english language

When night falls a thief steals each letter of the alphabet.

The author shares his insights through essays about his career and the writing process.

Contains more than four thousand entries that list synonyms for common words to help expand the vocabulary of young readers.

Four farmyard friends illustrate prepositional phrases as they go in and out, over and under, around, on and off.

A guide for educators to use RTI (Response to Intervention) strategies to help English-language learners with different levels of proficiency, explaining why RTI is an effective method to teach English learners, and providing checklists, an observation matrix, and other resources.

Provides step-by-step instruction and practice for every type of question on the PARCC ELA/literacy exams.

Describes using mentor texts to help students create nonfiction that inspires.

Nine published authors, along with researchers, science writers, and teachers reveal the teaching strategies that lead to growth in creative writing and allow good teaching to flourish.

Discusses an approach to coaching that suggests teachers write and reflect upon their practices by using individualized literacy strategies, with samples of work generated from specific techniques and narratives from coaches in school-based and independent settings.