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From the Publisher: Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. Instead, she helps students navigate the world of literature and gives them time to read books they pick...
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As a homeschooling parent, you're always looking for new and creative ways to teach your child the basics. Look no longer! Inside this innovative helper, you'll find kid-tested and parent-approved techniques for learning math, science, writing, history, manners, and more that you can easily adapt to your family's homeschooling needs.
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Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
2000
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English
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Now even more complete, with updated lists of available resource materials, this manual is your access guide to home schooling- maximizing our family life while providing a quality education for your children. If you're considering homeschooling, this book is a must-read before you decide; and if you've been at it for awhile, it's a fresh perspective, with plenty of tactics for renewing your energy and motivating your kids. With wit and wisdom gleaned...
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Wiley
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Thoroughly revised and updated, the second edition of the landmark book Discussion as a Way of Teaching shows how to plan, conduct, and assess classroom discussions. Stephen D. Brookfield and Stephen Preskill suggest exercises for starting discussions, strategies for maintaining their momentum, and ways to elicit diverse views and voices. The book also includes new exercises and material on the intersections between discussion and the encouragement...
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GenNext Publication
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Access to affordable and quality education to all is a key challenge to our education system. While we have attained a reasonable level as far as access is concerned, we have a long way to go to match the quality aspect at par the international standards. We have no dearth of dedicated and knowledgeable teachers, but most often than not we lack in devising teaching standards and more so fail to put it to practice on sustainable manner for effective...
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Sourcebooks
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2011
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"Greek Mythology for Teens" takes classical mythology to a new level by relating ancient stories to the culture, history, art, and literature of today. The book uses the innovative approach of reader's theater to teach mythology to teens, asking them to act out the stories and become engaged in a common learning experience. By looking at topics instrumental to both mythology and modern culture, teens are encouraged to question topics such as heroism,...
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Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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In The Classroom Chef, math teachers and instructional coaches John Stevens and Matt Vaudrey share their secret recipes, ingredients, and tips for serving up lessons that engage students and help them “get” math. You can use these ideas and methods as-is, or better yet, tweak them and create your own enticing educational meals. The message the authors share is that, with imagination and preparation, every teacher can be a Classroom Chef.
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Teachers College Press
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2018
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English
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James Loewen has revised -- The History Teacher“Loewen challenges us to critically reflect on the essence of what social studies and history education is and what social studies and history educators do. Doing so can only improve the experiences our students have.” —The Social Studies (from the first edition)
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Teachers College Press
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2015
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English
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This book proposes a pedagogical model called “Pose, Wobble, Flow” to encapsulate the challenge of teaching and the process of growing as an educator who questions existing inequities in schooling and society and frames teaching around a commitment to changing them. The authors provide six different culturally proactive teaching stances or “poses” that secondary ELA teachers can use to meet the needs of -- Bob Fecho, Professor and Department...
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Teachers College Press
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2020
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English
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This book offers the tools teachers need to get started with a more thoughtful and compelling approach to teaching history, one that develops literacy and higher-order thinking skills, connects the past to students’ lives today, and meets social studies 3C standards and most state standards (grades 6–12). The author provides over 90 primary sources organized into seven thematic units, each structured around an essential question from world history....
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Jessica Dominate
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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You Are About To Discover The Richest Collection Of Explicit Stories Specially Crafted To Give You An Experience You Will Remember And One That Will Make You Want To Reach Out For The Stories Whenever You Feel Bored And A Little Horny, Just To Drive You Right Over The Edge!
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Shell Education
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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Bridge the gap between content and language and put research into practice to instruct English language learners with strategies that meet their needs in language development and literacy. This must-have book reviews the author's experiences as a teacher in a diverse instructional setting and discusses the challenges and successes teachers experience in the ELL classroom. This resource supports College and Career Readiness Standards.
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Big Kid Science
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2014
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English
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Focusing on solutions specific to science and math education both for K-12 and college, this book explores how students learn in general and helps teachers develop successful techniques for the classroom On Teaching Science is a short, practical guide to key principles and strategies that will help students learn in any subject at any level but with special focus on the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) subjects. Though aimed...
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Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Viginie Raguenaud guides parents on how to introduce a second language to their children while providing insights, resources, and activities for raising children that will become bilingual adults. -- focuses on the process of keeping children engaged in language learning from youth to adulthood.
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Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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Forest School sessions have risen in popularity in recent years, with many nurseries and pre-schools offering them as part of their regular programme of activities. This new title in the best-selling 100 ideas 100 Ideas for Early Years Practitioners: Forest School promotes the use of natural resources and the environment, as well as encouraging and instigating child-led learning and play. It addresses health and safety in the outdoor classroom, discusses...
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Employ cognitive theory in the classroom every daySmall Teaching, James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference—many of which can be put into practice in a single class period. These strategies are designed to bridge the chasm between primary research and the classroom environment in a way that can be implemented by any faculty in any discipline, and even integrated...
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Diversified Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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This latest addition to the highly successful Random House poetry treasury series is a nostalgic collection of children's poems. This is the perfect assortment of poems for children, their parents, and other loved ones to read together. • Features more than 100 poems by poets such as A.A. Milne, Christina Rossetti, Lewis Carroll, Robert Lewis Stevenson, and more • Ideal for children and adults of all ages • Jacketed hardcover gift edition...
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Skyhorse
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2015
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English
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The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) National Model urges school counselors to know every student and broaden their knowledge of mental health disorders. With more students in need of mental health services than ever before, the timing is ideal for a guide that equips staff to meet these challenges. The School Counselor's Mental Health Sourcebook provides tools for keeping students on track, including:
Methods for addressing many disorders,...