Introduces Mexican culture; discusses important beliefs, traditions, and customs; and explores how the culture is changing in the twenty-first century.
Explores pop culture in the 1940s and 1950s, including the rise of television, the golden age of the Broadway musical, and the beginnings of teenage culture.
Introduces African cultures; discusses important beliefs, traditions, and customs; and explores how the cultures are changing in the twenty-first century.
Introduces Japanese culture; discusses important beliefs, traditions, and customs; and explores how the culture is changing in the twenty-first century.
Introduces Islamic culture; discusses important beliefs, traditions, and customs; and explores how the culture is changing in the twenty-first century.
This fascinating series examines some of the most influential documents in U.S. history, with each book providing in-depth information about a famous primary source document and including material abo
Introduces Native American cultures; discusses important beliefs, traditions, and customs; and explores how the cultures are changing in the twenty-first century.
This fascinating series examines some of the most influential documents in U.S. history. Each book provides in-depth information about a famous primary source document and includes material about the
Laminack (literacy education, Western Carolina U.) and Wadsworth, a consultant and former elementary teacher, guidance counselor, and principal, show teachers how to use read-alouds to neutralize bull
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""Students need elbow room to make decisions about what to write, revise, and publish. Adolescents crave responsibility. This handbook supports students by showing them how to assume greater responsib
Focusing on addition and subtraction in this volume of the series, Battista (mathematics education, Ohio State U.) details the cognition-based assessment (CBA) framework, which can be used with any cu
"To reach their potential, children need an engaging environment and a reason to learn. This book is aimed at helping teachers implement quality Common Core instruction around this principle." -Gretch
This worktext outlines tools high school students can use to write mature and varied sentences and build paragraphs by imitating models by authors like John Steinbeck, Harper Lee, Maya Angelou, J.D. S
Viewing language as a human social phenomenon tied to history and culture and a tool for connecting with people in speech and writing, Wilde (curriculum and teaching, Hunter College, City U. of New Yo
Battista (mathematics education, Ohio State U.) outlines cognition-based assessment (CBA), an approach for teaching elementary math (specifically multiplication and division in this volume) that can b
Battista (mathematics education, Ohio State U.) presents a learning progressions-based model for teaching fractions called cognition-based assessment and teaching, which stresses determining students'
"As challenging as it must have been to write and finesse the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, that accomplishment is nothing compared to the work of teaching in ways that bring all studen
Focusing on the leadership aspects of improving mathematics programs, Leinwand, a research analyst in mathematics education and research at the American Institutes for Research, provides principals, t
"These are the tried and true lessons I return to year after year. The lessons that students said made a difference in their writing and that will bring power and beauty to your students' writing and
"These books will support teachers in their understanding of designing process-based instruction and give them both useful lesson plans and a process for designing instruction on their own that follow
This book is one of six in a series of instructional guides for teachers who teach writing to middle school and high school students. It is intended to help those teachers by providing them with a str
The latest volume in the The Dynamics of Writing Instruction Series, this book is focused specifically on teaching middle and high school students to prepare research reports. Using the structured pro
Describes the life and career of Steve Jobs, from his early life and his development of the first Apple computer to his accomplishments with the computer company and how he has helped shape the modern
Keene, an author who has been a classroom teacher, staff developer, and adjunct professor of reading and writing, provides K-8 teachers with a guide to modifying oral communication with children to he
""Informational writing is the perfect genre for second graders because nobody is more curious about the workings of the world and is more eager to tell you a zillion facts about the topic at hand." "
Barnhouse, a literacy consultant for elementary through high school, and Vinton, a literacy consultant who works in public schools, consider how students make meaning of texts. They begin with chapter
"These books will support teachers in their understanding of designing process-based instruction and give them both useful lesson plans and a process for designing instruction on their own that follow
