Reference Materials

WHOLE CHILD WHOLE LIFEUncertainty and disruption have created a youth mental health crisis that requires all hands on deck. This urgently needed guidebook offers comprehensive and scientifically-grounded methods you can use to support young people's...

TEACHING READINGDesigned to be a one-stop shop for best practices, Teaching Reading is concise, encyclopedic, and essential. Thirteen interactive modules provide easy to read ideas to support you teaching every child to read very well. Focus on two...

THE MATHEMATICS PLAYBOOKWith the latest research on what works best in teaching and learning, The Mathematics Playbook is your comprehensive guide to enhancing mathematics teaching and learning. With a focus on fostering equity and maximizing student...

SHAKE UP SHARED READINGIn Shake Up Shared Reading, veteran teacher Maria Walther offers teachers a simple but robust scaffolding for moving from teacher-led demonstration of read aloud to student-led discovery of literacy skills—across the bridge of...

REBELLIOUS READ ALOUDSIn Rebellious Read Alouds, author Vera Ahiyya—beloved by educators worldwide as The Tutu Teacher (@thetututeacher and @diversereads on Instagram)—empowers teachers to encourage classroom conversations about important and culturally...

COMMONSENSE GUIDE CLASS LIBRARIESLiteracy advocates Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp follow the lifecycle of Sharp's classroom library across the year, showing us practical ways to support young readers–from weeding the collection before kids arrive and...

THE LITERACY 50Teachers have questions, and nobody knows that better than Melissa Loftus and Lori Sappington, hosts of the popular "Melissa & Lori Love Literacy" podcast. They have assembled the questions teachers ask them most about how children learn...

BIG WORDS FOR YOUNG READERSPhonics instruction shouldn't end when students can decode short words. From an early age, they also need to be able to decode "big words"—words with multiple syllables (sound units) and morphemes (meaning units)—to read...

INTEGRATING ARTS IN SCIENCE 2ND EDUse the arts to inspire, engage, and motivate students in science class! This book provides useful strategies to help teachers integrate creative movement, drama, music, poetry, storytelling, and visual arts in science...

INTEGRATING ARTS IN SOCIAL STUDIESUse the arts to excite, inspire, and motivate students in social studies class! This book provides useful strategies to help teachers integrate creative movement, drama, music, poetry, storytelling, and visual arts in...

REVOLUTIONRY LOVE EARLY CHILDHOODThis companion to Revolutionary Love presents do-tomorrow, asset-based strategies for preK-grade 2—all grounded in a culturally-responsive framework. A key goal of this book is to activate and energize early childhood...

INTEGRATING ARTS MATHEMATICS 2ND EDUse the arts to engage, motivate, and inspire students in math class! This book provides thoughtful strategies to help teachers integrate creative movement, drama, music, poetry, storytelling, and visual arts in...

TEACHERS GUIDE TO ENGAGING FAMILIESTeachers and administrators will learn how to create the respectful, trusting relationships with families necessary to build the educational partnerships that best support children's learning. The book will cover the...

DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTIONThis updated edition presents a practical introduction to differentiation and explains how to differentiate instruction in a wide range of settings to provide variety and challenge. Chapters focus on evaluation in a...

THE MEGABOOK OF FLUENCYFluency expert Timothy V. Rasinski teams up with Melissa Cheesman Smith, a veteran fifth grade teacher, to help teachers effectively weave fluency work into their daily reading instruction. The book is packed with engaging text and...

THE MEGABOOK OF FLUENCY 2ND EDFluency is the bridge between word recognition and comprehension. If students don't develop it, they will struggle to read proficiently. In this eagerly anticipated new edition, Rasinski and Smith discuss fluency's...