""As challenging as it must have been to write and finesse the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, that accomplishment is nothing compared to the work of teaching in ways that bring all students to these ambitious expectations. The goal is clear. The pathway is not." -Lucy Calkins, Mary Ehrenworth, and Christopher Lehman The Common Core is written, but the plan for implementing the Common Core is not. Lucy Calkins and her colle ..."
" Middle schoolers can be the masters of disengagement. Recognizing that all students, adept and struggling writers alike, lose steam at times and need a revitalizing jump start, Christopher Lehman offers effective, developmentally-appropriate fixes for addressing situations that frequently sidetrack or distract adolescent writers. Organized as a practical on-the-go teaching reference, the first four chapters offer strategies for counter ..."
Crafting Digital Writing(1stEdition) Composing Texts Across Media and Genres by Troy Hicks, ChristopherLehman Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2013 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-325-04696-9, ISBN: 0-325-04696-4
"Written for teachers of writing by a teacher of writing, Crafting Digital Writing is both an introduction for teachers new to digital writing and a menu of ideas for those who are tech-savvy. Troy Hicks explores the questions of how to teach digital writing by examining author's craft, demonstrating how intentional thinking about author's craft in digital texts engages students in writing that is grounded in their digital lives. Troy ..."
"Save 15% with our Book Study Bundle! "Love brings us in close, leads us to study the details of a thing, and asks us to return again and again. These are the motivations and ideas that built this book." -Chris Lehman and Kate Roberts You and your students will fall for close reading. In Falling in Love with Close Reading, Christopher Lehman and Kate Roberts show us that it can be rigorous, meaningful, and joyous. You'll empower student ..."
"Fred is a little boy who tried to learn to play the tuba, but only made bad noises. Homer was an owl who couldn't hoot - nothing came out. Homer came down and became friends with Fred, and actually began to play the tuba, himself, even though Fred still couldn't. But then Fred wandered through the woods, and found that he could hoot like the owls, who came down from the trees to be with him, and then learned to speak their language. Fre ..."
Energize Research Reading and Writing(1stEdition) Fresh Strategies to Spark Interest, Develop Independence, and Meet Key Common Core Standards, Grades 4-8 by ChristopherLehman, Lucy Calkins Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2012 by Heinemann ISBN-13: 978-0-325-04357-9, ISBN: 0-325-04357-4
""When we embrace the messy excitement of the [research] process and the drive to inspire others, we can energize our students, our instruction, and ourselves." Christopher Lehman Sit down with Christopher Lehman as he shares the strategies he has used to make research reading and writing real and motivating for students. Chris draws on his experience with the Reading and Writing Project and as co-author of Pathways to the Common Core to ..."
The Colored Cartoon(FirstEdition) Black Presentation in American Animated Short Films, 1907-1954 by Christopher P. Lehman Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Massachusetts Press ISBN-13: 978-1-55849-779-5, ISBN: 1-55849-779-X
"From the introduction of animated film in the early 1900s to the 1950s, ethnic humor was a staple of American-made cartoons. Yet as Christopher Lehman shows in this revealing study, the depiction of African Americans in particular became so inextricably linked to the cartoon medium as to influence its evolution through those five decades. He argues that what is in many ways most distinctive about American animation reflects white animat ..."