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A Compassionate Vision for Elementary Social Studies

A Holistic View

by Thomas A. Lucey ...

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E. ... Read more

$57.99 USD

This text offers readers a holistic view of elementary social studies that instills compassion for all classroom voices and for those outside the classroom. This approach provides a social studies perspective that enables readers to articulate, apply, and defend engaging learning experiences that value each student. A revision of the original textbook by John Hoge and contributions by Laura E.
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Multicultural Partnerships

Involve All Families

by Darcy J. Hutchins, Marsha D. Greenfeld, Joyce L. Epstein, Mavis G. Sanders, Claudia Galindo ...

This is a must-have, research-based guide for all schools serving culturally diverse elementary and middle grade students and their communities. It's filled with fun, practical, highly effective strategies for raising awareness and engaging all families in their children's education — a sure path toward increased student success! Get detailed examples and step-by-step guidelines for implementing ... Read more

$31.99 USD

This is a must-have, research-based guide for all schools serving culturally diverse elementary and middle grade students and their communities. It's filled with fun, practical, highly effective strategies for raising awareness and engaging all families in their children's education — a sure path toward increased student success! Get detailed examples and step-by-step guidelines for implementing
... Read more
Mentoring Preservice Teachers Through Practice

A Framework for Coaching with CARE

by Melissa Mosley Wetzel, James V. Hoffman, Beth Maloch ...

Supporting and challenging cooperating teachers to grow in their mentoring and coaching practices with preservice teachers and also in their own work as classroom teachers, this practical guide presents and illustrates the Coaching with CARE model—a framework for reflection and action that helps cultivate a perspective on teaching that puts students at the center of teacher preparation and places ... Read more

$51.99 USD

Supporting and challenging cooperating teachers to grow in their mentoring and coaching practices with preservice teachers and also in their own work as classroom teachers, this practical guide presents and illustrates the Coaching with CARE model—a framework for reflection and action that helps cultivate a perspective on teaching that puts students at the center of teacher preparation and places
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Teaching Reading Across the Day, Grades K-8

Methods and Structures for Engaging, Explicit Instruction

by Jennifer Serravallo ...

"Reading well across disciplines and within varied contexts will help students to be versatile, flexible, deep readers who can better learn from their reading, transfer skills across subjects, and use strategies to meet the unique demands of reading in each content area."– Jennifer SerravalloResearch-based, easy-to-use lesson structures for explicit and engaging teachingIn Teaching Reading Across ... Read more

$33.29 USD

"Reading well across disciplines and within varied contexts will help students to be versatile, flexible, deep readers who can better learn from their reading, transfer skills across subjects, and use strategies to meet the unique demands of reading in each content area."– Jennifer SerravalloResearch-based, easy-to-use lesson structures for explicit and engaging teachingIn Teaching Reading Across
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Gender Play

Girls and Boys in School

by Barrie Thorne, C.J. Pascoe ...

When it first appeared in 1993, Barrie Thorne’s Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School became an instant classic in the budding fields of feminist sociology and childhood studies. Through detailed first-hand observations of fourth and fifth graders at play, she investigated questions like: Why do girls and boys tend to self-segregate in the schoolyard? What can playful teasing and ritualized games ... Read more

$19.49 USD

When it first appeared in 1993, Barrie Thorne’s Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School became an instant classic in the budding fields of feminist sociology and childhood studies. Through detailed first-hand observations of fourth and fifth graders at play, she investigated questions like: Why do girls and boys tend to self-segregate in the schoolyard? What can playful teasing and ritualized games
... Read more
Knozey's Lemonade Stand

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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

$2.99 USD 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
Putting Process Drama into Action

The Dynamics of Practice

by Pamela Bowell, Brian S. Heap ...

This new book provides a clear and accessible guide on best practice to support teachers when using process drama in establishing creative learning partnerships with their students. It offers a detailed analysis and explores the roles of actor, director and playwright that the teacher must adopt in order to develop the ‘thinking on your feet’ skills and knowledge necessary to deliver a complete ... Read more

$47.99 USD

This new book provides a clear and accessible guide on best practice to support teachers when using process drama in establishing creative learning partnerships with their students. It offers a detailed analysis and explores the roles of actor, director and playwright that the teacher must adopt in order to develop the ‘thinking on your feet’ skills and knowledge necessary to deliver a complete
... Read more
Born to Rise

A Story of Children and Teachers Reaching Their Highest Potential

by Deborah Kenny ...

“Parents and principals trying to understand what makes successful schools work ought to read Born to Rise.” — New York TimesBorn to Rise is the inspiring account of Deborah Kenny’s pursuit of social justice for our nation’s most vulnerable children. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is a hopeful and practical exposition of what it takes to transform schools and create organizations where the staff ... Read more

$9.99 USD

“Parents and principals trying to understand what makes successful schools work ought to read Born to Rise.” — New York TimesBorn to Rise is the inspiring account of Deborah Kenny’s pursuit of social justice for our nation’s most vulnerable children. Part memoir, part manifesto, it is a hopeful and practical exposition of what it takes to transform schools and create organizations where the staff
... Read more
The Math Pact, Elementary

Achieving Instructional Coherence Within and Across Grades

by Karen S. Karp, Barbara J. Dougherty, Sarah B. Bush ...

