elementary schools

Pete and Gabby are bored so they go in search of something to do. When they come across a school, they know it must be fun! The two bear cubs prowl through the school and wreak havoc in the music room, art room, gymnasium, and the cafeteria before having to be escorted back to the campground by the ranger. It turns out that school is a very fun place!.

Usually Zeke loves Halloween, but this year things just seem to be going wrong, he is having trouble finding a good costume, the costume parade at school is a disaster, and he has to take his little sister trick-or-treating.

Examines the perspectives and strategies of teachers from two schools in Philadelphia, describes the ecology of city teachers, presents observations of teachers from the Taylor and Harrington Elementary schools in Philadelphia, looks at some of the difficulties that arise even in successful schools, and discusses efforts to prepare professionals to teach in urban settings.

Simple text and photographs explore the people in a school community, including teachers, children, librarians, nurses, and bus drivers.

On a fourth-grade trip to a local battle site park, Jon Gummyshoes, fourth-grade detective, learns that sometimes history should rest in peace when he and Mac investigate a tale of ghosts and lost gold.

There is a new student at school who has most of the other children awed with his magic tricks and his claim that he can mind-read, but Jon Gummyshoes, fourth-grade detective, is determined to expose him as a fraud.

Includes five adventures starring Fluffy the classroom guinea pig.

Describes a two-step lesson model for applying constructivist theory in the classroom on a day-to-day basis.

After attaching their names and addresses to balloons which they launch into the air, Mike and his elementary school classmates wait anxiously to see whose travels the farthest.

Contains articles, curriculum ideas, lesson plans, poetry, and resources designed to help teachers promote the values of community, justice, and equality in their classrooms, while leading students to greater academic achievement.