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Story of the World, Vol. 1

History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times

by Susan Wise Bauer ...

Series series Story of the World
This first book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' polls—over 150,000 copies of the series in print!What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

This first book in the four-volume narrative history series for elementary students will transform your study of history. The Story of the World has won awards from numerous homeschooling magazines and readers' polls—over 150,000 copies of the series in print!What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the
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Schooling Internationally

Globalisation, Internationalisation and the Future for International Schools

Edited by Richard Bates ...

The number of schools that call themselves international is growing exponentially. In addition many other schools are exploring the concept of international-mindedness and what that might mean in the contemporary world of globalisation. This book sets out to provide a critical perspective on current issues facing ‘international schooling’, particularly the conflict between ‘internationalising’ and ... Read more

$81.99 CAD

The number of schools that call themselves international is growing exponentially. In addition many other schools are exploring the concept of international-mindedness and what that might mean in the contemporary world of globalisation. This book sets out to provide a critical perspective on current issues facing ‘international schooling’, particularly the conflict between ‘internationalising’ and
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Bringing Words to Life

Robust Vocabulary Instruction

by Isabel L. Beck, PhD, Margaret G. McKeown, PhD, Linda Kucan, PhD ...

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K–12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words. Grounded in research, the book explains how to select words for instruction, introduce their meanings, and create engaging learning activities that promote both word knowledge and reading comprehension. The authors ... Read more

$39.99 CAD

Hundreds of thousands of teachers have used this highly practical guide to help K–12 students enlarge their vocabulary and get involved in noticing, understanding, and using new words. Grounded in research, the book explains how to select words for instruction, introduce their meanings, and create engaging learning activities that promote both word knowledge and reading comprehension. The authors
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Demystifying Adaptive Teaching

How to Teach to the Top

by Jade Pearce ...

Series series The Teacher CPD Academy
Adaptive teaching allows all pupils to access the curriculum, progress, and learn. This exciting book explores the research behind adaptive teaching and provides teachers with practical, evidence-informed strategies to implement adaptive teaching in the classroom.Addressing the three pillars of adaptive teaching – learning intentions, formative assessment, and responsive teaching – the book ... Read more

$36.99 CAD

Adaptive teaching allows all pupils to access the curriculum, progress, and learn. This exciting book explores the research behind adaptive teaching and provides teachers with practical, evidence-informed strategies to implement adaptive teaching in the classroom.Addressing the three pillars of adaptive teaching – learning intentions, formative assessment, and responsive teaching – the book
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Wildlife Conservation As Done By Experts - Animal Book Age 10 | Children's Animal Books

by Baby Professor ...

If your 10-year-old wants to get a clue on what wildlife conservation is, then maybe he/she can learn from the experts. Detailed in this book are the steps done to make sure animals in the wild are protected from hunters, poachers and other threats. What is done is really important work to ensure the future of this world. Grab a copy of this book today! ... Read more

$6.99 CAD

If your 10-year-old wants to get a clue on what wildlife conservation is, then maybe he/she can learn from the experts. Detailed in this book are the steps done to make sure animals in the wild are protected from hunters, poachers and other threats. What is done is really important work to ensure the future of this world. Grab a copy of this book today!
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Visible Learning: Feedback

by John Hattie, Shirley Clarke ...

Feedback is arguably the most critical and powerful aspect of teaching and learning. Yet, there remains a paradox: why is feedback so powerful and why is it so variable? It is this paradox which Visible Learning: Feedback aims to unravel and resolve.Combining research excellence, theory and vast teaching expertise, this book covers the principles and practicalities of feedback, including:the ... Read more

$54.28 CAD

Feedback is arguably the most critical and powerful aspect of teaching and learning. Yet, there remains a paradox: why is feedback so powerful and why is it so variable? It is this paradox which Visible Learning: Feedback aims to unravel and resolve.Combining research excellence, theory and vast teaching expertise, this book covers the principles and practicalities of feedback, including:the
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Not Your Granny’s Grammar

An Innovative Approach to Meaningful and Engaging Grammar Instruction

by Patricia Grawehr McGee, Timothy J Donohue ...

