Yes! I Can Teach Literacy
Have you even considered what a miracle it is that any of us learn to read? As one school superintendent stated, "Teaching reading IS rocket science!" For those who wonder how to facilitate the miracle of converting a non-reader into a fluent one, Yes! I Can Teach Literacy is the book for you. Topics include assessment of reading and writing, developmental stages, emerging literacy, strategies for teaching reading, writing, and spelling, suggestions for helping children with dyslexia and disgraphia, and specific ways to meet state objectives (TAKS) by using good pedagogy. At the end of the book, the generalizations of our English language are covered as a review for teaching any area of language arts.

Teaching Responsible Behavior
Are schools and homes no longer safe sanctuaries from student indolence and outrage? Teaching Responsible Behavior is a collection of practices from some of the nation's most prestigious behavior management experts. Written in a succinct format, the text provides easy-to-apply suggestions and communication tools for accessing personal responsibility in students of all ages. Teachers, parents, and pre-service teachers will benefit from reading and reflecting on the ideas presented in Teaching Responsible Behaviors.

Making a Difference for Students with Differences
Whether you teach in a public, private, or home setting, you will sometimes face the challenge of a student who learns differently. As you strive to meet the needs of a special student, you will yearn for adaptation and modification ideas. Making a Difference for Students with Differences contains a vast collection of adaptations. Many of the ideas come from areas of expertise outside education. For that reason, some suggestions may seem strange. However, students with drastic needs require drastic responses. Following a section on modifying for learning styles, areas of reading, writing, and math explore additional ideas. Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders and Behavior Disorders also receive special attention.

Making a Difference For Students with Differences also provides support to inclusion schools by describing various models of inclusion along with descriptions of collaborative teaching. The text begins with the foundation and terminology of special education and proceeds with new terms for inclusion. A bibliography contains valuable resources for materials, equipment, and workshops in the hopes that pre-service teachers, teachers, and parents will seek additional resources for special learners.

Diversified Teaching
All too often we fall into ruts, presenting lessons the same way day after day. Diversified Teaching offers a quick and easy way to teach reading/language arts with the diversity that will maintain motivation for ages five through adult . Strategies are offered for phonics, sight words, reading fluency, comprehension, writing and more. Writing frames (guides) are provided for easy copying and suggestions for modification are offered.

Managing Cooperative Classrooms

Even after taking classes in cooperative learning, some teachers and parents find daily implementation a major challenge. Managing Cooperative Classrooms offers specific suggestions for converting lessons that are dominated by the teacher into cooperative, student centered learning experiences. The text includes explanations of the elements that differentiate cooperative groups from traditional ones.