Voting ends on September 15th. We will have reduced priced books available to purchase at our Sept. 30th meeting.
The Reading Strategies Book - Jennifer Serravallo
“Strategies make the often invisible work of reading actionable and visible,” Jen writes. In The Reading Strategies Book, she collects 300 strategies to share with readers in support of thirteen goals—everything from fluency to literary analysis. Each strategy is cross-linked to skills, genres, and Fountas & Pinnell reading levels to give you just-right teaching, just in time. Heinemann Website
Engaging Minds in the Classroom: The Surprising Power of Joy - Ford and Opitz
How do you motivate a classroom of bored teenagers, self-absorbed tweens, or energetic younger students to learn?In this book, you’ll explore what Michael F. Opitz and Michael P. Ford have discovered about planning lessons that engage students and enable them to truly enjoy learning. The authors outline key findings from research on motivation and engagement and offer real-life teaching examples from various grades. - ASCD Website
Quality Reading Instruction in the Age of Common Core Standards - Neumann and Gambrell
What are the best ways to teach key literacy skills, keeping the Common Core State Standards at the fore? How can you fill in what's missing from the CCSS document? Most important, how do you make adjustments in your own classroom, based on your students' specific needs? - ILA Website
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Geneva Gay The achievement of students of color continues to be disproportionately low at all levels of education. More than ever, Geneva Gay foundational book on culturally responsive teaching is essential reading in addressing the needs of today’s diverse student population. Combining insights from multicultural education theory and research with real-life classroom stories, Gay demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through their own cultural experiences. - Amazon
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