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Education: Resources by Grade

A general guide for students and faculty of the School of Education.

Resources by Grade

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

180 Days of Reading for Kindergarten: Practice, Assess, Diagnose by Suzanne I. Barchers
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425895082

Publication Date: 2013

Build reading comprehension and word study skills in kindergarten using daily practice activities. This resource is perfect for the classroom or at home.
180 Days of Writing for Kindergarten by Tracy Pearce
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897666

Publication Date: 2015

Increase students' writing abilities in various text types through these easy-to-use activities. In creative, theme-based units, students will learn about the writing process through mentor texts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study for Kindergarten: Practice, Asses, Diagnose by Shireen Pesez Rhoades
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425855116

Publication Date: 2019

Provide kindergarten students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through the quick, diagnostic-based activities in this workbook.
Reaching Standards and Beyond in Kindergarten: Nurturing Children's Sense of Wonder and Joy in Learning by Gera Jacobs; Kathleen E. Crowley
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781412957250

Publication Date: 2009

This book shows teachers how to help young children reach standards in literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts through creative play activities that ignite their enthusiasm to learn. The authors also offer suggestions for promoting healthy physical and social-emotional development.
Kindergarten Readiness by Nancy L. Cappelloni
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781452278667

Publication Date: 2013

This book will help you: Understand the complexities of the transition to kindergarten; Implement a successful program of instruction and assessment appropriate for children with various abilities; Align your lessons with Common Core kindergarten standards; Assess young children's skills and abilities; Tailor your program to enrich learning for all students
Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison Mcghee; Harry Bliss (Illustrator)
Call Number: EASY MCG (Lodi Campus Library, Toron Collection)

ISBN: 9780152055868

Publication Date: 2006

Ten days before the start of kindergarten, a preschooler can not tie her shoes by herself and fears the worst.
Miss Bindergarten Celebrates the 100th Day of Kindergarten by Joseph Slate; Ashley Wolff (Illustrator)
Call Number: EASY SLA (Lodi Campus Library, Toron Collection)

ISBN: 9780142500057

Publication Date: 2003

Miss Bindergarten, the world's best kindergarten teacher, is getting ready for another milestone. Tomorrow she and her class will have been together for 100 days. To celebrate, each student must bring "100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing!" At night, while the students go to work assembling their projects, Miss Bindergarten is working, too, making special surprises for the class. The 100th day of kindergarten is bound to be unforgettable!
Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary; Jacqueline Rogers (Illustrator)
Call Number: FIC CLR (Lodi Campus Library, Toron Collection)

ISBN: 9780688217211

Publication Date: 1968

Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary expertly depicts the trials and triumphs of growing up through a relatable heroine who isn't afraid to be exactly who she is. Ramona Quimby is excited to start kindergarten. No longer does she have to watch her older sister, Beezus, ride the bus to school with all the big kids. She's finally old enough to do it too! Then she gets into trouble for pulling her classmate's boingy curls during recess. Even worse, her crush rejects her in front of everyone. Beezus says Ramona needs to quit being a pest, but how can she stop if she never was trying to be one in the first place? Readers ages 6-12 will laugh and relate to Ramona's timeless adventures.
Developing Young Minds: From Conception to Kindergarten by Rebecca A. Shore
Call Number: LB1139.23.S58 2015 (Lodi Campus Library, Toron Collection)

ISBN: 9781607093527

Publication Date: 2015

Ever wonder what is going on in a baby's brain? Or how you can best nurture a child's natural development? Or why exactly Bach is better than Mozart for babies? This book will explain why. No technical knowledge is necessary, as Shore makes recent neurological findings accessible to all those who come into contact with young children. Everything a baby experiences in his or her first five years is building the foundation of life's learning potential. Through increasing the complexity of the early childhood environment in developmentally appropriate ways, we can nurture young children's brains.
Designing Early Literacy Programs: Strategies for At-Risk Preschool and Kindergarten Children by Lea M. McGee; Donald J. Richgels
Call Number: LB1140.5.L3 M36 2003 (Lodi Campus Library, Toron Collection)

ISBN: 9781572308909

Publication Date: 2003

Taking professionals and students step by step through conceptualizing, planning, and implementing an effective early literacy program, this book focuses on preventing reading difficulties and promoting success in at-risk 3- to 5-year-olds. The authors draw on extensive research and many years of influential work in real classrooms. A comprehensive framework is delineated for helping young children construct meaning from different kinds of texts, develop key oral language skills, and learn concepts about print and the alphabet.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Getting Ready for First Grade by Jodene Smith
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897833

