Education - Elementary

Explore the world with Discover Press This is a wildlife photography and facts book intended for early readers Make sure to pay attention throughout the entire book because you'll be tested for your knowledge at the end.Discover other exciting titles with Discover PressAuthor: Discover...

Thanks for checking out another addition from Curious Kids Press.In this book you will find 15 amazing animal facts accompanied by high quality photos At the end of this book you will also discover 5 quiz questions for testing your knowledge.This book is perfect...

Welcome to another Kids Explore animal book for kids In this book, you will discover exciting facts about the featured animal. Be sure to pay attention, because at the end of the book, you will be tested for your knowledge.Check out all the other...

Explore the world with Discover Press This is a wildlife photography and facts book intended for early readers Make sure to pay attention throughout the entire book because you'll be tested for your knowledge at the end.Discover other exciting titles with Discover PressAuthor: Discover...

Thanks for checking out another addition from Curious Kids Press.In this book you will find 15 amazing animal facts accompanied by high quality photos At the end of this book you will also discover 5 quiz questions for testing your knowledge.This book is perfect...

The Little Beaver and the Beautiful Forest is a children's book written and illustrated by Amanda MacKay themed on the social and environmental issues surrounding sustainable forestry. The little beaver chews down all of the trees in the forest to make himself a home...

This book has been created to provided targeted practice exercises for the two common core language skills most requested by teachers and most troublesome for many students. These are understanding similes and metaphors, and recognizing and explaining the meaning of idioms, adages, and proverbs....

Fourth grade teachers can use the problems in this book for students in need of extensions or with their whole class for instruction on problem solving. In addition, parents may wish to use these problems at home with their child as a replacement for...

Make learning relevant with STEM essential questions This engaging, teacher-friendly guide helps teachers quickly and confidently infuse STEM concepts into all content areas. Real-world vignettes, sample lesson templates, discussion questions and immediately applicable action steps help you seamlessly promote college and career ready skills....

Research-based practical strategies for every teacher This book compiles the advice of experts who not only understand the research behind certain educational practices, but also have experience working in elementary classrooms. Each user-friendly chapter, focused on a topic vital to elementary educators, presents information...

Good teachers do much more than instructing children. They develop a relationship built on trust, honesty, humor, and above all love. When two or more students discuss varied ways to solve problems we have the beginnings of a creative dialogue, which is the root...

The author has a simple way of presenting materials to the audience in a manner that facilitates their learning to apply the materials in a useful way. This text is required to improve the math reading skills of 4th grade students. It is a...

Dive into a fun and zany book that is educational on so many levels. Using alliteration, it takes the reader on a tongue-twisting journey to twenty-six different places across the globe. Open it up to discover new countries, foods, animals, and people, as we...

This book recognizes nonfiction text as a staple part of the literacy curriculum and advocates that educators include it in their daily practices. It offers innovative ideas on how these texts can be used to nurture literacy acquisition, growth, and fluency in and out...

This case study book serves as a valuable tool for professors and instructors of educational psychology. It contains 18 cases that represent current areas of interest in Educational Psychology embedded within current challenges that teachers face in today's elementary grade classrooms. The cases are...

Parents are social factors in children's lives that can positively influence math achievement; and one does not need a degree in math to provide support! What one needs is a guidebook filled with good questions to pose, tips for supporting math thinking and general...

Common Core State Standards for Grade 6: Language Arts Instructional Strategies and Activities is designed to help teachers address Common Core standards using research-based, effective instructional strategies in combination with ready-to-use activities. These strategies include identifying similarities and differences, writing summaries and taking notes,...

There are many people who don't like to do word problems. However, they are extremely important to be able to solve. The hardest thing about word problems is to understand them. Once that's done, it's just a matter of setting up the problem and...

Mastering Primary Physical Education introduces the primary physical education curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make physical education irresistible.Topics covered include: - Current developments in physical education- Physical education as an irresistible activity - Physical...

The integration of technology in classrooms is rapidly emerging as a way to provide more educational opportunities for students. As virtual learning environments become more popular, evaluating the impact of this technology on student success is vital. Exploring the Effectiveness of Online Education in...

Specifically designed for K-3 teachers, this accessible guide describes ways to use informational text creatively and effectively in both reading and writing instruction. The book presents lessons, read-alouds, and activities that motivate students to engage with a wide variety of exemplary texts. Links to...

All key issues of research and practice in comprehension instruction are addressed in this highly regarded professional resource and course text. Leading scholars examine the processes that enable students to make meaning from what they read--and how this knowledge can be applied to improve...

Money is part of every day life, right? So why not teach our kids about it? Meet Captain Willows and help him with his treasure hunt. He will take the kids on a journey and teach them about coins. Kids will learn in a...

Teach to the Common Core, differentiate instruction, and keep students engaged--all at the same time! With new Common Core-aligned tools and strategies, this second edition of a bestseller is an all-in-one math classroom management resource. Covering everything from lesson design to math-specific learning styles,...

Put children on a path to success! Filled with photos and tools for practice, this is one of the rare resources to combine the latest research with immediately useable ideas and professional development support to help you equip our youngest students for formal schooling....

There's a Mouse in the House! is a part of the Creative Start Books Series where kids get to help write and fully illustrate so they choose how they want their book to look! This 8 page short story is one of a mouse...

Engaging students in worthwhile learning requires more than a knowledge of underlying principles of good teaching. It demands considerable practice as well as images of what good teaching in particular situations and for particular purposes might look like. This volume provides these images. These...

This book supplies stories, essays, lesson plans and specialized storytelling strategies to help teachers "level the playing field" for all learners and better serve children with special needs. More than 57 percent of the over 6 million American children with disabilities are in inclusive...

