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Advisor/Advisee

Professional Development Kit: Launching a Successful Advisory Program John M. Niska & Sue C. Thompson This mixed media resource will guide a faculty in implementing that most widely recommended but most difficult to achieve middle school component, an advisory program. The print guide leads faculty through nine modules for discussion and debate. In the accompanying DVD, faculty and students from a range of schools that have implemented effective advisory programs talk about their experiences and illustrate various concepts in the guide. Published by NMSA P5838 $25.00 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Keep Cliques and Bullies from Invading Your School Charlene Giannetti and Margaret Sagarese Young adolescents, steeped in popular culture, take their cues from the stars, athletes, and socialites who flash bling, curse their adversaries, and behave badly in public and on the Internet. The many manifestations of cliques and bullies dealt with in this book are very real, persistent, and detrimental to any learning community in any middle level school. Published by NMSA P5831 $15.00 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

A Leader's Guide to The Courage to be Yourself Al Desetta, M.A. and Sherrie Gammage, M.Ed. Based on the stories in the student book, the 26 sessions in this leader's guide help teens build skills for overcoming conflict in their lives. These sessions enable you to reach the targets, the aggressors and the witnesses to effect real change. (See "Books for Students" section for teen book.) Published by Free Spirit Publishing P5802 $24.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Goal Setting for Success: Handbook for Teachers Jerry Rottier & Kim Libby The materials in this package show students and their teachers how to set, monitor and follow through on goals. Each student will receive a compact student notebook to record his or her thoughts. The teacher handbook provides information and thorough descriptions for any teacher to use. Published by NMSA P5798 $32.00

The Bully Free Classroom Allan L. Beane, PhD. Bullying is a big problem—and you can do something about it. This book shows you how. Inside, you’ll find more than 100 prevention and intervention strategies you can start using immediately. Positive, practical, ready to use, The Bully Free Classroom can make any classroom a place where students are free to learn with confidence and without fear. Published by Free Spirit Publishing P5690 $24.95

Bully Free Bulletin Boards, Posters and Banners Allan L. Beane, PhD. and Linda Beane Bully Free bulletin boards send strong, consistent messages that bullying will not be tolerated, that it hurts others, and that there are positive alternatives: peacemaking, kindness and respect. The result is a series of anti-bullying messages for classrooms and hallways that kids will notice, talk about and retain. Published by Free Spirit Publishing P5789 $24.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Bully Free Card Game Bullying is not a game—but helping kids learn anti-bullying concepts can be. Based on The Bully Free Classroom, this card game plays like Crazy Eights, so most kids will have some familiarity with the process. Published by Free Spirit Publishing P5790 $12.95

Advisory: Definitions, Descriptions, Decisions, Directions John P. Galassi, Suzanne A. Gulledge, & Nancy D. Cox This book de-mystifies all aspects of advisory programs. It clearly defines A/A programs by rationale and gives educators critical information for designing or re-designing advisory programs. A hands-on activity is included that assists in reaching consensus about the right program for each school. Published by NMSA P3030 $13.00

Treasure Chest: A Teacher Advisory Source Book Cheryl Hoversten, Nancy Doda & John Lounsbury Searching for effective activities for your middle level classroom? Search no more! One hundred and twenty (120) classroom-ready activities are included in this source book. Published by NMSA P1035 $27.50

The Essential Guide to Talking with Teens Jean Sunde Peterson, Ph.D. Guided discussions reach out to young people and address their social and emotional needs. Teens gain self-awareness and self-esteem, practice problem-solving and goal-setting, feel more in control of their lives, and learn they have much in common with each other--they are not alone. Each session is self contained and step-by-step. Published by Free Spirit Publishing P5824 $29.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Assessment

Checking for Understanding: Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom by Douglas Fisher & Nancy Frey Learn why typical methods to check for understanding are usually ineffective. And explore formative assessment techniques that work in any subject area and grade level. Extensive classroom examples show you how to use these formative assessments to correct misconceptions, improve learning, and model good study skills for individual students or across multiple classrooms. Published by ASCD P5840 $26.95.00

