The English Teacher's Companion by Jim Burke. I have an old edition from college, and I must admit that I never read it cover to cover. However, it's a great resource to reference with ideas that can be used in the classroom the next school day, if necessary.
In the Middle, Nancie Atwell What a Writer Needs, Ralph Fletcher When Kids Can't Read, Kylene Beers (an essential for reading instruction) Tools for Thought, Jim Burke (an entire collection of graphic organizers) Sounds from the Heart, Maureen Barbieri (a wonderful look into her classroom) Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?, Cris Tovani (the title says it all) Writing with Passion, Tom Romano Subjects Matter, Daniels & Zemelman
On a different note... Reviving Ophelia, Dr. Mary Pipher The Shame of the Nation, Jonathon Kozol
Using the filter of "valuable on an everyday basis":
In the Middle, Nancie Atwell When Kids Can't Read, What Teachers Can Do Kylene Beers I Read It, But I Just Don't Get It, Cris Tovani Imagining to Learn, Brian Edmiston and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm (process drama)
For background information/philosophy, (less day-to-day things), etc.:
Holding onto Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones, Thomas Newkirk Reading Don't Fix No Chevys, Michael W. Smith and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm Mosaic of Thought, Susan Zimmerman and Ellin Oliver Keene Time for Meaning, Randy Bomer Testing is not Teaching, Donald Graves
The Art of Teaching Writing, Lucy M. Calkins Mosaic of Thought, Susan Zimmerman & Ellin O. Keene Study Driven, Katie Wood Ray For the Good of the Earth and Sun; Awakening the Heart, Georgia Heard A Writer's Notebook, Unlocking the Writer Within You, Ralph Fletcher
The English Teacher's Companion by Jim Burke. I have an old edition from college, and I must admit that I never read it cover to cover. However, it's a great resource to reference with ideas that can be used in the classroom the next school day, if necessary.
ReplyDeleteHere are just a few of my current favorites:
ReplyDeleteIn the Middle, Nancie Atwell
What a Writer Needs, Ralph Fletcher
When Kids Can't Read, Kylene Beers (an essential for reading instruction)
Tools for Thought, Jim Burke (an entire collection of graphic organizers)
Sounds from the Heart, Maureen Barbieri (a wonderful look into her classroom)
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?, Cris Tovani (the title says it all)
Writing with Passion, Tom Romano
Subjects Matter, Daniels & Zemelman
On a different note...
Reviving Ophelia, Dr. Mary Pipher
The Shame of the Nation, Jonathon Kozol
Using the filter of "valuable on an everyday basis":
ReplyDeleteIn the Middle, Nancie Atwell
When Kids Can't Read, What Teachers Can Do Kylene Beers
I Read It, But I Just Don't Get It, Cris Tovani
Imagining to Learn, Brian Edmiston and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm (process drama)
For background information/philosophy, (less day-to-day things), etc.:
Holding onto Good Ideas in a Time of Bad Ones, Thomas Newkirk
Reading Don't Fix No Chevys, Michael W. Smith and Jeffrey D. Wilhelm
Mosaic of Thought, Susan Zimmerman and Ellin Oliver Keene
Time for Meaning, Randy Bomer
Testing is not Teaching, Donald Graves
The Art of Teaching Writing, Lucy M. Calkins
ReplyDeleteMosaic of Thought, Susan Zimmerman & Ellin O. Keene
Study Driven, Katie Wood Ray
For the Good of the Earth and Sun; Awakening the Heart, Georgia Heard
A Writer's Notebook, Unlocking the Writer Within You, Ralph Fletcher
Here are some texts that we used during my leadership cohort:
ReplyDeleteCrafting Authentic Voice by Tom Romano
Image Grammar by Harry Noden
Write for Insight by William Strong
Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg