Elementary category: 2214 books

** A New York Times and million copy bestseller, the classic handbook on reading aloud to children—revised and updated** Recommended by “Dear Abby”, The New York Times and The Washington Post, for three decades, millions of parents and educators have turned to Jim Trelease's beloved...

Methods for studying writing processes have significantly developed over the last two decades. The rapid development of software tools which support the collection together with the display and analysis of writing process data and new input from various neighboring disciplines contribute to an increasingly...

Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is an established approach to support multilingualism in Europe by teaching various school subjects in an additional language. The practices used, however, vary considerably. Our book considers this diversity by looking at CLIL scenarios, defined as...

This book is crammed with stimulating ideas for the awkward transition times of the day, such as lining up and answering the register. The activities have been carefully chosen to ensure students work as a team, and develop their self-esteem, physical and mental health, but most importantly, ensure...

This invaluable new text on ICT offers support, guidance and inspiration to anyone training to teach or currently teaching in primary schools, as well as those studying Education Studies at undergraduate or postgraduate level. The book encourages teachers - and pupils - to realise the potential...

Noted educator Tom Little and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Katherine Ellison reveal the home-grown solution to turning American students into life-long learners. The longtime head of Park Day School, Tom Little embarked on a tour of 43 progressive schools across the country. In this...

Mastering Primary Science introduces the primary science curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make science learning irresistible. Topics covered include: · Current developments in primary science · Science as an irresistible activity ·...

A Creative Approach to Teaching Science is filled with exciting and innovative ways to teach and meet the objectives for primary physics, chemistry and biology from Years 1-6. Each idea has been tried and tested, used in the classroom with children of the relevant age range, and all are deep rooted...

Youre a teacher. You are on the front line every day with your students, and in addition to teaching academic content, you are often the first person to field any number of emotional needs your students may bring into your classroom. That domain is often left to school counselors, social workers,...

CRAMES are practical, easy-to-use creative games that get children thinking creatively. The stimulating trigger questions develop problem solving and creative thinking skills in activities that take as little as five minutes a day. No preparation is needed, just the willingness to think creatively. Trigger...

Personal memoir of 40 years of teaching in rural Tennessee. Humorous, sometimes sad, creative, and inspiring.

It can be challenging for both students and parents when trying to excel at school. Whether it is a test or pop quiz, memorization plays a key role at one point or another. Harry Parker pinpoints some of the most important tips to follow when looking to improve memory for school and in general.

The coming decade holds immense potential for dramatic improvement in U.S. education and in the achievement of American children and in this volume, members of the Hoover Institution's Koret Task Force on K–12 Education examine both the potential gains and the pitfalls that lie ahead, informed by...

Business Environment can use as a manual for how to develop and analysis of business in a complex, critical, dynamic and progressive competitive environment. It is ideal for self- study and context includes the analysis of business and its components. This book is specially designed for those...