Elementary category: 2214 books
by Howard Binkow
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2006
Children, parents and teachers love Howard B. Wigglebottom. In this story, Howard gets into a lot of trouble for not listening. When he becomes a better listener, his life improves dramatically. Tips and lessons and a poster are included. The first book in the award winning series. Teacher and counselor...
Jumpstart! PSHE
Games and activities for ages 7-13
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will jumpstart students’ understanding of themselves, their relationships and their knowledge of how to lead a healthy lifestyle.
A wealth of practical activities in the book range from class and group discussions and formal debates...
Jumpstart! Talk for Learning
Games and activities for ages 7-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Jumpstart! Talk for Learning presents a collection of multi-sensory games and activities that will jumpstart children’s use of effective talk in the classroom. This book offers practical and engaging ideas ranging from brief games to extended lesson suggestions. It offers a basis for creating your...
Learning about Language
Activities for the Primary Classroom
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Bringing a fresh and lively approach to language study, Learning about Language is an exciting collection of fun, creative activities and warm-up games that explore the multifaceted nature of the English language. For use in any primary classroom, this book will help develop the pupil’s knowledge...
Let's Write
Activities to develop writing skills for 7–11 year olds
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Let’s Write offers a wealth of suggestions for approaches to developing primary school pupils’ writing skills that will capture the children’s interest, while enabling them to improve their ability to express themselves in writing. It aims to meet the requirements of the new national curriculum...
by George Gadanidis
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2011
When asked What did you do in Math today? most students reply Nothing or I dont know. Based on leading K-8 classroom-tested teaching ideas and research, this book offers teachers a powerful model for teaching mathematics. Students (and teachers) experience the beauty of math and develop skills for sharing good math stories with other students, family and friends, and the wider community.
by Alicia Newman
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2013
This book covers several topics including:
- History Education Begins at Home - The Basics of History - Activities: History as Story - Activities: History as Time
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The New Balanced Literacy School
Implementing Common Core
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Create a new approach to balanced literacy grounded in research-based best practices. This book infuses best practices of the new balanced literacy model through the lens of Common Core, with support on read-alouds, guided reading, language and literacy centers, word walls to language walls, independent...
How Stories Heal
Writing our Way to Meaning and Wholeness in the Academy
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
It is time for academics to embrace the fact that nothing is more appealing to readers – especially to our students – than personal stories with meaning-making implications that can touch all lives. No matter the age or stage in life, the personal or collective identity, everyone deals with meaning-making...
History Education as Content, Methods or Orientation?
A Study of Curriculum Prescriptions, Teacher-made Tasks and Student Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2016
Historical content, historical methods and historical orientation are three aspects that may be taught in history education. This study examines the emphases which are included in formal curricula texts and those which are included in teacher-made tasks. The results show that the curricula of history...
Common Core
National Education Standards and the Threat to Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
The Common Core State Standards Initiative is one of the most controversial pieces of education policy to emerge in decades. Detailing what and when K–12 students should be taught, it has led to expensive reforms and displaced other valuable ways to educate children. In this nuanced and provocative...
Countdown to Creative Writing
Step by Step Approach to Writing Techniques for 7-12 Years
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2009
Developing children's writing abilities boosts their confidence, creates enjoyment and relevance in the task and cultivates a range of decision-making and problem-solving skills that can then be applied across the curriculum. The Countdown series provides all the support you need in helping children...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2016
Self-regulation has been identified as an important predictor of school readiness and academic achievement in young children. Children who struggle with self-regulation are at risk of experiencing peer rejection and academic difficulties. Teachers report that there is high variability in children’s...
Behaviour Problems in the Early Years
A Guide for Understanding and Support
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2005
Addressing the issue of behaviour problems in the early years, this book offers early years practitioners a practical and well-researched resource covering subjects such as:
the nature and extent of behaviour problems in the early years
definitions of behaviour problems
theoretical frameworks...