Education - Elementary

SOAR Teaching Frames for Literacy provides a unique approach to planning, implementing, and elevating instruction that drives improvement in teaching and learning. SOAR focuses on the high-impact teaching practices that research identifies as key to student learning. In this book, the authors present and...

Continuing the Journey to Literacy: A Guide to Teaching Language Arts in Waldorf Schools Grades 4 through 8 is a comprehensive manual for Waldorf teachers and home school parents. It includes 17 aspects of language arts such as reading, writing, spelling, literary analysis, speech,...

Learning Is Fun Big Animal Connect the Dots Book for KidsEntertaining and educational dot-to-dot puzzle book. Connect the dots range from 10 dots to over 100+ dots. Arranged in order of difficulty from easier to more challenging. Improve number skills and hand-eye coordination while...

Is there an essay in your future? Don't know where to begin? Look no further I know that it can be intimidating to write a literary essay for the first (or 100th) time because I've felt it myself That's why I spent years getting...

This book is formated for teachers. If you are teaching one child at a time you may find "60 Decodable Books for Beginning Readers - Parents Edition" more user friendly. This book contains sixty ( eight-page) high- interest books for Kindergarten and First Grade...

Organized around four commonplaces of education-learners and learning, subject matter, teachers and teaching, and classroom environment-Elementary Social Studies provides a rich and ambitious framework to help social studies teachers achieve powerful teaching and learning results. By blending the theoretical and the practical, the authors...

Accessible and engaging, this methods textbook provides a roadmap for improving reading instruction. Leland, Lewison, and Harste explain why certain ineffective or debunked literacy techniques prevail in the classroom, identify the problematic assumptions that underly these popular myths, and offer better alternatives for literacy...

Meet Gabriel and the two angles Sera and Cher to find out how they and many more angels work with you to fulfill your purpose and your dreams. How do the angels assist us to live our purpose and dreams?Clue: You, Gabriel, Sera, Cher...

This exciting, full-color workbook will engage kids in hours of productive fun! While being engaged in fun activities, your children will be practicing important age-appropriate skills such as visual discrimination, sequencing, small muscle coordination, following directions, and critical and creative thinking. The activities in...

Children's curiosity about their lives and worlds motivates many interests. Yet, adults often have fixed ideas about what children's interests are and have been criticised for trivialising children's interests. This book offers a critical and accessible engagement with research on children's interests that challenges...

Designed to give students opportunities to investigate math concepts and skills more deeply, the activities in this book are open-ended and can be used repeatedly. Through the use of manipulatives, representational drawing, and writing, students look at math ideas from various angles and explore...

This is the new Problem Solving 2nd Edition, a completely edited version including a handy glossary and resource center.PROBLEM SOLVING, is used by hundreds of thousands of students each year. Learning the skills in this book will have a huge positive impact on your...

Gavin, with a difficult past, and Sophia's quick witted curiosity challenge Amanda and Josiah's faith in God. Can Amanda and Josiah stand their ground without shaking their faith? Answers tough questions about God, defends Christian faith, helps establish a relationship with God, encourages spiritual...

An examination of the secret world of children that shows how important special places are to a child's development. From the ages of five to twelve, the middle years of childhood, young people explore their surroundings and find or construct private spaces. In these...

In an educational era defined by large school campuses and overcrowded classrooms, it is easy to overlook the era of one-room schools, when teachers filled every role, including janitor, and provided a familylike atmosphere in which children also learned from one another. In Tales...

A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Assessment is a comprehensive guide that shows step-by-step how to effectively integrate assessment into the classroom. Written for both new and seasoned teachers, this important book offers a practical aid for developing assessment skills and strategies, building assessment literacy,...

Keep all students in your physical education program moving, learning, and on their toes--even when you're teaching very large classes. This ready-to-use guide is packed with 6 units, 70 games, 15 hints, and 39 special game variations for teaching even the largest of classes.If...

This coloring book brings to life the magic and impact of organic chemistry for children and adults alike. With more than 25 pages to color, kids will have fun and even learn some science too! The molecules featured in this book include sucrose, aspirin,...

Set the stage for new readers to soar with these just-right books that teach the second 25 sight words This sturdy tub includes 6 copies of 25 titles, each focused on a key sight word from the Fry List: or, one, had, by, word,...

This textbook offers practical guidelines for integrating science, technology, engineering, and mathematics into the elementary classroom in the context of addressing real-world problems, and cultivating in students high-level thinking and problem-solving skills. Designed to equip teachers and future teachers with tools to create and...

This book presents early childhood students and staff with a broad and diverse range of teaching techniques to support children's learning. It examines 26 techniques ranging from simple ones, such as describing and listening, to more complex methods, such as deconstruction and scaffolding. The...

"If students used structures that more closely tracked the movement of their mind, weaving their own slaloms between the twins of knowledge and experience, readers would be more inclined to lean in and vicariously experience that movement of the mind. Wouldn't they?" Gretchen Bernabei...

Still authoritative. Still definitive. Now focused on the reading process. The Brief Edition of Constance Weaver's classic Reading Process & Practice begins with the seemingly simple question "What is reading, anyway? What is the essence of the reading process itself?" With so many competing,...

This comprehensive guide combines research with principles of classroom practice. Topics include vocabulary and grammar, adapting and designing materials, and assessment. Clear examples, tasks, and recommended reading are provided.Author: Annamaria PinterISBN-10: 0194403181ISBN-13: 9780194403184Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/26/2017Pages: 240Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.90h x...

Since the mid-twentieth century, Zolt疣 Kod疝y's child-developmental philosophy for teaching music has had significant positive impact on music education around the world, and is now at the core of music teaching in the United States and other English speaking countries. The Kod疝y Today handbook...

