35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction
Laura Robb shares 35 lessons and 45 reproducibles that make it easier for teachers to train their students to read, talk, and write about texts independently. She includes model lessons for introducing the fundamentals of productive whole class, small group, partner, turn and talk, teacher/student conversation. Other lessons use the 6 short texts in the book to address literary elements, text features and structures, reading strategies, and vocabulary - all through discussion, brief writing about reading, and an emphasis on analytical thinking.
24 Activities for Productive Talk and Deeper Learning
Teaching your students to think like scientists starts here! If you've ever struggled to help students make scientific arguments from evidence, this practical, easy-to-use activity book is for you! Give your students the critical scientific practice today's science standards require. You'll discover strategies and activities to effectively engage students in arguments about competing data sets, opposing scientific ideas, applying evidence to support specific claims, and more. 24 ready-to-implement activities drawn from the physical sciences, life sciences, and earth and space sciences help teachers to: Align lessons to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Engage students in the 8 NGSS science and engineering practices Establish rich, productive classroom discourse Facilitate reading and writing strategies that align to the Common Core State Standards Extend and employ argumentation and modeling strategies Clarify the difference between argumentation and explanation Includes assessment guidance and extension activities. Learn to teach the rational side of science the fun way with this simple and straightforward guide!
Now in its forth edition, this best seller has helped successive cohorts of principals create the best possible curriculum. The authors examine four levels of curriculum - state, district, school, and classroom - to explain how effective principals influence curriculum at every stage. The authors re-examine the key issues that continue to influence principals in the "real world", and include examples of ways principals can incorporate curriculum leadership into their organizational behaviour. This book will guide principals in working with teachers to generate meaningful curricula which will raise the level of learning - and teaching - in your school.
Divided into sections that represent the key features of effective services for gifted and talented students, this is a comprehensive and authoritative source of practical information for schools and districts charged with the daunting task of developing and/or enhancing G/T programs and services.
Creating Innovative Schools for Digital-Age Students
Merging best practice with innovation, renegade leadership demands a call to action in the digital age by creating student-centered instructional leadership that connects equity, culture, and technology. Using research and real-life renegades, this book challenges you to lead in the digital age by applying transformational tenets of connected pedagogy.
This book discusses ways to educate students, faculty, staff, school leadership, and parents about digital citizenship and make it part of a school culture. This book meets school leaders "where they are" - whatever their comfort and skill level with technical tools - and helps them move their schools forward by educating themselves and their school community about the issues surrounding digital citizenship.
This book teaches how to build a globalised learning environment that leverages experts and school partnerships to foster students' entrepreneurial competencies with this resource-packed follow up to Zhao's World Class Learners.
How should learning spaces change to allow for learning styles, global skills, and technology? Discover design principles for both "thinking" and "learning" spaces in the 21st Century.
