Teaching Unscripted

See how reading workshop can improve student engagement and comprehension while supporting standards—through predictable routines, authentic texts, and responsive instruction.

R. Joseph Rodríguez finds inspiration for writing poetry everywhere. He shares his poem 'heartdrumming' with students to annotate and discuss.

Free of the constraints of grading, what authentic assignments and assessments might be possible? What is your richest vision for the work students might do in your classroom?

Explore the American History Series and see how it supports meaningful literacy instruction.

Self-Management is a skill that everyone needs to learn and continue to practice. Time spent regulating yourself and your students is always worth it!

The Not This But That series are accessible and actionable teaching books that dissect common existing teaching practices and offer effective, research-based and classroom-tested methods across disciplines.

Trauma-responsive schools understand the prevalence and impact of trauma, recognize the signs and symptoms of trauma in students and school staff, and respond by changing policies, practices, and procedures to reduce the impact of past ACEs and trauma and also to prevent them in the future. Watch Arlène Casimir explain.

When the problems in education feel structural or overwhelming, it is easy to believe that meaningful impact requires systemic disruption or visible resistance. What you do control are the intentional choices you make in the classroom and how students experience learning in your presence.

The Classroom Essentials series books is for new teachers and veterans looking to try new ideas or refine their practice. Each book features highly visual and accessible designs, classroom videos, online resources, teacher tips and more.

For educators looking to help students make sense of algebra and move forward with confidence, Transition to Algebra offers a purposeful and research-backed solution.

All students can be capable mathematicians who possess the following skills: productive dispositions; number sense; conceptual understanding; and problem-solving capabilities.

With refreshed materials, a new name and logo, and a clear instructional vision, Saxon Reading Foundations continues to evolve, empowering educators and helping students build the skills they need to become confident, successful readers.

Selected passages that demonstrate the poetry in prose. Through immersion in poetry, students may begin to see and understand that the strongest writing, is poetry.

Discover how reading whole books and authentic texts strengthens comprehension, knowledge building, and student engagement in K–5 classrooms.

What is explicit instruction? How can reading and writing strategies help with this approach?

Celebrate Poetry Month with this collection of books, videos, blogs, and podcasts that provide support for teaching and learning poetry. 

Strategies for addressing challenging behaviors in the classroom. How can you increase cooperation from a student who is often challenging? How should you address disrespect? What doesn’t work?

Six practices for teaching poetry: begin with play, have students contribute to poetry discussions in a variety of ways, have students write poems, teach the language of poetry, ask students to immerse themselves in poetry study, and require students to publicly share poems.