Teaching Strategies Books

Spencer has done it again! He's written another must-have reference for all educators. Dr. Kagan has translated the enormous field of theory and research on emotions into a practical guide any teacher can use to make their teaching more emotion-friendly. Not only does he review the extensive research on how eliciting positive emotions boosts student achievement, Spencer provides plenty of do's and don'ts, ready-to-use student activities, and simple tips to put students in the optimal emotional states for learning. Dr. Kagan introduces us to the Emotion Wheel, a student-friendly way to help our students understand and manage their own emotions. We not only learn why EQ can be more important than IQ to students' success, Dr. Kagan provides a practical guide to developing the facets of EQ, including student self-knowledge, self-control, motivation, and empathy. And last, but definitely not least, we learn how to evoke emotion when we teach to make learning more meaningful and memorable. This book is your blueprint for creating the emotion-friendly classroom..Research-Based Tools to convert Emotion Science into formidable teaching.Dr. Kagan has translated the enormous field of theory and research on emotions into a practical guide any teacher can use to make their teaching more emotion-friendly.33 Kagan Structures—Instructional Strategies to create the Emotion-Friendly Class.Introduces us to the Emotion Wheel, a student-friendly way to help our students understand and manage their own emotions.Paperback.ISBN 9781933445656

Teaching is every educator's number-one priority, but learning is possible only in a well-managed classroom. This nuts-and-bolts guide covers three teacher skill sets that help students thrive: building relationships with students and families, creating easy-to-implement daily routines, and organizing time, materials, and the classroom space. It includes tips, strategies, planning tools, and step-by-step advice from real teachers in today's classrooms–and is designed to meet the needs and reading habits of the busy teachers who collaborated on it!.Packed with anchor charts, quick tips, and advice from classrooms across the country, featuring Scholastic Teacher Fellows.Focuses on the MOST requested area of need for new teachers: management skills..Includes video clips featuring real teachers in real classrooms via QR codes..Easy to navigate, inviting design, perfect teacher-training graduation gift.

Unlock the full potential of the best-selling professional book 7 Mighty Moves with this hefty companion resource. This practical guide offers everything a teacher needs to implement each move with ease, including classroom-tested routines, reproducible templates and student activity pages, word lists, picture cards, texts for decoding and fluency practice, and so much more. Includes a quick review of each move's key points, plus differentiation tips..A comprehensive companion resource to the best-selling 7 Mighty Moves.Like having a literacy coach with useful instructional routines and practical tools right at your fingertips..Includes additional online resources.

Teachers start their professional journey with a clear aim: to teach well so students thrive socially, emotionally, and academically. All too often, though, the hard realities of teaching (mandated curricula, scripted lesson plans, overloaded schedules, students' personal struggles) hamper the best of intentions. Navigating these challenges and avoiding burnout calls for teachers to build strong relationships among colleagues, students, families, and communities. Those relationships in turn help teachers create contexts for deep learning, reflection, and student-centered instruction. This book provides strategies and tools for doing all this. This must-have resource: Provides student teachers and new teachers with a clear set of actions to move into their position and teach well right from the start., Offers practical, step-by-step guidance for building relationships with colleagues and administrators, affirming students' identities, navigating challenges with other professionals, and putting love and care at the heart of teaching., Helps educators build a foundation and philosophy for teaching and collaborating and includes stories from educators and sample dialogues., Dr. Elizabeth Soslau wrote this book to be a resource for self-directed, self-paced professional learning that teachers could use to develop and improve their practice, with easy-to-digest ideas that can be implemented in the classroom the next day. It's a guide that every student teacher, in-service teacher, host teacher, and student teaching field instructor needs..Self-Paced Professional Learning – Provides teachers with flexible, self-directed strategies to enhance their practice at their own pace..Support for New & Experienced Teachers – Equips student teachers, in-service educators, and mentors with clear steps to navigate challenges and teach effectively..For ages: 3+ years.Actionable Classroom Strategies – Offers easy-to-digest ideas that can be implemented immediately to improve instruction and student engagement..Relationship-Building Tools – Guides educators in fostering strong connections with colleagues, students, families, and communities for a supportive learning environment..Practical & Reflective Approach – Combines real educator stories, sample dialogues, and step-by-step guidance to help teachers develop their philosophy and teaching foundation..Self-directed, self-paced professional learning teachers can use to build agency and improve their practice, with easy-to-digest ideas that can be implemented in the classroom the next day.

