In every PD Essentials book, count on:
Leah Mermelstein
AVAILABLE MAY 2021
Your writing lesson was well-modeled, clear, and engaging, but your students were still at a loss when it came time to write independently. Why? There’s a good chance your kids needed more time in the “We-Do” phase of the gradual release model. In this book, Leah shows you how to maximize practice and coaching to better prepare students to write meaningfully on their own. Through the use of uncomplicated structures and systems, she walks you through choosing the right level of support for various teacher goals and student needs. You will get guidance on how to:
Some great writers are born, but many more are made. Allow We-Do Writing to help you nurture young writers by providing them with the skills and confidence to soar.
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7 ½" x 9", 160 pages, full color | Y48359 | $25.95 | Buy Now |
Lesson Fix Ups for Impactful Teaching
Wiley Blevins
Finally, a book on phonics instruction that helps teachers know how to fix up common weaknesses in their curriculum and materials.
Expert Wiley Blevins has researched packaged programs, workshop settings, and phonics in a successful literacy classroom, and provides dozens of practical ideas to make teaching and learning have a greater impact. Learn to:
Meaningful Phonics and Word Study will help you implement explicit, systematic phonics—and make it engaging, active, and thought-provoking.
MEANINGFUL PHONICS AND WORD STUDY | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 152 pages, full color | Y40559 | $25.95 | $22.95 | Buy Now |
Peter Afflerbach and Adria F. Klein
Instruction and assessment ought to be like two peas in a pod. In this practical guide, Peter Afflerbach, a foremost authority on developing effective assessments, teams up with literacy expert Adria Klein to show teachers how to become fluent in meaningful assessment routines. Highlights include:
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7 ½" x 9", 96 pages, full color | Y33668 | $21.95 | Buy Now |
Understand. Assess. Teach.
Jan Hasbrouck and Deborah Glaser
Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D., and Deborah Glaser, Ed.D., have written an accessible and thoughtful resource to help teachers understand the complex, essential, and often misunderstood skill of reading fluency. The authors:
In the companion Professional Learning Guide for Leaders, classroom teachers, specialists, and instructional leaders can go deeper into professional study using the tools provided.
Developing Readers Through Writing
C.C. Bates
Interactive writing is a powerful practice because it taps into reading and writing and shows children how literacy learning in one area supports another. With this remarkable book, Reading Recovery expert C.C. Bates breaks new ground by showing teachers how to make the link to reading far stronger for students throughout the school day. Teachers discover how to:
INTERACTIVE WRITING | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 156 pages, full color | Y43408 | $24.95 | $21.95 | Buy Now |
The Power of Reader's Notebooks
S. Travis Crowder
Imagine the dreamy poet writing in a leather journal about falling leaves. Okay, now banish that thought because with this book, Travis Crowder disrupts those clichés and shares lessons and strategies that crackle with newness. Teachers in grade 5 and up learn to:
REFLECTIVE READERS | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 176 pages, full color | Y43409 | $27.95 | $24.95 | Buy Now |
Tools for Teachers, Coaches, and Leaders to Support Students
Laura Robb and Evan Robb
Renowned educators Laura and Evan Robb wear their hats of teacher and principal to lay out a plan for how teachers, coaches, and administrators can increase reading volume in any school—no matter what. Highlights include:
SCHOOLS FULL OF READERS | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 144 pages, full color | Y43411 | $27.95 | $24.95 | Buy Now |
Adria F. Klein and Peter Afflerbach
Planning and implementing a variety of whole-group reading experiences is no easy feat. With this practical book, teachers get the clear, assured guidance to pull off powerful instruction. Topics include:
Adria F. Klein, Barbara Andrews, and Peter Afflerbach
A Guide to Early Detection and Intervention for Teachers and Families
Jan Hasbrouck
Dyslexia is no longer a mystery. MRI scans and other tools of neuroscience have advanced our understandings in the last decade. We now know what to do to help students become skilled, confident learners.
In Conquering Dyslexia, Dr. Hasbrouck shares the instructional approaches that work best for children who have this disorder, and the most current information for parents so they can advocate for their children and communicate with educators effectively.
This book addresses:
CONQUERING DYSLEXIA | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 192 pages, full color | Y44844 | $29.95 | $26.95 | Buy Now |
Achieving Equity by Scaffolding Strengths
Nancy Akhavan
When teachers are clear in their intentions during small-group instruction, all children can achieve. With this first in a three-book series addressing small-group instruction, Nancy Akhavan shares the precise instructional scaffolds striving readers need, and helps teachers:
AT THE READING TABLE: STRIVING READERS | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 224 pages, full color | Y43407 | $24.95 | $21.95 | Buy Now |
Four Simple Moves That Transfer Learning
Jenn Hayhurst and Jill DeRosa
Available March 2021
When teachers cultivate children’s agency, students achieve. It’s that simple. In W I R E for Agency, two dynamic educators name four simple moves that lead to self-efficacy in students and to responsive teaching.
