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Nathalie G. Ais K–5 Literacy coach & English teacher Cambridge (MA) Public Schools

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NCTE is the home of literacy education. Books, journals, and position statements supporting literacy education in the elementary school context are core components of our work.

Whether you teach reading and writing or support the teachers who do, you will find an impressive array of authors who bring their real-world experiences, insights, and research to you through our practical, classroom-friendly publications.

Throughout these pages, you will find resources supporting NCTE position statements (ncte.org/resources/position-statements/). Here are just two examples of what you can expect to find: • Statement on Classroom Libraries: Noting the key role the classroom library plays in access to books and promotion of reading, this position advocates for a wide range of materials to support the needs of students with different interests and abilities; access to multiple resources that reflect diverse perspectives and social identities; and support for student choice and reading (ncte.org/statement/classroom-libraries/).

• Statement on Independent Reading shares the purposes and benefits of protected instructional practice that provides time for students to read, access to books that represent a wide range of characters and experiences, and support within a reading community that includes teachers and students (ncte.org/statement/independent-reading/).

NCTE is always interested in what you are reading! Join our Build Your Stack® efforts (ncte.org/build-your-stack/) to share the stacks you’re creating for students and learn what your colleagues are discovering too.

Emily Kirkpatrick Executive Director

Language Arts The journal Language Arts provides a forum for discussions on all aspects of language arts learning and teaching, primarily as they relate to children in prekindergarten through the eighth grade. Issues discuss both theory and classroom practice, highlight current research, and review children’s and young adolescent literature, as well as classroom and professional materials of interest to language arts educators.

Published September, November, January, March, May, and July Editors: Wanda Brooks, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA; Jonda McNair, Clemson University, Clemson, SC; and Kelly Wissman, University at Albany-SUNY, NY Subscriptions: $25.00 member/$75.00 nonmember Green Subscription (electronic-only): $20.00 member/$70.00 nonmember Student/Emeritus Member: $12.50 | Student/Emeritus/Green: $10.00

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NCTE’s Quick-Reference Guides!

Written and curated by some of the leading voices in literacy education, these engaging and easy-access tri-fold guides offer brief, researchbased strategies, tips, activities, and more to address core topics in English and language arts classrooms. The guides offer great prompts for individual instruction as well as jumping-off points for deeper group and professional learning discussions. Exceptional for both K–8 teachers and university students, the guides are designed for durability—laminated for protection from stain and wear, and three-hole punched for easy binder storage and access. See them all at store.ncte.org/quick-reference-guides.

Teaching Reading Art Lessons Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris With student independence and proficiency as the primary goal for reading instruction, what can we do to ensure that reading strategies are conceptually accessible to all students, regardless of reading level? One way is to begin strategy instruction with an art lesson. This guide provides guidelines for selecting art and planning lessons that provide students a solid conceptual foundation for the skills and strategies that help them grow to become strong, independent readers. Grades K–12 ISBN 9780814186237

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“Teachers will treasure these guides!”

—Laura Robb, author

“What a great idea for teacher professional learning!”

—Sherry Sanden, Interim Associate Director & Associate Professor, Illinois State University, School of Teaching & Learning

Next Generation Read Aloud in the Elementary Classroom Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris Includes conventional vs. next generation read aloud, top reasons to teach next generation read aloud, four types of read aloud and questions for text selection for each type, five indicators of a great next generation read aloud, planning for a next generation read aloud, connecting read aloud to shared reading, reflection questions after a lesson, six common myths, five nonexamples, tips, ideas, and reminders.

ISBN 9780814186114

Next Generation Shared Reading in the Elementary Classroom Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris Includes conventional vs. next generation shared reading, eight characteristics of next generation shared reading, five hallmarks, five things you need to teach a lesson, nine text selection considerations, types of universal tricky spots, ten tips and eight challenges for teaching next generation shared reading, connecting shared reading to read aloud and guided reading, and four options for sharing texts.

ISBN 9780814186138

Next Generation Guided Reading in the Elementary Classroom Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris Includes conventional vs. next generation guided reading, what next generation guided reading looks like, five hallmarks, how to implement, six nonexamples, dimensions of a great next generation guided reading text, eight challenges for teaching next generation guided reading well, tips for teaching, four ideas to try, connecting guided reading to shared and independent reading, three steps for planning a lesson, four things you need to teach a lesson, how to select guided reading texts for beginning readers, and four ways to know if a text is too difficult for a group.