All educators agree: what we say to students matters, both for their wellness and capacity to learn. Based on the latest brain research, this book shares classroom-tested strategies and powerful, brain-boosting teacher talk that positively transforms how students feel and perform within their classroom communities and beyond. Includes real-life transcripts between teachers and students, as well as literacy connections that help students explore and internalize these transformative words..Curricular connections make it easy to integrate brain-changing words and strategies into lessons..Transformative teacher talk creates neural pathways that trigger brand-new patterns of thinking in students.Includes tips for how kids can use brain-changing words with each other, with themselves, and with their families and communities

Fluency is the bridge between word recognition and comprehension. If students don't develop it, they will struggle to read proficiently. In this eagerly anticipated new edition, Rasinski and Smith discuss fluency's connection to the science of reading. They provide dozens of ready-to-use, science-backed teaching strategies and student practice pages, updated to include more diverse authors. The book's easy-to-navigate design now includes QR codes to demonstration videos and downloadable student pages..Highlights recent research on fluency's critical role in building reading proficiency.Supports any evidence-based literacy program.Contains dozens of one-page, use-tomorrow teaching strategies for whole-class, small-group, and one-on-one instruction.Includes 200+ fluency practice texts by authors from a variety of backgrounds.Features easy-to-use assessment tools to track students' progress.Comes with a companion website featuring downloadable practice texts for students and classroom demonstration videos for teachers

Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone this must-know skill—in just ten minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students identify and effectively cite text evidence across a variety of genres. Content is super-engaging to motivate even your most reluctant readers. Sold as a pack of 2 activity books..Reading comprehension.Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Solutions.Suggested age: 9-11 years.Soft cover.English.Pages: 100.1 book per pack, 2 packs.2 Books.Fine-tune your students' abilities to cite text evidence with these easy and entertaining task cards!

Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone must-know skills—in just 10 minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students identify main idea, make inferences, sequence events, compare and contrast, determine author's purpose, and more. The fascinating, fact-based content is sure to motivate all learners. Sold as a pack of 2 activity books..Reading comprehension.Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Solutions.Suggested age: 9-11 years.Soft cover.English.Pages: 100.1 book per pack, 2 packs.2 Books.Add this set of 100 informational text cards to your classroom routine and watch students' comprehension abilities skyrocket!

Each reproducible card contains a high-interest mini-passage and five key questions to hone this must-know skill-in just ten minutes a day. Cards provide guided support to help students use a range of context clues to arrive at a word's meaning. Includes a rich mix of fiction and nonfiction passages. A great way to boost standardized test scores! Sold as a pack of 2 activity books..Reading comprehension.Authors: Justin McCory Martin, Carol Ghiglieri.Suggested age: 9-12 years.Soft cover.English.Pages: 100.1 book per pack, 2 packs.2 Books.Give students the strategies they need to determine the meaning of new words encountered in text without turning to a dictionary!

Phonics is not just about decoding (reading). Every phonics lesson should include an encoding (writing) activity that has children use their newly learned phonics skills to spell words. This comprehensive resource explains the importance of spelling in children's reading and writing development and includes dozens of reproducible activities, such as sound boxes for phonemic awareness, word-building sets, cumulative spelling sentences, and much more. A vital Science of Reading resource!.Creates a better balance in phonics instruction by adding encoding (writing) practice to decoding (reading) lessons..Develops children's handwriting skills..Includes the six principles of spelling instruction, differentiated activities, and assessment tools.