Series series Corwin Mathematics Series
A school-wide solution for students’ mathematics success!Do you sometimes start to teach a mathematics concept and feel like you’re staring at a sea of bewildered faces? What happens when you discover students previously learned a calculation trick or a mnemonic that has muddied their long-term understanding? When "rules" seem to change from year to year, teacher to teacher, or school to school, ... Read more

$31.49 USD

A school-wide solution for students’ mathematics success!Do you sometimes start to teach a mathematics concept and feel like you’re staring at a sea of bewildered faces? What happens when you discover students previously learned a calculation trick or a mnemonic that has muddied their long-term understanding? When "rules" seem to change from year to year, teacher to teacher, or school to school,
... Read more
The Leader Who Gave Inspiring Speeches - Biography of Winston Churchill | Children's Biography Books

by Baby Professor ...

Who was Winston Churchill? What were his contributions to the country to be included in history books? This biography book aims to introduce Prime Minister Churchill as a child, an adult and finally, a leader. Reading about the biography of other people will help to create more informed decisions. Mistakes made before can be avoided more easily if you have the right knowledge with you. ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Who was Winston Churchill? What were his contributions to the country to be included in history books? This biography book aims to introduce Prime Minister Churchill as a child, an adult and finally, a leader. Reading about the biography of other people will help to create more informed decisions. Mistakes made before can be avoided more easily if you have the right knowledge with you.
... Read more
Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice

A Practical Guide for Positive Action

by Tony Ghaye ...

Now in its second edition, Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice is a practical guide to enable all those involved in educational activities to learn through the practices of reflection. The book highlights the power that those responsible for teaching and learning have to appraise, understand and positively transform their teaching. Seeing the teacher as a reflective learner, the book ... Read more

$65.99 USD

Now in its second edition, Teaching and Learning through Reflective Practice is a practical guide to enable all those involved in educational activities to learn through the practices of reflection. The book highlights the power that those responsible for teaching and learning have to appraise, understand and positively transform their teaching. Seeing the teacher as a reflective learner, the book
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Digital Storytelling as Translanguaging

A Practical Guide for Language Educators

by Heather A. Linville, Polina Vinogradova ...

This innovative, accessible book is an introduction to using digital storytelling in language teaching, with a focus on English as an Additional Language (EAL) instruction. Linville and Vinogradova provide a clear framework that addresses translanguaging and multimodal meaning making in teaching multilingual learners (MLs) through use of digital storytelling.This book provides detailed guidance on ... Read more

$59.99 USD

This innovative, accessible book is an introduction to using digital storytelling in language teaching, with a focus on English as an Additional Language (EAL) instruction. Linville and Vinogradova provide a clear framework that addresses translanguaging and multimodal meaning making in teaching multilingual learners (MLs) through use of digital storytelling.This book provides detailed guidance on
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Middle School Matters

The 10 Key Skills Kids Need to Thrive in Middle School and Beyond--and How Parents Can Help

by Phyllis L. Fagell ...

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive.Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases. Based on her many years working in schools, professional ... Read more

$12.99 USD

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive.Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases. Based on her many years working in schools, professional
... Read more
Instructional-design Theories and Models

A New Paradigm of Instructional Theory, Volume II

Edited by Charles M. Reigeluth ...

Instructional theory describes a variety of methods of instruction (different ways of facilitating human learning and development) and when to use--and not use--each of those methods. It is about how to help people learn better.This volume provides a concise summary of a broad sampling of new methods of instruction currently under development, helps show the interrelationships among these diverse ... Read more

$73.99 USD

Instructional theory describes a variety of methods of instruction (different ways of facilitating human learning and development) and when to use--and not use--each of those methods. It is about how to help people learn better.This volume provides a concise summary of a broad sampling of new methods of instruction currently under development, helps show the interrelationships among these diverse
... Read more
Learning First, Technology Second

The Educator's Guide to Designing Authentic Lessons

by Liz Kolb ...

Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers the professional learning they need to move from ... Read more

$17.95 USD

Learning with technology doesn’t happen because a specific tool “revolutionizes” education. It happens when proven teaching strategies intersect with technology tools, and yet it’s not uncommon for teachers to use a tool because it’s “fun” or because the developer promises it will help students learn.Learning First, Technology Second offers teachers the professional learning they need to move from
... Read more
The 6 Principles for Exemplary Teaching of English Learners: Grades K-12, First Edition

by TESOL Writing Team ...

Series series The 6 Principles
The 6 Principles are universal guidelines drawn from decades of research in language pedagogy and language acquisition theory that should undergird any program of English language instruction.These foundational principles are for all educators in any classroom where students are learning English as a new language or learning content through that new language. They are applicable across different ... Read more

$23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The 6 Principles are universal guidelines drawn from decades of research in language pedagogy and language acquisition theory that should undergird any program of English language instruction.These foundational principles are for all educators in any classroom where students are learning English as a new language or learning content through that new language. They are applicable across different
... Read more
Colonial America History for Kids : What Was It Like to Travel in the Mayflower? | Children's History Books

by Baby Professor ...

