teacher-student relationship

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

"[A] group of four classmates [are] forced to navigate the wilderness for an extra credit project with nothing but the pages of a survival handbook--and each other--to save them. When classmates Baxter, Abigail, Turner and Emerson break a school rule, they're forced to travel to the middle of nowhere for an extra credit project. They think things can't get much worse. After all, how will learning to survive in the wilderness help them stay out of trouble in school? What starts off as a weekend of team building takes a scary turn when their instructor goes missing and they are given nothing but pages of a survival guide to complete a series of challenges.They soon learn the woods around them have unexpected surprises. Will they discover a way to work together to find their teacher and overcome the dangers of winter in the mountains?"--Provided by publisher.

Hallie likes everything about school except handwriting, but her new teacher and a project with butterflies helps her like that too. Includes tips for parents to help their children with learning.

A documentary portrait of a one-room schoolhouse in rural France where dedicated teacher Georges Lopez trains children from ages four to twelve in how to read, write dictation, cook, and get along in the world.

"Demonstrate how to eliminate punishment and build a culture of responsible students and independent learners"--Provided by publisher.

"Josh Willet is a techie, a serious gamer. Which is why Josh and his friends can't stand Mr. N's ELA class; it's a strict no-tech zone. Mr. N makes them write everything out by hand, he won't use a Smartboard, and he's obsessed with some hundred-year-old grammar book. Then Josh discovers a secret; turns out Mr. N's been keeping a lot more than technology from his students! Together with his best friend Vanessa, and using all the computer skills they've got, Josh is determined to solve the mystery of Mr. N's past. And maybe get some screentime back, too?"--Amazon.

"'The Unteachables' never thought they'd find a teacher who had a worse attitude than they did. And Mr. Kermit never thought he would actually care about teaching again. Over the course of a school year, though, room 117 will experience mayhem, destruction--and maybe even a shot at redemption"--English edition.

"Provides a pragmatic and thorough approach to creating inclusive, safe, and flexible environments for gender-diverse young people. The primary audience for this text is parents and K-12 educators, as well as the extended support network in a child's life. This book . . . answers the questions of how--how do we create inclusive environments for all children, how do we continue to educate ourselves, and how do we successfully navigate controversy and confusion so that we may best support children in today's schools?"--Provided by publisher.

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

"[To enable teachers] to help their students expand their knowledge and skills ... Eileen Depka shares instructional practices ... Through example situations, templates, and suggested strategies, Depka illustrates how question design, specifically with help from Webb's Depth of Knowledge and Bloom's taxonomy, promotes students' higher-order thinking skills and deepens their engagement"--Provided by publisher.