Whoever thought that starting high school would be so exciting? A comet and a constellation have crossed paths, and space experts know this means the possibility of alien encounters! In a town near Boston, Jennifer Dale and her friends have some weird new teachers! Mr. Stone, the English teacher, is particularly strange...
Raising Black Students' Achievement Through Culturally Responsive Teaching
In this book, Johnnie McKinley reveals the depth of her caring about black students’ learning and describes the beliefs and values that exceptional teachers and their students follow as they grow and learn together. By sharing educators’ stories, Johnnie introduces readers to classrooms where learning is continuous, where teachers and students respect each other, and where principals and teachers alike approach teaching students of color from a position of effi cacy and confi dence.
Today s teachers are responsible for a greater variety of learners with a greater diversity of needs than ever before. When you add in the ever-changing dynamics of technology and current events, the complexity of both students and teachers lives grows exponentially. Far too few teachers, however, successfully teach the whole class with the individual student in mind.
Learning for Keeps: Teaching the Strategies Essential for Creating Independent Learners
How can teachers help students develop the literacy and problem-solving skills critical to becoming independent learners ready to tackle not only their immediate academic challenges but also the real-world problems they will face as adults? Asking students to memorize and recite facts isn t the answer. Instead, says Rhoda Koenig, educators must deliberately cultivate thinking skills and build the strategies that empower students to boost their own learning--for keeps. In this highly practical book, Koenig combines explicit strategy lessons and coaching techniques that prepare teachers to skate alongside learners, give feedback, support them when they stumble, and gradually let go.
Recipe Book: Practical Ideas for the Language Classroom
This is a collection of language "recipes" from a number of different authors. The book aims to be a source of information for teachers looking for learner-centred activities. All the ideas have developed out of classroom experience and have been contributed by practising language teachers and deal with everything from vocabulary to visuals and testing.
