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Tyner, Beverly – ASCD, 2019
Literacy educator Beverly Tyner presents plans for small-group instruction that addresses elementary students' six developmental stages of reading and writing: emergent, beginning, fledgling, transitional, fluent, and independent. To help teachers support students' literacy development, this book also provides: (1) Characteristics of readers and…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Instruction, Writing Instruction, Elementary School Students
Colwell, Jamie; Hutchinson, Amy; Woodward, Lindsay – Teachers College Press, 2020
This practical resource will help K-5 teachers incorporate digitally supported disciplinary literacy practices into their classroom instruction. With an emphasis on reaching "all" learners, the authors present Planning for Elementary Digitally supported Disciplinary Literacy (PEDDL)--a six-phase framework that introduces readers to an…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Intellectual Disciplines
McLeod, Rona Leach – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
"Diversity Awareness for K-6 Teachers: The Impact on Student Learning" is a resource guide for elementary teachers and college-level student teachers for teaching diversity awareness across the various areas of content. It contains many exciting activities teachers can use to enhance learning while making learning and teaching fun and exciting.…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Cultural Pluralism, Resource Materials, Elementary School Teachers
Beers, Sue – ASCD, 2011
Any school interested in preparing students for learning and working in 21st century academic and job settings needs this resource to explain to teachers the new skills students need and provide teachers with tools to teach and reinforce these skills. Based on the work of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills, this action tool defines what…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Instructional Development, Educational Technology, Skill Development
Turville, Joni; Allen, Linda; Nickelsen, LeAnn – Eye on Education, 2010
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to tiering plus step-by-step instructions for using it in your classroom. Also included are 23 ready-to-apply blackline masters, which provide helpful ideas for activities and classroom management. Contents include: (1) Building the foundation: What is tiering in differentiated instruction?; (2) The…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Individualized Instruction, Elementary School Students, Educational Strategies
Frey, Nancy; Fisher, Douglas – ASCD, 2011
One of the best ways to make sure the spirit of accountability is reflected in your teaching practice is to make sure everything you do in the classroom relates to a specific learning outcome. ASCD best-selling authors Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey explain exactly how to do that and take you through all the steps of making sure every lesson plan has…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Shumway, Jessica – Stenhouse Publishers, 2011
Just as athletes stretch their muscles before every game and musicians play scales to keep their technique in tune, mathematical thinkers and problem solvers can benefit from daily warm-up exercises. Jessica Shumway has developed a series of routines designed to help young students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. The daily use…
Descriptors: Number Systems, Problem Solving, Mathematics Instruction, Number Concepts
Stringer, Ernest T.; Christensen, Lois McFadyen; Baldwin, Shelia C. – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
This book demonstrates how teachers can use action research as an integral component of teaching and learning. The text uses examples and lesson plans to demonstrate how student research processes can be incorporated into classroom lessons that are linked to standards. Key features of this book are: (1) Guides teachers through systematic steps of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Student Research, Learning Activities, Action Research
Walpole, Sharon; McKenna, Michael C.; Philippakos, Zoi A. – Guilford Publications, 2011
With a unique focus on grades 4 and 5, this book explains how to design and implement a research-based reading program that helps all students build major literacy skills (word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension). The expert authors present ready-to-use activities, strategies, and lesson plans, along with detailed guidance for…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Programs, Word Recognition, Grade 4
Hagood, Margaret C.; Alvermann, Donna E.; Heron-Hruby, Alison – Teachers College Press, 2010
Students' backpacks bulge not just with oversize textbooks, but with paperbacks, graphic novels, street lit, and electronics such as iPods and handheld video games. This book is about unpacking those texts to explore previously unexamined assumptions regarding their usefulness to classroom learning. With a strong theoretical grounding and many…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Learning Activities, Popular Culture, School Libraries
Hamm, Mary; Adams, Dennis – Eye on Education, 2008
This book offers practical recommendations to reach every student in a K-8 classroom. Research-based and written in a teacher-friendly style, it will help teachers with classroom organization and lesson planning in math and science. Included are math and science games, activities, ideas, and lesson plans based on the math and science standards.…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Lesson Plans, Games, Class Activities
Moomaw, Sally – Brookes Publishing Company, 2011
Children who learn math fundamentals in preschool and kindergarten have the best chance of later achievement in school--but too often, children don't get the effective early math instruction that makes all the difference. Now there's a core early childhood textbook that helps current and future educators teach the most critical math concepts to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Mathematics Education, Learning Activities, Textbooks
Kallick, Bena O.; Costa, Arthur L. – Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2009
Teaching students the intelligent behaviors they need to succeed in school and later in life is much easier when you have this collection of stories and observations from teachers who have used the principles of ASCD's book "Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind" in their classrooms. Through these first-hand accounts, learn how the habits of…
Descriptors: School Culture, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Curriculum
Simister, Catherine Jane – Paul Chapman Publishing, 2007
By helping children to form positive thinking and learning habits, and to develop a range of transferable skills, we give them the tools they need to become successful learners. This book is grounded in the best of current practice and theories surrounding thinking and learning skills. It provides a highly effective method for introducing a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Thinking Skills, Elementary Education
Barchers, Suzanne I. – 1999
Drawing on the skills activities found in a variety of basal readers, this book helps teachers who often struggle to reconcile the mandates of direct instruction on basic skills with the preferences of teachers who prefer to teach using children's literature. The book presents lessons built on a list of skills that students should learn in grades…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Lesson Plans, Primary Education