Teacher training Books

Book SynopsisLearning is inherently social, built on the daily interactions in the classroom. What if feedback -- from teacher to student, between students, from student to teacher -- could be seen as essential, not merely as part of student assessment, but as an ongoing process that defines the learning environment? This groundbreaking book explores using feedback to help students become better learners, examines the crucial use of verbal and nonverbal language to engage and guide students, and shows strategies and activities to establish and promote effective feedback within the classroom and beyond.

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Book SynopsisThis practical book is designed to assist teachers in structuring their learning practice. The framework of four basic and proven steps -- Preparation, Learning Sequence, Authentic Application, and New Thinking -- can be used at any level, for any subject, and for learning applications from lessons to unit plans. Combining the best research on how we learn with practical lesson exemplars, the PLAN process encourages and supports goal setting, student engagement, and transformational learning.

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Book SynopsisThis practical book offers unique and powerful ways to use play to investigate stories, big ideas, and events. It focuses on dramatic play as a natural response to learning.Dramatic Play in the Early Years argues that dramatic play is not theatre but a dynamic process that involves planning, playing, and practice. It shows teachers how to involve young students in play where they become the story and live the life of the characters or animals, bump up against issues, and better appreciate the complexities of the human journey. This comprehensive resource covers many aspects of learning through play and explores • The Creative Process — from setting up the “Aha” moment to describing the teacher’s role • Getting Started — from the willing suspension of disbelief to strategic use of pauses to listening for next steps • The Importance of Practice — from working towards focus and control and side-coaching to becoming believable characters • Building Belief — from narrating to cast a spell to using blank paper to set a story scene • Finding the Story — from choosing a story to strategies for prompting improvisation • Playing Inside the Curriculum — from establishing a framework to finding the story in subject areas Rooted in classroom experience, this valuable resource offers a variety of effective ways in which children can be encouraged to incorporate voice, characterization, movement, stillness, concentration, and listening for more expressive play.

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Book Synopsis“This Is a Great Book!” is rooted in the belief that having a wide range of “great” books to read is essential to student success as readers inside the classroom ... and beyond. Based on extensive research, this highly readable book explores a wide range of recommended titles that cover a spectrum of developmental stages for readers of chapter books to young adult novels. It presents novels around popular themes and features guest voices that include innovative teachers, librarians, booksellers, and students. Numerous activities and literacy events form the core of this valuable resource. Reproducible pages include response activities, reflection tools, assessment profiles, and inventories for easy classroom use. Committed to nurturing the love of reading, the book invites readers to dig deeper in their understanding and appreciation of books by responding through writing, discussion, the arts, media, and more. Special attention is given to the world of independent leisure reading, where students make choices based on their preferences and tastes. Experienced and new teachers will find fresh ideas and the tools they need to guide students to “great” books that will make a difference in their lives. Trade ReviewThis is a Great Book! is rooted in the belief that offer­ing your students great books to read and showing them how to dig deeper into their own responses to them is the foundation of turning them into real readers. This all-in-one guide, which starts with the underpinning educational research and ends at assessment profiles, blackline masters and appendices, represents a continuum of reading in many genres from chapter books to young adult novels. Novels are a great way to stimulate students’ critical abilities and to engage with a wide range of responses that can transcend words and open possibilities and concepts in the wider world. The 101 literacy events outlined in the book invite students to delve into a text not only with written responses but with discussion, through the arts and using online media. Attention is given to exploring reading that is based on the preferences and tastes of students as they develop a lifelong love of reading.Mary Veronica Moloney, OCT, teaches Grade 4 at D’Arcy McGee Catholic School with the Toronto Catholic District School Board.Professionally Speaking (the official magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers)June 2017

