Download or read book Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt written by Lisa Campbell Ernst and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1992-04-20 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Sam Johnson inadvertently discovers how much fun sewing can be, he tries to join the Rosedale Women's Quilting Club. "Don't be silly," the club president says. "We can't have a man here bungling everything!" But Sam Johnson won't take no for an answer. He organizes a rival sewing circle -- and no women need apply.
Download or read book Sam Johnson And The Blue Ribbon written by Lisa Ernst and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club.
Download or read book Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt Literature Library Level 3 Unit 4 written by Math and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While mending the awning over the pig pen, Sam discovers that he enjoys sewing the various patches together but meets with scorn and ridicule when he asks his wife if he could join her quilting club.
Download or read book The Common Core in Action written by Deborah J. Jesseman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses Common Core State Standard curriculum resources to assist the school librarian in collaborating with classroom teachers. Librarians are being asked to understand the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and their implications to programming and instruction, as well as to collection development planning. Using lesson plans originally published in School Library Monthly, this title builds upon them, adding many additional plans that address CCSS issues. The plans will help you implement the standards and can also be used as stepping stones to facilitate planning conversations and collaboration with teachers to co-teach lessons correlated with the standards. The book begins with an overview of the CCSSwhat they are, how are they different from the content standards, and what the implications are for schools where the state has adopted them, including what the CCSS mean for collection development. It then goes on to explore the opportunities the CCSS present for the school librarian, looking at how you can become a leader in employing the process. The majority of the book is devoted to reproducible lesson plans, organized by curricular area or topic and grade level for ease of use.
Download or read book Social Studies Through Children s Literature written by Anthony D. Fredericks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1991-10-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this activity-centered, literature-based approach to get students excited about social studies. These 32 units have summaries of books, social studies topic areas, lists of content-related words, curricular perspectives, and critical-thinking questions, as well as myriad activities. Fredericks also gives you an excellent annotated bibliography of children's literature and a list of social studies resources.
Download or read book Start Seeing Diversity written by Ellen Wolpert and published by Redleaf Press. This book was released on 2005-06-13 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start Seeing Diversity helps teachers recognize and reduce bias in young children by illustrating one community's effort to create a responsive child care program. Developed by teachers at Washington-Beech Community Preschool in Boston, this training handbook provides a framework for understanding bias among preschool children, reorganized for stand-alone use as a student text. Nine detailed chapters treat six areas of bias—gender, age, sexual orientation, race and ethnicity, economic class, and physical abilities—as well as the goals and guiding assumptions of anti-bias curriculum. Accompanying discussion questions encourage readers to examine their own memories and experiences. Perfect for pre-service and in-service teacher training, this helpful guide includes information-rich appendices containing: Guidelines for challenging oppression and responding to incidents involving bias A checklist for creating and assessing anti-bias environments A guide to analyzing children's books Directions for making photograph games like the ones used at Washington-Beech The book also includes sample scenarios, details for classroom implementation, suggested resources, and guidelines for group leaders. Ellen Wolpert is the founding director of the Washington-Beech Community Preschool in Boston. Ms. Wolpert currently works for Education Development Center, Inc., in Newton, Massachusetts.
Download or read book Using Paired Text to Meet the Common Core written by William Bintz and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2014-12-17 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaching students to make connections across related texts promotes engagement and improves reading comprehension and content learning. This practical guide explains how to select and teach a wide range of picture books as paired text--two books related by topic, theme, or genre--in grades K-8. The author provides mini-lessons across the content areas, along with hundreds of recommendations for paired text, each linked to specific Common Core standards for reading literature and informational texts. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book includes 22 reproducible graphic organizers and other useful tools. Purchasers also get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible materials.
Download or read book Discrete Mathematics in the Schools written by Joseph G. Rosenstein and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides teachers of all levels with a great deal of valuable material to help them introduce discrete mathematics into their classrooms.
Download or read book Daily Discoveries for JULY ENHANCED eBook written by Elizabeth Cole Midgley and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book in the popular Daily Discoveries series makes it possible for every day in the classroom to be a celebration! Celebrations include: Picnic Day, Fun with Puppets Day, Liberty Bell Day, Treasure Island Day, Man on the Moon Day, Pioneer Day, Beat the Heat Day, Beatrix Potter's Birthday and many more. The activity suggestions will add a little spice to your curriculum: language arts, social studies, writing, math, science and health, music and drama, physical fitness, art, etc.
Download or read book Daily Discoveries for DECEMBER written by Elizabeth Cole Midgley and published by Lorenz Educational Press. This book was released on 2005-03-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides language arts, social studies, writing, math, science, health, music, drama, physical fitness, and art activities for use in kindergarten through sixth grade classes which celebrate the month of December. Includes lists of books and bulletin board ideas.
Download or read book Geometric Quilting written by Debbie Connolly and published by Teaching and Learning Company. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect lifesaver for anytime you need to save the day! This rich resource provides complete instructions and materials for organized, engaging, theme-based activities. You can turn to this anytime a field trip gets rained out or a school assembly is cancelled at the last minute.
Download or read book Teaching on Solid Ground written by Dominic Belmonte and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a visit to a seaside town in Australia, fifteen-year-old Sam meets Annabel, who works at the local museum. Annabel's interest in history is infectious, and Sam soon finds himself eager to hunt for the remains of a boat called the Mahogany Ship--a shipwreck sought after by many. When a storm creates an erosion hole that exposes a structure, Sam and Annabel are convinced it's the fabled ship. Soon all of the museum staff are at the erosion site to check it out. But the same storm also destroys the museum's power; someone knows the alarms aren't working and steals the museum's most treasured artifact, a large porcelain peacock worth $4 million. As Sam and Annabel search for the thief, they realize there may be a link between the fabled shipwreck and the recent theft. Ebooks available from the following retailers:
Download or read book We are Many We are One written by Colleen McDonald and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Math through Children s Literature written by Kathryn Braddon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1993-02-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use children's literature as a springboard to successful mathematical literacy. This book contains summaries of books, each related to the NCTM Standards, that will help children gain familiarity with and an understanding of mathematical concepts. Each chapter has classroom-tested activities and a bibliography of additional books to further expand student learning.
Download or read book More Social Studies Through Childrens Literature written by Anthony D. Fredericks and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-02-15 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These dynamic literature-based activities will help you energize the social studies curriculum and implement national (and many of state) standards. Fredericks presents hundreds of hands-on, minds-on projects to stimulate actively and engage students in positive learning. Each of these 33 units offers book summaries, social studies topic areas, critical thinking questions, and dozens of easy-to-do activities for every grade level. The author also gives practical guidelines for integrating literature across the curriculum, lists of web sites useful in social studies classes, and annotated bibliographies of related resources.
Download or read book Bookpeople written by Sharron L. McElmeel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1992-06-15 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen units focus on authors who speak about their ethnic heritage through their books and those who write or illustrate multicultural materials. Each unit includes a full-size photograph and a brief biography containing bits of background information that will fascinate students. Activities that reinforce the multicultural theme and bibliographies of related books and films are also featured. Ideal for the media center and the integrated curriculum. Grades 1-6.
Download or read book Talking with Artists written by Pat Cummings and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen distinguished picture book artists talk about their early art experiences and offer encouragement to those who would like to become artists.