Professional Development Kit: How to Improve Discussion & Questioning Practices by Sandra Schurr A collection of materials and activities that all teachers/teams can use to sharpen their skills in ways that will involve students and increase achievement. This kit is a true "do-it-yourself" staff development experience that will help teachers sharpen their instructional practices and improve students' learning with no outside help required! Published by NMSA P5839 $19.00

A School-Wide Approach to Student-Led Conferences: A Practitioner's Guide by Patti Kinney, Mary Beth Munroe, & Pam Sessions No doubt about it, student-led conferences are hot as teachers in more and more middle level schools recognize how powerful these conferences can be in promoting achievement, commitment to learning, and parent involvement. This excellent book discusses all aspects of student-led conferences and provides readers with a step-by-step approach used successfully by experienced teachers and administrators. Published by NMSA P5837 $18.50

Getting Excited About Data: Combining People, Passion and Proof to Maximize Student Achievement, second edition Edie L. Holcomb Holcomb’s resource provides guidance for educators who are ready to explore more sophisticated uses of data. Precise and on target, this excellent new resource enables educators to effectively use their schools’ data. Published by Corwin Press P5797 $39.95

Differentiated Assessment Strategies: One Tool Doesn't Fit All Carolyn Champan & Rita King. Foreward by Marti Richardson With this classroom-friendly guide, you'll become a better teacher as you learn to assess students before, during, and after instruction. It's packed with tools, surveys, questionnaires, assignments, organizers, and rubrics to address learners of all types and levels, including K-12, special needs, and gifted students. Published by Corwin Press P5759 $29.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Classroom Assessment and Grading That Work Robert J. Marzano Discover how classroom assessments--from quizzes and projects to term papers and tests--provide your school with the most powerful tool to boost achievement. Get clear advice on how to immediately create better assessments for a single classroom or an entire system. Published by ASCD P5817 $25.95

Classroom Instruction

Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time
by Jane Pollock
Pollock explains the four critical areas of teaching and describes how you can use an approach that increases student success and your own personal satisfaction. To execute your plan, the book offers step-by-step instructions for developing a curriculum document, planning your instructional activities, choosing a set of classroom assessment tasks, and recording meaningful feedback on student performance.
Published by ASCD
P5841 $23.95

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Memory, Recall, the Brain & Learning Dr. Robert K. Greenleaf and Doris Well-Papanek This book explores in detail a vital aspect of learning and the brain that supports the acquisition of sustained understanding. It actively merges brain science research and educational best practice and provides over 40 proven, practical and easy to implement activities and 35 organizers to encourage your students to become engaged in the learning process while in your classroom. Published by Greenleaf & Papanak P5783 $24.00 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Summarization in Any Subject: 50 Techniques to Improve Student Learning Rick Wormeli Explores 50 time-tested summarization strategies that get students more involved in learning, improve comprehension, and boost long-term memory. Discover written, spoken, artistic, and kinesthetic summarization techniques perfect for both individual assignments and group activities across the curriculum. Published by ASCD P5757 $29.95

Reading to Learn: A Content Teacher's Guide Ross Bindon & Richard P. Santeusanio This book draws upon contemporary research and developments in the field of middle school literacy. The book focuses on supporting content area teachers to help students and schools as they work to improve the reading and learning of all of their students. It clearly explains the reading process and how to teach it in all the content areas. Published by STEPS Professional Development P5799 $45.00 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

The Extra Book Cheryl Miller Thurston Written by a former teacher, The Extra Book is the perfect resource to turn to when you can't stay awake long enough to write that new unit you wanted to start tomorrow, or when you need some quick lesson plans for a substitute teacher. All activities can be photocopied for classroom use. Published by Cottonwood Press P5762 $14.95

