This books aims to take the mystery out of effective blended teaching and provide a guide to support elementary teachers in designing and facilitating blended learning. By crafting a blueprint, readers will design their own personalized implementation plans for blended learning.
50+ Paired Lessons That Turn Writing Craft Work Into Powerful Genre Reading
We know that writing skills reinforce reading skills, but what's the best way to capitalize on this relationship? By flipping the traditional "reading lesson first, writing lesson second" sequence, Colleen Cruz helps teachers make the most of the writing-to-reading connection with 30 carefully matched lesson pairs centered around non-fiction texts. Lessons can be implemented either as a complete curriculum or as a supplement to an existing program. Complete with suggestions on adapting the lessons to suit the needs of the classroom and individual students, Writers Reader Better offers a solid foundation for giving students the advantage of transferable literacy skills.
How do we engage students and ensure they understand argument writing's fundamental components? How do we take them from "Here's what I think" to "Here's what I think. Here's what makes me think that. And here's why it matters"? This book shows the way, with ready-to-implement lessons that make argument writing topical and relevant. Students are first asked to form arguments about subjects that matter to them, and then to reflect on the structure of those arguments, a process that provides learners with valuable, reusable structural models. Throughout the book, the authors provide helpful instructional tools, including Literary, nonfiction, and author-created simulated texts that inspire different points of view. Complete with guidance on applying the lessons' techniques in a broader, unit-wide context, Developing Writers of Argument offers a practical approach for instructing students in this crucial aspect of their lifelong development.
Making Thinking Visible, Meaningful, Shareable, and Amplified
Documenting Learning is a process that facilitates student-driven learning, helping students reflect on and articulate their own learning processes. It also helps teachers reflect on their own personal professional learning and their practice in the classroom.
Three Fundamental Strategies That Drive Educational Leadership
The book focuses on 3 key success principles - Leading With Equity, Implementing Change Successfully, and Leading Through Communication. After reading this book the reader will feel confident and capable of realizing the loftiest career goals as a leader in education, and even more, that empowerment will be supported with the tools to bring career dreams to pass.
This book was created to be your "how to" guide. What clearly sets it apart is the inclusion of comprehensive explanations of standards, descriptions of discrete core skills, and outlining of strategies to ensure that leaders - regardless of experience - are able to directly apply improved observation and feedback practices. We provide you with explicit think-alouds, strategies, and authentic lesson examples from the field through each step of the process so that this book serves as a comprehensive learning tool for leaders in all roles and experience levels. Because the content of the book is developed through our experience facilitating embedded professional learning, all of the examples are from learning sessions, authentic feedback, and live observations.
75 Balanced Literacy Activities Students Do (Not You!)
Students must "do the doing" if they are to succeed. This groundbreaking book offers a literacy instruction plan designed to yield independent effort and engagement. The tasks in this book ensure gradual release, helping students forge their own path in becoming better readers and writers.
Since 1998, this book has been the go-to resource for scholars seeking guidance at every phase of the process. This revised and updated fourth edition is the most comprehensive guide yet to researching, writing, and publishing a successful thesis or dissertation
Through a variety of activities and features this books shows readers how to deliver interventions that identify target behaviors, model behaviors, and provide opportunities to practice. It also supports students in navigating social situations, forming relationships with peers and adults, and following rules and routines.
