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Gain lesson-design strategies and instructional methods of teaching mathematics in a professional learning community (PLC). This results-oriented book presents an approach for teaching math that supports student perseverance and learning through standards-based activities and lessons.

Simplicity of the PLC process and energy to drive the work are essential for teams to collaborate successfully. Author Maria Nielsen provides you with the structure and tools you need to confidently utilize both of these staples to become a high-functioning professional learning community.

Grades K–8 teachers, curriculum specialists, literacy coaches, reading interventionists, and administrators gain research-based strategies for small-group reading instruction tailored to five developmental phases. This book equips you with practical templates and reading strategies for effective small-group instruction, catering to each developmental phase.

This book promotes small-group reading as a key tool for K–5 teachers, offering frameworks, videos, and text strategies. Teachers can differentiate instruction with evidence-based routines, creating a dynamic learning environment that nurtures readers and aligns whole-class instruction with small-group lessons.

Create a truly equitable classroom by understanding and addressing individual student needs. Learn to identify each student’s unique strengths and challenges. Gain practical strategies and tools to develop personalized learning plans, track progress, and adapt your approach to help every student thrive.

The Green Literacy Handbook blends environmental awareness with critical literacy, empowering educators to create lessons with thematic unit plans focusing on biodiversity, climate change, and systems thinking. Through hands-on implementation, students build better environmental responsibility and school community engagement.

Featuring research-backed exercises, routines, resources, and instructional tips, this book provides a five-unit leadership framework for academic curriculum. Students and educators build motivation, perseverance, communication, and collaboration skills through reflection, goal setting, experimentation, feedback, and advocacy.

Using AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini for authentic writing tasks, Hicks and Turner show how artificial intelligence can enhance writing lessons. They encourage teachers to embrace innovation and adaptation in an age when AI is undeniably becoming a permanent fixture in education.