teachers

Profiles the life of educator, government adviser, and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune.

While sixth-grader Dewey is trying to help schoolmates solve their teacher problems, the school itself enacts bizarre changes that lead Dewey and his friends to commit acts some would call vandalism.

The notorious Miss Swamp reappears at the Horace B. Smedley School, this time to shape up the football team and make them win at least one game.

"Third-grader Richard and his friends are four days from earning a pizza party for good behavior when a very strict substitute suspects that some of them have been cheating"--Provided by publisher.

At age nine, Reyna crossed the Mexico-America border to seek out her lost family. She was bitterly disappointed to find, however, an indifferent mother and an alcoholic, abusive father. She takes refuge in words and becomes a voracious reader and writer. As she enters college she dreams of becoming a writer, but quickly learns that she doesn't know how to turn her dream into reality. Here, she reflects on her journey from undocumented immigrant to successful writer, and growing up feeling alienated from a culture she tries to hang on to.

Presents practical information to help teachers lead students in envisioning themselves achieving success, use questions that encourage creative thinking, and listen to students in a supportive way, and includes stories and examples that show how to use words correctly and effectively in order to reinforce positive results in students.

Mr. Docker, a new science teacher, is a crazy inventor who blows things up, uses potatoes for power, and has A.J. and his friends wondering whether science is for nerds or is the coolest subject ever.

Pinkalicious has a brand-new teacher, Ms. Penny, but when she misses her old teacher, she comes up with an idea to make her classroom feel a little more familiar.

A first-grade boy is shocked, then pleased, when he discovers that his teacher has a life away from school.

"Arnold is alarmed to discover that the beloved Ms. Frizzle has been promoted and her younger sister Fiona is taking over the class. His worries come true when a simple field trip results in the Galapagos Islands being overrun by invasive bunnies. Can Arnold save the islands, and will he ever learn to like his new teacher?"--Provided by publisher.