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Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools: Transforming Practices So All Students Feel Accepted & Supported

Written by leaders in the field of neurodiversity-affirming education, Neurodiversity-Affirming Schools empowers educators to help neurodivergent students thrive. It offers an accessible introduction to the history, context, science, and culture around neurodiversity and neurodivergence. Additionally, it contains concrete strategies for building school and classroom environments that support neurodivergent students.Chapters include tables and sidebars to help readers retain and reference important information. This book also provides real-world flavor in the form of vignettes of neurodivergent students and how educators support them. These features allow readers to contextualize what they've learned and feel confident as they implement change.

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.

180 Days™: Phonics for First Grade

The 180 Days of Phonics offers a purposeful practice designed to help first grade students master the basics of phonics through a variety of fun and interactive activities. This workbook is packed with exercises that focus on letter recognition, sound identification, and basic word formation, all presented in a playful, visually appealing, and age-appropriate format.

Catch-Up Math: 1st Grade

Get your child back on track in math class! This book supports first grade students who are struggling in math. The full-color book provides instructional pages, coaching videos, examples, practice, and reviews to help students master key math concepts.

I Know Silly: A book about feeling silly, shy, and embarrassed

There's Research for That: Your K-5 Literacy Instruction Questions Answered

What the Science of Reading Says: Literacy Strategies for Grades 1-2

Bring the science of reading directly into the classroom! Developed for Grades 1-2, this resource offers teachers dynamic, research-based strategies to build students' reading and writing skills.

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

The Road to Independent Reading and Writing

Transform young learners into independent readers and writers. This easy-to-use classroom resource is packed with routines, lessons, centers, charts, resources, and teaching tips. Break key literacy concepts and skills into manageable, teachable pieces.

Dive into Close Reading: Strategies for Your K-2 Classroom

Give grades K-2 students the tools they need to be successful using this must-have guide. It includes sample lessons showing the key elements of a close reading lesson as well as strategies for analyzing and selecting a text and how to support students.

Purposeful Play for Early Childhood Phonological Awareness, 2nd Edition

Build phonological awareness in a fun and meaningful way! This book provides pre-K through first grade students with over 80 research-based early childhood activities that focus on detecting, manipulating, and engaging with the sounds of language.

Being Your Child's Most Important Teacher: A Guide for Families with Young Children

Prepare young learners for school with engaging learning experiences! This book provides families with ideas and activities that support children's mental, emotional, and social growth as they get ready to enter school.

The Gift of Playful Learning: A Guide for Educators

Transform early childhood learning environments into landscapes for play! This professional development resource provides practical strategies that create playful learning opportunities to meet students' diverse needs.

Get the Picture: Visual Literacy in Content-Area Instruction

This resource equips teachers with innovative strategies to develop students' visual literacy skills, teach students to analyze visual texts, comprehend both explicit and implicit messages, and engage in meaningful discussion.

Creating Strategic Readers: Techniques for Supporting Rigorous Literacy Instruction

Meet the challenges of educating students with this balanced, whole-child approach to rigorous reading instruction. This updated, best-selling book co-published with the International Literacy Association (ILA) offers over 125 engaging techniques!

50 Strategies for Summer School Engagement

Designed to provide K-8 educators with practical, research-backed ideas to enhance the summer school experience, this book is an invaluable resource for teachers seeking innovative and engaging approaches to summer learning.

Implementing Guided Math: Tools for Educational Leaders

Support the implementation of the Guided Math framework with this guide by Laney Sammons. This resource provides school leaders with strategies for supporting teachers as they embark on teaching the components of the framework in their classrooms.

Guided Math Workshop

This must-have resource helps teachers plan, organize, implement, and manage Guided Math Workshop. It provides practical strategies to allow time for teachers to conduct small-group lessons and math conferences to target student needs.

Strategies for Effective Balanced Literacy

This easy-to-follow guide is filled with practical approaches to help teachers transition towards a balanced literacy framework. It offers simple techniques to nurture reading and writing skills through reading and writing activities.

Guided Math Conferences

Use conferencing successfully within your Guided Math classroom with this resource full of suggestions, tips, management, and implementation methods.

Connecting Content and Language for English Language Learners

Bridge the gap between content and language and put research into practice to instruct English language learners with strategies that meet their needs in language development and literacy.

Teaching with Text Sets

Increase student engagement, differentiate instruction, and integrate more informational texts into the curriculum. This product provides sample text sets and models as well as provides guidance in how to teach with text sets and put them into action.

Just the Facts: Close Reading and Comprehension of Informational Text

Effectively use informational text in the classroom! This resource provides a clear explanation of engaging strategies for instruction with informational text and includes practical tips, suggestions, lesson ideas, and digital resources.