Teaching of a specific subject Books

Book SynopsisTransform your classroom into a courtroom and get ready for students to take part in a great learning adventure. The six trial simulations in this book let students delve into criminal and civil law with motivating cases that mirror situations in fairy tales, nursery rhymes, literature, and history. In the roles of attorneys, members of the jury, defendants, witnesses, and courtroom personnel, students prepare and conduct cases. They will learn to use statements of fact and witness affidavits to determine guilt or innocence.The book is divided into three sections that: define the types of courts in the U.S. court system; explain how to carry out a mock trial; and give six ready-to-use court cases, including all necessary documents. The court cases allow students to understand both criminal and civil trials, with three types of each case. The cases allow you to stage trials involving Hansel and Gretel, John Wilkes Booth, Little Miss Muffet, Romeo and Jul

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Book SynopsisThe stock market is in the news every day, and even people who do not personally trade securities or intend to make a fortune by trading stocks have an interest in knowing something about the stock market. By giving students an understanding of the stock market, we are preparing them to deal knowledgeably with an area of our society that has a vast effect on their lives. Whether or not they choose later in life to trade stocks on an individual basis, they will have the knowledge that will enable them to understand this aspect of the economy and how their personal economic pictures are affected by the larger economic landscape. The Stock Market Game is a fun, informative simulation game that provides the information and framework for students to learn about the economics and psychology of the stock market. This easy-to-use guide includes: information about all aspects of company ownership; information on stocks, stock prices, the stock market, buying and selling stocks, and forces that affect stock prices; a minisimulation that can be completed in 1 week; and a longer simulation that follows the real stock market for several months. All information is presented on reproducible pages, illustrated with examples, and followed by exercises that let students apply their knowledge. This motivating unit will give students insights they will carry with them into their adult lives. This combination curriculum guide/simulation has it all. All you have to do is add current stock prices from your newspaper or the Internet. For more information on business ownership, use the simulation Open for Business. Grades 5-8

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Book SynopsisSpark the visual learning of students in grades 2-4 with Spatial Reasoning, a mathematics unit for high-ability learners. Gifted students demonstrate an advanced aptitude for spatial reasoning at early ages, and they require more complex lessons than what the standard curriculum provides. This field-tested unit approaches spatial reasoning through one-dimensional (1-D), two-dimensional (2-D), and three-dimensional (3-D) tasks that will engage students.The lessons in this unit are differentiated for gifted learners, and they are supported by hands-on extension activities that extend spatial concepts beyond the classroom. The skills learned throughout this unit will lay the foundation of spatial reasoning that will prepare students for middle school and beyond.Spatial Reasoning was developed by the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary.Grades 2-4

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Book SynopsisLooking for a way to challenge your gifted students in math class? Look no further! Beyond Base Ten investigates the concept of place value and the representation of numbers by using place value and non-place-value systems. Number bases other than Base Ten are featured, especially through historical contexts of early civilizations that developed number systems different from the one we use today.Place value is a fundamental and powerful concept that is the foundation for the number system used by all cultures. Typical curriculum materials address this concept in a rote method. This unit goes beyond this and encourages students to analyze the structure of our number system and other systems; examine the historical foundations of place value systems (Babylonian and Mayan) and non-place-value systems (Roman and Greek) over thousands of years in different civilizations; analyze why Base Ten is the surviving number system; and investigate applications of other number bases in areas such as computers and electricity. Beyond Base Ten is perfect for any student who loves mathematics!Beyond Base Ten was developed by the Center for Gifted Education at The College of William and Mary.Grades 3-6

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Book SynopsisSplash! is a mathematics unit for high-ability learners in kindergarten and first grade focusing on concepts related to linear measurement, the creativity elements of fluency and flexibility, and the overarching, interdisciplinary concept of models. The unit consists of 13 lessons centered on the idea of designing a community pool. Students examine the question of why we measure, the importance of accuracy in measurement, and the various units and tools of measurement. The unit presents a hands-on, constructivist approach, allowing children to build their knowledge base and their skills as they explore mathematical ideas through play and planned investigations. Students are involved in creative and critical thinking, problem solving, process skill development, and communication.Grades K-1

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Book SynopsisBringing Words to Life has enlivened the classrooms of hundreds of thousands of teachers. Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this ideal volume builds on the groundbreaking work of Bringing Words to Life. The authors present additional tools, tips, and detailed explanations of such questions as which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to adapt instruction for English language learners. They provide specific instructional sequences, including assessments, for grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12, as well as interactive lesson planning resources. Invaluable appendices feature engaging classroom activities and a comprehensive list of children's books and stories with suggested vocabulary for study.See also the authors' Bringing Words to Life, Second Edition: Robust Vocabulary Instruction, the authoritative guide to research-based vocabulary instruction, as well as Making Sense of Phonics, Second Edition: The Hows and Whys, by Isabel L. Beck and Mark E. Beck, an invaluable resource for K-3.Trade Review"If you don't already belong to a teachers-as-readers group, this book is reason to start one. The authors expand on the fundamentals that made their Bringing Words to Life such a treasure. They provide practical and specific ideas that will increase your knowledge of the 'what,' 'when,' and 'how' of vocabulary instruction, supported throughout by explanations that will stretch your thinking about the 'why.' Motivated by concerns raised by real teachers, this book contains everything you wanted to know about robust vocabulary instruction."--Mary E. Curtis, PhD, Director, Center for Special Education, Lesley University"Get out your highlighter when you read Creating Robust Vocabulary! The authors discuss why a robust vocabulary is essential to comprehension and how to enrich vocabulary instruction. This is one professional book you will really enjoy using--I couldn't put it down. Reading this book felt like having a marvelous conversation with the authors; they answered all my vocabulary-related questions, plus ones I didn't know I had. This invaluable, teacher-friendly resource inspired me to start implementing the robust vocabulary strategies with my first graders today, and they loved it!"--Ann Uzendoski, MS, first-grade teacher, Highwood Hills Elementary School, St. Paul, Minnesota"This highly anticipated book is the perfect follow-up to Bringing Words to Life, the seminal text on robust vocabulary instruction. The authors accomplish with aplomb what few are able to do; they take rigorously researched, evidence-based strategies for supporting vocabulary development and present them in a way that is accessible to teachers and engaging to students."--Michael D. Coyne, PhD, Special Education Program, University of Connecticut"I love this book! Beck, McKeown, and Kucan provide in-depth discussion of vocabulary and its effects on reading comprehension and writing; tier placement of words; and instructional sequence and activities. The Q&A format is reader friendly, and I find the extended examples of full lesson cycles especially useful for planning vocabulary instruction in my classroom. This book is a 'must read' for preservice and inservice teachers of every grade level, literacy coaches, educational researchers, and anyone who has ever had questions about vocabulary instruction. I will definitely be recommending this book to my colleagues."--Clover Noack, MEd, Reading Specialist/Curriculum Coordinator, Ft. Zumwalt School District, O’Fallon, Missouri"In this engaging volume, Beck, McKeown, and Kucan help readers to better understand their three-tiered approach to categorizing words, describe the ins and outs of selecting Tier Two words for instruction, and explain in detail how to teach word meanings before, during, and after reading. Examples drawn from the primary grades through high school illustrate the authors' approach to teaching Tier Two words for deep understanding. The examples and detailed descriptions give readers the knowledge needed to generate their own word selections and instructional approaches to fit a variety of texts and a variety of students."--Susan Watts Taffe, PhD, School of Education, University of Cincinnati- Creating Robust Vocabulary was developed as a companion volume to Bringing Words to Life....This new publication contains extensive instruction modeling that teachers will find immediately enticing....The two volumes together provide invaluable classroom resources for teachers....Beck, McKeown, and Kucan's indispensible scholarship, first in Bringing Words to Life and now with Creating Robust Vocabulary, provides teachers with a coherent and compelling framework for changing the landscape of vocabulary instruction in their classrooms. --Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 4/30/2008Table of Contents1. Vocabulary and Its Effects 2. Which Words? 3. The Basics: When and How to Teach 4. Some Nitty-Gritties of Instruction 5. What about English Language Learners? 6. Extended Examples 7. Professional Development Appendix A. Menu of Instructional Activities Appendix B. Some Well-Known Books and Stories and Corresponding Tier Two Word Candidates

