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There's Research for That

Your K-5 Literacy Instruction Questions Answered

by Heidi Anne Mesmer, Katie Hilden-Clouse ...

A clear and actionable guide to making sense of and implementing the Science of ReadingThere's Research for That answers common questions about teaching literacy, such as how many letters to teach per week and the benefits of teaching handwriting in a digital world. The Science of Reading directly affects how K–5 teachers do their jobs. It’s hard to keep up with all of the findings, and teachers ... Read more

$28.99 USD

A clear and actionable guide to making sense of and implementing the Science of ReadingThere's Research for That answers common questions about teaching literacy, such as how many letters to teach per week and the benefits of teaching handwriting in a digital world. The Science of Reading directly affects how K–5 teachers do their jobs. It’s hard to keep up with all of the findings, and teachers
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A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies

A Holistic View

by Thomas A. Lucey ...

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E. ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E.
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Multicultural Partnerships

Involve All Families

by Darcy J. Hutchins, Marsha D. Greenfeld, Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Claudia Galindo ...

This is a must-have, research-based guide for all schools serving culturally diverse elementary and middle grade students and their communities. It's filled with fun, practical, highly effective strategies for raising awareness and engaging all families in their children's education — a sure path toward increased student success! Get detailed examples and step-by-step guidelines for implementing ... Read more

$33.99 USD

This is a must-have, research-based guide for all schools serving culturally diverse elementary and middle grade students and their communities. It's filled with fun, practical, highly effective strategies for raising awareness and engaging all families in their children's education — a sure path toward increased student success! Get detailed examples and step-by-step guidelines for implementing
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Inspiring Curiosity

The Librarian's Guide to Inquiry-Based Learning

by Colette Cassinelli ...

This practical resource for secondary school librarians offers guidance for collaborating with teachers and students to develop inquiry-based research projects.With success stories from librarians all over the U.S. illustrating how they’ve guided teachers and students through the research process, this book provides strategies for using memorable events to activate students’ natural curiosity and ... Read more

$16.99 USD

This practical resource for secondary school librarians offers guidance for collaborating with teachers and students to develop inquiry-based research projects.With success stories from librarians all over the U.S. illustrating how they’ve guided teachers and students through the research process, this book provides strategies for using memorable events to activate students’ natural curiosity and
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The Read-Aloud Handbook

Seventh Edition

by Jim Trelease ...

A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updatedRecommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language ... Read more

$10.99 USD

A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updatedRecommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved classic to help countless children become avid readers through awakening their imaginations and improving their language
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Mentoring Preservice Teachers Through Practice

A Framework for Coaching with CARE

by Melissa Mosley Wetzel, James V. Hoffman, Beth Maloch ...

Supporting and challenging cooperating teachers to grow in their mentoring and coaching practices with preservice teachers and also in their own work as classroom teachers, this practical guide presents and illustrates the Coaching with CARE model—a framework for reflection and action that helps cultivate a perspective on teaching that puts students at the center of teacher preparation and places ... Read more

$51.99 USD

Supporting and challenging cooperating teachers to grow in their mentoring and coaching practices with preservice teachers and also in their own work as classroom teachers, this practical guide presents and illustrates the Coaching with CARE model—a framework for reflection and action that helps cultivate a perspective on teaching that puts students at the center of teacher preparation and places
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Teaching Reading Across the Day, Grades K-8

Methods and Structures for Engaging, Explicit Instruction

by Jennifer Serravallo ...

"Reading well across disciplines and within varied contexts will help students to be versatile, flexible, deep readers who can better learn from their reading, transfer skills across subjects, and use strategies to meet the unique demands of reading in each content area."– Jennifer SerravalloResearch-based, easy-to-use lesson structures for explicit and engaging teachingIn Teaching Reading Across ... Read more

$33.99 USD

"Reading well across disciplines and within varied contexts will help students to be versatile, flexible, deep readers who can better learn from their reading, transfer skills across subjects, and use strategies to meet the unique demands of reading in each content area."– Jennifer SerravalloResearch-based, easy-to-use lesson structures for explicit and engaging teachingIn Teaching Reading Across
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Putting Process Drama into Action

The Dynamics of Practice

by Pamela Bowell, Brian S. Heap ...

This new book provides a clear and accessible guide on best practice to support teachers when using process drama in establishing creative learning partnerships with their students. It offers a detailed analysis and explores the roles of actor, director and playwright that the teacher must adopt in order to develop the ‘thinking on your feet’ skills and knowledge necessary to deliver a complete ... Read more

$49.99 USD

This new book provides a clear and accessible guide on best practice to support teachers when using process drama in establishing creative learning partnerships with their students. It offers a detailed analysis and explores the roles of actor, director and playwright that the teacher must adopt in order to develop the ‘thinking on your feet’ skills and knowledge necessary to deliver a complete
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Born to Rise

A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential

by Deborah Kenny ...

