Glover, a literacy consultant and former principal, and Berry, a teacher and literacy consultant and former literacy specialist and instructional leader, show elementary teachers how to think through,
"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
Battista (mathematics education, Ohio State U.) explains cognition-based assessment (CBA), a framework to support teaching and enable all students to understand, make sense of, and become proficient i
The authors of this book believe that progressive educational principles can and should govern classroom practice. Writing in a style accessible to teachers and administrators, coaches, school board m
" ""We have created the lessons in these books to help teachers give their English language learners the conceptual background and English language structures they need to collaborate fully in each "T
View the Independent Writing Within, Beyond and About TextsWebinarNow there are three distinct Reader's Notebooks to help students grades K through 8 become better readers through writing.New! Reader'
Introduces readers to the Polish language, with information about where it is spoken, who speaks it, and what alphabet it uses, as well as lessons of basic Polish phrases.
"At a time when so many educational policies fail to recognize and nurture the capacity of teachers to improve instruction, we feel enormously grateful for the learning community lesson study has
Noden, a veteran middle school English teacher, describes an original approach to teaching grammar, called image grammar. The approach involves students studying and imitating the work of various mast
Based on her work over the last decade with more than 100 schools and visits to more than 5000 classrooms, Barbara Taylor shares her School Change in Reading (SCR) reform model in Catching Schools." A
For teachers who sometimes feel as if data-based instruction, differentiated groupings, and formative assessments somehow involve going over to The Dark Side, this book is a powerful antidote. It will
"Minilessons for Extending Addition and Subtraction "is one of three yearlong resource guides in "Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Number Sense, Addition, and Subtraction" (K - 3) "Min
Field Trips and Fund-Raisers: Introducing Fractions is one of five units in the Contexts for Learning Mathematics' Investigating Fractions, Decimals, and Percents (4 - 6) The focus of this unit is th
In a compelling and manageable text, the author makes the case for giving special time and attention to voice as a means to get students involved and improve their writing.
Moore (English, Purdue U.) pairs up one young adult novel and one theory in each of his chapters, introducing the basic terms and concepts of theories such as formalism, structuralism, deconstruction,
The Fountas & Pinnell Prompting Guide 2, for Comprehension: Thinking, Talking, and Writing contains precise language to use when teaching, prompting for, and reinforcing effective strategic actions in
Developing a sense of adventure in learning can make all the difference between teaching incipient lifelong learners or struggling with apathetic students. In this engaging book, Mary Glover and Beth
