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Lively Learning: Using the Arts to Teach the K-8 Curriculum
Linda Crawford
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2004
In Lively Learning, long-time educator Linda Crawford offers practical suggestions for bringing the arts into the daily life of the classroom. Written for all classroom teachers, including those without a background in the arts, Lively Learning will help teachers gain comfort with five art forms drawing, music, movement, theater, and poetry writing and integrate those art forms into reading, ...
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Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14
Chip Wood
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2007
Excellent Book - I recommend to any parent or teacher!
+ Resource for parents and teachers
+ Yardsticks is a must by for educators!
+ Amazing
+ Yardsticks
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The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language that Helps Children Learn
Paula Denton
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2007
One key to closing the achievement gap: efficacious language
+ Enhancing Classroom Communication with Paula Denton's The Power of Our Words
+ One of the most useful books in my library.
As a classroom teacher in inner city schools for 8 years, I have found myself immersed in school cultures which were disrespectful and authoritarian toward parents and students. This book presents a different approach to the teacher's role as a catalyst for learning. Well-grounded in pedagogical ...
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The Daily Five: Fostering Literacy Independence in the Elementary Grades
Gail Boushey, Joan Moser
Stenhouse Publishers, 2006
what a difference
+ User Friendly
+ Inspiring and helpful
+ The Daily Five
+ A Must Read for Elementary Teachers
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Notebook Know-How: Strategies For The Writer's Notebook
Aimee Buckner
Stenhouse Publishers, 2005
Great companion for Daily 5!
+ Better Than "A Writer's Notebook" by Ralph Fletcher
+ Notebook Know-how:Strategies for writer's notebooks
+ Notebook Know-How: Strategies For The Writer's Notebook
+ Good Basics on Writer's Notebooks
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The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible ...
Ross W. Greene
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
Great Book, Big Help!
+ For Parents of Angry kids
+ A great book to better understand the stressed child
+ Very informative read.
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Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning
Peter H. Johnston
Stenhouse Publishers, 2004
Choice Words: How our Language Affects Children's Learning
+ Great condition and speedy delivery!
+ Excellent for teachers, especially new ones
We are using this book as a book study group in our elementary school It serves as a great springboard for conversation about teaching strategies and learning. The book provides insights to new teachers as well as seasoned teachers and can serve as a way to share and reflect as a learning and ...
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The Morning Meeting Book (Strategies for Teachers, 1)
Roxann Kriete, Lynn Bechtel
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2002
Morning Meeting Book
+ Book review
+ Morning Meeting Book
+ What a way to start the day!
+ Be prepared for YOUR morning meeting!
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The Respectful School: How Educators and Students Can Conquer Hate and Harassment
Stephen Wessler, William Preble
Association for Supervision & Curriculum Deve, 2003
Addresses a pressing and endemic social problem
+ A must for school principals!
Collaboratively written by Stephen L. Wessler (a former state prosecutor and currently director of the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence) with the assistance of contributing author William Preble, The Respectful School: How Educators And Students Can Conquer Hate And Harassment addresses a ...
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Learning Through Academic Choice (Strategies for Teachers Series)
Paula Denton
Northeast Foundation for Children, 2005
Academic Choice is an instructional approach that motivates children and encourages autonomy by letting them select from among several teacher-offered ways to meet learning goals. Children learn a three-stage process of planing, working, and reflecting. In this book, long-time educator and Responsive Classroom consulting teacher Paula Denton guides teachers step-by-step through the process of ...
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Off to a Good Start: Launching the School Year (The Responsive Classroom Series, #1)
Northeast Fndtn for Children, 1997
Help for a first-year teacher
+ Build a solid foundation in the first few weeks of school
I purchased this book, along with two others from the Responsive Classroom series ("The First Six Weeks of School" and "The Morning Meeting Book"). This book was easy to read--it consists of several short articles on various topics that teachers address at the beginning of the school year. As a ...
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Time to Teach, Time to Learn: Changing the Pace of School
Chip Wood, Peter Wrenn
Northeast Foundation for Children, 1999
Loved the Book
I am in a master's program and this book has helped with my research. I agree with what Mr. Wood says about slowing down the pace in the classroom and working on relationships with the students.
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Recognition Without Rewards (Building Connections)
Caren Cameron, Colleen Politano, ...
Peguis Publishers, 1997
Stickers, trophies, prizes, points, tokens, grades—all are forms of rewards that teachers use every day. But do such premiums work? The authors deliver a thoughtful and well-researched answer: No, they do not work; rewards actually interfere with learning. What students need, say the authors, is thoughtful, specific recognition. This book explores the difference between rewards and ...
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Reality Checks: Teaching Reading Comprehension With Nonfiction, K-5
Tony Stead
Stenhouse Publishers, 2005
Extremely Helpful For Teachers
I read this book this summer to help with developing comprehension strategies with all my readers. Tony's book is an easy read and he is a skilled writer. I learned a ton and can't wait to try some of his ideas next school year.
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The New Kindergarten: Teaching Reading, Writing, & More
Constance Leuenberger
Teaching Resources, 2003
So Much In One Book
+ preschool/kindergarten
+ The New Kindergarten
+ A "Must Read" for the Kindergarten Teacher
+ Great resource for new classroom ideas
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