Teaching Kids with Learning Difficulties in the Regular Classroom Susan Winebrenner Differentiating curriculum is a powerful tool and this book will help teachers meet the needs of students labeled “slow,” “remedial,” or “LD” as well as students of poverty, English language learners and others who struggle in the classroom. Published by Corwin Press P5787 $34.95

Fulfilling the Promise of the Differentiated Classroom Carol Ann Tomlinson Extend the benefits of differentiated teaching to virtually any kind of school situation and student population using the guidelines and strategies from this book. Carol Ann Tomlinson provides you with insights on student needs, teacher responses, and curriculum and instruction that genuinely help all students learn. Published by ASCD P5755 $25.95

Differentiated Instruction in a Whole Group Setting Betty Hollas You can do it! In this practical book, Betty Hollas shows how you can ease your way into differentiation without giving up the setting in which you are most comfortable; the whole group. With nearly fifty reproducibles, loads of illustrations and all kinds of practical suggestions, this book is the perfect resource to bring differentiation into your whole-group classroom. Published by Crystal Springs Books P5793 $19.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

The Sky in My Hands Carol Bearse In The Sky in My Hands she explores how poetry can become the foundation for many kinds of writing. Here, the author demonstrates how poetry can build Academic English for English language learners in a unique and powerful manner. Published by Language Learning Innovations P5807 $24.95

Fair Isn't Always Equal Rick Wormeli Differentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? What’s both fair and leads to real student learning? Wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that teachers and administrators seek when it comes to assessment and grading in differentiated classes. Wormeli tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and grading issues constructively as well as offering nitty-gritty details of grading and assessment. Published by Stenhouse Publishers P5796 $23.00

Drumming to the Beat of Different Marchers Debbie Silver Differentiated instruction is a nice idea, but what happens when it comes to assessing and grading students? What’s both fair and leads to real student learning? Wormeli offers the latest research and common sense thinking that teachers and administrators seek when it comes to assessment and grading in differentiated classes. Wormeli tackles important and sometimes controversial assessment and grading issues constructively as well as offering nitty-gritty details of grading and assessment. Published by Incentive Publications P5794 $19.95

Day One & Beyond Rick Wormeli For new teachers or those just new to the middle school environment, here is an invaluable resource. Oriented toward the unique experience of teaching grades 5 through 9, Day One and Beyond delivers proven best practices along with humorous observations that provide a window into the middle school environment. Published by Stenhouse Publishers P5225 $19.50 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Differentiating Instruction in the Regular Classroom Diane Heacox, Ph.D. Based on best practices in education today, differentiation puts students at the center of teaching and learning. It enhances learning for all students—and teaching effectiveness for all teachers. In this timely, practical handbook, Diane Heacox presents a menu of strategies any teacher can use to reach and teach all learners. Published by Free Spirit Publishing P5695 $29.95

Academic Success Through Empowering Students Cathy Vatterott “High levels of achievement can be realized only when students in a learning community are full participants in the decisions that affect their lives, particularly those that influence curriculum and instruction.” Student empowerment develops a solid understanding of the links between early adolescent development and learning. Excellent examples of empowering classes and Web-based resources are included." Published by NMSA P4011 $13.00

The Battle Over Homework: Common Ground for Administrators, Teachers, and Parents, third edition Harris Cooper This new edition of the best-selling book provides readers with the terms, definitions, and research evidence needed to explore the issues of homework in a constructive manner and to set effective policies, rules, and guidelines. A decade of new findings and highlights of the author's extensive survey of teachers and families are included. Published by Corwin Press P5812 $21.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Differentiation in Practice Carol Ann Tomlinson & Caroline Cunningham Eidson This book explores how real teachers incorporate differentiation principles and strategies throughout an entire instructional unit. Differentiation in Practice, Grades 5–9 will teach anyone interested in designing and implementing differentiated curriculum how to do so or how to do so more effectively. Each unit highlights underlying standards, delineates learning goals, and takes you step by step through the instructional process. Published by ASCD P5225 $29.95

Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn't Fit All Gayle H. Gregory & Carolyn Chapman This innovative resource merges practice with the best of learning-styles, brain-based learning, and multiple intelligences theory to create specific instructional techniques for the high-challenge, low-threat differentiated classroom. Filled with reproducible forms, templates, and checklists. Published by Corwin Press, Inc. P4750 $27.95

Differentiating Textbooks: Strategies to Improve Student Comprehension and Motivation Char Forsten, Jim Grant, & Betty Hollas If you use textbooks as part of your curriculum you need to have this book! This easy-to-use resource provides over 80 step-by-step strategies for you to use with your textbooks to help build comprehension while also keeping students' interest high. With Differentiating Textbooks in hand, you will learn how to teach the student, not the textbook. Published by Crystal Springs P5310 $24.95

Fire Up! For Learning: Active Learning Projects and Activities to Motivate and Challenge Students Randy Thompson & Dorothy VanderJaqt The goal of Fire Up! For Learning is to help teachers "fire up" their classes with activities that will engage students in the learning process. All of the activities are interactive, motivational, skill-based, student-centered, and entertaining. Included in each activity is a list of materials needed, an explanation for setting up the activity, and tips for processing the activity with students. Published by Incentive Publication P4760 $15.95

Five-Minute Warmups For The Middle Grades Bea Green, Sandi Schlichting & Mary Ellen Thomas This collection of mini-exercises provides creative ideas for using lag times to reinforce math, social studies, language arts, and self-awareness skills in five minutes or less, with extension options for full-length lessons! Published by Incentive Publication P2070 $11.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

If They're Laughing, They Just Might Be Listening Cheryl Thurston & Elaine Lundberg This book is filled with ideas for using humor effectively in the classroom, even if you're not funny yourself. Besides just-for-fun materials for teachers, the book includes 29 tips for tapping into the power of humor. There are also many examples of activities that encourage laughter and learning. Published by Cottonwood Press, Inc. P1111 $12.95

Learning To Learn Gloria Frender This guide is for anyone who wants to learn how to learn more effectively. Filled with ideas, practical hints, methods, producers, and resources that provide "hands-on" materials for study skills including note-taking, organizational skills, test-taking, memory skills, power reading, problem-solving, and time management. A creative and valuable reference tool for success in school and throughout a lifetime. Published by Incentive Publications P1151 $21.95

How to Teach Reading When You Are Not a Reading Teacher Sharon Faber Using current research on learning styles and methods, this revision of an IP top-seller will help teachers choose and use thinking and reading strategies that enable students to comprehend the content as well as read individual words. Learn how to model your own thinking processes as you read for content and process the information after you read to help your students do the same. This book is a must for any teacher who has struggling readers. Published by Incentive Publications P5818 $17.99

Smart in the Middle Grades: Classrooms That Work for Bright Middle Schoolers Carol Ann Tomlinson and Kristina Doubet Authors provide a solid rationale for meeting the needs of all young adolescents, guidelines for a curriculum that is responsive to the diversity that all middle level teachers encounter, and a wonderfully rich set of instructional strategies especially appropriate for high ability and high potential students. Published by NMSA P5822 $24.00 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding by Design: Connecting Content and Kids Carol Ann Tomlinson and Jay McTighe Discover how two powerful frameworks can team up to provide your school with a comprehensive and in-depth approach to ensure all students are learning at maximum levels. The authors explain how to connect these two approaches and use their combined power. Published by ASCD P5813 $25.99

Educating Gifted Students in Middle School: A Practical Guide Susan Rakow, PhD. The focus of this book is on creative, practical, and realistic school solutions that create a vital and responsive school community for all students. Published by Prufrock Press P5811 $24.95

