What Are You Reading? (November Edition)

A section of my bookshelf: Things I Haven't Read. . . Yet

We all have a shelf like this, right?

Coaches work to cultivate a sense of lifelong learning in their colleagues. So, we need to be lifelong learners, too. What better way to do that than reading?

We will begin each month around here by sharing a few things that we are reading. 

Use the comments to let us know what you are reading.

Here are a few titles from our coaches:

Professional Reading:
RtI in Literacy - Responsive and Comprehensive
Peter Johnston

Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk that Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings
Jeff Zwiers and Marie Crawford

Common Core English Language Arts in a PLC at Work, Grades 9 - 12
Doug Fisher and Nancy Frey
A resource that is a great bookclub choice for a PLC team. It has short chapters, realistic scenarios, and ready to use resources. A great section on formative assessment is a favorite of my PLC!

Instructional Coaching
Jim Knight

Successful Approaches to RtI: Collaborative Practices for Improving K - 12 Literacy
Marjorie Y. Lipson and Karen K. Wixson

"Making the Very Most of Classroom Read-Alouds to Promote Comprehension & Vocabulary"
The Reading Teacher 61(5), pp. 396 - 408
Lana Edwards Santoro, David J. Chard, Lisa Howard, Scott K. Baker

"The Contexts of Comprehension: The Information Book Read Aloud, Comprehension Acquisition, and Comprehension Instruction in a First-Grade Classroom"
The Elementary School Journal 102(2)

Teaching Elementary School Students to Be Effective Writers: Educators Practice Guide
What Works Clearinghouse

The Common Core Lesson Book and The Common Core Writing Book
Gretchen Owocki
Phenomenal resources for teachers looking for interventions and differentiation strategies specific to each Common Core State Standard.

Into Writing: The Primary Teacher's Guide to Writer's Workshop
Megan Sloan
This is a very easy read and a great resource for primary teachers to help them understand and get started with writer’s workshop.

Notice and Note
Kylene Beers & Robert Probst
Close reading strategies.

Reading Specialists and Literacy Coaches in the Real World 
MaryEllen Vogt and Brenda A. Shearer
I am reading this for my masters, but thought I would still share.  It might bring a few of you back to your own master’s work.  This books has a variety of vignettes that dive into dilemmas literacy coaches run into.  It is crazy how many of these really do unroll in the real world.   

Other Reading:

Hatchet & Mudshark
Gary Paulsen

On the Island
Tracy Garvis Graves

Wonder
R.J. Palacio

The Boy on the Porch
Sharon Creech

anything by Swedish author Camilla Lackberg
An author I was introduced to by my mother-in-law this summer and still can’t put them down! Mystery and surprise endings are her trademarks; you will make the time to read Camilla Lackberg even when you don’t have the time!

Counting by 7s
Holly Goldberg Sloan
YA novel about a twelve-year-old girl genius who finds comfort in nature, counting, and science. Her world changes dramatically when her parents are killed in a tragic accident. Similar to Wonder and Out of My Mind.