A practical approach to ensuring that students succeed on any math test. Teachers explore four evidence-based practices that set students up to understand, navigate, and demonstrate their knowledge of math concepts.
In this practical guide, Angie Barrett shares her tried and tested teaching strategies in six easy steps. You’ll find a game plan for success, personal and colleague-shared experiences, tips and tricks, as well as troubleshooting through real classroom examples.
A fresh approach to structured literacy that makes every minute count. This thoughtful examination of instructional practices and routines will enable teachers to systematically address the alphabetic code (word recognition and decoding) and the necessary language comprehension skills students need to become proficient readers and writers.
A practical, positive approach that helps teachers navigate issues and topics around inclusion and equity. The focus on belonging makes brave conversations on these issues safe for students and teachers alike.
A must-read for teachers seeking to simplify their literacy instruction while still delivering a comprehensive, high-quality, research-based program. With this approach, teachers can finally feel confident that they are doing it all—reaching every learner, making the most of every minute, and building a classroom where students thrive.
Put each student in the driver’s seat of their learning by creating a student-centred classroom. Everything a teacher needs to help students find joy, purpose, and meaning in their learning.
Many teachers feel ill-prepared to teach their students to read and write. This book empowers teachers with its overall approach and countless specific strategies, all grounded in research and strong pedagogy.
A comprehensive series of lessons that address phonics, morphology, and vocabulary for teachers working with students in grades 4–8. With a wide range of learners in every classroom, engaging activities and carefully curated lists scaffold instruction for emergent to competent readers.
This book provides an active and engaging approach to student-centred teaching and learning. Instruction and assessment are woven together seamlessly to inform planning and motivate learning.
In this practical book, teachers will find hands-on, Reggio-inspired practices that focus on building literacy skills through nurturing concepts of identity and shared knowledge alongside children.
I Can Do Math shows teachers how to inspire confidence in students as they learn math concepts in a creative, playful way. Reproducible single pages involve students in coloring and solving puzzles and exercises as they cut, fold, and create 90 unique minibooks.
Ready-to-use thinking strategies that helps student connect, question, visualize, inform, and transform their learning across the curriculum. Explicit, targeted lessons to foster literacy development and nudge student learning as students construct meaning, build knowledge, and think more deeply about content-area learning.
Provides a wide range of ready-to-use problems around key concepts in math: numeracy, mental math, fractions, addition/subtraction/multiplication/division, measurement, spatial sense, financial literacy, equations, and graphing.
Over 40 practical lessons that guide teachers to confront racism and discrimination, and that lead young people to take action for inclusion and tolerance.
The literacy fundamentals school leaders need to understand and support teachers and students. This book empowers principals to inspire and lead schools where reading, writing, and literacy flourish.
Week-by-week, step-by-step skill progressions and model lesson plans for teaching phonics in K–3 classrooms. This blueprint to effective reading instruction includes tools for easy classroom use: high-impact activities, word lists, phoneme-grapheme grids, word ladders, and more.
60 practical lessons that guide students to write in a variety of forms. Organized alphabetically, they give students opportunities to read books that can inspire their writing and to write for a variety of purposes.
With the increasing stressors in today’s classrooms, inclusivity and belonging can feel like impossible goals. Finding a Place for Every Student makes it simple, with tried-and-tested strategies, real-life case studies, insights into relationships with parents and caregivers, and a wealth of hands-on reproducibles.
Mathematizing Student Thinking outlines an approach to mathematics instruction that emphasizes making connections to the lived experiences of students. It supports teachers in providing students with problems that are meaningful, engaging, and purposeful and support students as independent, critical thinkers.
This practical book provides an in-depth understanding of student behavior, along with many effective, evidence-based strategies that support positive change. Although there is no one-size-fits-all answer, when these strategies are applied consistently they will have a profound effect on classroom behavior that will last.
Adrienne Gear continues the journey of effective literacy instruction with a focus on poetry. Combining writing, reading and oral language skills, this book will provide teachers with a wealth of engaging lessons to bring the power of poetry into their classrooms.
A grab-bag of joyful activities teachers can use to involve students in digital learning as they encourage interaction and inclusion. Simple ways to easily align student learning objectives and skills to the virtual environment.
Cultivate the skills students need to succeed and find the motivation that will make them want to read.
Find the unique strengths and skills in every student, and integrate teaching autistic students into everyday learning.
