Reading fiction is at the heart of our classrooms.
It’s what we love. It’s what we want our students to love—whether whole class novels, book club texts, or independent choices. But to love fiction, kids need to be able to and hopefully want to read without our constant guidance and instruction. How can we coach students towards more proficient, independent practice when they read?
Kate Roberts offers strategies to teach the skills students need to confidently analyze character, theme, and craft—strategies they can repeatedly practice across time and texts. Since reading strategies alone don’t help teachers or students understand the “why” and “how,” each strategy is anchored by:
The Heart of Fiction is about more than skill building. It’s also about the conditions we can set up in our teaching to make this work stick, and for our students to truly grow into themselves as readers. It’s about the lifeblood of our classrooms.
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**Teaching is hard but classroom management doesn’t have to be.**
Teaching is hard. It’s trial by fire. No matter how much training educators experience, how much theory they devour, nothing compares to the reality of managing their own classroom. In this practical guide, Angie Barrett shares her tried and tested teaching strategies in six easy steps. You’ll discover a game plan for success, personal and colleague-shared experiences, tips and tricks, as well as troubleshooting through real classroom examples. Angie’s approach to classroom management will appeal to any educator who may be struggling with, or pre-emptively dreading, the classroom experience.
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Powerful Read Alouds shows how intentional read alouds can enrich a year-long primary literacy program. Rather than adding more to an already full day, it focuses on using books to enhance and strengthen what teachers already do. Through carefully chosen texts, practical routines, and classroom examples, teachers will learn how purposeful read-alouds support all aspects of an early primary classroom—from social-emotional learning and play to reading, writing, oral language, and knowledge building. Read-aloud is not just a “spare time” activity—it is one of the most powerful tools we have for building engaged readers, inspired writers, and thoughtful learners.
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Building an engaging and thriving classroom community is the goal of every teacher. But while conventional classroom management relies on rewards and punishments to create a culture of compliance, teachers know that classroom communities and children deserve more and better. In Lessons in Community, elementary school teacher Mari Dean shares an asset-based and step-by-step process for reimagining classroom management and social-emotional learning. Whether it’s helping students navigate friendship issues, identify their own emotions and learn tools and strategies to regulate, advocate for themselves, or problem solve the day-to-day issues of classroom life, Lessons in Community provides strategies, lessons and stories to get you started or help you take the next step in your journey.
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In today's rapidly changing world, the ability to think critically and analyze complex texts is more essential than ever. Yet, too often, students struggle to bridge the gap between creative expression and analytical rigor. Patterns of Analysis provides a revolutionary approach to teaching analytical reading and writing—one that seamlessly integrates grammar and literary analysis to empower students to engage deeply with texts across genres.
Grounded in a descriptivist lens, this book offers concrete entry points into analysis through grammar patterns, helping students move beyond formulaic responses to develop their own insightful interpretations. With adaptable lesson structures, scaffolded invitations to think critically, and strategies that encourage autonomy, Patterns of Analysis ensures that every student—whether in middle school or high school—has the tools to confidently break down and articulate meaning in any text.
Designed for flexibility, this resource supports educators working within existing curricula or developing their own, offering clear guidance on lesson planning, responsive instruction, and meaningful discussion strategies. Whether you're teaching fiction, nonfiction, or a blend of both, this book will transform the way students approach reading and writing—preparing them not just for academic success, but for life.
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This full-colour book looks at classroom-tested flexible and visual ways to help students go beyond memorization and really work with numbers. Committed to using the power of visual representations, the book presents a pathway for developing strong operational skills that students can build on. The back-to-basics approach to teaching foundational operations will guide students to develop their own ways of doing math that work for them. It demonstrates that using visuals can make small number facts the foundation for operating with larger numbers, negative numbers, decimals, fractions, and proportions. A new simplified approach to addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
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This remarkable book introduces an active way for teachers to turn kids onto reading by exploring the major genres. Organized around novels, nonfiction, picture books, and poetry, with lists of key books that students will love, teachers will find the background they need to bring all genres to life in grades 2–8 classrooms. The book explores the features of the various forms, how they are used to keep kids reading, and how students can incorporate those features in their own personal and class writing. This handy guide will illustrate ways to inspire, motivate, nourish, and help kids love reading.
