The Skill Sharpeners series offers parents a wonderful opportunity to support what happens in the classroom, inspiring a child’s desire to learn. The skills and concepts presented in Skill Sharpeners are grade appropriate and are aligned to national and state standards.
The Skill Sharpeners series offers parents a wonderful opportunity to support what happens in the classroom, inspiring a child’s desire to learn. The skills and concepts presented in Skill Sharpeners are grade appropriate and are aligned to national and state standards.
My Kids Can: Making Math Accessible to All Learners, K-5
Teaching mathematics to a range of learners has always been challenging. With the widespread use of inclusion and RTI, having a variety of effective teaching options for students who struggle is more important than ever. In My Kids Can, you'll get instructional strategies that allow all struggling math learners to move along the path toward grade-level competency. In My Kids Can teachers share successful ways to work with struggling students. Their instruction is aligned with the NCTM standards and guided by five powerful core principles. Make mathematical thinking explicit. Link assessment and teaching.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 3 February 2011
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CSI - Killing Game
The machinations of a new supervisor may have altered Gil Grissom's team of skillful CSIs, as Catherine Willows, Nick Stokes, and Warrick Brown are reassigned from the graveyard shift to the swing shift. That doesn't mean, however, that their paths will never cross. During the course of their separate investigations, the teams must unite again to investigate two distinct murders -- atrocities that are oddly aligned as they share much of the same collective evidence. Despite the different M.O.s, the CSIs are uncovering two wildly imperfect crimes that could possibly add up to an almost perfect one...
Modern life is filled with frustrations — too much work, too many interruptions, not enough personal time, and an increasing sense of losing control and meaning. Aligned Thinking offers a simple, sensible remedy. The key lies in three questions: "How do I get the most from the only thing I control — my actions now?"; "With the many options I have, how do I stay focused on what I really want?"; and "What do I really want from life and work?"
