"Imagine a classroom where all students are engaged in highly rigorous and fun learning every single day. That classroom can be yours starting tomorrow. This handy guide gives teachers, schools, and districts the support they need to help their students achieve dramatic academic…
by Messner, Patricia A., Copeland, Brenda S.
fromJust the basics
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"An eye-opening exploration of "book hunger"--the unmet need for books in underserved communities-and efforts to universalize access to print. Worldwide, billions of people suffer from book hunger. For them, books are too few, too expensive, or do not even exist in their languag…
Presents proven models for enlivening traditional booktalks with multimedia features, such as music, websites, and film clips.
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with …
Donalyn Miller says she has yet to meet a child she couldn't turn into a reader. No matter how far behind Miller's students might be when they reach her 6th grade classroom, they end up reading an average of 40 to 50 books a year. Miller's unconventional approach dispenses with …
by Borbein, Volker, Baumgarten, Christian, Ewald, Thomas
fromLex:tra
Offers over fifty ideas to promote young adult reading, including such theme programs as crime scene investigation, poetry workshops, readings combined with field trips, and cross-cultural events featuring henna tattooing and food.
Loggers and conservationists : navigating the multiple resource forest through the trees / Alexandra List, Peggy Van Meter, Panayiota Kendeou, Doug Lombardi -- Cognitive and socio-cultural theories on competencies and practices involved in learning with multiple external represe…
