Best Lesson Planning for Educators Books of 2025

Unearthing Joy is a guide to culturally and historically responsive curriculum and instruction, which adds joy as the fifth pursuit to Dr. Gholdy Muhammad's instructional model. This book offers an insightful perspective on how to teach from cultural and historical realities to cultivate identity, skills, intellect, criticality, and joy for all students. The wise implementation advice, model lessons, and assessment tools make this book an essential resource for educators. Overall, Unearthing Joy is a must-read for educators looking to create a curriculum that generates joy and genius for all students.

This teacher's notebook is a thoughtful and beautiful way to show appreciation for the educators who have made a difference in your life. Its soft matte cover and 120 lined pages make it a practical and sentimental gift for teachers of all levels. The book's title, "Never Forget The Difference You've Made," serves as a reminder of the impact that teachers have on their students. The size of the notebook is perfect for carrying around in a bag or purse. Overall, this notebook is a unique and heartfelt way to express gratitude to the teachers who have made a positive impact on your life.

How to Love Teaching Again: Work Smarter, Beat Burnout, and Watch Your Students Thrive by Jamie Sears is a must-read for all teachers who have lost the spark for teaching. The book offers practical tips to defeat burnout, overcome perfectionism, and restore the joy of teaching. Sears, the CEO of Not So Wimpy Teacher, provides simple step-by-step strategies that have helped thousands of teachers around the country transform their relationship with work. The book is a timely gift for teachers everywhere and will inspire them to bring back joy to the teaching profession.

This revised and expanded book offers a detailed framework for K-3 teachers to provide effective literacy instruction tailored to each student's needs. The authors provide a roadmap for implementing differentiated small-group instruction over multiweek cycles with reproducible lesson plans, instructional activities, assessment forms, and other tools. The book includes guidance for designing instruction and grouping students, making it a one-stop resource. The approach has been fine-tuned based on field testing, new research findings, and current standards and response-to-intervention frameworks. This practical book is a 'must-have' for teachers, interventionists, and literacy coaches.

The Reading Strategies Book made the New York Times Best Seller List by making it simpler to match students' needs to high-quality instruction. Now, in The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo does the same, collecting 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals."You can think of the goals as the what, "writes Jen, "and the strategies as the how." From composing with pictures all the way to conventions and beyond, you'll have just-right teaching, just in time. With Jen's help you'll:develop individual goals for every writergive students step-by-step strategies for writing with skill and craftcoach writers using prompts aligned to a strategypresent mentor texts that support a genre and strategyadjust instruction to meet individual needs with Jen's Teaching Tipsdemonstrate and explain a writing move with her Lesson Languagelearn more with Hat Tips to the work of influential teacher-authors.She even offers suggestions for stocking your writing center, planning units of study, celebrating student writing, and keeping records.Whether you use Writing Workshop, 6+1 Traits, Daily 5's "Work on Writing," a scripted writing program, the writing exercises in your basal, or any other approach, you'll discover a treasure chest of ways to work with whole classes, small groups, or individual writers."I am convinced that helping kids to articulate clear goals for their work," writes Jen Serravallo, "and supporting them with strategies and feedback to accomplish those goals, makes a huge difference." With The Writing Strategies Book you can make that kind of difference with your writers every day.

The Self-Driven Child by William Stixrud and Ned Johnson is a groundbreaking book that offers a combination of cutting-edge brain science, the latest discoveries in behavioral therapy, and case studies to help parents set their child on the road to success. The authors discovered that the best way to combat stress is by giving kids more control over their lives. The book provides practical advice for parents to help their children become self-driven individuals while still maintaining their authority. This book is a must-read for parents who want to help their children develop resilience and imagination to tackle the road ahead.

The First Six Weeks of School is a comprehensive guidebook for K-6 teachers, written by teachers, that provides practical teaching tips and effective teacher language examples. It covers all the essential aspects of the early weeks of school, including planning a great first day, ensuring every part of the day flows smoothly, teaching positive discipline, presenting engaging academics, and fostering community. This book is an essential tool for both novice and experienced teachers who wish to create caring, stimulating, and safe learning environments. The book is unique in its research-based approach that's associated with greater teacher effectiveness, higher student achievement, and improved school climate.

The Instructional Coaching Handbook: 200+ Troubleshooting Strategies for Success is a valuable resource for instructional coaches, administrators, and teachers. With more than 200 research-based strategies, this book offers practical solutions to common challenges that coaches face when working with educators. The authors devote a chapter to each of the seven skills and dispositions that coaches need to address, including efficacy, equity, and lesson planning. The handbook includes implementation stories, effective tools, and resources that guide coaches through difficult conversations. This book is essential for anyone looking to improve their coaching skills and make a positive impact on students and teachers.

The Homeschool Planner by Paper Peony Press is an undated homeschool planner designed to help create a sustainable homeschool plan. With 192 pages, it provides monthly and weekly plans, meal planning, goal planning, and academic tools. It includes a grades and tests log, attendance sheets, a reading log, a book wish list, a monthly goal planner, and a field trip planner. The beautiful hardback cover with gold spiral and corner protectors make it a must-have homeschooling book. Overall, The Homeschool Planner is an excellent tool for homeschooling, distance learning, and family organizing.

Evan-Moor Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 1 is a valuable resource for homeschooling and classroom teachers. The book provides 150 fiction and nonfiction passages with comprehension questions that help children become strong readers. The teacher's edition includes reproducible pages with visual tools to help students apply reading skills to the passages they read. The book covers 30 weeks of instruction on reading skills such as main idea, phonics, and word meanings. This book is an excellent tool for test prep and supports struggling readers. Overall, Daily Reading Comprehension is an engaging and effective way to improve reading skills in young children.