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Book SynopsisThe best-selling first edition of this popular book showed teachers how to use a single sheet of paper to add value, authenticity, and accountability to independent reading programs. It emphasized students reading books they love rather than filling reading time with busy work. In this second edition of Independent Reading Inside the Box, Lisa Donohue shares what she has learned from the many teachers who have used her simple approach to reading response. Lisa describes how teachers can do even more to strengthen student comprehension, language, and thinking skills. Full of new ways to monitor, assess, and support students as they are actively engaged in their reading, the book remains committed to the premise that independent reading time is purposeful and directly connected to classroom instruction. This highly awaited second edition explores critical literacy to promote higher-order thinking skills, individualized goal-setting, feedback and monitoring, and personalizing learning. This remarkable book introduces proven strategies for • providing effective feedback and assessment • relating independent reading response to the instructional core • fitting independent reading into the literacy block • using reading-response as prompts and for blended learning tasks • making thinking visible during independent reading • encouraging student choice among reading-response tasksIndependent Reading Inside the Box argues for classrooms that offer students choice among the very best material, as well as innovative ways to nurture the value of becoming lifelong readers.

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Book SynopsisEffective mathematics instruction and numeracy development are a major focus in classrooms today. The Four Roles of the Numerate Learner introduces a framework (sense maker, skill user, thought communicator, and critical interpreter) that supports an integrated approach to effective mathematics instruction.The book builds on educators’ understanding of how to effectively teach mathematics and borrows from successful frameworks used to teach literacy. It considers the mathematical practices that students need to learn to construct mathematical knowledge, become mathematicians, and simply do mathematics. The goal is to provide multiple entry points into a new world of mathematics instruction—a new way of thinking and learning where students engage in critical thinking about numeracy and act on this knowledge. The framework emphasizes student voice, with many opportunities for them to ask questions, pose problems, explore ideas, and change their thinking about mathematics and the way they see themselves as mathematicians.The Four Roles of the Numerate Learner shows new and experienced teachers how to foster and support daily practice that permits students to use their diverse identities to build their mathematical knowledge and incorporate their cultural experiences.Trade ReviewThe book is a solid guide for principals and other school leaders who wish to learn more about best practices in mathematics teaching and learning." - Professionally Speaking

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Book SynopsisThis easy-to-read, humorous survival guide for substitute teachers presents strategies to get students on your side and make classroom management easier for the whole day. Experienced and new teachers will discover quick, relationship-building activities that make the difference between a day of dodging spitballs and a day where students give you homemade bracelets.This time-saving resource includes specific lessons for all grades and subject areas. Ideal for a teacher getting started, an experienced teacher filling in, or a full-time classroom teacher looking for new ways to connect with students, this timely book offers what you need to survive and succeed.Trade ReviewCalled in at very short notice to primary/junior classrooms, substi­tute teachers are often at a loss for how and where to begin teaching a classroom of sometimes unruly and certainly unknown students. In this enthusiastic combination tool kit/ instruction manual, Yuill explores how substitute teachers can re-engage their original passion for making a difference in students’ lives and actually teach. To help set the stage, this highly readable guide for new or experienced teachers begins with relationship-building activ­ities. It moves on to ready-to-use ideas for lessons (with companion reproducibles), along with a collection of strategies for managing your attitude and expectations, and dealing with typical problems. Solid classroom management techniques are examined as are practical curriculum plans. A unique component of the book is a brief description of typical student development, which takes a quick look at physical, social, emotional and academic characteristics at every primary grade level. Organized by grade, it is a helpful snapshot for teachers who are parachuted into teaching students with whom they have little or no experience and few reference points. Yuill outlines proactive job-finding techniques for the substitute teacher seeking a full-time position, the ca­reer-substitute teacher looking for the next assignment, or the retired teacher who may be seeking a different perspec­tive on the classroom experience.Nadira Baksh, OCT, has recently complet­ed a combined honours specialist in English and history and is a classroom volunteer with the Peel District School Board.Professionally Speaking (the official magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers)June 2017

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Book SynopsisAt any age or grade level, powerful readers are those who are aware of their thinking as they read. The assumption is that high school students don't need to be taught how to read; but even if they can decode words and gain literal understanding, they often don't think deeply about what they are reading. Presenting a balance of theory and practical lessons, Powerful Readers demonstrates that instruction in the key strategies of connecting, visualizing, questioning, inferring, determining importance, and transforming can help students develop their reading skills and get more out of their work with fiction and nonfiction. Step-by-step lessons for introducing and using the strategies, connections to literary devices, and reading lists for each strategy are all part of this valuable resource.

