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The First Six Weeks of School (Strategies for Teachers Series, 2)
Paula Denton, Roxann Kriete
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2000
Great for First Year Educators!
I began using Morning Meeting [ASIN:1892989093 The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers, 1)] as a part of my teacher education program last year and found it to be a great benefit for encouraging positive social interactions between my elementary students. ...
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Adobe Illustrator CS3 Classroom in a Book
Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Press, 2007
Big Help
Started using Illustrator about two months ago and got lost from time to time and had to spend hours trying to unravel my mistakes. This book is wonderful, it is easy to use and is a big help to the novice. I would recomend it to anyone that wants to get to know the ...
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The First Days Of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher
Harry K. Wong, Rosemary T. Wong
Harry K. Wong Publications, 2004
The FIrst Days of School: How to be An Effective Teacher
This is the first time ever using Amazon. com, I must say I am very pleased with the quality of the book purchased. The book was was in excellent condition, and was delivered as promised. The website was also very easy to navigate. I am amazed it took me so long to use ...
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Integrating Differentiated Instruction & Understanding by Design (Connecting Content and Kids)
Carol Ann Tomlinson, Jay McTighe
ASCD, 2006
A Must Read
As a professional educator who is interested in curriculum development and student success, I couldn't put this book down! Tomlinson an McTighe are both experts on their perspective topics of differentiation and assessment, so the pairing of these two made for ...
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Adobe Photoshop CS3 Classroom in a Book
Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Press, 2007
Great Book for Photoshop Beginners
I previously took a Photoshop class and really did not feel I had a very good understanding of the program. This book takes you step by step through th program. I think I learned more from the book than I did the class!
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Adobe InDesign CS3 Classroom in a Book
Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Press, 2007
Adobe InDesign CS3 Classroom in a Book
This book is great. I can't see any other way to learn Indesign without it.It helps you work thorough documents using Indesign and by the end of the book you can use the program with little problem. It is like being in a classroom but the book is the instructor.
Some ...
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Literacy Work Stations: Making Centers Work
Debbie Diller
Stenhouse Publishers, 2003
Love the Work Stations
I am a first year teacher learning the ropes. I am finding the work stations very easy to implement and am enjoying the "freedom" to achieve reading level testing at week three of the school year and am looking forward to guided reading group time soon.
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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Clayton M. Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, ...
McGraw-Hill, 2008
Disrupting Class is a must read
Disrupting Class is a must read for educators, politicians, or anyone else who is interested in the field of education. The book provides a summary of Clayton Christensen's work on disruptive technology described in the earlier book the Innovators Dilemma. Horn, ...
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Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
Robert J. Marzano, Debra Pickering, ...
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 2001
Best teacher guide EVER
This booklet provides vastly more instruction on the nitty-gritty of what teachers need in the classroom. Thank you!
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Elementary and Middle School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally
John M. Van de Walle
Allyn & Bacon, 2006
Math teacher must have!
This was a required text for a M.Ed. class. The practices in this book are almost perfectly aligned with Massachusetts frameworks and the Connnected Math Project (CMP) text used by my district (Lowell). This book is very rich with lesson plan fodder and takes pains to ...
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Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching
Charlotte Danielson
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 2007
Solid all-around guidance and structure tool.
Now in a revised and updated second edition, Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching presents a framework for K-12 educators that is based on Praxis III: Classroom Performance Assessment criteria as developed by Educational Testing Service, compatible ...
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104 Activities That Build: Self-Esteem, Teamwork, Communication, Anger Management, Self-Discovery, Coping ...
Alanna Jones
Rec Room Publishing, 1998
great buy
I am so glad I bought this book, I can't wait to try these new ideas with my kids so I can excite them into learning.
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Teaching Students Who Are Exceptional, Diverse, and at Risk in the General Education Classroom (4th Edition)
Sharon R. Vaughn, Candace S. Bos, ...
Allyn & Bacon, 2006
Supportive Text for Teachers
I bought this book for a class in mainstreaming, required for my full credential in California. The book is well organized and easy to read. The information is valuable and I will refer to this book throughout my career as a teacher.
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Teaching With Love and Logic: Taking Control of the Classroom
Jim Fay, David Funk
Love & Logic Press, 1995
Great approach to classroom discipline
This book was recommended to me by a colleague. "Teaching . . . " empowers you to make decisions that are best for you and your students. The recommendations by the authors show how being in a "thinking state" allows you to offer choices to help students make good ...
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Spaces & Places: Designing Classrooms for Literacy
Debbie Diller
Stenhouse Publishers, 2008
Spaces & Places
This book has lots of practical ideas for using the space in your classroom to the best advantage. The pictures are clear and show how to implement these ideas.
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