ISBN 9780814186176

All individual QRGs are $10.39 member/$12.99 nonmember.

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“Great for new teachers and will serve as refreshers for teachers whose practice has grown stagnant.”

—Meg Donhauser, Hunterdon Central Regional HS (NJ)

“What a lovely, concise, and focused resource collection!”

—Lester L. Laminack, author

Next Generation Independent Reading in the Elementary Classroom Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris Includes conventional vs. next generation independent reading, hallmarks of next generation independent reading, four reasons next generation independent reading is important, what it looks like, three tips for student accountability, five things to avoid, connecting independent reading to shared and guided reading and read aloud, tips for watching the whole class, criteria for self-selecting text, four ideas to help students read widely across the classroom library, ten tips for creating the classroom library, and five questions for assessing student independence.

ISBN 9780814186152

Next Generation Scaffolding and GRR Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris

Includes three steps in the gradual release of responsibility, gradual release within a single lesson, student and teacher work across lessons, prompting, sample student conversation, three supporting questions, three sources of support, reader agency, maximizing the student role, four reasons agency and independence may not transfer, and synthesizing gradual release across instructional contexts.

ISBN 9780814186206

Conferring with Readers Kari Yates and Christina Nosek Includes the how of conferring with readers, the what of conferring with readers, putting the how and the what together, two questions to drive your thinking, seven reasons to confer with readers, basic moves for conferring, prioritizing more conferring time, organizing and planning, four dimensions of a thriving reading life, eight ways to navigate a conference when you haven’t read the book yourself, where to focus support, and three tips to guide your note-taking in a conference.

ISBN 9780814186251

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Digital Reading What’s Essential in Grades 3–8 William L. Bass II and Franki Sibberson Many of our young students come to school with vast experience in the digital world but too often use digital tools in limited ways because they view technology as merely another form of entertainment. Educators Bass II and Sibberson believe we need to redefine reading to include digital reading and texts, learn how to support digital reading, and embed digital tools throughout the elementary and middle school curriculum.

Drawing on the NCTE policy research brief Reading Instruction for All Students, Bass and Sibberson, explore the experiences readers must have to navigate the digital texts they will encounter, as well as the kinds of lessons we must develop to enhance those experiences. Principles in Practice imprint.

122 pp. | 2015 | Grades 3–8 | ISBN 9780814111574 | ebook: ISBN 9780814111581 $22.36 member/$27.99 nonmember

Reading Assessment Artful Teachers, Successful Students Diane Stephens, editor Through case studies of individual students and lively portraits of elementary classrooms, editor Diane Stephens and colleagues explore how artful preK–5 teachers come to know their students through assessment and use that knowledge to customize reading instruction. Throughout the book, the educators profiled—classroom teachers, reading specialists, and literacy coaches—work together to take personal and professional responsibility for knowing their students and ensuring that every child becomes a successful reader. The teachers profiled detail the assessment tools they use, how they make sense of the data they collect, and how they use that information to inform instruction. Principles in Practice imprint.

Reading Assessment is based on the IRA–NCTE Standards for the Assessment of Reading and Writing, Revised Edition.

173 pp. | 2013 | Grades PreK–5 | ISBN 9780814130773 | ebook: ISBN 9780814130766 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember

Teaching Phonics in Context David Hornsby and Lorraine Wilson David Hornsby and Lorraine Wilson use classroom vignettes to show just how phonics is taught and learned in all literacy-rich classrooms.

The book is grounded in the belief that reading and writing of connected text takes priority over the traditional teaching of phonics; that teaching and learning of phonics is always contained within, and subordinate to, genuine literacy events; and that children spend more time reading and writing (in which they learn to apply their phonic knowledge) than they do in the actual study of sound–letter relationships.

254 pp. | 2010 | Grades K–5 | ISBN 9780814152270 | ebook: ISBN 9780814152287 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember

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Becoming Writers in the Elementary Classroom Visions and Decisions Katie Van Sluys Van Sluys illustrates how teachers of elementaryage writers bring their beliefs about teaching and learning to life—through the visions they hold for writers, writing, and the world, as well as through the decisions they make every day in their classrooms.