Publication Date: 2016

Blast away learning loss for rising first grade students with fun theme-based units including language arts, mathematics, and critical and creative thinking activities. Support parents with everyday learning ideas and a handbook about today's standards.
180 Days of Writing for First Grade by Jodene Smith
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897673

Publication Date: 2015

Increase students' writing abilities in various text types through these easy-to-use activities. In creative, theme-based units, students will learn about the writing process through mentor texts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
Practice, Assess, Diagnose by Suzanne I. Barchers
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425895099

Publication Date: 2013

Boost first-graders' reading comprehension and word study skills using 180 daily practice activities. Teachers and parents will find this resource perfect to use in the classroom or at home.
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study for First Grade by Shireen Pesez Rhoades
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425855123

Publication Date: 2019

Provide first grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through the quick, diagnostic-based activities in this workbook.
What Your First Grader Needs to Know by E. D. Hirsch
Call Number: LB1571 1ST .W53 1991 (Lodi Campus Library)

ISBN: 9780385411158

Publication Date: 1991-08-01

A collection of fundamental knowledge of a wide range of subject areas, from language arts to technology, for first graders.
Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol
Call Number: LB1776.2.K69 2007 (Lodi Campus Library)

ISBN: 9780307393715

Publication Date: 2007-08-21

In these affectionate letters to Francesca, a first grade teacher at an inner-city school in Boston, Jonathan Kozol vividly describes his repeated visits to her classroom while, under Francesca's likably irreverent questioning, he also reveals his own most personal stories of the years that he has spent in public schools. Letters to a Young Teacherreignites a numberof the controversial issues Jonathan has powerfully addressed in recent years: the mania of high-stakes testing that turns many classrooms into test-prep factories where spontaneity and critical intelligence are no longer valued, the invasion of our public schools by predatory private corporations, and the inequalities of urban schools that are once again almost as segregated as they were a century ago. But most of all, these letters are rich with the happiness of teaching children, the curiosity and jubilant excitement children bring into the classroom at an early age, and their ability to overcome their insecurities when they are in the hands of an adoring and hard-working teacher.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Getting Ready for Second Grade by Jodene Smith
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897840

Publication Date: 2016

Keep students sharp during the summer months with fun theme-based units including language arts, mathematics, and critical and creative thinking activities. Support parents with everyday learning ideas and a handbook about today's standards.
180 Days of Writing for Second Grade by Brenda A. Van Dixhorn
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897680

Publication Date: 2015

Increase students' writing abilities in various text types through these easy-to-use activities. In creative, theme-based units, students will learn about the writing process through mentor texts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study for Second Grade by Shireen Pesez Rhoades
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425855130

Publication Date: 2019

Provide second grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through the quick, diagnostic-based activities in this workbook.
What Your 2nd Grader Needs to Know by E. D. Hirsch
Call Number: LB1571 2ND .W47 1991 (Lodi Campus Library)

ISBN: 9780385411165

Publication Date: 1991

What will your child be expected to learn in the second grade? How can you help him or her at home? This book answers these all-important questions and more, offering the specific shared knowledge that hundreds of parents and teachers across the nation have agreed upon for American second graders. Designed for parents and teachers to enjoy with children, featuring a new Introduction, this second-grade volume of the Core Knowledge Series presents the knowledge and skills that should be at the core of a challenging second-grade education.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Getting Ready for Third Grade by Wendy Conklin
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897857

Publication Date: 2016

Prepare students for third grade with fun theme-based units including language arts, mathematics, and critical and creative thinking activities. Support parents with everyday learning ideas and a handbook about successfully navigating today's standards.
180 Days of Reading for Third Grade by Christine Dugan
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781618137647

Publication Date: 2017

This resource provides third grade teachers and parents of third grade students with 180 daily practice activities to build and gauge students reading comprehension and word study skills. Great for after school and intervention programs, students gain regular practice through these quick diagnostic-based activities.
180 Days of Writing for Third Grade by Kristi Sturgeon
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897697

Publication Date: 2015

Increase students' writing abilities in various text types through these easy-to-use activities. In creative, theme-based units, students will learn about the writing process through mentor texts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study for Third Grade by Shireen Pesez Rhoades
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425855147

