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Quick view Starting Strong: Evidence-Based Early Literacy Practices by Katrin L Blamey Starting Strong shows teachers how to use four proven instructional approaches—standards based, evidenced based, assessment based, and student based—to improve their teaching practice in all areas of early literacy View Details
Quick view Spelling K-8: Planning and Teaching by Diane Snowball Spelling K-8 meets the needs of schools and districts that want to put systematic teaching in place without compromising the principles of constructivist learning. Recognizing the professional expertise of classroom teachers, the authors consistently... View Details
Quick view Spaces & Places: Designing Classrooms for Literacy by Debbie Diller In Spaces & Places you'll find a wealth of full-color photos from all sorts of classroom spaces in PreK-5th grade, including well-organized areas for whole group and small group reading instruction, classroom libraries, literacy work stations, teacher... View Details
Quick view Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and High School by Mayy Copeland The benefits and importance of Socratic seminars are widely recognized, but little has been written on how to make them happen successfully in the classroom. By offering real-world examples and straightforward answers to frequent questions, Matt... View Details
Quick view So What Do They Really Know?: Assessment That Informs Teaching and Learning by Cris Tovani In So What Do They Really Know? Cris Tovani explores the complex issue of monitoring, assessing, and grading students' thinking and performance with fairness and fidelity. Like all teachers, Cris struggles to balance her student-centered instruction... View Details
Quick view Smart Tests: Teacher-Made Tests That Help Students Learn by Catherine Walker High-stakes accountability and the growing move towards standardized testing are placing teacher knowledge and assessment skills under ever-increasing scrutiny. Teachers know what is going on in their classrooms and have first-hand reliable evidence of... View Details
Quick view Sharing the Blue Crayon: How to Integrate Social, Emotional, and Literacy Learning by Mary Anne Buckley Social and emotional learning is at the heart of good teaching, but as standards and testing requirements consume classroom time and divert teachers focus, these critical skills often get sidelined. In Sharing the Blue Crayon, Mary Anne Buckley shows... View Details
Quick view Shaping Literate Minds: Developing Self-Regulated Learners by Linda J Dorn This is a book about problem solving--an internal tool that shapes the cognitive development of young readers and writers. At the same time, it is a book about the role of the teacher and the curriculum in structuring problem-solving opportunities. It... View Details
Quick view Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning: Using the Outdoors as an Instructional Tool, K-8 by Herbert W Broda Schoolyard-Enhanced Learning shows how the school grounds regardless of whether your school is in an urban, suburban, or rural setting can become an enriching extension of the classroom. In this comprehensive handbook, Herb Broda blends theory and... View Details
Quick view Revision Decisions: Talking Through Sentences and Beyond by Jeff Anderson Revision is often a confusing and difficult process for students, but it s also the most important part of the writing process. If students leave our classrooms not knowing how to move a piece of writing forward, we ve failed them. Revision Decisions... View Details
Quick view Revising and Editing: Using Models and Checklists to Promote Successful Writing Experiences by Les Parsons Drawing on a wealth of models, checklists, and guidelines, Revising & Editing shows classroom teachers how to address the teaching of specific revising and editing skills to improve both fiction and nonfiction writing. View Details
Quick view Responsive Literacy Coaching: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Purposeful Change by Cheryl Dozier In Responsive Literacy Coaching, Cheryl Dozier draws on twenty-four years of experience as an elementary classroom teacher and teacher educator to present both a theoretical framework and practical tools to enact responsive literacy coaching. Through... View Details
