Discusses the negative effects of Americans' ever present mathematics phobia on children and on society at large, explaining the necessity of improving math education and changing attitudes toward math so that individuals can fulfill their mathematical potential and take advantage of employment opportunities that call for logic and problem-solving skills.
Describes a series of mini-lessons and activities designed to introduce vocabulary learning strategies to students in grades four through eight, each with photographs, samples of student work, and classroom dialogues.
A guide to bringing nonfiction into the curriculum in third through eighth-grade classrooms, with strategies and ideas for reading nonfiction, conducting research, and writing reports.
Examines the theoretical underpinnings of how students learn to write from reading other writers; describes various kinds of inquiry designed to help teachers and students learn how to learn from writers; and includes thoughts from the author on writing and teaching, as well as a selection of resource materials.
Presents a collection of twenty-five reproducible writing lessons for the second to fourth-grade classroom that helps to develop sentence fluency, organization, and various other stages of the writing process.
A collection of age-specific craft lessons educators may use to teach writing to students, grouped by grade level, from kindergarten through second, third and fourth, and fifth through eighth. Includes references.
