Orchestrating School Change: Transforming Your Leadership ebook

This resource provides concrete examples and strong research models as well as practical applications that school leaders and administrators at any level can use to support implementation of any strategic initiative.

TDQs: Strategies for Building Text-Dependent Questions

Use effective questions across all grade levels to improve comprehension. This innovative resource provides teachers with the tools needed to effectively instruct using text-dependent questions.

The Outsiders: An Instructional Guide for Literature

Use this instructional guide for literature to encourage students to make connections in history concerning social classes and divisions in societies while analyzing rich, complex literature and becoming familiar with this well-known novel.

To Kill a Mockingbird: An Instructional Guide for Literature

Introduce students to this classic novel by completing fun, challenging activities and lessons and encourage them to explore social issues within the story, as well as make connections to current and historical events.

Active Learning Across the Content Areas ebook

Transform your classroom into an active learning environment with innovative strategies that motivate students to put learning into their own hands. Research-based strategies work to engage students with hands-on activities and improve critical thinking.

The 5Es of Inquiry-Based Science

Create an active learning environment in grades K-12 using the 5E inquiry-based science model! Featuring a practical guide to implementing the 5E model of instruction, this resource clearly explains each E" in the 5E model of inquiry-based science."

Science for English Language Learners

Effectively build students' language skills while developing their scientific understanding. Using the inquiry-based 5E model of instruction, this product offers valuable strategies for developing students' scientific content knowledge.

Bringing Joy Back into the Classroom ebook

Aimed at motivating teachers to create a welcoming and challenging environment for their students, this professional book is told through a series of anecdotes and stories and remind teachers of the intrinsic rewards of teaching.

What's Your Math Problem!?! Getting to the Heart of Teaching Problem Solving

Dig into problem solving and reflect on current teaching practices with this exceptional resource. Meaningful instructional tools and methods are provided to help teachers understand each problem solving strategy and how to use it with their students.

Backwards Planning: Building Enduring Understanding through Instructional Design ebook

With practical advice and models, this resource helps you increase student achievement through a systematic approach to lesson design. Learn how to identify enduring understandings, set goals, establish benchmarks, and monitor progress.

Understanding Learning Styles: Making a Difference for Diverse Learners ebook

This resource helps teachers determine the learning style of each student and the appropriate delivery methods to target and address the needs of as many of the intelligences as possible.

You Can't Just Say It Louder! Differentiated Strat. for Comprehending Nonfiction

This dynamic book provides the foundation you need to confidently and successfully teach comprehension to a diverse population of students.

Applying Differentiation Strategies: Secondary ebook

Give all learners in secondary grades the opportunity to succeed in the classroom! This resource will teach you how to differentiate your lessons through content, process, and product in order to effectively accommodate all learning levels and styles of l

Strategies for Building Fluency ebook

This easy-to-use guide features practical, research-based strategies and supported leveled readings. The strategies are organized by grouping situations including whole group, small group, partner, independent, and performance.

Document-Based Assessment Activities ebook

Take students beyond textbook history to explore various people and events from ancient Egypt through the 20th Century using primary sources.

A Baker's Dozen of Lessons Learned from the Teaching Trenches ebook

Maximize your effectiveness in the classroom with this practical tried-and true" resource. This enjoyable book provides valuable insights and strategies to use in the classroom tomorrow!"

Vocabulary Instruction for Academic Success ebook

Based on current research, this user-friendly resource provides vocabulary development strategies that are grouped together according to purpose.

Comprehension That Works: Taking Students Beyond Ordinary Understanding to Deep Comprehension ebook

Energize your reading instruction through innovative, engaging reading strategies that will empower you to improve your student's comprehension. These classroom-tested strategies integrate current research with real-life observation of students in action.

Greek and Latin Roots: Keys to Building Vocabulary ebook

Enhance instruction with an in-depth understanding of how to incorporate word roots into vocabulary lessons in all content areas.

The New Teacher's Guide to Success ebook

Be well prepared to achieve success in your first years of teaching! Presented in an easy-to-use format, you'll find answers to questions about classroom management, homework, communicating with parents, and more.

The Empathetic Classroom: How a Mental Health Mindset Supports Your Students-and You

The Empathetic Classroom goes beyond typical books on teacher well-being, focusing on holistic mindsets and strategies that support mental health in K-12 teachers and their students alike. Written by a teacher-turned-therapist, this approachable book uniquely offers a mental health perspective on classroom teaching. Maria Munro-Schuster shares tools for focusing on mental health in everyday practiceTeachers will benefit from sound advice on maintaining boundaries, confronting intrusive thoughts, responding to trauma, incorporating play into classrooms, and many other methods of remaining connected to themselves and their students. The conversational tone and relatable stories make this an easy, entertaining read.

Raising Awe-Seekers: How the Science of Wonder Helps Our Kids Thrive

What if helping children boost their mental and emotional well-being, strengthen their social ties, and support their curiosity and internal motivation were as simple as rediscovering awe? Through research, interviews, and personal stories, Deborah Farmer Kris explores how awe and wonder can and should be a part of every childhood, and how becoming awe-seekers can change readers lives and their parenting in profound and concrete ways. In this book structured around seven of the most common sources of awe identified by Dacher Keltner and other awe researchers, Farmer Kris breaks down the science of awe, connecting the research to what we know about how kids learn and grow and anchoring it with four of her personal parenting tenets that dovetail with awe-seeking.

Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning, Second Edition

Short Texts, Big Impact: 35 Strategies for Strengthening Reading and Writing Skills

Unlock the potential of short texts in your classroom with this comprehensive guide for K-12 teachers. This book delves into the power of short texts to significantly enhance student reading and writing outcomes. You'll explore core reading strategies such as annotation, quick writing, and analyzing the writer's craft, and core writing strategies, including micro writing, mentor texts, and sticky note revision. Additionally, discover creative approaches such as the three-word summary, song rewriting, and storyboarding for prewriting. The book offers classroom tested step-by-step guidance for all of the strategies and is packed with models of the strategies in use, sample texts, examples of anchor charts, and more. Whether you want to improve students' engagement, refine their writing process, or assess their progress, this resource has practical strategies to elevate your teaching and boost student success in reading and writing.