Browse Books in Professional Development

The Writing Circle

What do I do about the kid who… “
50 ways to turn teaching into learning

Basic Tools for Beginning Writers
How to teach all the skills beginning writers—from alphabet recognition and spelling to strategies for self-editing and building coherent text

I Think, Therefore I Learn!

The Principal Difference
Key issues in school leadership and how to deal with them successfully

Revising & Editing
Using models and checklists to promote successful writing experiences

Seven Steps to Successful Writing
32-page flipchart that guides kids through all forms of writing

Response Journals Revisited
Maximizing learning through reading, writing, viewing, discussing, and thinking

Differentiated Learning
Language and literacy projects that address diverse backgrounds and cultures

The Novel Experience
Steps for choosing and using novels in the classroom

Even Hockey Players Read
Boys, literacy, and learning

Guided Listening
A framework for using read-aloud and other oral language experiences to build reading comprehension skills and help readers record, share, value, and interpret ideas

Exemplars
Your best resource to improve student writing

Grammarama!
Innovative exercises, creative activities, models from reading, sentence combining, updated rules, and more!

The Classroom Troubleshooter
Strategies for marking and paperwork, discipline, evaluation, and learning through language

Reclaiming Reluctant Writers
How to encourage students to face their fears and master the essential traits of good writing

Exploring Writing in the Content Areas
Teaching and supporting learners in any subject

Real Life Literacy
Classroom tools that promote real-world reading and writing

Nonfiction Writing Power
Teaching information writing with intent and purpose

The ANIE
A math assessment tool that reveals learning and informs teaching

Struggling Readers
Why band-aids don't stick and worksheets don't work

Resource Teachers
A Changing Role in the Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learning

Resource Teachers
A Changing Role in the Three-Block Model of Universal Design for Learning

Reading Assessment Program Guide For Grade 10
Rubric and Reading Passages