21 Books like Closing the Vocabulary Gap

Uncovering the Logic of English

by Denise Eide • 2011

Thirty rules explain 98% of English spellings. Schools quit teaching them; here they are.

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🧪 Science Of Reading 📖 Structured Literacy 🔤 Phonics Instruction 📝 Spelling Rules 🌱 Word Roots

Uncovering the Logic of English 95%

Thirty rules explain 98% of English spellings. Schools quit teaching them; here they are.

by Denise Eide 2011

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2k+ ratings

🧪 Science Of Reading 📖 Structured Literacy 🔤 Phonics Instruction 📝 Spelling Rules 🌱 Word Roots

Unlocking English Learners′ Potential

by Diane Staehr Fenner • 2017

Your English learners can handle complex content. The missing piece is scaffolds, not simpler texts.

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🗣️ Esl Teaching 🏗️ Scaffolding Instruction 📝 Academic Language 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching 📊 Formative Assessment

Unlocking English Learners′ Potential Summary

Unlocking English Learners′ Potential 95%

Your English learners can handle complex content. The missing piece is scaffolds, not simpler texts.

by Diane Staehr Fenner 2017

4.06

192 ratings

🗣️ Esl Teaching 🏗️ Scaffolding Instruction 📝 Academic Language 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching 📊 Formative Assessment

The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners

by TESOL International Association Writing Team • 2018

Stop teaching English as a separate subject. The framework that weaves it into every lesson.

4.00

🌍 English Learners 🗣️ Esl Teaching 🧠 Language Acquisition 🌏 Culturally Responsive Teaching 📋 Formative Assessment

The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners Summary

The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners 94%

Stop teaching English as a separate subject. The framework that weaves it into every lesson.

by TESOL International Association Writing Team 2018

4.00

72 ratings

🌍 English Learners 🗣️ Esl Teaching 🧠 Language Acquisition 🌏 Culturally Responsive Teaching 📋 Formative Assessment

The Writing Revolution

by Judith C. Hochman • 2017

Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.

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✏️ Writing Instruction 🧱 Sentence-Level Work 🪜 Scaffolded Learning 📚 Content-Area Literacy 🗣️ Direct Instruction

The Writing Revolution 94%

Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.

by Judith C. Hochman 2017

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2k+ ratings

✏️ Writing Instruction 🧱 Sentence-Level Work 🪜 Scaffolded Learning 📚 Content-Area Literacy 🗣️ Direct Instruction

The Reading Mind

by Daniel T. Willingham • 2017

Reading is a cognitive assembly line from symbols to meaning, and digital habits are disrupting it.

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🔬 Reading Science 📚 Literacy Instruction 🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📖 Reading Comprehension 📝 Vocabulary Development

The Reading Mind 94%

Reading is a cognitive assembly line from symbols to meaning, and digital habits are disrupting it.

by Daniel T. Willingham 2017

4.14

605 ratings

🔬 Reading Science 📚 Literacy Instruction 🧠 Cognitive Psychology 📖 Reading Comprehension 📝 Vocabulary Development

Closing the Reading Gap

by Alex Quigley • 2020

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

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📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

Closing the Reading Gap 94%

Phonics gets them started; disciplinary literacy sustains it. A whole-school plan to close the gap.

by Alex Quigley 2020

4.22

426 ratings

📚 Disciplinary Literacy 🔬 Science Of Reading 🔤 Phonics Instruction 🧠 Reading Comprehension 💖 Reading Culture

The Book Whisperer

by Donalyn Miller • 2009

Forty books a year per student: the method that works when worksheets and whole-class novels fail.

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🏗️ Reading Workshop 📖 Literacy Instruction 🔥 Reading Motivation 📝 Authentic Assessment 🏫 Classroom Culture

The Book Whisperer 93%

Forty books a year per student: the method that works when worksheets and whole-class novels fail.

by Donalyn Miller 2009

4.49

19k+ ratings

🏗️ Reading Workshop 📖 Literacy Instruction 🔥 Reading Motivation 📝 Authentic Assessment 🏫 Classroom Culture

Stylish Academic Writing

by Helen Sword • 2012

Most academic writing rules are just conventions. The data that prove you can write differently.

