study and teaching (elementary)

Presents tips and reproducible materials for teaching Wade Hudson and Valerie Wilson Wesley's "Book of Black Heroes From A to Z" in grades three through five, including comprehension and discussion questions, vocabulary builders, writing activities, and graphic organizers.

A literature unit for use with "Walk Two Moons, " featuring sample lesson plans, pre- and post-reading activities, a biographical sketch of the author, a book summary, vocabulary lists, chapter study guides with quizzes and projects, book report and research ideas, and options for unit tests.

Looks at the 1970 experiment in which a teacher grouped her third grade class by eye color and proceeded to give preferential treatment to the blue-eyed group in order to evaluate the effects of racial stereotyping on children, visits the class fifteen years later to see whether the experiment had any long-lasting effects on participants, and shows a similar session conducted with adult correctional system employees.

Introduces basic concepts of paragraph writing, explains the essentials of paragraphs, and provides practice exercises.

Provides mini-lessons and strategies aimed at teaching students in first through third grade to elaborate while writing.

Presented from the point of view of a video blogger, program 3 explores facets of responsibility, one of the six pillars of character, through the thoughts and personal experiences of young people throughout the U.S.

Contains three four-week, cross-curricular thematic units about the fall season for students in kindergarten through third grade, based on picture books by Eric Carle, Lois Ehlert, Tomie dePaola, Eve Bunting, and many others.

"Written by a math educator, this innovative book encourages critical thinking and sparks memorable mathematical conversations. You and your child decide what to count on each page. You have many choices, and the longer you look, the more possibilities you'll notice. There are no wrong answers in this book. As long as you're talking about what you see, think, and wonder, you're talking math!"--.

"This title opens the door to the Japanese Language. The title includes numbers 1 through 20, colors, family, animals, and places words, and common pleasantries. The title is complete with a tone guide and unique letter sound guide. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards."--.

"In More Ramped-Up Read Alouds, educators will discover practical ideas for ramping up interactive read alouds to increase learners' language comprehension and build their knowledge about a wide variety of topics. The introduction details research-proven reasons that reading aloud is essential for literacy learners and shares success factors for creating engaging read-aloud experiences. With that foundational knowledge in place, readers will be able to choose from 50 read-aloud experiences, fully detailed and carefully designed to enrich and extend literacy instruction in grades K-5"--Provided by publisher.