A man on the brink of destiny... It is the height of the Vietnam War and young Lt. Brian Holcomb is about to embark on an eight-month tour of duty that will bring him one step away from commanding his own ship.
Research is the strong suit of this book about darkly handsome Richard Ramirez, who terrorized Los Angeles for 14 months in 1984-85 with his penchant for breaking into homes dressed all in black, where he fiercely assaulted, sodomized, robbed, and (in 13 cases) murdered his victims. Carlo spent more than 100 hours interviewing Ramirez on death row, more than a month in El Paso, Texas, talking to Ramirez's family and friends, and another month hanging out with the two detectives who solved the case. He made visits to all 19 crime scenes in the middle of the night.
Planning math instruction is a demanding aspect of teaching. Teachers need to have an overall sense of the curriculum for the whole year, of what's going to be taught each month, and of what specifically to teach each day. This guide makes it easy to plan all three. It offers helpful mathematical strands organized month by month and covering grade-relevant topics. As an alternative to photocopying, the 100 reproducibles in this book.
180 Creative Ideas for Getting Students Involved, Engaged, and Excited
From the editors of The Teacher's Calendar and Chase's Calendar of Events comes an indispensable classroom resource for educators of grades K-8. Here are 180 lesson plan supplements--one for each day of the school year--that will give teachers ready access to an abundance of practical, do-able activities and listings of very helpful resources to enrich lessons and encourage student participation.
Ideas are presented chronologically by month, but are also keyed by subject area (math, science, language arts, etc.) for maximum ease of use.
