Classroom Ready Resources to Motivate

Jim Grant, Caleb Grant, Joyce McGreevy

What is grit? Grit is the determination to achieve short- and long-term goals, often against difficult odds. The word grit is often used as an umbrella term to describe being resilient, persistent, and having the will to deal with and overcome obstacles. Because learning is often a challenge, a student’s grit can make the difference between failing and making the grade. Students who develop grit can improve their academic performance through strengthened resiliency and perseverance. Grit traits become good habits that enable students to persist in the face of adversity, setbacks, and disappointments when pursuing their goals in school and out.

Although grit is not an academic skill, the good news is that it can be taught in school, not as an add-on, but through strategies that can be easily incorporated into an existing curriculum. This book will provide a roadmap for how to go gritty in the classroom, and the classroom strategies to get you—and your students—there.

144 pp.

140+ Skill-Builders to Boost Academic Success

(PreK-3)

Laureen Reynolds

This book explains the early developmental factors that are most critical for childrens success in school, outlines the relevant research, and offers strategies to develop each skill area. Includes assessment checklists, time-saving reproducibles, parent letters, teacher study guides, and much more.

144 pp.

Logic & Problem Solving Have Never Been Such Fun!

(35)

Catherine Jones Kuhns

Active engagement is the name of the game in these 72 word-problem challenges for any computer or interactive whiteboard. As students drag and drop 4 kinds of beans to solve problems visually, they also:

• build understanding of relationships among numbers

• practice logic

• encourage mathematicalthinking

Let one volunteer demonstrate on an interactive whiteboard while others follow along with manipulatives at their seats and you guide the discussion. Encourage further practice and exploration at centers, or let each individual work through the problems at his own pace. As students progress through increasingly difficult problems, watch the skills and enthusiasm grow!

Downloadable files and site licenses available.

Windows and MAC-Compatible CD

(K-5)

This strategy-rich quick reference provides the why and the how through research-based instructional strategies that can be implemented immediately in your classroom. This resource provides effective scaffolding strategies to use alone or in combination for almost any content area. It also includes guidelines for assessing student readiness prior to planning and scaffolding instruction, as well as management tips to create a supportive classroom for learners at all levels.

4-page folder

Interventions for All

(K-2)

Yvette Zgonc

This jam-packed volume, incorporating some of the elements that made Yvettes Sounds in Action so popular, is just what you need to build phonological awareness. Identify strengths and weaknesses through a simple, reproducible assessment, then turn to the brand-new interventions to match student needs. Includes a Spanish version of the assessment, activities for all tiers of RTI, a study guide, and more!

176 pp.

Taking the Easy First Steps into Differentiation

(3-8)

Betty Hollas

Ease your way into differentiation without giving up on the whole-group setting. Step-by-step activity instructions, a lighthearted approach, and nearly 50 reproducibles help you appeal to diverse learning styles, raise thinking to a higher level, and assess learning quickly and effectively.

160 pp.

(K-8)

Anne M. Beninghof

This creative, hands-on, research-based book introduces a lesson-planning model that can be used across the curriculum with all readiness levels and learning styles. Includes reproducibles plus 50 innovative, teacher-tested strategies that are easily adaptable to a wide range of lesson objectives.

160 pp.

Taking the Easy First Steps into Differentiation

(7-12)

Betty Hollas

Yes, you can do it at the middle- and high-school levels! Betty shows exactly how you can preassess to direct your instruction; allow everyone to participate in the same activities but at different levels of complexity; and offer students choices in how they show what theyve learned. You can do it all within the whole-group setting.

160 pp.

Putting RTI into Practice

(K-4)

Gretchen Goodman

This is the Response to Intervention guide youll use every day! RTI is the powerful, proactive solution for at-risk studentsand its manageable! Combining selected strategies from her popular I Can Learn! and More I Can Learn! books with others that are brand new, veteran intervention specialist, presenter, and author Gretchen Goodman shows exactly how you can help your struggling students. Accompanying CD* provides extra copies of all reproducibles.