The author demonstrates how to (re)claim aspects of professional practice to ensure that young people have the opportunity to become competent, growing writers who use writing to think, communicate, and solve problems. Principles in Practice imprint.

Using NCTE Beliefs about the Teaching of Writing, Van Sluys invites us to articulate our own beliefs and how we advocate for the practices we believe in.

145 pp. | 2011 | Grades K–5 | ISBN 9780814102770 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember

The Reader Response Notebook Teaching toward Agency, Autonomy, and Accountability Ted Kesler The reader response notebook (RRN) is a tried-andtrue tool in elementary and middle school classrooms.

However, students’ responses sometimes feel like they’re just going through the motions, with little evidence of deep comprehension. This book breathes new life into RRNs with three key practices: (1) enabling responses to be design work, using a variety of writing tools; (2) expanding what counts as texts, including popular culture texts that are important in students’ lives outside of school; and (3) making the RRN an integral part of a community of practice. Kesler shows how to teach students toward agency, autonomy, and accountability in their work. Filled with examples of student work and explicit teaching in classrooms, the book shows how students’ creative responses lead to deep comprehension of diverse texts and ultimately develop their literate identities.

155 pp. | 2018 | Grades K–8 | ISBN 9780814138403 | ebook: ISBN 9780814138410 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember

Wondrous Words Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom Katie Wood Ray NCTE’s bestselling title, Wondrous Words is a “loud” book, filled with the voices of writers, young and old.

Drawing on stories from classrooms, examples of student writing, and illustrations, Wood Ray explains in practical terms the theoretical underpinnings of how elementary and middle school students learn to write from their reading. The author invites readers into her library and offers suggestions on using books to help teach writing.

Wondrous Words weaves practice and theory together to provide an important knowledge base for teachers.

317 pp. | 1999 | Grades K–6 | ISBN 9780814158166 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember

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The Writing Workshop Working through the Hard Parts (And They’re All Hard Parts) Katie Wood Ray, with Lester L. Laminack Wood Ray offers a practical and comprehensive guide to support both new and experienced teachers. While every aspect of writing workshop is geared to support children learning to write, this kind of teaching is often challenging because what writers really do is engage in a complex, multilayered, slippery process to produce texts. The book confronts this challenge head-on.

Woven between chapters on teaching are the voices of published writers, followed by short commentaries from Laminack. These voices remind us how writers do what they do, lending authenticity to what Wood Ray shows us in the classroom and helping us frame our instruction to match the complex process of writing.

278 pp. | 2001 | Grades 3–8 | ISBN 9780814113172 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember

English Language Learners in Literacy Workshops Marsha Riddle Buly Many classroom teachers haven’t had the opportunity to develop strategies to effectively teach the growing number of language learners in our schools. And language specialists aren’t always familiar with the instructional and management frameworks that work well for teachers.

Riddle Buly, a classroom teacher who became a reading specialist and then a specialist in bilingual/ELL education, shows how reading, writing, and language workshops can be used to help language learners in K–8 classrooms.

The author outlines literacy workshop formats and offers clear explanations of how workshops align with the research on effective instruction of language learners, including the SIOP. 129 pp. | 2011 | Grades K–8 | ISBN 9780814122884 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember

Talking Points The journal Talking Points—published by LLA, Literacies and Languages for All, a conference of NCTE—helps promote literacy research and the use of whole language instruction in classrooms. It provides a forum for parents, classroom teachers, and researchers to reflect about literacy and learning. Published semiannually, October and May Editors: Patricia C. Paugh, University of Massachusetts, Boston, and Sherry Sanden, Illinois State University, Normal Subscriptions: $25.00 member/$75.00 nonmember Green Subscription (electronic-only): $20.00 member/$70.00 nonmember Student/Emeritus Member: $12.50 | Student/Emeritus/Green: $10.00

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In the Pursuit of Justice Students’ Rights to Read and Write in Elementary School

AVAILABLE MAY 2020

Mariana Souto-Manning, editor Narrow definitions of reading and writing often prevent children of color and immigrants from having access to texts that reflect their diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Promoting an equitable and inclusive understanding of literacy, Souto-Manning and her teacher contributors explore how elementary teachers can welcome the voices and languages of students into their classrooms, in pursuit of reading and writing experiences that showcase students’ skills and practices. Eight New York City public school teachers illustrate how the principles in two NCTE position statements—NCTE Beliefs about the Students’ Right to Write and The Students’ Right to Read—come alive in their diverse classroom settings. When teachers view students’ communities as assets to and in the school, children not only thrive, but they also gain confidence and belief in themselves as learners while also developing a critical consciousness that can change the world. Principles in Practice imprint.

