Scholastic The Teacher's Essential Guide Series: Content Area Reading

For the busy teacher on-the-run, veteran teacher Jim Burke has created The Teacher's Essential Guide Series, a collection of slender, quick-read guides that offers you targeted solutions to your most pressing instructional needs. Burke's solutions are based on research and his experience as a veteran teacher. Jim Burke is an English teacher at Burlingame High School, California. He has received numerous awards, including the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award, the NCTE Conference on English Leadership Award, and the California Reading Association Hall of Fame Award.

• Grades 6 - 12/Ages 12 - 18
• Easy, read-in-an-hour guide that encapsulates all essential details of effective instruction
• Each chapter is organized around five guiding principles anchored in research and practical experience; also includes a list of specific actions for teachers to apply in their own classrooms
• Classroom Management is about not only creating an effective classroom environment but reducing teachers’ stress, increasing productivity—for both teachers and students—and ensuring a safe, equitable environment committed to the proposition that all kids can learn and succeed
• Effective Instruction will help you zone in on the essentials that really matter, streamlining and simplifying your teaching while boosting student engagement and achievement