Primary and middle schools

In order to succeed in school and beyond, students in grades 6-12 need to understand and use both academic language and discipline-specific vocabulary.

In order to succeed in school and beyond, students in grades 6-12 need to understand and use both academic language and discipline-specific vocabulary.

This book has been replaced by Handbook of Writing Research, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5727-1.

Specifically designed for K-3 teachers, this accessible guide describes ways to use informational text creatively and effectively in both reading and writing instruction.

Specifically designed for K-3 teachers, this accessible guide describes ways to use informational text creatively and effectively in both reading and writing instruction.

Educators and school psychologists throughout the country are working with growing numbers of English language learners (ELLs), but often feel unprepared to help these students excel.

This book has been replaced by Assessment for Reading Instruction, Fourth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4157-7.

All key issues of research and practice in comprehension instruction are addressed in this highly regarded professional resource and course text.

All key issues of research and practice in comprehension instruction are addressed in this highly regarded professional resource and course text.

An essential how-to primer, this book examines the process of learning to write and shares evidence-based instructional strategies for the primary grades.

Grasping the meaning of a text enables K-8 students to appreciate its language and structure through close reading, which in turn leads to deeper comprehension.

This highly practical guide offers a systematic approach to instruction in the three main writing genres--narrative, persuasive, and informative--that students in grades 35 are expected to master.

Viewing fluency as a bridge between foundational skills and open-ended learning, this book guides teachers through effective instruction and assessment of fluent reading skills in the primary grades.

Viewing fluency as a bridge between foundational skills and open-ended learning, this book guides teachers through effective instruction and assessment of fluent reading skills in the primary grades.

Teaching students to make connections across related texts promotes engagement and improves reading comprehension and content learning.

Teaching students to make connections across related texts promotes engagement and improves reading comprehension and content learning.

To acquire content knowledge through reading, students must understand the complex components and diverse purposes of informational texts, as emphasized in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

To acquire content knowledge through reading, students must understand the complex components and diverse purposes of informational texts, as emphasized in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

This book presents the most effective instructional strategies for promoting vocabulary growth in the early grades, when the interdependence of word learning and oral language development is especially strong.

In one concise volume, Darrell Morris provides a complete tool for assessing students reading ability.

This book has been replaced by Reading Instruction That Works, Fifth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5184-2.

This book has been replaced by Reading Instruction That Works, Fifth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5184-2.

This trusted practitioner guide and course text helps K-8 teachers utilize assessment as an integral component of classroom instruction.

This user-friendly guide has been thoroughly revised to reflect significant changes in the way schools deliver reading instruction and intervention, especially for students at risk for reading failure.

Accessible and teacher friendly, this book provides a blueprint for planning, delivering, and evaluating small-group interventions for struggling readers in PreK-2.

This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Sixth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3677-1.

This book has been replaced by Best Practices in Literacy Instruction, Sixth Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-3677-1.

This trusted teacher resource and widely adopted text presents effective ways to demystify essential reading skills and strategies for K8 students who are struggling.

This trusted teacher resource and widely adopted text presents effective ways to demystify essential reading skills and strategies for K8 students who are struggling.

A complete road map for word knowledge instruction in PreK-2, this book focuses on developing the word recognition and phonics skills identified in the Common Core standards for foundational skills.

This book provides essential coaching tools to support teachers in planning and implementing instruction aligned with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

This book has been replaced by Academic Skills Problems Fifth Edition Workbook, ISBN 978-1-4625-5138-5.

This popular guide offers a wealth of innovative, research-based strategies for making K12 classrooms the best learning environments they can be.

Current research increasingly highlights the role of early literacy in young children's development--and informs practices and policies that promote success among diverse learners.

This highly practical resource for K6 teachers is packed with 25 classroom-tested, step-by-step strategies for developing word knowledge.

Communicating ideas and information is what makes writing meaningfulyet many upper elementary and middle school students write in a vacuum, without considering the aims of their writing or the needs of their readers.

Written expressly for teachers, this book is jam-packed with tools and strategies for integrating response to intervention (RTI) into everyday instruction in grades K-5.

This book presents a practical model and specific unit- and lesson-planning ideas for enhancing students' reading comprehension in any 2-8 classroom.

This book presents a practical model and specific unit- and lesson-planning ideas for enhancing students' reading comprehension in any 2-8 classroom.

This indispensable book presents evidence-based tools and strategies for improving the social skills of all members of the inclusive classroom (K-6), especially students experiencing difficulties in this area.

This indispensable book presents evidence-based tools and strategies for improving the social skills of all members of the inclusive classroom (K-6), especially students experiencing difficulties in this area.

Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classrooms (PreK-3).

Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classrooms (PreK-3).

Helping teachers move beyond fluency as measured by speed alone, this book focuses on building the skills that students need to read accurately, meaningfully, and expressively--the essential components of reading comprehension.

This widely adopted text and teacher resource provides a comprehensive approach to assessing and remediating reading difficulties in grades K-6.

This book has been replaced by Language and Literacy Development, Second Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-4004-4.

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words.

From leading experts, this indispensable resource presents a practical model for conducting reading assessments for screening, diagnosis, and progress monitoring in each of the three tiers of response to intervention (RTI).

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words.

Children's speaking, reading, and writing skills are closely connected, and this engaging text guides preservice and practicing teachers in choosing instructional strategies that promote the integrated development of these skills.