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Book SynopsisAdvocates and teachers often find it difficult to communicate the complexities of climate change, because the people they are trying to reach hold so many mistaken assumptions. They assume, for example, that when climate change becomes an obvious threat to our everyday lives, there will still be time enough to make changes that will avoid disaster. Yet at that point it will be too late. Or they assume we can use our current paradigms and policy tools to find solutions. Yet the approaches that caused damage in the first place will cause even more damage in the future. Even the increasingly dire warnings from scientists haven’t shaken such assumptions. Is there another way to reach people? The simple, interactive exercises in The Climate Change Playbook can help citizens better understand climate change, diagnose its causes, anticipate its future consequences, and effect constructive change. Adapted from The Systems Thinking Playbook, the twenty-two games are now specifically relevant to climate-change communications and crafted for use by experts, advocates, and educators. Illustrated guidelines walk leaders through setting each game up, facilitating it, and debriefing participants. Users will find games that are suitable for a variety of audiences—whether large and seated, as in a conference room, or smaller and mobile, as in a workshop, seminar, or meeting. Designed by leading thinkers in systems, communications, and sustainability, the games focus on learning by doing.Trade Review“Climate change, sadly, is no game—but these games will help you think more constructively about the scale and shape of the solutions we need!”--Bill McKibben, founder, 350.org “I have lectured and consulted in many dozens of nations, trying to help people understand carrying capacity and its relevance for their communities. Often, I have called upon the teaching tools now shared in The Climate Change Playbook in trainings, with staff, in workshops, and in my own presentations. This book is a treasure trove: It is a practical tool kit for any public policy practitioners who want to engage their counterparts and accelerate learning.”--Mathis Wackernagel, founder and CEO of Global Footprint Network“Many of us experience the problems of climate change as so overwhelming and beyond our control that we don’t know where to start to solve them. This book does the reverse: It makes the issues so palpable that it not only motivates us to do more but also gives us 22 tools we can easily use to mobilize others. If you believe that experience is the best teacher and that we have precious little time to influence changes that have serious long-term consequences for everyone on the planet, this book is an invaluable asset.”--David Peter Stroh, author of Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results“Using a game to exemplify a point made in a lecture makes all the difference: The audience, large or small, is eager to participate and remembers the message. The beauty of the games in the Playbook is their simplicity and flexibility. They can be used with school children, university professors, politicians, and business people, and they lend themselves to debriefing that might consist of a just few sentences or an elaborate discussion. I have become a games enthusiast. The Playbook also inspires the creation of variations and even new games to meet specific purposes. We need games to get these vital messages across!”--Helga Kromp-Kolb, head, Center for Global Change and Sustainability, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria“Thousands of government and corporate officials have participated in training programs that I organize in Japan to convey principles related to environment, climate, food, and energy. I have become a fan of the exercises in the Playbook. They are easy to learn and quick to use. They are incredibly effective teaching tools, and they work with participants that do not have English as their first language.”--Riichiro Oda, president and CEO, Change Agent Inc.“Few subjects are more crucial, more discussed, and more poorly understood than climate change. This is a tragedy because there are a few simple, intuitive insights that can be understood by all and could form a consensual foundation that would allow us to focus more clearly on the complex tradeoffs and choices obscured by our misunderstandings. The Climate Change Playbook is a great way to understand and more importantly help others understand these insights.”--Peter M. Senge, senior lecturer, MIT; founding chair, Academy for Systemic Change; author of The Fifth Discipline“One of the major obstacles we face in addressing the climate crisis is the general lack of understanding of the climate system, and complex systems in general. The Climate Change Playbook provides a novel approach to overcoming this barrier through creative and engaging activities that help move the climate crisis from an abstract threat to a clear and present reality that we can and must act upon today.”--Asher Miller, executive director, Post Carbon Institute “The effort to secure a livable planet for future generations just got a little bit easier thanks to The Climate Change Playbook. Whether you are working to educate and empower an audience of students, business leaders, or policy makers, the Playbookwill help you add interactive learning exercises to your teaching and outreach. With clear and detailed instructions, it is a great resource for anyone working to build sound understanding and a collective will to act on climate change.”--Elizabeth Sawin, codirector, Climate Interactive“In my current work as an environmental scholar and my former work heading the UN-affiliated University for Peace and the International Union for Conservation of Nature, my major goal has always been to help others understand the crucial causes and consequences of environmental issues. These authors are masters of using simple exercises to convey complex issues, and this new book compiles many of their best tools."--Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies“How can we learn about tough problems like climate change? The research shows that showing people the research doesn’t work. To learn, people need to interact, experiment, play. The Climate Change Playbook encourages just that through a diverse set of interactive games. Useful with all ages and in groups large and small, these games help us learn critical lessons about difficult topics—and they are a load of fun.”--John Sterman, professor, MIT Sloan School of Management; author of Business Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World“Climate change, like most of our global problems, is a systemic problem—a web of interconnected issues that is difficult to analyze with conventional linear thinking. This book offers a playful, nonlinear, and largely nonverbal, method for learning how to think systemically—in other words, in terms of relationships, patterns, and context. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to experience systemic thinking firsthand.”--Fritjof Capra, author of The Web of Life; coauthor of The Systems View of Life

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Book SynopsisDifferentiating Instruction With Menus: Algebra I/II offers high school math teachers everything needed to create a student-centered learning environment based on choice. This book uses five different types of menus that students can use to select exciting advanced-level products that they will develop so teachers can assess what has been learned, instead of using a traditional worksheet format. Topics addressed include numbers, algebra basics, exponents, graphs, functions, polynomials, and various equations typically included in the algebra I/II curriculum. Differentiating Instruction With Menus: Algebra I/II contains attractive reproducible menus, each based on the levels of Bloom''s revised taxonomy as well as incorporating different learning styles. These menus can be used to guide students in making decisions as to which products they will develop after studying a major concept or unit.Grades 9-12

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Book SynopsisThe CLEAR curriculum, developed by the University of Virginia''s National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented, is an evidence-based teaching model that emphasizes Challenge Leading to Engagement, Achievement, and Results. In Research and Rhetoric: Language Arts Units for Gifted Students in Grade 5, students will engage in a systematic study of rhetoric as contemplated by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Students will answer the question: When do you appeal to one''s intellect, to emotions, or perhaps to one''s sense of morality when trying to persuade? In the research unit, students will learn and employ advanced research skills from crafting open-ended research questions and discerning between reliable sources. They will carry out their own research study and present findings at a research gala. These units focus on critical literacy skills including reading diverse texts, understanding a speaker''s or author''s perspective, and understanding an audience''s perspective.Winner of the 2016 NAGC Curriculum Studies AwardGrade 5

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Book SynopsisThe Jacob''s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts, using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary. Students in grades K-1 will learn to comprehend and analyze any reading passage after completing the activities in Jacob''s Ladder, Grades K-1 (2nd ed.).Geared for students in grades K-1, this book, a revision of the Primary Level 1 book, includes stories and ladder tasks carefully selected for young children to develop oral communication and listening skills in addition to the other ladder goals. This book provides stories focused on picture analysis, read alouds, classics, and original works.Optional Student Workbook PacksIn addition to this teacher''s guide, companion student workbooks are available for Grades K-1

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Book SynopsisThe Jacob''s Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts, using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary. Students in grades 1-2 will learn to comprehend and analyze any reading passage after completing the activities in Jacob''s Ladder, Grades 1-2 (2nd ed.).Geared for students in grades 1-2, this book, a revision of the Primary Level 2 book, includes stories and ladder tasks carefully selected for young children to develop oral communication and listening skills in addition to the other ladder goals. This book provides stories focused on picture analysis, read alouds, classics, and original works.Optional Student Workbook PacksIn addition to this teacher''s guide, companion student workbooks are available for Poetry and Picture Books and Short Stories (Parts 1 and 2). The student workbooks feature ample room for student responses and notes, make reviewing and providing feedback on student work easier than ever, provide students with an easy-to-use reference to use during discussions, and save time, as there is no need to reproduce student handouts.Grades 1-2

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Book SynopsisDeveloping Creativity in the Classroom applies the most current theory and research on creativity to support the design of teaching and learning. Creative thinking and problem solving are at the heart of learning and application as students prepare for innovation-driven careers. This text debunks myths about creativity and teaching and, instead, illustrates productive conceptions of creative thinking and innovation, including a constructivist learning approach in which creative thinking enhances and strengthens conceptual understanding of the curriculum. Through models of teaching that support creativity and problem solving, this book extends the idea of a creative pedagogy to the four core curriculum domains. Developing Creativity in the Classroom focuses on explanations and examples of how creative thinking and deep learning merge to support engaging learning environments, rising to the challenge of developing 21st-century competencies.