Let′s make grammar instruction exciting, relevant, and accessible for all learners!Grammar is the forgotten foundational skill! It plays a critical role in helping students become skilled readers and writers. Yet, traditional approaches to teaching grammar, through drills and memorization, no longer resonate with students.In today′s fast-paced world, students need a more engaging and meaningful ... Read more

$41.59 CAD

Let′s make grammar instruction exciting, relevant, and accessible for all learners!Grammar is the forgotten foundational skill! It plays a critical role in helping students become skilled readers and writers. Yet, traditional approaches to teaching grammar, through drills and memorization, no longer resonate with students.In today′s fast-paced world, students need a more engaging and meaningful
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The Kids' Guide to Getting Your Words on Paper

Simple Stuff to Build the Motor Skills and Strength for Handwriting

by Lauren Brukner ...

Illustrated by Elissa Elwick ...

Does your hand ache when you write?Packed with fun and simple ideas to help kids feel good about writing, this handwriting book with a difference helps children embed the strength and skills they need to get the most out of their written work, at home and school!From different kinds of cushions, hand warm-ups, and cool eye scan exercises, and pencil grips to yoga balls in cardboard boxes, ... Read more

$21.69 CAD

Does your hand ache when you write?Packed with fun and simple ideas to help kids feel good about writing, this handwriting book with a difference helps children embed the strength and skills they need to get the most out of their written work, at home and school!From different kinds of cushions, hand warm-ups, and cool eye scan exercises, and pencil grips to yoga balls in cardboard boxes,
... Read more
Learning in a Time of Abundance

The Community Is the Curriculum

by Dave Cormier ...

When enormous amounts of information are available at our fingertips, how do we learn the things we need to know?In a world overflowing with information, how can we adapt our learning methods to thrive? Dave Cormier, a pioneering figure in digital education, presents a thought-provoking manifesto in Learning in a Time of Abundance. A leading voice in digital learning, Cormier offers a fresh ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

When enormous amounts of information are available at our fingertips, how do we learn the things we need to know?In a world overflowing with information, how can we adapt our learning methods to thrive? Dave Cormier, a pioneering figure in digital education, presents a thought-provoking manifesto in Learning in a Time of Abundance. A leading voice in digital learning, Cormier offers a fresh
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Language for Life

Where Linguistics Meets Teaching

by Lyn Stone ...

This new edition of the bestselling Language for Life shows how language can be mastered by children and how what they have learned can be carried throughout their lives.An indispensable guidebook for teachers, it delivers explicit, step-by-step English language instruction via lessons in syntax, grammar, morphology, etymology, and punctuation, and arms students with the mental skill of thinking ... Read more

$52.92 CAD

This new edition of the bestselling Language for Life shows how language can be mastered by children and how what they have learned can be carried throughout their lives.An indispensable guidebook for teachers, it delivers explicit, step-by-step English language instruction via lessons in syntax, grammar, morphology, etymology, and punctuation, and arms students with the mental skill of thinking
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The Inclusive Classroom

A new approach to differentiation

by Daniel Sobel, Sara Alston ...

Effective inclusion in the classroom shouldn't be a burden; it should be the most rewarding aspect of a teacher's role.'A****n excellent guide to changing approaches to inclusion and creating a culture where all children can flourish.' SEN MagazineIn this innovative guide to supporting the most vulnerable students, experts Daniel Sobel and Sara Alston help primary and secondary teachers understand ... Read more

$26.99 CAD

Effective inclusion in the classroom shouldn't be a burden; it should be the most rewarding aspect of a teacher's role.'A****n excellent guide to changing approaches to inclusion and creating a culture where all children can flourish.' SEN MagazineIn this innovative guide to supporting the most vulnerable students, experts Daniel Sobel and Sara Alston help primary and secondary teachers understand
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40 Active Learning Strategies for the Inclusive Classroom, Grades K–5

by Linda S. Green, Diane P. Casale-Giannola ...

