Every teacher wants and expects his or her students to be reading increasingly complex texts, yet sometimes the gap between our expectations and our students' abilities seems wide and deep. It's tempting to look at that gap and step in to fill it for them. How can teachers ensure that students are f[...]

"Using the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics With Gifted and Advanced Learners" provides teachers and administrators examples and strategies to implement the new Common Core State Standards (CCSS) with advanced learners at all stages of development in K12 schools. The book describes-and dem[...]

Students become mathematical adventurers in these challenging and engaging activities designed to deepen and extend their understanding of concepts from the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics. The investigations in this book stretch students' mathematical imaginations to their limits as they[...]

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. - Charles Darwin; Teaching in the twenty-first century is a daunting yet exhilarating experience. It is daunting because a plethora of initiatives have been hurled at educators from[...]

Build a foundation and focus on what matters most for language arts and reading readiness with Language Arts 4 Today: The Common Core Edition for kindergarten. This 96-page comprehensive supplement contains standards-aligned reproducible activities designed to focus on critical language arts skills [...]

Covering language and math for grades 1 through 5, this series invites, engages, and visually attracts students with activity pages to be used for group or individual lessons or reviews. Each page is focused on a specific grade-level standard. Common Core State Standards are clearly listed in the fr[...]