Curriculum Connection

Teaching Green: The Middle Years. Hands-on Learning in Grades 6–8 Edited by Tim Grant and Gail Littlejohn This book is designed to help educators find developmentally appropriate teaching ideas related to acquiring the skills and values of active environmental citizenship at the middle level. The book offers 50 kid-tested teaching strategies that promote interdisciplinary hands-on learning about natural systems and foster critical thinking about environmental issues, both local and global. Readers will find accessible background information and suggestions for practical projects and activities on a diversity of environmental topics. Published by New Society Publishers P5768 $22.95

Getting Results with Curriculum Mapping Edited by Heidi Hayes Jacobs Curriculum maps are among the simplest yet most effective tools for improving teaching and learning. Because they require people to draw explicit connections between content, skills, and assessment measures, these maps help ensure that all aspects of a lesson are aligned not only with each other, but also with mandated standards and tests. Heidi Hayes Jacobs and her coauthors offer a wide range of perspectives on how to get the most out of the curriculum mapping process in districts and schools. Teachers, administrators, staff developers, and policymakers alike will find this book an essential guide to curriculum mapping and a vital resource for spearheading school improvement efforts. Published by ASCD P5756 $25.95 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Clustering Standards in Integrated Units Diane Ronis Integration is a powerful tool in today's standards-based classroom. This book takes that power one step further with integrated units. Teachers can cluster standards in integrated units - more standards are covered without sacrificing content or learning. Based on research that people learn best by doing rather than just listening, Ronis presents techniques for sustained, in-depth exploration of events, circumstances, or objects in the students' environment. By using authentic models of real-world problems, students learn to develop critical thinking skills and become motivated to learn. Templates for integrated unit planning are provided as well as blackline masters for teachers to use to create their own units. Each chapter concludes with fully developed sample units and, for convenience, web sites for state standards are listed in an appendix. Published by Skylight P5300 $30.95

Getting Started with Curriculum Integration Dennis Carr Curriculum integration is a complex and challenging task. Getting Started with Curriculum Integration will inspire teams to take on that challenge. This book provides a clear explanation of benefits to students, easy to understand steps to move toward a student centered curriculum, and sample units to assist teachers. Getting Started with Curriculum Integration is a must for all teachers who seek to strengthen their students' understanding of the concepts that tie our curriculums together. Published by NELMS P5340 $12.95

Middle School Topics, Research & Beliefs

Love Me When I’m Most Unlovable Robert Ricken The thoughts in this book, poems if you choose to call them that, are emotions expressed to the author during his 30 very rewarding years of working with young adolescents. These expressions are the sincere reflections and sentiments of young people as they struggle toward adulthood. Published by NMSA P5833 $12.00

More Than I Ever Imagined Nancy Feigenbaum There is no lack of advice for teachers–from the questionable to the inane. Don't smile until Christmas. Eat right and get enough exercise. Wear sensible shoes. The wisdom Nancy Feigenbaum offers sound advice and many opportunities to reflect on the hundreds of decisions they make every day. The lessons presented here are not gimmicks, or a laundry list of quickly forgotten "tricks of the trade." She makes us think critically about more significant aspects of teaching–thoughtful and careful planning that connects students to their learning authentically. Published by NMSA P5832 $12.00

Coming of Age: The Education & Development of Young Adolescents Kenneth Brighton Interesting, personal, and practical, this book is a fresh resource for educators and parents who want to improve their understanding of what makes these no-longer-children-but-not-yet-fully-adolescents tick. Published by NMSA P5830 $25.00

This We Believe – Successful Schools for Young Adolescents NMSA This new, expanded edition of NMSA's position paper MUST be read thoughtfully by every middle level educator, policymaker, parent, and anyone interested in the best thinking about Successful Schools for Young Adolescents, the very apt subtitle. Presenting a vision of a developmentally responsive middle school, this resource opens with a section on the importance of middle level education from the point of view of young adolescents and our changing society. This is followed by the heart of the document, an elaboration of the 14 characteristics of successful middle schools. A Call to Action then provides specific suggestions for using this document as a tool to improve middle level schools. An important concluding feature of This We Believe is a completely rewritten section of the characteristics of young adolescents, prepared by noted scholar, Dr. Peter Scales of the Search Institute. This new This We Believe is truly a significant document that will be read and studied widely and should be used in every middle school. Published by NMSA P5600 $8.00