Ideal for pre-service and new teachers, this book shows what it's really like to step before a classroom of grade six to 12 students and make English language arts approachable and real. Presenting a constructivist approach that asks, "How can my students best learn?"...

Intended for the classroom teacher, this newest addition to the Words Their Way(R) series provides specific guidance, strategies, and tools for helping struggling students, grades 4 and up, catch up with their peers in literacy. The thrust is intervention -- specifically, utilizing word study...

Collins International Primary English is a six-level, multi-component course for the international market which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students. Collins is working with Cambridge International Examinations towards endorsement of these titles. Collins International Primary English is a...

Classroom Activities for the Busy Teacher: EV3A 10 week curriculum package for implementing the LEGO Education EV3 Core Set (45544) in your class. Containing over 20 chapters that follow a planetary exploration storyline, you will be introducing students to the basics of the EV3...

Basic Arabic Grade 1 & 2 is a resource book for teaching Arabic as a second language. Students will learn to read and write the Arabic script. Spoken Arabic is also emphasized in the book to enable students to speak Arabic. YouTube videos have...

ABCSchoolhouse has created "Friendly Letter Writing with The Jolly Postman". A delightful e-book filled with letter writing activities based on the Ahlberg's book "The Jolly Postman" with illustrations by Stefani Sadler. This packet is 30 pages in length and contains everything you need for...

LIBRO DE VOCABULARIO Y EJERCICIOS "SPANISH VOCABULARY WORKBOOK" Children can now learn a second language in an easier way. No more "chalk and talk" nor any other abstract methods of learning a foreign language. The more interactive and student-centered the approach, the more students...

Being the director of an early childhood education program not only includes knowing about child development and developmentally appropriate curriculum, but it also requires a director to supervise staff, manage the facility, create budgets, and implement policies to manage a business. Sticky Situations is...

New Edition, new updates!Human Body Detectives Merrin and Pearl are at it again. Their magical ability to jump into people's bodies and explore their systems (immune, circulatory, skeletal, nervous systems) combines science with their fun adventures to help kids understand how their anatomy, physiology,...

This established text--now revised and updated--reveals how spoken language skills are acquired and how they affect children's later reading and writing achievement. With a unique focus on the needs of educators, the book examines the foundations of language in the developing brain. It explores...

Elementary school is the time when may students lay the foundation for the rest of their education. It is also a time of imagination, creativity and fun. Keeping writing enjoyable and interesting is a key ingredient in ensuring students will continue to write for...

Take the mystery out of Common Core ELA Designed to be a set of national educational standards, the Common Core has been adopted by 45 states across the nation. But if you're accustomed to traditional English courses, you may be having a hard time...

Build second graders' confidence in reading with these engaging lessons! Increasing Fluency with High Frequency Word Phrases offers 20 creative lessons that analyze high frequency practice to gain word recognition, expression, and fluency with comprehension questions to evaluate mastery. A fluency rubric and reference...

Teach your students learning strategies that will last a lifetime! Beyond facts and figures, special educators must teach their students how to learn: a skill that will sustain them for a lifetime. Offering an innovative organization, this book explains strategies within context and features:...

With sample problems and solutions, this book demonstrates how teachers can incorporate nine problem solving strategies into any mathematics curriculum to help students succeed.Author: Alfred S. PosamentierISBN-10: 1412960673ISBN-13: 9781412960670Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/25/2009Pages: 152Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.50d

Teach students to ACE their responses with this collection of mini-lessons that guides them to utilize their own knowledge to construct clear, cohesive comments. ACE is an acronym for "Answer the question, Cite evidence, and Elaborate." At the heart of ACE are eight elaboration...

How do we inspire students to love reading and discovery? In Passionate Readers: The Art of Reaching and Engaging Every Child, classroom teacher, author, and speaker Pernille Ripp reveals the five keys to creating a passionate reading environment. You'll learn how to... Use your...

Learn how to become a more effective literacy coach to ensure lasting changes in teaching and learning at your school. Literacy experts Diana and Betsy Sisson offer clear, research-based strategies that encourage professional development and growth. You'll discover how to... Understand the various roles...

As the world comes to grips with what it means to be literate in the twenty-first century, Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8 provides practitioners with the skills and knowledge they need to support young children effectively as they learn to...

Ambitious and encouraging, this text for prospective and practicing elementary and middle school science teachers, grounded in contemporary science education reform, is a valuable resource that supplies concrete approaches to support the science and science-integrated engineering learning of each and every student. At its...

List it Memory activity book for dementia and alzheimers patients. List it Activity book for dementia patients is an anti memory loss activity book for the elderly and is developed specifically for those suffering from Dementia and Alzheimers, or other elderly citizens who may...

K is for Kahlo is an artistic tour of the alphabet featuring notable artists from all around the globe. From painters to sculptors to muralists to architects, explore the creativity of some of the most influential artists in this vibrant and unique take on...

Everyone thinks kids hate math. But the truth is, kids don't hate math--they hate worksheets Writing down equations takes fine motor skills that young children haven't yet developed, making the process of learning math difficult and tedious. Math done mentally, or verbal math, makes...

While most activity books encourage indoor explorations, countless adventures and learning opportunities await outside! Going for a walk or exploring the local community can bring about much more than just exercise.Little Walks, Big Adventures helps you teach your toddler about his/her surroundings through fun...

"The Complete Learning Spaces Book for Infants and Toddlers" is designed to help busy teachers meet the challenge of creating an effective learning environment for very young children. It -includes ideas for planning, using, and evaluating learning spaces that will captivate infants and toddlers...