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What's New!�������������������������������������������������������������� 3 Writing���������������������������������������������������������������24–26
Instructional Methods Vocabulary/Language������������������������������������������27–29
Learning Styles������������������������������������������������������ 4 English Language Development���������������������������30–32
Arts Integration����������������������������������������������������� 5 Mathematics�������������������������������������������������������33–38
Motivation and Engagement��������������������������������� 6 Guided Math��������������������������������������������������34–35
Best Practices��������������������������������������������������������� 7 Science���������������������������������������������������������������39–40
Differentiated Instruction��������������������������������������� 8 Social Studies������������������������������������������������������41–43
Leadership and Change����������������������������������������� 9 Early Childhood�������������������������������������������������������� 44
Higher-Order Thinking Skills����������������������������10–11 Foundational Skills����������������������������������������������� 44
Daily Practice��������������������������������������������������12–13 Instructional Technology������������������������������������������� 45
Reading Professional Development
Literary/Informational Text������������������������������14–18 Topics and Delivery Options���������������������������������46–53
Comprehension����������������������������������������������19–22 Index������������������������������������������������������������������54–57
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At Shell Education we provide teachers and students with the best instructional tools necessary to develop
the skills they need.
Designed with all skill levels in mind, our resources are preferred by teachers and feature easy-to-use
formats, classroom-ready lessons and activities, hot topics, and content that teachers need, including:
✔✔ National and state standards alignment ✔✔ Current research
✔✔ 21st century skills ✔✔ Assessment

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We offer a wide range of professional development topics and delivery options,
including critical topics, sought-after presenters, and rich, practical content. And when
paired with key professional resources from Shell Education, our training will help you
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 Learning Styles
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching
and Learning
Classroom Practices for Student Success
By Sharroky Hollie
Foreword by Eugenia Mora-Flores
All Grades

This resource serves as a theoretical framework to help teachers understand what

diversity is and provides them with the practical strategies to support all learners.
◗◗ Focuses on the practice of culturally responsive teaching by providing exemplary
classroom models for active engagement.
◗◗ Equips teachers with the tools to build upon diversity in order to reach high
outcomes for student learning.
216pp. • ISBN 9781425806866 • $31.99

Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive

Teaching and Learning
By Sharroky Hollie
Forewords by Andreal Davis and Eric Andrews
All Grades

Provides teachers with concrete strategies and effective tools to support instruction
for students with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Notebook • 336pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425814625 • $99.99

Professional Development Available

Author available to Keynote
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning
See page 52 for details. Sharroky Hollie
See page 53 for details.

Understanding Learning Styles

Making a Difference for Diverse Learners
By Kelli Allen, Jeanna Scheve, and Vicki Nieter
Foreword by Gregory J. Kaiser
All Grades
Helps teachers determine the learning style of each student and plan the appropriate
Instructional Methods

instructional delivery methods to target and address the needs of those styles.
◗◗ Provided student surveys help determine learning styles.
◗◗ Suggestions for differentiating instruction are also included.
176pp. • ISBN 9781425800468 • $29.99

Common Sense Assessment in the Classroom

By Lynda Rice
Foreword by Margot Kinberg
All Grades

This comprehensive guide will give you the tools to effectively implement
assessment in the classroom and empower you to use assessment more efficiently
to inform and strengthen instruction.
Includes helpful evaluation tools, rubrics, and graphics to support student learning
and help teachers make good decisions about the types of assessments to use.
200pp. • ISBN 9781425806903 • $24.99

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 Arts Integration
Strategies to Integrate the Arts
in the Content Areas
All Grades

Bring content-area instruction to life

by integrating the arts!
Use the arts to inspire, engage, and motivate
students to interact with content-area materials
and enhance their learning experience. These
practical arts-based strategies help teachers
integrate creative movement, drama, music,
poetry, storytelling, and visual arts into content-
area lessons.
Each book includes:
Science
◗◗ Model lessons
◗◗ Specific grade-range suggestions for each Mathematics
strategy
◗◗ Planning guides and templates to support
the implementation of the strategies
◗◗ Correlated to College and Career Readiness
and other standards
256–280pp. • Digital Resources • $45.99 each
Content Area ISBN
Mathematics 9781425810887
Language Arts 9781425810900
Science 9781425810863
Social Studies 9781425810924

Instructional Methods
Integrating the Arts
Across the Content Areas
By Lisa Donovan and Louise Pascale
All Grades

This professional resource provides arts-based activities to

use in language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies
instruction. Teachers will gain a better understanding of why
and how to use the arts to reach and engage students as
well as to support the implementation of standards-based
instruction.
224pp. • ISBN 9781425808457 • $29.99

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 Motivation and Engagement
Active Learning Across the Content Areas
By Wendy Conklin and Andi Stix
Foreword by LaVonna Roth
All Grades

Integrate active learning with practical, research-based strategies.

Use strategies from these categories to actively engage students in creating
their own knowledge:
✔✔ Grouping ✔✔ Decision making
✔✔ Activating prior knowledge ✔✔ Inquiry learning
✔✔ Discussion
208pp. • ISBN 9781425810504 • $29.99

Strategies for Interactive Notetaking

By Judith Goodman
Foreword by Lin Kuzmach
All Grades
Use Interactive notetaking strategies to engage students and support deep
learning. This resource provides students with creative ways to learn and
retain content.
Notbook • 360pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425810689 • $99.99

Creativity and the Standards

By John Dacey and Wendy Conklin
Foreword by Dave Burgess
All Grades

Build students' creativity while implementing standards‑based instruction.

Learn how to merge teaching the standards, creative‑thinking strategies, and
21st century learning skills, preparing students for the global community. Students
will be empowered to solve problems, think effectively, and be innovative.
224pp. • ISBN 9781425809966 • $24.99

Bringing Joy Back into the Classroom

By Danny Brassell
Foreword by Lori Oczkus
All Grades
Instructional Methods

Aimed at motivating teachers to create a welcoming and appropriately

challenging environment for their students, the suggestions are told through
a series of anecdotes and stories. A must-read for any educator.
152pp. • ISBN 9781425807566 • $24.99

A Baker’s Dozen of Lessons Learned

from the Teaching Trenches
By Danny Brassell
Foreword by Will Hobbs
All Grades

This informative guide is filled with practical

strategies and valuable insights to help
teachers maximize their effectiveness in Author available to Keynote
the classroom. Danny Brassell
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 Best Practices
Effective Teaching in Today's
Classroom

All Grades

Novice and experienced teachers will want to keep these

professional development resources close at hand! These
up-to-date, research-based books detail classroom practices,
approaches, and strategies to support today's rigorous
standards. These books are perfect for staff development
sessions and book studies.

Teaching Social Studies Classroom Management Helping English

Today, 2nd Edition for Successful Instruction Language Learners
by Kathleen Kopp by J. Roth Succeed, 2nd Edition
All Grades All Grades by Carmen Zuñiga
Dunlap
160pp. 168pp.
All Grades
ISBN 9781425812102 ISBN 9781425811952
$29.99 $29.99 256pp.
New ISBN 9781425811884
Edition! $29.99

Fostering Writing in Integrating Technology Teaching Mathematics

Today’s Classroom into the Curriculum, Today, 2nd Edition
by Richard Gentry, 2nd Edition by Erin Lehmann
Jan McNeel, and by Kathleen Kopp All Grades
Vickie Wallace All Grades 240pp.
All Grades 224pp. ISBN 9781425812072
216pp. ISBN 9781425811921 $29.99
ISBN 9781425811907 $29.99
$29.99

Instructional Methods
Effective Teaching in Today's
Classroom 8-Book Set
Teaching Science Differentiating the
Today, 2nd Edition Curriculum for Gifted
by Kathleen Kopp Learners,
2nd Edition
All Grades
by Wendy Conklin
176pp.
All Grades
ISBN 9781425812096
$29.99 160pp.
ISBN 9781425811860
$29.99

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 Differentiated Instruction
Applying Differentiation Strategies
2nd Edition Teacher’s Handbook
By Wendy Conklin and Christi Sorrell
All Grades

These resources provide a practical beginner's guide for applying

differentiation theories to real classrooms. Teachers will learn how
to differentiate through content, process, and product.
◗◗ A variety of instructional strategies are included to help meet the
learning needs of all students.
◗◗ Key classroom-management approaches are provided to make
Multiple Levels Provided implementing differentiation easier.
304pp. • Digital Resources • $99.99 each
Below Level At Level Above Level Level ISBN Level ISBN
Grades K–2 9781425806385 Secondary 9781425806408
Grades 3–5 9781425806392

Professional Development Available Author available to Keynote

Implementing Differentiation Across the Content Areas
See page 52 for details. Wendy Conklin
See page 53 for details.

Differentiation Strategies for the Content Areas

Developed By Wendy Conklin
All Grades

Facilitates the process of creating differentiated lessons.

◗◗ Lessons are based on various differentiation strategies, including tiered
assignments, tiered graphic organizers, leveled questions, problem-based
learning, and more.
◗◗ Model lessons are vertically aligned and provided at four grade ranges in
each notebook: K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12.
304pp. • Digital Resources • $99.99 each
Multiple Levels Provided Content Area ISBN Content Area ISBN
Language Arts 9781425800123 Science 9781425800147
Mathematics 9781425800130 Social Studies 9781425800154
Below Level At Level Above Level
Instructional Methods

Differentiating the Curriculum for Gifted Learners, 2nd Edition

By Wendy Conklin
Foreword by Kristie Kraynak
All Grades

Learn strategies for identifying gifted students, modifying content, and differentiating
instruction.
◗◗ Addresses effective research-supported ways to differentiate instruction.
◗◗ Provides strategies for immediate implementation, including how the curriculum
can be extended, accelerated, and enriched for gifted children.
◗◗ Provides answers to questions relating to best practices in gifted instruction.
◗◗ Explores explanations on why and how to foster gifted students’ learning.
160pp. • ISBN 9781425811860 • $29.99
For more titles in this series, see page 7.