Publication Date: 2019

Provide third grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through the quick, diagnostic-based activities in this workbook.
Argument-Driven Inquiry in Third Grade Science: Three-Dimensional Investigations by Victor Sampson; Ashley Murphy
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781681405186

Publication Date: 2019

Are you interested in using argument-driven inquiry (ADI) for elementary instruction but just aren't sure how to do it? You aren't alone. Argument-Driven Inquiry in Third-Grade Science will provide you with both the information and instructional materials you need to start using this method right away. The book is a one-stop source of expertise, advice, and investigations. It's designed to help your third graders work the way scientists do while integrating literacy and math at the same time.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Highlights for Children

Getting Ready for Fourth Grade by Wendy Conklin
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897864

Publication Date: 2016

Blast away summer learning loss with fun theme-based units including language arts, mathematics, and critical and creative thinking activities. Support parents with everyday learning ideas and a handbook about today's standards.
Speaking of Fourth Grade: What Listening to Kids Tells Us About School in America by Inda Schaenen
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781595589811

Publication Date: 2014

Fourth grade is ground zero in the fierce debates about education reform in America. It's when kids (well, some of them) make the shift from 'learning to read' to 'reading to learn, ' and tomes have been written about the fourth-grade year by educators, administrators, philosophers, and pundits. Now ... Inda Schaenen adds the voices of actual fourth-grade kids to the conversation
180 Days of Writing for Fourth Grade by Kristin Kemp
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897703

Publication Date: 2015

Increase students' writing abilities in various text types through these easy-to-use activities. In creative, theme-based units, students will learn about the writing process through mentor texts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study for Fourth Grade by Shireen Pesez Rhoades
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425855154

Publication Date: 2019

Provide fourth grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through the quick, diagnostic-based activities in this workbook.
What Your Fourth Grader Needs to Know by E. D. Hirsch
Call Number: LB1571.W48 1992 (Lodi Campus Library)

ISBN: 9780385411189

Publication Date: 1992

Provides essential knowledge for fourth grade children, including subject areas of language arts, fine arts, history, geography, mathematics, science, and technology.

NoveList
NoveList is the premier database of reading recommendations. NoveList provides intuitive book suggestions that inspire adult and young readers’ love of the written word.
Primary Search
Primary Search provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990.

Highlights for Children

Getting Ready for Fifth Grade by Wendy Conklin
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897871

Publication Date: 2016

Prevent learning loss and prepare students for fifth grade with fun theme-based units including language arts, mathematics, and critical and creative thinking activities. Support parents with everyday learning ideas and a handbook about today's standards.
180 Days of Writing for Fifth Grade by Torrey Maloof
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897710

Publication Date: 2015

Increase students' writing abilities in various text types through these easy-to-use activities. In creative, theme-based units, students will learn about the writing process through mentor texts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study for Fifth Grade by Shireen Pesez Rhoades
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425855161

Publication Date: 2019

Provide fifth grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through the quick, diagnostic-based activities in this workbook.
Upper Elementary Math Lessons: Case Studies of Real Teaching by Anna O. Graeber; Linda Valli; Kristie Jones Newton
Call Number: QA135.6.G728 2011 (Lodi Campus Library, Toron Collection)

ISBN: 9781442211964

Publication Date: 2011

Provides descriptive cases, accompanied by analytic commentaries, of nine upper-elementary grade mathematics lessons that represent an array of sound teaching practices.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

180 Days of Writing for Sixth Grade by Wendy Conklin
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425897727

Publication Date: 2015-01-10

Increase students' writing abilities in various text types through these easy-to-use activities. In creative, theme-based units, students will learn about the writing process through mentor texts and then apply what they have learned to their own writing.
180 Days of Spelling and Word Study for Sixth Grade by Shireen Pesez Rhoades
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781425855178

Publication Date: 2019

Provide sixth grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through the quick, diagnostic-based activities in this workbook.
Adolescent Lives in Transition: How Social Class Influences the Adjustment to Middle School by Donna Marie San Antonio
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781423739449

Publication Date: 2004

Addressing the issues of educational equity and social class diversity, Donna Marie San Antonio documents the challenges adolescents face when making the transition from elementary school to middle school. The book explores the values, resources, and ways of interacting that students from diverse economic backgrounds bring from their families and communities, and how they are enabled or discouraged from integrating these assets in their new school environment.
Middle School and the Age of Adjustment by Eileen Bernstein
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9780897899062