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Book SynopsisThe Jacob's Ladder Reading Comprehension Program targets reading comprehension skills in high-ability learners by moving students through an inquiry process from basic understanding to critical analyses of texts, using a field-tested method developed by the Center for Gifted Education at William & Mary. Students in grades 1-2 will learn to comprehend and analyze any reading passage after completing the activities in Jacob's Ladder, Grades 1-2 (2nd ed.). Each set of student workbooks includes 5 student booklets, divided by grade level and area of emphasis (picture books and short stories, poetry). Corresponding to the first section of picture book and short story activities in Jacob's Ladder, Grades 1-2 (2nd ed.), students read high-interest passages, then complete skill ladders connected to the picture book and short story readings to move them from concrete thinking skills to higher order, critical thinking skills. The ladders include multiple skills necessary for academic success, covering language arts standards, such as sequencing, determining cause and effect, classifying, inferencing, and recognizing main ideas. Grades 1-2Table of ContentsOwl Moon Duck for Turkey Day Last Stop on Market Street The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Red Sings From Treetops: A Year in Colors Jumanji The Other Side The Princess and the Pea The Frog Prince The Woman and the Physician

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Book SynopsisThe brightest and largest object in the night sky, the Moon is about 1/4 the diameter of Earth and is approximately 240,000 miles (385,000 km) distant. This folding pocket guide provides simplified reference to the Moon and its surface features, its phases (and how these affect gravitation on Earth), eclipses, myths and viewing hints. Detailed maps of the Moon highlight prominent craters, mountains ranges, seas, highlands and manned moon landing sites. Laminated for durability, this indispensable pocket reference is ideal for astronomers of all ages. Made in the USA.Trade Review[August 2017] One of my favorite things to do on clear dark nights when I’m far away from city lights is to gaze at the night sky and imagine worlds far away. Spotting planets, looking for constellations and viewing the Milky Way top my list of things I enjoy best about the darkest skies. Of course, if a UFO happens to make its way across the sky I’m never disappointed. Lots of people use their phones to guide them of where to look but that causes you to have to readjust your eyes to the inky night. Instead I’ve found two laminated, pocket guides that are perfect for spotting your favorite things, except UFOs of course. Helpful Guides For Viewing The Night Sky The Night Sky: A Folding Pocket Guide to the Moon, Stars, Planets & Celestial Events, includes seasonal GLOW-IN-THE-DARK charts to the stars and constellations and introduces the reader to the solar system, our moon, planets (visible with the naked eye), meteor showers and eclipses. This is a perfect guide for the upcoming solar eclipse. I love that it is glow in the dark so that I don’t have to turn on any lights. The Moon: A Folding Pocket Guide to the Moon, Its Surface Features, Phases & Eclipses is a simplified reference guide to the Moon and its surface features, its phases (and how these affect gravitation on Earth), eclipses, myths and viewing hints. Detailed maps of the Moon highlight prominent craters, mountains ranges, seas, highlands and even residuum from the manned Apollo moon landing sites in the 1970s. * Just Short of Crazy blog *

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Book SynopsisThis simplified guide to the night sky includes seasonal GLOW-IN-THE-DARK charts to the stars and constellations and introduces the reader to the solar system, our moon, planets (visible with the naked eye), meteor showers and eclipses. Simply shine a flashlight on the charts to illuminate them and then use your fingers to “walk” between major star groups. Laminated for durability, this indispensable pocket reference is ideal for astronomers of all ages. Made in the USA.Trade Review[August 2017] One of my favorite things to do on clear dark nights when I’m far away from city lights is to gaze at the night sky and imagine worlds far away. Spotting planets, looking for constellations and viewing the Milky Way top my list of things I enjoy best about the darkest skies. Of course, if a UFO happens to make its way across the sky I’m never disappointed. Lots of people use their phones to guide them of where to look but that causes you to have to readjust your eyes to the inky night. Instead I’ve found two laminated, pocket guides that are perfect for spotting your favorite things, except UFOs of course. Helpful Guides For Viewing The Night Sky The Night Sky: A Folding Pocket Guide to the Moon, Stars, Planets & Celestial Events, includes seasonal GLOW-IN-THE-DARK charts to the stars and constellations and introduces the reader to the solar system, our moon, planets (visible with the naked eye), meteor showers and eclipses. This is a perfect guide for the upcoming solar eclipse. I love that it is glow in the dark so that I don’t have to turn on any lights. The Moon: A Folding Pocket Guide to the Moon, Its Surface Features, Phases & Eclipses is a simplified reference guide to the Moon and its surface features, its phases (and how these affect gravitation on Earth), eclipses, myths and viewing hints. Detailed maps of the Moon highlight prominent craters, mountains ranges, seas, highlands and even residuum from the manned Apollo moon landing sites in the 1970s. * Just Short of Crazy Blog *

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Book SynopsisIn Up for Debate!: Exploring Math Through Argument, high school math teacher and debate coach Chris Luzniak shares stories, examples, and step-by-step routines that will help you build a classroom culture where students do the talking, explain their thinking, and critique each other's reasoning, all in the context of the math content you're expected to teach. Inside, you'll find: Inspirational stories of students debating math in real classrooms Concrete structures and routines that will get your students talking, listening, and debating Specific techniques you can use to transform existing math problems into debatable ones You'll begin with short speaking and listening routines that take just a few minutes to introduce. When you and your students are ready, you can layer on additional debate routines, until your class is engaged in full-class debates using mathematical reasoning. With this easy-to-read guide, you don't need to wait any longer. You will be able to start debating in your classroom, tomorrow.Trade ReviewGetting students to explain their reasoning in math class has been a struggle because they often restate the steps they took rather than convince others that their strategy makes sense. This is why the actionable steps and stories in Up for Debate! are so inspiring. Chris created a very readable book that helped me see how students could passionately convince others that their reasoning is correct. Secondary math teachers are going to love this short book that’s filled with ideas to give them the classroom they’ve been hoping for. This timely and practical book is for anyone who believes that the purpose of learning mathematics in schools is not just to prepare young people for the workforce but also to help them become productive members of society who can parse complex information and think critically.…I enjoyed it immensely. – Daryl Yong, Professor of Mathematics, Harvey Mudd CollegeTable of ContentsChapter 1: Opening Arguments; Chapter 2: Making the Case; Chapter 3: Question Round; Chapter 4: Cross-Examination; Chapter 5: Extra Time; Chapter 6: Closing Arguments

