• ~Resources I Can't Live Without~
    • Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts by Kelly Gallagher; Stenhouse Publishers:   www.stenhouse.com
                        This book available in e-book or hard copy is great for teaching the Common Core Standards: Reading and Writing                      for Information. Mr. Gallagher breaks down non-fiction into 6 different types based on the purpose for which they                         are written. Kids can learn how to develop 6 or more topics from one topic by examining what viewpoint they want                      to use as an author. Great mentor texts and ideas to get kids writing and analyzing non-fiction more successfully. 
    • 25 Quick Formative Assessments for A Differentiated Classroom by Judith Dodge; Grades 3-8; Scholastic 
      • ISBN: 0-545-08742-2
    Great book filled with reproducibles and ideas for differentiating quickly and easily. Activities, hands on notetaking and alternative, quick ways of assessing student knowledge. Likely to be very useful for RTI. Comes with CD-Rom of all reproducibles for printable or digital use.

    • Encyclopedia of Blackline Masters; Learning Resources

    ISBN: 978-1-56911-276-2 (Science) / 978-1-569-11-277-9 (Language Arts) / 978-1-56911-278-6 (Math) / 978-1-56911-327-1 (Social Studies)
      • Books of 200+ reproducibles each. Every blank graphic organizer or visual you can think of and more you didn't know existed.

    • The Middle School Writing Toolkit: Differentiated Instruction Across the Content Areas by Tim Clifford; Maupin House

    ISBN: 0-929895-75-4
      • This book has lessons that address focused areas of writing such as topic sentences, lead types, paragraph organization as well as different types of writing. Lessons are structured into "Watch, Help, Apply, Master" and can be used for writing workshops or adapted to whole or small group lessons.


Last Modified on September 20, 2012