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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
For the good of the earth and sun For the good of the earth and sun Georgia Heard Presents a method for teaching poetry at all educational levels, designed to help both student and teacher feel more comfortable with poetry, and provides examples primarily from elementary classroom… OL1922851W
Journey of discovery Journey of discovery Ann M. Courtney,Theresa L. Abodeeb This is the story of a "journey of discovery" that took place for more than 5 years in a second-grade classroom. The authors' research study revealed how classroom literacy practices affect students'… OL20144396W
Character education Character education Leigh Ann Anderson,Donald R. Glover Combines character education and physical education in forty-three community-building fitness activities that meet NASPE standards, and includes reproducible forms for portfolio assessment. OL20208126W
Bringing technology education into K-8 classrooms Bringing technology education into K-8 classrooms Edward Britton,Bo De Long-Cotty,Toby Levenson "This guide is the first independent review of curriculum materials for technology. In Bringing Technology Education Into K-8 Classrooms, authors Edward Britton, Bo De Long-Cotty, and Toby Levenson p… OL20410474W
Reading and writing nonfiction genres Reading and writing nonfiction genres Lee Karnowski,Kathleen Buss Offers guidance to teachers who want to introduce their elementary students to nonfiction writing, discussing the genres of recount, procedural, informational, and persuasive, and including student w… OL20479914W
Teaching primary mathematics Teaching primary mathematics Mike Askew,Michelle Selinger Written with newly-qualified teachers and those in initial teacher training in mind, this book gets to grips with the new National Curriculum for Mathematics at Key Stages 1 and 2. OL24177179W
Maintaining universal primary education Maintaining universal primary education Council for Education in the Commonwealth (Great Britain) "Lalage Bown and her co-researchers from the Council for Education in the Commonwealth explore the various economic, political and social pressures which may affect the progress of educational provis… OL26183716W
Das große Spiel- und Spaßbuch Englisch Das große Spiel- und Spaßbuch Englisch Thomas Wolff,Marie Hübner Lieder, Reime, kurze Witze, Wissenswertes über Land und Leute, kleine traditionelle Rezepte, Malen nach Zahlen, Bastelspaß und vieles mehr findet sich in unserem Spiel- und Spaßbuch. Ziel ist die spi… OL26438279W
La physique est un jeu d'enfant La physique est un jeu d'enfant Mireille Hartmann Un ouvrage explicatif pour aider enseignants et parents à faire découvrir la physique aux enfants. Il se compose de cinq parties : eau, air, lumière, électricité, magnétisme. Chacune se décline en ac… OL28954055W
Teaching children foreign languages Teaching children foreign languages Mary Bonomo Finocchiaro Some administrators and citizens still question the advisability of offering a second language to children. FLES should no longer be considered in the experimental stage. This book is directed primar… OL4794152W
Teaching physical education in elementary schools Teaching physical education in elementary schools Maryhelen Vannier,Mildred Foster This book is first a presentation of physical education -- what it is and what its place should be in our rapidly changing world and educational system. Second, it is a source book of physical educat… OL5105979W
Elementary teachers' music almanack,  timely, daily lesson plans Elementary teachers' music almanack, timely, daily lesson plans Marvin Stanley Adler,Jesse C. McCarroll This book represent years of research into how children learn to listen to music,incorporating the chronology of the seasons that always fascinates the young. All major musical movements are gradu… OL6299232W