A Corwin Press Classroom Activity Book Give students the reading skills they need to succeed! Can all your students read fluently, independently, and with understanding? As puzzle pieces fit together to complete a picture, reading skills are dependent upon one another to make reading meaningful for students. The Reading Puzzle series helps you organize instruction to better develop students' core reading skills-including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension-to make them successful readers. Derived from the research-based strategies in Elaine K. McEwan's bestseller Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall Through the Cracks, these standards-based, easy-to-use activities will set students on the course to reading success. This book offers practical techniques that include teacher modeling, guided practice, and independent application, and provides creative reproducibles and ready-to-use tools such as graphic organizers and visual prompts. This resource promotes fluency with specific techniques to help all learners read smoothly and quickly. Original and engaging reading passages include a quick-reference guide for assigning passages appropriate for individual reading levels. Use the reading passages with tested strategies that include: Modeling good oral reading Providing support for readers Offering ample practice opportunities Encouraging fluency through phrased reading Empower students with the confidence to explore virtually any topic and enjoy the lifetime benefits of reading!
A Corwin Press Classroom Activity Book Give students the reading skills they need to succeed! Can all your students read fluently, independently, and with understanding? As puzzle pieces fit together to complete a picture, reading skills are dependent upon one another to make reading meaningful for students. The Reading Puzzle series helps you organize instruction to better develop students' core reading skills-including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension-to make them successful readers. Derived from the research-based strategies in Elaine K. McEwan's bestseller Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall Through the Cracks, these standards-based, easy-to-use activities will set students on the course to reading success. This book offers practical techniques that include teacher modeling, guided practice, and independent application, and provides creative reproducibles and ready-to-use tools such as graphic organizers and visual prompts. This resource promotes fluency with specific techniques to help all learners read smoothly and quickly. Original and engaging reading passages include a quick-reference guide for assigning passages appropriate for individual reading levels. Use the reading passages with standards-based strategies that include: Modeling good oral reading Providing support for readers Offering ample practice opportunities Encouraging fluency through phrased reading Empower students with confidence to explore virtually any topic and enjoy the lifetime benefits of reading!
A Corwin Press Classroom Activity Book Give students the reading skills they need to succeed! Can all your students read fluently, independently, and with understanding? As puzzle pieces fit together to complete a picture, reading skills are dependent upon one another to make reading meaningful for students. The Reading Puzzle series helps you organize instruction to better develop students' core reading skills-including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension-to make them successful readers. Derived from the research-based strategies in Elaine K. McEwan's bestseller Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall Through the Cracks, these standards-based, easy-to-use activities will set students on the course to reading success. This book offers practical techniques that include teacher modeling, guided practice, and independent application, and provides creative reproducibles and ready-to-use tools such as graphic organizers and visual prompts. Help students become fluent word decoders as they explore how letters are pronounced and the meaning of letters or groups of letters, such as prefixes, roots, and suffixes. Interactive activities are geared for whole-class participation, including instruction that: Increases awareness of patterns in words Highlights spelling patterns and helps learners decode words Emphasizes word structure and changes in word forms Includes practice with root words, prefixes, and suffixes Increase your students' ability to understand the complexity of words and significantly improve their reading skills!
A Corwin Press Classroom Activity Book Give students the reading skills they need to succeed! Can all your students read fluently, independently, and with understanding? As puzzle pieces fit together to complete a picture, reading skills are dependent upon one another to make reading meaningful for students. The Reading Puzzle series helps you organize instruction to better develop students' core reading skills-including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension-to make them successful readers. Derived from the research-based strategies in Elaine K. McEwan's bestseller Teach Them ALL to Read: Catching the Kids Who Fall Through the Cracks, these standards-based, easy-to-use activities will set students on the course to reading success. This book offers practical techniques that include teacher modeling, guided practice, and independent application, and provides creative reproducibles and ready-to-use tools such as graphic organizers and visual prompts. Strengthen students' comprehension with these essential cognitive strategies: Questioning: encouraging students to ask questions about what they read Summarizing: helping learners understand and restate the main idea Monitoring: teaching students to think about how and what they read while they read Organizing: inviting learners to represent what they've read in a graphic format Empower students with the confidence to explore virtually any topic and enjoy the lifetime benefits of reading!