208 pp. + CD

86 Strategies for Differentiating Instruction

(K-6)

Char Forsten, Gretchen Goodman, Jim Grant, Betty Hollas & Donna Whyte

Integrate differentiated instruction into your classroom and make your curriculum accessible for all students. This invaluable resource provides activities for literacy, math, community-building, assessment, management, and more! Youll find easy ways to create multileveled versions of your lessons, teachertested activities that embrace multiple learning styles, and more. All strategies can be easily modified to fit different parts of the curriculum.

144 pp.

Strategies to Improve Student Comprehension and Motivation

(4-12)

Char Forsten, Jim Grant & Betty Hollas

This easy-to-use resource provides more than 80 step-by-step strategies to help build comprehension. Youll find coverage of selecting and modifying textbooks; interesting ways to organize or group students; using appropriate strategies before, during, and after reading; changing how expository information is conveyed, and strategies on activating prior knowledge and connections.

160 pp.

Using the Data to Drive Your Instruction

(3-8)

Pam C. East

Take a look at standardized-test scores from a veteran teachers perspective and discover a tool that will bring student learningand future test scores to new heights. Walk through the unique STARS program one step at a time, providing reproducible charts for assessing student needs as well as innovative, practical ideas for tailoring your instruction.

64 pp.

Tools & Activities to Get Students Moving, Thinking & Learning

(K-3)

Donna VanderWeide, MS

Donna has packed this book with songs, rhymes, games, investigations, and so much moreall designed to bring the power of differentiation to your math instruction. She offers a training camp for graphs and glyphs; task cards to give students choices; and loads of reproducibles to simplify preparation, planning, and assessment. Math class has never been more exciting!

192 pp.

Becoming an Accomplished Middle-Level Teacher

(5-8)

Rick Wormeli

Covers best practices for key middle-level teaching challenges, including differentiating instruction, teaming, teaching in block-length classes, motivating early adolescents, using authentic and alternative assessment effectively, writing in all subjects, holding students and teachers accountable, involving parents, mentoring teachers, using games, applying the latest in brain research, and understanding the young adolescent.

256 pp.

Assessing & Grading in the Differentiated Classroom

(4-8)

Rick Wormeli

Rick Wormeli fans will be thrilled by this thorough and practical guide to differentiating your instruction while still assessing and grading fairly. Backing up real-life examples with the latest research, Rick gives specific, concrete advice for sometimes thorny problems, ranging from defining mastery to whether to grade homework.

240 pp.

From Planning to Practice

(6-12)

Rick Wormeli

Use this practical and accessible book to learn how to plan a differentiated lesson from start to finish, as Rick guides you through steps to take before, during, and after the lesson to deepen connections for students. Also offers annotated models of effective differentiated instruction, including tiering, flexible groupings, and adjustments based on formative assessments.

200 pp.

(K-12)

Metaphors and analogies are more than just figurative language for English classes and standardized tests. They are "power tools" that can electrify learning in every subject and at all grade levels. Filled with provocative illustrations of metaphors in action, Metaphors & Analogies also emphasizes practical tips for using metaphors to improve assessment, professional development, and symbolic sensing.

264 pp.

Engaging All Students in Daily Literacy Assessment & Instruction

(K5)

Gail Boushey & Joan Moser, The Sisters

In The CAFE Book, Gail and Joan present a practical, simple way to integrate assessment into daily reading and classroom discussion. CAFE is an acronym for Comprehension, Accuracy, Fluency, and Expanding vocabulary. The CAFE system, based on research into the habits of proficient readers, includes goalsetting with individual students, posting goals on a whole-class board, and developing both small-group and whole-class instruction based on student needs.

210 pp. + CD

(K-2)

Turn RTI theory into practice for your students, using these easy intervention ideas to get you going. Your students will love the hands-on activities, and you`ll love the way you can catch your struggling learners before they fail.

40 pp.