Each pack includes 50 double-sided, large-format cards (3.625" x 5.125") featuring vibrant visuals and easy-to-read answers on the back to support independent practice and quick memorization. With included teaching tips and engaging activity ideas, these flashcards are perfect for individual or partnered learning, helping kids strengthen recall, build confidence, and master each subject. Ideal for both classroom and at-home use! Individual pack information: Multiplication: Includes 100 facts from 1 x 1 through 10 x 10. For ages 7+. Addition: Teaches facts 0 + 1 through 9 + 9. Also includes teaching strategies, games, and ideas on how to make learning math facts fun and easy! For ages 5+. Subtraction: Teaches facts 0 -12. Also includes teaching strategies, games, and ideas on how to make learning math facts fun and easy! For ages 5+. Money: Flash cards feature various combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters photographed on one side, and the value of the coins printed on the reverse side. Crisp photography of coins will help kids have fun learning the value of money! Includes 49 double-sided photographic flash cards and an additional card that teaches strategies, games, and ideas on how to make learning about the value of money fun and easy! For ages 5+. States & Capitals: These brightly-designed flash cards will help kids learn the name, capital, and geographic location of each of the 50 United States! Each flash card includes each state's size, population, flower, nickname, statehood as well as interesting facts. Learn about major resources, agriculture, and industries of each state and become a United States of America expert! For ages 7+. Alphabet: These brightly-illustrated flash cards will help children learn the alphabet, uppercase and lowercase letters and beginning consonant sounds. Flash cards for short and long vowel sounds for a, e, i, o, and u are included as well as ideas, teaching strategies, and activities. For ages 4+. Numbers: Includes numbers 1-100 to help kids master number order while learning to recognize each number..Covers key skills in math, literacy, phonics, U.S. geography, and money recognition..Age-Appropriate Levels: Suitable for ages 4 and up, with each pack focused on age-specific learning goals and development stages..Comprehensive Coverage: Includes nine packs covering key skills..Interactive Design: Large, double-sided cards with easy-to-read answers on the reverse for quick, independent practice or competitive play..Engaging Activities: Each set includes teaching tips, game ideas, and fun activities to make learning enjoyable and effective..Perfect for Classroom or Home: These cards are ideal for teachers, parents, and caregivers to support learning anywhere..This comprehensive bundle of nine flashcard packs covers essential learning topics for young students, from foundational skills like the alphabet, numbers, and sight words to advanced topics such as multiplication, states and capitals, and money recognition

Drawing on research by the Yale Child Study Center, Mayes and Myers show us how trauma affects the developing brain and share classroom-based strategies that use the power of students' and families' own stories to promote social-emotional well-being..Teacher professional material.Language Arts.7 3/8" x 9" x 1".Educators learn ways to leverage student-focused, story-centered work to build key literacy skills.

Build classroom community and honor the identities of everyone in your class with thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentors texts, such as Alma and How She Got Her Name, Amy Wu and the Perfect Bao, In My Mosque, and more. Companion mini-lessons offer reading strategies, discussion questions, and carry-over coaching prompts designed to hone students' comprehension skills, including character analysis, determining themes, and exploring perspectives. A must-have resource in primary classrooms!.Age group 5-7 years.Written by Dana Clark, Keisha Smith-Carrington, and Jigisha Vyas, Published by Scholastic.ISBN: 9781338861907.144 pages.1 book.Carefully chosen mentor texts bring stories of celebration, hardship, love, and loss.Aligned to core reading standards, social justice standards, and SEL competencies..Build students' cultural competence through literacy.

Use thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentors texts, such as We are the Water Protectors, Dreamers, and Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, to build classroom community and honor the identities of everyone in your class. Companion mini-lessons offer reading strategies, discussion questions, and carry-over coaching prompts designed to hone students' comprehension skills, including character analysis, determining themes, and exploring perspectives. A must-have resource in every classroom!.Age group 8-10 years.Written by Dana Clark, Keisha Smith-Carrington, and Jigisha Vyas, Published by Scholastic.ISBN: 9781338861914.144 pages.1 book.Build students' cultural competence through literacy..Carefully chosen mentor texts bring stories of celebration, hardship, love, and loss..Aligned to core reading standards, social justice standards, and SEL competencies..Build students' cultural competence through literacy.