128 pp. | 2020 | Grades K–5 | ISBN 9780814148204 | ebook: 9780814148211 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember

Entering the Conversations Practicing Literacy in the Disciplines Patricia Lambert Stock, Trace Schillinger, and Andrew Stock The authors invite us into their classrooms and professional development workshops to see how students at all levels of instruction can learn both subject matter and discipline-specific practices for reading and writing about that subject matter. In this book, we see the engagement and enthusiasm of students caught up in their roles as knowledge makers. These students address real-world issues such as the reintroduction of wolves to US ecosystems and how to shape attitudes toward social revolution, demonstrating the value of students reading and writing information-rich texts in multiple genres and media. Principles in Practice imprint.

109 pp. | 2014 | Grades 5–8 | ISBN 9780814115633 | ebook: ISBN 9780814115657 $19.96 member/$24.99 nonmember

The Power of Picture Books Using Content Area Literature in Middle School Mary Jo Fresch and Peggy Harkins Picture books are powerful and engaging texts that can help all students succeed in language arts, math, science, social studies, and the arts. Picture books appeal to students of all readiness levels, interests, and learning styles.

Featuring descriptions and activities for fifty exceptional titles, Fresch and Harkins offer a wealth of ideas for harnessing the power of picture books to improve reading and writing in the content areas.

Using picture books in the classroom, teachers across the disciplines can introduce new topics into their curriculum, help students develop nonfiction literacy skills, provide authentic and meaningful cultural perspectives, and help meet a wide range of learning needs.

147 pp. | 2009 | Grades 5–8 | ISBN 9780814136331 | ebook: ISBN 9780814136317 $23.96 member/$29.99 nonmember To Order: phone 1-877-369-6283 | fax 217-328-9645 | customerservice@ncte.org

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Stories Matter The Complexity of Cultural Authenticity in Children’s Literature Dana L. Fox and Kathy G. Short, editors This collection highlights important historical events, current debates, and new questions and critiques in the controversial issue of cultural authenticity in children’s literature. Contributors include Rudine Sims Bishop, Jacqueline Woodson, Susan Guevara, Kathryn Lasky, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Joel Taxel, and Mingshui Cai. Essays address the social responsibility of authors, the role of © Susan Guevara 2000 imagination and experience in writing for young people, cultural sensitivity and values, authenticity of content and images, authorial freedom, and the role of literature in an education that is multicultural.

340 pp. | 2003 | Grades K–8 | ISBN 9780814147443 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember

A Master Class in Children’s Literature Trends and Issues in an Evolving Field April Whatley Bedford and Lettie K. Albright, editors This collection discusses contemporary issues in children’s literature for teacher educators, teachers, and librarians. Each chapter focuses on a contemporary issue in children’s literature, providing suggestions, strategies, and resources for implementation and instruction. Chapter authors lay the foundation of children’s literature courses, encourage teachers to broaden their reading worlds, and address challenges and possibilities, such as the impact of new technologies, censorship, bestselling books, and keeping the love of literature alive in today’s high-stakes testing environment.

242 pp. | 2011 | Grades K–8 | ISBN 9780814130827 $30.36 member/$37.99 nonmember

Planning for Inquiry It’s Not an Oxymoron!

Diane Parker Foreword by Diane Stephens Planning for Inquiry shows you how to get an inquirybased curriculum started, keep it going, and do so while remaining accountable to mandated curricula, standards, and programs. Parker invites you into her classroom to think along with her as she provides a close look at the underlying structure of an inquiry-based approach, what such an approach might look like in practice, and how you can make it happen in your own classroom. Supported by stories and examples, Parker shares a practical yet nonprescriptive framework for developing curriculum from learners’ questions and classroom events.

107 pp. | 2007 | Grades K–6 | ISBN 9780814135600 | ebook: ISBN 9780814135624 $19.96 member/$24.99 nonmember

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