“Students need to be reminded that revision isn’t merely making a few cosmetic changes. Revision is seeing and then reseeing our words and practicing strategies that make a difference in our writing.”
—Georgia Heard

“You mean I have to change my writing?” Georgia Heard frequently hears this question from students as well. “We must... more

A best-selling and beloved teaching resource, Awakening the Heart inspired thousands of teachers to learn the power of infusing poetry into the everyday life of their classrooms rather than relegating it to one month out of the year.

In this fresh new edition, Georgia Heard offers updated strategies, lessons, mentor texts, and examples from both professional... more

Barry Lane’s bestselling  After THE END helped teachers see revision in a whole new light, and inspired a generation of students to not only embrace revision, but to realize that writing is revision.  The long-awaited second edition keeps Barry’s humorous and endearing tone and updates his ideas, lessons, and activities for teaching writing with heart,... more

Beyond Pizzas & Pies is all about building a foundational understanding of fractions

This book helps teachers and students understand fractions as numbers, including the use of equivalency and thinking about benchmark numbers, so that when students start to compute with fractions (see the companion volume, Beyond... more

Dear Teachers,

This new edition of When Kids Can’t Read—What Teachers Can Do, like the original edition, is based on my bedrock belief that reading, though not an innate ability for anyone, is a critical skill for all.

Reading changes us. It changes the way we think, the way we see the world, the way we process information... more

Uncover the Power of Nonfiction with The Primary Comprehension Toolkit

The Primary Comprehension Toolkit stands out with its sharp focus on nonfiction texts, presenting a wealth of strategies and lessons to empower students to engage with, understand, and learn from informational texts. The Toolkit helps students navigate informational text, connect new ideas... more

Word Study Lessons: Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary, Grade 3, provides 100 concise lessons driven by clear language principles from The Fountas & Pinnell Comprehensive Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Guide. The lessons help students attend to, learn about, and efficiently use sounds, letters, and words out of text and as they read and write. Word... more

Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Lessons, Grade 2, provides 100 concise lessons driven by clear language principles from The Fountas & Pinnell Comprehensive Phonics, Spelling, and Word Study Guide. The lessons help children attend to, learn about, and efficiently use sounds, letters, and words out of text and as they read and write. Phonics, Spelling,... more