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Book SynopsisAs educators, it is important to take the time to get to know our students. Discovering what students are capable of and how they feel about things is the first step toward nurturing learning. Helping them develop their social-emotional skills sets the scene for academic growth and achievement. This book provides the scaffolding that teachers need to establish strong relationships with their students and create caring classroom communities that include relationships with parents, school administration and staff, and support specialists.Trade ReviewThroughout this resource, there are numerous useful ideas for classroom teachers. Trottier stresses a focus on active learning and academicsuccess, as well as the social and emotional growth of students in a supportive school community." - Myra Junyk, Resource Links

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Book SynopsisIn this new book, David Booth answers questions from real teachers about building skills in literacy, from phonics to comprehension, from simple exercises to rich reading materials. Drawing on more than 40 years of experience in education, David shares hard-learned lessons about what has – and hasn’t – worked for him. This is both a practical guide and a personal chronicle of growth in the classroom.Trade ReviewDavid Booth writes clearly and succinctly about what has and has not worked for him during his many decades of teaching. [...] He points out that while its foundation of reading and writing is always pivotal, it extends to many other arenas like drama, role-playing, art and other expressions of the written word." - Professionally Speaking

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Book SynopsisHow can teachers make their literacy classrooms a place of joy? Fun, caring, and passion are the key to a shame-free, healthy classroom that nurtures students in mind, body, and spirit. Full of simple strategies and activities for building community, this practical book is committed to promoting strong literacy skills. It is full of simple strategies and activities for building mindful classrooms where students are free to speak with compassion, write with conviction, and read with joy.

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Book SynopsisClassrooms are richer, more vibrant learning spaces when all students are included. Although a diverse group of students may pose challenges, teachers can overcome these challenges and invite all students to become engaged learners, both academically and socially.Student Diversity presents many examples of teachers working together to improve their teaching practice—from the primary and early years to middle school and the secondary years. It offers insights into all aspects of literacy instruction along with frameworks for successfully integrating mathematics and other subject areas into powerful learning opportunities.

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Book SynopsisGrowth mindset, grit, and self-regulation are terms that teachers and parents have been hearing a lot lately. These terms recognize that children can develop traits that will make them better able to face challenges and recover from setbacks. How do we bring these principles directly into the classroom to assist students, day in and day out? Keep Growing shows how teachers can provide opportunities for children to change their mindsets and foster their ownership of their behavior, their desire to tackle difficult tasks, their ability to push through challenging work, and their application of what they have learned.Trade ReviewKeep Growing examines the factors that encourage children to try new things and learn new skills. It explores how a “growth mindset” can enhance student success. Joey Mandel, teacher and educational consultant specializing in peer-to-peer relationships, focuses on promoting growth in the classroom, “How do we, as teachers, provide opportunities for children to change their mindsets? How do we foster and nurture their ability and desire to start hard tasks and push through them when they are stuck, to try something new when they do not know the answer, to build a sense of value for the effort and the completion of an activity over the success of it, and finally, to work on or add to something that they have finished in order to make it better?” (p. 7) The nine chapters in this resource rely heavily on research about growth mindsets. The first chapter, “Mindset for Growth,” explains that individuals with a growth mindset believe that they can learn new things with hard work, effort and positive self-talk. This belief affects attitudes, actions, and responses to challenges. In order to promote this kind of mindset, teachers need to explicitly teach learning skills and character traits such as empathy, organization and self-regulation. The second chapter outlines classroom organization to promote a growth mindset. Chapters 3-8 address specific characteristics of a growth mindset: responsibility, independence, self-regulation, perspective, initiative, and resilience. Each chapter explains the characteristic, applies it to the classroom environment and gives teachers strategies and activities in various subject areas such as language arts, media studies, mathematics, art and drama. The final chapter addresses the importance of family support to enhance student success through the home-school connection. Throughout this resource, there are numerous useful ideas for classroom teachers. Joey Mandel explains the connections between home, school, extra-curricular activities and future accomplishments. Helping students to build a growth mindset will help them succeed in all aspects of their future lives. There are descriptions of specific activities in various\ subject areas as well as blackline masters. This book provides a useful resource for both new and experienced teachers who want to improve the learning environment and learning outcomes for their students. Joey Mandel urges co-operation to promote a growth mindset, “Parents and teachers need to use tools and a common approach to support these children. We need to let them know that they can do more than they think they can, that it is okay just to try, and that the attempt is where the learning happens.” (p. 12)Thematic Links: Growth Mindsets; Classroom Environment; Responsibility; Independence; Initiative; Resilience; Home-School ConnectionMyra Junyk

