New Releases by Jim Burke

Burke examines academic success initiatives around the country, identifying their key components, then detailing how their practices apply to ACCESS, a program for struggling students he began five years ago at Burlingame High School.

With each annual version of the Daybook, you can create a smart archive of your teaching career, enabling you to thoughtfully plan, revise, and improve each year.

What effective learners do to succeed in school and how you can help all of your students achieve similar results.

This book is designed to be read on the run-between periods, while planning, even while teaching-to make every minute count in your classroom, to help you work smarter and more effectively.

Provides graphic organizers that range from annotations and literature circle notes to Venn diagrams and vocabulary squares. Each graphic organizer comes with: Background information and theoretical foundations, different ways to use each tool to help students read, write, speak, and think better, a range of note-taking strategies to help students succeed in all academic classes, student samples, including many from Jim''s ACCESS (Academic Success) program for struggling students who want to succeed.

Reading Reminders features Jim Burke''s 100 best techniques for teaching reading, complete with tools and techniques on how to implement them.