Aiming High: Leadership Actions to Increase Learning Gains
By Evan Robb
Aim high to improve leading, teaching, and learning
Skillful leadership is critical as schools return to a new normalcy. Improving students’ learning and addressing the challenges many learners experienced due to recent learning interruptions are top priorities for all school leaders.
Aiming High offers leaders a framework for creating an environment where both effective instruction and a focus on social and emotional needs benefits all students and teachers. Evan Robb maps a route to building a positive, trusting culture of collaboration, creativity, and empowerment. Features include:
- An outline of the leadership elements required to build a learner-focused culture
- Tools for fostering productive collaboration, creating shared teacher leadership, and building trusting relationships
- Insightful tips for addressing complexities that come with new learning formats
- Provocative questions that guide readers toward redefining instructional leadership
Your mission as leader is clear: aim high, work intentionally and collaboratively with teachers, and create a refreshed school culture centered on learning and growth for all.
The Ten-Minute Principal
By Evan Robb
Rebuilding Your Day–How ten minutes can make the difference between ordinary and fantastic leadership
Build the foundations of effective leadership despite daily distractions. This book will help you intentionally improve your school but not overwhelm yourself and staff, using ten-minute opportunities to consider and execute your vision. Based on six pillars of school leadership, each chapter will:
- Introduce a leadership topic
- Offer a ten minute opportunity to consider where you are and what you might change
- Give a ten minute tip on how to get started
- Provide ten minute collaborative opportunities to gain buy-in and participation
A School Full of Readers
By Evan Robb and Laura Robb
Renowned educators Laura and Evan Robb wear their hats of teacher and principal to lay out a plan for how teachers, coaches, and administrators can increase reading volume in any school no matter what.
TeamMakers
By Laura and Evan Robb
You can be a catalyst for change.
“Laura and Evan show us how to break free of excuses that obstruct our view so that we can bravely envision the possibilities awaiting us at the edge of uncertainty. . . .TeamMakers is an invitational how-to for translating professional dreams into transformational actions.” —Dr. Mary Howard, author of Good to Great Teaching
“Laura and Evan invite us to risk imagining what could be, to envision and work together to build strong and honest relationships with our students and our colleagues that enable us to pull our feet from the muck of tradition and march forward toward our professional vision.” —Lester Laminack, coauthor of Reading to Make a Difference
“I urge you to read this book. It caused me to fall in love with teaching all over again. And I know it will do the same for you.” —S. Travis Crowder, coauthor of Sparks in the Dark
“Laura and Evan have created a wonderful blueprint for creating relevant, dynamic learning with today’s students in mind. Our schools can be places of greater meaning, purpose, and hope.” —David Guerin, author of Future Driven
Vocabulary Is Comprehension
By Laura Robb
Tackle students’ biggest barrier to complex text: word knowledge
In our rush toward complex texts, somehow we forget to put a new systematic vocabulary plan in place. Luckily, Laura Robb provides that instructional plan in Vocabulary Is Comprehension. The best part? Laura’s plan takes just 10 to 15 minutes, and much of it is spent in partner and independent work so this is no “add on” to squeeze in. All materials are included. There are 35+ lessons paired with 50+ complex texts that:
- Cover academic vocabulary, figurative language, denotative and connotative meanings, and more
- Align with specific CCSS vocabulary and writing standards
- Include strategies for ELLs and developing readers, along with formative assessment
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Read, Talk, Write
By Laura Robb
“This book reminds us why Laura Robb continues to be such an important voice in our field: She looks through kids’ eyes and sees into their futures. Literary conversations don’t just enrich kids days; they offer young people gifts that keep on giving: the ability to take risks, exercise creativity, build empathy, and develop the ability to negotiate.”
—from the foreword by Harvey “Smokey” Daniels
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Reading Intervention
By Laura Robb
In this must-read book, Laura Robb uses what she’s learned from her vast teaching experience to provide the research-based tools needed to improve students’ reading comprehension. This practical resource offers classroom-tested interventions to use with struggling readers in 5-, 10 to 15-, and 30 to 40-minute settings.
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Teaching Reading
By Laura Robb
In this completely revised and updated edition of a best-selling classic, master teacher Laura Robb reflects on how her teaching has evolved over the ten years since the book’s initial publication. Drawing on current research and her most recent classroom experiences with students all over the country, Robb presents abundant new material, including fresh literacy vignettes that showcase lessons and learning experiences.
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Unlocking Complex Texts
By Laura Robb
Give students the tools they need to tackle complex texts with these research-based, classroom-tested lessons from master teacher Laura Robb. The three-part system—teacher modeling, guided practice, independent practice—scaffolds students as they learn how to preview a text to build background knowledge; use a concept map to expand vocabulary; identify key details and make logical inferences; determine main ideas and themes; analyze characters, events, and ideas; interpret language; analyze text structure, and more! Includes 46 short texts on CD for modeling and practice, along with text-specific discussion questions, multiple-choice assessments, writing tasks, student response sheets, assessment tools, and if-then scaffolding charts to help teachers support struggling and reluctant learners. The rigorous instruction leads to solid text-based comprehension of literary and informational text. A must have for meeting the CCSS! For use with Grades 5 & Up.
