Elementary category: 2214 books

Continuing in the tradition of Dr. Seuss, Stephen J. Hemenway created The Slouch In The Couch series of childrens learning books as a means of encouraging children to read while teaching them strong moral values. Using fun rhymes and brilliant illustrations, Hemenway has built an impressive world...

As children wrestle with culture through their games, recess itself has become a battleground for the control of children's time. Based on dozens of interviews and the observation of over a thousand children in a racially integrated, working-class public school, Recess Battles is a moving reflection...

This accessible text will show students and class teachers how they can enable their pupils to become critical thinkers through the medium of picturebooks. By introducing children to the notion of making-meaning together through thinking and discussion, Roche focuses on carefully chosen picturebooks...

The place of religion in the modern world has changed significantly over the past two decades. This has been partially reflected in the academic study of religion, but little, if at all, in religious education. In addition, the place of RE in schools has been the subject of intense debate due to changes...

This “My Side of the Mountain” by Jean Craighead George, activity guide is set up so it can be used as a unit plan for the teacher, or used by students in literature circles. It is broken up into a 14 day plan, and includes chapter questions, vocabulary, writing prompts, reading comprehension questions, and projects.

Provide first-grade students with the right tools to grow their grammar skills. This easy-to-use classroom resource is correlated to state and national standards and provides teachers and parents with daily practice in punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, spelling, and more! Featuring 180...

Organic vocabulary is a term that describes a child’s inner source of thoughts. Based on the early work of Sylvia Ashton-Warner in New Zealand with Maori children, organic vocabulary can help promote early literacy among children who have little connection and prior experiences with print. This...

Provide third-grade students with the right tools to grow their grammar skills. This easy-to-use classroom resource is correlated to state and national standards and provides teachers and parents with daily practice in punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, spelling, and more! Featuring 180...

Reading is a basic and necessary skill in ones life and in the marketplace. The media is constantly presenting our nations educational position. Innovative programs in all areas of the curriculum are televised. There is a constant need to help all students to arrive at a grade level and above. With...

Rethinking Early Literacies honors the identities of young children as they read, write, speak, and play across various spaces, in and out of pre/school. Despite narrow curricular mandates and policies, the book highlights the language resources and tools that children cultivate from families, communities,...

Provide kindergarten students with the right tools to grow their grammar skills. This easy-to-use classroom resource is correlated to state and national standards and provides teachers and parents with daily practice in punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, and spelling. Featuring 180 quick,...

The English for Life Reader for Grade 5 contains examples of a novel, folklore, short stories, dramas, and various information and media texts, such as newspaper and magazine articles, poems, advertisements, brochures, posters, and notices._x000D_ These are the texts suggested as teaching support...

The Stewie Scraps series is ideal for reluctant boy readers, but other children will also love the storiesl. Stewie Scraps doesn’t do sport. He hasn’t got any time for sums or things like that, but he loves designing and making things. Stewie wonders what will happen when the Earth is overrun by...

A brand new series for primary teachers that provides a full guide to teaching a primary curriculum area, especially for non-specialists. The content is closely tied to the new curriculum, with extracts from the curriculum itself and lesson plans and teaching ideas for every area. The curriculum for...