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
"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
The term "lifelong reader" is more than a slogan or jargon in a mission statement. Lifelong readers need passion, agency, and a sense of inquiry in their reading lives. They also need books. In It's A
As a principal, your days are filled with decisions. How do you keep student learning central to your work and the school's mission while managing all of the mandates and administrative work? With Rec
Aiming to lower the high school dropout rate, Washor, a teacher, principal, writer, and speaker who designs and develops innovative schools, and Mojkowski, a former teacher, principal, and administrat
Book study groups and professional learning communities, click here to save when you order 15 copies of A Classroom Teacher's Guide to Struggling Writers. A $270 value for $229.50. Save $40.50. "Creat
The first edition of The National Board Certification Workbook offered you top-notch preparation for the National Board certification process. Now the second edition, with 40% new material, goes even
Inspirational stories and essays from America's classrooms provide a boast for teachers beleaguered by crowded classes, low pay, and crumbling infrastructure. Original.
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
This companion to the Fountas & Pinnell Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study System series uses poetry to its full advantage to expand children's oral language capabilities, develop phonological awarenes
This companion to the Fountas & Pinnell Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study System series use poetry to its full advantage to expand children's oral language capabilities, develop phonological awareness
The practices you will find in this book have been used effectively by many teachers. Here they are altered and redesigned with special attention to the CCSS-in a way that maintains the potential for
"As we work within the Common Core, we must take care to not lose sight of meaningful teaching and learning. In working toward the new standards, kids are going to be doing hard things. But children c
Have you ever zoned out during reading--pronounced the words without processing their meaning? This is how "word callers" experience all reading. In fact, strong decoders with limited comprehension ac
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
As a teacher, you know that two of the biggest issues in education today are increased accountability and surging ELL enrollments. So what do you do when every student in your class is expected to mee
"This book is a gift to teachers who want to know how best to incorporate diverse literature into their classrooms. It translates rhetoric about diverse books into practical actions. Teachers will fin
"That's the problem with you, Minor" a student huffed. "You want to make everything about reading or math. It's not always about that. At school, you guys do everything except listen to me. Y'all want
"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 understanding of num
Nieto (language, literacy, and culture, U. of Massachusetts) profiles 22 teachers who have succeeded at teaching diverse students in various contexts. She interviewed teachers of various experience an
"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
Freeman and Freeman (both: education, U. of Texas at Brownsville) use current research and data to provide a methodology to teach older English language learners academic language for content-area tex
A guide to expanding read-aloud instruction offers advice for planning thematic, content-driven units that use reading aloud to enhance understanding and increase engagement.
Save 15% when you buy 15 copies with the Common Core Reading Book, 6-8 book study bundle. "Working effectively with the standards requires the critical understanding that the teacher-not the standard
"To reach their potential, children need an engaging environment and a reason to learn. This book is aimed at helping teachers implement quality Common Core instruction around this principle." -Gretch
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" ""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
The Personal Creed Project is a classroom-based rite of passage that English teacher John Creger has developed over the past ten years with his sophomore classes. Recognized by NCTE as an invaluable r
Lehman, an author, staff developer for elementary and middle schools, and former teacher and literacy coach, shows teachers how to teach research across all content areas to students in grades four th
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
"If you're a teacher trying to incorporate RTI into your day-to-day classroom practices, but you don't quite know how to manage it, then this book will be a cherished, well-guarded resource you'll wan
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
Ink & Ideas is a lifetime in the making. Tanny McGregor has been thinking with a pen in her hand, putting words and pictures together for as long as she's been reading. Sketchnoting, also known as vis
"Just as rigor does not reside in the barbell but in the act of lifting it, rigor in reading is not an attribute of a text but rather of a reader's behavior-engaged, observant, responsive, questioning
""For many students, traditional instruction is so distant from their needs that each day they make little or no learning progress and fall farther and farther behind curriculum demands. In contrast,
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
