Teaching Resources

Artifacts that have strengthened me as a Teacher

Books
When Kids can't read: What Teachers can do
Kylene Beers
For White Folks who teach in the Hood...and the rest of Y'all too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban
Education
Christopher Edmin
The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher
Harry and Rosemary Yong
Improving adolescent Literacy : Content area strategies at work
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
Reading for Understanding
Ruth Schoenbach , Cynthia Greenleaf, Lynn Murphy
Its Not Complicated ! What I know for sure about helping our students of color become successful
readers
Phyllis Hunter
Teaching what really happened : How to avoid the tyranny of textbooks and get students excited
about doing History
James Loewen
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything the American History Textbook Got Wrong

Why these books ?

When Kids Cant Read

When Kids Cant read is a book I would personally recommend to any teacher to
develop struggling readers. Not only is it informative but it is practical. This book
makes reading skills transparent and accessible to young adolescents

Lies My Teacher Told Me

This book is an eye opener to
anyone young or old in the field of
History. This book bridges the gap
between Historical opinions and
Historical facts. Not only does it
reveal the truth behind what we
have been taught academically but
it also show our children that they
dont have to hate history

Why these books?

The First Days of School

The book walks a teacher, either novice or veteran, through structuring and
organizing a classroom for success that can be applied at any time of the year at
any grade level, pre-K through college.

Improving adolescent literacy:

Content area strategies at work
This is a practical,straightfoward,
and affordable guide that provides
middle and secondary teachers the
proper tools they need to support
their students comprehension and
success in literacy and content area
learning

Why these books ?

Reading for Understanding

This book challenges teachers to remove the idea that its too late for students
and teachers to work together to boost literacy, engagement, and achievement.

Its not complicated

This book provides guidance for
teachers, administrators, and
parents how to best serve the
literacy needs of students of color.

Why these books ?

Teaching what really happened
This book breaks the silence of History and challenges us as teachers and
students to change our perspective about what really occurred in History. It
removes the myth behind what we have learned and engages what we should
be taught.

For white Folks who teach in the

Hood
This book provides a rich
description of urban schools
through his multiple lens as an
urban educator and more
importantly and he provides
pedagogical practices which have
been developed through research in
urban schools.

Video

Rita Pierson Every Kid needs a Champion

https://
www.ted.com/talks/rita_pierson_every_kid_needs_a_champion
Sal Khan Lets Teach Mastery: Not Test Scores
https://
www.ted.com/talks/sal_khan_let_s_teach_for_mastery_not_test_
scores