Through research collected at a Chicago elementary school, Capoeira, Black Males, and Social Justice: A Gym Class Transformed shows how teachers can use culturally responsive curricular methods to engage African-American male students in meaningful lessons, conversations, and actions. Author: Billy Hawkins, Vernon C. LindsayISBN-10:...

Through research collected at a Chicago elementary school, Capoeira, Black Males, and Social Justice: A Gym Class Transformed shows how teachers can use culturally responsive curricular methods to engage African-American male students in meaningful lessons, conversations, and actions. Author: Billy Hawkins, Vernon C. LindsayISBN-10:...

Critical Language Pedagogy: Interrogating Language, Dialects, and Power in Teacher Education demonstrates how critical approaches to language and dialects are an essential part of social justice work in literacy education.Author: Sj Miller, Amanda J. GodleyISBN-10: 143315305XISBN-13: 9781433153051Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Building Kids' Citizenship Through Community Engagement offers a compelling, empirically-based argument for giving young people opportunities to grow through productive involvement with their local community. Author: Constance Russell, Bob CoulterISBN-10: 1433135183ISBN-13: 9781433135187Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/17/2017Pages: 148Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.90h...

The Dynamic Student Development Metatheodel (DSDM) is a meta-theory based on empirically based inferences drawn from a national survey entitled the University Learning Outcomes Assessment (UniLOA).Author: Joseph L. DeVitisISBN-10: 1433134187ISBN-13: 9781433134180Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/04/2018Pages: 410Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.72lbsSize: 8.90h x...

Riding the Fifth Wave in Higher Education: A Survival Guide for the New Normal charts the dimensions of the Fifth Wave challenge and offers numerous general and specific suggestions for surfing the wave and surviving its tsunami-like impact.Author: James Ottavio CastagneraISBN-10: 1433133725ISBN-13: 9781433133725Publisher: Peter...

This book is a true story of one family's journey into inclusive education with commentary that links practice to theory, revealing Disability Studies in Education (DSE) approaches to inclusive education.Author: Susan L. Gabel, Diane Linder BermanISBN-10: 1433133237ISBN-13: 9781433133237Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage:...

Called to Sankofa is a collection of Hurricane Katrina survival stories by African American education leaders in New Orleans.Author: Rochelle BrockISBN-10: 1433129957ISBN-13: 9781433129957Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/23/2018Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d

This edited volume discusses UNESCO's contributions to inclusive education over the past 20 years, the normative and technical leadership roles this organization has been playing together with its peers and competitors in educational development, and the current status of this issue in academic debates,...

This volume asks how social justice scholars and educators narrate, craft, and explore critical stories as a tool for culturally relevant, critical pedagogy. From the elementary to college classroom, this anthology explores how different genres of critical storytelling have been used to examine structures...

Generation BULLIED 2.0 details the nature of bullying as a tremendously negative force in schools today and offers practical, research-based strategies for constructing and cultivating cultures that support learning, safety, and dignity for everyone.Author: Dennis CarlsonISBN-10: 1433120712ISBN-13: 9781433120718Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic PubliLanguage:...

Critical Literacy in English Literature argues for the inclusive practice of studying, implementing, and interpreting alternative texts and other materials using innovative pedagogies such as critical pedagogy and critical literacy when teaching high school English literature. The authors also provide sample lesson plans for...

G.A.M.E.S. offers a fun and interactive way to improve students' social and literacy skills. The G.A.M.E.S. system consists of originally created, hands-on activities that provide useful practice in the development of language proficiency skills for English Language Learners (ELLs); however, any student needing extra...

This volume focuses on two related questions that are central to both the psychology of mathematical thinking and learning and to the improvement of mathematics education: What is the nature of arithmetic expertise? How can instruction best promote it? Contributors from a variety of...

This exciting new book celebrates, interrogates and re-imagines the complex and demanding role of the Early Childhood Practitioner. Exploring the many different facets of the Early Childhood Practitioner's (ECP) role, it challenges normative constructions of practitioners and how they have been shaped by assumptions...

This title is now print on demand. It Is Easy Being Green features sixty exciting craft projects that children will enjoy making while learning about the Bible and building their faith. Simple "green" crafts accompany a related Bible story. Teachers will enjoy clear, step-by-step...

Capture the adventure students feel as they advance to a new grade level, encounter new concepts, and master new skills. These motivating activities cover language arts, math, science, and social studies. A bonus section at the end of each book provides a jump start...

Combining classroom anecdotes and advice from experienced teachers, this guide demystifies the early stages of an education career and offers strategies for common challenges.Author: Rhoda M. SamkoffISBN-10: 1412986672ISBN-13: 9781412986670Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/16/2010Pages: 80Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.80h x 5.80w x 0.40dReview Citation(s): Reference and...

Meet the highly diverse needs of primary students with these differentiated teaching strategies! Designed to help primary teachers value and support the unique experiences and learning styles of diverse young learners, this book offers strategies for promoting intellectual discovery and creative thinking across key...

Forty classroom-ready science teaching and learning activities for elementary and middle school teachersGrounded in theory and best-practices research, this practical text provides elementary and middle school teachers with 40 place-based activities that will help them to make science learning relevant to their students. This...

Packed with essential forms, letters, charts, and checklists, this easy-to-use kit offers solutions for virtually any leadership or administrative challenge that elementary school principals commonly face.Author: Abby B. Bergman, Judith E. Powers, Michael L. PullenISBN-10: 1412972779ISBN-13: 9781412972772Publisher: Corwin PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/02/2010Pages: 408Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.45lbsSize:...

Create objectives and assessments that tap into all levels of Bloom's Taxonomy! This practical book provides middle and high school teachers with explicit guidance on developing specific objectives and appropriate formative and summative assessments. After presenting an easy-to-follow model for designing objectives based on...