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Book SynopsisThis practical handbook shows teachers how to nurture a kindergarten learning environment in which children feel safe, comfortable, and able to take risks. It offers innovative ways to encourage children to explore, experiment, discover, solve problems, and freely interact with one another. Based on extensive classroom practice,Reading, Writing, Playing, Learning provides concrete suggestions for creating play-based learning in a culture of inquiry. The book discusses all aspects of oral language development, reading to and by children, shared and guided reading, reading to write and writing to learn, putting “play” into word play, celebrating diversity, and meeting the needs of all learners.Trade ReviewLori Jamison Rog and Donna-Lynn Galloway, two experienced educators and consultants, provide Kindergarten teachers with various tools to enhance play while building student reading, writing and learning skills through a supportive classroom environment. They begin their resource with Sheree Fitch’s beautiful poem, “First Day of School” which urges teachers to see each child’s individual strengths, “He wants to colour a picture./Help him to see that the colours he chooses,/The pictures he makes, are beautiful…/Before you ask him to pain the Sistine Chapel.” The Introduction outlines the history of Kindergarten, and the changing emphasis on play and explicit literacy instruction. The writers agree that the main emphasis in Kindergarten should be on, “What’s in the best interests of the children?” (p. 13) This resource is divided into eight chapters which explore various aspects of Kindergarten instruction: play-based learning, classroom organization, oral language, read-aloud, shared reading, guided reading, writing, word play and diversity. The first chapter, “Play-Based Learning in a Culture of Inquiry,” explains the connection between literacy learning and play. “Through play, children learn to co-operate and compromise, to lead and to follow.” (p. 15) The second chapter describes how the classroom environment can provide a strong support for collaborative learning. Subsequent chapters focus in on specific aspects of literacy and provide specific strategies and activities to engage students. In chapter 3, “Floating on A Sea of Talk: Oral Language Development,” the resource examines teacher talk, language games, phonological awareness, and vocabulary development. Book selection, home-school connections and classroom libraries are examined in other chapters. The authors provide a compilation of research on play-based learning and explicit literacy instruction in Kindergarten. There is definitely a need for instructional resources on Kindergarten because of the implementation of fullday Kindergarten in several Canadian provinces. While experienced teachers may have used many of the techniques described in this book, it could provide a useful tool to new teachers who need research-based instructional techniques. More detailed information on assessment would have been a good addition to this book. Reading, Writing, Playing, Learning compiles information and strategies which are available in various other resources, but having them in one place is useful. After all, Kindergarten is a very special year for young learners, “The routines we establish, the skills, strategies, and concepts we teach, and the expectations we hold will influence our students for the rest of their lives.” (p. 92) Thematic Links: Play-Based Learning; Explicit Literacy Instruction; Kindergarten Classrooms; Read Aloud; Shared/Guided Resource Links June 2017 Volume 22, Number 5

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Book SynopsisHow can teachers balance the needs of busy overwhelming classrooms with the needs of their own health and well-being? This timely book is about avoiding teacher burnout. It suggests that teachers can reduce the amount of time they work outside the classroom and still be a motivated and engaged teacher. Promoting a healthy work–life balance for teachers, the book advocates that teachers put their own mental and emotional health needs first; it argues that this will naturally lead to more effective teaching. The conversational tone of the book, along with a wealth of anecdotal examples, will make this highly readable resource an invaluable guide for every educator.

