teaching

Photographs and simple text describe the job of a teacher.

Contains over forty word lists for students in grades four to eight that provide synonyms for commonly overused words, as well as options for verbs, transitions, and sensory and emotion words. Reproducible for classroom use.

Presents a guide to using a new form of professional learning known as instructional rounds networks, which is designed to help education leaders and practitioners developa shared practice of observing, discussing, and analyzing high-quality instruction.

A comprehensive teacher's guide to the U.S. Constitution for the fourth through eighth-grade reading class that features lesson plans, activity pages, annotated bibliography, and quizzes.

A comprehensive teacher's guide to Colonial America for the fourth through eight-grade reading class that features lesson plans, activity pages, annotated bibliography, and quizzes.

A collection of true stories about forty-two teachers who go beyond the call of duty to make a difference in the lives of their students.

Presents over ninety strategies for classroom organization and management, time management, interacting with students, curriculum, lesson plans, assessment and feedback, special needs students, technology, and other teaching areas.

Describes twenty strategies teachers may use to engage students' brains in the learning process, based on the findings of learning style theorists and neuroscientists, including the use of humor and stories, the incorporation of games in lessons, singing and dancing, and others.