Larry's Books
Timeless Practices To Improve Student Learning
Supporting educators and leaders in their important work of helping every student become a confident and successful learner
New and Past Publications
Integrating Teaching and Learning - "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study - Volume 1
NEW! Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series with indispensable elements educators are successfully using to create new units of study or to enrich existing units that fully integrate their instruction with their students' learning. Volume One in this series presents straightforward, practical ways to simplify and clarify identifying and aligning Essential Standards, PK-12. Learn to “unwrap” Essential Standards for teacher clarity, identify levels of rigor, write Student Learning Targets, Success Criteria, and compose Big Ideas. This first set of “timeless essentials” builds the standards-aligned foundation for creating quality units of study.
Integrating Teaching and Learning - "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study- Volume 2
NEW! Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series that PK-12 educators are successfully using to create new units of study, or enrich existing ones, with indispensable elements that fully integrate their instruction with students' learning. Volume Two in this series shows how to create Essential Questions with corresponding Big Ideas. You will see how to improve educators’ assessment literacy to write or select—with the time-saving aid of A.I.-generated questions—quality end-of-unit assessments. Guidelines from assessment experts detail how to critique the quality of assessment questions before administering them to students.
Integrating Teaching and Learning - "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study - Volume 3
NEW! Integrating Teaching and Learning: "Timeless Essentials" for Creating Integrated Units of Study is a unique series that PK-12 educators are successfully using to create new units of study, or enrich existing ones, with indispensable elements that fully integrate their instruction with students' learning. Volume Three in this series shows how to plan Learning Progressions, use Quick Progress Checks to provide timely feedback, and create Standards-Aligned Learning Tasks all which enable students to progressively develop and reveal their understanding of the Essential Standards’ “unwrapped” concepts, skills, and Big Ideas.
"Unwrapping" the standards is a simple but powerful practice to help educators clarify what students must know and be able to do. When educators take the time to analyze each standard and identify its essential concepts and skills, the result is more effective instructional planning, higher quality assessment design, and improved student learning.
Power Standards are those standards that are essential for student success. This “how-to” manual explains step-by-step how teams of educators can collaboratively identify and vertically align for K-12.
Priority Standards provide the solid foundation for planning all subsequent instruction, assessment, and curriculum.
After the Priority Standards are identified, “unwrapping” those standards reveals exactly what students need to know and be able to do.
CFAs directly align with the “unwrapped Priority Standards, Learning Intentions, and Success Criteria for any one unit of study. The same process can then be applied to other units.
RCD provides a comprehensive framework for creating multiple units of study for any grade or course.
A simple framework that works with any math textbook series to create mathematically powerful students.
A simple framework that works with any math textbook series to create mathematically powerful students.
A simple framework that works with any math textbook series to create mathematically powerful students.