school year

Provides month-by-month library activities, displays, forms, and procedures.

Offers teachers effective strategies to help them use the first three weeks of school to teach Routines, Rubrics, and Rules, which will lead to higher student achievement throughout the remaining thirty-three weeks of school.

"Are science and math subjects more important than arts subjects? Should students be required to complete homework during their personal time? Every day, we hear arguments about education issues in the media. This book gives readers the tools to make sense of and evaluate some of these arguments. Using three . . . education-related examples, this book introduces readers to the parts of an effective argument and prompts them to use the knowledge they have gained to evaluate the effectiveness of arguments on opposing sides of the issues"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of contemporary, humorous plays designed to help middle-school students address problems they face throughout the year, including peer pressure, fear of failure, and jealousy. Includes a summary, prop list, costume and presentation ideas, and discussion questions for each play.

Provides guidance for teachers on how to design lessons that will maximize the potential of the block schedule in which students meet for three or four daily classes of longer duration rather than the traditional six-to-eight periods.

Practical library management ideas, problem-solving techniques, and classroom-tested activities for a year-round media program.

Offers a reexamination of the American high school schedule, discussing the limitations imposed on teachers and students by single-period schedules; and investigates various forms of block scheduling and the effects those systems can have on the learning process.

Lexi likes baking with her cupcake club, but the club president is inviting new members, and Lexi is not so sure about being cast in the school's production of ROMEO AND JULIET when her secret crush is playing Romeo.