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Now in its second edition, Well Played, Grades 6–8 offers twenty-five engaging games and puzzles which have all been field tested in diverse classrooms. Additionally the materials for each game and puzzle have been streamlined, making preparing for and managing game and puzzle play even easier.
Each game or puzzle contains:
New full-sized appendices of all game boards, puzzles, and other materials make preparing for play an easy task. A built-in study guide at the end of each chapter makes this book an ideal choice for book studies and collaborative teacher learning.
Well Played, Grades 6–8 will help you tap the power of games and puzzles to engage students in sustained and productive mathematical thinking.
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Today's teachers are continually looking for resources to help support their literacy instruction in an engaging and effective way while also saving precious instructional hours and planning time. In Shining a Light on Short Texts, authors Julie Wright and Elizabeth Keim invite readers into the world of short texts and all they have to offer.
Part background information and part direct implementation, this treasure trove of resources introduces readers to a collection of short text types (from poems to comic strips to short stories to excerpts from trade books to infographics, and more) while showing them why this type of text can be so impactful, where to locate a variety of short texts, and how to plan instruction using them to meet students’ needs.
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Daily Sparks: 180 Reflections for Teacher Resilience is a companion for educators who want to care for their own well-being while showing up fully for their students. Rooted in six resilient traits—Balance, Calm, Change, Happiness, Optimism, and Positivity—this book offers 180 brief reflections, or “Sparks,” each designed to inspire self-awareness in the midst of a busy teaching life.
With warmth, encouragement, and deep respect for the realities of the classroom, these pages invite you to pause, reflect, and build the kind of inner resilience that sustains both heart and practice. After every ten “Sparks,” a “Pause and Reflect” page offers space to breathe, write, and notice your own growth along the way.
Whether you’re a new teacher or a seasoned educator, this book is a gentle reminder: your well-being matters, your mindset makes a difference, and your resilience is something you can strengthen—one moment, one reflection, one spark at a time.
Conceived, planned, and written in conjunction with the Centre for Black Studies in Education (CBSE) at OISE-University of Toronto, this unique project features the voices of experts in the field of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Each chapter examines a different aspect of a challenging topic, and explores ways that educators can meet these issues head-on and take a leadership role in changing the face of DEI in their classroom, school, and community. You can become a champion for the lesser-heard voices of marginalized students, and bring high expectations, enthusiasm, and joy to teaching and learning with every student.
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Discover four simple shifts in instruction that will help students demonstrate what they know on any math test. Each shift is supported with numerous examples targeting math concepts that students generally find challenging. We start with explicit instruction—a planned approach to direct and clear explanations of concepts and skills. Then, chunking information makes the cognitive load more manageable for students. Innovative ways to revisit concepts throughout the year will help students retrieve information when they need it. Assigning a variety of question types with useful prompts and strategies will prepare students to tackle any problem, on any test.
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Everything you need to make vocabulary instruction stick — in every subject, for every student
This practical resource gives teachers what they need to make vocabulary instruction in the content areas engaging and effective. Built on a research-based framework, including morphology, multiple-meaning words, and word-learning strategies, it offers both background knowledge for educators and interactive strategies for students. Sample word lists and examples from science, math, social studies, and more help teachers target the right words for their curriculum and texts. Supports for academic talk have students actively using and applying vocabulary in meaningful ways. Whether used for explicit teaching, mini-lessons, or embedded in inquiry, this all-in-one resource promotes deeper comprehension and word curiosity.
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Reviews:
"…this book is rich in both practical applications and theoretical grounding. It will be of significant value to classroom teachers, teacher educators, and researchers interested in literacy, numeracy, and the intersections between them." — Alexis G., amazon.ca
"I am an ESL/English/science/math teacher who has taught for 15 years. I have attended multiple PD sessions, and I can say that this is one of the ONLY resources I've actually wanted to use in my daily teaching." — Julie, amazon.ca