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RTI with differentiated instruction, grades K-5: A Classroom Teacher's Guide RTI with differentiated instruction, grades K-5: A Classroom Teacher's Guide Jodi O'Meara "This helpful guide outlines direct, clear and practical strategies for simultaneously implementing DI and RTI. Included are in-class assessment strategies, sample lessons, and troubleshooting tips"-… OL15916296W
Talking points Talking points Lyn Dawes "What do children think? How can they learn to talk about their ideas with others? Talking Points: Discussion Activities in the Primary Classroom encourages and supports classroom discussion on a ran… OL15933705W
Enhancing practice through classroom research Enhancing practice through classroom research Caitriona McDonagh "Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research addresses the growing trend in educational contexts for teachers to engage in CPD and develop as excellent practitioners. It a guide for teachers, by te… OL16014484W
Closing chapters Closing chapters Thomas G. Welsh "Closing Chapters attempts to explain the disintegration of urban parochial schools in Youngstown, Ohio, a onetime industrial center that lost all but one of its eighteen Catholic parochial elementar… OL16134594W
Creative learning for inclusion Creative learning for inclusion Edward Sellman "Creative Learning to Meet Special Needs explores the crucial role that creativity can play in inclusive education. It outlines a number of practical challenges faced by teachers working in both main… OL16282806W
Teaching young adult literature today Teaching young adult literature today Judith Hayn "Teaching Young Adult Literature introduces the reader to what is current and relevant in the plethora of good books available for adolescents. This smart collection by literary experts illustrates h… OL16283104W
Classroom literacy games Classroom literacy games Heather Butler "'Children enjoyed it so much they didn't realise they were being worked so hard.' - Jo Miles - Learning Support Assistant at Manor Farm Community Junior School, Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire 'Great spe… OL16298082W
History and imagination History and imagination Ronald V. Morris "In History and Imagination, elementary school social studies teachers will learn how to help their students break down the walls of their schools, more personally engage with history, and define dem… OL16342718W
Storytelling across the primary curriculum Storytelling across the primary curriculum Alastair K. Daniel "Starting from the question 'what is a story?' Storytelling Across the Primary Curriculum leads the reader through the theory and practise of storytelling as an educational method - a method taught b… OL16486018W
Primary teaching assistants Primary teaching assistants Janet Collins,Roger Hancock,Mary Stacey "Primary Teaching Assistants: Learners and Learning draws together the key ideas that are of central importance to teaching assistants and other support staff working in primary schools. It presents … OL16572116W
Creating the curriculum Creating the curriculum Dominic Wyse "Is there an 'ideal' primary school curriculum? Who should decide what the curriculum is? Should teachers have autonomy over how they teach? The curriculum is the heart of what teachers teach and lea… OL16572151W
Schooling, childhood, and bureaucracy Schooling, childhood, and bureaucracy Tony Waters "This book is about how modern American childhood is shaped by the bureaucratic tools including mass testing, child psychology, and the status hiearchies. This happens in a world where there is an em… OL16617907W
Teaching with the common core standards for English language arts, grades 3-5 Teaching with the common core standards for English language arts, grades 3-5 Lesley Mandel Morrow,Karen K. Wixson,Timothy Shanahan "Nearly every state has independently adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), making this practical guide an indispensable resource for grades 3-5 teachers and teachers-in-training. Leading a… OL16688350W
The Leonardo effect The Leonardo effect Deirdre Robson,G. I. Hickey "The Leonardo Effect ties together the whole primary curriculum by demonstrating the ways in which art and science can be integrated, allowing children to build up both skills and knowledge. It also … OL16699849W
Teaching history creatively Teaching history creatively Hilary Cooper "History is one of the most extensively taught and enjoyed of the non-core primary school subjects. However, many practitioners have limited understanding of the skills of historical enquiry. Where t… OL16769192W
Gardening with Young Children Gardening with Young Children Sara Starbuck,Marla Olthof,Karen Stoelzle Midden Gardens are where children's imaginations engage nature, and the result is joyful learning. Gardening helps children develop an appreciation for the natural world and build the foundation for environ… OL16813603W
Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction Best Practices in Early Literacy Instruction Marla H. Mallette,Diane M. Barone Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classrooms (PreK-3). Coverage includes founda… OL16815074W
Primary languages in practice Primary languages in practice Jane Jones This book is essential reading for trainee teachers on specialist primary languages training programmes as well as general primary PGCE programmes. It also provides valuable insights for primary teac… OL16935423W
What your third grader needs to know What your third grader needs to know E. D. Hirsch A guide for parents and teachers on the material third grade-age children should be learning, including such subjects as literature, language arts, history and geography, music, math, and science. OL20029278W
Self-regulation in the classroom Self-regulation in the classroom Richard M. Cash "To succeed in school, students need more than subject area knowledge--they must learn how to learn. Self-regulation, an executive functioning skill, describes the ways that students focus attention … OL20645009W
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