Reference Materials

Offers strategies for introducing and sustaining the mindset and core beliefs required to bond with families
Provides guidance on how to plan engagement opportunities and events throughout the school year
By Karen L. Mapp, Ilene Carver, Jessica Lander
Includes online resource bank

Our resource combines high interest concepts with low vocabulary to ensure all learners comprehend the essential skills required in life.
Our in depth study combines the three lessons in this series: Independent Living, Managing Money, and Employment & Volunteering.
Book empower students with the confidence and resources to live on their own
170 pages

Practical approach to active listening
Packed with sample conferences, if/then strategies, rubrics, and tips
Examples of equitable ways to listen to, learn from, and guide students
Helps students reach their full potential with active listening

Backed by leading research on effectively early reading instruction practices.
Sure to appeal to those following the “science of reading,” given its emphasis on the English language and how it works (orthography, morphology, etc.)
Follows a clear, developmental continuum, from decoding to crack one-syllable words to chunking to crack multisyllabic words
Contextualizes foundational skills by exploring their connections to fluency and comprehension, cultural responsiveness, and joyful learning.

Provides tools for exploring oneself, one’s systems, and one’s curriculum to gather baseline information to create more inclusive, culturally sensitive environments for children.
Suggests teaching ideas that can be applied seamlessly and smoothly to the existing reading and writing program
Offers guidelines for reaching out to families and the community to enhance curriculum
Speaks to all concerned teachers, regardless of their own cultural background, geographic location, or class make-up

Provides tools for examining our beliefs and instructional practices and using what we learn to create more inclusive, culturally sensitive environments for young children.
Suggests ways to reframe play to be culturally inclusive, and ways to honor and build upon the languages children bring to the classroom
Offers guidelines for reaching out to families and the community to enhance the early childhood curriculum and make it more relevant for students
Speaks to all concerned teachers, regardless of their cultural background, geographic location, or class makeup

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
Includes reproducible student pages
An essential resource for middle school teachers

What does SEL look like in the classroom? How should it be taught? Answer these and more questions with this 6-page AYF guide! Promote student mindfulness, foster emotional health, and teach essential life skills with these ready-to-implement activities.
Emphasizes important topics in an easy-to-read format
Provides tips and strategies so educators can create a safe classroom that supports students in their everyday struggles
Includes suggestions for enhancing students’ life skills as well as boosting confidence

Help English learners thrive in your classroom! This 6-page guide offers research-based instructional strategies to promote oral and written language development.
Emphasizes important topics in an easy-to-read format
Provides tips and strategies to help educators reach English learners in a supportive and engaging way
Includes suggestions for empowering ELL students through research-based instructional strategies

Yes, you can help kindergarteners write skillfully and love it
Everything you need from lessons to student samples to help you teach writing effectively from day one
Minimal preparation and planning-maximum results

The year-round organization takes readers through planning and building a classroom that is responsive to students’ evolving needs and interests.
Includes classroom-tested tips for matching kids with engaging, relevant books
Includes wisdom and practical tips from experts in the field
Fans of Game Changer! will love this deep dive into Sharp’s classroom library.

Connected to the work and research of the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative
Each chapter includes interactive lessons and activities connected to the skills in the resilience framework and aligned to key language arts learning goals
Includes stories, model responses, and artifacts from classrooms across the country

This book will provide an understanding of the building blocks of fluency and its top ten benefits
This book will help to assess your students’ developing fluency easily and effectively
Will demonstrate why an emphasis on timed-reading is inappropriate and limiting for students as readers
Support your students’ reading at home with fluency fun for the entire family

Jan Richardson’s highly anticipated update to the classic bestseller The Next Step in Guided Reading helps you and your students move forward.
Richardson is a bestselling author and in-demand staff developer
Includes ALL-NEW, stage-specific lesson plan templates
29 comprehension modules covering the essentials – monitoring, retelling, inferring, summarizing, and many others

Set includes The Next Step Forward in Guided Reading and The Guided Reading Teacher’s Companion
Features prompts, discussion starters, teaching points, word lists, intervention suggestions, and more to support all students, including dual language learners and struggling readers.
By Jan Richardson

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

Provides information and inspiration from an educator with a proven track record of mobilizing communities towards engagement in schools
Provides step-by-step details on how to engage effectively
Includes templates for readers to set goals and create an actionable plan

Helps parents and teachers understand the many ways in which children grow forms the essence of good teaching
Dr. Mayes’s reassuring approach helps educators understand the nature of a problem, how they can address it, and when and where to go for help with concerns
This guide will be an incredible resource on every educator’s bookshelf.
192 Pages

Offers a repeatable model teachers can use for any type of lesson planning—across grades and subject areas
Shares detailed examples of lessons following Dr. Muhammad’s five-pursuit model from teachers in diverse classrooms
Includes strategies and tools for assessing students using the five-pursuit model
Includes companion site with classroom videos, model lessons, and tools for designing and assessing your own lessons