interdisciplinary approach in education

Offers tips for improving writing skills, which can can raise grades in all subject areas.

A reference book for writing. Includes guidance for resumes, letters, college and job applications, creative and technical writing, and formal and informal writing.

Presents an introduction to the mystery genre, discussing why children and young adults might or might not enjoy mysteries, looking at series mysteries, offering suggestions for educators on how to integrate mysteries into other areas of the curriculum, and including outlines for mystery-related programs, as well as lists of mystery books.

Suggests activities for teachers in second- through sixth-grade classrooms that support differentiating comprehension instruction, including small groups, independent student practice, and game-based activities to improve student abilities in reading, writing, speaking, listening, and more.

Ideas on how to use thirty-five books in the curriculum to help reluctant readers in grades two to five.

A guide to bringing nonfiction into the curriculum in third through eighth-grade classrooms, with strategies and ideas for reading nonfiction, conducting research, and writing reports.

Presents thirty standards-based literature lessons for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary children, each with a summary of a featured picture book, a skills table, and two or more related activities.

Explains how to teach English as a second language within the regular curriculum, showing how to incorporate reading and writing into content areas, scaffolding language- and content-learning.

An exploration of creative thinking and its classroom application in grades four through eight, providing guidelines for integrating the investigative and inventing approaches within science and across the disciplines, and including reproducible activity sheets and awards.