6 Top school books like These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most (Corwin Literacy) by Dave Stuart Jr.

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These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most (Corwin Literacy)

By: Dave Stuart Jr.

4.55

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Streamline literacy instruction while increasing student achievementDave Stuart Jr.'s work is cente…

If you liked the school plot in These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most (Corwin Literacy) by Dave Stuart Jr. , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. A Poetry Handbook

By: Mary Oliver

4.22

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"(...) A Poetry Handbook was written with writers of poetry most vividly in my mind; their needs an… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • school
  • education
"A poem on the page speaks to the listening mind."

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

"Invention hovers always a little above the rules."

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

"The language of the poem is the language of particulars."

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

"Every adjective and adverb is worth five cents. Every verb is worth fifty cents"

-Mary Oliver, A Poetry Handbook

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2. Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

By: John Wooden , Steve Jamison

4.46

Format: 201 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER "I am just a common man who is true to his beliefs."--John Wooden Evoking da… read more

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  • nonfiction
"There is nothing stronger than gentleness."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"Discipline yourself and others won't need to."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today."

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

"The smallest good dead is better than the best intention"

-John Wooden, Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

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3. Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

By: Daniel T. Willingham

4.04

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

Kids are naturally curious, but when it comes to school it seems like their minds are turned off. W… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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4. Gym Candy

By: Carl Deuker

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

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5. The Marrow Thieves

By: Cherie Dimaline

3.97

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

In a futuristic world ravaged by global warming, people have lost the ability to dream, and the dre… read more

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  • school
"When we heal our land, we are healed also."

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

"I did have the longest hair of any of the boys... I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew t…"

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

"We go to the schools and they leach the dreams from where our ancestors hid them, in the honeycombs of slushy marrow buried in our bones. And us? Well, we join our ancestors, hoping we left enough dr…"

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

"And I understood that as long as there are dreamers left, there will never be want for a dream. And I understood just what we would do for each other, just what we would do for the ebb and pull of th…"

-Cherie Dimaline, The Marrow Thieves

6. Surprised by Oxford

By: Carolyn Weber

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

A "girl-meets-God" style memoir of an agnostic who, through her surprising opportunity to study at … read more

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7. The 13-Storey Treehouse

By: Terry Denton , Andy Griffiths

2.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Who wouldn't want to live in a treehouse? Especially a 13-storey treehouse that has a bowling alley… read more

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8. They Say/I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

By: Gerald Graff , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

"They Say / I Say"shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most impor… read more

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9. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

By: David Brooks

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper c… read more

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  • nonfiction
"Being open-hearted is a prerequisite for being a full, kind, and wise human being."

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

"A person who is looking for beauty is likely to find wonders, while a person looking for threats will find danger. A person who beams warmth brings out the glowing sides of the people she meets, whil…"

-David Brooks, How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

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10. Light For The World To See: A Thousand Words on Race and Hope

By: Kwame Alexander

4.31

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and… read more

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  • nonfiction
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11. The Eyes and the Impossible

By: Dave Eggers

4.25

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johanne… read more

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"What monster would turn up his snout at the thought-through help of all the friends he had?"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

"Every reasonable creature knows that the worst thing any creature can do all day is think of themselves. If there are troubles in your mind, you should think first of the troubles of others; it is th…"

-Dave Eggers, The Eyes and the Impossible

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12. Freewater

By: Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they … read more

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"Lord only knows how many of us they keep from running. How many of us stay in these hateful places out of love. I used to think it was from scaring us - beating, cutting, or whipping us that did it. …"

-Amina Luqman-Dawson, Freewater

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13. Almost American Girl

By: Robin Ha

4.22

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

A teen graphic novel memoir about a Korean-born, non-English-speaking girl who is abruptly transpla… read more

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  • nonfiction
"But now that I am finally leaving, I see everything through rose-colored glasses"

-Robin Ha, Almost American Girl

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14. frank: sonnets

By: Diane Seuss

4.50

Format: 137 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRY WINNER OF THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD … read more

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  • nonfiction
"I saw a little movie of a person stroking a small bird with two Q-tips, one held between the forefinger and thumb of each hand. It tipped back its head to receive the minor tenderness, which to the b…"

-Diane Seuss, frank: sonnets

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15. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

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16. A First Time for Everything

By: Dan Santat

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkwa… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

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  • nonfiction
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18. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

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19. Poor Deer

By: Claire Oshetsky

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more

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"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

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20. Starfish

By: Lisa Fipps

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this debut novel-in-verse. Eve… read more

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"I'm a starfish, taking p all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"I'm a starfish, taking up all the room I want."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"DNA doesn't make you family. Love does. Actions do."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

"No matter what others say or do, embrace what makes you, you."

