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“You can’t learn to hit a three-point shot without missing a
lot of shots. You can’t learn to play a piece of music correctly
without striking a lot of wrong notes.” And, as Nancy Anderson
explains in What’s Right About Wrong Answers, “You can’t
learn math without making mistakes.” Nancy turns mistakes on
their head and helps you cleverly use them to students’
advantage. Each of the twenty-two activities in this book focuses
on important ideas in grades 4–5 mathematics. By examining comic
strips, letters to a fictitious math expert from confused students,
and sample student work containing mistakes, your learners explore
typical math mistakes, reflect on why they’re wrong, and move
toward deeper understanding. Each activity includes: a summary of
the mathematical content and highlighted error; Common Core
connections; prerequisite knowledge that students need; required
reproducibles, manipulatives, and other tools; the big underlying
math ideas; and suggestions for implementing the activity. Each
activity can be used to enhance units of instruction and help
students prepare for assessments that are aligned with the Common
Core and similar state standards.
Told from his perspective, The Story of John J. Corbin relates the
adventures experienced by John Corbin as he took part in the
settlement of the Western United States. Corbin served as an Indian
Scout in the Army. While not always politically correct by today's
standards, The Story of John J. Corbin describes the experiences of
the man in the vernacular of the day in a manner which allows the
reader to imagine they are listening to the man himself speak.
About the Book BARNABY'S SONG Nancy Floege Anderson Author ID: 966
864 Being happy with ourselves, whatever our own unique strengths
and frailties, is often a lesson late learned. For Barnaby,
however, it comes early. Barnaby was born enjoying his genetic
"gifts" and so wastes few moments in regret. Though from birth on,
Barnaby's singing is a trial to all but him, he healthily deals
with exclusion and animosity from others. Finally, during a
fourth-grade emergency, the truth of his gift comes out. Barnaby's
story sends a message of self-acceptance and promise of a time to
shine. Who knows where hidden talents will take us? Maybe the
vibrational cosmos has unseen dimensions for us all. Easy reading
for grades three to five, Barnaby's story contains much use of
figurative speech such as personification metaphors, similes,
alliteration, and of course, oxymorons. Affixes and compound words
provide teaching elements as well, making it an entity for
classroom fun as well as individual enjoyment.
Historian, novelist, and masterful teacher Richard Marius struggled
with religious belief throughout his life. His very devout mother
taught him to memorize the Bible from a very early age and
influenced him to make a commitment to enter the ministry when he
was a senior in high school. However, during his first year at the
University of Tennessee, his faith was shaken by a reading
assignment in freshman English--an essay in which the author argues
that the universe is purposeless and meaningless. After receiving a
Bachelor of Divinity degree from Southern Baptist Seminary in
Louisville, Kentucky, Marius attended graduate school at Yale
University to study Renaissance and Reformation history, receiving
a PhD in history with a dissertation on Sir Thomas More. During his
years as a student, he occasionally held the position of supply
pastor, but, after graduation from Yale, he decided to enter the
academic world as a history professor. And he continued to preach
when the opportunity arose. Wrestling with God is a collection of
twenty-three sermons or meditations, delivered in a variety of
settings, and spanning Richard Marius's adult life from the late
1950s until a few months before his death. Many of them were
delivered at Morning Prayers, a daily service in the Appleton
Chapel of the Memorial Church at Harvard University. In these
selections, he explores the questions of faith and doubt, belief
and unbelief, good and evil. His explications are informed by an
eclectic knowledge of the Bible, art and architecture, music,
literature, history, philosophy and theology, politics and current
events, travel, and languages. A skeptical humanist, Marius
nevertheless was infused with his own kindof religious feeling, and
his struggle to find meaning and purpose in his life will resonate
with all readers who struggle with the ultimate questions of
existence.
The creation and processing of visual representations in the life
sciences is a critical but often overlooked aspect of scientific
pedagogy. The Educated Eye follows the nineteenth-century embrace
of the visible in new spectatoria, or demonstration halls, through
the twentieth-century cinematic explorations of microscopic realms
and simulations of surgery in virtual reality. With essays on Doc
Edgerton's stroboscopic techniques that froze time and Eames's
visualization of scale in Powers of Ten, among others, contributors
ask how we are taught to see the unseen.
The 20s and 30s are the time to go for the gold, to experiment with
many options, to try different personas, and to learn from a wide
variety of successes and failures. Navigating the transition into
the second half of life takes courage and persistence, since the
youthful self holds on with all its might in a culture that values
outer success more than inner success. As they begin to look
inward, people at midlife realize they aren't living a life that
satisfies anymore. It may be some dream they didn't follow or it
may be that they no longer want the constraints of a corporate,
high-pressure job. And, regardless of what they may have
accomplished financially or in their career and personal lives,
many boomers still feel trepidation and chagrin as they face the
next stage of life: retirement. They realize they haven't done what
they'd set out to do or that they don't have enough savings to
retire successfully or happily. This book guides these readers to
examine their lives and their choices, showing them that by
reviewing their 'life scripts', they can begin to see where their
passion lies and how to pursue those passions, leading to not only
more satisfaction but also financial rewards.
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