study and teaching (middle school)

A collection of practical strategies for teaching information and communications technology skills in middle school, and includes audio CD.

Presents an annotated listing of fiction and nonfiction titles published from 1998 through 2001 that are appropriate for use in kindergarten through sixth-grade classrooms, each with bibliographic information, age level, a summary, a booktalk, curriculum connections, and list of related books, grouped in the categories of language arts and literature, mathematics and science, social studies, and arts and recreation.

A collection of forty research-based minilessons designed to help teachers develop effective writing exercises for students in grades four through six.

Describes strategies for using informational texts in the classroom to promote nonfiction reading and writing, and includes teaching points, exercises, a selection of forms, and vignettes from teachers across the country.

Contains over fifty activities designed to help students build their reading, writing, and research skills, grouped in the categories of evaluating, sorting, analyzing and synthesizing, and working with information.

Presents summaries, lesson ideas, grade levels, ISBNs, and publisher information on books useful for teaching elementary and middle school students writing skills; arranges the texts by skill area, including voice, word choice, organization, and sentence fluency.

Explains to teachers how to use poetry in elementary and middle school classes to help children learn about their emotions and manage them while developing a love for poetry; includes several examples, exercises, and projects.

Presents a comprehensive guide for collaborative teaching in the middle school science classroom, and contains reproducible worksheets, assessment tools, lesson overviews, and library and general science skills.