Education - Elementary

Matches the 2017-2018 State Standards This book is focused on developing student's language and vocabulary skills. It includes revising and editing exercises that require students to apply skills, as well as quizzes that focus on the language and vocabulary skills that Louisiana students are...

Unique Teaching Methods For The Classroom And Physical EducationI have used the following activities and games, as I taught Physical Education. Schools started worrying about accreditation. I tried to incorporate topics the classroom teacher was using. I unfortunately did not have a gymnasium. Some...

FROM THE CREATOR OF 50 STEM LABS & 50 MORE STEM LABS comes this collection of 50 Social Studies Activities for kids. Recommended for grades K to 6 and up Each one has a snappy title, a brief set of instructions, recommended materials list,...

Learn how to read, pronounce & write Hindi alphabets, vowels and numbers with this Practice Workbook. This Book is aimed to make Learning easy for first time learner by providing step by step instructions with guided arrows, bilingual words, pronunciation and pictures of associated...

This unique collection of animal rhymes contain 45 drawings specially designed by a Chinese artist to match the description of each animal. There are only 20 syllables (with two rhymed couplets) in each stanza for an animal, "short, pithy, to the point," as one...

The Howard Gardner Zoo introduces Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligence Theory to students. This picture book is designed to help students think about how to use their unique talents in the classroom.Author: Alexis KeableISBN-10: 1511963190ISBN-13: 9781511963190Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/23/2015Pages: 38Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize:...

Educate the whole child with over one hundred activities that promote physical, cognitive, and emotional/social balance in children This insightful resource helps educators, parents, and childcare providers discover how emotions affect learning and behavior, recognize the symptoms and sources of imbalance, and promote students'...

Six exciting titles use well-known works of children's literature as a springboard for learning! Activities, booktalks, and recommended book titles help students connect reading for pleasure with reading for information. Includes relevant McREL, Information Power II, and NETS standards.Author: Nancy J. Keane, Corinne WaitISBN-10:...

Inspire the next Emily Dickinson! These workshops will help younger students develop their passion for the written word and expand their writing ability. Meant for use throughout the entire school year, the workshops steadily become more thought-provoking as students are challenged to increase their...

Six exciting titles use well-known works of children's literature as a springboard for learning! Activities, booktalks, and recommended book titles help students connect reading for pleasure with reading for information. Includes relevant McREL, Information Power II, and NETS standards.Author: Nancy J. Keane, Corinne WaitISBN-10:...

Includes 48 competencies/skills found on the MTTC Elementary Education test and 100 sample-test questions. This guide, aligned specifically to standards prescribed by the Michigan Department of Education, covers the sub-areas of Language Arts; Mathematics; Social Studies; Science; The Arts; and Health and Physical Education.Author:...

Musi-Matics! has also successfully been used in college classes for elementary education and music education methods courses. This book guides teachers and future teachers through the lesson planning process and through arts-integration concepts.Author: Karin K. NolanISBN-10: 157886979XISBN-13: 9781578869794Publisher: R & L EducationLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2009Pages:...

Here is an easy to understand guide to elementary education. This book is the first of its kind to take the language of education and define all the words, phrases, and processes involved in a child's school. This book will teach parents how to...

(Grades 4-8) * the most comprehensive books on word sorting available * a wide range of sorts offered at all developmental levels * great for on-grade level, remedial, ESL, Title I, and Reading First The format for this book is similar: 20 to 30...

This sequel to the popular Grammar Wars book was written to answer questions brought up by teachers about this unique and valuable technique for learning language and theatre arts. In addition to over 130 new games, the author explains productive and defensive behaviors that...

The Discipline of Hope chronicles veteran educator Herb Kohl's love affair with teaching since his first encounter forty years ago, chronicled in his now-classic 36 Children. Beginning with his years in New York public schools and continuing throughout his four decades of working with...

Use these engaging Magic Circle activities to help young children acquire language and social interaction skills. It's well documented that children who have developed good communication skills and the ability to get along with others perform better in school and in all aspects of...

This learning guide for the elementary grades teaches your students how to reduce and control anger and to settle disputes in a pro-social manner. These student-tested activities help children to: understand the dynamics of conflict and anger improve communication skills examine the cause and...

Kids love these fun, enjoyable, delightfully illustrated ready-to-use handouts. Engaging activity pages involve students in learning important life skills through words, pictures, and with guidance they understand and relate to. Organized around recognized building blocks of social-emotional learning these reproducible handouts provide quick, easily...

Literature and educational books about Native Americans frequently present stereotypical images or depict the people as they existed hundreds of years ago. Seeking to dispel misrepresentations, this book examines Native American culture as it exists today as well as its historical background. Reproducible activities,...

Celebrating nearby nature and the marvels of our own backyards, this book helps you introduce children to the world around them. With quality children's literature and simple activities, you can cultivate a child's sense of wonder and joy and teach him or her the...

Based on folktales, animal fables, cultural holiday celebrations, and historical figures and events, these 14 scripts allow actors and audience members to directly experience the cultural heritage and wisdom as represented in engaging dramatic events. The reproducible scripts can be used in classrooms, for...

Provides resources for teachers who want to develop their multicultural education programs using art projects.Author: Dindy RobinsonISBN-10: 1563082713ISBN-13: 9781563082719Publisher: Libraries UnlimitedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/15/1996Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.26lbsSize: 10.96h x 8.31w x 0.55d

The award-winning illustrations of 57 Caldecott Books (1938-1994) have inspired a multitude of lessons that guide students in creating art with similar qualities. Focusing on such principles and elements as line, color, texture, shape, value, and space, these classroom-tested projects have step-by-step instructions, materials...

