Stenhouse Publishers: 72 books
Preventing Misguided Reading
Next Generation Guided Reading Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2017
Feeling exhausted after guided reading? Are you working tirelessly while your students aren’t even breaking a sweat? Do you ever wonder if other teachers feels the same way you do about guided reading—that it’s not working the way you think it should? You are not alone. There seems to be much...
Who's Doing the Work?
How to Say Less So Your Readers Can Do More
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
In their follow-up to Reading Wellness, Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris explore how some traditional scaffolding practices may actually rob students of important learning opportunities and independence. Who’s Doing the Work? suggests ways to make small but powerful adjustments to instruction that hold students...
Teaching Literature Rhetorically
Transferable Literacy Skills for 21st Century Students
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
“When am I ever going to need this again?” If you’ve heard students ask this in your English class, Jennifer Fletcher has just the answer. Teaching Literature Rhetorically shows you how to help your students develop transferable literacy skills that allow them to succeed not just in their English...
Teaching Arguments
Rhetorical Comprehension, Critique, and Response
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2015
No matter where students’ lives lead after graduation, one of the most essential tools we can teach them is how to comprehend, analyze, and respond to arguments. Students need to know how writers’ and speakers’ choices are shaped by elements of the rhetorical situation, including audience, occasion,...
Becoming a Literacy Leader, 2nd edition
Supporting Learning and Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2016
The first edition of Becoming a Literacy Leader chronicled Jennifer’s work as she moved to a new school and a new job as a literacy specialist and found herself tackling everything from teacher study groups to state-mandated assessment plans. The new edition of her book is a thoughtful, reflective...
by Diana Neebe, Jennifer Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Wherever you are on the path to 1:1 teaching and learning, you need a guide that can help you make the best use of the powerful technology available in today's classrooms. In this inspiring and practical book, Diana Neebe and Jen Roberts draw on research and their extensive experience working with teachers...
Still Learning to Read, 2nd edition
Teaching Students in Grades 3?6
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2016
Foreword by Colby Sharp In the decade since the first edition of Still Learning to Read was published, the prevalence of testing and the Common Core State Standards have changed what is expected of both teachers and students. The new edition of Still Learning to Read focuses on the needs of students...
Craft Moves
Lesson Sets for Teaching Writing with Mentor Texts
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Foreword by Lester LaminackHow do you choose mentor texts for your students? How do you mine them for the craft lessons you want your students to learn?In Craft Moves, Stacey Shubitz, cofounder of the Two Writing Teachers website, does the heavy lifting for you: using twenty recently published picture...
We Can Do This!
Student Mentor Texts That Teach and Inspire
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
In We Can Do This! writing expert and Stella Writes author Janiel Wagstaff pairs examples of student writing with writing lessons. Student writing samples are extremely powerful tools for boosting the growth of young writers and the student samples provided in this book serve as mentor texts and the...
Renew!
Become a Better and More Authentic Writing Teacher
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Relax and enjoy an afternoon’s reflection on how to break out of rigid prescriptions and orthodoxies that limit writing instruction . . . . —Tom Newkirk, from the Foreword When was the last time you shook up your writing instruction? Shawna Coppola’s new book is built on the premise that our students...
Powerful Book Introductions
Leading with Meaning for Deeper Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Effective book introductions during guided reading set the stage for young readers to navigate new texts independently and successfully and often shape the outcome of small-group lessons. Many teachers struggle with decisions about what these introductions should address, what they should include,...
Reading Amplified
Digital Tools that Engage Students in Words, Books, and Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
In Reading Amplified: Digital Tools That Engage Students in Words, Books, and Ideas, you can look over Lee Ann's shoulder at her computer screen or into her classroom as she guides students to deeper reading and engagement with digital tools, ranging from the Google Book search concordance feature to...
Story:
Still the Heart of Literacy Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
Stories surround us, support us, and sustain us. We see and hear them when walking down the street, on our digital newsfeeds, in our interactions with one another, in the ways our students play, and in literature, poetry, music, images, multimedia, and dramatic works. While acknowledging the importance...
Teach Writing Well
How to Assess Writing, Invigorate Instruction, and Rethink Revision
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Ask successful writers and they’ll tell you, the key to writing well is revision. Ask elementary school teachers and they’ll tell you, the real challenge of writing instruction is teaching kids how to revise. Ruth Culham is both a successful writer and a writing teacher, and she’s discovered...