Strategic Instruction | Silver Strong & Associates / Thoughtful Education Press https://thoughtfulclassroom.com Mon, 28 Apr 2025 02:04:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 171079558 Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works: Ready-to-Use Techniques for Increasing Student Achievement https://thoughtfulclassroom.com/product/tools-for-classroom-instruction-that-works/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tools-for-classroom-instruction-that-works Thu, 30 May 2019 00:12:14 +0000 http://healthexpedition.net/?post_type=product&p=1073 By Harvey F. Silver, Cheryl Abla, Abigail L. Boutz, Matthew J. Perini

Published by Silver Strong & Associates and McREL International.

The book that unites McREL’s renowned research with the award-winning tools of the Thoughtful Classroom.

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Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works: Ready-to-Use Techniques for Increasing Student Achievement

$38.95

By Harvey F. Silver, Cheryl Abla, Abigail L. Boutz, Matthew J. Perini

Published by Silver Strong & Associates and McREL International.

The book that unites McREL’s renowned research with the award-winning tools of the Thoughtful Classroom.

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Foreword by Bryan Goodwin

When Robert Marzano and his team published Classroom Instruction That Works in 2001, they gave educators a powerful framework for understanding education research—a framework that answered the question: Which strategies work in the classroom? More recently, a team of researchers at McREL International updated Classroom Instruction That Works, using new research to ensure that the framework and its strategies are truly our “best bets” for raising achievement.

But what many educators are looking for is the how. How do we put the power of the research to work in our classrooms? How do we adapt the generalizations in the research to meet the needs of our students? The answer: “With the right tools.” 

Tools for Classroom Instruction That Works gives educators over 50 classroom-ready tools that make it easy to put the research-based recommendations from Classroom Instruction That Works into practice tomorrow. Organized according to the renowned Classroom Instruction That Works framework, this addition to the award-winning Tools for Today’s Educators series is the simplest and most practical way to ensure higher levels of student achievement in every classroom.

Includes classroom-ready tools for

  • Setting objectives and providing feedback
  • Reinforcing effort and providing recognition
  • Cooperative learning
  • Cues, questions, and advance organizers
  • Nonlinguistic representations
  • Summarizing and note taking
  • Assigning homework and providing practice
  • Identifying similarities and differences
  • Generating and testing hypotheses

Additional information

Weight 1.30 lbs
Dimensions 8.5 × 11 in
Edition

First
First Publication Date

January 2018
Publisher

Silver Strong & Associates; McREL International
Copyright

© 2018 Silver Strong & Associates
Pages

238
ISBN

978-1-58284-215-8
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This book is packed with powerful, easy-to-use tools. Anyone who wants to improve teaching—teacher, coach, administrator, anyone—will find it incredibly useful.
Jim Knight

Author of The Impact Cycle and Better Conversations

This book is an ideal resource for meeting the growing call for ‘best first instruction.’ It is strongly aligned to the Classroom Instruction That Works research base, and it provides high-impact tools that help educators turn the research into powerful classroom practice.
Bj Stone

Co-author, Classroom Instruction That Works (Second Edition)

With the tools in this book, you can develop greater precision and build your instructional repertoire as you learn from research and from the experience of master teachers.
Bryan Goodwin

President and CEO, McREL International

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]]> 1073 Tools for Conquering the Common Core: Classroom-Ready Techniques for Targeting the ELA/Literacy Standards https://thoughtfulclassroom.com/product/tools-for-conquering-the-common-core/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tools-for-conquering-the-common-core Wed, 29 May 2019 06:29:13 +0000 http://healthexpedition.net/?post_type=product&p=1019 By Harvey F. Silver, Abigail L. Boutz

Published by Silver Strong & Associates

A simple and powerful way to target the development of students’ literacy skills

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Tools for Conquering the Common Core is the ideal resource for meeting the challenge of more rigorous standards and tests. It provides 35 classroom-ready techniques for targeting the reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills that are at the heart of today’s ELA/literacy standards. With easy-to-follow steps, ready-to-go reproducibles, and classroom examples, this book empowers teachers to develop essential literacy skills without sacrificing their regular content and curriculum.

