PDI Course Booklist
Each PDI online course has a modestly-priced required resource book. The final assignment in the course is based on this book. Questions? Click here to send a message to Meredith Turner, PDI Program Coordinator, for assistance.
21st Century Thinking Skills that Promote College and Career Readiness
- This is Disciplinary Literacy by Releah Cossett Lent
Active and Hands-on Science Instruction
Addressing the Needs of Diverse Populations
- How to Reach the Hard to Teach by Jana Echevarría, Nancy Frey, and Douglas Fisher
Anti-Bullying Strategies for Primary Grades
- Little Girls Can Be Mean by Michelle Anthony and Reyna Lindert
Best Practices for a Successful Primary Classroom
- At-Risk Students: Transforming Student Behavior by Charisse Beach
Best Practices for a Successful 4th-6th Grade Classroom
- Mindsets in the Classroom: Building a Growth Mindset Learning Community by Mary Cay Ricci
Best Practices for a Successful Middle School Classroom
Best Practices for a Successful High School Classroom
- Discipline in the Secondary Classroom: A Positive Approach to Behavior Management by Randall S. Sprick
Building Critical Social and Emotional Skills Using Literature
- The Trauma-Sensitive Classroom by Patricia A. Jennings
Bullying: Awareness, Intervention, and Prevention
- Bullying Hurts: Teaching Kindness Through Read Alouds and Guided Conversations by Lester Laminack and Reba Wadsworth
Character Education for the 21st Century
- Discipline that Restores: Strategies to Create Respect, Cooperation, and Responsibility in the Classroom by Ron and Roxanne Claassen
Classroom Management Strategies for High School Teachers
- The Quick Guide to Classroom Management: 45 Secrets that All High School Teachers Need to Know by Richard James Rogers
Classroom Management Survival Course
- Keep Calm and Teach by Victoria Lentfer
Comprehension: The Key to Successful Reading
- The Reading Mind: A Cognitive Approach to Understanding How the Mind Reads by Daniel T. Willingham
Comprehension Strategies for Middle and Upper Grades
- Comprehension Connections: Bridges to Strategic Reading by Tanny McGregor
Conquering the Behavioral Challenges of Special Needs Students
- Lost and Found: Helping Behaviorally-Challenging Students by Ross W. Greene
Content Area Multi-Sensory Teaching for Students with Special Needs
- Building on the Strengths of Students with Special Needs by Toby Karten
Creating a Dynamic Classroom Through Project-Based Learning
- Project-Based Teaching: How to Create Rigorous an Engaging Learning Experiences by Suzie Boss and John Larmer
The Daily 5
- Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller
Data-Driven Instruction
- How Teachers Can Turn Data into Action by Daniel R. Venables
Designing and Creating a WebQuest
- Web Literacy for Educators by Alan November
Developing Phonemic Awareness in Emergent Readers
- A Fresh Look at Phonics by Wiley Blevins
Developmentally Appropriate Content Activities for Early Learners
- Purposeful Play: A Teacher's Guide to Igniting Deep and Joyful Learning Across the Day by Kristine Mraz, Alison Porcelli, and Cheryl Tyler
Differentiated Instruction: One Size Does Not Fit All
- How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms by Carol Ann Tomlinson
Digital Storytelling: Using Technology to Write Stories
- Make Me a Story: Teaching Writing Through Digital Storytelling by Lisa C. Miller
Educating the Whole Student: Mindfulness and Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom
- Cultivating Mindfulness in the Classroom by Jeanie M. Iberlin
Educational Technology 101
- Integrating Technology into the Curriculum by Kathleen Kopp
Effective Strategies for Emergent and Early Writers
- The Writing Teacher's Companion by Ralph Fletcher
Effective Strategies to Improve Student Writing
- Joy Write: Cultivating High-Impact Low-Stakes Writing by Ralph Fletcher
Effectively Using iPads to Transform the Classroom
- Using Technology with Classroom Instruction that Works by Howard Pitler, Elizabeth Hubbell, and Matt Kuhn
ELL Strategies for Mainstreamed Students
- Unlocking English Learners' Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible by Diane Staehr Fenner and Sydney Snyder
Embracing Diversity and Equity Through Culturally Responsive Teaching
- Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning by Sharroky Hollie
Engaging, Motivating, and Managing Your Students
- Passionate Learners: How to Engage and Empower Your Students by Pernille Ripp
The Flipped Classroom: An Interactive Approach to Student Engagement
- Blended Learning in Action by Catlin R. Tucker, Tiffany Wycoff, and Jason T. Green
Focus on Phonics
- Making Sense of Phonics: The Hows and Whys by Isabel L. Beck and Mark E. Beck
Google as a Classroom Tool for Learning
- Enhancing the Art and Science of Teaching with Technology by Sonny Magana and Robert Marzanuhn
Guided Reading 101
- Who's Doing the Work? How to Say Less so Readers Can Do More by Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris
Guiding Emergent and Early Writers to Success
- Teaching Beginning Writers by David L. Coker and Kristen D. Ritchey
Helping Middle Grade Struggling Writers Achieve Success