“Parents and principals trying to understand what makes successful schools work ought to read Born to Rise.” — New York TimesBorn to Rise is the inspiring account of Deborah Kenny’s pursuit of social justice for our nation’s most vulnerable children. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is a hopeful and practical exposition of what it takes to transform schools and create organizations where the staff ... Read more

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“Parents and principals trying to understand what makes successful schools work ought to read Born to Rise.” — New York TimesBorn to Rise is the inspiring account of Deborah Kenny’s pursuit of social justice for our nation’s most vulnerable children. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is a hopeful and practical exposition of what it takes to transform schools and create organizations where the staff
... Read more
The Math Pact, Elementary

Achieving Instructional Coherence Within and Across Grades

by Karen S. Karp, Barbara J. Dougherty, Sarah B. Bush ...

Series series Corwin Mathematics Series
A school-wide solution for students’ mathematics success!Do you sometimes start to teach a mathematics concept and feel like you’re staring at a sea of bewildered faces? What happens when you discover students previously learned a calculation trick or a mnemonic that has muddied their long-term understanding? When "rules" seem to change from year to year, teacher to teacher, or school to school, ... Read more

$31.99 USD

A school-wide solution for students’ mathematics success!Do you sometimes start to teach a mathematics concept and feel like you’re staring at a sea of bewildered faces? What happens when you discover students previously learned a calculation trick or a mnemonic that has muddied their long-term understanding? When "rules" seem to change from year to year, teacher to teacher, or school to school,
... Read more
The Leader Who Gave Inspiring Speeches - Biography of Winston Churchill | Children's Biography Books

by Baby Professor ...

Who was Winston Churchill? What were his contributions to the country to be included in history books? This biography book aims to introduce Prime Minister Churchill as a child, an adult and finally, a leader. Reading about the biography of other people will help to create more informed decisions. Mistakes made before can be avoided more easily if you have the right knowledge with you. ... Read more

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Who was Winston Churchill? What were his contributions to the country to be included in history books? This biography book aims to introduce Prime Minister Churchill as a child, an adult and finally, a leader. Reading about the biography of other people will help to create more informed decisions. Mistakes made before can be avoided more easily if you have the right knowledge with you.
... Read more
Gender Play

Girls and Boys in School

by Barrie Thorne, C.J. Pascoe ...

When it first appeared in 1993, Barrie Thorne’s Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School became an instant classic in the budding fields of feminist sociology and childhood studies. Through detailed first-hand observations of fourth and fifth graders at play, she investigated questions like: Why do girls and boys tend to self-segregate in the schoolyard? What can playful teasing and ritualized games ... Read more

$20.99 USD

When it first appeared in 1993, Barrie Thorne’s Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School became an instant classic in the budding fields of feminist sociology and childhood studies. Through detailed first-hand observations of fourth and fifth graders at play, she investigated questions like: Why do girls and boys tend to self-segregate in the schoolyard? What can playful teasing and ritualized games
... Read more
Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice

A Practical Guide for Positive Action

by Tony Ghaye ...

Now in its second edition, Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice is a practical guide to enable all those involved in educational activities to learn through the practices of reflection. The book highlights the power that those responsible for teaching and learning have to appraise, understand and positively transform their teaching. Seeing the teacher as a reflective learner, the book ... Read more

$68.99 USD

Now in its second edition, Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice is a practical guide to enable all those involved in educational activities to learn through the practices of reflection. The book highlights the power that those responsible for teaching and learning have to appraise, understand and positively transform their teaching. Seeing the teacher as a reflective learner, the book
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The Montessori Method

by Maria Montessori ...

The Montessori method is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child and clinical observation on the part of the teacher. It stresses the importance of adapting the child's learning environment to his or her developmental level, and of the role of physical activity in absorbing abstract concepts and practical skills. The Montessori method teaches reading via ... Read more

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The Montessori method is characterized by an emphasis on self-directed activity on the part of the child and clinical observation on the part of the teacher. It stresses the importance of adapting the child's learning environment to his or her developmental level, and of the role of physical activity in absorbing abstract concepts and practical skills. The Montessori method teaches reading via
... Read more
Digital Storytelling as Translanguaging

A Practical Guide for Language Educators

by Heather A. Linville, Polina Vinogradova ...

