Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement
This is a great resource to help teachers dive deeper and unpack the Common Core literacy standards, explaining both what the standards say and do not say.
Calkins, L., Ehrenworth, M., & Lehman, C. (2012). Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
This is a great resource to help teachers dive deeper and unpack the Common Core literacy standards, explaining both what the standards say and do not say.
Calkins, L., Ehrenworth, M., & Lehman, C. (2012). Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction
An excellent resource for helping teachers to understand children's intuitive mathematical thinking, the stages of development of their thinking and how they apply such thinking to solve problems. This edition also includes excellent classroom video clips that highlight students' mathematical thinking and classroom instruction that guides students to build on their mathematical thinking.
Carpenter, T., Fennema, E., Loef Franke, M., Levi, L., Empson, S., (2015). Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
An excellent resource for helping teachers to understand children's intuitive mathematical thinking, the stages of development of their thinking and how they apply such thinking to solve problems. This edition also includes excellent classroom video clips that highlight students' mathematical thinking and classroom instruction that guides students to build on their mathematical thinking.
Carpenter, T., Fennema, E., Loef Franke, M., Levi, L., Empson, S., (2015). Children's Mathematics: Cognitively Guided Instruction. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
What's Your Evidence: Engaging K-5 Children in Constructing Explanations in Science
This resource provides K-5 teachers with ample tools to (strategies, scenarios, student samples, classroom video clips, rubrics and guidelines) to support young scientists in developing scientific explanations (claims) using evidence.
Zembal-Saul, C., McNeill, K., & Hershberger, K. (2013). What's Your Evidence: Engaging K-5 Children in Constructing Explanation in Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
This resource provides K-5 teachers with ample tools to (strategies, scenarios, student samples, classroom video clips, rubrics and guidelines) to support young scientists in developing scientific explanations (claims) using evidence.
Zembal-Saul, C., McNeill, K., & Hershberger, K. (2013). What's Your Evidence: Engaging K-5 Children in Constructing Explanation in Science. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Expect More: Children Can Do Remarkable Things
This is an excellent resource for teaching science, with high expectations for engaging children in meaningful conversations and real-life problem solving.
Grall Reichel, A., Gill, B. & Grahanas, E. (2010). Expect More: Children Can Do Remarkable Things. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
This is an excellent resource for teaching science, with high expectations for engaging children in meaningful conversations and real-life problem solving.
Grall Reichel, A., Gill, B. & Grahanas, E. (2010). Expect More: Children Can Do Remarkable Things. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse.
Classroom Instruction That Works
Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
This is an oldie but a goodie! This book highlights various teaching strategies that have been proven to have positive effects on student learning and achievement.
Marzano, R., Pickering, D., & Pollock, J. (2001). Classroom Instruction That Works Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
This is an oldie but a goodie! This book highlights various teaching strategies that have been proven to have positive effects on student learning and achievement.
Marzano, R., Pickering, D., & Pollock, J. (2001). Classroom Instruction That Works Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.