Teachers learn to:
W I R E FOR AGENCY | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 160 pages, full color | Y40561 | $24.95 | $21.95 | Buy Now |
Patty McGee
Available Spring 2021
Let’s face it—Writer’s Workshop has gotten distorted. It’s either bedecked and bedazzled by cutesy extras or done in a lockstep manner that hinders young writers’ natural processes. Teachers are thirsty for guidance, and in this book Patty McGee delivers a streamlined new vision. Each chapter brings us back to the heart of writing workshop while elevating practice with current writing research. Topics include:
THE 7 ESSENTIALS OF WRITER’S WORKSHOP | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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7 ½" x 9", 196 pages, full color | Y40560 | $27.95 | $24.95 |
Routines for Flexible Grouping and Collaboration
Vicki Gibson
Vicki Gibson addresses the special management needs of both elementary and early learning classrooms in these highly readable, practical resources. Topics include:
Implementation for Leaders
Vicki Gibson
Gibson’s Implementation for Leaders Guides provide extensive support for coaches, administrators, and PD professionals as they help teachers deliver effective instruction in well-organized, orderly classrooms. Each guide addresses the specific needs of the grade range.
Teacher's Handbook
Vicki Gibson
This companion Teacher’s Handbook helps you maximize classroom management implementation training, sharing multiple opportunities for coaches and presenters to include interactive activities in their training, and engaging teachers as they model effective management strategies.
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EARLY LEARNING 8 ½" x 11", 16 pages, full color |
Y39141 | $9.99 | Buy Now |
Vicki Gibson
This indispensable guide helps educators and caregivers understand and model the effective behaviors critical to establishing respectful communication in school and at home. Readers will learn how to:
Establish and enhance your workshop with the Reader’s Workshop Professional Learning Bundle from PD Essentials. This curated collection of professional books provides teachers and staff with exactly the insight and reinforcement they need for successful workshop implementation. Rely on this go-to bundle to:
Each bundle includes a FREE copy of Adria Klein’s Workshop Plus—written from a practitioner’s point of view for teachers at all levels of experience and packed with clear, usable advice.
Reader’s Workshop Professional Learning Bundle | 1–9 | 10+ Copies | |||
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20% OFF + FREE Copy of Workshop Plus: Comprehensive Literacy Design included in every Bundle! | Y45796 | $138.95|$118.95 | Buy Now |
is Professor of Reading in the Department of Teaching and Learning, Policy and Leadership at the University of Maryland. His research includes focus on reading comprehension strategies and processes, verbal reporting, reading in Internet and hypertext environments, and mindfulness.
is a nationally known educator and author. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Fresno State, in California. Previously, she has served as an assistant superintendent, principal, coach, and EL teacher.
has worked as a classroom teacher, ESL teacher, and district instructional facilitator. Barbara holds a B.A. in Education from Trinity University, an M.A. in Education from the University of Texas, and an M.A. in Reading from Texas Woman’s University.
is an Associate Professor in Literacy Education at Clemson University in South Carolina, where she is the Director of the Reading Recovery and Early Literacy Center. C.C. has a Ph.D. from Georgia State University in Language and Literacy and is a former classroom teacher and reading interventionist.
is an early reading specialist who holds an Ed.M. from Harvard. He taught elementary school in both the United States and South America. Wiley has written and edited many phonics and reading materials, and is the author of numerous best-selling professional development books.
is a seventh grade teacher in North Carolina and an active member of ILA, NCTE, and many of other literacy organizations. He studied literature and language, specializing in British literature, at the University of North Carolina-Asheville.
is a second grade teacher and a district lead teacher charged with providing professional development for her colleagues. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Long Island University, where she teaches preservice teachers. Jill has taught in both private and public school, with a focus in Grades K-3.
is a national consultant, author, speaker, and trainer. A former Kindergarten teacher and learning-disability specialist, she also started three of her own schools for children ages 2-12 years. Vicki earned her doctorate from Texas A&M University, where she served as a lecturer and adjunct professor for ten years.
received her doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction with specific focus on reading and school reform from Boise State University. She is an educational consultant and professional development provider with expertise in reading assessment.
is an educational consultant, author, and researcher who earned her B.A. and M.A. from the University of Oregon, and completed her Ph.D. at Texas A&M University. Her research in areas of reading assessment, coaching, and second language learners has been published in numerous professional books and journals.
is a creator and co-moderator of the influential weekly Twitter chat #G2Great with Mary Howard and Amy Brennan. She is a literacy coach with a focus on Grades K-3 and has worked as an Adjunct Professor for graduate students completing their practicum at Long Island University, Riverhead.
is a sought-after educational speaker, author, and expert in literacy instruction; author of children’s books; and director of a center focused on early literacy intervention at Saint Mary’s College of California.
is a New Jersey-based educator and literacy leader who envisions learning environments where teachers and students discover their true potential and power. Patty has received the Milken Educator Award (2002), and is a sought-after speaker at ILA, NCTE, ASCD, Learning Forward, and other national conferences.
Leah Mermelstein is a well-known expert and author on the teaching of writing, reading, and language development. She is a sought-after keynote speaker at national conferences, admired for her close study of students' writing and reading development. As a literacy consultant, she works closely with school districts, teachers, and students, helping develop and deliver quality and cohesive literacy instruction. She holds a Master's degree in Cultural Diversity and Curriculum Reform and aspires to ground all of her work in creating equitable access to children and families. She lives in New Jersey, with her young daughter.
is the author of more than 35 books on reading and writing. She received NCTE’s Richard Halle W. Award for outstanding middle level educator, and mentors many emerging authors and teachers.
is Principal of Johnson-Williams Middle School in Berryville, Virginia. Prior to this, he was an English teacher, department chair, assistant principal, and a junior high school principal. He has received the Horace Mann Educator of the Year Award in recognition of his leadership.