Download or read book Effective Strategies for Teaching in K 8 Classrooms written by Kenneth D. Moore and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a wealth of reflection activities and connections to standards, this concise, easy-to-read teaching methods text equips students with the content knowledge and skills they need to become effective K–8 teachers. The book maximizes instructional flexibility, reflects current educational issues, highlights recent research, and models best pedagogical practices. Current and realistic examples, a section in each chapter on using technology in the classroom, and material on differentiating instruction for diverse learners—including students with special needs and English language learners—make this a must-have resource for any K–8 teacher.
Download or read book The Instructional Leader s Guide to Implementing K 8 Science Practices written by Rebecca Lowenhaupt and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2021-10-25 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, engaging primer on the eight science practices at the heart of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), providing K–8 instructional leaders with the grounding they need to ensure excellent science instruction in every classroom. The NGSS reconceptualize science instruction by redefining the teacher as someone who helps students construct their own knowledge by "thinking like scientists" and engaging in discrete science practices. However, with STEM teachers in short supply and generalists often feeling underprepared to teach elementary and middle school science, what can instructional leaders do to ensure students get a strong start in this critical area and learn to love science? Although a content-neutral approach to supervision—one that emphasizes general pedagogical features such as student engagement, cognitive load, or classroom management—is undoubtedly beneficial, the best instructional leaders know that content-specific approaches are necessary to achieve real excellence. We therefore need to go deeper if we want to engage both teachers and students with the science practices. We need science-specific supervision. With that in mind, the authors provide vignettes and examples of the science practices in use, advice on observing science classrooms, concrete look-fors, and guidance on fostering ongoing teacher learning. They also offer a rich compendium of research- and evidence-based resources, including sample lessons, FAQs, and more than a dozen downloadable tools to facilitate classroom observation, feedback sessions, and professional development. This is an essential guide for any K–8 instructional leader who wants to empower all teachers to provide all students with rich science experiences and develop the cognitive and noncognitive skills students will need to thrive in more advanced courses, work, and society.
Download or read book Curriculum and Instructional Methods for the Elementary and Middle School written by Johanna K. Lemlech and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike texts that focus on either the "how" or "what" of teaching, Curriculum and Instructional Methods for the Elementary and Middle School explores both the "how" (instruction) and "what" (content), and provides an integrative approach to ensure teachers a broad knowledge base when they enter the classroom. This successful K-8 elementary methods text includes both general topics of classroom management, learner differences, planning, assessment, and models of teaching with unique chapters on integrating the best teaching strategies for each content area. By incorporating detailed teaching scenarios, this text offers teacher candidates a hands-on, real-world approach with practical instructional strategies and teaching hints related to research, ELL, planning, and more! The new edition includes coverage of current issues and topics impacting teachers and students in today's classrooms are including bullying (Ch. 2 & 14), school safety and violence (Ch.1), home schooling and charter schools (Ch. 1 & 14), and much more.
Download or read book K 8 Instructional Methods written by Allan C. Ornstein and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This general methods text presents the preservice teacher educator with relevant instructional methods, strategies, and techniques to help develop an understanding of how literacy instruction impacts the entire K-8 curriculum. Students' success in school, particularly in these days of vigorous academic standards and high-stakes testing, is related to their abilities to read, comprehend, analyze, and reflect through critical thinking, writing, and computer interactions. The text is organized in a realistic and easy-to-use format, offering ideas for integrating theory with practice to improve the teaching and learning process. The authors demonstrate solid instructional practices that emphasize reading and related literacy development through the content areas in each grade K-8. The text also examines the impact that reading and literacy development have had upon diversity and multiculturalism, special learners, at-risk and economically disadvantaged students, and technology and computers.
Download or read book Effective Strategies for Teaching in K 8 Classrooms written by Kenneth D. Moore and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring a wealth of reflection activities and connections to standards, this concise, easy-to-read teaching methods text equips students with the content knowledge and skills they need to become effective K–8 teachers. The book maximizes instructional flexibility, reflects current educational issues, highlights recent research, and models best pedagogical practices. Current and realistic examples, a section in each chapter on using technology in the classroom, and material on differentiating instruction for diverse learners—including students with special needs and English language learners—make this a must-have resource for any K–8 teacher.
