Introduces readers to interesting and important careers, giving children the opportunity to gain a better understanding of these cool jobs with the help of engaging sidebars, color photographs, an index, lists for further reading, and more.
This text looks at each national curriculum subject and analyzes it in terms of culture and ideology represented. It proceeds to give detailed advice and suggestions on how to promote equality and equal opportunities within each subject. Each chapter is wide-ranging and includes both theoretical and practical issues. The book also provides detailed lists of relevant curricular resources and their suppliers.
Lead children to literacy and learning along the garden path with books and activities designed to spark interest and imagination. Each of these 45 lessons focuses on a specific book about gardening and offers related activities-such as reading, writing, poetry, word play, music, dancing, and dramatics-to enhance creativity and build literacy skills. In addition, this resource lists more books to read with each lesson and concludes with an annotated bibliography of focus books. A great companion to Beyond the Bean Seed. Grades K-6.
Don't all children smile when they see a Mad Libs book? Well, now teachers can capture "libs-like" excitement in their classroom as kids fill in their very own hilarious language and articulation stories. Artic Tickle has a cornucopia of 216 stories written by one of the most creative SLP story-tellers. - Twelve stories per sound (three each for initial, medial, and final positions of S, R, L, CH, SH, TH, K, G, P, B, D, V, F, M, N, T, and Z). - Four stories each for S/R/L Blends in initial position. - Customized word-picture lists for young students working on their early sounds, and noun/verb/adjective word lists for higher level sounds.
Q Skills for Success encourages students to think critically and succeed academically. Q’s question-centred approach provides a unique critical thinking framework for each unit. This develops key cognitive skills such as analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating—as well as developing the language skills essential for academic success. Learning outcomes are clearly stated at the start and end of the units, with competency self-evaluations and vocabulary check lists featuring the Academic Word List. This enables teachers to define learning outcomes effectively to accreditation bodies.
