elementary school teaching

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.

Photographs and text follow second grade teacher Jan Hill through a typical day at work.

"Demonstrates exactly how to integrate and implement Guided Inquiry Design (GID) theory into practice. Answers the needs of teachers and librarians who are seeking actual lesson plans using the GID concepts specifically at the [elementary] grade levels"--Provided by publisher.

Contains ready-made and generic tools classroom teachers may use to simplify the process of differentiation, including task cards, tic-tac-toe menus, graphic organizers, guides to creating differentiated units, product lists, and assessment ideas.

Provides practical classroom help, including instructional language, charts and visuals, teaching tips, classroom vignettes, and more, to enable teachers to instill a love of learning in their students and help them develop into empathetic, thoughtful human beings.

A collection of essays for teachers that looks at response to intervention (RTI) in elementary schools.

A guide to connecting educational goals of literacy, independence, and critical thinking to the technology available in a classroom or school.

Describes a collaborative project in which six K-5 teachers and their students built a curriculum based on student inquiry, studying such topics as Christopher Columbus, personal and family history, slavery, human rights, space, and nature.