"An excellent tool to help teachers help students, this book would be particularly useful within a professional learning community or in a mentoring setting."—Jim Hoogheem, Retired PrincipalFernbrook Elementary School, Maple Grove, MN"This book got me excited to teach in an inclusive setting! The tips and directions will work with every child and will ensure that ALL students can learn in the same ... Read more

$39.19 CAD

"An excellent tool to help teachers help students, this book would be particularly useful within a professional learning community or in a mentoring setting."—Jim Hoogheem, Retired PrincipalFernbrook Elementary School, Maple Grove, MN"This book got me excited to teach in an inclusive setting! The tips and directions will work with every child and will ensure that ALL students can learn in the same
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Learning Science by Doing Science

10 Classic Investigations Reimagined to Teach Kids How Science Really Works, Grades 3-8

by Alan Colburn ...

Time-tested activities to teach the key ideas of science—and turn students into scientists!Science education is becoming more rigorous than ever, but that doesn’t have to make it more difficult. In this straightforward and witty book, Alan Colburn has adapted classic investigations to help students in grades 3 through 8 truly think and act like scientists. Chapter by chapter, this accessible ... Read more

$38.39 CAD

Time-tested activities to teach the key ideas of science—and turn students into scientists!Science education is becoming more rigorous than ever, but that doesn’t have to make it more difficult. In this straightforward and witty book, Alan Colburn has adapted classic investigations to help students in grades 3 through 8 truly think and act like scientists. Chapter by chapter, this accessible
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Naturalistic Decision Making

Edited by Caroline E. Zsambok, Gary Klein ...

Series series Expertise: Research and Applications Series
If you aren't using the term naturalistic decision making, or NDM, you soon will be. Even as a very young field, NDM has already had far-reaching applications in areas as diverse as management, aviation, health care, nuclear power, military command and control, corporate teamwork, and manufacturing.Put simply, NDM is the way people use their experience to make decisions in the context of a job or ... Read more

$172.99 CAD

If you aren't using the term naturalistic decision making, or NDM, you soon will be. Even as a very young field, NDM has already had far-reaching applications in areas as diverse as management, aviation, health care, nuclear power, military command and control, corporate teamwork, and manufacturing.Put simply, NDM is the way people use their experience to make decisions in the context of a job or
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Writing With, Through, and Beyond the Text

An Ecology of Language

by Rebecca Luce-Kapler ...

Writing With, Through, and Beyond the Text: An Ecology of Language elaborates an understanding of writing, its influences on our interpretations of experience and identity, and its potential for enabling individuals to learn about and connect to the world beyond themselves. Rather than considering writing a process, the author describes it as a system, an ecology that engages the individual in a ... Read more

$74.63 CAD

Writing With, Through, and Beyond the Text: An Ecology of Language elaborates an understanding of writing, its influences on our interpretations of experience and identity, and its potential for enabling individuals to learn about and connect to the world beyond themselves. Rather than considering writing a process, the author describes it as a system, an ecology that engages the individual in a
... Read more
Stage Start! 20 Plays for Children.

Drama Start, #3

by Julie Meighan ...

Series Book 3 - Drama Start
The first nine plays The Lion and the Mouse, The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread man, The Ants and the Grasshopper, The Enormous Turnip, Chicken Licken, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Stage Start is a collection of 20 plays suitable for primary school children.Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Ugly Duckling and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are all based on well known and well loved traditional children's ... Read more

$7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The first nine plays The Lion and the Mouse, The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread man, The Ants and the Grasshopper, The Enormous Turnip, Chicken Licken, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Stage Start is a collection of 20 plays suitable for primary school children.Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Ugly Duckling and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are all based on well known and well loved traditional children's
... Read more
Over-Tested and Under-Prepared

Shifting from One-Size-Fits-All Instruction to Personalized Competency Based Learning

by Bob Sornson ...

Pressured by standardized testing and rigid pacing guidelines, many schools are forced to cover too much content too quickly, without being able to meet the needs of individual students. In this powerful book from acclaimed author and presenter Bob Sornson, you’ll learn how shifting from curriculum-based instruction to competency based, personalized learning can help students become more ... Read more

$46.99 CAD

Pressured by standardized testing and rigid pacing guidelines, many schools are forced to cover too much content too quickly, without being able to meet the needs of individual students. In this powerful book from acclaimed author and presenter Bob Sornson, you’ll learn how shifting from curriculum-based instruction to competency based, personalized learning can help students become more
... Read more
Chromatic Harmonica Lessons for Beginners

Teach Yourself How to Play Harmonica (Free Audio Available)

by LearnToPlayMusic.com, Peter Gelling ...