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📝 Academic Writing 📚 Scholarly Publishing 🗣️ Plain Language 🏛️ Disciplinary Norms 📖 Narrative Research

Stylish Academic Writing 93%

Most academic writing rules are just conventions. The data that prove you can write differently.

by Helen Sword 2012

4.06

1k+ ratings

📝 Academic Writing 📚 Scholarly Publishing 🗣️ Plain Language 🏛️ Disciplinary Norms 📖 Narrative Research

Teachers as Architects of Learning

by Gavin Grift • 2020

Twelve levers to design learning that sticks: shift focus from teaching to student understanding.

4.00

🧱 Instructional Design 🧑‍🏫 Student-Centered Learning 📝 Formative Assessment 🗣️ Explicit Instruction 🧠 Metacognition

Teachers as Architects of Learning Summary

Teachers as Architects of Learning 93%

Twelve levers to design learning that sticks: shift focus from teaching to student understanding.

by Gavin Grift 2020

4.00

1 ratings

🧱 Instructional Design 🧑‍🏫 Student-Centered Learning 📝 Formative Assessment 🗣️ Explicit Instruction 🧠 Metacognition

Making Thinking Visible

by Ron Ritchhart • 2011

Stop grading their recall. Start seeing how they reason. The classroom steps that bridge the gap.

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🧪 Formative Assessment 🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning ❓ Questioning Techniques 🧠 Metacognition 💬 Student Discourse

Making Thinking Visible 92%

Stop grading their recall. Start seeing how they reason. The classroom steps that bridge the gap.

by Ron Ritchhart 2011

4.23

2k+ ratings

🧪 Formative Assessment 🔍 Inquiry-Based Learning ❓ Questioning Techniques 🧠 Metacognition 💬 Student Discourse

Rosenshine's Principles in Action

by Tom Sherrington • 2019

The 80% rule and nine other practices that turn cognitive science into tomorrow's lesson plan.

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📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🧠 Science Of Learning 📖 Explicit Instruction ⚖️ Cognitive Load Theory ✅ Formative Assessment

Rosenshine's Principles in Action Summary

Rosenshine's Principles in Action 92%

The 80% rule and nine other practices that turn cognitive science into tomorrow's lesson plan.

by Tom Sherrington 2019

4.27

1k+ ratings

📊 Evidence-Based Teaching 🧠 Science Of Learning 📖 Explicit Instruction ⚖️ Cognitive Load Theory ✅ Formative Assessment

Teach Like a Champion 3.0

by Doug Lemov • 2021

63 classroom techniques that force participation, demand precision, and win back wasted minutes.

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🏫 Classroom Management 📋 Instructional Methods 🙋 Student Participation 📝 Formative Assessment 🍎 New Teachers

Teach Like a Champion 3.0 92%

63 classroom techniques that force participation, demand precision, and win back wasted minutes.

by Doug Lemov 2021

4.26

408 ratings

🏫 Classroom Management 📋 Instructional Methods 🙋 Student Participation 📝 Formative Assessment 🍎 New Teachers

The Art of Teaching Children

by Phillip Done • 2022

What three decades inside a classroom teach you about children that no training program covers.

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🍎 Classroom Wisdom 🏫 Teaching Memoirs 🎯 Classroom Management 🧠 Growth Mindset 🌱 New Teachers

The Art of Teaching Children 92%

What three decades inside a classroom teach you about children that no training program covers.

by Phillip Done 2022

4.41

356 ratings

🍎 Classroom Wisdom 🏫 Teaching Memoirs 🎯 Classroom Management 🧠 Growth Mindset 🌱 New Teachers

Learning That Sticks

by Bryan Goodwin • 2020

Classrooms often fight how the brain learns. A model for aligning teaching with our natural wiring.

