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Resources that provide real solutions for teachers in today's classrooms.
Our research- and standards-based professional development and classroom resources equip teachers with the tools and strategies that they need to be successful in the classroom. Designed to save valuable time, they include best classroom practices, evidence-based strategies that support rigorous educational standards, and the latest research by experts in their respective fields. Created for grades K-12 and across all content areas, our selection of resources offers solutions for every teacher and every classroom.
Grade: PK-1
$21.99Teaching the Alphabet
Grade: PK-1
- Interest Level: PK-3
- Item Number: 50626
- ISBN: 9781425806262
Price: $21.99
Use these effective and practical approaches for teaching alphabet recognition to young children. The instructional activities follow a consistent pattern using materials that are readily available in early childhood classrooms.
Managing an Early Childhood Classroom
Grade: PK-2
$24.99Managing an Early Childhood Classroom
Grade: PK-2
- Interest Level: PK-4
- Item Number: 50635
- ISBN: 9781425806354
Price: $24.99
Create and manage an effective and developmentally-appropriate early childhood classroom! Filled with management suggestions and recommendations for young children's development, this guide provides ready-to-use lessons and templates to enhance learning.
Understanding Learning Styles: Making A…
Grade: PK-12
$29.99Understanding Learning Styles: Making A Difference for Diverse Learners
Grade: PK-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50046
- ISBN: 9781425800468
Price: $29.99
This resource helps teachers determine the learning style of each student and the appropriate delivery methods to target and address the needs of as many of the intelligences as possible.
You Can't Just Say It Louder! Differentiated…
Grade: PK-12
$29.99You Can't Just Say It Louder! Differentiated Strat. for Comprehending Nonfiction
Grade: PK-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50519
- ISBN: 9781425805197
Price: $29.99
This dynamic book provides the foundation you need to confidently and successfully teach comprehension to a diverse population of students.
Grade: K-8
$45.99Teaching with Text Sets
Grade: K-8
- Interest Level: PK-10
- Item Number: 50688
- ISBN: 9781425806880
Price: $45.99
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…
Grade: K-8
$45.99Just the Facts: Close Reading and Comprehension of Informational Text
Grade: K-8
- Interest Level: PK-10
- Item Number: 51316
- ISBN: 9781425813161
Price: $45.99
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.
Grade: K-8
$45.99Effective Math Instruction
Grade: K-8
- Interest Level: PK-10
- Item Number: 51508
- ISBN: 9781425815080
Price: $45.99
Adequately address the shifts in mathematics instruction to meet the demands of the Common Core and other new state standards with this comprehensive guide. Teachers will be empowered to build lessons, templates, and exemplars for practical application.
Strategies for Effective Balanced Literacy
Grade: K-8
$45.99Strategies for Effective Balanced Literacy
Grade: K-8
- Interest Level: PK-10
- Item Number: 51519
- ISBN: 9781425815196
Price: $45.99
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.
Vocabulary Instruction for Academic Success
Grade: K-12
$29.99Vocabulary Instruction for Academic Success
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50266
- ISBN: 9781425802660
Price: $29.99
Based on current research, this user-friendly resource provides vocabulary development strategies that are grouped together according to purpose.
Professional Learning Communities: Using…
Grade: K-12
$29.99Professional Learning Communities: Using Data in Decision Making
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50518
- ISBN: 9781425805180
Price: $29.99
This practical resource demonstrates how to use data in decision making to improve student learning by promoting a school-wide learning community.
The 5Es of Inquiry-Based Science
Grade: K-12
$29.99The 5Es of Inquiry-Based Science
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50689
- ISBN: 9781425806897
Price: $29.99
Create an active learning environment in grades K-12 using the 5E inquiry-based science model! Featuring a practical guide to implementing the 5E model of instruction, this resource clearly explains each "E" in the 5E model of inquiry-based science.
Common Sense Assessment in the Classroom
Grade: K-12
$29.99Common Sense Assessment in the Classroom
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50690
- ISBN: 9781425806903
Price: $29.99
Take the mystery out of assessment and understand how to successfully implement it into instruction with this comprehensive guide!
Bringing Joy Back into the Classroom
Grade: K-12
$24.99Bringing Joy Back into the Classroom
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50756
- ISBN: 9781425807566
Price: $24.99
Aimed at motivating teachers to create a welcoming and challenging environment for their students, this professional book is told through a series of anecdotes and stories and remind teachers of the intrinsic rewards of teaching.
What's Your Math Problem!?! Getting to the…
Grade: K-12
$24.99What's Your Math Problem!?! Getting to the Heart of Teaching Problem Solving
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50788
- ISBN: 9781425807887
Price: $24.99
Dig into problem solving and reflect on current teaching practices with this exceptional resource. Meaningful instructional tools and methods are provided to help teachers understand each problem solving strategy and how to use it with their students.
Science for English Language Learners
Grade: K-12
$29.99Science for English Language Learners
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50859
- ISBN: 9781425808594
Price: $29.99
Effectively build students' language skills while developing their scientific understanding. Using the inquiry-based 5E model of instruction, this product offers valuable strategies for developing students' scientific content knowledge.
Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: Engaging…
Grade: K-12
$29.99Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: Engaging Content-Area Literacy Strategies
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 50999
- ISBN: 9781425809997
Price: $29.99
Lead students toward mastering content-specific knowledge and literacy skills with engaging activities such as creating raps, scripts, and discussions. This product uses innovative approaches to teach content-area material by integrating the arts.
Active Learning Across the Content Areas
Grade: K-12
$31.99Active Learning Across the Content Areas
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51050
- ISBN: 9781425810504
Price: $31.99
Transform your classroom into an active learning environment with innovative strategies that motivate students to put learning into their own hands. Research-based strategies work to engage students with hands-on activities and improve critical thinking.
Grade: K-12
$39.99The Synergy of Inquiry
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51212
- ISBN: 9781425812126
Price: $39.99
Discover and implement effective ways for students to develop conceptual understandings, complex thinking skills, and habits of mind using an inquiry-based approach. Teachers learn how to embed the inquiry process into instruction across content areas.
Using Technology to Improve Reading and…
Grade: K-12
$24.99Using Technology to Improve Reading and Learning
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51314
- ISBN: 9781425813147
Price: $24.99
New classroom uses for technology are introduced in this easy-to-use resource that help educators enhance students' attention, engagement, creativity, and collaboration in reading and learning.
Orchestrating School Change: Transforming…
Grade: K-12
$29.99Orchestrating School Change: Transforming Your Leadership
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51315
- ISBN: 9781425813154
Price: $29.99
This resource provides concrete examples and strong research models as well as practical applications that school leaders and administrators at any level can use to support implementation of any strategic initiative.
TDQs: Strategies for Building Text-Dependent…
Grade: K-12
$45.99TDQs: Strategies for Building Text-Dependent Questions
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51449
- ISBN: 9781425814496
Price: $45.99
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.
Grade: K-12
$39.99Teaching to Complexity
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51460
- ISBN: 9781425814601
Price: $39.99
As an important tool for instruction and text selection, this timely resource helps teachers learn to evaluate children's and young adult literature and informational text for quality and complexity to support rigorous literacy and content learning.
Grade: K-12
$31.99The Reading Makeover
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51476
- ISBN: 9781425814762
Price: $31.99
Make over your reading routine with fun activities that will engage even the most reluctant readers. This action plan offers techniques to ignite a passion for readers of all levels.
Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources
Grade: K-12
$45.99Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51478
- ISBN: 9781425814786
Price: $45.99
Winner of the 2017 Golden Lamp Award for Classroom Professional Resources, this practical, standards-based resource dives deeply into the use of primary sources to support the development of students' close reading and writing skills.
Writing Is Magic, Or Is It? Using Mentor Texts to…
Grade: K-12
$39.99Writing Is Magic, Or Is It? Using Mentor Texts to Develop the Writer's Craft
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51482
- ISBN: 9781425814823
Price: $39.99
Help students become strong writers and support their understanding of mentor texts with this practical, standards-based resource that dives deep into multiple genres such as poetry, narration, informational texts, literary nonfiction, and persuasion.
Connect to Text: Strategies for Close Reading…
Grade: K-12
$45.99Connect to Text: Strategies for Close Reading and Writing
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51505
- ISBN: 9781425815059
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.
Strategies for Implementing Writer's…
Grade: K-12
$45.99Strategies for Implementing Writer's Workshop
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51517
- ISBN: 9781425815172
Price: $45.99
This comprehensive guide provides teachers with techniques to engage students as they strengthen their writing skills. Whether working with small groups or the entire classroom, this workbook gives lesson plans geared to students of various ages.
Strategies for Writing from Sources
Grade: K-12
$45.99Strategies for Writing from Sources
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 51546
- ISBN: 9781425815462
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.
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
Grade: K-12
$34.99Using Primary Sources in the Classroom
Grade: K-12
- Interest Level: PK-12
- Item Number: 8238
- ISBN: 9781425803674
Price: $34.99
Developed by social studies specialists, this resource helps teachers turn classrooms into primary source learning environments. This book offers effective, creative strategies for integrating primary source materials and providing cross-curricular ideas.
Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies
Grade: 1-8
$29.99Assessing Comprehension Thinking Strategies
Grade: 1-8
- Interest Level: K-10
- Item Number: 10404
- ISBN: 9781425804367
Price: $29.99
This book offers a unique way of assessing how students use thinking strategies to comprehend text and features four reading passages for each grade level (1-8) that offer high-interest fiction and nonfiction text.
Building Academic Language through…
Grade: 1-8
$31.99Building Academic Language through Content-Area Text: Strategies to Support ELLs
Grade: 1-8
- Interest Level: K-10
- Item Number: 50631
- ISBN: 9781425806316
Price: $31.99
Set the stage for effective academic language instruction with strategies that are designed specifically for English language learners and support content-area literacy using informational text.
The Reading Intervention Toolkit
Grade: 4-8
$45.99The Reading Intervention Toolkit
Grade: 4-8
- Interest Level: 3-10
- Item Number: 51513
- ISBN: 9781425815134
Price: $45.99
This practical resource contains classroom-tested interventions for struggling readers provided in 5-, 10 to 15-, and 30 to 40-minute settings.
