Douglas Fisher: 33 books
by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Ian Pumpian
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
What does it feel like to walk into your school? Is it a welcoming place, where everyone feels valued? Most school improvement efforts focus on academic goals, instructional models, curriculum, and assessments. But sometimes what can make or break your learning community are the intangibles--the relationships,...
Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization
Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2010
This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful...
African American Doctors of World War I
The Lives of 104 Volunteers
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army’s only black combat units. The infantry regiments of the 93rd arrived first and were turned over to the French to fill gaps in their decimated lines. The...
Unstoppable Learning
Seven Essential Elements to Unleash Student Potential (Using Systems Thinking to Improve Teaching Practices and Learning Outcomes)
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Discover proven methods to enhance teaching and learning schoolwide. Identify questions educators should ask to guarantee a positive classroom culture where students learn from each other, not just teachers. Explore ways to adapt learning in response to students’ individual needs, and gain strategies...
Literacy 2.0: Reading and Writing in 21st Century Classrooms
Reading and Writing in 21st Century Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Students in the 21st century still need to develop traditional reading and writing skills, and they must also learn how to use technology for communicating and collaborating in new ways. This book offers specific teaching strategies for developing student literacy in using search engines efficiently,...
by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Professional development embedded within the PLC culture is vital to successfully implementing the Common Core State Standards. Integrate the CCSS for English language arts into your school’s instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention practices with this straightforward resource. Using...
by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
English learners face not only the challenge of learning English, but also learning in English. How, then, do you set reasonable expectations for developing proficiency? School leaders will find the answers inside, including how to assess the individual needs of ELs, how to create a quality instructional...
by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Fewy
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
Learn why response to intervention is the ideal framework for supporting English learners. Find clear guidelines for distinguishing between lack of language proficiency and learning disability. Follow the application and effectiveness of RTI through the stories of four representative students of varying...
Content-Area Conversations
How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2008
Teachers across the country are seeking ways to make their multicultural classrooms come alive with student talk about content. Content-Area Conversations: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language Learners is a practical, hands-on guide to creating and managing environments that spur...
by Cheryl James-Ward, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2013
Data. Does the word make you cringe? Does it evoke feelings of guilt? Are you unsure how to distill it and use it effectively? Grab this book and learn how to empower yourself and your school community with information gleaned from your school’s data. Experienced educators and authors offer simple...
by Diane Lapp, James Flood, Cynthia H. Brock
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
This popular text, now in its Fourth Edition, introduces pre-service and in-service teachers to the most current theories and methods for teaching literacy to children in elementary schools. The methods presented are based on scientific findings that have been tested in many classrooms. A wealth...
Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives
Comprehending, Analyzing and Discussing Text
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2011
Prompt students to become the sophisticated readers, writers, and thinkers they need to be to achieve higher learning. The authors explore the important relationship between text, learner, and learning. With an array of methods and assignments to establish critical literacy in a discussion-based and...
by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Explore strategies for integrating the Common Core State Standards for English language arts for grades 9–12 in this resource, which focuses on areas of instruction, curriculum, assessment, and intervention. You’ll also learn how to implement the CCSS within the powerful PLC at Work™ process....
Developing Arts Loving Readers
Top Ten Questions Teachers are Asking about Integrated Arts Education
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2002
Developing Arts Loving Readers is based on the premise that children can and do learn a great deal about the arts and their own abilities innately. Involvement and immersion author Nan. L. McDonald argues, are the ways in which children may feel welcome to write, move, create, draw, and otherwise...