New Release Books by Char Forsten

Differentiated Instruction, Second Edition Different Strategies for Different Learners Lori Elliott, Char Forsten, Jim Grant & Betty Hollas This new, expanded edition includes 119 low-cost, high-impact, ready-to-implement strategies to help you build community, assess on the fly, find new pathways to mastery in literacy and math, use technology to differentiate, and much more. Reproducibles included.

Research shows that teachers are asking students far too many literal questions, while state and national assessments are increasingly focused on questions that require higher levels of thinking. So that students can improve their own inquiry and comprehension skills, teachers also need to sharpen their questioning. QAR is a comprehension strategy that can help translate into success on assessments and all tasks that require deeper thinking. The accompanying CD-ROM contains over forty pages of reproducible.

Shows how to motivate your students as they are confronted with text which is generally written in a less-than-engaging expository style. Shows you how to teach the child, not the textbook

This innovative and creative book gives young children a variety of interactive opportunities to learn, practice, and master early math concepts and skills in a language-based setting. Using fanciful illustrations of nursery rhymes and thematic scenes, you will be able to: engage young children in fun but focused discussions; inspire them to create and share their own math stories; establish home-school connections so children can "talk math" with parents and siblings; differentiate instruction and scaffold content for diverse learners. Filled with B&W illustrations as well as 20 full-color transparencies, this appealing book is ideal for remedial second-graders and English language learners, too! Grades PreK-1. --amazon.com.

Celebrates educators and their creativity in turning everyday objects - beach balls, Venetian blinds, rotten fruits and vegetables, PVC pipes, to name a few - into practical, fun, hands-on teaching supplies and learning tools.