Browse Books in Professional Development

The Classroom Troubleshooter
Strategies for marking and paperwork, discipline, evaluation and learning through language

Guided Reading Basics
Organizing, managing and implementing a balanced language program in K-3

The Whole-Brain Solution
Thinking tools to help students observe, make connections and solve problems

The Reading Teacher's Handbook

Literature Circles
Tools and Techniques to Inspire Reading Groups

The Writing Teacher's Handbook

High Frequency Words
Strategies that build skills in spelling, vocabulary and word play

Even Hockey Players Read
Boys, literacy and learning

I Think, Therefore I Learn

How Do I Teach … and Keep My Sanity?
Time-tested teaching tips for coping with those tricky "real" classroom dilemmas

The New Dramathemes

Guided Writing Instruction
Strategies to Help Students Become Better Writers

The Spelling Teacher's Handbook

Speaking Rules!
Classroom games, exercises and activities for creating masterful speakers, presenters & storytellers

Info Tasks for Successful Learning
Building skills in reading, writing and research

Response Journals Revisited
Maximizing learning through reading, writing, viewing, discussing and thinking

Reading and Writing in the Middle Years

Information Transformation
Teaching strategies for authentic research, projects and activities

Story Works
How teachers can use shared stories in the new curriculum

Telling Stories Your Way
Storytelling and reading aloud in the classroom

Literature & Science Breakthroughs
Connecting language & science skills in the elementary classroom

Writing Maniac
How I grew up to be a writer (and you can too!)
Self-Discipline
Using portfolios to help students develop self-awareness, manage emotions, and build relationships
Responding to Media Violence
Starting points for classroom practice