This We Believe–Research and Resources NMSA This is the resource middle level leaders have been waiting for since This We Believe was first published in 1982. It responds to the question, “Do middle schools work?” and presents research evidence that supports the philosophical base of This We Believe: Successful Schools for Young Adolescents. The major studies that underlie This We Believe and Turning Points as integrated reform initiatives are reviewed and research studies conducted on each of the programmatic components of This We Believe are summarized and coupled with annotated references and recommended resources. Other sections cite research addressing the need for middle level teachers and principals to be specifically prepared for their work and identify steps needed to build a solid research foundation for the middle school concept. Published by NMSA P5605 $10.00 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Turning Points 2000: Educating Adolescents In The 21st Century A Carnegie Corporation Project By Anthony W. Jackson & Gayle A. Davis Make no mistake—this is one book that every middle level educator should read! Turning Points 2000 is the book that everyone will be talking about for many seasons to come. Published by NMSA P4200 $$18.95

Mr. DeVore's Do-Over: A little story for teachers David L. Puckett Mr. DeVore’s Do-Over is a charming tale—but very true to life—of how a teacher made a difference in a student’s life. This attractive little book makes a great gift for any middle school teacher. Published by NMSA P5784 $6.40

Reaching and Teaching Middle School Learners Penny A. Bishop and Susanna W. Pflaum Written for new and veteran teachers of grades 4-8, the unique framework of this book takes its cue from the students themselves by using their own words and drawings, combined with the authors’ action research, insightful analysis and shared experiences. Published by NMSA P5803 $27.95

H.E.L.P. for Teachers Judith Baenen and Jack Berckemeyer This fun, easy-to-read pamphlet will help teachers of 10 to 15 year olds recognize, understand and deal with these gifts and challenges of middle school teaching and keep moving forward. This pamphlet will provide the inspiration for teachers to re-connect to young adolescents. Published by NMSA P5780 $12.00 (package of 10) Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

The Definitive Middle School Guide Imogene Forte & Sandra Schurr This comprehensive, research-based guide provides the perfect overview for educators, administrators, and others concerned with middle school success. Major topics include: nuts and bolts of middle grades education, interdisciplinary teaming, advisory, cooperative learning, creative and critical thinking skills, assessment, and interdisciplinary instruction. Published by Incentive Publications P1226 $29.95

Applying Current Middle Grades Research to Improve Classrooms and Schools Nancy Flowers, Steve Mertens, and Peter Mulhall, with Tom Krawczyk The authors have written a comprehensive and compelling compilation of contemporary middle grades research that addresses the most relevant and critical topics in middle school reform. Examples include: student achievement, organizational and instructional practice, and parent involvement. These highly detailed, yet clearly stated articles, respond to the call for evidence to inform and improve school, district, state, and national policy and practice. Published by NMSA P5826 $25.00

Implementing And Improving Teaming: A Handbook For Middle Level Leaders, 2nd Edition Jerry Rottier One of NMSA's best sellers has been greatly expanded from the original edition in 1996. The author thoroughly explores the powerful potential of teaming in all its aspects. He walks us through the rationale, various scheduling and organizational arrangements, and the fundamental characteristics of effective teams. Roles of the team leader, the principal, the staff, all key players in the teaming concept, are fully explored. Published by NMSA P2114 $27.00 Members receive a 10 to 20% discount

Meet Me in the Middle: Becoming an Accomplished Middle-Level Teacher Rick Wormeli The author lays out a clear vision of what responsive middle level teaching should b