• New! The Teacher's Essential Guide to Effective Instruction (Scholastic)
• The Teacher's Essential Guide to Classroom Management (Scholastic)
• The English Teacher's Companion (Third Edition) (Heinemann)
• Literature (McDougal Littell)
• Academic Workouts Level 6-10 (Curriculum Associates)
• 50 Essential Lessons: Tools and Techniques for Teaching English Language Arts (firsthand/Heinemann)
• The Teacher's Daybook, 2007-2008, Revised Edition (Heinemann)
  • Teacher's Daybook companion web site (expanded)
• Letters to a New Teacher: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Year Ahead (Heinemann)
• English Teacher's Companion, Second Edition (Heinemann)
• Reading Reminders (Heinemann)
• Writing Reminders (Heinemann)
• ACCESSing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success (Heinemann)
• ACCESSing School companion web site
• School Smarts: The Four Cs of Academic Success (Heinemann)
• Tools for Thought: Graphic Organizers for the Classroom (Heinemann)
• The Reader's Handbook (Great Source)
• Illuminating Texts: How to Teach Students to Read the World (Heinemann)
• Illuminating Texts companion web site
• I'll Grant You That (Heinemann)
• I Hear America Reading (Heinemann)

• Heinemann Speakers: Keynotes and Workshops
• Heinemann Workshops
• Heinemann Seminars
• CATENet

News & Notes

Hey everyone! Long time no post. It's just been a whirlwind of a year. Here is a brief update on things for those interested:

• New books: The newest book out from Scholastic is The Teacher's Essential Guide to Effective Instruction, which will be followed this fall by The Teacher's Essential Guide to Content Area Writing. Clicking on the titles will take you to the books. I am currently working on the next book for Heinemann, tentatively called Teaching with Questions, a book I am very excited about.
• Workshops: I will be doing many workshops around the country this summer and fall, though only on weekends during the school year as I still teach every day. Those interested in learning more about my workshops should contact Heinemann Speakers. Click on the links below for materials from these workshops.
• Workshop Handouts: If you attended the workshop, you can download a clean copy; if you didn't make it to the workshop, you are still welcome to download and use the materials if they will help you do your work better. You are encouraged to share these with others, but please make it clear where they came from and, when you can, remember to support my work by buying my books.
  • Teaching the Academic Essentials (CSU Mini-Corps) Handouts
  • Teaching the Academic Essentials Handouts (All Others)
  • Teaching with Questions Handouts
  • Teaching with Tools Handouts
  • Can We Talk? Handouts
  • Teaching Reading and Writing
  • Elements of Effective Instruction