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Book SynopsisIn Start with Joy: Designing Literacy Learning for Student Happiness, author Katie Cunningham links what we know from the science of happiness with what we know about effective literacy instruction. When given a choice about what to write, children express hopes, fears, and reactions to life's experiences. Literacy learning is full of opportunities for students to learn tools to live a happy life. Inside, you'll find: Seven Pillars: Cunningham discusses the seven pillars that guide her classrooms and are involved in each literacy lesson'sConnection, Choice, Challenge, Play, Story, Discovery, and Movement. Ten Invitations: Designed for teachers to improvise and make their own, these ten lessons may be presented at any time of year in the context of any unit and include children's literature suggestions as well as recommended teacher talk to meet children's specific needs. Teaching Tools: Tools and resources that will help students tell their stories and make literacy learning something all students celebrate and cherish. This book honors the adventure that learning is meant to be and aims to make happiness more tangible in the classroom. By infusing school days with happiness, teachers can support children as they become stronger readers, writers, and thinkers, while also helping them learn that strength comes from challenge, and joy comes from leading a purposeful life.Trade Review“An insightful guide full of stories and research to promote the contentment of children in the classroom. Cunningham’s book about happiness and advocacy for a mind-body connection is more relevant now than ever before!” —Michael J. Hynes, Superintendent of Schools, Patchogue-Medford School District"In Start with Joy, Katie Cunningham shows readers how you can nourish happiness while still maintaining high literacy standards and getting the results you want—happy students who are readers, writers, and effective communicators. It's a win-win for all." —Jennifer Allen, author of Becoming a Literacy Leader, Second Edition“This book is beautifully written to help teachers visualize what true student happiness looks, sounds, and feels like. After reading Katie’s suggestions, teachers will have a clear pathway for what they can try tomorrow to increase happiness levels. What I love most is that this is not one more thing to fit into the day—it is framed as ways of being with children that can be incorporated into what all teachers are already doing. My hope is that every single student has a teacher who designs with happiness as the main objective and I am grateful that there is now a place to turn to for ideas and support.” —Gravity Goldberg, author of Teach Like Yourself: How Authentic Teaching Transforms Our Students and Ourselves “This is the book I have been waiting for. Teaching is more than a profession; it is a way of life. Teachers and students alike need to live and learn with greater happiness and joy. With some ‘self-literacy’ strategies as a key goal in every lesson, Katie shows us how to make connections with our learning and with others in more meaningful ways. I believe that connection is at the heart of happiness, and I believe this book is an invaluable tool to help us achieve it.” —Paula Bourque, author of Spark: Quick Writes to Kindle Hearts and Minds in Elementary Classrooms “If anyone knows how to cultivate a ‘culture of happiness’ in the classroom, it’s Katie. In Start with Joy, she challenges educators to ‘prioritize happiness’ by embracing the seven main pillars she’s developed through her extensive research that, used alongside culturally sustaining practices and attention to students’ hearts, minds, and bodies, will ultimately lead to more joyful, playful, and purposeful classroom experiences for all.” —Shawna Coppola, author of Renew: Become a Better and More Authentic Writing Teacher “Katie Cunningham proposes in her new book, Start with Joy, that by teaching in ways that value the heart of our humanity—connection, choice, challenge, play, story, discovery, and movement—we pave the pathway to help students become stronger readers and writers. Katie’s book offers readers inspired ideas, compelling research, and a treasure trove of rich, carefully selected children’s literature recommendations to give us a sensible, refreshing road map for breathing life back into our literacy classrooms.” —Jan Burkins and Kim Yaris, authors of Who’s Doing the Work? How to Say Less So Readers Can Do More “In Start With Joy, Katie Cunningham draws on a robust body of research to prove that happiness should be cultivated, observed, and reinforced. By reflecting on the stories, accomplishments, and relationships that bring them joy, students can rely on their own resources rather than outside factors in order to feel happy. Finding boundless happiness in her work with children and teachers, she offers a road map for inviting joy into all literacy learning. When building a collection of teacher resources, start with Cunningham!” —Suzanne Farrell Smith, author of The Writing Shop: Putting 'Shop' Back in Writing Workshop "A while ago, a few friends and I discussed what we hoped for in life. After much discussion, we all came to the conclusion that we hope for happiness for ourselves, our loved ones, our students, and each other. So, when I sat down to read Start with Joy! I was thrilled! In our increasingly standards-based, testing-focused, stress-inducing school system, happiness is typically neither prioritized nor valued. Enter Katie's beautiful call to action. Katie’s Seven Pillars will benefit all teachers and students in all classrooms by bringing the focus back to happiness without sacrificing literacy learning. In fact, her practical suggestions and invitations will enhance literacy learning in classrooms- I know it will in mine! I look forward to turning to this text again and again in my work with both students and teachers." —Christina Nosek, co-author of To Know and Nurture a Reader: Conferring with Confidence and Joy”Table of ContentsChapter 1: Why Happiness? Why Now?; Part 1: Happiness Pillars; Chapter 2: Connection; Chapter 3: Choice; Chapter 4: Challenge; Chapter 5: Play; Chapter 6: Story; Chapter 7: Discovery; Chapter 8: Movement; Chapter 9: Becoming a Designer; Part 2: Invitations; Invitation 1: The Best Part of Me; Invitation 2: What Do I Notice and Wonder (About Me?); Invitation 3: What Makes Me Feel Strong?; Invitation 4: Power Poses; Invitation 5: Closely Reading Characters to Closely Read Me and You; Invitation 6: I Am, I Can, I Did; Invitation 7: Hmm . . . Yes, And; Yes, But; No, Because; Invitation 8: Three Good Things; Invitation 9: Asking Questions Gets Us to Better Questions; Invitation 10: Listening with Love

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Book SynopsisPhil Beadle's How to Teach series. In Reading for Pleasure, Kenny Pieper has gathered a range of tried-and-tested strategies to get kids reading, and enjoying it. We hear too often that kids don't read any more: Kenny thinks it should be every teacher's mission to prove this isn't true. In a squeezed curriculum it can be tempting to accept pupils' lack of reading and make excuses that there is not enough time to give to the 'luxury' of personal reading. Teachers do this at our peril. Reading is the essential building block of further literacy development as well as a skill, hobby and habit that we can take with us forever. Kenny Pieper takes the act of reading for granted, as many - but sadly not all - adults do. You're reading this right now. However, this isn't the case for everyone. Kenny teaches kids whose lives are terrifying obstacle courses of reading-related problems. They know they struggle with reading so they try to avoid reading at all costs. They leave school, not merely unaffected by this strange reading thing, but saddled with a great deal of emotional baggage about being an outsider, even more entrenched in a belief that reading is for others more intelligent than them. Then there are the children who can read perfectly well, but chose not to, unconvinced of the importance of reading in their lives. What difference does it make to them? We have to answer that question in school. We have a duty to put an end to illiteracy and aliteracy. Kids need reading role models and, as a teacher, that role model is you. You may be the only adult who that reluctant reader will ever see reading. Teachers are critical in giving all children the gift of being able to read well and to value reading. Topics covered include: the author's personal reading journey, how reading enabled him to become the first person in his family to go to university and convinced him that fostering a love of reading is his moral duty as an educator, illiteracy and aliteracy, reluctant readers, book reviews, prioritising personal reading by devoting ten minutes each lesson to it, habitual reading, the reading environment, interest inventories, technology, e-readers, Accelerated Reader programmes, recommended reading, building a class library, bookmarks, book tweets, book speed-dating, libraries, librarians, literacy and class inequality, parental involvement, podcasting, reading records, reading dialogue journals, the rights of the reader, reading aloud, silent reading and literacy and gender, amongst others. The benefits we can all reap when kids become confident readers who read for pleasure are obvious. Discover strategies which will: get kids talking about books, get them thinking about books, get them reading books, encourage independent reading, develop literacy skills and establish a classroom culture where reading is expected and celebrated. Suitable for primary and secondary teachers, leaders and SENCOs, or just anyone with an interest in or responsibility for getting kids to read.

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Book SynopsisJam-packed with enlivening ideas to help teachers make the subject of English more intellectually challenging for students – and to make it fun too! This artful addition to Phil Beadle’s How To Teach series is the work of a man whose humility fails to hide his brilliance, providing English teachers with a sophisticated yet simple framework to hook their lessons upon. Covering poetry, grammar, Shakespeare and how to teach writing, Chris Curtis has furnished every page with exciting ideas that can be put into practice immediately. Each chapter presents a store of practical strategies to help students in key areas – providing apposite examples, teaching sequences and the rationale behind them – and has been accessibly laid out so that teachers can pinpoint the solutions they need without having to spend an age wading through academic theory and pontification to find them. Suitable for all teachers of English.

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Book SynopsisCrista Hazell's Independent Thinking on MFL: How to make modern foreign language teaching exciting, inclusive and relevant takes teachers on a tour of how to get the teaching of a new language right. Foreword by Ian Gilbert. Learning a new language has the power to transform a life, as well as help break down the barriers that seem to be re-emerging between nations, cultures and people. In the UK, MFL teaching has always had to battle with the 'everyone speaks English' argument, not to mention that, for so many, all that remains of their years learning a foreign language is bitte, por favor or s'il vous plait. But with teachers like Independent Thinking Associate Crista Hazell at the front of the class, things can be very different. Drawing on her many years of experience as an MFL teacher and head of department, Crista shares tips, techniques and inspirational ideas geared to help teachers build confidence, increase enjoyment and improve outcomes as they take their MFL teaching to a whole new level. Crista provides a range of strategies from how to hook students in the minute they enter the classroom to ensuring that the vocabulary sticks designed to help learners develop confidence, take risks and enjoy the challenge that learning a new language brings. She also offers ideas and advice on how to make learning new vocabulary and grammar a great deal more effective and empowers teachers to open up the benefits and enjoyment of learning a language to all students, not just those in the top sets. Ultimately, however, her book sets out to help teachers create engaging, relevant and memorable learning experiences in the MFL classroom and encourage their learners to become lifelong and passionate linguists. For MFL teachers and heads of languages departments in primary schools, secondary schools and colleges. Independent Thinking on MFL has been shortlisted for the Educational Book Award in the 2021 Education Resources Awards!

