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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Students need elbow room to make decisions about what to write, revise, and publish. Adolescents crave responsibility. This handbook supports students by showing them how to assume greater responsibility and independence with writing assignments. Laura Robb The Smart Writing Handbook reinforces important lessons from Smart Writing's units of study, summarizes key points, and offers tips, rules, and guidelines for when students are writing on their own. Designed as a compact, easy-to-carry writing guide, the student handbook: offers strategic support through the entire writing process reviews minilessons that students may have missed or forgotten helps students address expected writing conventions including a Crash Course in Commas. Save when you order a pack of 10 or a pack of 30. The Smart Writing series includes: Smart Writing: Practical Units for Teaching Middle School Writers Smart Writing Handbook Smart Writing Staff Development DVD.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. This classroom resource addresses the instructional challenges faced by fourth to eighth grade teachers and provides research-based tools needed to improve students' reading comprehension. These classroom-tested interventions can be used with struggling readers in 5-, 10 to 15-, and 30 to 40-minute settings. Key features of this professional development resource include: responsive teaching and differentiation; the four kinds of interventions that can support students' reading; intervention tools and strategies for teachers and students; the use of focus standards to discuss key reading strategies (inferring, finding main ideas and themes, and using context to determine a word's meaning); and getting students to write about their reading.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Give students the tools they need to tackle complex texts with these research-based, classroom-tested lessons from master teacher Laura Robb. The three-part system--teacher modeling, guided practice, independent practice--scaffolds students as they learn how to preview a text to build background knowledge; use a concept map to expand vocabulary; identify key details and make logical inferences; determine main ideas and themes; analyze characters, events, and ideas; interpret language; analyze text structure, and more Includes 46 short texts on CD for modeling and practice, along with text-specific discussion questions, multiple-choice assessments, writing tasks, student response sheets, assessment tools, and if-then scaffolding charts to help teachers support struggling and reluctant learners. The rigorous instruction leads to solid text-based comprehension of literary and informational text. A must have for meeting the CS For use with Grades 5 & Up.…

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Condition: Fair. Completely revised and updated, with new research, lessons, and strategies. Includes printable forms, charts, and more!In this completely revised and updated edition of best-selling classic, master teacher Laura Robb, drawing on current research and her most recent classroom experiences with students all over the country, present abundant new material, including fresh literacy vignettes that showcase lessons and learning experiences. She demonstrates how she has fine tuned her strategy lessons, focusing on helping students become more aware of what they're doing. She expands discussion of motivation, differentiation, assessment, classroom management, and more--including a whole new chapter on conferring. Robb offers new insight and innovative ideas for working with students at this critical juncture of their literacy lives. Includes a CD with forms, charts, and more.…

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Condition: Good. Completely revised and updated, with new research, lessons, and strategies. Includes printable forms, charts, and more!In this completely revised and updated edition of best-selling classic, master teacher Laura Robb, drawing on current research and her most recent classroom experiences with students all over the country, present abundant new material, including fresh literacy vignettes that showcase lessons and learning experiences. She demonstrates how she has fine tuned her strategy lessons, focusing on helping students become more aware of what they're doing. She expands discussion of motivation, differentiation, assessment, classroom management, and more--including a whole new chapter on conferring. Robb offers new insight and innovative ideas for working with students at this critical juncture of their literacy lives. Includes a CD with forms, charts, and more.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. In this completely revised and updated edition of a best-selling classic, master teacher Laura Robb reflects on how her teaching has evolved over the ten years since the book's initial publication. Drawing on current research and her most recent classroom experiences with students all over the country, Robb presents abundant new material, including fresh literacy vignettes that showcase lessons and learning experiences. She demonstrates how she has fine tuned her strategy lessons, focusing on helping students become more aware of why they're doing what they're doing. She expands her discussion of motivation, differentiation, assessment, classroom management, and more--including a whole new chapter on conferring. Robb's passion for helping adolescents become lifelong readers radiates throughout the book, and she offers new insights and innovative ideas for working with students at this critical juncture of their literacy lives. Includes printable forms, charts, and more For use with Grades 5 & Up.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Differentiated instruction-matching just-right instruction to the needs of each learner-is a powerful and effective way to help all students be successful. In this resource, reading expert, Laura Robb, invites you into her classroom so you can see differentiated reading instruction in action. She shows you how to teach and manage whole-class reading where each student reads a different book, provide targeted support while working with small-groups, build comprehension through student-centered journal writing, and tier assignments to maximize the learning potential of each student. Includes lessons, strategies, assessment ideas, management tips, and samples of student work. SALES POINTS Laura Robb is a best-selling author of Teaching Reading in Middle School and is a sought-after speaker. School districts throughout the country are embracing differentiated instruction Includes practical, ready-to-use strategies.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Differentiated instruction-matching just-right instruction to the needs of each learner-is a powerful and effective way to help all students be successful. In this resource, reading expert, Laura Robb, invites you into her classroom so you can see differentiated reading instruction in action. She shows you how to teach and manage whole-class reading where each student reads a different book, provide targeted support while working with small-groups, build comprehension through student-centered journal writing, and tier assignments to maximize the learning potential of each student. Includes lessons, strategies, assessment ideas, management tips, and samples of student work. SALES POINTS Laura Robb is a best-selling author of Teaching Reading in Middle School and is a sought-after speaker. School districts throughout the country are embracing differentiated instruction Includes practical, ready-to-use strategies.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Help students read and engage with textbooks, and navigate the special demands of any non-fiction text structure. In this highly practical book, master teacher Laura Robb shares dozens of strategy lessons to use before, during, and after reading. Other chapters show you how to support students one-on one, how to use discussions to deepen learning, build vocabulary, and use literature in the content areas. Includes lots of examples for social studies, science, and math. For use with Grades 3 & Up.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Help students read and engage with textbooks, and navigate the special demands of any non-fiction text structure. In this highly practical book, master teacher Laura Robb shares dozens of strategy lessons to use before, during, and after reading. Other chapters show you how to support students one-on one, how to use discussions to deepen learning, build vocabulary, and use literature in the content areas. Includes lots of examples for social studies, science, and math. For use with Grades 3 & Up.…

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