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Quick view Academic Literacy (DVD): Preparing All Students for Success in College and Beyond by Robin Turner In Academic Literacy viewers get a glimpse into Robin's classroom, where many students are the first in their families to attend high school, let alone college. Robin employs careful, systematic, and rigorous methods to help students acquire the... View Details
Quick view Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings by Jeff Zwiers Where would we be without conversation? Throughout history, conversations have allowed us to see different perspectives, build ideas, and solve problems. Conversations, particularly those referred to in this book as academic conversations, push students... View Details
Quick view 100 Minutes: Making Every Minute Count in the Literacy Block by Lisa Donohue It is possible to create a literacy block where teachers meet with students for guided reading and writing conferences, and provide daily explicit instruction in both reading and writing. A comprehensive look at literacy and learning, 100... View Details
Quick view 12 Sides to Your Story: Simple Steps for Turning Ordinary Writing Into Something Extraordinary by Graham Foster A useful reference, 12 Sides to Your Story uses student writing exemplars to illustrate desirable features as it challenges students to note use of these strategies in published stories. This book features twelve classroom-tested strategies that add... View Details
Quick view Growing Readers: Units of Study in the Primary Classroom by Kathy Collins In Growing Readers, Kathy Collins helps teachers plan for independent reading workshops in their own classrooms. She describes the structure of the independent reading workshop and other components of a balanced literacy program that work together to... View Details
Quick view Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do about It by Kelly Gallagher Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools. Reading is dying in our schools. Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline... View Details
Quick view Test Talk: Integrating Test Preparation Into Reading Workshop by Glennon Doyle Melton This compelling book shows that teachers don't have to choose between best practice teaching and test preparation; effective test-taking strategies can be integrated into authentic reading instruction. The authors demonstrate how to improve performance... View Details
Quick view In the Best Interest of the Students: Staying True to What Works in the ELA Classroom by Kelly Gallagher In his new book, In the Best Interest of Students, Kelly Gallagher notes that there are real strengths in the Common Core standards, and there are significant weaknesses as well. He takes the long view, reminding us that standards come and go but what... View Details
Quick view Craft Moves: Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts by Stacey Shubitz In Craft Moves, Stacey Shubitz, cofounder of the Two Writing Teachers website, does the heavy lifting for you: using twenty recently published picture books, she creates more than 180 lessons to teach various craft moves that will help your students... View Details
Quick view Whos Doing the Work?: How to Say Less So Readers Can Do More by Jan Burkins In their follow-up to Reading Wellness, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris explore how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob students of important learning opportunities and independence. Who s Doing the Work? suggests ways to make small but... View Details
Quick view Becoming a Literacy Leader, 2nd Edition: Supporting Learning and Change by Jennifer Allen The new edition of her book is a thoughtful, reflective evolution of her work as she rethinks how her identity and role as a literacy leader have evolved in the ten years since she wrote the first edition. She focuses on three ideas to describe her... View Details
Quick view Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary, Grades 4-12 [with CDROM] by Janet Allen We've learned a lot in recent years about the important role vocabulary plays in making meaning, yet many teachers still struggle with vocabulary instruction that goes beyond weekly word lists. Effective vocabulary instruction is particularly... View Details
