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Vocabulary in Action
Lessons from Great Literacy Teachers
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
This book will take you into the classrooms of great literacy teachers from around the United States who have designed successful vocabulary instruction for their grades K-6 classrooms. Each teacher will share vocabulary routines that he or she uses on a regular basis, including his or her favorite,...
Travel On and On
Interdisciplinary Lessons on the Music of World Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010
Incorporate the music of our global community into your classroom with Travel On and On: Interdisciplinary Lessons on the Music of World Cultures. With both traditional and newly composed music and material from other content areas, each ready-to-use lesson plan has an interdisciplinary approach to...
Reaching an Understanding
Innovations in How We View Reading Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
Reaching an Understanding: Innovations in How We View Reading Assessment builds upon the editors previous book Measuring Up: Advances in How We Assess Reading Ability by representing some early attempts to apply theory to help guide the development of new assessments and measurement models. Reaching...
The School Reform Landscape
Fraud, Myth, and Lies
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
In The School Reform Landscape: Fear, Mythologies, and Lies, the authors take an in-depth and controversial look at school reform since the launch of Sputnik. They scrutinize school reform events, proposals, and policies from the last 60 years through the lens of critical social theory and examine the...
Creating Brain-friendly Classrooms
Practical Instructional Strategies for Education
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2002
Educators have an incredible opportunity to influence the development of neural pathways within the brain of each student. Biller's guide to brain-friendly learning promotes an understanding of how the neuroscience discoveries of the past decade can be applied in today's classrooms. His four-step...
Healthy Schools
The Hidden Component of Teaching and Learning
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Creating conditions for better teaching and learning to occur has become an important responsibility for today’s school leaders. Principals must attend to building and sustaining healthy school cultures.
The authors take the reader on a journey through several different situations that occur at...
The Importance of Using Primary Sources in Social Studies, K-8
Guidelines for Teachers to Utilize in Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2014
This two-part book provides teachers in kindergarten through grade eight with a valuable resource as how to include primary sources in a social studies curriculum along with a required social studies textbook. The first section of this book contains descriptions with relevant examples of primary documents...
by Elaine B. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
Today, many public schools, especially rural and inner-city areas, are so fraught with violence, so impersonal, and so poorly funded that they drive students away rather than inspire them to learn. Most people do not realize that the school system they knew when they were growing up is now in the...
Journey to a High-Achieving School
Eliminate Destructive Excuses
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Journey to a High-Achieving School: Eliminate Destructive Excuses examines the range of devastating excuses often expressed for failure to attain significant improvement in our schools. Using the methods of systems thinking and leadership practices that are employed in high-performing organizations...
From the Classroom to the Office
The School AdministratorOs Guide to a Successful First Year
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2009
The first year of a new leader's tenure is a critical time period. If an administrator begins their position by taking certain actions while avoiding others, he or she will get off to a positive start. This positive start leads to momentum and an increased probability of success. In this book, an...
Transforming Early Learners into Superb Readers
Promoting Literacy at School, at Home, and within the Community
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Transforming Early Learners into Superb Readers: Promoting Literacy at School, at Home, and within the Community aids elementary educators, reading specialists, school administrators, private and public educators, parents, and caregivers who want to help early learners become proficient readers. The...
Reality Calling
The Story of a Principal’s First Semester
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Crafted from authentic experiences shared by principals, Reality Calling: The Story of a Principal’s First Semester reveals fictional Principal Joe Gentry’s first few months on the job. We see his efforts to establish relationships with students, staff and community, handle unexpected (and sometimes...
Responsive Curriculum Design in Secondary Schools
Meeting the Diverse Needs of Students
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2001
More than ever before, as they teach to an increasingly diverse population, educators need a clear, concise guide to designing and implementing responsive curriculum. This book, built around the lessons of classroom teachers, provides the 'how' of instruction design. The first section identifies the...
by Clifton P. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1996
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 1996
Provides vocational educators with knowledge to prepare students for current workplace conditions.