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Book SynopsisThis book for teachers provides a solid basis for the teaching of modern languages in Steiner-Waldorf Schools. It discusses extensively Rudolf Steiner's view of the nature of language in relation to child development and also of the practical classroom questions of curriculum and teaching method.This book will appeal not only to modern language teachers but to anyone interested in the ideas underlying Steiner-Waldorf education.Trade Review'The chapter entitled "Background Considerations" is a veritable treasure trove of notions and insights covering a wide range of language-related topics...This book, I would say, is an essential read for those who may be contemplating committing themselves to what appears to be a challenging, but no doubt thoroughly rewarding, career in language teaching, but Waldorf teachers in general would find in it much of relevance for them too.'-- New View

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Book SynopsisArts and crafts are a core part of the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum, helping children to develop emotionally, physically, socially and spiritually, as well as learning practical skills.This comprehensive book addresses every aspect of arts and crafts, including woodwork, forestry, metalwork, stone carving, clay modelling, pottery and much more.Written by experienced Waldorf craft teachers, this comprehensive book is an invaluable tool and resource for Middle and Upper School (Classes 5 to 13).

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Book SynopsisThe Waldorf school curriculum was developed to nurture the healthy development of the child, not only in mind but in body and spirit as well. Physical education and movement form an integral part of this holistic approach, encouraging children to be active not just for the sake of activity, but in order to experience themselves through meaningful movement and to form a stronger connection with the world around them. This indispensable book for teachers -- the most comprehensive of its kind available in English -- provides a wealth of practical insights on teaching physical education and movement in Waldorf Schools. It includes: -- Practical suggestions for games and exercises to teach a range of activities such as athletics, archery, climbing, gymnastics, dance, swimming and sailing. -- Over thirty sample lessons providing inspiration and quick, easy reference for activities for Classes 1-12. -- Exercises designed to suit different developmental stages: from simple, storytelling games for young children to more complex, demanding exercises for older pupils. -- Essays from teachers with decades of experience, exploring the value of physical education in Waldorf schools and how its emphasis on individual progress and co-operation over competition helps build pupils' confidence and self-belief. -- Suggestions of which Bothmer Movement exercises are best suited for different classes, based on an awareness of the laws of movement that underpin each age group. -- Practical advice on how teachers can adapt content covered in other subjects to create a more unified learning experience for pupils -- for example, organising their own Olympic Games to complement teaching about ancient Greece in history lessons. -- 250 inspiring colour photographs illustrating a variety of activities. This is an invaluable resource that provides both a wealth of practical ideas and a thoughtful consideration of physical education and movement that will give Steiner-Waldorf teachers confidence in preparing and delivering lessons.Trade Review'This book is a huge well of information and will be of use to anyone involved in movement education. It covers a range of activities including guidance about when and how to teach them. There are comprehensive descriptions of the characteristics of different age groups from seven to eighteen years old and their education needs and challenges. Detailed example lesson plans are included and are an extremely useful guide for developing teachers. A general philosophy of physical education is outlined and gives the reader a sense of the purposefulness of method. This book describes a physical education approach that works with and enhances the natural development of children rather than fitting children into an arbitrary system of learning.'-- Martin Baker (Steiner-Waldorf sports and movement teacher)

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Book SynopsisMaking Every English Lesson Count: Six Principles to Support Great Reading and Writing goes in search of answers to the fundamental question that all English teachers must ask: 'What can I do to help my students to become confident and competent readers and writers?' Writing in the practical, engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count, Andy Tharby returns with an offering of gimmick-free advice that combines the time-honoured wisdom of excellent English teachers with the most useful evidence from cognitive science. The book is underpinned by six pedagogical principles - challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning - and provides simple, realistic classroom strategies to bring the teaching of conceptual knowledge, vocabulary and challenging literature to the foreground. It also points a sceptical finger at the fashions and myths that have pervaded English teaching over the past decade or so - such as the idea that English is a skills-based subject and the belief that students can make huge progress in a single lesson.Instead, Andy advocates an approach of artful repetition and consolidation and shows you how to help your students develop their reading and writing proficiency over time. Making Every English Lesson Count is for new and experienced English teachers alike. It does not pretend to be a magic bullet. It does not claim to have all the answers. Rather the aim of the book is to provide effective strategies designed to help you to bring the six principles to life, with each chapter concluding in a series of questions to inspire reflective thought and help you relate the content to your classroom practice. In an age of educational quick fixes, GCSE reform and ever-moving goalposts, this precise and timely addition to the Making Every Lesson Count series provides practical solutions to perennial problems and inspires a rich, challenging and evidence-informed approach to English teaching. Suitable for English teachers of students aged 11-16 years.

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Book SynopsisMaking Every Science Lesson Count: Six Principles to Support Great Science Teaching goes in search of answers to the fundamental question that all science teachers must ask: 'What can I do to help my students become the scientists of the future?' Writing in the practical, engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count, Shaun Allison returns with an offering of gimmick-free advice that combines the time-honoured wisdom of excellent science teachers with the most useful evidence from cognitive science. The book is underpinned by six pedagogical principles - challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning - and provides simple, realistic classroom strategies that will help teachers make abstract ideas more concrete and practical demonstrations more meaningful. It also points a sceptical finger at the fashions and myths that have pervaded science teaching over the past decade or so - such as the belief that students can make huge progress in a single lesson and the idea that learning is speedy, linear and logical.Instead, Shaun advocates an approach of artful repetition and consolidation and shows you how to help your students develop their conceptual understanding of science over time. Making Every Science Lesson Count is for new and experienced science teachers alike. It does not pretend to be a magic bullet. It does not claim to have all the answers. Rather the aim of the book is to provide effective strategies designed to help you to bring the six principles to life, with each chapter concluding in a series of questions to inspire reflective thought and help you relate the content to your classroom practice. In an age of educational quick fixes, GCSE reform and ever-moving goalposts, this precise and timely addition to the Making Every Lesson Count series provides practical solutions to perennial problems and inspires a rich, challenging and evidence-informed approach to science teaching. Suitable for science teachers of students aged 11-16 years.

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Book SynopsisChris Runeckles' Making Every History Lesson Count: Six principles to support great history teaching offers lasting solutions to age-old problems and empowers history teachers with the confidence to bring their subject to life. Making Every History Lesson Count goes in search of answers to the crucial question that all history teachers must ask: "What can I do to help my students retain and interrogate the rich detail of the content that I deliver?" Writing in the practical, engaging style of the award-winning Making Every Lesson Count, Chris Runeckles articulates the fundamentals of great history teaching and shares simple, realistic strategies designed to deliver memorable lessons. The book is underpinned by six pedagogical principles - challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning - and equips history teachers with the tools and techniques to help students better engage with the subject matter and develop more sophisticated historical analysis and arguments. In an age of educational quick fixes and ever-moving goalposts, this carefully crafted addition to the Making Every Lesson Count series expertly bridges the gap between the realms of academic research and the humble classroom. It therefore marries evidence-based practice with collective experience - and, in doing so, inspires a challenging approach to secondary school history teaching. Making Every History Lesson Count has been written for new and experienced practitioners alike, offering gimmick-free advice that will energise them to more effectively carve out those unique moments of resonance with young people. Each chapter also concludes with a series of questions that will prompt reflective thought and enable educators to relate the content to their own classroom practice. Suitable for history teachers of students aged 11-16 years.

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Book SynopsisEquips MFL teachers with practical techniques designed to enhance their students’ linguistic awareness and to help them transfer the target language into long-term memory. James A. Maxwell’s engaging, articulate addition to Shaun Allison and Andy Tharby’s award-winning Making Every Lesson Count series is underpinned by the six pedagogical principles common to all the books in the series – challenge, explanation, modelling, practice, feedback and questioning – and provides simple strategies that teachers of modern foreign languages (MFL) can use to develop the teaching and learning in their classrooms. Written for new and experienced practitioners alike, Making Every MFL Lesson Count skilfully marries evidence-based practice with collective experience and, in doing so, inspires a challenging approach to secondary school MFL teaching.

