Readers Corner

Readers Corner >> Books by current and past EARCOS presenters

CATCH AND RELEASE - Greg Dale. et al A combination of Tuesdays with Morrie and A River Runs Through It, this story is set in South Texas where Nathaniel, a veteran high school teacher, has just been named Texas Teacher of the Year. As he accepts his award, he pledges to mentor brand new first year teacher, Meghan. What follows is an extraordinary journey through his last year of teaching and her first, told through conversations they have during fly-fishing excursions. Beyond the typical talk of lesson planning, grading, and class management, Nathaniel challenges Meghan to question what she sees, what she does, and why she does it. As each chapter unfolds, new insights are gleaned from the journey that teachers take and the seasons that they experience as they strive to become teachers who change lives. This story written for teachers by teachers, is sure to provoke and inspire everyone to reflect on their experiences as both teacher and student.

This book is about relationships-relationships between teachers and their students, teachers and each other, and teachers and their families. And it is about the persistence and passion with which teachers teach despite the many challenges they face. Most importantly, this story is about the art of catching and releasing those we are in a position to care for. For teachers, this is our students. If we do this well, we will become teachers who change lives.

FROM STRIVING TO THRIVING WRITERS - Sarah Holbrook with Michael Salinger Renowned literacy expert Stephanie Harvey teams up with authors and writing consultants Sara Holbrook and Michael Salinger to introduce short writing scaffolds to support student writing and help strivers approach writing with energy and action.

Based on Harvey’s bestselling From Striving to Thriving approach, the 27 writing strategies presented in From Striving to Thriving Writers are designed to improve and integrate writing across the curriculum.

With lessons targeting reading, writing, and speaking standards, this innovative writing tool encourages students to practice voluminous writing and build a culture of conversation throughout the writing process, which is especially beneficial for emerging bilingual students.

TEACHING MUSIC WITH PASSION - Peter Boonshaft Teaching Music with Passion is a one-of-a-kind, collective masterpiece of thoughts, ideas and suggestions about the noble profession of music education. Both inspirational and instructional, it will surely change the way you teach (and think) about music. Filled with personal experiences, anecdotes and wonderful quotations, this book is an easy-to-read, essential treasure! “One of the most ‘real’ writings I have read during my 35 years in music education.” Mel Clayton, President, MENC: The National Association for Music Education.

BLUE IS THE SKY - Sofia Lopez-Ibor This book addresses the practice of arts integration using a basic approach for the music and dance classroom. It features 25 themes with music, poetry, dance and visual art activities for preschool through middle school students. It includes: . Lesson examples applicable to students of all ages.. Pedagogical and methodological ideas for teaching music and visual arts.. Games, songs and poems