books by Stenhouse Publishers     books:       Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work29 reviews Debbie Diller Stenhouse Publishers, 2003 Love the Work Stations I am a first year teacher learning the ropes. I am finding the work stations very easy to implement and am enjoying the "freedom" to achieve reading level testing at week three of the school year and am looking forward to guided reading group time soon.             Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement36 reviews Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis Stenhouse Publishers, 2007 great for english language arts teachers I loved this book. I learned so much. I've become a better reader myself and can't wait to use these strategies with my students.             Practice With Purpose: Literacy Work stations for Grades 3-613 reviews Debbie Diller Stenhouse Publishers, 2005 Practice with PURPOSE This is just what I've needed. Excellent source for getting kids motivated and on tasks that help THEM to learn. Outlines possible problems and solutions ahead of time. Great ideas for taking centers I already want and making them real learning stations in the classroom. Other teachers on my floor are already looking to "borrow" it.             Spaces & Places: Designing Classrooms for Literacy5 reviews Debbie Diller Stenhouse Publishers, 2008 Spaces & Places This book has lots of practical ideas for using the space in your classroom to the best advantage. The pictures are clear and show how to implement these ideas.             The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades45 reviews Gail Boushey, Joan Moser Stenhouse Publishers, 2006 User Friendly This book is a great way to introduce literacy activities to a class. It helps the teacher and students become comfortable with reading and writing. It also helps the students work independently without teacher support. I highly recommend this book to all elementary school teachers.             Making the Most of Small Groups: Differentiation for All12 reviews Debbie Diller Stenhouse Publishers, 2007 Excellent Resource for K-2 Reading Teachers Debbie Diller has written another fantastic resource for reading teachers. This book is full of helpful ideas for teaching each of the five areas of reading and give tips on organizing. Well worth the money--one of the best resources I have seen in 27 years of teaching.             Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning12 reviews Peter H. Johnston Stenhouse Publishers, 2004 Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning This book really changed my thinking about how to speak to children to promote the best learning, and what to say. Our words are powerful tools in the 'teacher's took kit' and must be used with care.             I Read It, but I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers43 reviews Cris Tovani Stenhouse Publishers, 2000 Any Teacher Can Benefit From This I found that by reading this book, not only did I learn strategies for teaching reading to my students but I also learned how to improve my own reading. The books tells us to remind the kids that even though they arent the best readers, they still have time to be. This book is a quick read and you are bound to get a greater understanding of how to create a classroom climate that is safe, and ...             Reading With Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades37 reviews Debbie Miller Stenhouse Publishers, 2002 Title says it all! This is book is Strategies that Work for the k-2. I love this book. I find something new and challenging for myself as a teacher, everytime I open it. Great chapter on literature circles for primary students. Must-have book!             Notebook Know-How: Strategies For The Writer's Notebook15 reviews Aimee Buckner Stenhouse Publishers, 2005 Great companion for Daily 5! This is not one of those books that will collect dust on a shelf. It will be read and reread many times! It is a great resource for any teacher of writing! Thank you Aimee Buckler! This book contains a wealth of organized and practical strategies that will add to any writing program. Buckler gives teachers easy to model tools to pass on to their students. She gives many examples from ...             Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?: Content Comprehension, Grades 6-1216 reviews Cris Tovani Stenhouse Publishers, 2004 Great Book for Teachers We are all reading teachers. We must teach the students to read so they will be able to succeed in all subjects. This book has strategies for all teachers. The author makes some good points when describing an encounter with an industrial arts teacher who said, "students don't have to read in my class." This book will show you how to make connections in your subject area to reading. If ...             