In an era of Common Core State Standards and accountability, students need to use the time they spend in school focused on academics and ready to learn. However, middle school has always presented special challenges. This is a time when students can spend a lot of time grappling with physical changes, forging interpersonal relationships, managing increased responsibility, and more—all of which can distract them from the primary purpose of school. The researched-based lessons in this book will help teachers delve into key social and emotional learning topics, such as Self Esteem, Emotions, Cognition, Peer Relationships, Bullies, Stress Overall, this book will give teachers not only an understanding of the basic issues and research underlying social and emotional learning but also practical tools for introducing the topic into the curriculum..Correlates with relevant objectives outlined by The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (casel.org), a group at the forefront of the SEL movement.8 3/8" x 10 7/8".Grade 5+.Includes reproducible student pages.An essential resource for middle school teachers

The books in set 2 of the Sound-It-Out Stories Decodable Readers series provide practice in the phonics skills that equip young readers to unlock unfamiliar words, improve reading accuracy, gain reading confidence, and read independently. Each book focuses on specific phonics patterns in the context of a fun story. Books in the series are in sequential order, from simplest to more complex, beginning with just a few skills and then including previously mastered skills. Readers are encouraged to sound out the words using letter-sound decoding strategies to experience reading success.   This 18-book set comes with the following titles: Pet Rabbits, At Home with a Gnome, I Can Cook, Humble Uncle Roy, Sue's Skates, Paul the Happy Mule, What Can Robots Do?, The Coolest Dance, Splash Ball, Spring Camping, Lucky Pancakes, This Is My Town, Seek and Find, Career Day, What the Hawk Saw, Street Market, My First Flight, Countless New Worlds. Books measure 6" x 9". Each book includes 16 pages..REAL-WORLD TOPICS – The engaging stories in this set feature high-interest topics, such as pets, pigs, horses, outdoor activities, play forts, and overcoming doubt..For ages 5-12 years.WHAT'S INCLUDED – This 18-book set of 16-page decodable stories helps young readers use their growing letter-sound knowledge to sound out words they don't recognize..BOOKS PROGRESS IN SEQUENCE FROM SIMPLEST TO MORE COMPLEX – The books in this series begin with just a few skills and then include previously mastered skills as new ones are introduced.FUN PHONICS SKILLS PRACTICE – Each book focuses on specific phonics patterns in the context of a fun story..BUILD DECODING STRATEGIES – Stories provide practice in sounding out new and unfamiliar words..IMPROVE READING ACCURACY – Phonics knowledge helps take the guessing out of reading new words.

This teacher-friendly resource provides practical arts-based strategies for classroom teachers to use in teaching language arts content. Overview information and model lessons are provided for each strategy and ideas are provided for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. The strategies addressed within the book allow teachers to make language arts instruction come alive and best meet students' needs..Grade: K - 12 / Ages 5 - 18.Language: English.Author Name: Jennifer M. Bogard/Lisa Donovan.Publisher: Shell Education.Publishing Date/Year: April 2013.No. of Pages: 256.ISBN -10: 142581090X.ISBN -13: 978-1425810900.Series: Strategies to Integrate the Arts.Edition: 1.CD included.Dimensions: 10.9"H x 8.5"W x 0.6"D.Interesting methods to engage learners through "Strategies to Integrate the Arts in Language Arts"

