Actress Danica McKellar relates algebra concepts in a fun, sassy style, covering square roots, polynomials, quadratic equations, word problems, and more.
An educator's guide that addresses information literacy in grades nine through twelve; providing lesson plans, assessments, and exercises correlated to AASL and ACRL standards.
Essays by the writers who create many of the novels, short stories, and poems that are taught in middle, junior, and senior high schools, presenting their opinions and practices for teaching and writing.
Offers rationales and strategies to teachers on how to use visual art in the writing workshop, and includes illustrations and worksheets, as well as examples of student writing.
Provides strategies for improving literacy in middle and high school classes through the integration on children's and young adult literature across the curriculum.
leading students from where they are to where we'd like them to be
Lesesne, Teri S
2010
Explains how to use reading ladders in the classroom, discussing book selection, building a classroom library, promoting content-area knowledge, and assessment.
Presents a short study of how the Constitution of the United States came to be written, and discusses those behind its construction, the reasons why it was drafted, and more.
Presents an overview of the Boston Tea Party, in simple text with illustrations, including information on the French and Indian Wars, the Boston Massacre, the Tea Act of 1773, and the aftermath of the Tea Party.
Presents practical guidance for high school English teachers, including ideas and strategies for helping students become better writers; covers writing processes, the teacher-student conference, evaluation and grading, and respect for students' words.