Added by: titito | Karma: 1215.71 | Only for teachers, Maths | 23 November 2010
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Growing Mathematical Ideas in Kindergarten
This rich resource recognizes the special set of challenges that kindergarten teachers face. The book provides helpful guidelines for establishing a mathematically nurturing classroom environment, making plans for helping all children learn, choosing appropriate mathematical tasks, and assessing children's understanding.
Interactive Read-Aloud Anthology with Plays (Grade 1)
Added by: Fruchtzwerg | Karma: 7915.45 | Kids, Only for teachers | 19 November 2010
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Read Alouds help to build children’s listening comprehension. This anthology offers selections from a variety of genres, including biography, fiction, folktales, nonfiction, songs, and poetry, to share with children. Instruction is provided with each selection to develop specific comprehension strategies.
This toolkit guides you through the process of setting up and running an effective coaching practice, using examples from a school that has actually done it successfully.
The book answers the following questions:
- how do you choose your coaches?
- how do you train them well?
- how do you present coaching as good professional development for all staff?
- how do you embed coaching into everyday practice?
Drawn from the Science Fiction Research Association conference held in Lawrence, Kansas, in 2008, the essays in this volume address intersections among the reading, writing, and teaching of science fiction.
Language Policy and Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of A. Ronald Walton
Added by: ruzbeh | Karma: 181.40 | Only for teachers, Non-Fiction | 18 November 2010
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Language Policy and Pedagogy: Essays in Honor of A. Ronald Walton
In this memorial volume for A. Ronald Walton, cutting-edge scholars interrelate two normally separate domains: the formation of language policy and the improvement of language teaching. Bernard Spolsky, Elana Shohamy, Joshua Fishman, and Kees de Bot address theoretical aspects of national language policy.