Fair Isn't Always Equal: Assessing & Grading In the Differentiated Classroom4 reviews Rick Wormeli Stenhouse Publishers, 2006 Summer Reading for Teachers (or Weekend Reading, If Summer's Over!) Just out in 2006, Rick Wormeli's FAIR ISN'T ALWAYS EQUAL has the latest research on teaching (especially middle and high school) pulled together nicely in one 200-page package. For me, a lot of it was necessary review and reaffirmation of differentiated instruction, standards-based instruction, and various strategies I've read about but haven't gotten around to using. For beginning teachers or ...             Tools for Teaching Content Literacy3 reviews Janet Allen Stenhouse Publishers, 2004 Easy to Use Guide for Teachers This small book, in a flipchart format, provides 33 strategies for teachers to use to improve students' content area reading. Directions are succint and clear. The strategies listed are invaluable in helping the teacher create varied activities geared towards improving students' reading comprehension. I use this flipchart every week when preparing my lessons.             Teaching Adolescent Writers8 reviews Kelly Gallagher Stenhouse Publishers, 2006 Another Outstanding Work from a Master Teacher As an 8th grade language arts teacher, I have found _Deeper Reading_ and _Reading Reasons_, Gallagher's other teaching titles, to be positively indispensible, so I expected nothing less from his latest work. Once again, Gallagher delivers! This is a straightforward, practical, and yes, funny, book for effective writing instruction in secondary classrooms. Gallagher's fresh, ready-to-use ...             Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-64 reviews Lynn R. Dorfman, Rose Cappelli Stenhouse Publishers, 2007 Expertly written "Mentor Texts: Teaching Writing Through Children's Literature, K-6" is the collaboration of Lynne R. Dorfman (a writing extension teacher for the Upper Moreland School District in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania with more than thirty years experience) and Rose Cappelli (a primary-grade reading specialist in the West Chester Area School District in West Chester, Pennsylvania with more than twenty years ...             Growing Readers: Units Of Study In The Primary Classroom13 reviews Kathy Collins Stenhouse Publishers, 2004 Practical, minute by minute of how to teach Reading Workshop This is an excellent source to guide teachers on how to teach Reading Workshop. It gives dialogue on mini lessons and ideas of how to set up your room. It is a must read for Reading Workshop teachers. It is a down to the minutes guide of what to do.             Craft Lessons 2nd Edition12 reviews Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi Stenhouse Publishers, 2007 Model Mini-lessons for the writing workshop I'm a relatively new teacher, and have switched grade levels every year. Teaching writing has been one of the biggest challenges for me. I believe in a writing workshop model, and use a lot of 6 Traits ideas. I knew that both relied on the idea of the writing "mini-lesson" but I really didn't know what those should look like or what kinds of topics they should cover. This book has been a ...             Mechanically Inclined: Building Grammar, Usage, And Style into Writer's Workshop12 reviews Jeff Anderson Stenhouse Publishers, 2005 Where "Grammar" and "Editing" Are NOT Dirty Words In MECHANICALLY INCLINED, Jeff Anderson tackles the issue of grammarphobia and edit-phobia head on. You know the diseases. They are endemic in English classrooms everywhere. Anderson advocates using "mentor" sentences and paragraphs taken from books that interest students. He also details how to set up a writer's notebook where kids can write freely without fear of the Red Pen (which, to ...             Nonfiction Craft Lessons: Teaching Information Writing K-85 reviews Joann Portalupi, Ralph J. Fletcher Stenhouse Publishers, 2001 A Great Way to Think about Nonfiction Writing in Classrooms This book is a wonderful tool for writing teachers. Portalupi and Fletcher are very thoughtful in the way that the book is organized so that teachers can share with students lessons dealing with the craft of nonfiction. Since so many writing books deal primarily with narrative writing, this is one of the first I've seen to deal specifically with nonfiction and its craft. This book will change ...             Black Ants And Buddhists: Thinking Critically And Teaching Differently in the Primary Grades4 reviews Mary Cowhey Stenhouse Publishers, 2006 A future teacher I own this book and used it during my master's classes in education. It is a wonderful text to get you thinking about the different ways social studies and the world can be presented to your students while still meeting standards. 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