SCHOOL LEADERSHIP THAT WORKS: From Research to Results
What does research tell us about the effects of school leadership on student achievement? What specific leadership practices make a real difference in school effectiveness? How should school leaders use these practices in their day-to-day management of schools and during the stressful times that accompany major change initiatives? Robert J. Marzano, Timothy Waters, and Brian A. McNulty provide answers to these and other questions in School Leadership That Works.
Leading Change in Your School: How to Conquer Myths, Build Commitment, and Get Results
Using real examples of elementary and secondary schools that have moved change from rhetoric to reality, a giant in the field of school leadership explains how teachers and administrators everywhere can make sure change efforts lead to better results. Whether your school needs to improve literacy, inspire great teaching, increase attendance, reduce dropout rates, reform grading, or reach any other accountability, let Douglas Reeves equip you with what you need to succeed.
Read and Understand Fairy Tales & Folktales, Grades 1-2
These stories have been handed down through many generations, sometimes by word of mouth and other times in writing. Peopled by talking animals, witches, giants, trolls, and other fantastic creatures, the appeal they hold for young readers makes them ideal focal points for learning and discussion.
This volume features 23 one-to-three-page stories, each followed by three to four pages of activities that build reading skills. These stories, borrowed from diverse cultures, vary in reading difficulty from first through beginning third grade to meet a range of needs.
Here is an excting collection of ready-to-use word puzzles and activity pages to help students to learn the first 300 Instant Words. These 300 words make up 65% of all written material in the English language and must be recognised "instantly" for efficient and fluent reading.
Sentence Diagraming (Middle School + High School) are workbooks that offer samples, exercises, and step-by-step instructions to expand students’ knowledge of grammar and sentence structure. Each lesson teaches a part of a sentence and then illustrates a way to diagram it. Designed for students at all levels, Sentence Diagraming provides students with a tool for understanding written and spoken English. The Sentence Diagraming workbooks include model diagrams for all sentence types, practice exercises, and answer keys.