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 Leadership and Change

The Synergy of Inquiry

Engaging Students in Deep Learning Across the Content Areas
By Paul Jablon
Foreword by Michelle Nye
All Grades

This resource helps teachers understand how to embed the inquiry

process in their instruction across the content areas. Students will
learn vital inquiry tools for success outside the classroom with
stories and examples from real teachers of all grade levels.
272pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425812126 • $39.99

Orchestrating School Change

Transforming Your Leadership
By Michael Murphy
Foreword by Stephanie Hirsch
All Grades

Provides concrete examples and strong research models as well as

practical applications that school leaders and administrators at any level
can use to support the implementation of any strategic initiative. With
the recent shift in implementing important standards, including College
and Career Readiness, this timely resource provides the necessary tools
to successfully orchestrate change.
160pp. • ISBN 9781425813154 • $29.99

Author available to Keynote

Michael Murphy
See page 53 for details.

Instructional Methods
Backwards Planning
Building Enduring Understanding Through Instructional Design
By Harriet Isecke
Foreword by Wendy Conklin

Increase student achievement with a systematic approach to lesson

design using the instructional-design principles of Backwards Planning.
Learn how to identify enduring understanding, set goals, and establish
benchmarks.
192pp. • ISBN 9781425806330 • $29.99

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 Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Higher-Order Thinking Skills
to Develop 21st Century Learners
By Wendy Conklin
Foreword by R. Bruce Williams
All Grades

Gain a better understanding of the higher-order

thinking skills that 21st-century learners need to
possess. This book provides:
◗◗ Concrete examples of what effective strategies
for higher-order thinking look like in each of the
content areas
◗◗ Strategies for differentiating higher-order thinking
skills and developing these skills in English
language learners
184pp. • ISBN 9781425808228 • $31.99

Professional Development Available

Raising Rigor in the Classroom Author available to Keynote
See page 49 for details. Wendy Conklin
See page 53 for details.

Strategies for Developing

Higher-Order Thinking Skills
By Wendy Conklin
Forewords by Stanley Pogrow and Lynda Williams
Grades K–12

Help students become college- and career-ready

by developing their higher-order thinking skills.
◗◗ This resource provides educators with strategies to
build every student’s mastery of high-level thinking
skills.
◗◗ Model lessons are provided in the following strategy
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categories:
✔✔ questioning ✔✔ idea generating
✔✔ problem solving ✔✔ creative thinking
✔✔ decision making
◗◗ The strategies included will promote active learning
and encourage students to analyze, evaluate, and
create.
Notebook • 272–296pp. • Digital Resources • $99.99 each
Grade ISBN
Grades K–2 9781425808198
Grades 3–5 9781425808204
Grades 6–12 9781425808211

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 Higher-Order Thinking Skills
Brain-Powered Strategies
to Engage All Learners
By LaVonna Roth
Foreword by Eric Jensen
Grades K–8

Learn how to apply current brain research in a practical,

strategy-based approach.
◗◗ Includes research-based, engaging strategies that provide
insight into how students learn most effectively.
◗◗ Provides an alternative to standard worksheets while
incorporating proven research to positively affect student
achievement.
◗◗ Incorporates movement, kinesthetic learning, organization,
graphic organizers, brainstorming, critical thinking, and
writing.
Notebook • 344pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425807726 • $99.99

Professional Development Available

Brain-Powered Learning
See page 49 for details.
Brain-Powered Lessons to Engage All Learners
By LaVonna Roth
Grades K–6 Author available to Keynote
Provides teachers with ready-to-use lessons across the content areas LaVonna Roth
based on current brain research. Strategies incorporate movement, See page 53 for details.
kinesthetic learning, organization, brainstorming, critical thinking,
and writing.
◗◗ Includes formative assessment checks to ensure that students
understand the lesson content.
◗◗ Correlated to College and Career Readiness and other standards.
152–160pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Level ISBN Level ISBN
Level K 9781425811846 Level 4 9781425811815
Level 1 9781425811785 Level 5 9781425811822

Instructional Methods
Level 2 9781425811792 Level 6 9781425811839
Level 3 9781425811808

Level K
Level 3

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 Daily Practice
Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Reading
Grades K–6

Daily practice builds reading comprehension and provides short passages

for students to practice comprehension, word study, and written responses
to texts.
◗◗ Aligned to both literary and informational text standards.
◗◗ Helps build students’ skills for reading complex texts
as required in College and Career Readiness standards.
◗◗ Digital resources include assessment tools.
240–248pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Kindergarten 9781425809218 Fourth Grade 9781425809256
First Grade 9781425809225 Fifth Grade 9781425809263
Second Grade 9781425809232 Sixth Grade 9781425809270
Third Grade 9781425809249

Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Writing

Grades K–6

Develop enthusiastic and efficient writers through daily writing practice.

◗◗ Allows students to learn more about the writing process through
mentor texts and application.
◗◗ Provides authentic practice writing opinion/argument,
informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces.
◗◗ Digital resources include assessment tools.
216pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Kindergarten 9781425815233 Fourth Grade 9781425815271
First Grade 9781425815240 Fifth Grade 9781425815288
Second Grade 9781425815257 Sixth Grade 9781425815295
Third Grade 9781425815264

Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Language

Instructional Methods

Grades K–6

Build students’ grammar skills as they gain regular practice through

these quick, diagnostic activities.
◗◗ Each question is tied to a specific language standard.
◗◗ Helps build grammar skills by practicing punctuation, capitalization,
parts of speech, and spelling.
◗◗ Digital resources include assessment tools.
208pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Kindergarten 9781425811723 Fourth Grade 9781425811693
First Grade 9781425811662 Fifth Grade 9781425811709
Second Grade 9781425811679 Sixth Grade 9781425811716
Third Grade 9781425811686

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 Daily Practice
Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of High-Frequency Words
Grades K–2
Provides daily practice to build students’ knowledge of high-frequency words.
◗◗ Help students build reading skills and increase their ability to recognize sight
words instantly.
◗◗ Engage students through a variety of fun activities that provide a repetitive
structure and focus on words. New!
◗◗ Digital resources include assessment tools.
216pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Kindergarten 9781425816339 Second Grade 9781425816353
First Grade 9781425816346

Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Problem Solving

Grades K–6
Help students develop a deeper understanding of a variety of mathematical
concepts and apply them to real-life situations.
◗◗ Improve critical-thinking and reasoning skills with visual models, multiple
strategies, and multi-step, non-routine word problems.
◗◗ Provide teachers with instructional support and diagnostic tools New!
to help inform instruction.
◗◗ Digital resources include assessment tools.
216–232pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Kindergarten 9781425816124 Fourth Grade 9781425816162
First Grade 9781425816131 Fifth Grade 9781425816179
Second Grade 9781425816148 Sixth Grade 9781425816186
Third Grade 9781425816155

Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Math

Grades K–6

Build and gauge students’ mathematical fluency with 180 days of problems.
◗◗ Each problem is tied to a specific mathematical concept.
◗◗ Provides practice in algebraic thinking, numbers and operations,
measurement and data, and geometry.
◗◗ Digital resources include assessment tools.

Instructional Methods
208pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Kindergarten 9781425808037 Fourth Grade 9781425808075
First Grade 9781425808044 Fifth Grade 9781425808082
Second Grade 9781425808051 Sixth Grade 9781425808020
Third Grade 9781425808068

Conquering The Grades

Grades K–5

Help students practice and strengthen key skills at each grade level with
engaging, cross-curricular activities they can do at home or school.
168pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Kindergarten 9781425816193 Third Grade 9781425816223
First Grade 9781425816209 Fourth Grade 9781425816230
Second Grade 9781425816216 Fifth Grade 9781425816247 New!
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 Literary/Informational Text
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New as text structure, point of view, and author’s purpose.
Series! 160pp. • $19.99 each
Title ISBN
Language Arts 9781425814755
Mathematics Problem Solving 9781425816445
Science 9781425816452
Social Studies 9781425816469

Professional Development Available

Diving into Text-Dependent Questions
See page 47 for details.

Strategies for Building Text-Dependent

Questions
By Jessica Hathaway
All Grades

Supports students’ reading development and the implementation

of College and Career Readiness standards.
Reading

◗◗ Ensure that students are using evidence from the text

to support their ideas and conclusions.
◗◗ Implement strategies to build questions that get students
to go back to the text to verify their responses.
◗◗ Support close reading and critical comprehension
with the use of text-dependent questions.
◗◗ Build your own text-dependent questions for any text using
the sample questions and stems.
272pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425814496 • $39.99

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For more titles in this series, see pages 37, 39, and 43.

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 Literary/Informational Text
Dive into Close Reading
By Diane Lapp, Barbara Moss, Kelly Johnson, and Marie Grant
Grades K–5

Provide teachers with a practical guide to understanding and

implementing close reading with any rich, complex text.
◗◗ Offers teachers a step-by-step process for analyzing and
selecting a text, preparing students to be successful, and
New! applying support strategies in response to student performance.
◗◗ Includes a set of grade-specific sample lessons, giving teachers
all the materials they need to get started right away.
◗◗ Provides clear explanations and differentiation options to give
teachers the expertise they need to sustain and apply their
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280pp. • Digital Resources • $39.99 each
Level ISBN
Levels K–2 9781425815400
Levels 3–5 9781425815578

Close Reading with Paired Texts

By Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski
Grades K–5

Closely analyze rich pairs of literary and informational texts to build

students’ fluency and comprehension skills. This easy-to-use resource:
◗◗ Encompasses reciprocal teaching strategies, text sets, text-
dependent questions, and activities to build each student’s
vocabulary, reading fluency, writing skills, and comprehension skills.
◗◗ Provides teacher modeling to help teachers guide students as they
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◗◗ Includes 24 texts across Author available to Keynote
the content areas.
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128pp. • $19.99 each See page 53 for details.
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Level K 9781425813567
Professional Development Available Level 1 9781425813574
Strategies for Close Reading Level 2 9781425813581 Author available to Keynote
See page 47 for details. Level 3 9781425813598
Level 4 9781425813604
Timothy Rasinski
See page 53 for details.
Level 5 9781425813611
Reading

Just the Facts!

