Books published by Shell Educational Publishing

Fall in love with Ivan and his determination in this heartwarming story bursting with many different emotions. Second language learners will enjoy analyzing this complex literary piece and revel in the life lessons they take away from it.

Analyze Are You My Mother in-depth with this instructional guide that includes engaging activities and lessons in Spanish to build key comprehension and literacy skills for second language learners, with instructions for teachers in English.

Analyze Last Stop on Market Street in-depth with this instructional guide that includes engaging activities and lessons in Spanish to build key comprehension and literacy skills for second language learners, with instructions for teachers in English.

Prepare middle school students for college and career with 12 close reading units designed to support content-area instruction and literacy development. Each unit includes text-dependent questions and paired fiction and nonfiction texts.

Help secondary school students build content area literacy and increase retention through interactive notetaking! This resource provides creative strategies for notetaking to engage students in critical thinking and analysis across multiple subject areas.

Help grades 3-5 students build content area literacy and increase retention through interactive notetaking! This resource provides creative strategies for notetaking to engage students in critical thinking and analysis across multiple subject areas.

Help grades K-2 students build content area literacy and increase retention through interactive notetaking! This resource provides creative strategies for notetaking to engage students in critical thinking and analysis across multiple subject areas.

Captivate readers with the inspiring story of a girl who is bullied by what she wears to school, and the lessons learned from her experience. This instructional guide includes engaging activities and lessons to build key comprehension and literacy skills.

Students will enjoy reading this story about an American Indian boy who tries to create his own identity. This instructional guide helps students analyze story elements, practice close reading, and respond to text-dependent questions.

Journey with Shirley Temple Wong as she shares her immigration story. Using the standards-based lessons in this instruction guide, students build key comprehension skills through analyzing story elements, close reading, text-dependent questions, and more.

Create an innovative classroom where students develop writing skills by learning strategies based on their interests in technology, social media, and other topics. Students apply these tools and strategies to build college and career readiness skills.

Spark a love for reading from the first page to the last with this instructional guide for The Crossover. With lessons plans geared specifically for this 2015 Newbery Medal winner, this resource helps students analyze story elements more critically.

Improve students' critical-thinking skills in grades K 12 using high-interest science content. This resource provides leveled text-dependent questions to support students as they closely examine science texts and provide evidence for their answers.

Enhance students' critical-thinking skills using high-interest mathematics content. This resource provides leveled text-dependent questions to support students as they examine mathematical text and problems and provide evidence for their answers.

Give grades 3 5 students the tools they need to be successful using this must-have guide. It includes sample lessons showing the key elements of a close reading lesson as well as strategies for analyzing and selecting a text and how to support students.

Introduce students to cursive and help them master this skill through the use of fun and engaging activity sheets provided in this resource.