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Book SynopsisWhat’s the difference between teaching our students and our autistic students? Not much. This practical book argues that all students are unique. It focuses on integrating teaching autistic students into the teaching practice of the whole class. Based on extensive classroom experience, this highly readable book is full of anecdotes about engaged students growing in their learning. Lesson plans and checklists throughout the book help teachers get to know autistic students and help them with school work, emotional regulation, communication, socializing, and staying safe. This timely book champions getting rid of labels so teachers can know every student as an individual.

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Book SynopsisDeepening In-Class and Online Learning shows teachers how to make learning joyful as they translate successful classroom strategies to virtual learning. The book includes more than 60 step-by-step strategies that encourage interaction, foster inclusion, and spark imagination. Each activity is presented in a consistent format, ready-to-use in-class and for online learning.Whether teaching virtually or adding digital activities to in-class instruction, this book explores effective ways for students to present, communicate, and collaborate. Innovative activities range from discussing hot topics and sharing personal stories to visual boards and digital storytelling. Also included is an up-to-date glossary of digital tools to help make sense of the shifting landscape in today’s classrooms.

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Book SynopsisManaging Student Behavior provides an in-depth understanding of student behavior, including identifying factors that trigger and maintain negative, disruptive actions and attitudes. It provides an overview of appropriate reinforcement, which is fundamental in making positive behavior changes, and highlights many effective, evidence-based strategies that support permanent change. Real-life examples and anecdotes throughout the book illustrate a variety of classroom challenges, as well as strategies used to support positive change in each scenario. The author uses a conversational approach to connect with readers and provide a non-threatening environment in which to learn the basics of behavior and behavioral change.

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Book SynopsisStop the Hate for Goodness Sake shows teachers how to confront racism and disrupt discrimination in order to deepen students’ understanding of social justice, diversity, and equity. Background information, statistics, and reports on incidents of hate will help students consider ethical and moral behavior. Forty step-by-step lessons involve discussion, oral and written narratives, case studies, assumption charts, and more. This thoughtful examination of today’s world will help teachers encourage reflection, foster inclusion, and inspire students to take action. This in-depth guide will show teachers of 8- to 14-year-olds how to start and manage important conversations that will lead to change.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Defining HateChapter 2: Recognizing HateChapter 3:Dismantling Hate in SchoolsChapter 4: Ways to Erase HateChapter 5: Confronting the Issue of BullyingChapter 6: Creating a Safer School Culture for AllChapter 7: Ten Tips for Disrupting Hate

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Book SynopsisThis practical book is full of quick and easy-to-use lessons that promote meaningful writing practices in the classroom. Teachers will find strategies organized alphabetically and in a consistent format that will inspire students to plan, develop, and share their writing. The lessons allow teachers to choose what they need to meet the diverse and various needs of students in grades one through eight. Each independent lesson guides students through the writing process with information about a writing form, along with suggested literature sources. Tips throughout the book will help students successfully write to narrate, to inform, to entertain, to persuade, to respond, and to enjoy.

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Book SynopsisJohn R. Shoup and Susan Clark Studer explore the rules and patterns that govern complex systems that, when properly understood and applied, result in more effective leadership than what is offered from traditional leadership models. Their book is designed to equip leaders with the knowledge and skills to operate successfully in complex environments at both the micro (organizational) and macro (policy) level. Leveraging Chaos offers a dynamic interpretation of educational history and reform that will equip policy makers to implement a more balanced management of the educational pendulum.Trade ReviewShoup and Studer detail the seven features of complex adaptive systems in a manner which serves to illuminate and clarify these systems for the reader. Complexity theory is then applied to a history of education, providing useful insights and practices supporting dynamic educational leadership and policy planning. -- Susan Rainey, Ed.D., Superintendent, retired. Riverside Unified School District, California (1998-2008) and Charter Oak Unified School District, CaliTable of ContentsChapter 1 Complexity Simplified Chapter 2 Complexity at Work in the American Educational System Chapter 3 Leveraging Complexity at the Policy Level Chapter 4 Leveraging Complexity at the Organizational Level