- Wrestling with Writing by Nicholas Young, Bryan Thors Noonan, & Kristen Bonanno-Sotiropoulosn
Implementing the Workshop Model in Reading, Writing, Math, and Science
- Reading Workshop 2.0: Supporting Readers in the Digital Age by Frank Serafini
Improving Your Students' Test Taking Skills
- Teach Students How to Learn by Saundra Yancy McGuire
Instilling a Growth Mindset in Students
- Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
Interventions for Middle Grade Struggling Readers
- From Striving to Thriving: How to Grow Confident, Capable Readers by Stephanie Harvey and Annie Ward
Learner-Centered Math Instruction Using Manipulatives
- Guided Math: A Framework for Math Instruction by Laney Sammons
Making the Most of the Internet in the Classroom
- The Classroom Teacher's Technology Survival Guide by Doug Johnson
Mastering Google Apps for Education
Mastering the Text Complexity Challenge in Grades 4-8
- Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp
Math Manipulatives in the Primary Classroom
- Making Sense of Mathematics for Teaching by Juli K. Dixon, Edward C. Nolan, Thomasenia Lott Adams, Lisa A. Brooks, and Tashana D. Howse
Math Problem-Solving Strategies for Grades 3-6
- Making Number Talks Matter by Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker
Middle School Math Problem Solving
- Modeling with Mathematics: Authentic Problem Solving in Middle School by Nancy Butler Wolf
Motivating and Engaging Middle and High School Students
- Empower Your Students: Tools to Inspire a Meaningful School Experience by Lauren Porosoff and Jonathan Weinstein
Multimedia Project Design and Development
- The Digital Writing Workshop by Troy Hicks
A New Approach to Spelling Instruction
- Spelling K-8: Planning and Teaching by Diane Snowball and Faye Bolton
The Next Generation Science Standards
- Proficiency Scales for the New Science Standards: A Framework for Science Instruction and Assessment by Robert Marzano, David Yanoski, and Diane Paynter
Powerful Interventions to Guide Struggling Readers
- Teaching Word Recognition: Effective Strategies for Students with Learning Difficulties by Rollanda E. O’Connor
Preparing English Language Learners for Success
- Navigating the Common Core with English Language Learners by Larry Ferlazzo and Katie Hull-Sypnieski
Preparing Students with Special Needs to Meet the Standards
- Universal Design for Learning in the Classroom edited by Tracey E. Hall, Anne Meyer, and David H. Rose
Reading Foundations for Emergent and Early Readers
- Know Better, Do Better: Teaching the Foundations so Every Child Can Read by Meredith Liben and David Liben
Reading Interventions for Middle School Students
- The Vocabulary-Enriched Classroom: Practices for Improving the Reading Performance of All Students in Grades 3 and Up by Cathy Collins Block and John N. Mangieri
Reading to Learn: Developing Strategic Reading Skills
- Disrupting Thinking: Why How We Read Matters by Kyleen Beers and Robert E. Probst
Reading Workshop Approach for Middle Grade Students
- The Reading Zone by Nancie Atwell and Anne Atwell Merkel
Response to Intervention in Reading
- RTI from All Sides: What Every Teacher Needs to Know by Mary Howard
Responsive Classroom Management in the Primary Grades
- Better than Carrots or Sticks by Dominique Smith, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey
Science Inquiry Using the 5E Model
- Ambitious Science Teaching by Mark Windschitl, Jessica Thompson, and Melissa Braaten
Study Smarter Not Harder: Study Skills for Students
- The Organized Student: Teaching Children the Skills for Success in School and Beyond by Donna Goldberg
Supporting Math Foundational Skills in the Primary Grades
- Young Children's Mathematics by Thomas Carpetner, Megan Franke, Nicholas Johnson, Angela Chan Turrou, and Anita Wager
Teaching Critical SEL Skills Using Picture Books
Teaching Primary Grade Math Problem-Solving Skills
- Common Core Sense: Tapping the Power of the Mathematical Practices by Christine Moynihan
Teaching STEM and NGSS at the Primary Level
- The 5 Es of Inquiry-Based Science by Lakeena Chitman-Booker and Kathleen Kopp
Teaching Students with Special Needs in the Mainstream Classroom
- Your Students, My Students, Our Students: Rethinking Equitable and Inclusive Classrooms by Lee Ann Jung, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Julie Kroener
Teaching Tolerance and Respect: Preventing Bullying in High School
- Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying by Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin
Unleashing the Power of NGSS and STEM
- 20 Strategies for STEM Instruction by William N. Bender
Using Google Classroom for Teaching and Learning
- Google Classroom by Ted Lebowsk
Vocabulary-Building Strategies for Students in Grades 4-12
- Word Nerds: Teaching All Students to Learn and Love Vocabulary by Brenda J. Overturf, Leslie H. Montgomery, and Margot Holmes Smith
Word Play: Vocabulary Instruction in the Primary Grades
- For the Love of Words: Vocabulary Instruction that Works by Diane E. Paynter, Elena Bodrova, and Jane K. Doty

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