(3-6)

Turn RTI theory into practice for your students, using these easy intervention ideas to get you going. Your students will love the hands-on activities, and you`ll love the way you can catch your struggling learners before they fail.

40 pp.

Taking the Easy First Steps into Differentiation

(1-4)

Patricia Pavelka

Heres a wealth of activities and strategies that you can use across the curriculum with a wide range of learners in a whole-group setting. Includes techniques for engaging all learners during instruction time, quick and effective ongoing assessments, follow-up assignments that allow for student choice, ways to use flexible grouping, and activities to help students boost their achievement with higher-level thinking and questioning.

160 pp.

Three stellar resources, valued at $86, for a low price. Youll receive Differentiated Instruction in a Whole-Group Setting (7-12), Common Core Literacy for ELA, History/Social Studies, and the Humanities, and Common Core Literacy for Math, Science, and Technical Subjects.

Three stellar resources, valued at $65, for a low price. Youll receive Differentiated Instruction in a Whole-Group Setting, (3-8) Math Play, and Teach Like a Techie with Apps!

Get 362+ pages of expert guidance, common-sense strategies, and transferable lessons that take differentiation from abstract to reality: Differentiating Instruction in a Whole-Group Setting, Differentiated Assignments, Engage All Students.

Value $54.85 (Save $5.60) BUNDLE PRICE $49.25

Focusing on the Reader Behind the Numbers

(K6 )

Clare Landrigan and Tammy Mulligan Foreword by Gail Boushey and Joan Moser, The Sisters

Assessment in Perspective moves beyond the numbers and discusses how to use a range of assessment typesfrom reading conference notes and student work to running records and state teststogether to uncover the strengths and weaknesses of a reader. This innovative reference explains how looking at different types of assessments side-by-side reveals patterns or inconsistencies.

160 pp.

• What is my role?
• How do I find the time?
• How can I be more organized?
• How do I form groups?
• How can I differentiate to meet the needs of all of my students?

Assessment That Informs Teaching and Learning

(6-12)

by Cris Tovani

Cris shows how you can use assessments to monitor student growth and provide targeted feedback that works. In addition, she shares ways to bring students into the assessment cycle so they can monitor their own learning. You`ll recognize your own students and the challenges they face—and you`ll find real solutions to problems you deal with every day.

184 pp.

Three essential resources to help you take those first crucial steps into differentiation: Different Tools for Different Learners, Differentiated Instruction, The More Ways You Teach, the More Students You Reach.

Value $64.95 (Save $6.70) BUNDLE PRICE $62.46

(3-6)

by Laureen Reynolds

Turn RTI theory into practice for your students, using these easy intervention ideas to get you going. Your students will love the hands-on activities, and you`ll love the way you can catch your struggling learners before they fail.

32 pp.

Book with CD-Rom

(K-12)

by Richard M. Cash, EdD

Create a thriving, student-centered classroom with this powerful resource. The book guides teachers to develop a rigorous, concept-based curriculum that is differentiated for all learners across content areas, and to build students` critical and creative thinking skills. More than an introductory manual for differentiation, this practical "next step" guide will help educators:

• Build achievement motivation through brain-compatible learning and assessment
• Develop self-regulation and learning autonomy
• Strengthen students` reasoning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills Inspire students` passion and creativity

Based on up-to-date research, the guide features dozens of figures, diagrams, and sample lessons. All reproducible forms, templates, handouts, and walk-through checklists are included on the CD-ROM, many as customizable PDFs. Includes PowerPoint presentation for professional development.

218 pp.

(K-5)

This strategy-rich quick reference provides the why and the how through research-based instructional strategies that can be implemented immediately in your classroom. This resource provides effective scaffolding strategies to use alone or in combination for almost any content area. It also includes guidelines for assessing student readiness prior to planning and scaffolding instruction, as well as management tips to create a supportive classroom for learners at all levels.

