Books for Professors

50 Strategies for Motivating Reluctant Readers

Find concrete ways to support unwilling, unengaged, or struggling readers! This professional resource includes easy-to-implement classroom strategies and activities to help teachers build fluency, stamina, and interest in reluctant readers.

50 Strategies for Summer School Engagement

50 Strategies for Teaching STEAM Skills

Give students concrete opportunities to practice STEAM skills! This teacher resource includes 50 instructional strategies for science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Help students develop learning skills through easy-to-implement activities.

Guided Math Workshop

This must-have resource helps teachers plan, organize, implement, and manage Guided Math Workshop. It provides practical strategies to allow time for teachers to conduct small-group lessons and math conferences to target student needs.

Teaching Social Studies Today 2nd Edition

This updated resource provides educators with the tools to implement standards-based social studies curriculum that will help raise the level of social studies education at each specific grade level, and incorporate all dimensions of the C3 framework.

Think It, Show It Social Studies: Strategies for Communicating Understanding

This practical resource supports writing instruction in the social studies classroom to meet the demands of the C3 Framework. Creative strategies and resources guide students in communicating their historical thinking through writing and speaking.

Dive into Close Reading: Strategies for Your K-2 Classroom

Give grades K-2 students the tools they need to be successful using this must-have guide. It includes sample lessons showing the key elements of a close reading lesson as well as strategies for analyzing and selecting a text and how to support students.

Get the Picture: Visual Literacy in Content-Area Instruction

This resource equips teachers with innovative strategies to develop students' visual literacy skills, teach students to analyze visual texts, comprehend both explicit and implicit messages, and engage in meaningful discussion.

Mathematical Discourse: Let the Kids Talk!

This resource provides teachers with the tools they need to facilitate mathematical discourse in the 21st century classroom and create opportunities for students to think constructively, communicate effectively, and increase mathematics proficiency.

Clothesline Math: The Master Number Sense Maker

Implement Clothesline Math and teach number sense in K-12 classrooms! This essential resource includes the materials that teachers need to conduct Clothesline Math lessons, and techniques for effectively facilitating the ensuing mathematical discourse.

Dive into Close Reading: Strategies for Your 3-5 Classroom

Give grades 3-5 students the tools they need to be successful using this must-have guide. It includes sample lessons showing the key elements of a close reading lesson as well as strategies for analyzing and selecting a text and how to support students.

Information Literacy: Separating Fact from Fiction

Help students achieve digital literacy and become 21st century thinkers in a world of information overload! This resource provides educators with the tools they need to help students actively analyze and assess information from multiple online sources.

Content Area Writing that Rocks (and Works!)

Create an innovative classroom where students develop writing skills by learning strategies based on their interests in technology, social media, and other topics. Students apply these tools and strategies to build college and career readiness skills.

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning (Second Edition)

This invaluable resource provides novice and experienced educators with a pedagogical framework for implementing culturally and linguistically responsive strategies in today's diverse classrooms.

Usted es el maestro más importante para su hijo: una guía para familias con niños pequeños

Prepare young learners for school with engaging learning experiences! This book provides Spanish-speaking families with ideas for learning opportunities that can happen every day.

Gender-Inclusive Schools: How to Affirm and Support Gender-Expansive Students

Sparking Learning in Young Children: Classroom Best Practices

The Everything Guide to Phonics

50 Strategies for Supporting Multilingual Learners

50 actionable strategies for multilingual learner success in diverse classrooms, backed by robust research.

50 Strategies for Learning without Screens