In Enhancing RTI, the authors argue that students learn best when classroom instruction and supplemental intervention mirror each other in both content and purpose. This book provides K 12 teachers with the knowledge and tools they need to implement a cohesive RTI2 system that helps all children learn by proactively addressing their needs.

Overcome uncertainty and concerns as you and your colleagues learn how to analyze and use data to get better at teaching students.

The Common Core State Standards represents a call for all teachers to focus on the literacy learning of their students. Together, these skills reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing comprise the literacies that students must develop if they are to master content and be successful in college or the workplace. This book will assist content-area teachers in understanding the Common Core State Standards that apply to their various courses. Standards in history, social studies, science, and technical subjects are explained in detail, including examples of lessons designed to ensure...

Fisher & Frey's answer to close and critical reading No doubt since the cave paintings of prehistoric times, humans have asked questions to make sense of the message. So what could possibly be new about posing questions about text? Plenty ...and with TDQ, Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey reveal it all. After one quick read, you will have learned all the very best ways to use text-dependent questions as scaffolds during close reading ...and the big understandings they can yield, especially when executed the Fisher and Frey way. But that's just for starters. Fisher and Frey also include illustrative...

This introduction to the FIT Teaching approach explores what makes great teachers great and charts a course for professional growth, peer leadership, and overall excellence.

Strategies informed by principles of effective instruction, the SIOP Model, and the FIT Teaching approach for breakthrough success with students who struggle in school.