What makes for good instructional practice for reading instruction? Can we continue doing what we've always done and get better results? Keith Pruitt brings more than 30 years of experience and research to an impactful work delving deep into what is wrong with classroom practice, what we can do to change practices, and what research says will work in helping students to become good readers.

The story of Tilman Manus is compelling. Born in the middle Tennessee hills in 1835 when Andrew Jackson was President, he learned early the meaning of hard work. Leaving Cannon Country to transport the Wallace family to Shreveport, Tilman and Uncle James decide to seek a future in the fertile Mississippi River land of Union County, Illinois. An eyewitness to some of the greatest events of history, Manus attended a Lincoln-Douglas debate, fought for the Union in the Civil War under Grant, helped lay the tracks for the railroad, and was a farmer who found the secret of a long life in simple...

This book contains a series of questions and answers first posted on Facebook. In this book, the author will expand the answers in a search for the truth found in God's word. Traditional teachings can often take on the aire of authenticity; when we fail to question the source, we open up the grounds for false teachings to creep into the church. In this study, Keith Pruitt wishes to examine popular teachings among those in the churches of Christ to see what the scriptures actually teach regarding these matters. The open discussion/study method is employed allowing for a very thorugh...

How do we get students writing in the classroom in face of the new tougher standards in each state. Finally writing has taken an equal seat with reading at the table. But do teachers understand how to teach writing craft? This book will help by giving teachers the basic information they need to get started complete with out of the box strategies that have been proven to work.

Lee Harvey Oswald has been recorded by history as the reported assassin of President John F. Kennedy. On November 22, 1963 the United States was dramatically changed forever. Two days later while the nation prepared to bury their fallen leader, Jack Ruby shot and killed the accused assassin. Lee Oswald claimed he was a patsy. What if he were right? In this riveting historical fiction novel by Keith and Rebekka Pruitt, the authors take the reader on a journey to uncover the truth of Oswald's guilt or innocence using affidavits and testimony rendered during the Warren Commission. The verdict...