What happens when practitioners and researchers work together in an elementary classroom setting? Discover the power of using engaging and informative lesson plans developed in elementary classrooms across the U.S. and backed by current research. Hear from both sides of the profession and understand how they come together for the benefit of the student. Following series editor's preface (Holly Hansen-Thomas) and the introduction (Judy Sharkey), this book is organized into the following sections and chapters: Section 1: Language Arts: (1) Cultivating Culturally Responsive Elementary Classrooms With Empathetic Critical Integrations (1st grade) (Joy Dangora Erickson); (2) Scaffolding Instruction for English Learners in First Grade: The Power of Joint Construction (1st grade) (Luciana C. de Oliveira, Loren Jones, and Jeanette Arana); (3) Touch Tablets as Learning Tools for Young Learners (1st grade) (Zohreh Eslami and Mahjabin Chowdhury); and (4) Mini-Novelas to Incorporate Culturally Responsive Literature With Academic Writing (5th grade) (Holly Hansen-Thomas). Section 2: Social Studies: (5) The Quest for Social Justice: Developing Democratic Ideals and Practices in Elementary Social Studies Classrooms (Kindergarten-5th grade) (Mayra C. Daniel and Carolyn Riley); and (6) Breaking the Linguistic Ceiling: Bilingual Students Appropriate Academic English (5th grade) (María Estela Brisk, Jasmine Alvarado, Beverly Timothy, and Pat Scialoia). Section 3: Science: (7) Standards-Based Assessments for Science in Inclusion Kindergarten: Language, Content, and Teacher Education (Kindergarten) (Katlyn Lawver and Sarah Rilling); (8) Abundant Student Output Through Teachers' Big Questions: A Study in Curricular Design (3rd grade) (Lorrie Stoops Verplaetse, Marisa Ferraro, and Melissa Mazzaro); (9) Scaffolding Scaffolding: A Collaborative Effort to Understand and Enact Appropriate Scaffolding for English Learner Learning in Science (4th grade) (Megan Madigan Peercy, Megan DeStefano, Kendall Sethna, and Melissa Bitter); and (10) Teaching Students to Unpack Science Texts: Systemic Functional Linguistics in an Upper Elementary Level Classroom (5th grade) (Michaela Colombo, Nicole Finneran, and Linda Gormley-Bonanno). The book ends with a conclusion (Judy Sharkey) and appendix.