Education - Elementary

Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing. Sound too good to be true? Not at all. Thats just what each book in this series offers.Author: Debra HouselISBN-10: 1420650335ISBN-13: 9781420650334Publisher: Teacher Created ResourcesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2011Pages:...

Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing. Sound too good to be true? Not at all. Thats just what each book in this series offers.Author: Ruth FosterISBN-10: 142063979XISBN-13: 9781420639797Publisher: Teacher Created ResourcesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/21/2012Pages:...

Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing. Sound too good to be true? Not at all. Thats just what each book in this series offers.Author: Ruth FosterISBN-10: 1420639757ISBN-13: 9781420639759Publisher: Teacher Created ResourcesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/21/2012Pages:...

"Includes standards & benchmarks"--Cover.Author: Wendy ConklinISBN-10: 1420630482ISBN-13: 9781420630480Publisher: Teacher Created ResourcesLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2005Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.40w x 0.40d

Wondering how to incorporate science, technology, engineering, and math PLUS collaboration, critical thinking, problem-solving, and digital literacy into the curriculum? You can do it with project-based learning. Each book presents several units that require students to think creatively and to put what they are...

Who will you be? Caesar? Brutus? The spooky soothsayer?!Julius Caesar like you have never experienced it before: quick, fun, and easy to understand. Designed for 5-17+ actors, kids, families, or anyone who wants to enjoy and perform Shakespeare's classic play. Julius Caesar for Kids...

The Test Tutor's Practice Tests for the NNAT(R) 2 Test - Second Grade is designed to prepare children in second grade for the NNAT(R) 2 test by providing three full-length practice tests with 144 practice examples of the reasoning and problem solving skills assessed...

Teach your students to write. Capture student interest with these original, thought-provoking writing prompts. Mark Linley is a master teacher and curriculum developer with over 20 years of teaching experience in the primary grades.This book features: * 75 thought-provoking writing prompts* 10 templates for...

Get your students beginning to read. Teach CVC decoding with these high-interest mini-books.Mark Linley is a master teacher and curriculum developer with over 20 years of teaching experience in the primary grades.This anthology contains: * 15 Booklets* 15 Lesson Plans* 15 two-page Independent Practice...

Phillip Moore's book The Future of Children describes the work of an innovative independent school in Michigan and the principles of a love-based education. This book grew out of over four decades of direct experience with children who have been educated in a school...

2016 Bronze Winner Wishing Shelf Book Award "An inspirational way of helping children to count. A Bronze Medal Winner and highly recommended."'A very clever and fun way to help children to remember numbers. Highly recommended ' -Wishing Shelf Book Review, England- Numbers are my...

Multiplication tables are an important tool in mathematics. The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) of United Kingdom, has proposal for the new national curriculum to ensure that pupils are able to recite their times tables up to and including...

This guide is a parent's companion to the I Am Unique story. Complete with tips and activities to do before, during, and after reading, parents are equipped to engage their child(ren) -- no matter their reading level. The guide comes with a list of...

Linguist Camilia Sadik discovered over 100 Spelling Rules and applied them in 600 Phonics Lessons that made Learning to Read and Spell Logical and Possible for all Ages and all Types of Learners. For free sample lessons, visit: SpellingRules.com Read Instantly is for Children,...

Each day students, teachers, and school staff are faced with tough character choices and decisions on how to act and how to treat others. Follow a school day where the adults and children choose to cape up and activate their superpower of greatness by...

Lighthouses have been a beacon form of navigation for centuries. This delightful story is told by animals who learned from their grandparents about the great Saint George Reef Lighthouse. The reader learns why the lighthouse was needed, and about its unique beacon of light,...

The Invent to Learn Guide to Making in the K-3 Classroom: Why, How, and Wow is a practical guide for primary school educators who want to inspire their students to embrace a tinkering mindset so they can invent fantastic contraptions. Veteran teacher Alice Baggett...

