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Tips, Tools, and Resources for Building Math Understanding
LIVE WEBINARS: Math in Practice: Tips, Tools, and Resources for Building Math Understanding Presented By Susan O'Connell Register Now Date and Time Three 75-minute webinar sessions from 6:00pm to 7:15pm Eastern Time (ET). Thursday, March 24, 2022 Thursday, March 31, 2022 Thursday, April 7, 2022 Please note that this webinar series is scheduled for Eastern Time (ET). If you are in a different time zone, please plan your schedule accordingly.
PD Spotlight: Teaching Mathematics
Even before the pandemic, the call for a new vision of math instruction was loud. Yet, it is a challenge in our profession to consistently access opportunities to think critically and collaboratively about pedagogy, and avoid "teaching how we were taught", especially in mathematics. In Math in Practice: A Guide for Teachers, author Sue O'Connell writes, "Most of us learned math in classrooms characterized as teaching by telling. We now realize that method sacrificed understanding for efficiency.
The Writing Minilessons Book, Grade 1
Your Every Day Guide for Literacy Teaching By Irene Fountas, Lesley University, Gay Su Pinnell, The Ohio State University With The Writing Minilessons Book, engage students in inquiry that leads to the discovery and understanding of a general principle they can apply to their learning. Principles are based on the grade 1 behaviors and understandings in the one-of-a-kind, market-leading Literacy Continuum.
The Writing Minilessons Book, Grade K
Your Every Day Guide for Literacy Teaching By Irene Fountas, Lesley University, Gay Su Pinnell, The Ohio State University With The Writing Minilessons Book, engage students in inquiry that leads to the discovery and understanding of a general principle they can apply to their learning. Principles are based on the kindergarten behaviors and understandings in the one-of-a-kind, market-leading Literacy Continuum.
No More Reading for Junk
In this book you have the opportunity to learn from two of the very best. Barbara and Linda bring enormous expertise in how to motivate students to read. Barbara has spent years as a teacher and as an administrator working to develop passionate, lifelong readers. Linda has long worked with teachers and fellow researchers uncovering those approaches and practices that are most promising for fostering reading motivation.
Fountas & Pinnell Sounds, Letters, and Words in PreK
Listen. Look. Learn. By Irene Fountas, Lesley University, Gay Su Pinnell, The Ohio State University Launch children’s literacy journey with Sounds, Letters, and Words in PreK 100 explicit lessons designed to cultivate children’s natural curiosity about the sounds of language and encourage their active engagement in learning how sounds, letters, and words work.
A Teacher’s Guide to Vocabulary Development Across the Day
The Classroom Essentials Series By Tanya S. Wright, Edited by Katie Wood Ray How to plan vocabulary instruction that seamlessly blends with content instruction across the whole school day. Special Offer: We are dedicated to teachers. Use coupon code TAW21 to receive 30% off the list price and free shipping within the U.S. Valid only on online orders paid by credit card. Restrictions apply. Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more.
Joyful Writing in PreK
Create. Imagine. Learn. By Gay Su Pinnell, The Ohio State University, Irene Fountas, Lesley University Joyful Writing in PreK contains 100 writing minilessons that spark creativity, imagination, and learning. Writing minilessons are brief, focused, explicit lessons that help children/students understand/expand on the characteristics of effective writing and nurture their ability to write with purpose, imagination and voice.
Summer Learning Resources and Teacher Professional Development
Summer is a key opportunity to be responsive to students’ needs and help them prepare for the year ahead. Heinemann offers districts, schools, teachers and tutors flexible and easy-to-implement summer programs for reading, writing and mathematics that are student-centered, emphasize social emotional learning, and honor responsive teaching.
Social Justice Talk
Strategies for Teaching Critical Awareness In Social Justice Talk, Chris Hass, along with his colleagues Nozsa Tinsley, and Tiffany Palmatier, detail how to facilitate rich discussions that disrupt the harmful social beliefs and practices we and our students are immersed in every day. Each chapter is filled with vignettes, transcripts, and video clips from real classrooms and families that offer realistic expectations and models of what we can expect and hope for when we take on this work.
Risk. Fail. Rise. (Audiobook)
Mistakes are not the problem. The problem is the shame we attach to mistakes and inability to grow from them. You have likely heard the adage, ‘Everyone makes mistakes.’ But what you might not have heard is that there are some predictable reasons why we make these mistakes. Knowing why we make mistakes can help us make fewer mistakes and ensure that when we do make mistakes they’ll be more of the more useful variety. In Risk. Fail. Rise.
