophy to
In this practical, hands-on guidebook, JoAnne Schudt Caldwell and Michael P. Ford describe a variety of grouping patterns and ways to implement them throughout the elementary grades.
Schmidt (Director of Pupil Services, Santa Monica-Malibu School District) offers advice on the day-to-day reality of acting as a school principal. From navigating the politics of the school system to
Dozens of graphic organizers and a hundred ways to use them! Jims prepared a workbook thats a real workhorse, providing tools to spark student thinking that are both intriguing and preciseand applica
Ray (language arts education, W. Carolina U.) explores ways in which writing teachers can use their own experiences with writing to develop explicit curriculum for use in their teaching. She also exa
Explains how teachers can use practical classroom techniques for combining science and language literacy at different grade levels ranging from elementary to high school.
Topping and McManus draw on a combined 57 years of teaching experience in this text for teachers on content literacy the ability to use reading and writing to learn with text in secondary education.
To write cohesively means doing many things at oncewrestling with ideas, balancing form and function, pushing words this way and that, attending to syntax and diction, and employing imagery and metaph
With Reaching Readers, they offer a second-generation model of guided reading - one that urges teachers to expand their vision and presents alternative practices.
Demonstrating how children's interests and questions become the central focus of the curriculum, the author offers dozens of easy-to-use techniques for organizing the classroom and the school day to
This book shows how the personal authority that teachers exert, coupled with rapport with each child, motivates students to strive for their personal best.
Our students spend a large part of each day studying content that seems unconnected to the stories in their lives. J. Lea Smith and J. Daniel Herring have discovered that drama is the perfect medium f
This is the story of what happened when a small group of teachers, university partners, and a school district joined hands to create a small school partnership to explore what was possible for teache
Developed as a tool to help you integrate various forms of media, Seeing & Believing offers a practical approach to basic theory in media literacy and the analysis of both still and moving images.
It's no wonder that many teachers these days are feeling drained, and it's no surprise that Don Graves is ready to offer his uncommon insight, unwavering support, and unbounded hope for the future.
All children, given the right tools and encouragement to do so, will write. This inviting little book will help you provide both. It describes a largely unknown and underutilized strategy that has ach
Writing to Deadline takes the reader into the mind of the nonfiction writer, demystifying the process by which journalists clarify confusion and present significant information under demanding restri
"Argument" is perhaps one of the most misunderstood terms in higher education, meaning different things in different disciplines. Yet on one thing most educators agree: it is almost impossible to atta
Imagine a school where students don't just learn to read and write-they "choose" to read and write, and do it with enthusiasm. Performing with distinction on standardized literacy tests, they are part
Understanding what students do when they read, and then helping them take the next step, can be easy for an informed teacher. For Sandra Wilde, the key is to focus on the strengths students bring to t
Teachers and students will find this textbook an innovative, creative, and enjoyable alternative to traditional grammar texts aimed at dissecting sentences. Instead, Sentence Composing for Elementary
New full-color alternative to Sand and Stones , this "Concepts About Print" test can be used with the new entrant or nonreader, enabling the child to point to certain features as the examiner reads th
New full-color alternative to Sand and Stones, this "Concepts About Print" test can be used with the new entrant or nonreader, enabling the child to point to certain features as the examiner reads th