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Book SynopsisEducating from the Heart: Theoretical and Practical Approaches to Transforming Education is based on the questions: 'What does it mean to educate from the heart? What does it mean to educate with spirit?' It offers both theoretical overviews and practical approaches for educators, academics, education students and parents who are interested in transforming schools. Well-respected voices in the field of education provide a framework that includes recent findings from the world of neuroscience, as well as fresh perspectives about traditional wisdom. Practicing educators describe methods directly applicable in classrooms. In addition, many chapters emphasize the importance of educators attending to their own inner lives. The book encourages reinvigorating approaches to learning and teaching that can easily be integrated into both public and private K-12 school classrooms, with many ideas also applicable to higher education. It supports an educational system based on the beliefs that heart and spirit are intertwined with mind and intellect, and that inner peace, wisdom, compassion, and conscience can be developed together with academic content and skills.Trade ReviewThis book brings together some of the renowned voices in the field of education and spirituality so that each chapter offers up-to-date research and insights that inform and enlighten classroom theory and practice. The editors have carefully structured the contents so that there is a fluidity of movement from theory to practice throughout the book, thereby raising its appeal and access to both academics and teachers. It is a worthwhile resource for pre-service and postgraduate education programs, as well as for classroom teachers. -- Marian de Souza, senior lecturer of religious education at Australian Catholic University, Watson; coeditor, Global Perspectives on Spirituality and Education (2014), and editor, Journal of Religious Education (2006-2012)Educating From the Heart is a beacon of light given the current context of education. It illuminates ideas and practices that can enrich and empower the lives of students. It searches out the varied contexts where wholeness and heart-filled learning can be applied. And it disperses the dark shadows of conformity and meaningless accountability by its hopeful message and practical content. -- Sam Crowell, faculty for the earth charter center and UNESCO chair for ESD and author of “Emergent Teaching: A Path of Creativity, Significance, and Transformation”The ideas in this book are presented in such a way that teachers will want to try these approaches themselves. The more theoretical chapters help provide a framework for the chapters on strategies by teachers who clearly are deeply invested in a holistic approach to teaching. This book fills an important gap in the literature on spirituality in education with its classroom based focus. -- Dr. Jack Miller, professor of curriculum, teaching, and learning, University of Toronto; author of The Holistic CurriculumEducating from the Heart is a "must read" for all practicing school administrators and should be incorporated into any leadership development program for educators. Applying many of the principles and beliefs identified in this book challenges established practices and structures in our current "high stakes" testing environment. It is a compelling book relating to the topic of student well being that has to be addressed in a more systemic fashion in our schools. -- Dr. Brian O'Regan, coordinator of Master's Program in Educational Leadership, Saint Michael's College, Vermont, and former Vermont deputy commissioEducating from the Heart offers both theoretical overviews and practical approaches to include elements of humanity, spirituality, and inner growth within the practical content of modern education. This book is for educators, academics, education students, and parents who are seeking a new way to present a more holistic education. * The Citizen *Table of ContentsChapter 1 Foreword: The Spirit Dimension of Education Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Acknowledgments Chapter 4 Introduction Part 5 Section I—Overview Chapter 6 Developing Spirit Related Capacities of Children and Adolescents Chapter 7 Supporting Inner Wisdom in Public Schools Chapter 8 Developing Mindfulness and Emotional Self Regulation in American Education Chapter 9 Nurturing the Spirit through Literature Chapter 10 The Six Passages of Childhood—A Model for School-based Rites of Passage Chapter 11 Paying Attention to the Whole Self Part 12 Section II—Practice Chapter 13 Deepening Presence and Interconnection in the Classroom Chapter 14 The Yogi in the Classroom Chapter 15 Simple in Means Chapter 16 The Inner Life of Teaching Chapter 17 Integrating the Spirit with Total Body Fitness Chapter 18 Stress Reduction in a Middle Level Social Studies Class Chapter 19 Teaching Children Empathy Jessica Toulis Chapter 20 Counseling from the Heart Madelyn Nash Chapter 21 Nurturing Childrenís Inner Resources—An Elementary School Guide Auriel Gray Chapter 22 Conclusion Aostre N. Johnson and Marilyn Webb Neagley Chapter 23 Biographical Sketches

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Book SynopsisThis book, in its third edition, provides practitioners at local and state levels a guide to designing curriculum for the gifted at any level of learning and in any subject area. It addresses the need to differentiate at all levels in the design process, from goals through assessment, and shows how to customize curriculum for advanced learners.

