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Learn to increase engagement by focusing on relationship building, teacher clarity, and student challenge.
Monthly Archives: April 2023
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Educators can get so caught up in test prep that we lose sight of key literacy skills our students need. It’s time to think more deeply about the reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills that truly prepare our students to be thoughtful citizens of the modern world.
Must Reads for Teachers, Speaking and Listening
Next Steps with Academic Conversations by Jeff Zwiers
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This book shows teachers how to introduce five core skills so students can engage in the kind of academic conversations that boost learning, deepen thinking, and make learning more social and fun.
Must Reads for Teachers, Speaking and Listening
Quality Questioning by Jackie Acree Walsh and Beth Dankert Sattes
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Classroom questioning can focus student attention, boost cognition, and foster learning. This book shows teachers how to create, implement, and follow-up up on powerful questions.
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This book shows how our habits, our workplaces, and modern technology are draining our bandwidth and what we can do to get our bandwidth back.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Must Reads for Teachers
Culturally Responsive Education in the Classroom by Adeyemi Stembridge
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Culturally Responsive Education is more than a collection of classroom strategies. It is a teaching philosophy that embraces students’ cultural knowledge and identities to help them engage deeply and achieve more in the classroom.
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By providing a clear and workable definition of rigor along with 25 practical strategies to increase rigor, this book can help educators boost the rigor in their classrooms.
Deeper Thinking, Must Reads for Teachers
The Curious Classroom: 10 Structures for Teaching with Student-Directed Inquiry by Harvey ”Smokey“ Daniels
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Students engage more deeply in their learning when we organize instruction around their curiosities and interests. This book shows you how by presenting 10 structures to move toward student-driven inquiry.
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In school, sometimes we focus more on having students complete tasks than on developing their thinking and understanding. This book provides concrete routines teachers can use in their classrooms to promote deeper thinking.
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Jones describes the skills exceptional teachers use to manage their classrooms effectively. This is a must-read for teachers who want help with the common foibles they face in dealing with pesky students.