Sign Up for Summer 2014 Book Study!

This summer, we will be offering 3 books studies which will take place May-June 2014.  Registration will be open until Friday, March 7th or until all slots are filled.

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Guided Math in Action:  Building Each Student's Mathematical Proficiency with Small-Group Instruction by Dr. Nicki Newton

Dr. Nicki Newton has worked on developing Math Workshop and Guided Math Institutes around the country.  Most recently, she has been helping districts and schools nationwide to integrate the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and think deeply about how to teach these within a Math Workshop Model.

If you would like to see how the benefits you're experiencing in reading and writing workshop can be applied to math, this is the book study for you!  Dr. Nicki explains how to use standards-based, differentiated instruction to build students' mathematical proficiency and help them develop the skills they need to meet CCSS.  She offers detailed examples of mini-lessons, center time, and small-group instruction.  You will discover all of the tools you will need to start guided math in your classroom:  sample lesson plans, reflection questions, reproducible templates, and more.

This book is recommended for K-6 teachers.

Projecting Possibilities for Writers:  The How, What & Why of Designing Units of Study by Matt Glover & Mary Alice Berry

Matt Glover is a former teacher and principal who is now a literacy consultant and author.  Mary Alice Berry is a former literacy specialist and instructional leader who is now a first grade teacher and literacy consultant.  Together, they created this text as practical support for teachers to create a unit of study in writing workshop.

In this text, the authors share how to teach with a road map rather than a rigid set of directions as you create learning experiences that meet students' individual needs.

This book is recommended for K-6 teachers.

 

 

When Kids Can't Read:  What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers

Kylene Beers is a former middle school teacher who now divides her time between consulting in area schools around Houston, and Yale University, where she is a Senior Reading Researcher in the School Development Program of the Child Study Center.  

This comprehensive handbook offers teachers what they need to help readers improve their skills, their attitudes, and their confidence.  It is filled with student transcripts, detailed strategies, reproducible material, and extensive book lists to help teachers teach reading that both instructs and inspires.

This book is recommended for 4th-6th grade teachers, but all teachers are welcome to join us.