A brand new strand for Developing Literacy: the best-selling library of photocopiable teaching resources. Written specifically to support the government's new Primary Framework for Literacy, it features completely new activities, a fresh modern design both inside and out and provides busy teachers with 64 pages of visually attractive handouts.
Creating a Learning to Learn School: Research and Practice for Raising Standards, Motivation and Morale
Creating a learning to learn school is a book for heads, senior managers and teachers interested in developing better schools, classrooms and learners.
In this book, Linda Seger shows how to create strong, multidimensional characters in fiction, covering everything from research to character block. Interviews with today's top writers complete this essential volume.
Creating a Classroom Community of Young Scientists
Creating a Classroom Community of Young Scientists helps teachers - both pre-service and in-service - to develop exciting science programs in their classrooms. This book provides the groundwork for designing and implementing a science program that takes into account the latest research in teaching and learning. It provides an approach that will capture children's imaginations, stimulate their curiosity and create a strong foundation for their continued interest in, and appreciation of, science and the world in which they live. The book is designed to be user-friendly, and offers an approach to teaching science that is exciting for teachers as well.
The iPad is a great teaching tool. It is an amazing eReader for accessing textbooks and journals. It is also great for multimedia content like videos, audio, presentations, and 3D animations. Most importantly Apple's app ecosystem makes it very powerful. You can find apps for almost any teaching task in app store and use them instantly. You will start with simple tasks like creating presentations and visualizations. Soon you will be making interactive books and resources as well as teaching practical lessons such as music and art!.