Download or read book 200 Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading written by Kathy Perez and published by Solution Tree. This book was released on 2016-10-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "200+ Proven Strategies for Teaching Reading, Grades K-8 is an easy-to-use reference guide for teachers who seek to invigorate their literacy practices. Author Kathy Perez provides practical, brain research-based invervention techniques and reading strategies K-8 teachers can use to help all students - especially those who are struggling - make strides in their literacy achievement. As an experienced general educator, special educator, reading specialist, and literacy coach, Perez has a deep understanding of the instructional practices and interventions necessary to help meet all learners' diverse needs. Teachers can motivate and engage all students to develop their reading abilities through practices this book highlights."--Back cover.
Download or read book Interdisciplinary Instruction written by Karlyn E. Wood and published by Waveland Press. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth edition of this practical guide to interdisciplinary instruction focuses on the thinking and reasoning skills mandated by the Common Core State Standards and the content-learning standards required by an increasing number of states. The author provides an easy-to-follow, step-by-step guide to designing, creating, and implementing unit and lesson plans for all learners. Both pre-service and in-service elementary and middle-school teachers will find Wood’s approach to be comprehensive, with a strong theoretical foundation. Using Wiggins and McTighe’s backward design process, Wood offers specific protocols for creating unit and lesson plans at the elementary and middle-school levels. By emphasizing differential instruction, constructivist educational philosophy, application of skills in meaningful context, and the art of engaging student interest, he demonstrates how diverse student populations can benefit from the interdisciplinary approach. Prospective teachers will learn to create interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary plans that promote problem solving, creativity, and social interaction. Examples abound, with an appendix of sample unit plan designs filled with ideas for lessons and activities.
Download or read book Teaching Academic Vocabulary K 8 written by Camille Blachowicz and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2013-04-14 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book showcases effective ways to build the vocabulary knowledge K-8 learners need to engage meaningfully in reading, writing, and discussion on academic subjects. The distinguished authors draw on decades of classroom experience to explain what academic vocabulary is, how it fits into the Common Core State Standards, and how targeting vocabulary can enhance conceptual understanding in English language arts, social studies, and math and science. Rich classroom vignettes, teaching tips, and examples of student work are included. The book also features helpful figures, word lists, discussion questions, and recommended print and online resources.
Download or read book Curriculum Mapping for Differentiated Instruction K 8 written by Michelle A. Langa and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2006-10-13 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This easy-to-use guide to curriculum mapping and instructional planning for K–8 student-centered classrooms blends standards, rubrics, interdisciplinary units, and a "Teacher's Tool Chest" for successful learning.
Download or read book Differentiated Instruction for K 8 Math and Science written by Mary Hamm and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers practical recommendations to reach every student in a K-8 classroom. Research-based and written in a teacher-friendly style, it will help teachers with classroom organization and lesson planning in math and science. Included are math and science games, activities, ideas, and lesson plans based on the math and science standards. This book will help your students to develop positive attitudes and raise competency in math and science.
Download or read book Tools and Traits for Highly Effective Science Teaching K 8 written by Jo Anne Vasquez and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A must-have for every elementary science teacher striving to be highly effective and for every support person addressing the needs of science teachers. - Linda Froschauer NSTA President 2006 - 2007 This important book helps us understand the details of effective science instruction in the elementary grades. Our job is to learn from this work and use it as we prepare future teachers and support current teachers as they collaborate to become effective elementary science teachers. - George D. Nelson Director, Science Mathematics and Technology Education, Western Washington University At last, we have a comprehensive resource that can help teachers, administrators, and anyone who deeply cares about the science learning of our children... help elementary teachers become both "highly qualified" and "highly effective" teachers of science. - Page Keeley Senior Science Program Director, Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance What does top-notch, learning-centered teaching look like in science? To move from competence to excellence, what should teachers know and be able to do? Tools & Traits for Highly Effective Science Teaching, K - 8 answers those questions and shows you how to make powerful practices part of your science instruction. Even if you have little formal training or background knowledge in science, Tools & Traits for Highly Effective Science Teaching, K - 8 pulls together cognitive and educational research to present an indispensable framework for science in the elementary and middle grades. You'll discover teaching that increases students' engagement and makes them enthusiastic participants in their own science learning. Tools & Traits for Highly Effective Science Teaching, K - 8 answers vital and frequently asked questions: How do you structure inquiry-oriented lessons? What assessment probes and seamless formative assessments work best? What is integration and what is it not? How can literacy be powerfully linked to science learning? How do you manage activity-based learning? How do you provide science for students with various abilities. language proficiencies, and special needs? Its practical, proven, and research-based advice helps you understand what strong science teaching looks like and gives you the repertoire of skills you need to implement it in your classroom. The National Science Education Standards say that "everyone deserves to share in the excitement and personal fulfillment that can come from understanding and learning about the natural world." Whether you are reassessing your own teaching or examining it in light of state and federal science-education mandates, Tools & Traits for Highly Effective Science Teaching, K - 8 will make a difference in your teaching and in your students' lives.
