Resource Guides & Bibliographies
Other Useful MaxGuides (subject guides)
Websites / External Resources
- Massachusetts - Current Frameworks MA DESE Instructional Support webstie.
- Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site This site is "a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics."
- Database of Award-winning Children's Literature "The purpose of this database is to create a tailored reading list of quality children's literature or to find out if a book has won one of the indexed awards. I expect the user to be a librarian or a teacher intervening for a child-reader, however anyone may make use of it to find the best in children's literature including parents, book store personnel, and children and young adults themselves."
- Worlds of Words "Worlds of Words: Center of Global Literacies and Literatures builds bridges across global cultures through children’s and adolescent literature."
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Databases
- Academic Search Complete [EBSCO] This link opens in a new window Multi-disciplinary full-text database with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Indexes and abstracts more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, and conference proceedings. Searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,400 journals.
- Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (Firefox Browser Recommended) This link opens in a new window Reviews of PreK-12 media of all types, including more than 3 million titles and more than 50 professional review sources, and more than 850 national and international young adult and children's book awards, and thousands of regional, state, and national best books lists.
- Education Research Complete This link opens in a new window Full text for more than 1,300 education journals, 540 books, and 2,300 education-related conference papers. Indexing and abstracts for more than 2,400 journals. Covers the areas of curriculum instruction, administration, policy, funding, and related social issues. Subjects include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing.
- ERIC (via EBSCO) This link opens in a new window Abstracts to journal articles as well as "grey literature" (pamphlets, conference proceedings, privately published papers) in the field of education. Via E*Subscribe, the full text of selected ERIC documents may be retrieved. Dates of coverage: 1966-
- Gale Literature: Something About the Author This link opens in a new window Includes illustrated biographical profiles of more than 12,000 children's authors and artists.
Books in the ERC Collections
This is just a sample of books we have in our collections. Search the catalog to find even more or come in and browse our shelves. Ask a Librarian if you need help.
- 2017 English language arts and literacy framework byCall Number: ERC Curr Guide E.1 Mass 2017Publication Date: 2017
Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature by
This landmark volume is the first to bring together leading scholarship on children's and young adult literature from three intersecting disciplines: Education, English, and Library and Information Science. Distinguished by its multidisciplinary approach, it describes and analyzes the different aspects of literary reading, texts, and contexts to illuminate how the book is transformed within and across different academic figurations of reading and interpreting children's literature. Part one considers perspectives on readers and reading literature in home, school, library, and community settings. Part two introduces analytic frames for studying young adult novels, picturebooks, indigenous literature, graphic novels, and other genres. Chapters include commentary on literary experiences and creative production from renowned authors and illustrators. Part three focuses on the social contexts of literary study, with chapters on censorship, awards, marketing, and literary museums. The singular contribution of this Handbook is to lay the groundwork for colleagues across disciplines to redraw the map of their separately figured worlds, thus to enlarge the scope of scholarship and dialogue as well as push ahead into uncharted territory.
Call Number: ERC Ref PS121 .H22 2011
Planning Effective Instruction by
Featuring a new organization and expanded discussion of curriculum, instruction, and management, the Third Edition of PLANNING EFFECTIVE INSTRUCTION even more fully equips readers for teaching in ways that meet the needs of all students in today's diverse classroom. The four-part re-organization corresponds with a new framework for diversity-responsive teaching that helps focus planning for diversity. Represented by a visual organizer, this framework helps readers see how what you teach, how you teach, and the context for teaching interact to bring about the success of all students.
Call Number: ERC Gen LB1027.4 .P73 2007
Powerful Lesson Planning by
"Powerful Lesson Planning is an important book, offering essential guidance in the highly complex task of lesson planning. In this age of content standards and the high-stakes assessment of those standards, the teacher's challenge in planning for instruction is more profound than ever."--From the Foreword by Charlotte DanielsonRevitalize your current practices, expand your repertoire of approaches, and improve learning for students!Every teacher's goal is to create a rich instructional environment for their students, and thoughtful, informed lesson planning is a key element in that process. Janice Skowron's jump-start of a book offers novice and experienced teachers step-by-step, essential guidance in this challenging and oftentimes highly complex task. It brings into focus the decisions teachers face as they plan instruction and provides four progressively complex and nuanced models: basic, integrated, differentiated, and problem-based instruction. Descriptive information, numerous examples, and tools such as key questions, planning guides, and templates help educators develop proficiency in planning instruction.This revised edition will: Help teachers incorporate the best practices for lesson planning Build the lesson-planning skills and repertoire of new teachers Revitalize instruction for veteran teachers Strengthen teachers' abilities to plan standards-based lessons Help teachers focus on assessment in the initial phases of lesson planning Powerful Lesson Planning will increase teachers' competence and confidence--and help them master the skills needed to advance their practice and improve learning for all students.
