Books written by Thomas DeVere Wolsey

Teaching the Language Arts: Forward Thinking in Today's Classrooms

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Calkins, L. (2001). The art of teaching reading. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Chall, J. (1983). Stages of reading development. New York: McGraw-Hill. Charity-Hudley, A., & Mallinson, C.
Mining Complex Text, Grades 6-12: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings

The process of determining relevant similarities and distinguishing features comes down to what attributes are important. Teachers may ask students to compare and contrast the characters of Harry Potter and Hermione Granger from the ...
Mining Complex Text, Grades 6-12: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Education. Townsend, D. R., & Lapp. ... Journal of Educational Administration, 47, 395–420. doi:10.1108/09578230910955818 Vacca, R. T, Vacca, J. A., & Mraz, M. (2013). Content area reading: Literacy and ...
Mining Complex Text, Grades 6-12: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings

Your power tools for making the complex comprehensible Now more than ever, our students are being asked to do highly advanced thinking, talking, and writing around their reading.
Mining Complex Text, Grades 2-5: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings

Social Studies, 101,93–102. doi:10.1080/00377991003711699 Gardner, H. (2006). ... Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 18, 36–51. doi:10.1111/1540-5826.00056 Lapp, D., Thayre, M., & Wolsey, T. D. (2014).
Mining Complex Text, Grades 2-5: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings

Your power tools for making the complex comprehensible Now more than ever, our students are being asked to do highly advanced thinking, talking, and writing around their reading.
Mining Complex Text, Grades 2-5: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings

Ms. Walker selected a concept/definition map, knowing that it would deepen students' understanding of the term and be a boon to their comprehension of the readings throughout the unit. Her goal was to have them understand the term well ...
Literacy Growth for Every Child: Differentiated Small-Group Instruction K-6

Differentiating Instruction: Needs-Based Groups Mr. Harris knows that some of his students do not generate their own questions about texts. He also knows that this deficit is causing them to disengage with books because they aren't ...
Transforming Writing Instruction in the Digital Age: Techniques for Grades 5-12

“Real-Time” Teaching by Stacy Miller, Patch American High School, Stuttgart, Germany Thomas Cahill wrote, “The historian's principle task should be to raise the dead to life” (2003, p. 8). It's one thing to write a research paper on the ...
Literacy in the Disciplines: A Teacher's Guide for Grades 5-12

Select the Text Mr. Nolan selected an online article about his school from a local newspaper. The article reported the recent fights at the school and showcased the school in a very poor light, albeit subtly. Mr. Nolan thought that the ...
Becoming a Metacognitive Teacher: A Guide for Early and Preservice Teachers

A Guide for Early and Preservice Teachers Roya Q. Scales, Thomas DeVere Wolsey, Seth A. Parsons. Looking for Spaces Learning how to teach is not easy, and you will encounter many obstacles in your path. Sometimes the obstacles are due ...
Assessment Literacy: An Educator's Guide to Understanding Assessment, K-12

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College & Careers. (2017). Assessments: Next generation assessments. Retrieved from https://parcc-assessment.org/assessments. Pashler, H., McDaniel, M., Rohrer, D., & Bjork, R. (2008).
Assessment Literacy: An Educator's Guide to Understanding Assessment, K-12

Providing Appropriate Adult Modeling of Reading Interactive read-alouds are critical because they allow teachers additional opportunities to engage students in reading (Wiseman, 2011), often outside what students have identified as ...
Mining Complex Text, Grades 2-5: Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings

Your power tools for making the complex comprehensible Now more than ever, our students are being asked to do highly advanced thinking, talking, and writing around their reading.
Assessment Literacy: An Educator's Guide to Understanding Assessment, K-12

[Feed back] UNDERWOOD: . . . mischievous that he could not be trusted far away. His mother made him stay at home and told him to keep a good fire while she went out to the millers to buy some flour. [The students continue reading, ...
Literacy in the Disciplines: A Teacher's Guide for Grades 5-12

This book gives all teachers in grades 5-12 practical strategies for building the unique literacy skills that students need for success in their respective subject areas.
Teaching the Language Arts: Forward Thinking in Today's Classrooms

The art of teaching reading. Heinemann. Chall, J. (1983). Stages of reading development. McGraw-Hill. Charity-Hudley, A., & Mallinson, C. (2011). Understanding English language variation in U.S. schools. New York, NY: Teachers College ...
Literacy in the Disciplines: A Teacher's Guide for Grades 5-12

This book gives all teachers in grades 5-12 practical strategies for building the unique literacy skills that students need for success in their respective subject areas.
Transforming Writing Instruction in the Digital Age: Techniques for Grades 5-12

An innovative, practical guide for middle and high school teachers, this book is packed with specific ways that technology can help serve the goals of effective writing instruction.
Literacy in the Disciplines: A Teacher's Guide for Grades 5-12

This book gives all teachers in grades 5-12 practical strategies for building the unique literacy skills that students need for success in their respective subject areas.