The read alouds in this book will help teachers: Foster a strong sense of community Celebrate the written (and illustrated) word Build a foundation for future reading and learning Expand vocabulary (with a focus on Tier 2 words) Support budding writers Spark collaborative conversations Encourage perspective-taking, empathy, and a growth mindset
Race neutral leadership is not an option. Education leaders are on the frontline in the fight for racial justice and must co-construct practices to disrupt storylines, policies, and practices that perpetuate opportunity gaps. Drawing from established research and the wisdom of teachers, young people, parents, community members, policy advocates, and school leaders, Play the Race Card is a guide for frontline leaders at every level to confront and disrupt racism, whiteness, and anti-Black racism. Designed for leaders working to support educators in building transformative and provocative policies and practices, this book provides a road map for building anti-racist leadership capacity in today's turbulent political environment. Features include Eight interrelated tenets of Frontline Leadership Strategies for supporting faculty, staff, students, and the broader community in practices centering racial justice and equity Guidance for dismantling the lies and beliefs that perpetuate inequities Design principles and strategies to cultivate opportunity-rich and robust curriculum, instruction, relationships, and assessment The frontline isn't always a comfortable place, but it's where education leaders are needed right now. Lead the fight for truth in your school community and help change history-by putting our nation back on the path to racial justice.
This is a practical guide that provides an answer to the questions 'Where do I start?' and 'Where do I look for direction?' It is organized around five key sections, and each section includes brief overviews, checklists, and suggestions for further reading. Organization and Management - the role of the principal, negligence and liability, media relations, managing conflict and difficult people, effective meetings, resource management, records and information, facility management; Teaching and Learning - school programs, learning communities, special education, supervision and evaluation, staff development, unions, celebrating success; Behavior and Discipline - safe schools, code of conduct, supervision and expulsion, search and seizure, police protocols; Health and Safety - reporting child abuse, occupational health and safety, emergency preparation, medical needs, health and safety resources; Looking After Yourself - professional development, wellness, and balance Including words of wisdom from first-year principals, and voices of experience from over 60 veteran elementary and secondary principals, this reference book will be used over and over again.
This is a practical guide that provides an answer to the questions 'Where do I start?' and 'Where do I look for direction?' It is organized around five key sections, and each section includes brief overviews, checklists, and suggestions for further reading. Organization and Management - the role of the principal, negligence and liability, media relations, managing conflict and difficult people, effective meetings, resource management, records and information, facility management; Teaching and Learning - school programs, learning communities, special education, supervision and evaluation, staff development, unions, celebrating success; Behavior and Discipline - safe schools, code of conduct, supervision and expulsion, search and seizure, police protocols; Health and Safety - reporting child abuse, occupational health and safety, emergency preparation, medical needs, health and safety resources; Looking After Yourself - professional development, wellness, and balance Including words of wisdom from first-year principals, and voices of experience from over 60 veteran elementary and secondary principals, this reference book will be used over and over again.
"An excellent reference book that should be included in every educator's library-plus each school's professional staff library." Ruth Nelson, Retired Elementary School Teacher Fairbanks, AK "This book is on the cutting edge. A must for new teachers and an excellent source for veteran teachers to become familiar with new techniques." Sandra Whited, Instructor University of Texas at San Antonio Sort through the buzzwords and hype to find the right reform for your school! In their struggle to identify successful solutions for their schools, teachers, administrators, board members, and parents must wade through reams of educational rhetoric and sales hype. This definitive resource objectively explains how each program, practice, and philosophy is supported by research and how it really works in schools. A veritable encyclopedia of more than 100 educational innovations, this book not only provides straightforward definitions, but also concisely illustrates the practical applications and research supporting each innovation. Entries also include feedback from award-winning teachers, giving educators an unbiased view of real-world effectiveness. Among the highlights are: Exploration of more than 60 innovative practices, including assertive discipline, computer-assisted instruction, conflict resolution, distance learning, and Socratic method Examination of results-oriented programs, including emergent literacy, Jumpstart, and Touch Point Math Detailed discussion of policies from immersion and inclusion, to standardized testing and summer school Comprehensive coverage of movements, concepts, and theories, including brain-based learning, mainstreaming, multicultural education, and school vouchers
