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Teaching Unscripted

A Heinemann blog for curious educators.

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What is Cognitively Guided Instruction HM Lx

What is CGI? Today we’ll give you an answer to help you decide if it might be right for your classroom.

Five Instructional Structures That Empower Confident, Engaged Math Learners

Discover five instructional structures that support differentiation and engagement in math—and how Math Expressions brings them to life in the classroom.

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What are the ways you can use A.I. as a teacher? How can students use A.I. to improve their work? Including title suggestions and revisions, A.I.-generated book covers, reflective rubrics, and brainstorming.

4 Tips to Build Background Knowledge and Boost Reading Comprehension

Content Area Reading Sets empower students to become confident, capable readers by integrating rich, real-world content into daily instruction.

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How do strategies help me differentiate instruction to better meet the needs of my students?

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Matific, a research-based K–6 supplemental math program, has been named a 2025 CODiE Awards finalist for Best Personalized Learning Solution, recognizing its innovative, game-based approach to engaging math instruction.

Teaching Problem-Solving in Math for Elementary Learners

By teaching students problem-solving skills, we are setting them up for success as they’ll be better prepared to face the future.

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Every behavior is a child trying to communicate lack of a skill he is compensating for. Understand the science of the 'upstairs brain' and 'downstairs brain'.

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The Reading Strategies Book 2.0 helps you match lesson objectives to strategies; match standards to skill progressions and relevant strategies; and review student work to determine best strategies.

The Role of Independent Student Work in Effective Math Intervention

In math intervention, giving students time and space to work independently helps them build confidence, practice critical thinking, and apply what they’ve learned in meaningful ways.

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How does explicitly teaching strategies enhance your reading program?

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Three practical strategies that address common problems new teachers face.

How Content Area Reading Sets Help Tackle Reading Challenges

By turning proven research into practical classroom resources, Content Area Reading Sets help students grow into confident, capable readers.

Personalized Math Learning: How EdTech Can Help Every Student Succeed

Personalized math learning is central to helping educators close learning gaps, build student confidence, and make math meaningful.

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What makes a student want to write? How can we help students with long-held aversions to writing come to view writing as an invitation to create, to become, and to belong? Listen to the audiobook of Youth Scribes: Teaching a Love of Writing, written and read by R. Joseph Rodríguez

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What are the strategies, lessons, and practical ideas for ensuring every child feels seen, valued, and free to be their unique selves at school? Listen to the audiobook of The Artful Approach, written and read by co-authors Rebecca Bellingham and Veronica Scott.

2024 Catalog

2025 Heinemann professional books catalog contains new and recent titles, previous titles by subject area, Heinemann classics, and indexes.

A Guide to Effective Instructional Coaching Cycles for K–12 Educators

Discover how instructional coaching cycles can support teacher growth and boost student outcomes. Learn practical strategies, expert insights, and tips to build a strong coaching culture in K–12 schools.

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