Far too often, our students attain only a superficial level of knowledge that fails to prepare them for deeper challenges in school and beyond. In Teaching for Deeper Learning, renowned educators and best-selling authors Jay McTighe and Harvey F. Silver propose a solution: teaching students to make meaning for themselves. Contending that the ability to ""earn"" understanding will equip students to thrive in school, at work, and in life, the authors highlight seven higher-order thinking skills that facilitate students' acquisition of information for greater retention, retrieval, and transfer. These skills, which cut across content areas and grade levels and are deeply embedded in current academic standards, separate high achievers from their low-performing peers. Drawing on their deep well of research and experience, the authors: Explore what kind of content is worth having students make meaning about. Provide practical tools and strategies to help teachers target each of the seven thinking skills in the classroom. Explain how teachers can incorporate the thinking skills and tools into lesson and unit design. Show how teachers can build students' capacity to use the strategies independently. If our goal is to prepare students to meet the rigorous demands of school, college, and career, then we must foster their ability to respond to such challenges. This comprehensive, practical guide will enable teachers to engage students in the kind of learning that yields enduring understanding and valuable skills that they can use throughout their lives.

Common Core + Differentiated Instruction + Student Engagement = Higher Student AchievementIf you're like most math teachers, this is a problem you wrestle with every day. Harvey Silver and his colleagues have updated their best-selling text to provide a solution. With new Common Coreualigned tools and strategies, this second edition of Math Tools, Grades 3u12 is an all-in-one math classroom management resource that will enable you to teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engageduall at the same time.Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific learning styles, the second editionAEs 60+ tools will enable you to:Work in smarter, more efficient ways with all of your students, no matter the class size or make upCreate standards-based lesson plans, tests, and formative assessmentsaReach every learner regardless of understanding level or learning styleIntegrate technology into class time for more engaging math lessonsAdd in a Common Core matrix, immediately useable reproducibles, and learning-style chartsuand you're fully equipped to make the ambitions of the Common Core Math Standards a reality in your classroom.

Strong reading skills are the foundation for school and life. Using the techniques of differentiation, the authors explain in clear and accessible language how to turn average or struggling readers into thoughtful, high-achieving readers. These "A+ readers" have the skills and knowledge to comprehend, analyze, and form a synthesis from any type of written text. Starting with a concise overview of the most current research on literacy, the authors cover seven techniques that can help all readers achieve at high levels: identifying main idea, reading fluency, vocabulary, inferential reading, questioning techniques, informal writing, and reading styles. This hands-on resource also includes: -special tips and tools for helping struggling readers and ELLs -reproducible graphic organizers -examples of student work -classroom activities

"Not just for reading teachers, this book is ideal for all secondary content areas. Each chapter includes a wealth of resources including powerful reading strategies, vivid classroom examples, and 'Strategies for Struggling Readers' sections to help close the achievement gap between proficient and at-risk students."
Rachel Billmeyer, Educational Consultant and Author
Capturing ALL of the Readers Through the Reading Assessment System