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  • Crossing the Vocabulary Bridge

    Differentiated Strategies for Diverse Secondary Classrooms

    by Socorro G. Herrera, Shabina Kavimandan, Melissa Holmes ...
    In her new book, nationally known professional development consultant and literacy expert Socorro Herrera is joined by two colleagues to provide a framework for academic vocabulary and language instruction in today’s diverse classrooms. The authors present a set of strategies and tools that work effectively across all content to support enhanced comprehension and academic success. The strategies ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

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    How America Is Shaped by Its Grossest National Product

    by Dave Praeger ...
    Is “The Origin of Feces” a Darwinian concern? Perhaps not, but it is the title to the preface of this tongue-in-cheek and unexpectedly revealing exploration of human behavior by the webmaster behind the popular PoopReport.com.This book is not a history of poop, but a study of today. Its goal is to understand how poop affects us, how we view it, and why; to appreciate its impact from the moment it ... Read more

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  • Budding Reader Book Set 1: Cat and Rat

    by Melinda Thompson, Melissa Ferrell, Cecilia Minden, Bill Madrid ...
    Series Book 1 - Budding Reader
    "This book series is invaluable for struggling readers. It provides needed repetition of beginning words, colorful illustrations, and the opportunity to practice writing skills."-Kathy Slater, Special Education TeacherBuild confidence in beginning readers—especially reluctant ones—with award-winning Budding Reader eBooks.Arguably the easiest learn-to-read book series on the market, this phonics ... Read more

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  • Inclusive Literacy Teaching

    Differentiating Approaches in Multilingual Elementary Classrooms

    by Lori A Helman, Carrie Rogers, Amy Frederick, Maggie Struck ...
    Responding to the need to prepare elementary teachers for the increasing linguistic diversity in schools, this book presents key foundational principles in language and literacy development for linguistically diverse students. Readers see these ideas enacted through the journeys of real students as they progress from 1st through 6th grade. What emerges is both a “big picture” and an “up close and ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children

    Their Words, Their Worlds

    by Howard L. Smith, Daniel Alejandro González, Ellen Riojas Clark, Belinda Bustos Flores ...
    While there are volumes that fall into the category of children’s literature, there appears to be relatively few that explore the needs of bilingual learners and the linguistic and sociocultural context of Latino children’s literature. This volume makes a needed contribution by addressing the social, cultural, academic, and linguistic needs of Latino bilingual learners who are still underserved ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Visual Journeys Through Wordless Narratives

    An International Inquiry With Immigrant Children and The Arrival

    by Dr Evelyn Arizpe, Dr Teresa Colomer, Dr Carmen Martínez-Roldán ...
    Winner of the Literacy Research Association's 2015 Edward B. Fry Book AwardImmigration is an ongoing, global phenomenon and schools and teachers in host countries must continually find new ways of working with the increasing numbers of immigrant pupils, including refugees and asylum seekers. Language and literacy are crucial for inclusion in a new context but these must be developed in spaces ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • The Most Important Work

    Stories of Sovereignty in the Struggle for Literacy

    This book is a collection of essays that reflect the desire and determination guiding many practitioners and researchers as they work together in more meaningful and relevant ways for literacy. The essays are organized as three series of dialogues in which an academic scholar works with a practitioner, or community leader, on a particular struggle toward teaching, learning and literacy. Together ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Speaking and Writing for English Language Learners

    Collaborative Teaching for Greater Success with K-6

    by Dorit Sasson ...
    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. The book weaves the practical and theoretical aspects of collaboration and suggests ways for teachers to form long term partnerships. Each chapter extends collaboration in the areas of skill and content based learning so ELL students ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Methods of Literacy Research

    The Methodology Chapters From the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III

    Edited by Michael L. Kamil, Peter B. Mosenthal, P. David Pearson, Rebecca Barr ...
    In this volume, 10 reviews of significant reading research methodologies are reprinted from the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III. The editors have judged that these specific methodologies have had great impact on reading research since the publication of Volume II in 1991. This text is especially well-suited for use in upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level reading research methods ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Multiracial Identity in Children's Literature

    by Amina Chaudhri ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Education
    Racially mixed children make up the fastest growing youth demographic in the U.S., and teachers of diverse populations need to be mindful in selecting literature that their students can identify with. This volume explores how books for elementary school students depict and reflect multiracial experiences through text and images. Chaudhri examines contemporary children’s literature to demonstrate ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • On Being a Teacher

    Readings from Educational Leadership (EL Essentials)

    by Marge Scherer ...
    Series series EL Essentials
    If you had to name the defining characteristic of a "good teacher," what trait would you suggest? Would you start ticking off the skills listed on the evaluation framework used in your district? Or would you think back to your own experiences and consider the most memorable educators you’ve known? In this collection of articles from Educational Leadership, the authors—all educators and educators ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children's Literature

    Mirrors, Windows, and Doors

    by Maria José Botelho, Masha Kabakow Rudman ...
    Series series Language, Culture, and Teaching Series
    "Children’s literature is a contested terrain, as is multicultural education. Taken together, they pose a formidable challenge to both classroom teachers and academics…. Rather than deny the inherent conflicts and tensions in the field, in Critical Multicultural Analysis of Children’s Literature: Mirrors, Windows, and Doors, Maria José Botelho and Masha Kabakow Rudman confront, deconstruct, and ... Read more

    $86.99 USD