Strategies for Integrating Social Connections Into Core Content
"Essential Connection Skills is a practical, specific, inspirational, and must-have resource for any teacher, coach, school leader, or parent who aims for a more empowered and successful student." Julie O'Connell Alholm, Instructional Coach and EL Teacher, MN "Essential Connection Skills is a must-read for any teacher-whether you're already ......
Now in a revised and updated second edition for today's changing K-12 landscape, this book gives instructional coaches an innovative framework for building strong relationships and enacting positive change in schools. Emphasizing a systems approach, Rita M. Bean and Jacy Ippolito explain the multiple roles of the coach as change agent, ......
A Research-Based Guide to Scaffolding Learning in Grades 6-12
Filling a crucial need, this book provides concrete ways to support all students in grades 6-12 as they engage with rigorous grade-level texts in English language arts, science, and social studies. The authors offer fresh insights into adolescent reading and what makes a given text "tough"--including knowledge demands, text structure and ......
Well established as a teaching resource and course text, this guide to the “whats,” “how-tos,” and “whys” of reading assessment is now in a thoroughly revised fourth edition. Peter Afflerbach succinctly introduces major types of assessments, including formative and summative performance assessments, teacher questioning, and high-stakes testing. He ......
How AI is revolutionizing the future of learning and how educators can adapt to this new era of human thinking.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we learn, work, and think. Its integration into classrooms and workplaces is already underway, impacting and challenging ideas about creativity, ......
Selecting and Using Children's Literature for Inquiry and Engagement
From the authors of the popular blog and resource for teachers, The Classroom Bookshelf, this book offers a framework and teaching ideas for using recently released children's and young adult literature to build a culture of inquiry and engagement from a text-first approach. Reading With Purpose is designed to help K-8 teachers tap into their ......
Accelerating the Progress of Underperforming Students
Packed with practical tools, this book provides K-6 educators with a research-based framework for accelerating the reading and writing growth of underperforming students. Strategies and resources are included for building foundational skills, comprehension, and vocabulary; engaging students with independent reading and periodicals; developing ......
Love To Teach: Research and Resources for every classroom is an exciting book that combines the latest educational research with examples of what this can look like in the classroom.
Provides a comprehensive guide to designing and delivering high-quality, evidence-based mathematics instruction in middle school. With in-depth coverage of best practices for instruction and assessment within a multi-tiered systems of support framework, this book empowers teachers to build numeracy in students and meet all students' needs.