The Social Studies and Civics edition provides progressive questions and answers that align with elementary Social Studies learning targets, Preschool-5th Grade It encompasses geography, history, early American heritage and exploration, and peoples and cultures of the world. The Civics chapter aims to heighten children's...

In Book 2, Story 1, Grandpa (as young trucker) learns the power of nature when a mighty hurricane wallops the seaside town of Biloxi, Mississippi, blowing the roof off the hotel where he's staying. In Story 2, "Girl Truckers," two young women prove that...

A resource of mathematics activities which cover every mathematics common core state standard from Kindergarten through grade three, this guide is structured on stories from well known children's books. The authors, two professors of mathematics education and an award winning writer/poet, have found that...

Wendy on Wheels Saves the Day takes Wendy on an extraordinary adventure. After seeing a superhero movie on television, Wendy is motivated to bring smiles and laughs to her friends and children in need. Aimed towards children between the ages of three and ten,...

Mad Maggie and her dragon Richard live a carefree life, until one day a messenger comes to their little village and declares that there is no such things as Dragons. They leave their home to seek out the wise old king to prove that...

Join the adventures of Allison, Mark, and Mishie (a flying tour guide) as they try to find the priceless treasure. Discover fascinating mission facts, tour the missions through the eyes of a 4th grade author, and develop an idea of which fascinating missions you...

The Los Angeles Private School and Preschool Guide, both written by Fiona Whitney, helps parents find the right private school or preschool for their child. As a mother of two, Fiona visited and observed first hand, often several times, before a thorough review of...

Author: Darcia NarvaezISBN-10: 0981950132ISBN-13: 9780981950136Publisher: Alliance for Catholic Education PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/10/2009Pages: 168Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.36d

Author: Darcia Narvaez, C. S. C. James LiesISBN-10: 0981950124ISBN-13: 9780981950129Publisher: Alliance for Catholic Education PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/09/2009Pages: 204Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.25w x 0.43d

All personal-change techniques work for some people. Techniques in . . . This Book Work Specifically For You. Therefore, why search for your purpose? Life is too short . . . save time . . . do One-Great-Thing and . . . Become Your...

My Beginners Book 1 plus its CDs (performance and backing tracks) successfully take complete beginners to prep test level in 16 beautiful songs and fun activities. This method have especially been created and compiled by Luisa Faraguna, a strong point of reference in strings...

Drama Start 2 is a collection of drama activities and plays suitable for children between the ages of nine and twelve. This book is also suitable for anyone working with children in a setting where drama is used, such as community groups, out-of-school care...

Co-published by MENC: The National Association for Music Education Presents ideas about the most effective, developmentally appropriate, and enjoyable ways to introduce young children to music. Includes ideas for developing different musical concepts, managing groups of children, and developing community interest in early childhood...

Children use these imagination games that bring the worlds of facts and fantasy into harmony. With a parent or teacher as guide, children explore situations at school, home, and other settings. A reader writes: "This book is so much fun for children of all...

Share your colleagues' experience and over 400 ideas organized in eight categories - a "professional workshop in a book." Improve skills and manage your library media/technology center more efficiently. This new compilation of hints and ideas is drawn from the Shop Talk column in...

A micro-community approach to education with vision and values The U.S. education system has remained somewhat static as the world changes furiously around it. The Basic School: A Community for Learning offers a model for the future. The classroom -- and by extension, the...

This incredibly witty and insightful book is an indispensable guide for teachers looking for that voice of experience and common sense to help them navigate a career in early childhood literacy. Amid the familiar systems of cookie-cutter curricula and standards-based testing, Cooper suggests how...

Starting with the simple rule which generates the numbers in Pascal's Triangle, it is remarkable how many other patterns and properties there are to discover.Any teacher who would like to convey something of the wonder of mathematics to a class at almost any level...

The seventy-two exercises for journal keeping in this book are simple and enjoyable ways for children from kindergarten through junior high to: express feelings and thoughts, feel comfortable about writing and drawing, acquire the habits of self-observation and reflection, foster a positive self-image, exercise...