Award-winning children's author and acclaimed educator Lester L. Laminack provides guidelines, lessons, and resources for making every read-aloud experience intentional and instructional to engage students in deep thinking about fiction and nonfiction books. Central to Laminack's message is his breakthrough thinking about the value and importance of "Best Friend Books"-- a small, carefully curated collection that you repeatedly turn to for specific teaching purposes..Step-by-step lessons for "first visits" and "return visits" to recommended Best Friend Books- clear guidelines for digging deeply and enriching students' understanding of content and craft.Links to an online resource bank that contains "Spotlight on Lester" videos, graphic organizers for you, and downloadables for your students."What the Research Says" boxes that point to studies supporting Laminack's professional advice.An annotated and alphabetized list of Laminack's favorite Best Friend Books."Home Visit" boxes that contain certain tips and tools for welcoming families into the work.ISBN 9781338594942

Reinforce must-know phonics concepts with this cutting-edge series of nonfiction books! Each title features simple decodable text paired with clear, colorful photos to maximize learning and enjoyment. From birds to birthdays, fast cars to big sharks, all of kids' favorite topics are here. A super way to motivate every child to become a confident, phonics-wise reader! Includes 125 full-color, 8-page books (5 each of 25 titles) and 32-page Teaching Guide..Nonfiction books that enable children to joyfully master critical phonics concepts as they learn about animals and the world around them..For ages 6-8 years.The set includes 125 books—five copies of each title—making them perfect for group learning.Stories are 80+ percent decodable (based on Scholastic's scope and sequence)..The BIG teaching guide includes tips, strategies, and meaningful reproducibles to reinforce essential learning.An easy way to boost background knowledge and phonics skills simultaneously..Reinforce must-know phonics concepts with this cutting-edge series of nonfiction books

Thank you, and welcome. We welcome you to this amazing profession with open arms, and with an arsenal of experience and essential tools, strategies, and lessons to help you establish a successful and satisfying teaching career. We wanted to make it easier for you to learn and practice these techniques that research shows increase student learning. To do so, we also considered cognitive psychology research that tells us that images and illustrations can help strengthen communication and our own understanding. This helped us develop the unique format for this book: part hands-on playbook, part professional book, and all highly illustrated, it is designed to make complicated concepts more digestible and memorable..Great way to plan powerful learning experiences that ensure student engagement.Detailed guidance for developing formative and summative assessments.4+ years & Grade PK+.22 step-by-step learning strategies for any grade and any subject.30+ classroom videos demonstrating the techniques and strategies in action.Author: Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Taryl Hansen.You've made the incredible decision to become an educator because you want to impact the learning lives of young people

Explore the power of play-based culturally relevant curriculum in early childhood classrooms! This teacher resource provides practical strategies that create playful learning opportunities for diverse students. From authors Nadia Kenisha Bynoe and Angelique Thompson, this book serves as a comprehensive guide to using play-based learning experiences to introduce curriculum content. With these useful strategies and tips, educators can create equitable learning environments that support the diverse needs of learners and speak to multiple identities and lived experiences. Engage children in purposeful learning that is designed to provoke thought, curiosity, and wonder with the help of this book!.Shows teachers how to modify their classroom environments to be more child-centered.Presents a comprehensive guide to developing play-based learning experiences as entry points for curriculum content.Offers a wealth of examples and pictures of learning experiences the authors have created; includes explanations of the planning behind them.Explores how a play-centric approach supports the diverse needs of learners and honors children's unique experiences

Give your students the tools they need to soar with this irresistible A-to-Z classroom set! Inside the sturdy storage box you'll find 130 books (26 titles, five copies each) that target and teach each letter of the alphabet via a humorous tale and a host of multisensory activities. It comes with a BIG teaching guide filled with tips, strategies, and playful reproducibles to ensure that learning sticks..Fun-to-read books enable children to joyfully master must-know phonics concepts.Best suited for children ages 5-6..130 Full-Color 8-Page Books, A 64-Page Teaching Guide, Storage Unit.Books provide targeted practice with essential phonics concepts, including letter sounds, short vowels, long vowels, and blends and digraphs.Stories are 80+ percent decodable (based on Scholastic's Scope & Sequence).Value-priced multi-copy sets provide critical mass of titles for instruction.Great for group lessons and based on the latest Science of Reading research!