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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. It contains current research and sample text-dependent questions and prompts to aide teachers in creating high-quality questions for any piece of literary or informational text. Sample reading passages and student resources provide an excellent guide for teachers in creating their own questions or for students as they practice using evidence from the text to support and verify their responses and build deeper comprehension as called for in today's standards.
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. It contains current research and sample text-dependent questions and prompts to aide teachers in creating high-quality questions for any piece of literary or informational text. Sample reading passages and student resources provide an excellent guide for teachers in creating their own questions or for students as they practice using evidence from the text to support and verify their responses and build deeper comprehension as called for in today's standards.
Grade: K-12
Price: $45.99
Implement Clothesline Math and teach number sense in K-12 classrooms! This essential resource includes the materials that teachers need to conduct Clothesline Math lessons, and techniques for effectively facilitating the ensuing mathematical discourse.
Grade: K-12
Price: $31.99
This powerful resource defines and supports the implementation of Integrated English Language Development (I-ELD) and provides research-based instructional strategies to immerse students in content while promoting oral and written language development.
Grade: K-12
Price: $29.99
This resource defines social and emotional learning and digs into the real work of incorporating SEL in K-12 schools. It makes the connection between research and practical application through real-life examples and testimonials of SEL in the classroom.
Grade: K-12
Price: $29.99
Newbery Medal-winning author Kwame Alexander shows how to shake up the traditional writing workshop to make writing fun again. Using his techniques and strategies, you'll invigorate the writing workshop and motivate even the most reluctant writers.
Grade: K-1
Price: $59.99
Grade: 2-3
Price: $59.99
Grade: 1-12
Price: $39.99
Created to support current standards, this book provides an in-depth research base about literacy instruction, and includes key strategies to help students read and comprehend fiction.
Grade: 1-12
Price: $39.99
Created to support current standards, this book provides an in-depth research base about literacy instruction, and includes key strategies to help students write about and comprehend fiction.
Grade: K-12
Price: $45.99
Dive into the use of close reading in classroom instruction with this practical, standards-based resource featuring easy-to-use lessons that focus on informational/explanatory, argumentative, or narrative text samples to improve students' reading skills.
Grade: K-12
Price: $45.99
This how-to guide provides teachers with all of the information they need to help their students write from sources. This book is divided into sections based on five different types of sources that students are expected to use in their writing.
Grade: K
Price: $22.99
Help kindergarten students improve critical-thinking and reasoning skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. Focusing on one skill each week, students will learn the problem-solving process: think, plan, solve, and explain.
Grade: K
Price: $22.99
Help Kindergarten students recognize sight words instantly with fun and effective daily practice activities. Focusing on 3 words each week, students quickly start to recognize sight words and read independently.
Grade: K
Price: $22.99
Help kindergarteners improve their writing skills with fun and effective daily Spanish practice activities. Guides students through the five steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing with fun daily activities.
Grade: 1
Price: $22.99
Help first graders improve their writing skills with fun and effective daily Spanish practice activities. Guides students through the five steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing with fun daily activities.
Grade: K-12
Price: $9.99
This 4-page guide will help teachers as they establish the rules and routines of their virtual classrooms. With exciting strategies on how to set up at-home classrooms, teachers can start the school year virtually with confidence.
Grade: K-12
Price: $9.99
This 4-page guide helps teachers implement traditional engagement strategies in a virtual setting. With these great tips on keeping students engaged, educators can tackle virtual teaching with confidence.
Grade: K-12
Price: $9.99
This 4-page guide has various tips for building a classroom community and getting to know your students. These exciting strategies promote social-emotional well-being in a fun, exciting way.
Grade: K-12
Price: $29.97
Tackle virtual teaching head on! This bundle includes 3 guides designed to help teachers set up virtual classrooms, keep students engaged, and build welcoming classroom communities.
Grade: K-12
Price: $21.99
Virtual teaching here you come! Tackle the school year with the helpful material in this resource book. With a broad range of topics, grade-level variations, and accompanying student work pages, teachers can run their virtual classrooms with confidence.
Grade: K-12
Price: $21.99
Virtual teaching here you come! Tackle the school year with the helpful material in this resource book. With a broad range of topics, grade-level variations, and accompanying student work pages, teachers can run their virtual classrooms with confidence.
Grade: 2
Price: $22.99
Help Spanish-speaking second graders improve their writing skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. Excites students while guiding them through the five steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
Grade: K-12
Price: $12.99
This 6-page AYF guide helps teachers validate students' unique home environments while delivering tools for success in mainstream culture. Learn the VABB technique to connect with diverse students in a way that boosts confidence and keeps them engaged!
Grade: K-12
Price: $12.99
What does SEL look like in the classroom? How should it be taught? Answer these and more questions with this 6-page AYF guide! Promote student mindfulness, foster emotional health, and teach essential life skills with these ready-to-implement activities.
Grade: K-12
Price: $12.99
Help English learners thrive in your classroom! This 6-page guide offers research-based instructional strategies to promote oral and written language development. Includes ready-to-implement strategies that will empower ELL students.
Grade: K-12
Price: $12.99
Help your students thrive using Guided Math! This 6-page guide offers instructional strategies that revolve around seven key instructional components. Promote an environment of numeracy with these easy-to-implement activities.
Grade: 3
Price: $22.99
Help Spanish-speaking third graders improve their writing skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. Engage students while guiding them through the five steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
Grade: 4
Price: $22.99
Help Spanish-speaking fourth graders improve their writing skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. Engage students while guiding them through the five steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
Grade: 5
Price: $22.99
Help Spanish-speaking fifth graders improve their writing skills with fun and effective daily practice activities. Engage students while guiding them through the five steps of the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.