About the CCSS and Teaching Reading and Writing

Calkins , L., Ehrenworth, M., & Lehman, C. 2012. Pathways to the
    Common Core: Accelerating Achievement. Portsmouth, ME: Heinemann.

Genre Studies and Genre Theory

Dean, D. 2008. Genre Theory: Teaching, Writing, and Being. Urbana, IL:
    National Council of Teachers of English.

Lattimer, H. 2003. Thinking Through Genre: Units of Study in Reading and
    Writing Workshop, 4–12. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.   

Informative/Explanatory Writing and Reading

Harvey, S. 1998. Nonfiction Matters: Reading, Writing, and Research in
    Grades 3–8. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

Stead, T. 2002. Is That a Fact? Teaching Nonfiction Writing K–3.
    Portland, ME.

Wilhelm, J.D., Smith, M., & Fredrickson, J. 2012. Get it Done!
    Writing and Analyzing Informational Texts to Make Things Happen.
    Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Opinion/Argument Writing

Hillocks Jr., G. 2011.Teaching Argument Writing Grades 6–12: Supporting
    Claims with Relevant Evidence and Clear Reasoning.
    Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Smith, M., Wilhelm, J., & Fredrickson, J. 2012. Oh,Yeah?!
    Putting Argument to Work Both in School and Out.
    Portsmouth, NH:    Heinemann.

English Learners, Writing, and Language

Gibbons, P. 2009. English Learners, Academic Literacy, and Thinking:
    Learning in the Challenge Zone. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Gibbons, P. 2002. Scaffolding Language, Scaffolding Learning: Teaching
    Second Language Learners in the Mainstream Classroom. Portsmouth,
    NH: Heinemann.

Using Nonfiction Mentor Texts and Genre Models

Gallagher, K. 2011. Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through
    Modeling and Mentor Texts. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.    

Writing Analytically and Interacting with Texts

Harris. J. 2009. Rewriting. How to Do Things with Texts. Logan, UT: Utah
    State University Press.   

Writing Analytically about Literature

Blau, S. 2003. The Literature Workshop: Teaching Texts and Their Readers. 
    Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Campbell, K.H., Latimer, L. 2012. Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay.
    Portland, ME: Stenhouse. 

Wilhelm, J., Novak, B. 2011. Teaching Literature for Love and Wisdom: Being
    the Book and Being the Change. New York: NY, Teachers College Press. 

Teaching Writing in a Community of Writers

Routman, R. 2005. Writing Essentials: Raising Expectations and Results
    While Simplifying Teaching. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Academic Conversation and Collaboration

Zwiers, J., Crawford, M. 2011. Academic Conversations: Classroom Talk That
    Fosters Critical Thinking and Content Understandings. Portland, ME:
    Stenhouse.

Formative Assessment

Tovani, C. 2011. So What Do They Really Know: Assessment That Informs
    Teaching and Learning. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.   

Writing in College

Sullivan, P., Tinberg, H., & Blau, S. 2010. What Is "College-Level"
    Writing? Volume 2 Assignments, Readings, and Student Writing Samples.
    Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English.

Trimbur, J. 2011. The Call to Write. Boston, MA: Wadsworth.