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In Deanna Pecaski McLennan's kindergarten classroom, math isn't
limited to a specific block of time. It's built into the
environment and inseparable from everything her young students do.
All of the math is infused with a sense of exploration, wonder, and
joy. Deanna's book, Joyful Math, is about creating invitations for
young children to engage with math ideas through art, literacy, and
outdoor play. She focuses on building spaces in early childhood
classrooms where children see themselves as mathematical thinkers
with valuable ideas from the very start. Joyful Math is filled with
a range of tools and models, including: stories, vignettes, and
photos illustrating how to develop a classroom environment that
fosters curiosity and wonder for mathematics practical tips for
inviting students to engage in mathematical play throughout the day
examples of ways to document children's experiences to make math
learning visible to parents and the greater community Supported by
her experiences exploring math with young children, Deanna's
methods will inspire educators to be curious about math, take
risks, try different approaches, observe carefully, and collaborate
with children as co-learners.
How do you take the passion and chatter that K-5 students bring to
the classroom and turn it into conversation skills that make them
better learners? Academic conversation can help hone speaking and
listening, critical thinking, and social-emotional skills, as well
as deepen content knowledge. But despite its effectiveness, this
kind of purposeful, student-led discussion is rarely taught or used
at the elementary level. The mystery for teachers is how to support
students at various stages of development and build an environment
of trust that lets them cultivate these skills. In Demystifying
Discussion, veteran teacher Jennifer Orr gives elementary school
teachers a primer on teaching students to engage in student-led
academic conversation. The strategies, sample assessments, and
example conversations in this book show you how to help young
learners get better at sharing, exploring, and synthesizing their
individual and collective thinking. You'll also learn how to manage
different perspectives and disagreements among students. This is a
book to use all year long to improve classroom discussion, hone
students' skills (and your own), and enhance students' overall
learning throughout their time in school and beyond.
Suitable for ages 9 and 10 (Year 5) Provides targeted questions for
grammar, punctuation and spelling Ideal for home learning and
additional practice outside of the classroom Answers included in
the back of the book Remember, revise and practise This bright,
colourful and easy to use write-in workbook makes it simple and fun
for Year 5 children to recap, revisit and reinforce what they've
learned about grammar, punctuation and spelling. Its lively,
friendly approach will test and strengthen their knowledge as it
recognises their achievements and gently motivates future progress.
Boost skills and build confidence An engaging array of targeted
exercises allow Year 5 children to test their understanding of the
grammar, punctuation and spelling they've learned so far, practise
all their skills, cement their knowledge and feel positive and
confident about their ability to achieve and succeed. Get prepared
for test success! With SATs-style practice questions, vital
revision content that recaps what they've been learning in class,
tick boxes to mark their progress and full answers to check their
work, children will quickly begin to feel ready for success in the
tests.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Suitable for ages 10 and 11 (Year 6) Provides targeted questions
for grammar, punctuation and spelling Ideal for home learning and
additional practice outside of the classroom Answers included in
the back of the book Remember, revise and practise This bright,
colourful and easy to use write-in workbook makes it simple and fun
for Year 6 children to recap, revisit and reinforce what they've
learned about grammar, punctuation and spelling throughout Key
Stage 2. Its lively, friendly approach will test and strengthen
their knowledge as it recognises their achievements and gently
motivates further progress. Boost skills and build confidence An
engaging array of targeted exercises allow Year 6 children to test
their understanding of grammar, punctuation and spelling, practise
all their skills, cement their knowledge and feel positive and
confident about their ability to achieve and succeed. Get prepared
for test success! With SATs-style practice questions, vital
revision content that recaps what they've been learning in class,
tick boxes to mark their progress and full answers to check their
work, children will quickly begin to feel ready for success in the
tests.
Build up to better results With its flexible and progressive
approach, this unique 3-Step Test Booster book is the ultimate way
to help children test their grammar, punctuation and spelling
skills whilst efficiently and effectively preparing them for the
official tests. Practise and prepare for SATs success Fast
10-minute tests will help children get to grips with SATs-style
questions. As they advance to the more challenging 20- and
30-minute tests they'll quickly begin to build their stamina and
feel pride in their progress as they get plenty of practise putting
their grammar, punctuation and spelling to the test. Boost skills
and confidence Children can mark and track their achievements
throughout using the expert answer key and feedback notes to
identify their weaknesses and build on their strengths. As they
work step-by-step through each test they'll finish feeling
confident, prepared and ready to sit their KS2 English SATs.
Give children playful opportunities to master the top 50
high-frequency words with this engaging collection of "sight-word
trees " These systematic reproducibles give students plenty of
practice with must-know sight words to dramatically improve their
reading, writing, and spelling skills. Perfect for homework and a
great way to get kids on target to meet the Foundational Skills for
Reading outlined in the Common Core Standards For use with Grades
K-2.
Creative form drawing helps children develop hand to eye
co-ordination, spatial orientation, observation skills, attention,
confident movement, drawing skills and the foundation skills for
handwriting. Originally developed by Rudolf Steiner, creative form
drawing is used widely in Steiner and Waldorf Schools to enable
healthy child development and learning. Form drawing can also be
used for helping transform learning difficulties. This books covers
the why, what and how of creative form drawing, providing a
comprehensive, practical resource for teachers of children aged 6
to 12 years.
Karen Quinn has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to
prepare their children for testing, and "Testing For Kindergarten"
is her ultimate, comprehensive guide to having fun while teaching
to the underlying abilities every test assesses.
Whether your child is going to a private kindergarten or a public
school, he or she will most likely be tested--and placed in
classrooms according to those results. But information about
intelligence tests is closely guarded, and it can be difficult to
understand what your kids need to know.
As an expert who has successfully taught hundreds of parents how to
work with their own children, Karen Quinn has written the ultimate
guide to preparing your child for kindergarten testing. The
activities she suggests are "not "about "teaching to the test."
They are about having fun while teaching to the underlying
abilities every test assesses.
From the "right" way to have a conversation to natural ways to
bring out your child's inner math geek, Quinn shares the techniques
that every parent can do with their kids to give them the best
chance to succeed in school and beyond. It's just good
parenting--and better test scores are icing on the cake.
Social justice is a philosophy that has gathered momentum over the
past few years to bring to light the inequities that exist within
our society. In the field of education, social justice illuminates
the challenges that marginalized students and minority students
face compared to other students. Social Justice and
Culturally-Affirming Education in K-12 Settings seeks to bring
together social scientists, researchers, and other practitioners to
delve into social justice issues in K-12 settings and considers the
various challenges and future directions that are associated with
this field. Covering key topics such as inclusive education,
educational reform, and school policies, this reference work is
ideal for administrators, policymakers, researchers, academicians,
practitioners, scholars, instructors, and students.
Help students become stronger writers with these fun-to-do learning
packets on the important topics of capitalization, commas,
apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and so much more Each
reproducible packet targets and teaches one type of
punctuation--such as commas--in an easy and thorough way to ensure
kids REALLY learn the rules. Perfect for homework or meaningful
seatwork For use with Grades 3-6.
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