Our library of resources is here to help educators learn more about teaching and learning in every content area, as well as implementing Reading Apprenticeship. Informed by many years of research and development, these continually updated resources include:
Thoroughly updated, this third edition of Reading for Understanding offers teachers evidence-based strategies to help students gain the reading independence they need to master subject area texts through Reading Apprenticeship.
Watch and listen as a current superintendent, teacher, and principal explain why reading matters at the district, school and classroom levels.
Teachers can use this snapshot of a Reading Apprenticeship classroom as a reflection tool, for lesson planning, and with colleagues for peer observations. It can also serve as a guide for administrators’ classroom walk-throughs.
This grade 8 Engineering unit focuses on the inquiry question, “What is the best balloon rocket design?” This 10-day unit helps support and develop students’ skills in the science investigation and engineering and design practices. The unit ...
This grade 6 Physical Science unit focuses on the inquiry question, What is the chemistry of a candle? This 9-lesson unit supports asking questions and defining problems, as well as using mathematical and computational thinking, while developing ...
This grades 9-12 Engineering unit focuses on the inquiry question, “What makes for the best design?” This 18-class unit supports students’ engineering practices while developing their science reading skills. It empowers students to learn ...
This high school Biology unit focuses on the inquiry question, “What makes us who we are?” Students will learn about the structure and function of DNA. Students will extract DNA from strawberries, analyze DNA’s molecular structure, observe how ...
This grades 9-12 Physics and Earth Science unit focuses on the inquiry question, “What is Earth’s physical history?” This 3.5 week text-rich unit supports students’ engineering/science practices while developing students’ science reading ...
This grade 7 Physical Science unit focuses on the inquiry question, “How do Rockets Work?” In the Mini Martian Rocket Challenge, students follow the Engineering Design Process to make an alka seltzer powered mini rocket. The unit supports the ...
This high school Biology unit focuses on the inquiry question, “What is the relationship between changing environments and changing organisms?” This 2 week unit supports students’ engineering/science practices while developing students’ ...
This grade 10 Biology unit focuses on the inquiry question, “How is DNA replicated?” Students will learn about macromolecules, DNA investigation, and how it impacts industries such as farming and agriculture. The unit supports the NGSS Science ...
This grade 9 Biology unit focuses on the inquiry question, “How do our activities affect the environment and what can we do to limit our negative effects?”The purpose of this month-long unit is to provide the big picture and roadmap for a more ...
This grade 6 Physical Science unit focuses on the inquiry question, “How are Ice Spikes Formed?” Students will begin with a science occurrence found in nature that is relevant to their world. Students will see culturally relevant material and ...
“My students are feeling successful, and because they feel successful, they are more engaged. And because they are more engaged, guess what—they are so much more fun to teach.”
— High School AP biology and honors physiology teacher & dept chair
