study and teaching (elementary)

Offers advice to teachers on how to conduct writing workshops, providing a rationale for writing workshops, looking at what they have in common across grade levels, and discussing the tone of workshop teaching, getting started with independent writing time, curriculum, focus lessons, assessment and evaluation, and other topics.

Explains mathematical concepts related to transportation and presents example equations.

Includes over 80 games and activities designed to help children ages 8 to 12 think intuitively about math.

A reference guide to the English language that provides information on punctuation, grammar, writing, and spelling.

Provides information on how to run library quiz programs using books. Includes lists of recommended books and suggested questions for 250 books appropriate for use with third through eighth graders.

People live in all kinds of houses.

A collection of drawing and handwriting lessons for children focusing on the polar regions, the arctic, and the Antarctic.

A middle school class from Boston visits Cobscook Bay, Maine, to learn about the marine biology of the Bay's tidal zone.

Explains how math is used in several aspects of mapmaking and map reading and presents example equations.