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Book SynopsisEmpowers teachers to support students on a comprehensive and coherent journey through school mathematics, showcasing the best models, metaphors and representations and providing excellent examples, explanations and exercises that can be used across the curriculum..Trade ReviewAll of compulsory school mathematics tied up elegantly in a detailed and comprehensive narrative. Concepts are explained with great clarity of language, beautifully clear representations and plenty of examples. New life is breathed into ideas - like surds, for example, - with a fresh and rarely seen viewpoint.This book will become a central reference for anyone teaching mathematics. - not just for teaching but for the pure joy in understanding the structures of mathematics from various new viewpoints. I know I will refer to it often in years to come."Atul RanaConceptual Maths is a superbly detailed exploration of the structure of key maths concepts which will be useful for anyone who is interested in the teaching and learning of school- level mathematics. Whether used to inform curriculum- level decisions or day-to-day lessons, this book will be invaluable for both.Charlotte HawthorneConceptual Maths offers that lightbulb moment for any teacher wanting to make sense of the key mathematical concepts they teach. The book takes the reader through time-saving walkthroughs, supporting them to understand links between concepts and subconcepts, strengthening their mathematical understanding and signposting potential misconceptions. Each chapter gives a blueprint for thinking that builds the pedagogical habits required to support excellent conceptual teaching and understanding. The book earns its must-read position on the bookshelf with the choice and range of concepts and subconcepts considered. Clearly written by a teacher with huge experience in the classroom, Conceptual Maths provides easy-to-follow advice on how concepts link together and how they can be used to inform mathematical processes. With its immersive writing style and timely, well-chosen visual representations, this book can be enjoyed cover to cover and as a troubleshooting toolkit to dip in and out of. A superb book for any maths teacher who is wanting to improve their teaching practice and deepen their own mathematical understanding, Conceptual Maths is the new go-to book on the bookshelf for taking maths lessons to the next level.Dave TushinghamThe approach that Conceptual Maths takes encourages teachers to develop their own conceptual understanding in order to promote teaching for understanding in the classroom. Congruence of shapes is considered alongside algebraic equations and equivalent fractions, for instance, highlighting the concept of the equivalence relation and showing that three 'topics' that are taught separately are actually closely linked. This focus on concepts over processes makes Conceptual Maths a valuable read for anyone teaching mathematics.Jemma SherwoodMattock's Conceptual Maths provides a real focus on the understanding of concepts and the need for teaching for understanding. Key to this are the connections made between different concepts, subconcepts and procedures. Representations repeat to support connecting ideas and these are repeated across numerous concepts. For example, repeated representations show clear connections between multiplication of integers and multiplication of surds and how these ideas link to those of factors, multiples and equality. As a primary practitioner, I do not understand surds. However, I can clearly see how the ideas connect and how what I teach at a primary level supports and is developed by maths teaching at secondary level.I also particularly like Mattock's focus beyond number and calculation. While Conceptual Maths naturally begins with these building blocks, chapters on measures, shape and data allow explicit opportunities for teachers both new and experienced to think more deeply about how to teach these areas for understanding - something that is certainly less of a focus in primary mathematics literature. The discussion of measuring turn is particularly fascinating and has supported me in thinking more deeply about how we introduce degrees and protractors in Key Stage 2. Clear connections are made between proportion in an early chapter and conversion of units of measure in a later chapter, meaning the reader can pinpoint and explore the linked concepts with ease. The same representations are used to allow connections to be made and these have made me think even more deeply about how we teach units of measure in primary mathematics.The layout of Conceptual Maths allows for clear and easy reading: concepts are linked to subconcepts, which are in turn connected to procedures rooted in the concepts. Each concept starts with prerequisites and link concepts, providing a clear path and supporting teachers in seeing relationships. Within this, Mattock puts emphasis on alternative methods and strategies meaning that more novice teachers of maths can gain a depth of understanding. For example, column addition is brilliantly explained through representations, but Mattock also emphasises the importance of other methods and strategies, depending on the values. In a time when we want teachers to be thinking deeply about concepts and promoting depth over breadth when it comes to challenging our quicker-grasping learners, this book provides the stepping-stones for this. As I have mentioned, more novice teachers can quickly develop an appreciation for the connectedness of mathematics and gain a depth of understanding to support teaching. More expert teachers have opportunities to think more deeply about a concept through a raft of excellent, carefully chosen example tasks peppered throughout Conceptual Maths. Overall, I think that any teacher of mathematics at any level of experience will benefit from Conceptual Maths. Trainee teachers would understand the complex connections between mathematical ideas, and the links between those taught at primary and secondary. More expert teachers can gain further insight into how one concept connects to another and how deep conceptual understanding is key if we want learners to apply the principles of, say, integer addition to working with fractions or surds. The depth activities woven throughout provide excellent thinking opportunities for new and experienced teachers alike, whatever phase is taught. I cannot wait to share this book with colleagues from all areas of mathematics teaching.Lisa CoePeter Mattock focuses on the development of robust conceptual knowledge in school mathematics - where do core mathematical ideas come from and where might they lead? This knowledge does not come about by chance through repetitive practice, but through tasks and discussion with knowledgeable teachers whose own conceptual knowledge is coherent and connected. Peter provides the background to this aspect of professional wisdom, using ideas from literature and extensive experience of teaching mathematics - his own and that of others. Primary teachers will see how the conceptual foundations for further learning can be laid using learners' natural responses to ideas, and secondary teachers will see how mathematical foundations have developed that can be used to teach more complex and abstract mathematics. New and experienced teachers will find plenty to support their thinking and maybe some moments of insight.Anne Watson

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Book SynopsisWritten by Zoe Enser, Bringing Forth the Bard: A guide to teaching Shakespeare in the English classroom links together the golden threads which run through Shakespeare's work and highlights how teachers can best explore these with students.Trade ReviewBringing Forth the Bard by Zoe Enser is erudite yet accessible, comprehensive yet pacey, brimming with clever theory yet eminently practical. Essential for newer teachers, it will also offer enough new ideas to satisfy even the biggest Shakespeare aficionado. Featuring helpful insights and advice from expert teachers, this book should go to the top of any English teacher's book wish list.Mark RobertsThis a welcome addition to the long line of books (in the tradition of Rex Gibson and James Stredder) about teaching Shakespeare in schools and colleges. Its pragmatic approach will appeal to teachers looking for practical material to use in the classroom. Many of the activities presented are entirely new and innovative. The book convinces us that Shakespeare is still relevant to young people in today's classrooms, and that study of his works can be part of the all-important inclusivity agenda. Busy teachers will welcome useful summaries of contextual material, and students will enjoy the string of lively, contemporary cultural references employed by the author when discussing the plays. The book does not shy away from addressing necessary - if sometimes less popular - issues such as examination board requirements and 'cultural capital', but matters are always directed back to the most important concern of all: bringing Shakespeare's scripts to life in the classroom through creative activities which emphasise enjoyment of the plays' themes, linguistic techniques and dramatic methods.Chris GreenZoe Enser's Bringing Forth the Bard is a tour de force, an essential guide ensuring our students receive the best teaching when it comes to approaching Shakespeare. It is a text that allows its readers to consider, to analyse and to reflect on why Shakespeare is still relevant in our classrooms today. From discussing his context and influences as well as biblical and classical allusion to an exploration of symbols, motifs and stagecraft, Enser deftly removes any barriers to understanding Shakespeare we may encounter, offering us a peek into parts of the Bard's world that are often ignored. This has clearly been a labour of love for Zoe, and how brilliant it is that it has been shared with us all. It is, quite simply, a triumph.Stuart PrykeZoe Enser's Bringing Forth the Bard is an artful, accessible, and fascinating guide to Shakespeare's work, drawing on the immense power and the utter joy of studying his writing in a properly academic way. Enser draws masterfully on the intertextuality of the Bard's work, weaving together excellent explanations and practical applications together with a range of superb case studies contributed by myriad subject experts. It is thoroughly expert, insightful and brimming with Enser's clear love of Shakespeare's work. Bringing Forth the Bard is a resource I will return to time and time again, highlighter in hand, ready to share Enser's expert insights with my students. Bloom argues Shakespeare shapes the way we think about the world. This book shapes the way I think about Shakespeare. It is a triumph.Amy StaniforthBringing Forth the Bard is a wonderful introduction to the joys and challenges of teaching young people about the work of England's most celebrated playwright. In this eminently readable book, Enser shares her vast knowledge of Shakespeare's creations and the ways in which teachers can make them accessible to young people. Whether you are teaching Shakespeare for the first time or searching for renewed inspiration, Bringing Forth the Bard will prove to be an insightful and invigorating read.Christopher Such

