Cross-Curricular Resources

It takes courage, positivity, and passion to thrive as a teacher. This vivid and inspirational guide offers educators practical wisdom and strategies to promote their wellbeing and balance. Stories of resilience from classroom teachers. Self-care tips...

This smart, simple approach ensures that kindergarteners write at or above a first-grade level by the end of the year. Master teacher Randee Bergen shares her yearlong plan for daily writing, providing complete lessons and tips for motivating all...

When students have the desire and ability to work together as a team, something magical happens Together Everyone Achieves More! Students like working together, academic achievement goes up, and discipline problems become a thing of the past. Includes...

Teambuilding activities are a great way to build positive student interactions and pave the way to successful teamwork on academic content. Teambuilding is a snap with these ready-to-copy question cards. Each team receives their own set of question cards...

Teach students the architecture beneath a successful story and boost their reading comprehension and writing skills for a lifetimeWriting instruction can sometimes seem scattershot, as teachers try to cover a galaxy of craft techniques, ideas,...

Literacy advocates Donalyn Miller and Colby Sharp follow the lifecycle of Sharp's classroom library across the year, showing us practical ways to support young readers–from weeding the collection before kids arrive and matching them with books they...

Drawing on research by the Yale Child Study Center, Mayes and Myers show us how trauma affects the developing brain and share classroom-based strategies that use the power of students' and families' own stories to promote social-emotional well-being...

Teaching is every educator's number-one priority, but learning is possible only in a well-managed classroom. This nuts-and-bolts guide covers three teacher skill sets that help students thrive: building relationships with students and families, creating...

Teachers have questions, and nobody knows that better than Melissa Loftus and Lori Sappington, hosts of the popular ''Melissa & Lori Love Literacy'' podcast. They have assembled the questions teachers ask them most about how children learn to...

With the latest research on what works best in teaching and learning, The Mathematics Playbook is your comprehensive guide to enhancing mathematics teaching and learning. With a focus on fostering equity and maximizing student learning, the authors...

Fluency expert Timothy V. Rasinski teams up with Melissa Cheesman Smith, a veteran fifth grade teacher, to help teachers effectively weave fluency work into their daily reading instruction. The book is packed with engaging text and tools, an assessment...

Phonics is not just about decoding (reading). Every phonics lesson should include an encoding (writing) activity that has children use their newly learned phonics skills to spell words. This comprehensive resource explains the importance of spelling in...

In this resource-rich book, you'll find: All the planning and instructional tools you need to teach guided reading well, from pre-A to fluent, organized around Richardson's proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework. Prompts, discussion starters, teaching...

In this resource-rich book and teacher's prompting guide, you'll find:- All the planning and instructional tools you need to teach guided reading well, from pre-A to fluent, organized around Richardson's proven Assess-Decide-Guide framework. - Prompts,...

What if each page of a picture book was guaranteed to enhance a child's reading and writing tenfold? Would you ramp up your read alouds? In this remarkable resource, Maria Walther shares two-page read aloud experiences for 101 picture books that tune you...

Award-winning children's author and acclaimed educator Lester L. Laminack provides guidelines, lessons, and resources for making every read-aloud experience intentional and instructional to engage students in deep thinking about fiction and nonfiction...

More is more when it comes to students' vocabulary knowledge, and in The Vocabulary Playbook, educators in K-12 get ideas for transforming all children into curious, capable word learners. The key? Put away the word-list mindset, and embrace active...

Dr. Sanderlin (''Dr. Jackie'') believes that all schools, especially those in communities with few resources, should develop a ''Why Not?'' attitude when it comes to what can be accomplished by their students. Where do funding and other resources come...

All educators agree: what we say to students matters, both for their wellness and capacity to learn. Based on the latest brain research, this book shares classroom-tested strategies and powerful, brain-boosting teacher talk that positively transforms how...

Educators and parents alike recognize that children don't grow up simply by adding inches and pounds child development is a much richer mix of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth. Though children make progress at their own pace, educators...

Jump into the life of a frog, learn how to make a gingerbread man, discover how plants grow, and much more with the 30 attention-grabbing titles in this collection. Supplement your reading program, build your classroom library, and enhance your...

Find out what life is like in the rainforest, uncover the secrets of the human brain, step into the shoes of three inspiring individuals, and more with this 30-book collection. Supplement your reading program, build your classroom library, and enhance...

Learn about fun and exciting games from different parts of the world, step into a ballet dancer's shoes to experience a day in their life, and more with this 30-book collection. Supplement your reading program, build your classroom library, and enhance...

Discover what the sun can do. Learn about our country's flag. Uncover what it takes to be a good citizen. These topics and many more are covered in this engaging library collection, specifically created for early learners. These colorful, high-interest...

Engage students in reading as they develop their comprehension and literacy skills and learn basic math and science concepts. With exciting TIME For Kids content, these engaging, full-color Spanish books will keep students engaged in reading and learning...

Make your child's first learning experience bundles of fun with this irresistible workbook. Enjoy 56 colorful pages chock-full of delightful activities that are just right for your young learner. Teaching letters, numbers, shapes, and more, this is the...

Make your child's first learning experience bundles of fun with this irresistible workbook. Enjoy 56 colorful pages chock-full of delightful activities that are just right for your young learner. Teaching letters, numbers, shapes, and more, this is the...

This comprehensive bundle of nine flashcard packs covers essential learning topics for young students, from foundational skills like the alphabet, numbers, and sight words to advanced topics such as multiplication, states and capitals, and money...

The Ultimate Skill Builder Workbook Bundle is designed to prepare children for school success with four engaging workbooks tailored for preschool through first grade. Each workbook offers 320 pages of black and white activities covering a wide range of...

In this sequel to Cultivating Genius, Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit joy to her groundbreaking framework. Dr. Muhammad shows how joy, which is rooted in the cultural and historical realities of Black students, can enhance our efforts to cultivate...