Education - Elementary

Exceptionally Gifted Children is unique. The first edition of this book, published in 1993, introduced 15 remarkable children, some of the most gifted young people ever studied, and traced their path through school, exploring their academic achievements (and in some cases enforced underachievement), their...

It is common to engage students in the process of science, using mostly hands-on activities, and equally common to provide students with only science knowledge through mostly text-based experiences. Neither of these approaches is authentic to how scientists make sense of the world. Both...

"This is no recipe book: I have tried not to be formulaic. Rather, I want to suggest the richness of options, the myriad possibilities open to the writer at any given moment. Young writers need to know what can be done with language." --Ralph...

Miscue analysis may be the single best tool for assessing readers' difficulties. With Reading Conversations, you can take this tool to a new level, moving beyond diagnosis and into developmental strategies that involve not only teacher-student explorations of how students make meaning with texts,...

In this substantive, practical guide, Ruth Davenport presents essentially a miscue analysis workshop in a book--a lucid, teacher-friendly account of the whys and hows of the topic. Davenport demonstrates that you can do miscue analysis every day with every student reading any book through...

In our efforts to reform mathematics education, we've learned a tremendous amount about young students' strategies and the ways they construct knowledge, without fully understanding how to support such development over time. The Dutch do. So, funded by the National Science Foundation and ExxonMobil,...

Adding It Up explores how students in pre-K through 8th grade learn mathematics and recommends how teaching, curricula, and teacher education should change to improve mathematics learning during these critical years. The committee identifies five interdependent components of mathematical proficiency and describes how students...

This book critiques the often presumed racial innocence of young children. The authors challenge early childhood educators to engage with the racialized identity politics that form among their students, and to reform their own identities and intersect and frame children's identities throughout their earliest...

Children need more than just good schooling: they require safe lives, good health, and sufficient resources to live and grow successfully in their community. This book makes this vital connection, as society must promote a quality education, available health services, and financial equity and...

The challenge of overcoming educational inequality in the United States can sometimes appear overwhelming, and great controversy exists as to whether or not elementary schools are up to the task, whether they can ameliorate existing social inequalities and initiate opportunities for economic and civic...

From the fights about the teaching of evolution to the details of sex education, it may seem like American schools are hotbeds of controversy. But as Jonathan Zimmerman and Emily Robertson show in this insightful book, it is precisely because such topics are so...

The High-Performing Preschool takes readers into the lives of three- and four-year-old Head Start students during their first year of school and focuses on the centerpiece of their school day: story acting. In this activity, students act out stories from high-quality children's literature as...

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...

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, taking lives and livelihoods and displacing thousands. Because the hurricane struck at the beginning of the school year, the city's children were among those most affected. Michael Tisserand, former editor of the alternative cultural newspaper Gambit Weekly, evacuated with...

As interest in the art of storytelling continues to grow, many books have appeared on the subject but none have matched the scope and charm of The Way of the Storyteller. First published in 1942, this classic work is unique in its blend of...

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Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 0134403398. This book is the ideal source for teaching oral language, reading, writing, and...

Although there has been a great deal of impassioned debate over the sad state of American education today, surprisingly little attention has been paid to how children actually learn to think. But, as David Perkins demonstrates, we cannot solve our problems in this area...

The Shanghai Maths Project Practice Book 10 is a Year 10 workbook providing varied practice of key concepts and summative assessments of the UK curriculum. The approach is based on the successful maths programme delivered in Shanghai. The Shanghai Maths Project is an authentic...

In This Together With 40+ years of collective experience working and volunteering with young people and with youth organizations, Amy Brady and Lana Hailemariam have come to this conclusion: the adults who work with young people during out- of-school time are some of education's...

Introduce kids to the excitement of doing hands-on, real science experiments with Exploring the Building Blocks of Science Book 5 Laboratory Notebook. Each easy to perform experiment encourages students to use critical thinking skills and is organized around the scientific method--the process real scientists...

Using Exploring the Building Blocks of Science Book 4 Teacher's Manual makes it easy for teachers to help students get the most out of the hands-on, real science experiments presented in Exploring the Building Blocks of Science Book 4 Laboratory Notebook. Instructions are provided...

The book Catch the Rainbow is an inspirational memoir of Rhodora Misiano-Napud's 45-year service with the Department of Education. It is a multi-colored collection of real-life stories gleaned from her experiences as a teacher and an educational leader. This book, which spans almost three...

Developing Reading Comprehension Skills Years 3-4: Classic Poetry contains 12 high quality classic poems and is perfect for developing reading strategies as children move through Key Stage 2. Each of the poems is accompanied by eight sets of questions based on the Key Stage...

This book will provide thorough practice and complete preparation for the NAPLAN Numeracy tests. The first section contains practice sets to introduce students to the NAPLAN Mathematics tests. The second section contains three complete full-length practice tests just like the real NAPLAN Numeracy tests.This...

Given the importance of the development of intellectualism and the need to ensure equity and access to learning experiences, educators at all levels must be aware of research-based protocols to identify, serve, and evaluate programs for diverse gifted learners. It is essential to understand...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

Supporting Student Mental Health is a guide to the basics of identifying and supporting students with mental health challenges. It's no secret that your responsibilities as a teacher go beyond academic achievement. You cover key socioemotional competencies in your classrooms, too. This book is...