Close Reading and Comprehension of Informational Text
By Lori Oczkus
Grades K–8

Effectively use informational text in the classroom to support close reading

and comprehension.
256pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425813161• $45.99

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Connect to Text
Strategies for Close Reading and Writing
By Jessica Hathaway
All Grades

This standards-based resource supports teachers as they help

students analyze text and effectively use close reading strategies,
improving reading comprehension and writing skills.
208pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425815059 • $39.99

Teaching with Text Sets

By Mary Ann Cappiello and Erika Thulin Dawes
All Grades

Create and implement text sets in the classroom.

This must-have resource walks you through the steps to create
and use multigenre, multimodal text sets for content-area and
language arts study. It provides detailed support as you choose
topics, locate and evaluate texts, organize texts for instruction,
and assess student learning.
304pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425806880 • $45.99

Successful Strategies for Reading in the

Content Areas, 2nd Edition
Helps students increase their comprehension of nonfiction
material and meet important reading goals.
Reading
272–280pp. • Digital Resources • $39.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Pre·K–K 9781425804671 Grades 3–5 9781425804695
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 Literary/Informational Text
Up-to-date guides for the exploration of rich, complex
literature. This series has everything teachers need,
including with research-based strategies.
Grades K–12

Text-based assessments prepare

students for today’s rigorous
standardized tests.

Over
60 Students make cross-curricular

titles connections with the novels.

Great Works: Instructional Guides for Literature

72pp. each • $16.95 each
Title ISBN Title ISBN
Suggested Grade Levels K–3 Titles Suggested Grade Levels 4–8 Titles
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, 9781480769106 A Wrinkle in Time Newbery 9781425889906
Very Bad Day The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 9781425889739
Are You My Mother? 9781425889630 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 9781480785076
The Cat in the Hat 9781425889548 Bridge to Terabithia Newbery 9781425889746
The Day the Crayons Quit 9781480785069 Bud, Not Buddy Newbery 9781425889753
The Fire Cat 9781480769113 The Crossover *Newbery 9781425816483
Frog and Toad Together 9781425889647 The Dark Is Rising 9781425889760
The Great Kapok Tree 9781425889586 Dragonwings 9781425889777
Green Eggs and Ham 9781425889654 Esperanza Rising* 9781480785120
Henry and Mudge: The First Book 9781425889593 Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 9781480782341
Hi! Fly Guy 9781425889562 Newbery
The Hundred Dresses*∆ 9781425817213 The Giver Newbery 9781425889784
If You Give . . . Series Guide 9781480769915 Hatchet 9781425889791
Last Stop on Market Street* Newbery 9781425816476 Holes Newbery 9781425889807
Little Bear 9781425889661 The Hunger Games* 9781480785151
Magic Tree House Series Guide* 9781480785106 Island of the Blue Dolphins Newbery 9781425889814
The Mitten 9781425889678 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 9781480769137
My Father's Dragon 9781425889685 M.C. Higgins, the Great Newbery 9781425889821
The One and Only Ivan Newbery 9781425889692 Maniac Magee Newbery 9781425889838
Reading

Owl at Home 9781425889579 My Brother Sam Is Dead 9781425889845

The Pigeon Books 9781480769922 Number the Stars Newbery 9781425889852
Poppleton in Winter 9781425889616 Out of My Mind*∆ 9781480785113
Put Me in the Zoo 9781425889623 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Newbery 9781425889876
Sarah, Plain and Tall Newbery 9781425889708 Tuck Everlasting 9781425889883
The Stories Julian Tells 9781425889715 Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963, The 9781425889890
Thunder Boy Jr.*∆ 9781425817206 Suggested Grade Levels 6–12 Titles
The Very Hungry Caterpillar 9781425889722 Fahrenheit 451 9781425889920
Suggested Grade Levels 3–5 Titles Great Gatsby, The 9781425889937
Because of Winn-Dixie 9781425889555 Hamilton: An American Musical* 9781425816957
Charlotte's Web 9781480769953 Odyssey, The 9781425889944
Freckle Juice 9781480769939 Of Mice and Men 9781480785083
How to Eat Fried Worms 9781480769946 Outsiders, The 9781425889951
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson*∆ 9781425817190 Their Eyes Were Watching God 9781425889975
To Kill a Mockingbird 9781425889999

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 Comprehension
Strategies for Effective Balanced Literacy
By Mary Jo Fresch
Grades K–8

Incorporate elements of a rigorous and comprehensive balanced literacy framework

with flexible, effective strategies; model lessons; and teacher support.
◗◗ Provides teachers with an understanding of the developmental readiness needed
for reading, writing, vocabulary, and spelling.
◗◗ Helps teachers assess students to meet their needs with the best approach for
each balanced literacy element.
300pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425815196 • $45.99

Author available to Keynote Professional Development Available

Implementing a Comprehensive
Mary Jo Fresch Balanced Literacy Framework
See page 53 for details. See page 48 for details.

The How-to Guide for Integrating the Common Core

in Language Arts
By Wendy Conklin and Debby Murphy
Foreword by Debi Crimmins
All Grades

Finally­an easy-to-use Common Core resource that shows teachers how to integrate
the standards!
◗◗ Empowers teachers to construct their own lessons with easy-to-follow strategies
and ideas to effectively teach while
meeting the Common Core. Professional Development Available
224pp. • ISBN 9781425813116 • $34.99 Integrating College and Career Readiness Standards
for English Language Arts
See page 50 for details.

Creating Strategic Readers, Co-Published with

3rd Edition
By Valerie Ellery Reading
Foreword by Lori Oczkus
Grades K–5

This updated best-seller focuses on core literacy strands required by today’s standards,
helping teachers meet the challenges of educating 21st-century learners.
◗◗ Over 125 enhanced classroom-tested techniques for word study, vocabulary, fluency,
and comprehension
304pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425811853 • $45.99

Author available to Keynote

Valerie Ellery
See page 53 for details.

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 Comprehension

The Reading Intervention Toolkit

By Laura Robb
Grades 4–8
◗◗ Provides interventions that focus on a variety of text genres—
narrative, expository/explanatory, informational, and
opinion/argument.
◗◗ Helps teachers utilize practical strategies for 5, 10–15, and 30–40
minute interventions for struggling readers.
◗◗ Uses reading techniques that support students at every stage, from
analyzing texts to drawing logical conclusions.
◗◗ Includes tips and suggestions for assessment, management, and
implementation of high-quality interventions to meet the needs
of all students.
200pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425815134 • $39.99

The Reading Makeover

By Danny Brassell and Mike McQueen
All Grades
◗◗ Provides techniques to ignite a passion for readers of all levels,
bringing the joy of reading to life with tips and strategies that build
confidence for struggling readers.
◗◗ Helps teachers make reading fun with activities that will engage even
the most reluctant readers.
208pp. • ISBN 9781425814762 • $29.99

Author available to Keynote

Danny Brassell
See page 53 for details.
Reading

Reading and Responding

A Guide to Literature in the Classroom
By Denise Ryan
Grades K–6

Equips teachers with quality background information and fiction book

recommendations for alphabet, poetry, chapter books, read-aloud books,
and more.
168pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425811020 • $12.99

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 Comprehension
Reading Strategies for the Content Areas and Fiction
By Jessica Hathaway, Trisha Brummer, and Stephanie Macceca
Grades 1–12

Help students read and understand fiction, science, social studies, and
mathematics content with practical, standards-based strategies.
256–288pp. • Digital Resources • $39.99 each
TItle ISBN
Fiction, 1st Edition 9781425810054 Fiction
Mathematics, 2nd Edition 9781425811518
Science, 2nd Edition 9781425811556
Social Studies, 2nd Edition 9781425811594
Mathematics
Developing Vocabulary

Root Word Map (cont.)

Grades 3–5 Example

rect
(rule, right, straight)

rectangle correct direction

Grades 6–8 Example

vert
(to turn)

vertex invert

vertical convert

vertices

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Social Studies
Science

Comprehension That Works

Taking Students Beyond Ordinary Understanding to Deep Comprehension
By Danny Brassell and Timothy Rasinski
Foreword By Hallie Kay Yopp
All Grades
◗◗ Unique classroom-tested strategies integrate current research findings with
real-life observations of diverse students in action.
◗◗ Introduces activities that tap into students’ multiple intelligences.
144pp. • ISBN 9781425802646 • $31.99 Reading

You Can’t Just Say It Louder!

Differentiated Strategies for Comprehending Nonfiction
By Debby Murphy
All Grades

This dynamic book provides the foundation to confidently and successfully

teach comprehension to a diverse population of students. It is filled with
innovative classroom-tested models for differentiating instruction and strategies
to scaffold complex text.
296pp. • ISBN 9781425805197 • $29.99

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 Comprehension
Practicing for Today’s Tests: Language Arts
Grades 2–6

Broaden students' knowledge base and prepare them for Next

Generation assessments by incorporating these engaging, rigorous
practice exercises into their daily learning.
®
◗◗ Each resource features content from TIME For Kids .
◗◗ Text types include informational text, literature passages, reader’s
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112–120pp. • $24.99 each
Level ISBN Level ISBN
Level 2 9781425814748 Level 5 9781425814380
Level 3 9781425814366 Level 6 9781425814397
Level 4 9781425814373

Rhymes for the Times

Literacy Strategies through Social Studies
By Timothy Rasinski and David L. Harrison
Grades 4–8
Reading

Integrate poetry and social studies to improve students' skills

in a fun and engaging way.
◗◗ Improves reading comprehension, word study, speaking, and
writing through grade-appropriate poetry.
◗◗ Includes 60 poems that focus on the 50 states, U.S. history,
and ancient civilizations.
◗◗ Incorporates strategies for building fluency, vocabulary, and word
play as well as content-based strategies for connecting poetry
and writing.
168pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425814670 • $29.99

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 Fluency
Fluency Through Practice & Performance
By Timothy Rasinski and Lorraine Griffith
Foreword By Lori Oczkus
Grades K–6

