elementary school teachers

Presents projects and advice from award-winning elementary teachers around the country, covering teaching philosophies, instructional methods, technology, parental involvement, scheduling, and other topics.

Presents the diary of teacher Esme Raji Codell's first year in charge of a fifth-grade classroom in an inner-city public school.

Photographs and text follow second grade teacher Jan Hill through a typical day at work.

Suggestions for structuring the first six weeks of school in order to lay the groundwork for a productive year of learning.

Follows a teacher through a typical day, and answers questions children often have about the work of teachers.

Describes the many educational, supportive, and fun things one representative teacher does with and for the students in his class.

Simple text and photographs describe what teachers do.

The letters of the alphabet introduce aspects of elementary teachers' work lives--going from alphabet, books, chalkboard, desk and education.