The Mayflower was the great ship that brought the Pilgrims to a new land. It was big but there were a lot of people on board so there was hardly enough room for everyone. You don't encounter the same problem when you're traveling on ships these days. But for some time, can you image what it must have been like to travel in the Mayflower? ... Read more

$3.99 USD

The Mayflower was the great ship that brought the Pilgrims to a new land. It was big but there were a lot of people on board so there was hardly enough room for everyone. You don't encounter the same problem when you're traveling on ships these days. But for some time, can you image what it must have been like to travel in the Mayflower?
... Read more
Writing Thief

Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing

by Ruth Culham ...

'Mediocre writers borrow. Great writers steal.'--T.S. EliotWriting thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Author Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief - and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too!In The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing, Culham demonstrates ... Read more

$48.99 USD

'Mediocre writers borrow. Great writers steal.'--T.S. EliotWriting thieves read widely, dive deeply into texts, and steal bits and pieces from great texts as models for their own writing. Author Ruth Culham admits to being a writing thief - and she wants you and your students to become writing thieves, too!In The Writing Thief: Using Mentor Texts to Teach the Craft of Writing, Culham demonstrates
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The Working Parent's Guide to Homeschooling 2nd Edition

by robyn dolan ...

Yes you CAN homeschool your children while working! The Working Parent's Guide to Homeschooling will inform and empower working parents with tools and resources to homeschool. Explore time management, childcare arrangements while working, how to teach and more, with real-life working parents' solutions to each of these issues. Written specifically for working parents, the author's own experience ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Yes you CAN homeschool your children while working! The Working Parent's Guide to Homeschooling will inform and empower working parents with tools and resources to homeschool. Explore time management, childcare arrangements while working, how to teach and more, with real-life working parents' solutions to each of these issues. Written specifically for working parents, the author's own experience
... Read more
Sing-Along Songs

by Beth Costanzo ...

This delightful story book that features the songs: I'm a Little Teapot, You are My Sunshine and the Itsy, Bitsy Spider all in a beautifully illustrated book. This will prove to be one of your child's favorite stories! ... Read more

$5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This delightful story book that features the songs: I'm a Little Teapot, You are My Sunshine and the Itsy, Bitsy Spider all in a beautifully illustrated book. This will prove to be one of your child's favorite stories!
... Read more
The Gift of Story

Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life

by John Schu ...

With the rise of teacher stressors, new and changing state standards, and high-stakes testing, it is more important than ever to remind literacy teachers and teacher-librarians about the reason that brought them to this profession: the love of story.The Gift of Story: Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life, by John Schu (affectionately known as Mr. Schu all over reading communities), ... Read more

$40.99 USD

With the rise of teacher stressors, new and changing state standards, and high-stakes testing, it is more important than ever to remind literacy teachers and teacher-librarians about the reason that brought them to this profession: the love of story.The Gift of Story: Exploring the Affective Side of the Reading Life, by John Schu (affectionately known as Mr. Schu all over reading communities),
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The Elementary Teacher's Book of Lists

by Judith A. Muschla, Erin Muschla, Gary R. Muschla ...

Series Book 65 - J-B Ed: Book of Lists
An essential reference for all elementary teachersThis comprehensive resource contains useful lists on all the subjects elementary teachers need, from core content to tips on classroom management to advice for students on study skills. The lists highlight vital areas of interest including reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, developing social skills, developing effective study ... Read more

$18.00 USD

An essential reference for all elementary teachersThis comprehensive resource contains useful lists on all the subjects elementary teachers need, from core content to tips on classroom management to advice for students on study skills. The lists highlight vital areas of interest including reading, writing, mathematics, science, social studies, developing social skills, developing effective study
... Read more
Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School

A Cognitive and Cultural Approach

by Cory A. Buxton, Eugene F. Provenzo ...

A practical methods text that prepares teachers to engage their students in rich science learning experiencesFeaturing an increased emphasis on the way today′s changing science and technology is shaping our culture, this Second Edition of Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School provides pre- and in-service teachers with an introduction to basic science concepts and methods of science ... Read more

$116.99 USD

A practical methods text that prepares teachers to engage their students in rich science learning experiencesFeaturing an increased emphasis on the way today′s changing science and technology is shaping our culture, this Second Edition of Teaching Science in Elementary and Middle School provides pre- and in-service teachers with an introduction to basic science concepts and methods of science
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Mindset Mathematics: Visualizing and Investigating Big Ideas, Grade 3

by Jo Boaler, Jen Munson, Cathy Williams ...

Series series Mindset Mathematics
Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the third-grade level through visualization, play, ... Read more

$20.00 USD

Engage students in mathematics using growth mindset techniquesThe most challenging parts of teaching mathematics are engaging students and helping them understand the connections between mathematics concepts. In this volume, you'll find a collection of low floor, high ceiling tasks that will help you do just that, by looking at the big ideas at the third-grade level through visualization, play,
... Read more

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