Product Description: Great monster trucks book, A stunning collection of these giant machines

Product Description: On October 25th 2001 I was arrested in the state of Louisiana charged with Possession With Intent To Distribute Cocaine. To be honest with you that was one of the most intense days of my life. No one to call or to let know where I was...read more

Product Description:  Tiered instruction for our neediest writers! Where does RTI fit into the writer’s workshop, especially for students who struggle or just aren’t engaged? Morris provides the answer with this user-friendly resource for implementing tiered writing instruction in Grades 2-6...read more

Product Description: With a deft hand, Lisa Morris collectively brings "snippets" of her writing world to the surface with engaging stories, poems, and memoirs. This uneven collection of seventeen "small moments, scraps of thoughts, and bits of advice" purposefully taps into the hopes, fears, and revelations of today's reader...read more

Product Description: Tried and true narrative writing strategies that guarantee success for teachers and students.

Product Description: Treat yourself to heartwarming stories about dogs that were rescued and given hope for a better life. With special emphasis on the benefits of adopting abandoned and unwanted dogs, these loving stories will make you smile and know that we can all make a difference...read more

Product Description: "Once upon a time, there was a tall, tall tree with branches so high no one could ever reach them. The only thing longer than the tree's trunk were its roots which dug deep into the earth all year long and soaked up the history, footsteps, and news of what others were doing in the world...read more

Suitable for browsing and serious research alike, this best-selling reference contains essays on current issues, full coverage of U.S. political races and the Olympics, a capsule history of the world, an atlas, and photographs. Simultaneous. 400,000 first printing.

Shifting your literature instruction to meet the Common Core can be tricky. The standards are specific about how students should analyze characters, themes, point of view, and more. In this new book, Lisa Morris makes it easy by taking you through the standards and offering tons of practical strategies, tools, and mentor texts for grades 2-5. She shows you how to combine the standards into effective units of study so that you can teach with depth rather than worry about coverage. Topics covered include: Teaching questioning, inferring, and author’s purpose; Guiding readers to look at themes and write summaries; Showing students how to recognize structural elements of literature; Teaching the craft of writing and vocabulary development; and Helping students analyse characters and character development. Throughout this highly practical book, you’ll find a variety of charts and other graphic organizers that can be easily adapted for classroom use. A list of suggested mentor texts is also available as a free eResource from our website, www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138856172.

Product Description: Tried and true expository teaching strategies that guarantee success for teachers and students alike.