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Teaching Reading: A Complete Resource For Grades 4 And Up
By Laura Robb
(Ring-bound – Oct 1, 2006)
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Differentiating Reading Instruction: How To Teach Reading To Meet The Needs Of Each Student
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Jan 1, 2008)
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Teaching Reading In Social Studies, Science And Math (grades 3 & Up)
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Jan 1, 2003)
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Teaching Reading In Middle School (grades 5 & Up)
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Aug 1, 2000)
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Reading Strategies Toolkit: Nonfiction
By Laura Robb
(Bookset – Jul 2008)
Contains NINE teaching guides with step by step lessons for teaching a key strategy with one of the nine, full color picture books. There are three before, three during, and three after strategy reading lessons. Each teaching guide contains two differentiated student practice sheets, a student self-evaluation sheet, and a teacher-student conference form. You’ll also find NINE teaching transparencies and a professional book by Laura Robb on Teaching Vocabulary. The box contains folders and tabs to make storage easy. A teaching resource that will improve your students reading and understanding of informational texts and biography.
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Teaching Reading With Think Aloud Lessons
By Laura Robb
(Spiral-bound – May 1, 2007)
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35 Must-have Assessment & Record-keeping Forms For Reading (grades 4-8)
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Jan 1, 2001)
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50 Fabulous Discussion-prompt Cards For Reading Groups
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – April 1, 2001)
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Easy Mini-lessons For Building Vocabulary (grades 4-8)
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Jan 1, 1999)
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Easy-to-manage Reading & Writing Conferences (grades 4-8)
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Jan 1, 1999)
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Grammar Lessons And Strategies That Strengthen Students¹ Writing (grades 4-8)
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Mar 1, 2001)
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Literacy Links: Practical Strategies To Develop The Emergent Literacy At-risk Children Need
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Mar 6, 2003)
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READER’S HANDBOOK: A STUDENT GUIDE FOR READING AND LEARNING : 3RD GRADE
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: April Nauman, and Donna Ogle (Paperback – April 20, 2004)
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BIOGRAPHY – ROBB, LAURA (1937-): AN ARTICLE FROM: CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS ONLINE
By Laura Robb
Gale Reference Team (Digital – Jun 13, 2007) – HTML
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READING AND WRITING SOURCEBOOK GRADE 5
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: Ruth Nathan (Paperback – Jan 2002)
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REDEFINING STAFF DEVELOPMENT: A COLLABORATIVE MODEL FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – Sep 1, 2000)
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BRIGHTEN UP BORING BEGINNINGS AND OTHER QUICK WRITING LESSONS (GRADES 4 AND UP)
By Laura Robb
(Paperback – April 2003)
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STUDENT APPLICATIONS BOOK
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: Margaret Ann Richek and Vicki Spandel (Paperback – Jan 31, 2002)
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SNUFFLES AND SNOUTS: POEMS
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: Steven Kellogg (Paperback – Feb 1, 1999)
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SUMMER SUCCESS: READING
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: James F. Baumann and Michael F. Opitz (Hardcover – Jan 2006)
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WHOLE LANGUAGE, WHOLE LEARNERS: CREATING A LITERATURE-CENTERED CLASSROOM
By Laura Robb
(Hardcover – Mar 1994)
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READING ADVANTAGE KIT PACK, LEVEL E
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: James Baumann and Carol Fuhler (Paperback – Jan 2006)
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READING ADVANTAGE: RACERS & RACING
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: James Baumann and Carol Fuhler (Hardcover – Jan 2006)
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READING ADVANTAGE: EMOTIONS
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: James Baumann and Carol Fuhler (Hardcover – Jan 2006)
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READING & WRITING SOURCEBOOKS
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: Ruth Nathan (Hardcover – Jan 2006)
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READING ADVANTAGE: TEACHER’S EDITION. LEVEL B, GRADES 3-4 (GREAT SOURCE)
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: James F. Baoumann and Carol J. Fuhler (Paperback – 2005)
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READING ADVANTAGE: BOUNDARIES
By Laura Robb
Additional Authors: James Baumann and Carol Fuhler (Hardcover – Jan 2006)
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THE PRINCIPAL’S LEADERSHIP SOURCEBOOK: PRACTICES, TOOLS, AND STRATEGIES FOR BUILDING A THRIVING SCHOOL COMMUNITY
By Evan Robb
When the principal is an effective leader, his school becomes a thriving community. Evan Robb, in this amazing resource shares his no-fail strategies for approaching budgets, instructions, community relations, school safety, discipline, forging strong relationships among parents, students, and teachers, and much more. He explains how he plans the first days and weeks of school so the entire year is a smooth one. You’ll find all the tools and strategies you need to run an effective school.
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS & STRATEGY SHEETS THAT SCAFFOLD WRITING FROM PARAGRAPHS TO ESSAYS: STUDENT PACKETS WITH GUIDED LESSONS, WRITING MODELS, GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS, AND PLANNING SHEETS (TEACHING STRATEGIES)
By Anina Robb
A must-have book to encourage your students independent writing. You’ll find teaching tips along with independent packets of structured writing activities that guide you students through the writing process on their own. Each lesson has a prewriting organizer, a writing sample that is a mentor text, and prompts to keep students focused as they draft, revise, and edit fiction and nonfiction pieces.
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50 REPRODUCIBLE STRATEGY SHEETS THAT BUILD COMPREHENSION DURING INDEPENDENT READING (GRADES 4-8)
By Anina Robb
These 50 interactive strategy sheets work with any book students read. Each lesson helps students apply key reading strategies, including setting purposes for reading, making predictions, inferring, identifying main idea and so much more.
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40 GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS THAT BUILD COMPREHENSION DURING INDEPENDENT READING
By Anina Robb
Here are 40 interactive strategy sheets work with any book students read. Each lesson helps students apply key reading strategies, including setting purposes for reading, making predictions, inferring, identifying main idea, organizers for fiction and nonfiction genres and so much more. You’ll develop your students independence as readers with these reproducibles.
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