A comparison of the development of expertise in preschool teaching in China, Japan, and the United States. In Teaching Expertise in Three Countries, Akiko Hayashi shows how teachers from Japan, China, and the United States think about what it means to be an expert...

This book uniquely combines data from a study focused on the use of dialogic instruction in an elementary classroom, with analysis of students' retrospective beliefs about the classroom environment, interactions, and authority. Through this retrospective methodology, the text offers valuable insight into the long-term...

Computational thinking is a lifelong skill important for succeeding in careers and life. Students especially need to acquire this skill while in school as it can assist with solving a number of complex problems that arise later in life. Therefore, the importance of teaching...

Computational thinking is a lifelong skill important for succeeding in careers and life. Students especially need to acquire this skill while in school as it can assist with solving a number of complex problems that arise later in life. Therefore, the importance of teaching...

Now in a fully revised and fully updated new edition, this comprehensive introduction to the teaching of Physical Education in primary schools is still the only textbook to cover the full sweep of the subject, from policy and curriculum developments to best practice and...

Consent in the Childhood Classroom challenges typical premises of social and emotional learning, self-regulation, and putative misbehavior by centering the theme of consent in the experiences of young children and their teachers. Early childhood and elementary teachers often face disruptions and acts of dissent...

Vanishing Vegetation Addition and Subtraction K-3Hoping to encourage a better understanding of addition and subtraction in your child? Vanishing Vegetation Addition and Subtraction combines a whimsical story with examples of how to use addition and subtraction. As your child helps Izzy and Detective Tree...

This workbook provides engaging activities to develop strong persuasive writing skills, encourage critical thinking, and prepare students for NAPLAN writing tasks. The workbook contains 50 guided 2-page exercises where students decide on the best and worst features of a person, place, event, activity, or...

This work book contains over 110 pages of cursive handwriting practice. The dimensions are 8.5 inches by 11 inches, which is the standard size used in most elementary classrooms. Enjoy our Christian theme as your child learns to write alphabets, sight words, sentences, and...

Descriptosaurus Personal Writing provides young writers with an opportunity to link their personal lives and school experiences, and gives writing a meaningful and personal context. It is a resource that will guide and scaffold students to produce vivid, powerful, descriptive and meaningful personal texts,...

This workbook will develop the reading skills that students need, while preparing students for the NAPLAN Reading tests. It offers a simple and convenient system for ongoing practice, while being focused on building strong reading skills. Skill Development Made Simple- Provides 48 passages with...

How can you make a decision about homeschooling if you don't know what it really is? And how will you reach your full potential as a homeschooling family if nagging doubts keep you second-guessing your every move?Think About Homeschooling guides prospective and new homeschoolers...

The Boost Creative Writing series of books addresses the Programmes of Study for writing composition in the (2014) National Curriculum for England. This pack contains the three books from the series. The activities provide additional reinforcement of key skills for slower learners. SEN pupils...

Have fun learning learning history and instilling pride through nursery rhymes.Author: Kofi Johnson, Audrey MuhammadISBN-10: 1984910531ISBN-13: 9781984910530Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/12/2018Pages: 30Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.08d

This grammar book contains all the parts of speech for grade 6. There is also extra practice and end of term review sections.Author: Bee Books ProductionISBN-10: 1539632369ISBN-13: 9781539632368Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/19/2016Pages: 144Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.31d

Drawing on a rich ethnographic study conducted in first grade classrooms in the US, this book reveals the potentially invisible, yet significant ways that race and social class impact student success in the earliest years of their schooling. The Hidden Academic Curriculum and Inequality...

Finding My Way SEL Curriculum: K-3 Research has determined that expanded social, emotional learning (SEL) enhances academic achievement. As a literature-based study with the Finding My Way series, this inclusive K-3 curriculum promotes SEL skill development by deepening students' understanding and acceptance of themselves...

My First Learn-To-Write Your Name series is a PERSONALIZED name tracing/learning/coloring book to teach your child how to write his/her own name. Every page is personalized with your child's name for the ULTIMATE learning tool.Author: Alexa HellstromISBN-10: 8749433806ISBN-13: 9798749433807Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/05/2021Pages: 76Format:...

The Daily Sentence Structures approach raises attainment across all abilities and covers many of the writing requirements of the National Curriculum: Use grammatical structures Make meaning clear and create effect Use a range of sentence starters to create specific effects Use commas to mark...

Cracking Creative Writing contains 100+ tried and tested activities which will inspire Key Stage 2 children to write creatively and be in charge of their own creative writing process. Each sheet begins with a worked example showing the kind of finished piece being aimed...

We love making learning fun!Medium-level animal dot-to-dots / connect-the-dots / join-the-dots, aimed towards toddlers and preschooler.These connect the dots book for kids comprises of educational and engaging kindergarten worksheets that ultimately make it fun for kids. When they finish they can color in the...

My First Learn-To-Write Your Name series is a PERSONALIZED name tracing/learning/coloring book to teach your child how to write his/her own name. Every page is personalized with your child's name for the ULTIMATE learning tool.Author: Alexa HellstromISBN-10: 8746900306ISBN-13: 9798746900302Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2021Pages: 48Format:...