by Cris
BOOKS
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Why Do I Have to Read This?
Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students
If you are tired of hearing students ask why they have to read, this book offers practical strategies to address disengagement. Students often mask their struggles with anger, apathy, or humor. Cris shares tools to help teachers remove the masks of disengagement. Using the 6T planning template, teachers can anticipate learning road blocks and plan for meaningful engagement.
No More Telling As Teaching
Less Lecture, More Engaged Learning
There are good reasons why teachers lecture. It’s fast and strategic. When teachers lecture, they can cover more content. The problem is that students quickly disengage and the teacher is doing all the work. In this short book, readers will dive into the problem of practice-covering content vs. letting students uncover it. Researcher, Elizabeth Moje, has synthesized the current research around the instructional practice of lecturing. Practitioner, Cris Tovani, will share strategies to limit lecturing so that students can read, write, and discuss more.
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It is a far better thing to have a thinking teacher in the classroom than a technician distributing worksheets and monitoring online programs.”
So, What Do They Really Know?
Assessment That Informs Teaching and Learning
If you're tired of relying on last year's data, this book offers practical, real-time formative assessment strategies that allow teachers to observe student thinking daily. Cris provides simple tools to surface patterns of understanding and confusion—not for grading, but to inform responsive instruction. With these insights, teachers can make small, targeted shifts that lead to greater student growth.
One wizened veteran told me my first year that if I was going to be a truly great teacher, I would never be satisfied. She shook her head and said, ‘Sadly, the good ones are always searching for better ways to teach children."
Do I Really Have to Teach Reading?
Content Comprehension Grades 6-12
This book provides practical reading strategies across disciplines to support students in language arts, science, social studies, and math. It equips teachers with tools to help students engage more deeply with assigned texts, allowing for greater content coverage while developing stronger readers.
Teachers don’t need any more canned programs or word for word scripts to “teacher proof” their instruction.
I Read It, But Don’t Get It
Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers
A trusted classic for educators seeking clear, practical strategies to support students in monitoring comprehension and repairing meaning when understanding breaks down. Accessible, research-based, and easy to implement in any classroom.
Readers of tomorrow must do more than memorize words. They must be prepared to analyze, validate, and ask the next logical question. They have to know how to think when they read.”
