12 must-read education books like Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys by Isabel L. Beck

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Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys

By: Isabel L. Beck

4.21

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Isabel L. Beck--an experienced educator who knows what works--this concise …

If you liked the education plot in Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys by Isabel L. Beck , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Guided Math in Action: Building Each Student's Mathematical Proficiency with Small-Group Instruction

By: Nicki Newton

4.05

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Teachers, coaches, and supervisors will learn how to help elementary school students build mathemat… read more

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  • education
  • teaching
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2. Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

By: Kylene Beers , Robert E. Probst , G. Kylene Beers

4.46

Format: 274 pages,

Beers and Probst offer insights into how to create text dependent questioning in assisting students… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
"Literature enables us to see our world and ourselves more clearly, to understand our lives more fully."

-Kylene Beers, Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

"They will need you to put the right books in their hands, book in which they can lose themselves and books in which they can find themselves."

-Kylene Beers, Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

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3. How to Reach and Teach Children with Challenging Behavior (K-8): Ready-to-Use, Evidence Based Practices and Strategies

By: Kaye Otten , Jodie Tuttle

3.95

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

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  • education
  • teaching
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4. How the Brain Learns to Read

By: David A. Sousa

3.52

Format: None pages, Paperback

Arm educators with the most current neuroscientific information available on reading and effective … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

5. A Framework for Understanding Poverty

By: Ruby K. Payne

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth--challenges … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

6. Intentional Talk: How to Structure and Lead Productive Mathematical Discussions

By: Elham Kazemi , Allison Hintz

3.33

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

Not all mathematics discussions are alike. It's one thing to ask students to share how they solved … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

7. Come Home

By: Lisa Scottoline

3.97

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Jill Farrow is a typical suburban mom who has finally gotten her and her daughter's lives back on t… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Scottoline's Come Home book and Isabel L. Beck's Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys

8. Go Set a Watchman

By: Harper Lee

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From Harper Lee comes a landmark new novel set two decades after her beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning… read more

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9. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

By: Dusti Bowling

3.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

*"Aven is a perky, hilarious, and inspiring protagonist whose attitude and humor will linger even a… read more

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10. Walk Two Moons

By: Sharon Creech

4.09

Format: None pages, Paperback

"How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you… read more

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11. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

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"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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12. Alone

By: Megan E. Freeman

4.14

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she … read more

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13. In the Wild Light

By: Jeff Zentner

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Life in a small Appalachian town is not easy. Cash lost his mother to an opioid addiction and his P… read more

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"Because for every way the world tries to kill us, it gives us a way to survive. You just gotta find it."

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

"This is what you remember of the people you love when they're gone—the ways they knew you that no one else did—even you. In that way, their passing is a death of a piece of yourself."

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

"You’ll never regret a decision more than the one you make out of fear. Fear tells you to make your life small. Fear tells you to think small. Fear tells you to be small-hearted. Fear seeks to preserv…"

-Jeff Zentner, In the Wild Light

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14. Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

By: Jan Burkins

4.39

Format: 203 pages, Paperback

The current emphasis on the body of research known as the "Science of Reading" has renewed the read… read more

Similar categories in Jan Burkins's Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom book and Isabel L. Beck's Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys

  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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15. The Edge of Lost

By: Kristina McMorris

4.05

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY BESTSELLER On a cold night in October 1937, searchlights cut through … read more

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"It’s fascinating, really, when you think about it. How a person can slip into a new life as one would a new pair of shoes. At first there’s a keen awareness of the fit: a stiffness at the heel, the b…"

-Kristina McMorris, The Edge of Lost

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16. The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades

By: Judith C. Hochman

4.39

Format: 294 pages, Kindle Edition

Why you need a writing revolution in your classroom and how to lead it The Writing Revolution (TWR… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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17. Before We Were Strangers

By: Brenda Novak

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

Something happened to her mother that night. Something no one wants to talk about. But she's determ… read more

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18. The Reading Comprehension Blueprint: Helping Students Make Meaning from Text

By: Nancy Hennessy M.Ed.

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Comprehension is a primary ingredient of reading success—but most educators aren't taught how to de… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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19. Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys

By: Isabel L. Beck

4.21

Format: 134 pages, Hardcover

From bestselling author Isabel L. Beck--an experienced educator who knows what works--this concise … read more

Similar categories in Isabel L. Beck's Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys book and Isabel L. Beck's Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys

  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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20. Scholastic Teacher Resources Choosing and Using Decodable Texts (SC-708296)

By: Wiley Blevins

4.11

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

In this must-have follow-up to his landmark best-seller Phonics From A to Z , Wiley Blevins explain… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
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21. The Onward Workbook: Daily Activities to Cultivate Your Emotional Resilience and Thrive

By: Elena Aguilar

4.39

Format: 658 pages, Kindle Edition

An empowering journey that keeps great teachers in the classroom The Onward Workbook is a collectio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education

10 must-read nonfiction books like Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys by Isabel L. Beck

Transform Your Habits

Notice and Note: Strategies for Close Reading

Kylene Beers , Robert E. Probst , G. Kylene Beers

4.46

Transform Your Habits

How the Brain Learns to Read

David A. Sousa

3.52

A Framework for Understanding Poverty

Ruby K. Payne

3.80

Intentional Talk: How to Structure and Lead Productive Mathematical Discussions

Elham Kazemi , Allison Hintz

3.33

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15 must-read nonfiction books like Scholastic Teacher Resources Choosing and Using Decodable Texts (SC-708296) by Wiley Blevins

Transform Your Habits

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism

Barry M. Prizant , Tom Fields-Meyer

3.87

Transform Your Habits

It Was an Ugly Couch Anyway: And Other Thoughts on Moving Forward

Elizabeth Passarella

3.98

Transform Your Habits

The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System--and How to Fix it

Natalie Wexler

4.16

Transform Your Habits

Shifting the Balance: 6 Ways to Bring the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom

Jan Burkins

4.39

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