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Teach reading right with just-in-time expert advice! A lot has changed in reading instruction over the past decades, with old assumptions and tired curricula making way for both trusted and new best practices. This book offers research-backed, classroom-tested guidance to set you on the right path. Through practical teaching strategies, classroom examples, actionable steps, further reading suggestions, and more, you’ll learn to Build and maintain an inclusive, equitable classroom reading community Structure, organize, and plan student-centered, responsive reading instruction Design and implement effective, compassionate assessment methods Engage and empower students to develop agency as readers

Conferring with students about reading allows for clearer access to one-on-one, in-the-moment teaching and learning, yet it can feel intimidating or overwhelming. Kari Yates and Christina Nosek want to help. Here they have provided practical, reflective, student-centered teaching moves that you can use to develop an intentional, joy-filled conferring practice.To Know and Nurture a Reader: Conferring with Confidence and Joy is a get-going guide to conferring. The book includes step-by-step guidance that is also considerate of time and other classroom challenges, as well as: Numerous tools such as guiding questions, reproducible planning and note-taking documents; Classroom vignettes that pull you close to a reader and teacher in a conference setting; Video clips of classroom conferences to show what conferring looks like in action. The book breaks conferring into manageable chunks with specific goals for knowing and nurturing young readers, then puts all the pieces together with various classroom scenarios and examples. The tools, examples, and ideas in this book make conferring something every teacher can do right away and master with continued effort and practice.

Orphan Train is a good read for those that want a bit of bittersweet storytelling. Kline sets up a good story of orphan?s past, and the struggle to find identity, friendship, and acceptance in a world that is so often cold. You?re introduced to Molly, and her struggles in the foster care system, the law, and trying to find hope. The story pulls at your heart, and is really an up and down ride of emotions. Kline does well here, and the summary illuminates the power of the emotions that are in the novel. It?s hard to read and not have a visceral reaction, as the characters seem so real, and when the sadness prevails, you feel it.

ABOUT THE BOOK I’d stumbled upon Randy Pausch, a youngish professor from Carnegie Mellon University, quite by accident in 2011. I’d been looking for a good PowerPoint presentation about time management, and the one he gave was deemed to be really interesting, according to the Google searches I’d done. As I read the mini-bio attached to the file, it occurred to me that I’d heard the name before, so I did some further searching and realized he had written “The Last Lecture”, which I’d heard so much about a few years ago. I immediately headed out and picked up a copy. As I read, I was stunned by the powerful simplicity of his writing. I had already watched “The Last Lecture” on YouTube, as millions had during the time in which the presentation had gone viral, but I was surprised at the profound effect the book had on me. This was a man who, by all accounts, had everything going for him: a great job that he loved, three very young children and a beautiful wife whom he adored. MEET THE AUTHOR Christina St-Jean an Ontario English teacher with a great passion for American literature in particular and the written word in general. Her two daughters, aged 3 and 7, also seem to have a love of books, as her 7 year old just started reading Tom Sawyer herself. Christina follows global events as closely as she can but also enjoys entertainment news. Currently, she is working towards a black belt in karate. EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK If anything, The Last Lecture showed to the world just how pervasive media attention is today; after the lecture itself became a YouTube sensation, Pausch made appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and Prime Time Live with Diane Sawyer, in addition to appearing on Time’s Top 100 list of the world’s most influential people for 2008. He drew the attention of Katie Couric, The Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Zaslow, director J.J. Abrams, and none other than Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner. He testified before Congress to encourage more funding to be directed to pancreatic cancer research and received a letter from the original President Bush. Buy a copy to keep reading!

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"Jessica Chastain: Red Hair, Bold Choices, and a Cinematic Revolution" takes you into the world of one of Hollywood's most influential and versatile actresses. Known for her fiery red hair and her fierce commitment to her craft, Chastain has carved out a career that defies Hollywood conventions. From her early days at Juilliard to her emergence as a critically acclaimed star, Jessica Chastain's journey has been marked by fearless choices and an uncompromising dedication to portraying complex, powerful characters. This book presents a detailed look at Chastain's rise to stardom, from her breakout performances in "The Help" and "Zero Dark Thirty" to her groundbreaking work as a producer. It also sheds light on her activism and advocacy for gender equality and social justice, revealing a woman whose influence extends far beyond the screen. Chastain is not only a formidable actress but a changemaker who challenges the industry's status quo with every role and project she takes on. Filled with insights into her most iconic roles and behind-the-scenes accounts of her professional triumphs, this book captures the essence of Jessica Chastain's cinematic revolution. Whether taking on hard-hitting dramas or producing films that spotlight women's voices, Chastain is a figure who continues to push boundaries and redefine what it means to be a leading woman in Hollywood.