Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
Atwell, N. (1998). In the middle: New understandings about writing, reading and
learning (2nd ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
This enjoyable account of a teachers journey to enlightenment in the implementation of
a reading and writing workshop is explored. The beginning of the book gives
background on the effective strategies and considerations when teaching adolescent
reading and writing. The heart of the book goes into detail as to how to implement
reading and writing workshops, considering such ideas as mini lessons, evaluations and
response to students. The last section and the appendix gives a clear account on how to
manage and implement this engaged reading and writing workshop
Charles, C.M. (2011) Building classroom discipline, 10th ed. Allyn & Bacon
This book gives a general overview of many theorists. It gives websites/books for further
reading on the many theorists described in this book. I liked many of the ideas they
highlighted from most all of the theorists and I can use this book as a great starting place
for further research in areas I find significant in my career. Some of the theorists are
similar but many have new ideas to me that I can learn a lot more about.
Fields, M.V & Boesser, K (2010) Constructive guidance and discipline. 5th ed.
Merrill
This book describes different behaviors one may encounter in classrooms and how
to deal with them in a positive, constructive manner. It gives insight as to what may
be the cause and effect of various situations. This will be a good book to reference
when dealing with most problems and understanding different needs the students
may be struggling to meet.
Fletcher, R., Portalupi, J., (2001). Writing workshop The essential guide.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
This book is a brief and personal account of the set up of a writers workshop. This book
includes ideas for a workshop that include, writing time, space, writing cycles, skills and
assessments. The table of contents is easy to navigate and directs you to a topic of
interest about the writing workshops. At the end of the book there is a valuable
appendix where tables, charts and prompts valuable to a writers workshop can be
copied.
Freeman, D., Freeman, Y. (2004) Essential linguistics What you need to know to
teach reading ESL spelling phonics grammar. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
This is a great resource for intermediate spelling and vocabulary development. This
book shows how vocabulary and spelling can be approached from a linguistic
perspective. English phonology and orthography are explored in detail and supporting
research backs the use of a linguistic approach to reading and writing. There are lots of
ideas in this article for implementing more meaningful and authentic lessons on spelling
and vocabulary
Glasser, W., (1993). The Quality School Teacher. New York, NY: Harper Collins. A
philosophy that I believe is a goal to strive for, with my students and myself. As a resource and a
guide to implementing the idea of expecting the best from students, this is a good book to refresh
inspirations.
Jensen, Eric. 2009. How Poverty Affects Behavior and Academic Performance. In Teaching with
Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It.
Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
This book is a great tool for teaching all students, Jensen focuses on how to capture the attention
of students from lower socio economic backgrounds, however all students can and should be
taught using multiple ideas presented in his books.
Johnston, Peter H., (2012), Opening Minds: Using Language to Change Lives. Portland,
Maine: Steinhouse Publishers.
Growth mindset, such a powerful new way to give praise and teach students that we need to fail
in order to succeed. Easy to read, should be occasionally re-read to instill and strengthen
strategies for helping students with a growth mindset.
Lemov, D. (2010) Teach like a champion: 49 techniques that put students on the path
to college. Jossey-Bass.
This book is a great book for motivational teaching strategies. There are 49
Different approaches to getting the most out of students in valuable classroom time. It
refers to various techniques that can be grouped together to create an even more effective
use of time engaging students. Some of these techniques can also be viewed on a DVD
included with the book for a more visual representation of what is being described. The
contents in the beginning of the book make it easy to flip to an area of interest and work
on specific skills. This book is full of a variety of techniques that will actively engage
students and create an exciting learning environment for the students as well as the
teacher. I am sold on this book and the effectiveness of what it teaches.
*Lickona, T. (1994) Raising good children, Bantom,
This is a very good book divided into different age groups from infancy to teens.
Childrens developmental levels are explained in a well-written way that is easy and
inspiring to read. He gives a lot of examples of how you could implement positive
discipline while encouraging a childs autonomy. This book should be read and
referenced often just to inspire and refresh the ideas regarding moral autonomy and
developmental appropriateness.
Loewen, James W. (2010). Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of
Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster
Great way to keep focus, tell the truth and teach what has the most meaning to teachers and
students. Looking at the big picture and designing and creating all curriculum accordingly.
Inspiring as well as an alternative view on teaching history to both younger and older students
history.
MacKenzie, R. (2010) Setting limits in the classroom. 3rd ed. Prima.
Here is another well-written book that can be referenced when beginning to implement
some of the challenges, teachers may encounter, such as keeping on schedule, PAT
incentives, and managing power struggles. I will definitely use this book as I think all the
methods of setting limits are positive, and allow children to decide on making good
choices. The constructivist approach is used in this book.
Miller, D., (2008) Teaching with Intention Defining Beliefs, Aligning Practice, Taking Action.
Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers.
Nelson, J. (1981) Positive Discipline. Ballantine.
This book is written in a manner that is interesting and informative regarding
positive discipline. Through numerous examples and explanations her theory adapted
from Dreikers and Alder are easy to understand and apply. There are two chapters in this
book that I found especially useful for a future resource on establishing classroom/family
meetings. I will use this book as a tool to refer to when creating positive relationships
with my students and my own children.
Scarpaci, R. (2007) Case study approaches to classroom management.
The IOSIE method of reflecting on a problem is explained in a way that you can use it as
a template to organize and solve problems. Examples given can be compared to
problems that one may have and then guide you to figuring out a discipline problem.
Tomlinson, C. (2001) How to differentiate instruction in mixed-ability classrooms.
Pearson
This book gives great strategies to teach to different types of learning types. Figuring out
those learning types seem a bit confusing in the book. Great reference of examples of
differentiated learning activities to try. Maybe I need to try more of these examples and
it will help me understand the differentiated learning a bit better. So definitely use as a
reference when designing lesson plans so that I will better understand the book and
differentiated planning.

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