To rhyme or not to rhyme? That's NOT the only question! An absolute must buy for the novice and an incredible asset for any writing teacher, this book gives you guidelines for starting a poetry writing program and then the tools to do it....

Never has hands-on science been so easy to do! Turn to Hands-On Science--20 Themes for classroom-tested science units that help students learn by doing. Students practice the scientific inquiry skills outlined in the National Science Education Standards. The 20 highly motivating units in Hands...

You get countless activities for 33 holidays, saving you from scouring through hundreds of books and activities trying to find appropriate material. Each chapter contains a small history of the holiday, an annotated collection of the perfect books, poems, and activities (such as coloring...

What better way to get better at first grade math than practicing? First Grade Workbook: Math is packed with hundreds of essential practice problems that will ensure a stronger foundation and prepare for the classroom settingAuthor: Nancy M. HallISBN-10: 1548259128ISBN-13: 9781548259129Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

Will, the Word SMART Wizard is the second book in Dr. Mary Massey's SMART Parts series about Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Will is one of the characters from the series introductory book, Ellie Rae Discovers Eight Ways to be SMART. He is Word...

A great aid for building vocabulary and teaching key words in both Arabic and English languages. These cuddly and colored books present important early concepts. With this series of entertaining books, Arabic - English speaking children will have a lot of fun learning most...

A great aid for building vocabulary and teaching key words in both Arabic and English languages. These cuddly and colored books present important early concepts. With this series of entertaining books, Arabic - English speaking children will have a lot of fun learning most...

Using the techniques in this book, your student can improve visual processing skills, sequencing skills, improve visual tracking and lessen the occurrence of reversals.Within these pages you'll find powerful tools to help remedy reversals; Hemispheric Integration Exercises, Visual Processing Activities, Visual Discrimination Practice, Visual...

An ideal book for building vocabulary and teaching key words to your little one These cuddly and instructive books present important early concepts. This must-have for little learners is the ideal source for learning new words. Covering all basic topics, this series of books...

A gifted teacher shares many heart wrenching, joyful, insightful adventures inside the classroom and in her personal life. On this voyage you will get an up close, personal look at her life and education in America. This journey involves the actions of friends, lovers,...

Melanin Origins LLC is committed to literacy and empowerment through powerful images and stories representative of diverse backgrounds and cultural pride. Our books are the perfect addition to any primary classroom for the benefit of all students.This curriculum packet is a TEKS / Common...

Modeling is one of the most effective of all teaching strategies and yet many teachers overlook this powerful tool in writing instruction. When teachers think aloud and then craft a piece of writing in front of their students, they give student writers a peek...

Beans, Bullets, Bandages, and Barter items are the staples of any preparedness plan. Join Prepper Pete's best friend, Survivalist Sam, as he explores the Four B's of prepping and many of the fun things your family can do, too Children will love this fabulously...

The original Prepper book for kids Join Prepper Pete as he explores the many reasons to "be prepared" and fun things your family can do, too Prepper Pete works very hard to keep his family safe by preparing for events that may happen in...

These materials were developed, in part, by a grant from the federally-funded Mathematics and Science Partnership through the Center for STEM Education. Some of the activities were adapted from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Illuminations, the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives, Hands-On...

The best-selling Differentiating Instruction With Menus series has helped teachers nationwide differentiate instruction for their high-ability learners with easy-to-use menus and exciting tools to challenge and reach gifted and advanced students in the classroom. Each book includes an updated, student-friendly rubric that can assess...

2011 Reprint of 1902 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. John Dewey recognized that "children's development and learning were anything but rational and orderly, he and his followers advocated a child-centered and community-centered curriculum to give students...

Mini-lessons, practice pages, assessments, and sample tests all in one book. Add some sparkle to your STAAR prep with 140 pages of reproducible including: literary, informational, persuasive, and procedural texts; graphic organizers for every unit; text-dependent comprehension questions, short-answer and multiple choice formats; and...

This book has been developed from Gillians own work in primary and secondary schools. The publication consists of: " comprehensive teacher notes " lesson plans focused on emotional literacy " copiable diary pages notes. Facilitating this programme the teacher will: " help students to...

Brilliant Activities for Persuasive Writing provides Key Stage 2 teachers with activities to help pupils to focus on persuasive language and to stimulate persuasive writing. All the activities are compatible with the National Literacy Strategy. Activities range from writing advertisements and job descriptions to...

Create the wonder of Christmas with your children at school or at home--starting with a simple Advent Calendar and Crib Scene. The Nativity Play is spell binding--whether told as a story in verse, narrated as children act the parts, or performed entirely by children....

Team Games are special mathematical puzzles and problems which produce real co-operation between the members of a team. The secondary school version of this book Mathematical Team Games has sold tens of thousands of copies and been used successfully all over the world. This...

JUMP Math's student Assessment & Practice Books are a great resource for teachers and parents to help children in Grades K-8 build their confidence, skill, and success in math. Created by award-winning mathematician and best-selling author Dr. John Mighton, the AP Books are informed...

JUMP Math's student Assessment & Practice Books are a great resource for teachers and parents to help children in Grades K-8 build their confidence, skill, and success in math. Created by award-winning mathematician and best-selling author Dr. John Mighton, the AP Books are informed...

Enrich students' social studies learning in Morning Meeting This book is ideal for getting K-6 students excited about - and deepening their understanding of - the world around them. The activities cover a wide range of topics, concepts, and skills, in geography, civics, economics,...

Stop bullying before it starts. Use the practical strategies described in this book to prevent bullying and create a safe, inclusive elementary classroom where kindness and learning flourish. Veteran educator Caltha Crowe offers a proactive approach to bullying prevention that shows you how to...