This unique, time-saving resource for teachers offers lists of concepts, topics, algorithms, activities, and methods of instruction for every aspect of K-6 mathematics.Author: Sonia M. Helton, Stephen J. MickloISBN-10: 0876281315ISBN-13: 9780876281314Publisher: Jossey-BassLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/18/1997Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.07lbsSize: 10.98h x 8.32w x 0.93d

Activities that prepare children to participate in readers theatre are accompanied by reproducible scripts of classics (e.g., Little Women, Heidi, The Secret Garden) and suggested scenes from contemporary children's literature (e.g., Tuck Everlasting, The Wish Giver, The Whipping Boy, Stone Fox, Sarah, Plain and...

The French Games Pack contains fun games and activities to practise and reinforce learning, that children will love.The French Games Pack contains: Loto Fran軋is is a proven way of reinforcing the use of the French language. These attractive, easy-to-use photocopiable lotto boards provide a...

Librarians, teachers, parents, and caregivers can energize storytimes and curricula with this informative and entertaining resource filled with engaging and creative ways to integrate storytelling and story-related materials into programs for children, ages birth-12. Readers will find a treasure trove of tales, books, songs,...

Hardcover edition of Dr. Montessori's The Montessori Elementary Materials. Scientific pedagogy as applied to child education in "the Children's Houses" included chapters on Grammar, Arithmetic, Music and Drawing. Educators will appreciate having this classic hardcover in their collection.Author: Maria MontessoriISBN-10: 0837601746ISBN-13: 9780837601748Publisher: Bentley PublishersLanguage:...

Hardcover edition of Dorothy Canfield Fisher's The Montessori Manual for Teachers and Parents. A less philosophical and more concrete and definite approach to Montessori's teachings, this volume includes chapters on methods in Montessori Discipline and Obedience. Educators will appreciate having this classic hardcover in...

Lists range from minor problems such giving rewards and sanctions to how to deal with serious problems such as, bullying and tantrums.Author: Alex Griffiths, Karen JonesISBN-10: 0826489885ISBN-13: 9780826489883Publisher: ContinuumLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/15/2006Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.12h x 4.76w x 0.39d

Most children learn to read, irrespective of how they are taught. Yet up to a fifth of children struggle with reading in their first few years at school. Unfortunately, those who struggle in the early years will continue to struggle throughout their school career....

Lists range from the practical, such as preparing for an interview, organising your classroom and dealing with difficulties to the fun, such as how the children perceive you and what not to wear.Author: Fred SedgwickISBN-10: 0826488714ISBN-13: 9780826488718Publisher: ContinuumLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2006Pages: 120Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 7.76h...

What issues in English teacher education are sidestepped because they are too loaded to address? What aren't we talking about when we discuss classroom management, censorship, standardized tests, media literacy, social justice issues, the standards, and technology? What really matters to novices entering the...

This book explores the works of Michel Foucault and their relevance for educational theory and practice. Gail McNicol Jardine investigates Foucault's early examinations of the transformation of systems of knowledge as societies change, his in-depth, critical analyses of Knowledge-Power, and his increasingly more explicit...

The Literacy of Play and Innovation provides a portrait of what innovative education looks like from a literacy perspective. Through an in-depth case study of a "maker" school's innovative design-in particular, of four early childhood educator's classrooms-this book demonstrates that children's inspiration, curiosity, and...

Designed to strengthen the teaching of mathematics in the elementary grades, this book focuses on helping teachers engage in instruction based on learning trajectories (LTs). The authors bring together the experiences and key research-based findings of four different groups of teacher educators that created...

In this insightful math resource for grades 3-8, popular professional developer Marian Small helps teachers understand and facilitate meaningful assessments to advance student understandings. Small shows new and veteran teachers how to do three fundamental things well: identify the most important math to assess;...