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Book SynopsisDrawing on extensive professional and personal experience, this book offers guidance and advice on how to better communicate with children about relationships and sexuality using everyday situations. An invaluable resource for teachers and parents, it provides you with the tools you need to feel confident and informed about how to talk about sexual education at all stages. The book explores the challenges in adult-child communication about sexuality and provides helpful advice on how to establish an open dialogue. The guidance provided is developmentally appropriate, with chapters moving through different ages and development stages. Throughout, the book emphasizes the importance of positive sexuality education, empowering children to enjoy their relationships and sexuality in a safe and healthy way.Trade ReviewThis volume is an exciting guide for helping children to find health and happiness. Sexuality education is not an easy topic; however, the authors have managed to combine evidence, experience and fun. The study is a major contribution to understanding of children, adults and the world. -- Prof Gunta Lazdane, ex-Regional Adviser Sexual and Reproductive Health, WHO/EuropeIt is really refreshing to read a book about relationships that deals with sexuality in such a frank, honest and helpful way. As well as explaining developmental expectations, it also gives ideas for answering those tricky questions that children always seem to ask when you least expect it! -- Laura King, primary school teacher and mum of three.As a parent and psychotherapist, I found this book a refreshing, ease-inducing guide to educating children about their bodies, sex and beyond. Many can feel overwhelmed or ill equipped to speak to their children about these matters. This book offers hope and centralizes the parent- child bond as the conduit to give children a realistic and positive relationship with their bodies, senses and eventual sexuality. Highly recommend it. -- Erica Esmail-Rath, MFT Psychotherapist practicing in San Francisco, CaliforniaThis book transformed my concept of parental responsibility for sex education from the conventional approach of a single, well-timed presentation (aka "The Talk") into an appreciation of sexuality as an aspect of child development to be interwoven into my day-to-day relationships with my children. I wish I had this book a decade ago when I began my motherhood journey. It would make an amazing baby shower gift for any parent-to-be. -- Amanda Bealer, USA, Mother of Carson (age 8) and Chase (age 11)Well written, easy-to-read and very insightful. Gives an excellent overview of this important subject and practical, age-appropriate tips on how to educate children of all ages on sexuality and relationships. This will hopefully allow the next generation to grow up without the embarrassment, misconceptions and prejudices of generations before. The world has changed and it's time for education around this subject to change as well. -- Louise Speggiorin, Health Visitor, UKCan I Have Babies Too? takes us parents by the hand so we can become self-assured sex and relationships educators to our children. That's never straightforward - but this book is. With its clear and helpful Dutch approach, it schools us all in how and why to talk openly starting now... -- Leah Jewett, Outspoken Sex Ed directorThis book is a lifeline for any parent, carer or educator, packed with honest, practical advice for each stage of childhood. The authors draw on years of experience working with children, as well as research in health and psychology, to offer a positive vision for how to talk to children about bodies, relationships and sexuality. -- Joanna Herat. UN Health & Education specialist. Parent.I found the book insightful by wrapping the wider subject of sexuality education around the traditionally thorny topic of sex education. It helps and encourages children to understand themselves before attempting to understand others and their own personal interactions. Raises important topics with an interesting boldness, highlighting the probable need to start earlier than many parents, including myself, appreciated. -- Nick Reynolds, Father of a 9 year old boyThis book provides a very sensitive, reflective way to enable parents and people around young children to talk about sexuality, offering tools and answering questions frequently considered taboo. It embodies the idea of holistic sexuality and empowerment, and implements an age-appropriate approach to comprehensive sexuality education. -- Johanna Marquardt, Project Officer for the WHO Colaboration Centre/BZgA for sexual and reproductive healthI dream of a world in which every child can be taught about relationships and sexuality in the caring, honest, dignified, non-judgmental, and truly child-centered manner this book models for parents and teachers. The authors' approach is patient and generous, and their message, while it may still seem revolutionary in countries such as the United States, is sensible, practical, and proven: young people of all ages have the right to comprehensive knowledge about bodies, friendship, and love. When this right is respected, children are empowered to make lifelong good choices allowing them to enjoy, respect, and safeguard their hearts, minds, and bodies-as well as those belonging to others.This small book has the power to transform the next generation of children and to empower parents and educators to give young people the self-esteem, confidence, respect, and empathy it takes to build healthy, equal, and fulfilling relationships. I will be emphatically recommending this book to all of the parents and educators I work with.In abundant sample scripts, this book models how it sounds to impart true autonomy even to very young children. Importantly, too, the authors present a broad range of normal childhood "sexual" behaviors, delivering the much-needed message that we need not get so bent out of shape about the sometimes eyebrow-raising ways in which children learn and play. -- Bonnie J. Rough, author of 'Beyond Birds and Bees: Bringing Home a New Message to Our Kids about Sex, Love, and Equality'

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Book SynopsisThis book is for artists, teachers, and those who prepare teachers. In the field of art and design education there are many theoretical strands that contribute to the practices of teaching and learning in the visual arts. The problem for artist teachers and those who prepare teaching artists is how to frame the diverse methodologies of art and art education in a way that affords divergent practices as well as deep understanding of issues and trends in the field. Teachers need a field guide that provides a contextual background of theory in order to make their own teaching practice relevant to contemporary art practices and important ideas within the field of education. The book, in its content and presentation of content is pedagogical; it provides a catalyst and prompt for meaningful and personal artistic inquiry and exploration. The book describes connections between teaching and artistic practices including the pedagogical turn in contemporary art. As a book for artists and designers, it is graphically compelling and visually inspiring. It is designed to be engaging for the practitioner and theoretically robust. A problem with many current texts is that they are written by academics who are often a step removed from the issues of classroom instruction and tend use the language of the scholar, which is appropriate for a scholarly journal, but can be difficult for other audiences. This book will bridge this divide through its use of design, narrative, and descriptions of innovative artistic practices. Rather than being a book about “best practice” it is a book about “diverse practices” within art making and teaching. This field guide to artistic approaches, including methods for teaching art, frames its arguments around critical questions that artists and art teachers must address such as: What is the role of art and design in secondary education? What will I teach? How do we go about teaching art? How do I know if my teaching is working? What is the role of traditional mediums and methods within contemporary art practices? How can art teachers contribute to the reinvention of schools? How might fluency within a medium be connected to important issues within culture, including the culture of adolescents? This book includes examples of approaches that might provoke or inspire artist and pedagogical inquiry. These are approaches that actively engage students in work that disrupts taken for granted conventions about schooling and its purposes. It considers how art and design might transform the school experience for adolescents.

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Book SynopsisEverybody seems to be talking about assessment for learning. This book shows how to do it. Using a highly creative approach it explains in detail how assessment, thinking and learning can be integrated in science lessons. More than 30 different assessment techniques are described, with each one illustrated for two different age ranges.Concise teachers' notes for each technique explain:what the approach ishow you use it for assessmenthow you can manage it in the classroomhow it helps with learning.Electronic versions of the activities are provided on the accompanying downloadable resources.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Assessment and learning, Assessment and teaching, Assessment and recording, Creating the right environment, Examples of active assessment strategies, References and bibliography, Related titles of interest

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Book SynopsisThis stimulating book is a lovely resource for teaching botany in Steiner-Waldorf schools from Year 5.Grohmann's lively text brings the various plants, trees and flowers to life for children.

