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Mentor Texts: Teaching writing through children’s literature, K–6

326 pp
Authors: Lynne R. Dorfman and Rose Cappelli
RRP: $49.95
SCIS No: 1329452
ISBN: 9781571104335
Teacher resource

Mentor Texts shows teachers how to help students become confident and accomplished writers, using literature as their foundation.
The book is organised around the characteristics of good writing – focus, content, organisation, style and conventions – and includes:

mentor texts that can be used to scaffold student work
student writing examples to demonstrate how students take risks as writers
teacher writing examples to show the power of teacher as writer
a comprehensive annotated list of children’s literature that includes specific suggestions for teaching points
‘your turn’ lessons at the end of each chapter that show how to put the ideas into practice.

Essay Writing: Teaching the basics from the ground up

96 pp
Author: Jock Mackenzie
Pembroke Publishers
RRP: $49.95
SCIS No: 1329461
ISBN: 9781551382104
Teacher resource

Get back to basics with this practical look at the foundations of good essay writing. With personal and classroom anecdotes, ideas and strategies, and samples and blackline masters, Essay Writing offers real-life advice that both teachers and students can really use. This lively and informative book:

defines the essay
reviews planning concepts, such as brainstorming, building an outline, and gathering and prioritising information
explores the difference between formal and informal writing
covers assessment and marking, with a look at rubrics and marking keys.

Making the Most of Small Groups: Differentiation for all

232 pp
Author: Debbie Diller
Stenhouse Publishers
RRP: $49.95
SCIS No: 1329470
ISBN: 9781571104311
Teacher resource

Previous books by Debbie Diller, Literacy Work Stations and Practice with Purpose, are structured around the five essential reading elements – comprehension, fluency, phonemic awareness, phonics and vocabulary. This book provides practical tips, sample lessons, lesson plans and templates, suggestions for related literacy work stations, and connections to whole-group instruction. In addition to ideas for immediate use in the classroom, Debbie provides an overview of relevant research and reflection questions for professional conversations.

Leap into Literacy: Teaching the tough stuff so it sticks!

128 pp
Author: Kathleen Gould Lundy
Pembroke Publishers
RRP: $49.95
SCIS No: 1329480
ISBN: 9781551382128
Teacher resource: Years 4–12

This sensible book offers lesson plans and practical suggestions for stimulating active learning and creating learning opportunities in new ways. It directs teachers to simple methods of inspiring a questioning attitude that will help students to master skills, acquire information and become critically aware of their own possibilities as learners.

The book shows teachers how to encourage students to:

grapple with problems that interest them and share new understanding
represent their new understanding in drama and movement, visual arts and electronic media
share leadership in groups as they talk through ideas
engage in ideas that force them to rethink what they know
reflect on how, what, why and when they are learning.

Yes, But ... If They Like It, They’ll Learn It!: How to plan, organize, and assess learning experiences with meaning, purpose, and joy

128 pp
Authors: Susan Church, Jane Baskwill and Margaret Swain
RRP: $49.95
SCIS No. 1329516
ISBN: 9781551382111
Teacher resource: Years K–8

This innovative book shows that it is possible, and necessary, to meet the literacy learning needs of a diverse range of students with engaging practices that are both authentic and accountable. The book encourages connecting students’ existing knowledge, experiences and interests to classroom literacy learning that is relevant and purposeful to every student. It offers a wealth of specific curriculum projects to help teachers engage students and build skills that will improve test scores. The authors’ belief is that when teachers respond to students with needs-based and appropriate instruction, the number of students who can meet expected outcomes will increase. This book includes a wealth of positive possibilities for achievement through its hands-on, practical suggestions.

Strategies that Work: Teaching comprehension for understanding and engagement

2nd edition
344 pp
Authors: Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis
RRP: $62.00
SCIS No: 1329437
ISBN: 9781571104816
Teacher resource

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 and independent readers. Twenty completely new comprehension lessons have been added, extending the scope of the book and exploring the central role that activating background knowledge plays in understanding. There is also a section on content literacy, which describes how to apply comprehension strategies flexibly across the curriculu