Rigor in the K–5 Math and Science Classroom: A Teacher Toolkit

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your math or science classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators and consultants Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for elementary math and science teachers. Topics covered include: 
Creating a rigorous environment 
High expectations 
Support and scaffolding 
Demonstration of learning 
Assessing student progress 
Collaborating with colleagues 
The book comes with classroom-ready tools, offered in the book and as free eResources on our website at www.routledge.com/9780367343194.

Education & Teaching

Blackburn, Barbara R.

Armstrong, Abbigail

Schools & Teaching

Routledge

Learn how to incorporate rigorous activities in your math or science classroom and help students reach higher levels of learning. Expert educators and consultants Barbara R. Blackburn and Abbigail Armstrong offer a practical framework for understanding rigor and provide specialized examples for elementary math and science teachers. Topics covered include: <ul> <li>Creating a rigorous environment</li> <li>High expectations</li> <li>Support and scaffolding</li> <li>Demonstration of learning</li> <li>Assessing student progress</li> <li>Collaborating with colleagues</li> </ul> The book comes with classroom-ready tools, offered in the book and as free eResources on our website at www.routledge.com/9780367343194.

Rigor for Students with Special Needs

This practical guide explains how to raise the rigor for students with special needs so they can achieve higher levels of learning. Bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn and intervention expert Bradley S. Witzel provide helpful information on assessment, planning, co-teaching models, high expectations, common obstacles, and emphasizing positive outcomes. This second edition offers new, expanded instructional strategies for literacy and math, as well as strategies that work across subject areas. In addition, each chapter is filled with tools and examples to help you implement the ideas. 
Perfect for general and special educators and supervisors, the book also comes with a study guide so you can collaborate on the book with building or district colleagues. With the practical information in this book, you’ll understand how to teach with higher expectations and rigor so that all students can feel successful.

Science & Math

Witzel, Bradley S.

Physics

"How can you ensure students are engaged and learning at deeper levels? This book from bestselling author Barbara R. Blackburn is a treasure chest of more than 250 practical and effective tools that can be used across grade levels and subject areas to increase rigor, leading to higher levels of learning and success. Topics include scaffolding; differentiation; higher-level questions; high expectations; gradual release of responsibility; and more. This essential second edition offers more than 50 additional tools, updated research, and new topics such as teaching academic discourse, creating an environment of respect, and building students social and emotional learning. Rigor in Your Classroom will be your go-to resource throughout the school year, as you continually use new tools with your students. Bonus: The tools are accompanied by graphic organizers, charts, templates, and reproducibles for easy implementation"--

Rigor in Your Classroom: A Toolkit for Teachers

Behavioral Sciences

Leadership for Remote Learning: Strategies for Success

Williamson, Ronald

Learn how to adapt leadership and keep motivation alive in a remote learning setting or hybrid school. In this essential book, bestselling authors Ronald Williamson and Barbara R. Blackburn share frameworks and tools you can use to immediately make a difference in your school. You'll learn how to do the following: <ul> <li>Navigate the change process in remote learning</li> <li>Maintain a collaborative remote learning school</li> <li>Address equity issues in remote instruction</li> <li>Communicate effectively across online platforms</li> <li>Provide essential professional development remotely</li> </ul> The chapter coverage ranges from school culture, to collaboration, to instructional leadership, to focusing on your own effective leadership. You will gain practical strategies and tips you can implement immediately to help your school and community flourish in a remote learning environment.

Leadership for Remote Learning

Teachers are required to increase the rigor for students, but how? This book by bestselling author and rigor expert Barbara Blackburn has the answer! It is a treasure chest of more than 200 practical and highly-effective tools that can be used across grade levels and subject areas to increase student rigor, leading your students to higher engagement and deeper learning. Topics covered include… <ul>
<li>Asking higher-level questions </li> <li>Scaffolding to help all students achieve success</li> <li>Differentiating instruction and using modifications</li> <li>Fostering independence through gradual release of responsibility</li> <li>Increasing text difficulty and teaching close reading</li> <li>Setting high expectations </li> <li>Changing students’ views of success</li> <li>Encouraging effort and goal-setting</li> <li>Creating an environment that is conducive to learning</li> <li>Using effective grading policies and assessment tools</li> <li>Working with parents, colleagues, and administrators</li> <li>And much, much more!</li> </ul>
Rigor in Your Classroom will be your go-to resource throughout the school year, as you continually return to it to try new tools with your students. Bonus: The tools are accompanied by graphic organizers, charts, templates, and reproducibles for easy implementation.

Rigor in Your Classroom

Teachers are required to increase the rigor for students, but how? This book by bestselling author and rigor expert Barbara Blackburn has the answer! It is a treasure chest of more than 200 practical and highly-effective tools that can be used across grade levels and subject areas to increase student rigor, leading your students to higher engagement and deeper learning.  Topics covered include…   Asking higher-level questions    Scaffolding to help all students achieve success   Differentiating instruction and using modifications   Fostering independence through gradual release of responsibility   Increasing text difficulty and teaching close reading   Setting high expectations    Changing students’ views of success   Encouraging effort and goal-setting   Creating an environment that is conducive to learning   Using effective grading policies and assessment tools   Working with parents, colleagues, and administrators   And much, much more!  Rigor in Your Classroom will be your go-to resource throughout the school year, as you continually return to it to try new tools with your students. Bonus: The tools are accompanied by graphic organizers, charts, templates, and reproducibles for easy implementation.

Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom: Tools and Strategies

Learn how to differentiate instruction while maintaining a rigorous learning environment. In this practical book, rigor expert Barbara R. Blackburn shows that the differentiated classroom doesn’t mean extra work for top students and easy work for others; instead, you can have high expectations for all students and provide scaffolding so that everyone can reach success. She also addresses many of the greatest concerns teachers have about implementing differentiated instruction, including:      How to manage your time so that you can create lessons, find resources, and grade assignments for students working at different levels;  How to balance differentiated instruction and teaching standards;  How to ensure rigor at all tiers of instruction; How to collaborate with teachers and other faculty members; How to differentiate homework and other out-of-class assignments;  How to explain differentiated instruction to parents and families;  And more...     Each chapter includes practical tools and activities that you can use immediately to bring all students to higher levels of achievement. Many of these tools are available as eResources and can be downloaded for free from the book’s product page: www.routledge.com/9780815394471.

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Rigor in the K–5 Math and Science Classroom: A Teacher Toolkit

Rigor in the K–5 Math and Science Classroom: A Teacher Toolkit

Rigor for Students with Special Needs

Rigor for Students with Special Needs

Rigor in Your Classroom: A Toolkit for Teachers

Leadership for Remote Learning: Strategies for Success

Leadership for Remote Learning

Rigor in Your Classroom

Rigor in Your Classroom: A Toolkit for Teachers

Rigor and Differentiation in the Classroom: Tools and Strategies