teaching

Provides twenty-six different kinds of activities and resources--one for each letter of the alphabet--for teaching grades five through nine about states of matter, such as science projects, games and puzzles, and a bibliography.

"A year-in-the-life account of three teachers, combined with reporting that reveals what's really going on behind school doors"--Front dust jacket.

Provides strategies and activities for learning, preparing to use, and practicing the sixty-three essential techniques of teaching like a champion.

Provides teachers with concrete, age-appropriate strategies for doing anti-bias and anti-racist work in their classrooms and schools. Discusses the challenges educators face and the questions they have, and provides personal stories, sample lessons, student work, anchor charts, conversation prompts, tips for working with parents and administrators, teacher and activist accounts, and online resources including templates, organizers, assessments, and planners.

Presents a guide to practical classroom strategies for improving the questioning ability of young students, providing suggestions for encouraging them to explore, invent, and discover.

"The concept of personalized professional learning has gained a good deal of traction over the past decade. Much in the way that classroom instruction has shifted from a twentieth century factory model (at least in theory), the notion of one-size-fits-all professional development has been widely discredited. A recent blog post (http://blog.edmentum.com/5-best-practices-personalized-professional-development) makes the following case: Gathering all of a school's teachers in a room for one day and offering strategies with the intention of universal classroom application doesn't work anymore-'one size fits all' is no longer an effective option. Instead, attention must be paid to the broader context of each teacher's classroom world. The subject(s) they teach, the technology they utilize, as well as the ages and specific challenges of their students, all must be taken into account. Moreover, technological advances have dramatically improved access to individualized PL options. But while the idea that teachers can tailor their professional learning to unique needs is inherently appealing, there remains a central paradox: most experts are in agreement that the most impactful professional leaning experiences take place in collaboration with other teachers. The authors of the proposed title believe that powerful professional learning can be grouped into three distinctive categories: (1) Learning from students; (2) Learning from peers; (3) Learning from the world"--.

Offers both new teachers and experienced educators twenty techniques to help them reduce learning problems and increase academic achievement by cultivating a physical classroom environment conducive to learning, develop a proactive classroom management plan, deliver brain-compatible lessons, and deal with chronic behavior problems.

A comprehensive guidebook designed to help K-6 teachers structure the first six weeks of school and lay the groundwork for a productive year; includes daily plans for the first three weeks, detailed guidelines of building community, and a collection of games, activities, songs, read-alouds, and resources.

"Designed to extend, not supplant, the bestselling book The Teacher Clarity Playbook, this new playbook focuses on success criteria and how to make them a part of your teaching and your classroom. This book is meant to be used, not read, and is filled with templates that allow guided and independent practice for teachers in any subject area"-- Provided by publisher.