Discover the step-by-step process of teaching fluency and a continuum of

lessons that gradually release responsibility from the teacher to the student
through an emphasis on coaching.
152 pp. • ISBN 9781425802622 • $29.99

Strategies for Building Fluency

By Debra Housel
Foreword By Timothy Rasinski
All Grades

Use practical research-based strategies to support fluency with this strategy

notebook featuring supported leveled readings.
Notebook • 304pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425802479 • $99.99

Building Fluency Through Practice & Performance

By Timothy Rasinski and Lorraine Griffith
Grades 1–6

Increase students’ fluency through repeated readings of traditional poems,

songs, reader’s theater, and monologues.
128pp. • Digital Resources • $29.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Grade 1 9781425804411 Grade 3 9781425804435 Grade 5 9781425804459
Grade 2 9781425804428 Grade 4 9781425804442 Grade 6 9781425804466

American History
176pp. • Digital Resources • Grades 3–12 • ISBN 9781425801137 • $29.99

Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word Phrases

By Timothy Rasinski, Edward Fry, and Kathleen Knoblock
Grades 1–5

Using Dr. Fry’s Instant Words and Dr. Rasinski’s research, these books provide
a powerful tool for building fluency. Teach students to recognize words, read
phrases with expression, and ultimately improve their comprehension.
96pp. • Digital Resources • $29.99 each
Grade ISBN Grade ISBN Grade ISBN
Grade 1 9781425802882 Grade 3 9781425802783 Grade 5 9781425802899 Reading
Grade 2 9781425802776 Grade 4 9781425802790

The Poet and the Professor: Poems for Building

Reading Skills
By Timothy Rasinski, Karen McGuigan Brothers, and Brod Bagert
Levels 1–8

Each full-color book includes 30 original poems that address key literacy
skills through standards-based lesson plans.
144pp. • Digital Resources • $29.99 each
Level ISBN Level ISBN Level ISBN
Level 1 9781425806750 Level 3 9781425806774 Level 5 9781425802394
Level 2 9781425806767 Level 4 9781425802387 Level 6–8 9781425802400

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 Writing
Content Area Writing that Rocks and Works!
by Rebecca Harper
Grades 3–12

Provide teachers with innovative and contemporary strategies to engage students in

the writing process.
◗◗ Help students develop their writing skills and motivate them to enjoy writing
New! using their interests in technology, social media, and other topics.
◗◗ Includes practical strategies that allow teachers to help their students learn to
utilize writing as a tool for processing and understanding content material.
112pp. • ISBN 9781425816506 • $29.99
Available Spring 2017

Strategies for Implementing Writer's Workshop

By Richard Gentry, Jan McNeel, Vickie Wallace-Nesler
Grades K–8

Teach effective strategies to enhance student writing using the Writer’s Workshop model.
◗◗ Learn classroom-tested techniques and strategies to organize and manage
Writer’s Workshop.
◗◗ Use sample lessons and activities in three grade level spans: K–2, 3–5, and 6–8.
256pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425815172 • $45.99

Fostering Writing
in Today’s Classroom
By Richard Gentry, Jan McNeel, and Vickie Wallace-Nesler
Foreword by Laura Robb
Professional Development Available All Grades
Inspiring Excellent Writing Develop enthusiastic and efficient writers with
See page 48 for details. proven, up-to-date, research-based strategies to
meet the needs of all students. A practical guide
Author available to Keynote
for novice and experienced educators, this resource
Richard Gentry provides proven best practices in writing instruction.
See page 53 for details.
216pp. • ISBN 9781425811907 • $29.99
For more titles in this series, see page 7.

Getting to the Core of Writing

Essential Lessons for Every Student
By Dr. Richard Gentry, Jan McNeel, and Vickie Wallace-Nesler
Writing

Levels K–6

Assist teachers in becoming familiar with College and Career Readiness Standards for
Writing and provide engaging and creative lessons to support the implementation of
these standards.
◗◗ Provides the how-to in establishing a daily writing workshop.
◗◗ Digital resources include reproducible teacher-resource materials and student
activity pages.
256–296pp. • Digital Resources • $29.99 each
Level ISBN Level ISBN Level ISBN
Level K 9781425809140 Level 3 9781425809171 Level 5 9781425809195
Level 1 9781425809157 Level 4 9781425809188 Level 6 9781425809201
Level 2 9781425809164

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 Writing
Strategies for Writing from Sources
By Jessica Hathaway
Grades K–12

Help students analyze mentor texts to learn techniques for use in their own writing.
◗◗ Follow this how-to guide to help students analyze and write from informational texts,
argument/opinion texts, narrative texts, diverse media sources, and multiple sources.
◗◗ Use the sample writing topics and lessons provided for each genre to strengthen
student writing in all grade levels.
296pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425815462 • $39.99

Writing Is Magic, Or Is It?

Using Mentor Text to Develop the Writer's Craft
By Mary C. McMackin and Jennifer M. Bogard
Foreword by Melissa Cheesman Smith
All Grades

Support students’ writing by helping them integrate strategies from mentor texts.
◗◗ Dive deeply into multiple genres: narrative fiction, narrative nonfiction, poetry,
opinion/argument, and informative/explanatory.
◗◗ Each chapter includes mentor texts that align to each genre and support students’
understanding of the texts and the strategies that authors use to convey their messages.
192pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425814823 • $39.99

Reading, Writing, and Rhythm

Engaging Content-Area Literacy Strategies
By Dr. Rosalie Fink
Foreword by Timothy Rasinski
All Grades
◗◗ Use students’ familiarity with rap and other engaging art forms to connect
to important content concepts and literacy skills.
◗◗ Work creatively with students to master concepts in English language
arts, social studies, science, and mathematics in order to meet College and Career
Readiness and other standards.
248pp. • ISBN 9781425809997 • $29.99
Writing

Using Cursive Today

By Stephanie Bernard and Amber Goff
Grades 2–5

Introduce students to cursive writing through fun and engaging activities. Students
will be introduced to individual letters and letter combinations, and master their skills
through the use of real-world connections that include reading- and writing-friendly
letters, postcards, and checks.
80pp. • ISBN 9781425815448 • $9.99

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 Writing
Writing Strategies for the Content Areas
and Fiction
By Trisha Brummer, Sarah Kartchner Clark,
and Jessica Hathaway
Grades 1–12
◗◗ Helps students to write and understand fiction, science,
social studies, and mathematics content by using
standards-based strategies.
◗◗ Includes graphic organizers to facilitate the writing
process and build comprehension of content.
◗◗ Strategies provide suggestions for differentiating
instruction—perfect for English language learners, gifted
students, and struggling learners.
◗◗ Correlated to College and Career Readiness and other
state standards.
◗◗ Digital resources include correlations, graphic organizer
templates, student activities pages, and assessments.
256pp. • Digital Resources • $39.99 each
Mathematics
Content Area ISBN Content Area ISBN
Name: _________________________________________________ Date: ____________________ Fiction 9781425811532 Science 9781425811617
Word Trails Mathematics 9781425811570 Social Studies 9781425810061
Directions: Write the word that you are studying in the center box. Use resources to determine the root
words, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms or similar words, and antonyms. Then, complete the graphic
organizer.
Science
Part of Speech Synonyms or Similar
Words

Previewing and Reviewing

Think Sheet (cont.)

Grades 1–2 Example (before reading)

Fiction
Main Issue: The Seasons

Teacher Questions My Questions/Thoughts

Social Studies
1. Can you name the four seasons? I know that there are four seasons. They are spring,
spring, winter, summer, fall summer, fall, and winter. I don’t know why there are
four. What makes one season go away and another
2. What are clouds made of?
one come? What makes rain turn to snow?
Clouds are made of tiny droplets of water.
3. What makes it rain?
Water drops in the cloud get too heavy.
Then, they fall to the ground.

Grades 3–5 Example (after reading)

Main Issue: Plants and Carbon Dioxide
Antonyms Root Words, Prefixes, and
Suffixes
Teacher Questions My Questions/Thoughts

1. What makes a plant grow? How can you tell if a plant is poisonous? What
All plants need sun, soil, and water to grow. makes some plants grow taller than others? What is
carbon dioxide?
2. What are the basic parts of a plant?
The parts are flowers, seeds, the stem, leaves, Carbon dioxide is a gas in the air. That is what we
and roots. breathe out when we exhale.
I still need to find out how to tell if a plant is
3. How do plants make food?
poisonous and what makes some plants grow taller
I know it has to do with the leaves. I need more
than others.
information.
I learned that chlorophyll inside each leaf helps
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Writing

Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources

By Wendy Conklin
Grades K–12

Use strategies that help students learn how to read closely with a purpose and address
text-dependent questions that build meaning of various types of primary sources.
320pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425814786 • $39.99 each

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 Vocabulary/Language
Greek & Latin Roots
Keys to Building Vocabulary
By Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton,
and Evangeline Newton
Foreword By Karen Bromley
All Grades

This engaging, teacher-friendly guide provides the latest

research on strategies, ideas, and resources for using
Greek and Latin roots to teach vocabulary as directed
in the College and Career Readiness Standards.
208pp. • ISBN 9781425804725 • $29.99

Author available to Keynote

“...this book offers practical activities and ideas
for incorporating vocabulary study into grades
Timothy Rasinski one through eight classroom lessons.”
See page 53 for details.
­—School Library Journal

Prefix and Suffix Practice

By Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick M. Newton,
and Evangeline Newton
Grades 2–8

These resources for teachers and students present the most

frequently encountered Latin prefixes and introductory Greek
prefixes and suffixes to help build students’ vocabularies.
◗◗ Each lesson provides explanations, instructional guidelines,
and student activities.
◗◗ Helps meet the requirements of College and Career Readiness
Standards for using word roots.
216–240pp. • Digital Resources • $24.99 each
Title Grade ISBN
Starting with Prefixes and Suffixes Grades 2–4 9781425811037
Practice with Prefixes Grades 5–8 9781425808822

Getting to the Roots of Content-Area Vocabulary

Lesson 4

Base port-
Name: ________________
________ __________________
Date: ________________
_

By Timothy Rasinski, Nancy Padak, Rick Newton, and Evangeline Newton About the Root:
Base port-
Grades 3–8
Activate

Vocabulary
Use root words to teach and reinforce vocabulary across content- Directions: Think about
partner.
1. If -port- means “carry”
the questions below.
Discuss them with a

and trans- means “across,

area instruction.
transport mean? ” what does

2. If ex- means “out,”

what does export mean?

