PERC Pics


On this page we will post books that we think teachers will find useful in their professional reading!

 

Great by Choice by Jim Collins 

 

Brain Rules by John Medina

 

The Reading Teacher’s Book of Lists by Edward B.Fry, Jacqueline K. Polk, & Dona Fountoukidis

 

Write Like This, Kelly Gallager

 

Permanent Present Tense, The Unforgettable Life of the Amnesic Patient, H.M., Suzanne Corkin

 

Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller,

 

Readicide – How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It by Kelly Gallagher;

 

 Book Love: Developing Depth, Stamina, and Passion in Adolescent Readersby Penny Kittle,

 

Write Beside Them: Risk, Voice, and Clarity in High School Writing, by Penny Kittle 

 

Marvellous Mini Lessons for Teaching Beginning Writing, K-3 by Lori Jamison Rog

 

Michelle J. Kelley and Nicki Clausen-Grace 

 

Reading a Whole Page: Teaching and Assessing Text Features to Meet K-5 Common Core Standards, Michelle J. Kelley and Nicki Clausen-Grace

 

Professional Capital: Transforming Teaching in Every School, by Andy Hargreaves & Michael Fullan

 

Essential Questions, by Jay McTighe & Grant Wiggins

 

Grand Conversations,Thoughtful Responses: A Unique Approach to Literature Circles, by Faye Brownlie

 

Finnish Lessons, by Pasi Sahlberg and Paul Michael Garcia

 

Book Love, by Penny Kittle

 

Wiring the Brain for Reading: Brain-Based Strategies for Teaching LiteracyMarilee Sprenger

  

Brain Rules, Dr. John Medina 

 

Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome, A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Patricia Logan Oelwein;

 

Pauline Clarke, Creating Independent Student Learners, A Practical Guide to Assessment for Learning;

 

Peter Block, The Answer to How is Yes;

 

Peter Block, Community, the Structure of Belonging;

 

Peter Senge et al, Presence

 

 Louise Duncan & Kimberly Mackey - “Increasing School Safety in Prairie Rose School Division”, MASS Journal Fall 2012

 

Persida & William Himmele- The Language-Rich Classroom

 

Persida Himmele & William Himmele – Total Participation Techniques 

 

Jennifer Katz -Teaching to Diversity

 

The Developing Brain by Marilee Sprenger

 

Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child by Marc Weissbluth

 

Fluency by Jerry Johns & Roberta Berglund

 

The Data Toolkit: Ten Practical Tools for Increasing Data Fluency and School Improvement  by

  

Notebook Know How (Strategies for the Writer’s Notebook) Aimee Buckner

 

 It’s All About the ThinkingFaye Brownlee and Leyton Schnellert

 

To Be a Boy, To Be a Reader William Brozo

 

Start Where They Are: Differentiating for Success with the Young Adolescent (with CD-ROM) by Karen Hume

 

Kids In The Syndrome Mix Of Adhd Ld As  by Martin Kutscher

 

Drumming to the Beat of Different Marchers: Finding the Rhythm for Differentiated Instruction by Debbie Silver and Peter H. Reynolds

 

Thinking at Every Desk

 

Tips from the Sisters, May 2011 

 

Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel Pink

 

Words Their Way  by Donald Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton, Francine Johnston

 

Teaching with Intention, by Debbie Millar

 

Effective Teacher Hiring by Kenneth D. Peterson

 

I can have fun on a school night! by Dr. Daniel Rosin, PhD

 

Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14  by Chip Wood

 

Reading With Meaning by Debbie Miller

 

Adolescence Literacy Summit - Engaging Middle Years - Research Soldier and Projects