This popular, widely recommended, text supports trainees on primary initial teacher training courses where a secure knowledge and understanding of English is required for the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
'Unlike many books based on research work this book doesn't just let teachers know what is going wrong with children's learning it actually gives some practical advice about what to do next.
Reading is interpreting; interpreting is reading, which is why it's more crucial than ever to ensure that our students are able to make meaning as they read.
Salt of the Earth is an autoethnography and cultural rhetorics case study that examines white supremacy in the authors hometown of Grand Saline, Texas, a community long marred by its racist culture.
Inquiry Units for English Language Arts is an engaging and relevant collection of instructional units that delve into contemporary problems related to equity, justice, identity, freedom, and social reform.
Grounded in NCTE's position statements "e;The Students' Right to Read"e; and "e;NCTE Beliefs about the Students' Right to Write,"e; this book focuses on high school English language arts classes, drawing from the work of seven teachers from across the country to illustrate how advocating for students' rights to read and write can be revolutionary work.
This book demonstrates how researchers and practitioners in writing and rhetoric studies can engage in story work across differences in culture, language, locations, and experience.
Nearly all of the Gadsden County's student body is black and considered economically disadvantaged, the highest percentage of any school district in Florida.
A new approach to training and evaluating world languages online instructorsThe rapid growth in online world language programs in the United States coupled with the widespread implementation of virtual teaching in response to COVID-19 have pushed the field to reconceive instruction.
This latest book in the bestselling Mathematics Recovery(R) series gives mathematics educators a complete research-based framework for assessment, instruction and intervention in whole number arithmetic across grades K to 5.
Connecting the constructs of meaning and experience in the fields of English education, teacher education, literacy and narrative inquiry, Making Meaning with Readers and Texts materializes new insights for advancing teacher education research, broadening understandings of teachers' use of literacy practices for making meaning from classroom events.
Rob and Amanda Montgomery provide practical guidance and activities for K-12 teachers to get students out of the classroom and writing in real-world settings.
In Nonfiction Writers Dig Deep, some of todays most celebrated writers for children share essays that describe a critical part of the informational writing process that is often left out of classroom instruction.
Adolescent Realities: Engaging Students in SEL through Young Adult Literature offers a connection between young adult literatures and social and emotional learning.
This bookprovides an overview designed to help educators collaborate more effectively in the areas of content area literacy for the sake of their K-6 ELL students.
Connecting the constructs of meaning and experience in the fields of English education, teacher education, literacy and narrative inquiry, Making Meaning with Readers and Texts materializes new insights for advancing teacher education research, broadening understandings of teachers' use of literacy practices for making meaning from classroom events.
This fully updated third edition looks at the fundamentals of mathematics teaching, how to plan lessons and assess learning, and how to promote an inclusive approach in the classroom.
This second collection of perspectives on excessive teacher/faculty entitlement draws together authors from nine countries to address afresh the 'conundrums' affecting teaching and teacher education through the new lens afforded by the notion of excessive entitlement.
A deep dive into the rich resources available for teaching Shakespeares plays, Bring on the Bard is for every high school teacherearly career to veteranlooking for new, hands-on activities to draw students of all ability levels into the work and world of Shakespeare.
With chapter sequencing following the new Curriculum, this book supports trainee Primary school teachers to make use of the opportunities presented in the new National Curriculum for effective and engaging Mathematics teaching.
In Opening Doors to Famous Poetry and Prose, Bob Cox introduced teachers to engaging strategies which use literary heritage texts as the stimulus for excellent learning.
An accessible guide to help teenagers improve all aspects of their writing skills, from preparing a research paper to creating works of fictionWriting well is a worthwhile skill for anyone to master, but it is especially important for teenagers.
The second edition of The Music and Literacy Connection expands our understanding of the links between reading and music by examining those skills and learning processes that are directly parallel for music learning and language arts literacy in the pre-K, elementary, and secondary levels.