Books+of+Interest

General Education
Classroom Instruction from A-Z: How to Promote Student Learning, Barbara R. Blackburn

Science & Writing
Science Notebooks: Writing About Inquiry, Brian Campbell & Lori Fulton

Using Science Notebooks in Middle School - PB209X2**,** Michael P. Klentschy Teaching Science With Interactive Notebooks, Kellie Marcarelli [|Questions, Claims, and Evidence: The Important Place of Argument in Children's Science Writing]

[|Negotiating Science: The Critical Role of Argument in Student Inquiry, Grades 5-10]

Science & Literacy
The Essentials of Science & Literacy: A Guide for Teachers, Karen Worth, Jeff Winokur, Martha Davis, Martha Heller-Winokur, Sally Crissman Linking Science & Literacy in the K-8 Classroom, Rowena Douglas, Michael P. Klentschy, Karen Worth, Wendy Binder Making Nonfiction and Other Informational Texts Come ALive: A Practical Approach to Reading, Writing, and Using Other Informational Texts Across the Curriculum, Kathy Pike, G. Jean Mumper Reading and Writing in Science: Tools to Develop Disciplinary Literacy, Maria C. Grant, Douglas B. Fisher

Agnes Pflumm Series: Grades 4-8 YA Novels Authored by a Science Educator designed to integrate Science and Language Arts based on National Standards

Agnes Pflumm and the Stonecreek Science Fair, Merrie Koester Southgate No Place Like Periwinkle, Merrie Koester Southgate Pond Scum and Agnes Pflumm, Merrie Koester Southgate

[|The Deep Time Diaries], Gary Raham - lesson plans []

Science Inquiry & Activities
Science Formative Assessment: 75 Practical Strategies for Linking Assessment, Instruction, and Learning, Page Keely Uncovering Student Ideas in Science- 25 Formative Assessment Probes ( 4 Volumes), Page Keely

One Minute Mysteries: 65 Short Mysteries You Solve with Science, Eric Yoder The Science Teacher's Activity-A-Day, Grades 5-10: Over 180 Reproducible Pages of Quick, Fun Projects that Illustrate Basic Concepts (JB-Ed: 5 Minute FUNdamentals), Pam Walker The Greatest Science Stories Never Told: 100 tales of invention and discovery to astonish, bewilder, and stupefy, Rick Beyer The Sourcebook for Teaching Science, Grades 6-12: Strategies, Activities and Instructional Resources, Norman Herr Doing Good Science in Middle School: A Practical Guide to Inquiry Based Instruction, Olaf Jorgenson, Jackie Cleveland, Rick Vanosdall

Differentiation
Differentiated Instruction for the Middle School Science Teacher: Activities and Strategies for an Inclusive Classroom, Joan D'Amico Differentiating Instruction with Menus: Middle School- Science, Laurie E. Westphal

Teaching English Language Learners
Interactive Notebooks and English Language Learners: How to Scaffold Content for Academic Success, Marcia Carter