No More Teaching Without Positive Relationships
By Jaleel R. Howard, Tanya Milner-McCall, Tyrone C. Howard, Edited by M. Colleen Cruz, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, Columbia University, Edited by Nell K Duke Teachers know the importance of strong relationships with their students, but sometimes connecting with them feels challenging. No More Teaching Without Positive Relationships reviews the teacher-student relationship research and provides practices for building relationships that make a difference.
Play Attention!
In Play Attention! you’ll learn how play can add value to what you are already doing in your classroom and can even help you do it better. Stephanie shows you and your students how to make space for possibilities you hadn’t even imagined before. “I think we can all agree more joy in school is a good thing.” Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more.
Free Within Ourselves
The Development of African American Children's Literature Today African American children’s books in every genre are a vibrant part of any library or personal collection. Yet there are many works by African Americans from prior eras that aren’t well known. In Free Within Ourselves, nationally respected expert Rudine Sims Bishop introduces you to the full beauty and power of African American children’s literature, offering insight into its rich tradition.
Strategic Classroom Design
This book explores how carefully designed classrooms lead to greater engagement and learning. Photographs from a range of classroom environments are used to examine the different design choices teachers make. You'll also find sample lessons detailing how to introduce your students to different areas of your classroom, a look at challenges many teachers face in a series of if/then questions throughout the book, and a photo essay of one teacher's journey with strategic classroom design.
Heinemann resources
This crosswalk document shows you where to find help in Amplify and Read the World (includes 4 free lessons). The lessons and teaching suggestions address setting students up for success, teaching literacy, using technology to communicate productively, and engaging students with inquiry.
Author Bio: Towanda Harris
Dr. Towanda Harris has been a teacher, staff developer, literacy content specialist, and an instructional coach. Currently an Instructional Leadership Coordinator and an adjunct professor of reading and writing in Atlanta, Georgia, she brings almost twenty years of experience to the education world. Towanda is the author of The Right Tools: A Guide to Selecting, Evaluating, and Implementing Classroom Resources and Practices.
Connecting with Students Online
The professional development for online teaching and learning that you’ve been asking for An unprecedented pandemic may change the definition of classroom, but it doesn't have to change your definition of good teaching. Jennifer Serravallo’s Connecting with Students Online gives you concise, doable suggestions based on her own experiences and those of the teachers, administrators, and coaches she has communicated with during the pandemic.
Reading with Presence
Crafting Meaningful, Evidenced-Based Reading Responses By Marilyn Pryle Foreword by Thomas Newkirk Writing and sharing reading responses helps students look more closely at texts and their own thinking, while boosting engagement and self-confidence in their own voices. Marilyn Pryle offers a framework for crafting mindful, evidence-based reading responses. Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more.
Children Want to Write
Donald Graves and the Revolution in Children's Writing By Donald H. Graves, Emeritus, University of New Hampshire, Edited by Thomas Newkirk, University of New Hampshire, Edited by Penny Kittle, Plymouth State University Children Want to Write is a collection of Donald Graves most significant writings paired with video that illuminates his research and his inspiring work with teachers.
Kids First from Day One
A Teacher’s Guide to Today’s Classroom By Christine Hertz, Kristine Mraz The classroom of your dreams starts with one big idea. From the first days of school to the last, Kids First from Day One shares how to put your deepest teaching belief into action.
Integrating Technology
A School-Wide Framework to Enhance Learning By Sarah Gilmore, Katierose Deos There is no one-size-fits-all when it comes to technology integration. Wherever you are in the world and whatever your role is, you can harness the power of technology to make teaching and learning more meaningful, relevant, and effective. Let Integrating Technology be your guide and start making effective technology integration a reality in your school community.
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Point-Less
From the Foreword by Cris Tovani: “Sarah Zerwin has written the book I desperately needed to help my beliefs about learning match my assessment practices. In Point-Less, she nudges teachers to consider how traditional forms of grading get in the way of student growth. Her pioneering ways of marking, collecting, and sharing student work shows teachers how to assess with fidelity and in ways that serve student learning.
Upstanders
How to Engage Middle School Hearts and Minds with Inquiry By Harvey "Smokey" Daniels, National-Louis University, Sara K. Ahmed Welcome to Sara Ahmed’s classroom. With Smokey as your guide you’ll see how she uses inquiry to turn required curriculum into amazingly engaging units that provide the complexity the standards demand while turning students from bystanders into Upstanders. Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more.