Call Number: ERC Gen LB1028.38 .S56 2006
Children's Literature and Learning by
Literary study should encourage both children's pleasure and skill in reading. In this engaging book, Barbara Lehman shows how to create meaningful, intellectually stimulating programs of literary study that are developmentally appropriate for students' needs, interests, and experiences (ages 5-12). Drawing on her extensive scholarship in the fields of children's literature and literacy instruction, she offers practical ideas for creating programs that accomplish curricular goals in literary ways. Featuring a usable overview of important literary theories as well as many practical teaching ideas, this book will help classroom teachers become more knowledgeable and self-assured about creating their own literature programs for children. Book Features: A theoretically based model for creating developmentally appropriate literary study programs in elementary schools. Methods for teaching across the curriculum, including how to set up a classroom for literary learning. References with annotations of more than 130 children's books.
Call Number: ERC Gen LB1575 .L36 2007
Teaching Children's Literature by
Inviting multiple ways of critically engaging with literature, this text offers a fresh perspective on how to integrate children's literature into and across the curriculum in effective, purposeful ways. Structured around three "mantras" that build on each other--Enjoy; Dig deeply; Take action--the book is rich with real examples of teachers implementing critical pedagogy. The materials and practical strategies focus on issues that impact children's lives, building from students' personal experiences and cultural knowledge to using language to question the everyday world, analyze popular culture and media, understand how power relationships are socially constructed, and consider actions that can be taken to promote social justice. Written for teachers and teacher educators, each chapter opens with three elements that are closely linked: classroom vignettes showcasing the use of literature and inviting conversation; three key principles elaborating the main theme of the chapter and connecting theory with practice; and related research on the topics and their importance for curriculum. Other chapter features include key issues in implementation, suggestions for working with linguistically and culturally diverse students, alternative approaches to assessment, and suggestions for further reading. A companion website to enrich and extend the text includes an annotated bibliography of literature selections, suggested text sets, resources by chapter, and ideas for professional development. Changes in the Second Edition: Voices from the Field vignettes include examples from inspiring educators who use trade books to promote critical thinking and diversity Updated chapters include information on new technology and electronic resources New references in the principles sections and new resources for further study New children's books added throughout the chapters as well as to the companion website
Call Number: ERC Gen LB1575.5.U5 L45 2018
Deepening Student's Mathematical Understanding with Children's Literature by
Deepening Students' Mathematical Understanding with Children's Literature focuses on using high quality children's books to create engaging and meaningful tasks that deepen mathematics learning for pre-K and elementary students, consistent with state-adopted standards. With the perspective of practice based on theory, the authors provide resources to help teachers develop background knowledge for deciding why, when, and how to incorporate children's literature effectively. Relevant exemplars illustrate principles and guidelines for selecting and utilizing children's literature to provide meaningful mathematics experiences for all students.
Call Number: ERC Gen QA135.6 .D44 2018ISBN: 9780873539708
The Nonfiction Now Lesson Bank, Grades 4-8 by
What exactly makes The Nonfiction NOW Lesson Bank such a stand-out? If you consider the amount of instructional support, that alone is substantial enough to transform your teaching. But Nancy Akhavan happens to be an educator who has performed many roles over her career so she divests in this book just about everything in her professional vault A whole new vision of teaching nonfiction 50 powerhouse lessons A bank of short informational texts Dozens of student practice activities Graphic organizers for taming textbooksUnlike so many books, this one will live its life in actual use: dog-eared, sticky-noted, and loved.
Call Number: ERC Gen LB1576 .A3985 2014
Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons by
Since the debut of the Picture-Perfect Science books and workshops more than 10 years ago, authors Emily Morgan and Karen Ansberry have learned one thing for certain: Elementary school teachers are constantly clamouring for even more ways to engage children in reading and science through picture books! To meet that demand, the 15 all-new lessons in Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons bring you: Even more convenience: You can cover reading and science content simultaneously and save time with ready-to-use student pages and assessments. Even more confidence in your own expertise: You get relevant science concepts and reading comprehension strategies to keep your teaching on track. Even more ways to entice even reading-phobic children: Each lesson makes students yearn to learn science from such captivating fiction and nonfiction picture books as Houdini the Amazing Caterpillar; Captain Kidd's Crew Experiments With Sinking and Floating; and The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. Plus: This latest volume even connects the lessons to A Framework for K-12 Science Education and the English Language Arts and Literacy Common Core State Standards. Just as teachers like you have been hoping, Even More Picture-Perfect Science Lessons delivers the whole package: teacher-friendly lessons, strong standards-based science content, and a kid-magnet formula that will get your students engrossed in science while they improve their reading skills.
Call Number: ERC Gen LB1585 .A568 2013
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