Reinforce student practice in word roots with engaging activities Respond

and informational text. Directions: Read the

question below.
passage on page 41.
Then answer the
3. Talk with a partner.
Why do you think importin
important for our country? g and exporting are

176–192pp. • Digital Resources • $19.99 each _____________________

_____________________
___________
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 Vocabulary/Language
Go Figure! Exploring Figurative Language
By Timothy Rasinski, Jerry Zutell, and Melissa Cheeseman Smith
Levels 2–8

New! Provide students with the tools to understand figurative language

and its context in sentences.
◗◗ Provides teachers with engaging, literacy-based activities to
enhance student understanding of idioms, proverbs, and other
figures of speech through different content areas.
◗◗ Encourages students to explore figures of speech and increase
their skills in writing, word study, and using context clues.
◗◗ Includes 20 units, 5 units each for science, social studies,
mathematics, and additional themes such as animals or holidays.
◗◗ English language learners will especially benefit from the explicit
teaching of both literal and figurative meanings.
◗◗ Provides exposures to multiple meanings of each figurative phrase
to ensure more diverse student vocabularies.
136pp. • $15.99 each
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Levels 2–4 9781425816254
Levels 5–8 9781425816261
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Vocabulary Instruction for Academic Success

By Hallie Kay Yopp, Ruth Helen Yopp, and Ashley Bishop
Foreword By Peter J. Fisher
All Grades

This user-friendly resource includes an explanation of how students acquire and

develop their vocabularies, the academic necessity of a wide vocabulary, and
important approaches on how best to help students build their vocabularies.
This book is perfect for staff development sessions and book studies.
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 Vocabulary/Language

Vocabulary Ladders
Understanding Word Nuances
By Timothy Rasinski and Melissa Cheesman Smith
Grades 2–6

Teach related words in 10 minutes a day with this cluster approach

to help students learn semantically related words and how they can
be effectively used in reading and writing.
144pp. • Digital Resources • $15.99 each
Level ISBN Level ISBN
Level 2 9781425813017 Level 5 9781425813048
Level 3 9781425813024 Level 6 9781425813055
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Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary

By Christine Dugan
Grades 1–8

Give students a boost with effective and easy-to-implement

strategies! Vocabulary words from standards-based,
content‑specific units of study are utilized.
Each notebook includes:
◗◗ 25 research-based strategies with differentiation suggestions
for each strategy
◗◗ Assessment strategies
◗◗ Sample word lists including both specialized content and
general academic words
◗◗ Digital resources such as teacher and student resource pages,
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 English Language Development

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Language Development

“The limits of my language are

the limits of my world”
for English Language Learners
-Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1953 By Eugenia Mora-Flores
Foreword by Lindsey Guccione
L Grades K–8
anguage is powerful because it allows people to access
knowledge. It is how we communicate and learn from
others, it is how we make meaning from text and share our
thoughts with the world through written and oral forms. Language
is powerful because it connects us to one another. It connects us

Put research into practice and instruct English

to our families, our community, and our friends. Language in its
simplest definition has been defined as, “a body of words and the
systems for their use common to a people who are of the same
community or nation, the same geographical area, or the same

language learners with strategies that meet their

cultural tradition (Webster’s dictionary).” As simple as this may
seem, language is complex and for those of us who have tried to
learn a second language or teach language we have experienced the
complexities of language.

needs in language development and literacy.

Children have an amazing ability to acquire a first language
quickly and subconsciously. Stephen Krashen and Tracy Terrell
(1983) discuss the difference between acquiring language and
learning language. They share that language acquisition is a,
‘natural’ way to develop linguistic ability, and is a subconscious

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 English Language Development

Helping English Language Learners Succeed,

2nd Edition
By Carmen Zuñiga Dunlap
Foreword by Sonja Bloetner
All Grades
◗◗ Provides best practices and research-based strategies that
support listening and speaking, vocabulary development, reading
comprehension development, and writing development.
◗◗ Includes tips and suggestions for integrating strategies into
classroom instruction.
256pp. • ISBN 9781425811884 • $29.99
For more titles in this series, see page 7.

Strategies for Formative Assessment

with English Language Learners
By Sonja Bloetner
Forewords by Sara Sahr and Eugenia Mora-Flores
Grades K–5

This resource includes a variety of assessment techniques and

resources designed specifically to assist teachers in addressing the
linguistic needs of their students. In addition, it aids in monitoring
their success towards developing English language proficiency.
◗◗ Assessment strategies are provided in specific grade spans
including K–2 and 3–5.
◗◗ Samples are provided to ensure that teachers properly assess their
students' language proficiency levels and academic development.
Notebook • 248pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425805159 • $99.99

English Language Development

Building Academic Language
through Content-Area Text
Strategies to Support English Language Learners
By Erica Bowers and Laura Keisler
Grades 1–8

Integrates academic language strategies that are designed specifically

for English language learners to support content-area reading of
informational text. Each strategy features examples for different grade
levels and content areas.
200pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425806316 • $29.99

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 English Language Development

Idioms and Other English Expressions

By Timothy Rasinski, Kathleen Knoblock, and Kathleen N. Kopp
Grades 1–6

Introduces students to common idioms and other

expressions, including hyperbole, simile, metaphor,
and personification.
◗◗ The idioms are provided in context with stories and
activities to teach usage and meanings.
◗◗ Based on Dr. Rasinski’s research, the idioms are grouped
by themes for ease in teaching and learning.
◗◗ Helps English language learners build language skills.
◗◗ Correlated to the College and Career Readiness standards.
96pp. • Digital Resources • $24.99 each
Grade ISBN
Grades 1–3 9781425801588
Grades 4–6 9781425801595

Science for English Language Learners

Developing Academic Language Through
Inquiry-Based Instruction
By Dolores Beltran, Eugenia Mora-Flores, and Lilia Sarmiento
Foreword By Alan J. McCormack
All Grades

Cultivates K–12 students’ language abilities in science while

developing their content knowledge and employing the 5E
instructional model.
352pp. • ISBN 9781425808594 • $24.99
English Language Development

Activities for English Language

Learners Across the Curriculum
By Stephen A. White
Grades K–5

Featuring activities to help students improve their

English skills, this resource includes lessons that can be
modified based on the students’ levels of
language proficiency.
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 Mathematics
Leveled Texts for Mathematics
Grades 3–12 • Reading Level Grades 1.5–7.2

Use leveled texts to differentiate instruction while ensuring that all

students have access to the same content. Each book includes:
◗◗ 15 leveled passages (two pages each) written at four different
reading levels.
◗◗ Passages support each title and help teach identical content
through multiple reading levels.
◗◗ Digital resources include all 15 electronic passages in full color
plus editable versions of each text in Microsoft Word.
144pp. • Digital Resources • $39.99 each
Title ISBN Title ISBN
Multiple Levels Provided
Algebra and 9781425807160 Geometry 9781425807177
Symbols behind the page numbers represent
Algebraic Thinking Measurement 9781425807542 the reading level range of each text to help
Data Analysis and 9781425807559 Number and 9781425807153 teachers differentiate instruction.
Probability Operations
Fractions, Decimals, 9781425807856
and Percents
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For more titles in this series, see pages 15, 39, and 43.

Think It, Show It Mathematics:

Strategies for Explaining Thinking
By Gregory A. Denman
Foreword by Linda Dacey
Grades 3–8

Provides step-by-step strategies for developing students’ clear, concise

writing and discussion skills about math problems, supported by student
activity sheets, rubrics, and exemplar writing samples.
192pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425810511 • $39.99
For more titles in this series, see pages 40 and 41.

What’s Your Math Problem!?!

Getting to the Heart of Teaching Problem Solving Getting Started Strategies
3
CHAPTER

Mathematics
By Linda Gojak “Students use many strategies intuitively when
they solve problems. However, gaining familiarity
with a collection of strategies by seeing them

Foreword by Laney Sammons

modeled, and then trying to apply them, provides
students with useful tools for tackling problems
and broadens their problem-solving abilities.”

All Grades
Burns 2007

Many people struggle with how to approach a problem. The

strategies in this chapter can be used in a variety of settings and
include the following:

Dig into rich problem solving and reflect on current teaching practices.
• Restate the Problem in Your Own Words
• Identify Wanted, Given, and Needed information
• Identify a Subgoal
• Select Appropriate Notation

◗◗ Meaningful instructional tools and methods are provided to help

These strategies can help you to solve both routine problems as well
as non-routine problems like the ones that were introduced in the
previous chapter. What is important about these strategies is that
they can help anyone become more comfortable with approaching
a problem. Each of them will help you get started or help you to

teachers understand each problem-solving strategy and how to use it

reexamine the problem if you hit a roadblock. They are often used
together with the strategies we will examine in the next chapters.
Time to get started on your problem-solving journey!
After initially reading a problem, it is helpful to restate the problem
in your own words to be sure you understand the problem situation.

with students.
Identifying wanted and given information will help you to
determine any additional information needed to solve the problem.

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◗◗ Teachers are given opportunities to practice problems themselves and

reflect on how they can better integrate problem solving into their
instruction.
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 Guided Math
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Guided Math Workshop.
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practice of previously mastered concepts and skills.