This innovative, accessible book is an introduction to using digital storytelling in language teaching, with a focus on English as an Additional Language (EAL) instruction. Linville and Vinogradova provide a clear framework that addresses translanguaging and multimodal meaning making in teaching multilingual learners (MLs) through use of digital storytelling.This book provides detailed guidance on ... Read more

$62.99 USD

This innovative, accessible book is an introduction to using digital storytelling in language teaching, with a focus on English as an Additional Language (EAL) instruction. Linville and Vinogradova provide a clear framework that addresses translanguaging and multimodal meaning making in teaching multilingual learners (MLs) through use of digital storytelling.This book provides detailed guidance on
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Story of the World, Vol. 1

History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times

by Susan Wise Bauer ...

Series series Story of the World
This first book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' polls—over 150,000 copies of the series in print!What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the ... Read more

$13.99 USD

This first book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' polls—over 150,000 copies of the series in print!What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the
... Read more
Instructional-design Theories and Models

A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Volume II

Edited by Charles M. Reigeluth ...

Instructional theory describes a variety of methods of instruction (different ways of facilitating human learning and development) and when to use--and not use--each of those methods. It is about how to help people learn better.This volume provides a concise summary of a broad sampling of new methods of instruction currently under development, helps show the interrelationships among these diverse ... Read more

$77.99 USD

Instructional theory describes a variety of methods of instruction (different ways of facilitating human learning and development) and when to use--and not use--each of those methods. It is about how to help people learn better.This volume provides a concise summary of a broad sampling of new methods of instruction currently under development, helps show the interrelationships among these diverse
... Read more
Lifelong Kindergarten

Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

by Mitchel Resnick ...

How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society.In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the ... Read more

$14.99 USD

How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society.In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the
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Learning First, Technology Second

The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons

by Liz Kolb ...

Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers the professional learning they need to move from ... Read more

$17.95 USD

Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers the professional learning they need to move from
... Read more
Aprender a Leer Inglés: Una Guía para Hispanohablantes

by Abby Hinojos ...

Aprender a Leer Inglés: Una Guía para HispanohablantesEste libro fue creado contigo en mente. Pensado en pequeños o grandes que están aprendiendo inglés como segundo idioma. Por esta razón las instrucciones se encuentran en español.Si tu no hablas inglés esta es una buena oportunidad para aprender con tus hijos.Con la ayuda de este libro aprenderan el abecedario y sus sonidos, los sonidos cortos y ... Read more

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Aprender a Leer Inglés: Una Guía para HispanohablantesEste libro fue creado contigo en mente. Pensado en pequeños o grandes que están aprendiendo inglés como segundo idioma. Por esta razón las instrucciones se encuentran en español.Si tu no hablas inglés esta es una buena oportunidad para aprender con tus hijos.Con la ayuda de este libro aprenderan el abecedario y sus sonidos, los sonidos cortos y
... Read more
International Primary English Student's Book: Stage 5

by Daphne Paizee ...

Series series Collins International Primary English
Collins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and ... Read more

$7.99 USD

Collins International Primary English offers full coverage of the Cambridge Primary English curriculum framework (0058) from 2020 within a six-level, multi-component course, which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students in the international market.Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking and
... Read more
Colonial America History for Kids : What Was It Like to Travel in the Mayflower? | Children's History Books

by Baby Professor ...

The Mayflower was the great ship that brought the Pilgrims to a new land. It was big but there were a lot of people on board so there was hardly enough room for everyone. You don't encounter the same problem when you're traveling on ships these days. But for some time, can you image what it must have been like to travel in the Mayflower? ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The Mayflower was the great ship that brought the Pilgrims to a new land. It was big but there were a lot of people on board so there was hardly enough room for everyone. You don't encounter the same problem when you're traveling on ships these days. But for some time, can you image what it must have been like to travel in the Mayflower?
... Read more
The School Leader’s Year

Month-by-Month Progress, Every Lesson, Every Day

by Michael Harpham ...

This practical handbook offers a month-by-month guide to the curriculum, assessment, progress, and leadership over the school year. It provides a clear, comprehensive, and coherent structure to the academic year helping school leaders to prioritise their time and workload, supporting them and their team to work as efficiently and effectively as possible.Considering the statutory and key leadership ... Read more

$30.99 USD

This practical handbook offers a month-by-month guide to the curriculum, assessment, progress, and leadership over the school year. It provides a clear, comprehensive, and coherent structure to the academic year helping school leaders to prioritise their time and workload, supporting them and their team to work as efficiently and effectively as possible.Considering the statutory and key leadership
... Read more
Writing Thief

Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing

by Ruth Culham ...

'Mediocre writers borrow. Great writers steal.'--T.S. EliotWriting thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Author Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief - and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too!In The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing, Culham demonstrates ... Read more

$48.99 USD

'Mediocre writers borrow. Great writers steal.'--T.S. EliotWriting thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Author Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief - and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too!In The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing, Culham demonstrates
... Read more

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