4-page folder

Why Fair Isnt Always Equal

(6-12)

Presented by Rick Wormeli

If you have ever agonized over how to grade students who show mastery in different ways, debated the marks given to special-needs students in inclusion classrooms, wondered how to deal with late work, or questioned whether to allow redosthis CD collection addressing hot-button grading issues is for you!

4 CDs (30 min. each; Windows only) + handouts & study guide

(K-12)

Lynda Rice

This comprehensive guide will provide you with the tools you need to effectively implement assessment in your classroom, and guides you in using assessment more efficiently to inform and strengthen instruction. Youll discover helpful evaluation tools, rubrics, and graphics to support student learning and help you to make good decisions in your teaching about the types of assessments to use at any particular time.

200 pp.

(3-6)

13 different tools and 40-page book (valued at $136.05)

• Chicken Rings (package of 50)

• Dry-Erase Markers (small) with Erasers (1 pkg. of 4)

• Editing Tool (1 pkg. of 30)

• Geometric Wooden Sticks (1 pkg. of 36)

• Highlighting Tape (1 six-pack)

• Kwik Chek Paddles (set of 2)

• Large File Folders, 9 x 11 in. (1 pkg. of 10)

• LINGO (1 pkg. of 12 two-sided 8 x 11-in. cards)

• Mark-My-Time Digital Bookmark (1)

• Mini-Library Pockets, 3 x 5 in. (1 pkg. of 35)

• Self Stick Dry-Erase Sheets, 8 x 11 in. (1 pkg. of 5)

• Sight-Word Phrases (1 set of 50 cards)

• Wikki Stix (1 pkg. of 48)

(K-2)

9 different tools and 40-page book (valued at $118.13)

• Bananagrams (1)

• Chicken Rings (package of 50)

• Highlighting Tape (1 six-pack)

• LINGO (1 pkg. of 12 two-sided 8 x 11-in. cards)

• Mini Library Pockets, 3 x 5 in. (1 pkg. of 35)

• Phonics Phones (8)

• Sight Word Phrases (1 set of 50 cards)

• Wikki Stix (2 pkgs. of 48)

• Word Whackers (10)

These terrific tools are the perfect solution for instant student assessment, student practice, or classroom games. Dry-erase paddles are plain on one side and have lines on the other side. These products were chosen as the 2005 Product of the Year by Scholastic Instructor magazine and the 2006 Teacher`s Choice Product of the Year by Learning magazine.

Includes 2 dry-erase paddles and 2 small dry-erase markers with erasers. $14.99

Three stellar resources valued at $62, all for a low price! Youll receive copies of Differentiated Instruction in a Whole-Group Setting, (1-4), Math Play, And 75 Plus Reading Strategies.

Different Strategies for Different Learners
(K-8)    

Available in print (176 pp), as an E-book, in a combo of print and E-book and as a Site License.

By Lori Elliott, Char Forsten, Jim Grant & Betty Hollas
The authors' low-cost, high-impact, ready-to-implement strategies have made this a perennial favorite with those new to differentiation and with veterans looking for fresh ideas. The new, expanded edition includes 119 strategies to help you build community, assess on the fly, find new pathways to mastery in literacy and math, use technology to differentiate, and much more. Lots of time-saving reproducibles, too.

Notes: Our E-books are in PDF format and can be viewed on your computer or on any compatible reading device. If you need more than 5 electronic copies, you might want to consider purchasing a Site License.

You can download your E-book only one time.  However, once you have downloaded your purchase, you may store it on several devices that you own. This means you can have a copy on your PC at work, on your Mac at home, and on your e-reader anywhere. You may not share an E-book with other users. If you purchase a Site License, you may copy the downloaded product to your network or to a flash drive and share it with colleagues within the building.

A Sourcebook for PreK-2

(PreK-2)

Cindy Middendorf

Full of research-based, classroom-tested strategies, activities, and lessons, this book will enable you to easily foster your students independence, target interventions for different learning styles, and engage your students with activities that help every young reader thrive. Youll find lessons and activities for comprehension, phonics, sight words, fluency, and phonemic awareness, among others.

144 pp.