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effective tasks that minimize preparation time for teachers.
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Implementing Guided Math

Tools for Educational Leaders
By Laney Sammons
Grades K–8

This comprehensive guide provides educational leaders with a clear path

to supporting teachers’ implementation of the Guided Math framework.
◗◗ Provides effective strategies to support teachers in aligning their
teaching styles to implementing and adapting Guided Math and
classroom management.
◗◗ Helps prepare teachers for monthly planning activities that provide for
inquiry, learning, goal setting, collaborative planning, interaction with
instructional coaches, and reflection.
264pp. • ISBN 9781425815127 • $29.99

"On a scale of 1-10, I would give them higher than a 10 if

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Professional Development Available
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Guided Math
—Lisa Wills See page 51 for details.
Executive Director of Curriculum
and Instruction, ECISD
Mathematics

Guided Math
Data Collection and Analysis Math Stretch
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000) placed
increased emphasis on data analysis in their mathematics standards. The
A Framework for Mathematics Instruction
standard states that students in elementary school should be able to:

By Laney Sammons
• formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect,
organize, and display relevant data to answer them
• select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data
• develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on
data
Foreword by Janis K. Fackler
Grades K–8

Use a practical approach to teaching mathematics that integrates proven

literacy strategies.
This data-collection activity can also be used as a way of taking attendance.

Students have enormous curiosity about the world around them,

especially their immediate world. Teachers can take advantage of
this characteristic by posing questions for students to respond to as
they arrive at the classroom, thus providing opportunities for data

◗◗ Increase both rigor and relevance in mathematics by applying a

collection and analysis. For younger students, the questions are quite
simple. In a kindergarten class, it may be, “How did you get to school
today?” For older students, the questions presented are more complex
and reflect the interests of the students. They may be asked to choose
a favorite sport, entertainer, author, or movie from several choices.
Students are delighted to be asked questions that they feel confident

research-based, classroom-tested model for delivering instruction.

answering and are eager to take part in the data collection.

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◗◗ Maximize the impact of instruction through the use of whole-class

and small-group instruction and Math Workshop.
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Guided Math Conferences
By Laney Sammons Conferring with Young
Mathematicians
Foreword by Deborah Allen Wirth Just as students come in all shapes and sizes, with distinctive personalities,
quirks, senses of humor, and sensitivities, they also come into our classrooms

Grades K–8
with unique background knowledge and instructional needs. Somehow we
manage to adapt our instruction each year as these young learners enter
our classrooms—not only adapt, but to truly delight in the diversity that
enriches the learning environment we so carefully construct.

◗◗ Provides teachers with suggestions, tips, management, and

Realistically, however, the vast differences in foundational knowledge
and skills of students pose challenges—challenges that are intrinsic to the
profession of teaching. How do we gain insights into the thinking of our
students, discover what they know, what they can do, what misconceptions
they have, what struggles they face, and what concerns they harbor? The

implementation methods for using effective conferencing with

intimate nature of small classes allows astute teachers to establish close
relationships with their students in which they acquire something of a true
measure of their students’ learning strengths and needs through observation
and discussions. Building on that measure, differentiation of instruction
f lows naturally.

students within the Guided Math framework.

With larger class sizes, the task of accurately assessing the complex
and unique individual learning needs of our students is more difficult.
Opportunities to closely observe their work are limited, as are in-depth
student-teacher conversations during lessons, especially during whole-class
lessons. In some ways, a classroom full of students is analogous to an
orchestra. When 25 or 30 students are each playing their own scores,

◗◗ Templates, planning tools, and other resources are provided to help

the blended sound of the whole orchestra makes it almost impossible to

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teachers stay organized and effective while conferring.

232pp. • ISBN 9781425811877 • $29.99

Strategies for Implementing Guided Math

By Laney Sammons
Foreword by Barbara Blanke
Grades K–8

This resource delves into the strategies necessary to effectively

implement the Guided Math Framework.
◗◗ Provides specific strategies for implementing the seven elements
of the Guided Math Framework, including whole-class instruction,
small-group instruction, Math Workshop, and assessment.
◗◗ Sample lessons, activities, and classroom snapshots of strategy
implementation provided at three grade-level spans: K–2, 3–5,
and 6–8.
Notebook • 344pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425805319 • $99.99

Building Mathematical Comprehension

Using Literacy Strategies to Make Meaning
By Laney Sammons
Foreword by Ruth Harbin Miles
All Grades
◗◗ Provides familiar reading comprehension strategies to help students
ask good questions, visualize mathematics, and synthesize their
understanding.
◗◗ Demonstrates how to facilitate student learning to build schema
and make connections among concepts.
304pp. • ISBN 9781425807894 • $29.99

Daily Math Stretches Mathematics

Building Conceptual Understanding
By Laney Sammons, Michelle Windham, and Pamela Dase
Grades K–8
◗◗ Each book features step-by-step lessons, assessment
information, and samples of what the warm-ups look
like in the classroom.
◗◗ Digital resources feature interactive whiteboard files
for each stretch.
192pp. • Digital Resources • $24.99 each
Level ISBN
Levels K–2 9781425806361
Levels 3–5 9781425807863
Levels 6–8 9781425807870

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 Mathematics
Effective Math Instruction
Shifting to Meet Today's Standards
By Jared DuPree
Foreword by Ruth Harbin Miles
Grades K–8

Effectively implement the key shifts in mathematics instruction: focus,

coherence and rigor. Build meaningful lessons and assessments,
enabling students to develop factual, conceptual, procedural, and
meta-cognitive knowledge.
224pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425815080 • $45.99

Teaching Mathematics Today, 2nd Edition

By Erin Lehmann
Forewords by Sharon Rendon and Diana Wilson
All Grades

Learn effective research-based strategies to differentiate instruction

and enrich curriculum for mathematics standards.
This up-to-date guide builds a thorough understanding of current math
standards and promotes the development of students’ critical-thinking
skills. Best-practice instruction strategies are provided to implement in
today’s classroom.
240pp. • ISBN 9781425812072 • $29.99
For more titles in this series, see page 7.

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 Mathematics

Essential Math Skills:

Over 250 Activities to Develop Deep Understanding
By Bob Sornson
Grades Pre∙K­–3
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Math Games
Anchors Array

Anchors Array

Getting to the Core of Conceptual Understanding

Prepare
Standard Copy the Anchors Array Sailboat
Game Board Mat, one per student.
Use addition to find the total number Copy and cut out the Anchors Array
of objects arranged in rectangular Game Cards, one set per pair of

By Ted H. Hull, Ruth Harbin Miles, and Don S. Balka

arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 students.
columns; write an equation to express
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Concept Explanation Work with students to
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Foreword by Anne Collins
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and understanding of essential mathematical concepts.

and columns relationship. can be separated into five rows
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well as three rows with five
squares per row.
Game Overview

◗◗ Provides opportunities for students to reflect and check

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In this game, students will create arrays with 20 unit tiles and form an
to represent selected numbers. array. Move around the room
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understanding of what they’ve learned and engage in the

students create. After a few
Materials minutes, ask students to share
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The resources to play this game are found record their answers on the
on the Digital Resource CD whiteboard. Then, ask students
(anchorsarray.pdf).

• manipulatives (e.g., square tiles, counters,

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to form a different array, using
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Standards for Mathematical Practice.
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Go Team Division

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The 5Es of Inquiry-Based Science
By Lakenna Chitman-Booker and Kathleen Kopp
Foreword By Steve Rich
All Grades

Create an active learning environment using the 5E inquiry-based science

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Teaching Science Today, 2nd Edition

By Kathleen N. Kopp
Foreword by Alan McCormack
All Grades

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teachers differentiate instruction.
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 Science
Think It, Show It Science:
Strategies for Demonstrating Knowledge
By Gregory A. Denman
Foreword by Alan McCormack
Grades 3–8

Guide students in communicating their scientific thinking.

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Science for English Language Learners

Developing Academic Language Through
Inquiry-Based Instruction
By Dolores Beltran, Eugenia Mora-Flores, and Lilia Sarmiento
Foreword by Alan McCormack
All Grades

Cultivate K–12 students’ language abilities in science while developing their

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Grades K–8

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Grades K–2 9781425801632 Forensic Science 9781425801670
Grades 3–5 9781425801649 Grades 6–8
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Science

Printed passages are in black and white. Full-color

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Ecosystem? Ecosystem? (cont.)

Can We Balance an Can We Balance an
_______________
Name ________________

web cards
• hole punch Food Web Cards
What You Need: • food • yarn
• colored pencils or markers
provides
provides name
• scissors provides name
• calculator name

What To Do: card. Decide who

should take one blank
of four. Each student r, who will draw
a
1. Get in a group primary consume
, who will draw a
will draw a producer a tertiary consume
r.
r, and who will draw
secondary consume
give it a name.
in the blank space and
2. Draw a picture
population in ecosystem
population in ecosystem =
×
population in ecosystem = population population
× one weighs weighs
provides = population population
name × one weighs weighs
population population × =
one weighs weighs population
× = one needs
population needs
= population population
× one needs needs
population population
one needs needs

provides
provides name
provides name
name

population in ecosystem

× =
population population
one weighs weighs

× =
population population
one needs needs
population in ecosystem
population in ecosystem =
×
population in ecosystem
. Write that number = population population
× one weighs weighs
s are in the ecosystem = population
of your organism × population
one weighs weighs
3. Decide how many =
population population ×
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ecosystem.” = population
in “population in
× one needs needs
that number by the = population population
weighs. Then multiply
× one needs needs
population
much one organism numbers to the one needs
population needs
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the whole populatio
population to find
card. 101 103
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ased Investigations: PRODUCTION ased Investigations: PRODUCTION
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Think It, Show it Social Studies:
Strategies for Communicating Understanding
Grades 3–8

Supports the teaching of writing in the social studies classroom and

guides students in communicating their historical thinking through New!
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◗◗ Specific step-by-step strategies are provided for developing students’
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Social Studies
Social Studies Strategies for Active Learning
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Grades 3–12

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 Social Studies

Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources

By Wendy Conklin
All Grades

Use strategies that help students learn how to read closely

with a purpose and address text-dependent questions that
build meaning of primary sources.
320pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425814786 • $39.99

Using Primary Sources in the Classroom

Examining Our Past, Understanding Our Present,
Considering Our Future
By Kathleen Vest
All Grades

