Diane Lapp: 13 books
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-first Century
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2011
This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break...
by Cheryl James-Ward, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Data. Does the word make you cringe? Does it evoke feelings of guilt? Are you unsure how to distill it and use it effectively? Grab this book and learn how to empower yourself and your school community with information gleaned from your school’s data. Experienced educators and authors offer simple...
by Diane Lapp, James Flood, Cynthia H. Brock
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This popular text, now in its Fourth Edition, introduces pre-service and in-service teachers to the most current theories and methods for teaching literacy to children in elementary schools. The methods presented are based on scientific findings that have been tested in many classrooms. A wealth...
Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts
Sponsored by the International Reading Association
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2004
In an era characterized by the rapid evolution of the concept of literacy, the Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts focuses on multiple ways in which learners gain access to knowledge and skills. The handbook explores the possibilities of broadening current...
Turning the Page on Complex Texts
Differentiated Scaffolds for Close Reading Instruction (Grade-Specific Classroom Scenarios for Common Core State Standards)
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Ensure all learners become successful close readers. In this powerful resource, the authors examine what features make a text complex. Learn how to select appropriate complex texts and design instruction to meet the needs of every student. Explore grade-specific classroom scenarios that illustrate...
by Diane Lapp, Barbara Moss, Maria Grant
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Explore the what, why, and how of close reading to give students in grades K2 the tools they need to be successful. In this must-have guide, teachers will learn the key elements of a close reading lesson as well as strategies for analyzing and selecting a text and how to support students based on...
by Diane Lapp, Barbara Moss, Maria Grant
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2018
Explore the what, why, and how of close reading to give students in grades 35 the tools they need to be successful. In this must-have guide, teachers will learn the key elements of a close reading lesson as well as strategies for analyzing and selecting a text and how to support students based on...
Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts, Volume II
A Project of the International Reading Association
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
The Handbook of Research on Teaching Literacy Through the Communicative and Visual Arts, Volume II brings together state-of-the-art research and practice on the evolving view of literacy as encompassing not only reading, writing, speaking, and listening, but also the multiple ways through which learners...
Mining Complex Text, Grades 2-5
Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Your power tools for making the complex comprehensible
Now more than ever, our students are being asked to do highly advanced thinking, talking, and writing around their reading. If only there were ingenious new tools that could give our students the space to tease apart complex ideas in...
Mining Complex Text, Grades 6-12
Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Your power tools for making the complex comprehensible
Now more than ever, our students are being asked to do highly advanced thinking, talking, and writing around their reading. If only there were ingenious new tools that could give our students the space to tease apart complex ideas in...
Text Complexity
Stretching Readers With Texts and Tasks
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
There is a big difference between assigning complex texts and teaching complex texts
No matter what discipline you teach, learn how to use complexity as a dynamic, powerful tool for sliding the right text in front of your students’ at just the right time.
Updates to this new edition...
Reading and Writing in Science
Tools to Develop Disciplinary Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2015
Engage your students in scientific thinking across disciplines!
Did you know that scientists spend more than half of their time reading and writing? Students who are science literate can analyze, present, and defend data – both orally and in writing. The updated edition of this...