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Book SynopsisHow Many? is not like other counting books. In How Many?, there are multiple things to count on each page. Students might count one pair of shoes, or two shoes, or four corners of a shoebox. They might discuss whether two shoes have two shoelaces, or four. They might notice surprising patterns and relationships, and they will want to talk about them. In this accompanying Teacher' s Guide, Christopher Danielson explores deep mathematical ideas such as counting, number language, units, grouping, partitioning, place value, and vocabulary. Throughout, he shares stories and excerpts from real classrooms where he facilitated How Many? discussions. Danielson helps teachers anticipate what students might notice and gives practical suggestions for facilitating rich conversations with students. Danielson' s interest in students' ideas is infectious, and readers will soon find themselves seeking out opportunities to ask young mathematicians, How Many?Table of ContentsLook at this picture. How many do you see?

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Book SynopsisDawnavyn James believes Black history shouldn't be relegated to the month of February. In her groundbreaking book, Beyond February: Teaching Black History Any Day, Every Day, and All Year Long, K-3, she provides a practical guide for elementary educators who seek to teach history in truthful and meaningful ways that help young students understand the past, the present, and the world around them.Drawing on her experiences as a classroom teacher and a Black history researcher, James illustrates the big and small ways that we can center Black history in our everyday teaching and learning practices across the curriculum using read-alouds, music, historical documents, art, and so much more.Inside this book you'll find: Essential ideas that guide our teaching of Black history Powerful People Sets: groups of Black historical figures organized by theme with resources for both teacher and student learning Book collections and lessons featuring nearly 100 children's books Strategies and tips for adapting and disrupting curriculum in order to center Black history Ideas for celebrating Black History Month in ways that go beyond February FAQ's to help you navigate the ins and outs of teaching Black history in the elementary classroom With Beyond February, you'll have the tools to teach Black history all year long!Trade Review“Beyond February is a gift to every educator in this country from the pedagogical Gods! Dawnavyn James, is the conduit, and in my opinion, is a genius educator. She has crafted what will be a staple in every history and social studies classroom in the country for years to come. This guide teaches the glories, the triumphs, and the bitter but honest truth about Black history in America. If you are willing and open, it will set you and your students free.” —Derrick Barnes, NY Times Bestselling author, National Book award finalist, Newbery honoree, and the only two-time Kirkus Prize winner"This is what teachers have been asking for! A book about teaching Black history to young children. I am overwhelmed by James as she advocates for Black history teaching as a journey and not a simple destination. She provides practicality, yet her approaches are researched based. She provides tips, lessons, children's books, and inspiration for elementary teachers who are yearning to provide a more holistic version of history education in their classrooms. While bad faith actors have attempted to make teaching Black history controversial, Beyond February is refreshing as it humanizes Black folks and allows people to see that you can teach Black history in engaging, joyous, and truthful ways! The book should be recommended reading for all elementary teachers, administrators, school boards, and policy makers around the country."— LaGarrett J. King, PhD, Founding Director, Center for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy, University at Buffalo Dawnavyn James doesn't just talk the talk, she walks the walk--leading the way for educators to teach through Black histories not just during February but all year long and not just in social studies classrooms but all across the curriculum. Beyond February empowers teachers and affirms students with a wealth of resources and approaches that encourage critical thinking, foster inquiry and empathy and build cultural literacy.—Carole Boston Weatherford, author of Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre“This beautifully written book is aimed at teachers of young children but could serve all educators. Dawnavyn James lays out a framework for planning and implementing lessons about Black history and culture throughout a school year that is easy to use and exciting to consider. I will be coming back to this book again and again!”—Jennifer Orr, Elementary teacher and co-author of We're Gonna Keep on Talking: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Elementary Classroom"An essential guide for K-3 educators wanting to incorporate Black history into classroom learning throughout the school year." —April Crowder, Starred review in School Library Journal“Beyond February warmly invites early childhood and elementary educators to a consider a rich array of picture books, activities, and vibrant classroom examples to teach meaningful Black history year-round. This book is a gift to novice and experienced educators alike!”—Noreen Naseem Rodríguez, Author of Social Studies for a Better World: An Anti-Oppressive Approach for Elementary Educators“In Beyond February, Dawnavyn James does an incredible job of weaving together both her own teaching practices and the scholarship of those who have come before her. She shares exciting, creative, engaging, and meaningful ways to teach Black history throughout the entire year, never failing to provide a thorough list of children’s literature to anchor each topic. Black history is joy, resilience, resistance, and brilliance, and Dawnavyn makes that history accessible, empowering, and engaging to students as young as five years old. This book is long overdue and will become a central resource in my own teaching with both elementary students and pre-service teachers alike.”— Erin Green, Teacher educator“Both insightful and honest, James does a masterful job of helping educators understand the importance of teaching Black histories beyond February and provides a wealth of ideas and resources to guide them along the way.”— Dee Romito, author of Pies from NowhereTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1: Beyond the People; 2: Beyond the Books; 3: Beyond the Curriculum; 4: Beyond the Month; 5: The Work Doesn't Stop Here