4.13

🏫 K-12 Instruction 🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Brain-Based Learning ❓ Student Curiosity 📐 Instructional Design

Learning That Sticks 92%

Classrooms often fight how the brain learns. A model for aligning teaching with our natural wiring.

by Bryan Goodwin 2020

4.13

68 ratings

🏫 K-12 Instruction 🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Brain-Based Learning ❓ Student Curiosity 📐 Instructional Design

Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching

by Robyn R. Jackson • 2009

Eight principles for putting the cognitive load back on students, where it belongs.

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🧠 Teacher Mindset 📋 Curriculum Design 🚀 Mastery Teaching 📊 Formative Assessment 🛠️ Classroom Management

Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching Summary

Never Work Harder Than Your Students & Other Principles of Great Teaching 92%

Eight principles for putting the cognitive load back on students, where it belongs.

by Robyn R. Jackson 2009

3.74

964 ratings

🧠 Teacher Mindset 📋 Curriculum Design 🚀 Mastery Teaching 📊 Formative Assessment 🛠️ Classroom Management

Making Kids Cleverer

by David Didau • 2019

We told schools to teach skills, not facts. Now the evidence says that was a mistake.

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🧱 Knowledge Rich Curriculum 📚 Explicit Instruction 🧠 Cognitive Load Theory 🗂️ Retrieval Practice 🏛️ Cultural Literacy

Making Kids Cleverer 92%

We told schools to teach skills, not facts. Now the evidence says that was a mistake.

by David Didau 2019

4.17

130 ratings

🧱 Knowledge Rich Curriculum 📚 Explicit Instruction 🧠 Cognitive Load Theory 🗂️ Retrieval Practice 🏛️ Cultural Literacy

Reading in the Wild

by Donalyn Miller • 2013

What separates lifelong readers from the rest? Five habits, and the classroom moves that build them.

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📚 Reading Workshop ⏱️ Independent Reading 📖 Classroom Libraries ❤️ Reading Motivation 👥 Reading Community

Reading in the Wild 92%

What separates lifelong readers from the rest? Five habits, and the classroom moves that build them.

by Donalyn Miller 2013

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6k+ ratings

📚 Reading Workshop ⏱️ Independent Reading 📖 Classroom Libraries ❤️ Reading Motivation 👥 Reading Community

Poor Students, Rich Teaching

by Eric Jensen • 2019

The teacher mindsets that bridge the gap between poverty and graduation cost nothing extra.

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🏫 Teaching In Poverty 🧠 Brain-Based Learning 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤝 Student Relationships ☀️ Classroom Climate

Poor Students, Rich Teaching 92%

The teacher mindsets that bridge the gap between poverty and graduation cost nothing extra.

by Eric Jensen 2019

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116 ratings

🏫 Teaching In Poverty 🧠 Brain-Based Learning 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤝 Student Relationships ☀️ Classroom Climate

The Knowledge Gap

by Natalie Wexler • 2019

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

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📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap 🔬 Science Of Reading 🌱 Early Literacy

The Knowledge Gap 92%

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

by Natalie Wexler 2019

4.13

6k+ ratings

📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap 🔬 Science Of Reading 🌱 Early Literacy

Running the Room

by Tom Bennett • 2020

Stop reacting to disruption. Build a classroom where behavior is taught, not just demanded.

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🏫 Classroom Management 🛡️ Proactive Discipline 📖 Explicit Instruction 🔁 Classroom Routines 🌍 School Culture

Running the Room 92%

Stop reacting to disruption. Build a classroom where behavior is taught, not just demanded.

by Tom Bennett 2020

4.22

873 ratings

🏫 Classroom Management 🛡️ Proactive Discipline 📖 Explicit Instruction 🔁 Classroom Routines 🌍 School Culture

Air & Light & Time & Space

by Helen Sword • 2017

Daily writing is a myth. The flexible, four-foundation practice that real productive academics use.

3.98

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📝 Academic Writing ⏰ Writing Habits 🏡 Writing Environments 🌐 Multilingual Writing 🎯 Writing For Impact

Air & Light & Time & Space 92%

Daily writing is a myth. The flexible, four-foundation practice that real productive academics use.

by Helen Sword 2017

3.98

581 ratings

📝 Academic Writing ⏰ Writing Habits 🏡 Writing Environments 🌐 Multilingual Writing 🎯 Writing For Impact

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