Publication Date: 2002

Middle school is a time in children's lives when they experience tremendous changes: physically, emotionally, and socially. It is a very vulnerable stage when children are exposed to risky behaviors, intense peer pressure, and a possible academic decline. Parents need to be aware of the issues and challenges that their children face so that they can help to solve problems in a proactive manner. When parents work closely with school personnel, young adolescents are guided more effectively. The author, who has worked as a middle school counselor, reveals actual problems that a school counselor might encounter among students and provides vignettes of student situations and conversations with parents.
Core Focus Grade 6: Test Practice for Common Core by Christine R. Gray; Carrie Meyers
Call Number: LB3060.57 .G73 2015 (Lodi Campus Library)

ISBN: 9781438005928

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Student-friendly worksheets for grade 6 students reinforce classroom practices, and provides practice tests that pinpoint the student's strengths and weaknesses.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

NoveList K-8
NoveList K-8 is a reading recommendation database which focuses on elementary and middle school students.
Middle Search Plus
Middle Search Plus provides full text for more than 140 popular, middle school magazines. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles). Full text is also available for thousands of biographies and historical essays. Middle Search Plus also contains 84,774 biographies, 105,786 primary source documents, and a School Image Collection of photos, maps and flags.

NoveList
NoveList is the premier database of reading recommendations. NoveList provides intuitive book suggestions that inspire adult and young readers’ love of the written word.

Student Transitions from Middle to High School: Improving Achievement and Creating a Safer Environment by J. Allen Queen
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781317919612

Publication Date: 2002

This book shows administrators and teachers what they can do to make their students' ninth grade experience a successful one. Practical and research-based, this book showcases strategies to help you reduce your dropout rate, enhance student achievement, and provide a safe environment for your ninth grade students.
Teaching Again: A Professor's Tale of Returning to a Ninth Grade Classroom by Thomas S. Poetter
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781617358739

Publication Date: 2012

Teaching Again exposes the very human core of the teaching experience. This book is not just about teaching English/language arts; it is about the heart and soul of the vocation that is teaching. It is also not just about Tom Poetter, the English teacher; it is about every individual who has ever tried to educate, whether that act has taken place in a classroom, a church or synagogue, a museum, or at the kitchen table. Teaching Again brings to life the dance of questions that vie for attention in the mind of a teacher: How do I convince students that they want to learn to what I'm trying to teach? How do I make them understand that this is really actually important to them? And, perhaps most important, how do I get them to like me, and my discipline, in the process? These are the questions that all good teachers ask themselves at the beginning, middle, and end of every single day of their professional lives. Every moment of teaching is a human transaction, and Tom brings us right into the middle of that transaction. He allows the reader to see and hear and feel the tension of the tightrope he has chosen to walk with these students. The reader is right there for the thrilling "ah-ha!" moments, and we experience the anguish of his defeats.
Health Living, Grade 10: STEM Road Map for High School by Carla C. Johnson, Janet B. Walton, Erin E. Peters-Burton
Call Number: e-book

ISBN: 9781681404967

Publication Date: 2020

In this module, students learn about health through the perspectives of a cell biologist, nutrition scientist, biochemist, physiologist, public health practitioner, consumer, and citizen. Messages about being healthy permeate society. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of what the body needs to function properly by closely examining the topics of cell metabolism and structure. Students will work in teams to investigate healthy lifestyle, examining the physiological effects of exercise and nutrition on health. Further, students will identify factors that inhibit and enhance health and interview key stakeholders in their communities.
Ready-To-Use Writing Proficiency Lessons and Activities, 10th Grade Level by Carol H. Behrman
Call Number: LB1631.B379 2004 (Lodi Campus Library)

ISBN: 9780787966003

Publication Date: 2004

An experienced teacher and author, Carol Behrman helps students develop the sound foundation they need to become proficient writers throughout their lives. Included are a variety of easy--to--use reproducible activity sheets to provide review and application of basic language skills as well as extensive practice in producing the types of writing called for in standardized tests. The steps of the writing process are emphasized throughout.

NoveList
NoveList is the premier database of reading recommendations. NoveList provides intuitive book suggestions that inspire adult and young readers’ love of the written word.