Download or read book Teaching English Language Learners written by Michaela Colombo and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-three evidence-based strategies for teaching English language learners Ideal as a supplementary text for a variety of courses and as a guide for in-service teachers and for professional development settings, Teaching English Language Learners: 43 Strategies for Successful K–8 Classrooms provides teachers of all content areas with a broad, practical approach to teaching English language learners in the regular classroom setting.
Download or read book Small Teaching K 8 written by Sarah Sanders and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2022-11-23 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive science research-based teaching techniques any educator can implement in their K-8 classroom In Small Teaching K-8, a team of veteran educators bridges the gap between cognitive theory and the K-8 classroom environment, applying the same foundational research found in author James Lang’s bestselling Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning to the elementary and middle school setting. Via clear descriptions and step-by-step methods, the book demonstrates how to integrate simple interventions into pre-existing pedagogical techniques to dramatically improve student outcomes. The interventions consist of classroom or online learning activities, one-time additions, or small modifications in course design or communication. Regardless of their form, they all deliver powerful, positive consequences. In this book, readers will also find: Foundational concepts from up-to-date cognitive research that has implications for classroom teaching and the rationales for using them in a K-8 classroom Concrete examples of how interventions have been used by faculty in various disciplines Directions on the specific timing of each intervention, backed by evidence-based reasons An essential resource for K-8 educators seeking ways to improve their efficacy in the classroom, Small Teaching K-8 offers teachers intuitive and actionable advice on helping students absorb and retain knowledge for the long-term.
Download or read book 50 Literacy Strategies for Culturally Responsive Teaching K 8 written by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2006-04-12 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make literacy meaningful in your classroom for students of all cultures! Field-tested for K-8 teachers, this book introduces students to the cultural diversity in their own classroom communities through a wealth of teaching and learning strategies. This resource celebrates awareness of individual, ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity, and addresses all aspects of studies within the context of culturally responsive teaching. Strategies, easily adapted to the learner’s level, are linked to six major themes: Classroom community Home, community, and nation Multicultural literature events Critical media literacy Global perspectives and literacy development Inquiry learning and literacy learning
Download or read book A Handbook for Literacy Instructional and Assessment Strategies K 8 written by Patricia Antonacci and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to the step-by-step format, each instructional strategy is aligned to an assessment tool that facilitates the teachers' assessing and documenting students' progress using classroom performances that are part of the literacy program."--Jacket.
Download or read book Differentiated Instructional Strategies written by Gayle Gregory and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating book, the author of The Hinge Factor and The Weather Factor surveys revolutions across the centuries, vividly portraying the people and events that brought wrenching, often enduring and always bloody change to countries and societies almost overnight. Durschmied begins with the French Revolution and goes on to examine the revolutions of Mexico in 1910, Russia in 1917, and Japan in 1945, as well as the failed putsch against Hitler in 1944. His account of the Cuban Revolution is peppered with personal anecdotes for he was the first foreign correspondent to meet Castro when the future leader was still in the Sierra Maestra. He concludes with the Iranian Revolution that ousted the Shah in 1979 another that he personally covered and, in a new preface, extends his analysis to the Arab Spring.Each revolution, Durschmied contends, has its own dynamic and memorable cast of characters, but all too often the end result is the same: mayhem, betrayal, glory, and death. Unlike the American Revolution, which is the counterexample, few revolutions are spared the harsh reality that most devour their own children. Durschmied is a supremely gifted reporter who has transformed the media he works in. Newsweek A] light and lively narrative that serves as a useful introduction for the general reader. Library Journal
Download or read book Differentiated Instructional Strategies Professional Learning Guide written by Gayle H. Gregory and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Support differentiated instruction schoolwide with this expert guide! The best-selling Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn’t Fit All has been revised to include new strategies and a Common Core lesson-planning template—and this workshop-friendly professional learning guide remains the ideal accompaniment. Inside you’ll find step-by-step training activities for job-embedded professional development, guidelines for small study groups and larger staff development meetings, and: Guidance for individualized support and mentoring Suggestions for evaluation, coaching, observation, and supervision of differentiated instructional practices Research-based responses to concerns about change Implementation and evaluation tools to measure schoolwide progress Resources for implementing large-scale differentiation initiatives