Series series Progressive
Teach yourself how to play harmonica with our easy harmonica lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***"An excellent introduction to the chromatic harp. Each song is a little more complex and involves new techniques. This book is a great buy if you are serious about learning the chromatic ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Teach yourself how to play harmonica with our easy harmonica lessons for beginners.***Comes with online access to free audio demonstrating all examples. Hear how each one is played by a teacher, then play along.***"An excellent introduction to the chromatic harp. Each song is a little more complex and involves new techniques. This book is a great buy if you are serious about learning the chromatic
... Read more
The Book Whisperer

Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child

by Donalyn Miller ...

Turn any student into a bookworm with a few easy and practical strategiesDonalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she can't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year.Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore. ... Read more

$22.99 CAD

Turn any student into a bookworm with a few easy and practical strategiesDonalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she can't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year.Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with drills and worksheets that make reading a chore.
... Read more
The Water Is Wide

by Pat Conroy ...

“A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail.” —Charleston News and CourierYamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

“A powerfully moving book . . . You will laugh, you will weep, you will be proud and you will rail.” —Charleston News and CourierYamacraw Island was haunting, nearly deserted, and beautiful. Separated from the mainland of South Carolina by a wide tidal river, it was accessible only by boat. But for the handful of families that lived on Yamacraw, America was a world away. For years these families
... Read more
Learn With Me ABCs Alphabet Book

My first Alphabet book, #1

by Kat Theo ...

Series Book 1 - My first Alphabet book
Learn With Me ABCs Alphabet Book introduces letters and first words big and small with fun illustrations and funny stories.Learn with me ABCs Alphabet Book is a fantastic way to introduce children to the letters of the alphabet in a new and exciting way. Each page is filled with fantastic alphabetical words and pictures. You will surely enjoying reading and teaching this book to your child. ... Read more

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Learn With Me ABCs Alphabet Book introduces letters and first words big and small with fun illustrations and funny stories.Learn with me ABCs Alphabet Book is a fantastic way to introduce children to the letters of the alphabet in a new and exciting way. Each page is filled with fantastic alphabetical words and pictures. You will surely enjoying reading and teaching this book to your child.
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Knozey's Lemonade Stand

Children's Books

by Maurice T. Jones ...

Knozey needs to raise money for his travels around the world, so he comes up with a fantastic plan, Knozey starts a lemonade stand using his Grandma’s Famous Strawberry Lemonade recipe. Once the word gets around the people can’t seem to get enough of grandma’s famous drink. People come from everywhere just to get a cup of the delicious strawberry lemonade. This great big crowd causes a real ... Read more

$4.06 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Knozey needs to raise money for his travels around the world, so he comes up with a fantastic plan, Knozey starts a lemonade stand using his Grandma’s Famous Strawberry Lemonade recipe. Once the word gets around the people can’t seem to get enough of grandma’s famous drink. People come from everywhere just to get a cup of the delicious strawberry lemonade. This great big crowd causes a real
... Read more
Among Schoolchildren

by Tracy Kidder ...

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author's classic, "brilliantly illuminated" account of education in America ( The New York Times Book Review).Mrs. Zajac is feisty, funny, and tough. She likes to call herself an "old-lady teacher." (She is thirty-four.) Around Kelly School, she is infamous for her discipline: "She is mean, bro," says one of her students. But children love her, and so will the reader of ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author's classic, "brilliantly illuminated" account of education in America ( The New York Times Book Review).Mrs. Zajac is feisty, funny, and tough. She likes to call herself an "old-lady teacher." (She is thirty-four.) Around Kelly School, she is infamous for her discipline: "She is mean, bro," says one of her students. But children love her, and so will the reader of
... Read more
I Wish My Teacher Knew

How One Question Can Change Everything for Our Kids

by Kyle Schwartz ...

One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacherknew _____." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to the need for educators to understand the unique realities their students face in order to create an open, safe ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this sentence: "I wish my teacherknew _____." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to the need for educators to understand the unique realities their students face in order to create an open, safe
... Read more

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