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Book SynopsisIn this well-illustrated book Hella Loewe describes her research and practice of working with modelling in the early years of a Steiner-Waldorf school. She describes meeting a class of mixed nationalities with social and behavioral challenges, and how she was able to temper this class through specific modelling techniques.Are the children coming into our classrooms today requiring more will-centered activities? Loewe believes this is so and challenges teachers to take a new look at the traditional Waldorf modelling curriculum through her re-examination of Rudolf Steiner's indications.Contents include:Modeling with Clay in the First GradeStep-by-Step Guide for Grades One through ThreePractical ExperiencesAbout the Effects of Modeling with ClayExcerpts by Rudolf Steiner Regarding Sculptural Modeling

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Book SynopsisThis practical book is a valuable teacher resource for teaching geometry in Year 6 in the Steiner-Waldorf curriculum.Comprehensively illustrated, it covers angles in regular polygons, triangles, right-angled triangles, and platonic solids. It concludes with a chapter on teaching shadow drawing and projection.This is the third volume in Ernst Schuberth's series on Geometry Lessons for Waldorf Schools.

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Book SynopsisDespite the efforts of teachers and educators, every year secondary schools across the English-speaking world turn out millions of functionally illiterate leavers. The costs in human misery and in wasted productivity are catastrophic. What can schools do to prevent this situation? In this highly accessible book James and Dianne Murphy combine more than 50 years of experience to provide teachers with a thorough, easy to use introduction to the extensive research on reading and its effects on student achievement. Drawing on the work of experts from around the world, the authors explore how we learn to read, how the many myths and misconceptions around reading developed, and why they continue to persist.Building on these foundations chapters go on to examine how the general secondary school classroom can support all levels of reading more effectively, regardless of subject; how school leaders can ensure that their systems, practices and school culture deliver the very best literacy provision for all students; and what it takes to ensure that a racing intervention aimed at adolescent struggling readers is truly effective. The overall message of this books is one of great optimism: the authors demonstrate that the right of every child to learn to read is entirely achievable if schools employ the best research-driven practice.Trade Review'There is a powerful moral mission at the core of 'Thinking Reading': to ensure that no child leaves school unable to read. From the start of this important book, readers know they are in the hands of experts who can bridge the gap between extensive research and what we can do as teachers and leaders in our school contexts. We are left both informed and inspired to move beyond superficial quick fixes to reading. Essential reading for anyone involved in education' --Jamie Thom, English teacher, author 'Slow Teaching' This book combines passion and pragmatism - it makes a compelling case that with the right approach all pupils can be successful in reading and then lays out practical steps that can help ensure teachers achieve that end. It will be a useful and motivating guide for all teachers. --Doug Lemov, author (Teach Like a Champion, Reading Reconsidered, Practice Perfect), MD at Uncommon Schools. I love this book! It is a call to arms to any secondary teacher who wishes to empower their students through effective reading instruction. The authors have combined a vast catalogue of research with clear, practical classroom application, employing empirically supported strategies to offer teachers a 'best bet' in helping students learn to read with proficiency and pleasure. --Claire Hill, head of English James and Dianne Murphy bring together research and teaching experience to address reading difficulties in secondary school. Secondary reading is a much neglected topic and there is rising awareness that appropriate strategies and resources are sorely needed. The book fills this gap and is essential reading for any secondary teacher who is concerned about their pupils' reading abilities but does not feel equipped to support them.' Dr Jessie Ricketts, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London

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Book Synopsis Do you really understand what teaching British values is all about? Are british values woven into the fabric of your teaching? Are you confident that you are meeting Ofsted requirements in relation to British values? This book provides you with a simple, manageable framework to help you reflect on, improve and deeply embed British values in your classroom. It provides clear, accurate government definitions, and helps you ensure your classroom practices are inclusive, non-prejudicial and address cultural diversity within your school context. The text also enables you to understand and implement the Prevent strategy for safeguarding your learners. Designed to be read over a week, the book is divided into seven concise and practical chapters detailing clear strategies, how they might be applied, with links to relevant underpinning laws or theories.Table of ContentsIntroduction Day 1: Exploring British Values and school values Day 2: Individual liberty: freedom and responsibilities Day 3: Rule of Law: reasons for rules Day 4: Democracy and citizenship: pupil voice and choice Day 5: Mutual respect: valuing difference Day 6: Tolerance: learning in a multi-faith society Day 7: Prevent: developing global citizenship Further reading

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Book SynopsisPractice is the key to success in the PBSAAWhilst there are many ways to improve your question answering, you cannot be fully prepared until you have worked through authentic questions under the simulated environment of the real test. That's why UniAdmissions produced these mock papers, including over 160 questions. Working through these 2 practice tests under exam conditions will build your familiarity with the test format. Using the fully worked solutions you can fine-tune your performance before test day arrives to ensure you perform to the best of your ability.Published by the UK's leading University Admissions Company, this fully up-to-date resource contains all the latest question styles in the test, as written by our specialist test tutors. Practicing with these papers will allow you to rapidly improve your test scores and approach the real exam with confidence and gain the score you deserve.

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Book SynopsisWant to know how to improve your TSA scores and get that place at the top university of your dreams?From UniAdmissions, the UK’s leading University and Oxbridge Admissions company, The Ultimate TSA Collection contains all FIVE of our bestselling TSA books in ONE volume, giving you the best and most fully comprehensive guide to your revision, practice, and TSA success.Used as an admissions test for a range of different subjects at Oxford, Cambridge, and UCL, the TSA is a notoriously difficult test, consisting of two sections that test your critical thinking, logical reasoning, and ability to argue persuasively and with a sophisticated line of thinking – all under time pressure. Your score in the TSA is taken strongly into consideration by top universities as it tests many of the skills required in your degree, and therefore it’s essential to score as highly as possible on this crucial exam.Written by TSA specialists and top Oxbridge tutors, and full of insider knowledge and tips, The Ultimate TSA Collection is designed to help you make the most of your preparation, approach the test with confidence, and get those top scores. The Ultimate TSA Guide – contains comprehensive information about the Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA), including tips, techniques and strategies to save you time and maximise your scores. Covers both the multiple choice questions (Section A) and the essay writing question (Section B) in detail, and prepares you for all question types that you’ll face in the exam, and how to approach them successfully. Also includes 300 questions and fully worked solutions and model essays so you can practice your skills and understand how to improve. TSA Practice Papers Volume 1 – contains mock papers updated for 2019 entry: 150 questions with fully worked solutions to help you improve your scores. TSA Worked Solutions Volume 1 – clear, thorough, and extensive solutions to the practice papers, written by experts: worked solutions and sample answers to ensure you can put your learning into practice. TSA Practice Papers Volume 2 – contains mock papers updated for 2019 entry: 250 questions with fully worked solutions to help you improve your scores. TSA Worked Solutions Volume 2 – clear, thorough, and extensive solutions to the practice papers, written by experts: worked solutions and sample answers to ensure you can put your learning into practice. Hungry for more? Visit the Uni Admissions website for even more admissions test tips, personal statement resources, and application support.

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Book Synopsis• High quality drawing resource to keep and treasure for years • Suitable for complete beginners • Over 1000 people, animals, places, vehicles and items to draw • Large introduction provides vital information on fundamental considerations when drawingTable of ContentsIntroduction: General introduction Tools and materials Basic shapes Perspective and scale Light Techniques Texture Texture library How to use this book Creatures: Dinosaurs Insects Sea creatures Reptiles Birds Rodents Primates Big cats Farm animals Desert animals Woodland and jungle animals Safari animals Waterside animals Arctic animals Vehicles and transportation: Air and space vehicles Water vehicles Cars, bikes, and trucks Push and pull vehicles Work vehicles Public transport Military vehicles Food and drink: Fast food Fruit and vegetables Breakfast foods Cold foods Hot foods Alcoholic drinks Non-alcoholic drinks Sweet treats Buildings and structures: Homes Public buildings Famous landmarks Street fixtures Rural buildings People: Professions and character types Ages Actions Historic people Traditional dress Facial expressions Activities: Musical instruments Sports equipment Hobby and leisure apparatus Household objects Nature: Flowering plants Structures in nature Trees Fruiting and edible plants Sea elements Weather Greenery Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisJennifer Webb collaborates with six expert writers to offer practical teaching strategies for the English classroom. With advice for primary to sixth form, it helps in the teaching of writing skills of distinct and specific forms, including: play-writing, novels, spoken poetry, written poetry, journalism and speech-writing.

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Book SynopsisMark Chater's brilliant new book diagnoses the reasons why RE urgently needs radical reform, and looks ahead to a time when the subject will have a new identity based on a clear democratic purpose. The book shines a light on how key leaders can make this happen, and how the new good practice is already breaking through. It is edited and authored by experts and leading change agents in RE, who offer a well-informed and provocative vision and programme for change.

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