In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning
10 best books like In the Middle: New Understandings about Writing, Reading, and Learning (Nancie Atwell): The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child, The Art of Teaching Reading, Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop, Teaching Adolescent Writers, Reading Ladders: Leading Students from Where They Are to Where We'd Like Them to Be, The English Teacher's Companion: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession, Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, and Style into Writer's Workshop, Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readers, Reading Nonfiction: Notice & Note Stances, Signposts, and Strategies, Igniting a Passion for Reading: Successful Strategies for Building Lifetime Readers
The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child
| Author | Donalyn Miller |
| ISBN | 0470372273 |
Known for her popular blog, "The Book Whisperer," Donalyn Miller is a dedicated teacher who says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. Her approach, however, is not conventional. Miller dispenses with the more traditional reading instruction of book reports and comprehension...
| Author | Lucy Calkins |
| ISBN | 0321080599 |
Written in Calkins' graceful and passionate style, The Art of Teaching Reading serves as an eloquent and desperately needed reminder of what matters most in teaching.
Incredibly valuable resource for current and future teachers and educators.
Offers a wealth of practical classroom examples...
| Author | Ellin Oliver Keene |
| ISBN | 0435072374 |
How do students become thoughtful, independent readers who comprehend text at a deep level?
To find the answers, authors Keene and Zimmermann embarked on a journey into the thought processes of proficient readers - a journey through poems and essays, classrooms and workshops, humor and...
| Author | Kelly Gallagher |
| ISBN | 1571104224 |
In an increasingly demanding world of literacy, it has become critical that students know how to write effectively. From the requirements of standardized tests to those of the wired workplace, the ability to write well, once a luxury, has become a necessity. Many students are leaving school without...
| Author | Teri S. Lesesne |
| ISBN | 0325017263 |
Many of us are searching continually for that just-right book for each and every one of our students. It is my hope to help you find those books. More importantly, I hope to help you guide students to the next great book and the one after that. That is the purpose of Reading Ladders. Because it is not sufficient...
| Author | Jim Burke |
| ISBN | 0325005389 |
In the four short years since publication, the first edition of "The English Teacher's Companion" quickly became the instructional bible for English teachers. Covering the entire English curriculum, from basic reading and writing to digital literacy, media literacy, and integrated instruction,...
| Author | Jeff Anderson |
| ISBN | 1571104127 |
Some teachers love grammar and some hate it, but nearly all struggle to find ways of making the mechanics of English meaningful to kids. As a middle school teacher, Jeff Anderson also discovered that his students were not grasping the basics, and that it was preventing them from reaching their potential...
| Author | Penny Kittle |
| ISBN | 0325042950 |
"I believe each of my students must craft an individual reading life of challenge, whim, curiosity, and hunger, and I've discovered that it is not too late in high school to lead a non-reader to reading. It's never too late."-Penny Kittle
Penny Kittle wants us to face the hard truths every English...
| Author | Kylene Beers |
| ISBN | 0325050805 |
Visit www.heinemann.com/ReadingNonfiction for special previews, videos, and more.
Also available: Reading Nonfiction Student Bookmarks and Notice & Note/Reading Nonfiction Signpost Student Bookmarks
"When students recognize that nonfiction ought to challenge us,...
| Author | Steven L. Layne |
| ISBN | 1571103856 |
When teaching reading, American classrooms often focus exclusively on skills instruction. But how can you teach the "how" without the "why?" In his new book, Igniting a Passion for Reading, Steve Layne shows teachers how to develop readers who are not only motivated to read great books, but also love...
6 + 1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide: Grades 3 Up: Everything You Need to Teach and Assess Student Writing With This Powerful Model
| Author | Ruth Culham |
| ISBN | 0439280389 |
Ideas, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, Conventions, and Presentation. Look at good writing in any genre, and you'll find these traits. Think of them as the fuel that stokes the engine of writing. With this book, teachers will learn how to assess student work for these traits and...
The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child
| Author | Ron Clark |
| ISBN | 0786888164 |
Now in paperback, Ron Clark's New York Times bestseller that's changing America one child at a time! The runaway bestseller that's a must-have for every parent and teacher. How many authors would travel coast to coast on a bus to get their book into as many hands as possible? Not many. But that's just what...
