Stenhouse Publishers: 72 books
Reading with Meaning, 2nd edition
Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
In the second edition of Reading with Meaning, Debbie Miller shares her new thinking about comprehension strategy instruction, the gradual release of responsibility instructional model, and planning for student engagement and independence.It has been ten years since the first edition, in which...
Teaching with Intention
Defining Beliefs, Aligning Practice, Taking Action, K-5
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2008
"I believe in the power of collaborative classroom communities where everyone's ideas are valued and respected. But had you been in my classroom that day, you'd have never known it. You'd have thought I believed that I was the one with all the answers."Effective, intentional teaching begins...
Beyond Answers
Exploring Mathematical Practices with Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2016
The Standards for Mathematical Practice are written in clear, concise language. Even so, to interpret them and visualize what they mean for your teaching practice isn’t always easy. In this practical, easy-to-read book, Mike Flynn provides teachers with a clear and deep sense of these standards and...
Starting Strong
Evidence-Based Early Literacy Practices
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Starting Strong shows teachers how to use four proven instructional approaches—standards based, evidenced based, assessment based, and student based—to improve their teaching practice in all areas of early literacy. Authors Katrin Blamey and Katherine Beauchat draw on their years of experience and...
Strategies That Work
Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2007
Since its publication in 2000, Strategies That Work has become an indispensable resource for teachers who want to explicitly teach thinking strategies so that students become engaged, thoughtful, independent readers. In this revised and expanded edition, Stephanie and Anne have added twenty completely...
Reading Wellness
Lessons in Independence and Proficiency
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
When teachers talk about what they want for students, a love for reading is inevitably near the top of the list. Even as they work to ensure students continuing progress as readers, what ignites passion more than anything is the chance to instill confidence, curiosity, and joy in students. In...
A Closer Look
Learning More About Our Writers with Formative Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
In A Closer Look, Lynne Dorfman and Diane Dougherty provide the tools and strategies you need to use formative assessment in writing workshop. Through Lynne and Diane’s ideas, you will be able to establish an environment where students will internalize ways that they can assess their own writing...
Apprenticeship in Literacy (Second Edition)
Transitions Across Reading and Writing, K-4
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
Since its publication in 1998, Apprenticeship in Literacy has become a teacher favorite, covering all aspects of a balanced literacy program in an integrated manner and showing how all components are differentiated to address the needs of diverse learners. An apprenticeship approach to literacy emphasizes...
Number Sense Routines
Building Numerical Literacy Every Day in Grades K-3
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2011
Just as athletes stretch their muscles before every game and musicians play scales to keep their technique in tune, mathematical thinkers and problem solvers can benefit from daily warm-up exercises. Jessica Shumway has developed a series of routines designed to help young students internalize and deepen...
Academic Conversations
Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2011
Where would we be without conversation? Throughout history, conversations have allowed us to see different perspectives, build ideas, and solve problems. Conversations, particularly those referred to in this book as academic conversations, push students to think and learn in lasting ways. Academic...
Common Core Standards in Diverse Classrooms
Essential Practices for Developing Academic Language and Disciplinary Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
The Common Core State Standards require students to do more with knowledge and language than ever before. Rather than be mere consumers of knowledge, students must now become creators, critics, and communicators of ideas across disciplines. Yet in order to take on these new and exciting roles, many students...
Literacy Work Stations
Making Centers Work
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
This book will help teachers solve the dilemma: What does the rest of my class do while I'm working with a small reading group? Debbie Diller offers practical suggestions for over a dozen literacy work stations that link to instruction and make preparation and management easy for teachers. Learn how...
by Mark Weakland
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2019
Because spelling is for reading, it is important to teach spelling, not merely assign it. With Super Spellers Starter Sets, you have everything you need to bring to life the wisdom of Super Spellers: Seven Steps to Transforming Your Spelling Instruction. Building on his research-based approach, Mark...
Poetry Mentor Texts
Making Reading and Writing Connections, K-8
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
Building on the success of Mentor Texts and Nonfiction Mentor Texts, authors Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli now turn their attention to poetry. In Poetry Mentor Texts, Lynne and Rose show teachers how to use poems in both reading and writing workshops and across content areas. Written in a friendly,...