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A Quick Guide to Reviving Disengaged Writers, 5-8

Middle schoolers can be the masters of disengagement. Recognizing that all students, adept and struggling writers alike, lose steam at times and need a revitalizing jump start, Christopher Lehman offers effective, developmentally-appropriate fixes...

A Quick Guide to Teaching Informational Writing, Grade 2

Informational writing taps into second graders natural inclination to explore and excitedly share the new and strange discoveries that fill their worlds on a daily basis. Marika Paez Wiesen offers a framework that will help you harness this energy and...

A Quick Guide to Teaching Persuasive Writing, K-2

Children have voices that need to be heard and ideas that need to be understood. Building on this premise Sarah describes why you should try a persuasive writing unit of study, describes two units of study for the primary classroom, and lists tips and...

A Quick Guide to Teaching Reading Through Fantasy Novels, 5-8

Supporting dreams of fabulous escape and transformation, fantasy literature can be especially compelling for adolescents. Mary Ehrenworth offers a unit of study that harnesses the power of this expansive and poignant genre to lure even reluctant readers...

A Quick Guide to Teaching Second-Grade Writers with Units of Study

In A Quick Guide to Teaching Second Grade Writers with Units of Study Lucy Calkins chronicles a curricular calendar that will help teachers increase the volume of student writing; encourage students to lift the level of their writing by...

A School Leader's Guide to Excellence, Updated Edition

Collaborating Our Way to Better Schools “The first priority for school leaders is to understand that problems cannot define a vision nor become its end point. Instead, they are opportunities to include stakeholders in formulating the vision...

A School Leader's Guide to Excellence, Updated Edition: Collaborating Our Way to Better Schools

A Student Guide to Writing on Demand

Strategies for High-Scoring Essays Get ready to write to the prompt. Get A Student Guide to Writing on Demand and prepare for testing in a new way that: eases concerns about timed writing situations increases familiarity with the forms...

A Student Guide to Writing on Demand.

Get ready to write to the prompt. Get this book and prepare for testing in a new way that: eases concerns about timed writing situations increases familiarity with the forms encountered in testing boosts scores on standardized writing tests. A Student...