"This photo-illustrated book for early readers gives examples of what teachers teach, and what they do before and after school"--Provided by publisher.
A couple living on a historic estate that once housed an artists' colony make a discovery that leads them on a journey into the past as the secrets of the house and the people who lived there are revealed.
Presents a guide for teachers to achieve their personal best, focusing on four areas of high-impact instruction, content planning, formative assessment, instructional practices, and community building.
Offers advice on how to effectively manage a classroom, providing fifty management procedures and six daily plans for the beginning of the school year.
"Being a new student at the McKegway School for Clever and Gifted Children is crummy enough, but when Toby Wilcox is stuck in the fourth grade homeroom of Mrs. Ravenbach, a vainglorious tyrant who worships "the order and the discipline," he faces a much bigger challenge - fight back or be ground to goo in the gears of academic efficiency." -- Book jacket.