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176pp. • Digital Resources • ISBN 9781425803674 • $34.99

Document-Based Assessment Activities

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Early America Gr. 3–8 9781425803650
Expanding & Preserving the Union Gr. 3–8 9781425803667
The 20th Century Gr. 3–8 9781425801038
World Cultures Through Time Gr. 3–8 9781425801021
My Community Then and Now Gr.1–3 9781425803681
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Leveled Texts for Social Studies
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144–152pp. • Digital Resources • $39.99 each Symbols behind the page numbers represent the reading
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American Biographies Gr. 1–8 9781425808945
Symbols, Monuments, and Documents Gr. 1–8 9781425808969
Early America Gr. 4–12 9781425800819 Grades 1–8 1.0–1.8 1.9–2.4 2.9–3.9 4.2–5.2
Expanding & Preserving the Union Gr. 4–12 9781425800826 Grades 4–12 1.5–2.2 3.0–3.5 4.5–5.2 6.5–7.2
The 20th Century Gr. 4–12 9781425800840 ELL Below On Level Above
World Cultures Through Time Gr. 4–12 9781425800833

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Active History Understanding Hands-on History

By Andi Stix and Frank Hrbek
Grades 4–8
Elections Grades 3–8

By Torrey Maloof Promotes an active learning

Provides easy-­to-­implement Grades K–5 environment with game-formatted

Social Studies
simulations to help history come Enhance history and civics activities.
alive for students. Activities programs with primary sources ◗◗ Engages both low-performing
encourage students to think and promote critical-thinking and high-performing students
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 Foundational Skills

Purposeful Play for Early Childhood

Phonological Awareness
By Hallie Kay Yopp and Ruth Helen Yopp
Grades Pre·K–1

This resource provides 70 activities designed to help students

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Rhythm & Rhyme Literacy Time

By Timothy Rasinski, Karen McGuigan Brothers, and Gay Fawcett
Grades K–3

Improve phonemic and phonological awareness,

as well as collaborative learning, through the use
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◗◗ Introduce poetry (traditional and original) to students to
develop key skills such as rhyming, phonics, onset and
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Level 1 9781425813376 Level 3 9781425813390
Early Childhood

Foundational Skills: Phonics

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Mary Rosenberg, and Christine Dugan

Support students’ phonetic development with fun and

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 Instructional Technology
Using Technology to Improve Reading and Learning
By Jill Castek, Colin Harrison, and Bernadette Dwyer
Forewords by Donald Leu and Elizabeth Calhoon
All Grades

This easy-to-implement guide presents new classroom uses for technology to enhance
students’ attention, engagement, creativity, and collaboration in reading and learning.
Also provides strategies for making content-area connections—great for
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224pp. • ISBN 9781425813147 • $24.99

Integrating Technology into the Curriculum, 2nd Edition

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All Grades
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For more titles in this series, see page 7.

Using Google Earth™

Bring the World into Your Classroom
By JoBea Holt
Levels 1–8

Learn to use Google Earth and incorporate technology across the content areas.
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256pp. • Digital Resources • $29.99 each
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Levels 1–2 9781425808242 Levels 3–5 9781425808259 Levels 6–8 9781425808266

Creating a Google Apps™ Classroom

By Kyle Brumbaugh, Elizabeth Calhoon, Ramsey Musallam, Robert Pronovost, and Catlin Tucker

Instructional Technology
All Grades
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128pp. • ISBN 9781425813123 • $21.99

What Every Educator Should Know About Using Google™

By Kathryn Martin
Foreword By Hall Davidson
All Grades

This book uncovers the many applications available through Google™—from shared
documents, presentations, and spreadsheets to calendars and social networking tools—
that offer a myriad of possibilities for instructional support and engagement.
128pp. • ISBN 9781425808235 • $24.99

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 Professional Development
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Teacher Created Materials' professional development and coaching sessions embed best practices with hands-on
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Implementing a Comprehensive Balanced Literacy Framework
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Brain-Powered Learning
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Project- and Problem-Based Learning

◗◗ Uncover strategies to motivate and teach students to solve problems
and develop higher-order thinking skills through the use of technology.
◗◗ Explore new ways to help students become confident critical thinkers and users of
information from all the sources they encounter.
◗◗ Implement a problem- and project-based approach to develop 21st century skills and
design lessons with challenging, real-life problems that utilize technology as one means
to find a solution.

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Integrating College and Career Readiness Standards
for English Language Arts and Mathematics
This session provides educators with strategies to promote active learning and encourage students to analyze,
evaluate, and create—all hallmarks of the College and Career Ready competencies that have a strong focus
on the cognitive domain. Teachers can help students become fully prepared for the future by embracing the
opportunity to infuse their lessons and instructional practices with higher-order thinking skills and cognitive
precision designed to help students meet the demands of today's standards.

The teachers were extremely satisfied with the professional

development workshop, and rated it as

one of the best and most

beneficial that our school has ever had.
—Dewain Thames
Curriculum Coordinator, Burbank School

Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary

This workshop investigates and delineates the steps that teachers can take to ensure that students have the
appropriate academic background knowledge to understand the vocabulary they will encounter in multiple
domains by providing them with direct instruction in these terms. With these tools and strategies embedded
in instructional practices, vocabulary development will no longer be an afterthought in content-area
classrooms. The tiered implementation strategies offered in this session will enhance students’ agility with
increasingly complex vocabulary to improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing proficiencies.

Teacher Created Materials provided

the best professional development

we've experienced.
Professional Development

—Laura L. D’Anna
Principal, Eager Street Academy

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Guided Math
◗◗ Discover methods for increasing student achievement and relevance in mathematics by applying
the research-based, classroom-tested Guided Math framework for delivering instruction to meet
the needs of all students.
◗◗ Differentiate mathematics instruction while increasing the depth and complexity
of the content to move students toward mastery of standards.
◗◗ Learn how to maximize learning opportunities through whole-class instruction,
small-group instruction, and math workshops.

Teacher Created Materials worked with our teachers and Campus

Curriculum Facilitators to make sure our rollout of Guided Math
was a smooth transition. On a scale of 1–10,

I would give them higher

than a 10 if possible!
—Lisa Wills
Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction, ECISD

Integrating Technology into the Curriculum

◗◗ Discover strategies to motivate and teach students to solve problems and
develop higher-order thinking skills through the use of technology.
◗◗ Understand how to manage technology effectively to enhance learning with
popular devices and application tools.
◗◗ Learn quick and easy strategies for using a variety of technologies to support
instruction and drive student technology use.
◗◗ Discover tips, tools, suggestions, and lesson ideas to support the purposeful
integration of technology into instruction across the content areas.

Data-Driven Instruction
◗◗ Improve the quality of instruction through use of a continuous cycle of
assessments, data analysis, and data-driven curriculum planning.
◗◗ Learn to quickly and easily analyze data for efficacy of instruction and student
learning outcomes.

Professional Development
◗◗ Foster continual professional learning, with a focus on student achievement,
through the implementation of Professional Learning Communities.
◗◗ Set norms for professional learning goals to design and structure action plans.

Teachers are using what they

learned and the students are
talking about it!
—Sandy Mason
Principal, Baltimore IT Academy

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Connecting Content for English Language Learners
Designed to provide teachers with research-based instructional methods that accelerate both content and
language learning for students who are English language learners, this standard- and research-based professional
development model will develop the pedagogy, academic language strategies, and differentiation strategies to
address the diverse needs of English language learners including Newcomers and Long-Term English Language
Learners, while integrating the ELD strategies into lesson planning and instructional delivery.

My experience has been a

positive one, not only because of the quality of
the instructional materials they offer but also due to their level
of professionalism and knowledge. Most of all, the ESL teachers
learned how to implement the materials to address the needs of
their students effectively!
—Gloria Cruz
Bilingual/ESL/World Languages Supervisor,
Camden City School District

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive

Teaching and Learning
Build educators’ background knowledge around what it means to be
culturally and linguistically responsive in a way that transforms the
instructional dynamic in the classroom and the culture of the school
and district overall. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the
socio-historic connection of culture to school, the present-day systemic
failure of schools, and why culturally and linguistically responsive
teaching is absolutely necessary.

Implementing Differentiation
Across the Content Areas
Professional Development

This session will help teachers meet the needs of all students through practical differentiation strategies
that yield real results. Focus on the “how” of differentiation, supported by current theory and pedagogy.
Discover how to differentiate lessons across the content areas using a variety of strategies based on
the research of key experts in the field.

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 Keynote Speakers

At Teacher Created Materials, we are

proud to work with some of the most
well-known authors and experts in
the field of education. Our authors
are available to keynote for your next
professional development event.

Contact us for more information.

Danny Brassell, Ph.D. Sharroky Hollie, Ph.D.

 anny Brassell is an experienced classroom teacher and
D
S harroky Hollie is the Executive Director of the Center for
author. Using humor, music, and games, Danny has motivated
Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning, which is a
audiences across the country to create cultures in homes,
non-profit organization dedicated to providing stellar
schools, and businesses that stimulate innovation through
professional development for educators desiring to become
widespread reading. See books by Danny on pages 6, 20,
culturally responsive. See Sharroky's books on page 4.
and 21.

Wendy Conklin, M.A. Eugenia Mora-Flores, Ed.D.

E ugenia Mora-Flores is an associate professor of clinical
Wendy Conklin is an award-winning author, editor, educational
education in the Undergraduate and Teacher Education
consultant, and teacher. She runs staff development workshops
program at the University of Southern California (USC). She
across the country, writes curriculums and has taught diverse
also serves as coordinator of the bilingual and cross-cultural
groups of children. See her books on pages 6, 8, 10, 19, 25,
program. She has authored several books on balanced literacy
and 42.
and writing instruction for English learners. See Eugenia's
books on pages 30, 32 and 40.
Valerie Ellery, M.A.Ed., NBCT
 alerie Ellery has served the field of education for more than
V Michael Murphy, Ed.D.
25 years as a National Board Certified Teacher, curriculum
Mike Murphy is a national educational coach, facilitator,
specialist, mentor, literacy coach, staff developer, and award-
author, and consultant. He draws from 36 years of educational
winning international author and consultant. Valerie has
experience as he trains and works with teachers, teacher
published many books, curriculums, and staff-development
coaches, school leaders, and district leaders across the United
video series to empower educators to create literacy reform
States. See Michael's book on page 9.
globally. See Valerie's book on page 19.