Not just for teachers using the Common Core Standards, Tools for Conquering the Common Core will help any teacher build the critical literacy skills embedded in all college and career readiness standards.

Every tool is structured around four key questions:

  • What is it? A brief description of the tool and its purpose.
  • What are the benefits of using this tool? A one-paragraph explanation of the literacy skill or instructional challenge the tool addresses.
  • What are the basic steps? A step-by-step description of how to implement the tool—never more than seven steps.
  • How is this tool used in the classroom? A snapshot of the tool at work, with examples drawn from real classrooms.

Tools for Conquering the Common Core enriches the learning experience for all my students, from my most skilled to my most challenged. My copy is full of Post-its and highlights, and it’s always close at hand. I don’t leave home without it!

Mary Jo Ferguson

2008 Teacher of the Year, Ohio School Resource Officers Association (OSROA), Lorain City Schools, Lorain, OH

This user-friendly book offers practical, motivating, learning-focused approaches that are grounded in research on exemplary practices. A ‘must have’ addition to every teacher’s library and a terrific resource for professional development!

Pam Robbins

Leadership & Learning Consultant and Author, Staunton, VA and Napa, CA

Unlike so many things in life, this book delivers on its promise. It provides our teachers with an easy-to-understand set of tools to raise student achievement and fast track improvements that produce significant and measurable results.

Casey Vier

Academic Dean, Children’s Aid College Prep Charter School, Bronx, NY

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]]> 1019 The Strategic Teacher – Selecting the Right Research-Based Strategy for Every Lesson https://thoughtfulclassroom.com/product/the-strategic-teacher/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-strategic-teacher Sat, 25 May 2019 03:13:45 +0000 http://healthexpedition.net/?post_type=product&p=882 By Harvey F. Silver, Richard W. Strong, Matthew J. Perini

Published by ASCD

The ultimate guide to research-based strategies.

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Foreword by Robert J. Marzano

This best-selling book features 20 of the most reliable research-based and classroom-proven strategies for teachers of all subjects and grade levels. To ensure that classroom implementation is easy and effective, each strategy contains

  • A brief introduction to the strategy.
  • An example of a teacher using the strategy in the classroom.
  • The research base supporting the strategy and how it benefits students.
  • A list of clear implementation steps.
  • Guidance through the planning process.
  • Additional tools, variations, and resources for adapting and expanding the use of the strategy.

A touchstone text, one of the very first documents in a new and exciting field where the science of teaching is perfectly aligned with the art of teaching and the wisdom of the teachers who practice it every day.

Robert J. Marzano

Researcher and best-selling author of "The Art and Science of Teaching"

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]]> 882 The Core Six: Essential Strategies for Achieving Excellence with the Common Core https://thoughtfulclassroom.com/product/the-core-six-essential-strategies-for-achieving-excellence-with-the-common-core/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-core-six-essential-strategies-for-achieving-excellence-with-the-common-core Fri, 24 May 2019 02:23:54 +0000 http://healthexpedition.net/?post_type=product&p=873 By Harvey F. Silver, R. Thomas Dewing, Matthew J. Perini

One of the best-selling education books of the last decade!

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Looking for strategies to translate the Common Core into classroom practice? Enter The Core Six: a collection of six research-based, classroom-proven strategies that will help you and your students respond to the demands of the Common Core. Relying on more than 40 years of research and insight from classroom teachers, the authors have selected these six strategies for their ability to raise student achievement and refined each one to build the most critical Common Core skills. Best of all, these six strategies can be used across all grade levels and subject areas. For each strategy, this practical resource provides

  • An explanation of how the strategy addresses specific Common Core goals.
  • The research behind the strategy.
  • A checklist for implementing the strategy in any classroom.
  • Multiple sample lessons that illustrate the strategy in action.
  • Planning considerations to ensure effective use of the strategy.

Over 135,000 copies sold!

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