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  • Infusing Vocabulary Into the Reading-Writing Workshop

    A Guide for Teachers in Grades K-8

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    Learn how to make vocabulary instruction more effective by making better use of mini-lessons and word study time to achieve durable learning about words and how they work. In this essential new book, literacy expert Amy Benjamin presents her 4E model (Exposure, Exploration, Engagement, Energy) for teaching vocabulary so that students gain deep understanding, improving their overall language and ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Writing Put to the Test

    Teaching for the High Stakes Essay

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    This book helps educators improve students’ ability to write clear, coherent essays in response to on-demand writing prompts. While it focuses on students’ abilities to succeed at on-demand writing, it also promotes the teaching of writing as an expression of art and self. For grades 4 -12, it provides examples of responses to narrative and persuasive prompts, and provides savvy advice about what ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Differentiated Instruction

    A Guide for Elementary School Teachers

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    This book demonstrates how to make your classroom more responsive to the needs of individual students with a wide variety of learning styles, interests, goals, cultural backgrounds, and prior knowledge. Focusing on grades K through 6, it showcases classroom-tested activities and strategies. Differentiated Instruction: A Guide for Elementary School Teachers shows you how to vary your instruction so ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Formative Assessment for English Language Arts

    A Guide for Middle and High School Teachers

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    This book demonstrates how formative assessments, unlike standardized tests, provide the kind of communication between teachers and students that help teachers make instructional decisions to improve student performance. ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Focus on Text

    Tackling the Common Core Reading Standards, Grades 4-8

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    As schools shift to the Common Core, many English language arts teachers are left with questions about how their classrooms should look. Is fiction out? Can I still do strategy instruction? Does close reading mean deliberating on each word? Finally, there’s a resource with all of these answers and more. In Focus on Text, bestselling author Amy Benjamin provides practical guidance on how to ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Vocabulary at the Core

    Teaching the Common Core Standards

    Vocabulary at the Core, the expanded and updated edition of Vocabulary at the Center (© 2009), is the definitive guide for every teacher engaged in helping students learn essential academic vocabulary. In clear, precise language, Benjamin and Crow explain why vocabulary is at the core of all learning and communicating and why word study should play a more significant role in English class and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • English Teacher's Guide to Performance Tasks and Rubrics

    Middle School

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    This book provides step-by-step procedures, student hand-outs, and samples of student work. ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • English Teacher's Guide to Performance Tasks and Rubrics

    High School

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    This book provides step-by-step procedures, student hand-outs, and samples of student work. ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Infusing Grammar Into the Writer's Workshop

    A Guide for K-6 Teachers

    Help your students improve their language skills and become stronger readers and writers. In this timely book, literacy experts Amy Benjamin and Barbara Golub offer best practices for fortifying the writer’s workshop model with meaningful, relevant instruction in grammar.The book answers questions such as…What does a writer’s workshop look like and how does it fit into balanced literacy models? ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Engaging Grammar

    Practical Advice for Real Classrooms, 2nd ed.

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    Teacher, researcher, and consultant Amy Benjamin challenges the idea of “skill and drill” grammar in the second edition of this lively, engaging, and immensely practical guide.Does grammar instruction have to elicit moans and groans from students and teachers alike? Only when it’s taught the old-fashioned way: as a series of rules to follow and errors to “fix” that have little or no connection to ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Differentiated Instruction Using Technology

    A Guide for Middle & HS Teachers

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    Like Amy Benjamin’s other books, this one is easy to read and simple to implement. It demonstrates that you can manage the complexities of differentiated instruction – and save time -- by using technology as you teach. It showcases classroom-tested activities and strategies which are easy to apply in your own classroom. ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Math In Plain English

    Literacy Strategies for the Mathematics Classroom

    by Amy Benjamin ...
    Do word problems and math vocabulary confuse students in your mathematics classes? Do simple keywords like "value" and "portion" seem to mislead them?Many words that students already know can have a different meaning in mathematics. To grasp that difference, students need to connect English literacy skills to math. Successful students speak, read, write, and listen to each other so they can ... Read more

    $36.99 USD