Elementary category: 2214 books
Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Together
Reflective Assessments for Elementary Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
This book goes back to the basic purpose of assessment to show teachers what your students know and are able to do. The 22 activities in this book will help your students become active, engaged, responsible, and caring learners. This "how to" book is filled with activities which will enable...
by Linda Dacey
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Discover what it takes to integrate the Common Core in mathematics with this easy-to-use guide. With a focus on elementary mathematics, this resource will leave teachers feeling empowered to construct their own lessons with easy-to-follow ideas and suggestions. Strategies and ideas are provided to...
Studio Thinking from the Start
The K8 Art Educator’s Handbook
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Students of all ages can learn to think like artists! Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education changed the conversation about quality arts education. Now this new publication shows how the eight Studio Habits of Mind and four Studio Structures can be used successfully with younger...
Troublemakers
Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
Popular topic: As evidenced by the success of Solomon’s Far from The Tree and Alfie Kohn’s works, there is a need for (and great interest in) books on how schools, teachers, and families deal—and don’t deal—with children and young people who challenge adults in various ways.
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by Jere Brophy, Janet Alleman, Barbara Knighton
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2010
This richly detailed description and analysis of exemplary teaching in the primary grades looks at how a teacher establishes her classroom as a collaborative learning community, how she plans curriculum and instruction that features powerful ideas and applications to life outside of school, and how,...
New Media in the Classroom
Rethinking Primary Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2018
‘This an exciting publication that offers authentic approaches for educators to meet challenges of the literacy that students need in our evolving digital landscape.’
Maureen Walsh, Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University and Honorary Professor, The University of Sydney
‘In...
Engaging Young Readers
Practical Tools and Strategies to Reach All Learners
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Educators need to be able to engage with readers at every level, and part of their role is to evaluate where each student lies on the continuum and to improve their skills to bring them to the appropriate level. This book is a beginner-level guide focusing on developmental reading strategies for elementary...
Wise and Foolish Virgins
White Women at Work in the Feminized World of Primary School Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
Wise and Foolish Virgins: White Women at Work in the Feminized World of Primary School Teaching by Sally Campbell Galman asks the question, what does it mean for an entire profession to be numerically dominated by white women, and what is the relationship between teacher preparation and professional...
Telling Tales Out of School
A Miscellany of Celebrity School Days
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
WHICH UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE PRESENTER FAILED HIS ELEMENTARY MATHS O LEVEL SIX TIMES? FOR WHICH DRAGONS' DEN INVESTOR WAS FLOGGING LEATHER JACKETS A LUNCH BREAK ACTIVITY? WHICH ENVIRONMENTALIST WAS EXPELLED AT PRIMARY SCHOOL FOR ATTEMPTING TO POISON HIS CLASSMATES WITH DEADLY NIGHTSHADE? WHICH ADVENTURER...
by Katrina Kahler, Karen Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Phonics are an essential skill that all beginner readers must master. Do you want to help your child to develop their spelling, reading and writing skills? Work through this Phonics book with your child and they will learn how to spell all the major sounds that start with a. 170 pages of A sounds!...
Vocabulary in a SNAP
100+ Lessons for Secondary Instruction (Teaching Vocabulary to Middle and High School Students with Quick and Easy Vocabulary Exercises)
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Access 100+ effective, practical, and fun vocabulary exercises that take 20 minutes or less. Designed specifically for middle school and high school teachers of grades 6-12, each minilesson can be easily modified to fit your curriculum and your students' needs. Rely on this resource to help refine...
Make It! Write It! Read It!
Simple Bookmaking Projects to Engage Kids in Art and Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Crafting projects that provide literacy and curriculum ideas to enrich the classroom
Make It! Write It! Read It! develops art and literacy skills through the craft of bookmaking, inspiring elementary-aged children to read, write, and tell stories with their creations. Creative, fun, field-tested...
by Christopher Glenn
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
In this book you will find over 150 role plays, micro (quick) role plays, creative activities, and guided imagery which has been developed and used for over 33 years. Everyday people can use these activities to have fun with children in the 8 to 11+ age range, and professionals can take advantage...
by Alice Leeds, David Marshak
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2002
Teaching and Learning in the Intermediate Multiage Classroom describes in practical detail a creative and effective teaching practice in multiage elementary classrooms, one that integrates challenging academics with personalized teaching and learning. Written by David Marshak, an educator who has...