DIY Literacy by Kate Roberts & Maggie Beattie Roberts.
Teaching Tools for Differentiation, Rigor, and Independence By Kate Roberts, Maggie Beattie Roberts What’s DIY Literacy? It’s making your own visual teaching tools instead of buying them. It’s using your teaching smarts to get the most from those tools. And it’s helping kids think strategically so they can be DIY learners. Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more.
The Journey Is Everything
Teaching Essays That Students Want to Write for People Who Want to Read Them Redefining the essay as a more authentic writing practice. Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more. ISBN 978-0-325-06158-0 / 0-325-06158-0 / SKU E06158 2016 / 224pp / Paperback Grade Level: 6th - 10th Topics: Nonfiction, Writing *Price and availability subject to change without notice.
A Teacher's Guide to Writing Workshop Essentials: Time, Choice, Response
The Classroom Essentials Series By Katherine Bomer, Corinne Arens, Edited by Katie Wood Ray A foundational guide to the principles, practices, structure, and daily routines of Writing Workshop. Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more. ISBN 978-0-325-09972-9 / 0-325-09972-3 / SKU E09972 2020 / 136pp / BOOK WITH ONLINE Grade Level: Kindergarten - 5th Topics: Conferring, Language Arts, Writing *Price and availability subject to change without notice.
Read the World
Our society is flooded with technology. It enables people to connect, it amplifies voices, and it has the power to enrich lives. Yet our society can be so distracted by the possibilities of technology that we can forget it is our humanity—and the stories we share—that make it meaningful. As educators, it is up to us to ensure that students know how to use all the resources available to them to think critically and compassionately about the world.
Understanding Texts & Readers
Understanding Texts & Readers helps you take the next step from Jen's Reading Strategies Book. She connects her comprehension goals to text levels and readers' responses. As you learn more about how comprehension works over a range of texts, you'll find text complexity simpler, clarify comprehension, and make great book matches, as you choose just-right strategies to share with readers.
It’s All About the Books
How to Create Bookrooms and Classroom Libraries That Inspire Readers By Tammy Mulligan, Clare Landrigan Foreword by Jennifer Serravallo It’s All About the Books is a practical yet detailed guide to creating a system where classroom libraries and bookrooms work seamlessly together to make it easy for teachers to find books to engage and scaffold all students in a school community. Special Offer: Save 30% off our list price automatically when you buy 15 or more.
Transient neonatal hypercalcaemia secondary to excess maternal vitamin D intake: too much of a good thing
We report a case of transient neonatal hypercalcaemia secondary to excess maternal vitamin D intake in pregnancy. Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency in pregnancy are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes, but there is no definite benefit to supplementation.
Haematological cancers: improving outcomes. A summary of updated NICE service guidance in relation to Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (SIHMDS) | Journal of Clinical Pathology
Haematological malignancies are a diverse group of cancers that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic systems. Laboratory diagnosis of haematological malignancies is dependent on combining several technologies, including morphology, immunophenotyping, cytogenetics and molecular genetics correlated clinical details and classification according to the current WHO guidelines.
Haematological cancers: improving outcomes. A summary of updated NICE service guidance in relation to Specialist Integrated Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Services (SIHMDS) | Journal of Clinical Pathology
Haematological malignancies are a diverse group of cancers that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic systems. Laboratory diagnosis of haematological malignancies is dependent on combining several technologies, including morphology, immunophenotyping, cytogenetics and molecular genetics correlated clinical details and classification according to the current WHO guidelines.
Notice & Note
Strategies for Close Reading By Kylene Beers, Former Senior Reading Researcher to the Comer School Development Program at Yale University and 2008-2009 President of NCTE, Robert E Probst, Georgia State University, Professor Emeritus of English Education Notice and Note introduces 6 “signposts” that alert readers to significant moments in a work of literature and encourages them to read closely.
Fortnightly review: Lyme disease in the United Kingdom
Summary points Routine prophylactic antibiotic treatment of tick bites is not recommended—most ticks are unlikely to be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, a bite from an infected tick may not cause human infection, and many human infections do not cause serious illness A negative history of tick bite does not exclude infection—establish whether there has been possible exposure to ticks and ask about risk associated with residence, work, recreational activities, pets, and holidays.
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