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Book SynopsisWith every lesson grounded in the critical strategy of writers talking out their revisions, Patterns of Revision will establish routines, practices, and mindsets to set you and your students up for success from day one. Discover the joy inherent in writing - and writing instruction - when we explore revision through engaging inquiry and the study of models, building flexible, competent revisors, step-by-step, in an open-ended discussion of meaning driven revision choices and their effects.Table of ContentsPart 1: Exploring Patterns of Revision in Bite-Sized Chunks Chapter 1: Invitation to Delete Unnecessary Information Chapter 2: Invitation to Rearrange Chapter 3: Invitation to Add Connectors Part 2: Revision Through Sentence Combining Putting Draft Together Chapter 4: Invitation to Combine Conclusion: Living in a Revision Mindset

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Book SynopsisHow do we get fourth-grade writers to revise? And once we do get them thinking about revision, what, exactly, do they do? What do we do? In Patterns of Revision, best-selling authors Whitney La Rocca and Jeff Anderson answer these questions and more. This practical resource uses the research-proven and classroom-tested methods of sentence combining in a meaningful, engaging way that supports authentic writing as well as writing for performance-based or multiple-choice tests. Flip the book open to immediately find: The DRAFT mnemonic to help students know where to begin the revision process and how to keep going Concrete, doable lessons that spark academic conversations (oral rehearsal and play) about meaning, effect, and purpose that are grounded in a student-centered revision approach Easily accessed display and printable pages to seamlessly support student revision learning, embedded in each lesson right where you need it Authentic and engaging model text excerpts curated to support each lesson An engaging process for revision instruction that can be immediately implemented to support any writing approach or as a supplemental resource for Patterns of Power, 1-5 as well as Patterns of Power Plus, Grade 4 With every lesson grounded in the critical strategy of writers talking out their revisions, Patterns of Revision will establish routines, practices, and mindsets to set up you and your students for success from Day 1. Discover the joy inherent in writing—and writing instruction—by exploring revision through engaging inquiry and the study of models, building flexible, competent revisors, step-by-step, in an open-ended discussion of meaning-driven revision choices and their effects.Table of ContentsPart 1: Exploring Patterns of Revision in Bite-Sized Chunks Chapter 1: Invitation to Delete Unnecessary Information Chapter 2: Invitation to Rearrange Chapter 3: Invitation to Add Connectors Part 2: Revision Through Sentence Combining Putting Draft Together Chapter 4: Invitation to Combine Conclusion: Living in a Revision Mindset

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