Almarode, John

"This playbook is about how learning works. How do students learn and how can we leverage this knowledge into great learning, through the design of our classrooms, learning experiences, and tasks? We want our students to effectively learn the content, skills, and understandings associated with the specific subject area of focus. From inferences in English Language Arts, deforestation in Environmental Science, perspective in Art, or spatial awareness in physical education, the range of topics and ideas is as diverse as the students in our classrooms. In addition, the content, skills, and understandings associated with each content area are not isolated from social, emotional, affective, and language learning. The characterization of learning as "reading, writing, and arithmetic" does not even come close to conceptualizing the highly complex, multidimensional, highly coveted outcome we strive for in our classrooms: flexible, durable, and useable learning"--.

"Designed to extend, not supplant, the bestselling book The Teacher Clarity Playbook, this new playbook focuses on success criteria and how to make them a part of your teaching and your classroom. This book is meant to be used, not read, and is filled with templates that allow guided and independent practice for teachers in any subject area"-- Provided by publisher.

"The contents of From Snorkelers to Scuba Divers teachers as they respond to the recent attention on American students' performance in science relative to the rest of the world, as well as the many initiatives to improve the performance of students in the learning of science, focusing specifically on the K-5 classroom. The strategies presented throughout the text target specific science skills and concepts presented in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Skills and concepts vary from chapter to chapter to ensure each grade level and area within science (i.e., Earth and Space, Life, Physical Sciences) are represented. Furthermore, connections are made between the NGSS and Common Core Standards in both mathematics and literacy"--.