-Lisa Fipps, Starfish

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21. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

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22. Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side

By: Eve L. Ewing

4.39

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

“Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools.”   That’s how Eve L. Ewing ope… read more

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  • teaching
  • education
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23. Empower: What Happens When Student Own Their Learning

By: John Spencer

4.11

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Kids begin their learning journey as curious problem solvers who ask questions and create solutions… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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24. Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

By: Angela Garbes

4.22

Format: 256 pages, ebook

What to read after What to Expect . . . . A badass, feminist, and personal deep-dive into the scie… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The origins of the placenta can be traced back to a virus."

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

"Her enthusiasm for the organ is contagious. Enough to convince you that the alphabet posters in kindergarten classrooms should declare that "P" is for 'placenta'..."

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

"The foundation of the female pelvis is composed of two hip bones, which come together to form a deep bowl that is filled by the uterus, ovaries, bladder, urethra, vagina, and colon."

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

"Throughout pregnancy, I liked to lie in bed and imagine all the changes happening inside me: cells splitting, fingernails and eyelashes growing, veins spreading, brain and gray matter forming and fol…"

-Angela Garbes, Like a Mother: A Feminist Journey Through the Science and Culture of Pregnancy

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25. The Will to Learn: Cultivating Student Motivation Without Losing Your Own (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

By: Dave Stuart

4.43

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Student demotivation is experienced as pain―for students, for us, for everyone. But here′s the goo… read more

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  • education
Cover of Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy) by Jarred Amato

26. Just Read It: Unlocking the Magic of Independent Reading in Middle and High School Classrooms (Corwin Literacy)

By: Jarred Amato

4.64

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Read widely and read often - create a classroom environment where independent reading thrives In… read more

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  • teaching
  • education
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27. Rhythm & Muse

By: India Hill Brown

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Darren Johnson lives in his head. There, he can pine for his crush—total dream girl, Delia Dawson—i… read more

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28. These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most (Corwin Literacy)

By: Dave Stuart Jr.

4.55

Format: 270 pages, Kindle Edition

Streamline literacy instruction while increasing student achievementDave Stuart Jr.'s work is cente… read more

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  • school
  • education
Cover of Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster – Without Burning Out (Corwin Literacy) by Matthew Johnson

29. Flash Feedback: Responding to Student Writing Better and Faster – Without Burning Out (Corwin Literacy)

By: Matthew Johnson

4.30

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Beat Burnout with Time-saving Best Practices for Feedback For ELA teachers, the danger of burnout i… read more

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  • teaching
  • school
  • education
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30. Everything We Never Had

By: Randy Ribay

4.50

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the National Book Award finalist Patron Saints of Nothing comes an emotionally c… read more

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31. Why I Believe: A Psychologist's Thoughts on Suffering, Miracles, Science, and Faith

By: Henry Cloud

4.53

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

What gives our lives meaning and allows us to rise above pain and disappointment to live with compa… read more

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17 best-selling nonfiction books like These 6 Things: How to Focus Your Teaching on What Matters Most (Corwin Literacy) by Dave Stuart Jr.

Transform Your Habits

A Poetry Handbook

Mary Oliver

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections On and Off the Court

John Wooden , Steve Jamison

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom

Daniel T. Willingham

4.04

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

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14 Top nonfiction books like The Will to Learn: Cultivating Student Motivation Without Losing Your Own (Corwin Teaching Essentials) by Dave Stuart

Transform Your Habits

The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance

David Epstein

4.20

Transform Your Habits

Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

Nellie Bowles

4.05

Transform Your Habits

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness

Jonathan Haidt

4.46

Transform Your Habits

Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It

Jennifer Breheny Wallace

4.17

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