Mary Jo Fresch, Ph.D. Lori Oczkus, M.A.

L ori Oczkus is an accomplished educator, author, and popular
Mary Jo Fresch is an author, international speaker, and
speaker. She worked as a bilingual elementary teacher, reading
professor at the Ohio State University at Marion, Department
intervention specialist, staff developer, and literacy coach. Lori
of Teaching and Learning. She has taught elementary school,

Professional Development
was inducted into the California Reading Association Hall of
adult literacy, and literacy methods courses. See her book on
Fame for her many contributions to the field of reading. See
page 19.
Lori's books on page 16.

Richard Gentry, Ph.D. LaVonna Roth, M.S.Ed.

 ichard Gentry is nationally recognized for his work in spelling,
R
L aVonna Roth is an internationally known author, keynote
phase theory, beginning reading and writing, and teaching
speaker, and consultant. Her passion is bridging neuroscience
literacy in elementary school. He has spoken at state and
and education. Thousands of educators and students have
national conferences and has provided teachers with inspiring
benefited from her abundance of practical, applicable, and
strategies to use in their classroom. See Richard's books on
down-to-earth strategies for the most common issues in
pages 7 and 24.
education. See books by LaVonna on page 11.
Linda Gojak, M.A.Ed. Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.
L inda Gojak is a leader in mathematics education and has
taught for over 35 years. She has served as president of the Timothy Rasinski is the author of numerous books and articles
Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the National on reading education and is a frequent presenter nationwide.
Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. See her book on His research on fluency has been cited by the National Reading
page 33. Panel. See books by Tim on pages 16, 21, 23, 27, 29, 32,
and 44.
Judith Goodman M.A.Ed.
J udith Goodman spent over 30 years serving as an Instructional
Specialist and teacher of social studies and writing for the
elementary grades. She helped to develop numerous staff
development sessions in her district. See her book on page 5.

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Index
Orchestrating School Change:
Instructional Methods Transforming Your Leadership 9
A Baker’s Dozen of Lessons Learned from the
Teaching Trenches 6 Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of High-
Frequency Words 13
Active Learning Across the Content Areas 6
Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Language
Applying Differentiation Strategies, 12
2nd Edition Teacher’s Handbook 8
Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Math 13
Backwards Planning: Building Enduring
Understanding Through Instructional Design 9 Practice, Assess, Diagnose:
180 Days of Problem Solving 13
Brain-Powered Lessons to Engage All Learners 11
Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Reading 12
Brain-Powered Strategies to Engage All Learners 11
Practice, Assess, Diagnose: 180 Days of Writing 12
Bringing Joy Back into the Classroom 6
Strategies for Culturally and Linguistically Responsive
Classroom Management for Successful Instruction 7 Teaching and Learning 4

Common Sense Assessment in the Classroom 4 Strategies for Developing Higher-Order Thinking
Skills 10
Conquering The Grades 13
Strategies for Interactive Notetaking 6
Creativity and the Standards 6
Strategies to Integrate the Arts
in the Content Areas 5
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching
and Learning: Classroom Practices for Student
Success 4 Teaching Mathematics Today, 2nd Edition 7

Differentiating the Curriculum for Gifted Learners, Teaching Science Today, 2nd Edition 7
2nd Edition 7, 8
Teaching Social Studies Today, 2nd Edition 7
Differentiation Strategies for the Content Areas 8
The Synergy of Inquiry: Engaging Students in Deep
Effective Teaching in Today's Classroom 7 Learning Across the Content Areas 9

Fostering Writing in Today’s Classroom 7 Understanding Learning Styles: Making a Difference

for Diverse Learners 4
Helping English Language Learners Succeed, 2nd
Edition 7 Reading
Higher-Order Thinking Skills to Develop 21st Century Building Fluency Through Practice & Performance 23
Learners 10
Close Reading with Paired Texts 16
Integrating Technology, Into the Curriculum,
2nd Edition 7 Comprehension That Works: Taking Students
Beyond Ordinary Understanding to Deep
Integrating the Arts Across the Content Areas 5 Comprehension 21

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Connect to Text: Strategies for Close Reading The Reading Intervention Toolkit 20
and Writing 17
The Reading Makeover 20
Creating Strategic Readers, 3rd Edition 19
You Can’t Just Say It Louder!: Differentiated
Dive into Close Reading 16 Strategies for Comprehending Nonfiction 21

Fluency Through Practice & Performance 23

Writing
Great Works: Instructional Guides for Literature 18 Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources 25

Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word Content Area Writing that Rocks and Works! 24
Phrases 23
Fostering Writing in Today’s Classroom 24
Just the Facts!: Close Reading & Comprehension of
Informational Text 16 Getting to the Core of Writing: Essential Lessons
for Every Student 24
Leveled Text-Dependent Question Stems
for the Content Areas 14 Reading, Writing, and Rhythm: Engaging Content-
Area Literacy Strategies 25
Leveled Texts for Classic Fiction 15
Strategies for Implementing Writer's Workshop 24
Leveled Texts Grade-Level Series 15
Strategies for Writing from Sources 25
Practicing for Today’s Tests: Language Arts 22
Using Cursive Today 25
Reading and Responding: A Guide to Literature in
the Classroom 20 Writing Is Magic, Or Is It?: Using Mentor Text to
Develop the Writer's Craft 25
Reading Strategies for the Content Areas and
Fiction 21 Writing Strategies for the Content Areas and
Fiction 26
Rhymes for the Times: Literacy Strategies through
Social Studies 22
Vocabulary
Strategies for Building Fluency 23
Getting to the Roots of Content-Area
Strategies for Building Text-Dependent Vocabulary 27
Questions 14
Go Figure! Exploring Figurative Language 28
Strategies for Effective Balanced Literacy 19
Greek & Latin Roots: Keys to Building
Successful Strategies for Reading in the Content Vocabulary 27
Areas, 2nd Edition 17
Prefix and Suffix Practice 27
Teaching with Text Sets 17
Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary 29
The How-to Guide for Integrating the Common
Core in Language Arts 19 Vocabulary Instruction for Academic Success 28

The Poet and the Professor: Poems for Building Vocabulary Ladders:
Reading Skills 23 Understanding Word Nuances 29

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Implementing Guided Math:
English Language Learners Tools for Educational Leaders 34
Activities for English Language Learners
Across the Curriculum 32 Leveled Texts for Mathematics 33

Building Academic Language through Content- Math Games: Getting to the Core
Area Text: Strategies to Support English of Conceptual Understanding 38
Language Learners 31
Math Games: Skill-Based Practice 38
Connecting Content and Language
for English Language Learners 30 Practicing for Today’s Tests: Mathematics 33

Helping English Language Learners Succeed, Strategies for Implementing Guided Math 35
2nd Edition 31
Strategies for Teaching Mathematics 37
Idioms and Other English Expressions 32
Teaching Mathematics Today, 2nd Edition 36
Science for English Language Learners:
Developing Academic Language Through The How-to Guide for Integrating the Common
Inquiry-Based Instruction 32 Core in Mathematics 36

Strategies for Connecting Content and Language Think It, Show It Mathematics: Strategies
for English Language Learners 30 for Explaining Thinking 33

Strategies for Formative Assessment with English What’s Your Math Problem!?! Getting to the Heart
Language Learners 31 of Teaching Problem Solving 33

Mathematics Science
50 Leveled Math Problems 37 Leveled Texts for Science 39

Building Mathematical Comprehension: Using Science for English Language Learners: Developing
Literacy Strategies to Make Meaning 35 Academic Language Through Inquiry-Based
Instruction 40
Daily Math Stretches:
Building Conceptual Understanding 35 Standards-Based Investigations: Science Labs 40

Effective Math Instruction: Strategies for Teaching Science 39

Shifting to Meet Today's Standards 36
Teaching Science Today, 2nd Edition 39
Essential Math Skills: Over 250 Activities
to Develop Deep Understanding 38 The 5Es of Inquiry-Based Science 39

Guided Math: A Framework Think It, Show It Science: Strategies

for Mathematics Instruction 34 for Demonstrating Knowledge 40

Guided Math Conferences 35

Guided Math Workshop 34

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Using Technology to Improve Reading
Social Studies and Learning 45
Active History 43
What Every Educator Should Know
Analyzing and Writing with Primary Sources 42 About Using Google™ 45

Document-Based Assessment Activities 42 Professional Development

Hands-on History 43 Brain-Powered Learning 49

Leveled Texts for Social Studies 43 Connecting Content for English Language
Learners 52
Primary Source Fluency Activities 42
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching
Social Studies Strategies for Active Learning 41 and Learning 52

Teaching Social Studies Today, 2nd Edition 41 Data-Driven Instruction 51

Think It, Show it Social Studies: Diving Into Text-Dependent Questions 47

Strategies for Communicating Understanding
41 Guided Math 51

Understanding Elections 43 Implementing a Comprehensive Balanced Literacy

Framework 48
Using Primary Sources in the Classroom: Examining
Our Past, Understanding Our Present, Implementing Differentiation
Considering Our Future 42 Across the Content Areas 52

Inspiring Excellent Writing 48

Early Childhood
Foundational Skills: Phonics 44 Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 51

Purposeful Play for Early Childhood Phonological Integrating College and Career Readiness
Awareness 44 Standards
for English Language Arts and Mathematics 50
Rhythm & Rhyme Literacy Time 44
Keynote Speakers 53

Instructional Technology Project- and Problem-Based Learning 49

Creating a Google Apps™ Classroom 45 Raising Rigor in the Classroom 49

Integrating Technology into the Curriculum, Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary 50
2nd Edition 45
Strategies for Close Reading 47
Using Google Earth™: Bring the World
into Your Classroom 45

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