Books with author Debra J. Housel

The Controlling Florida: Colonization to Statehood primary source reader equips teachers with a stunning informational text that will excite students as they learn about Florida state history. This fascinating e-Book features vibrant primary source documents to provide an intimate glimpse of life during the early days of Florida's colonization. Build valuable literacy and state standards-aligned content knowledge with this nonfiction text that explores history, geography, and other strands of social studies. The e-Book contains text features (such as headings, glossary, and index) to strengthen understanding of the material as well as build academic vocabulary. Aligned with Florida state standards for Social Studies and English Language Arts, WIDA, and the NCSS/C3 Framework, this valuable classroom resource readies students for college and career readiness.

The Industrial Revolution began in Great Britain during the 1700s and spread to America in the early 1800s as the colonies formed and grew. Industrialism provided the means for development and expansion in America as life transitioned from rural beginnings to large cities. Industry was a large factor for innovation and employment at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Act out the story of Pandora as her curiousity gets the better of her and the world is changed forever. The roles in this script are written at different reading levels. This feature allows teachers to easily implement differentiation and English language learner strategies and assign specific roles to students in a way that accommodates individual reading skills. By using differeniation strategies, teachers can get everyone involved and engaged in the same activity, whether they are struggling or proficient readers. Everyone can feel successful and can enjoy improving their fluency through performance! While performing this story with others, students can also practice interacting cooperatively and using expressive voices and gestures. With an accompanying poem and song for additional fluency practice, this script is a dynamic resource for your students. This colorful, leveled script is sure to get all students participating and confidently practicing fluency in a unique way.