Download or read book Snowed in at Pokeweed Public School written by John Bianchi and published by Kingston, Ont. : Pokeweed Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heavy snowstorm traps the students and staff in the school overnight thanks to the snoozing Principal Slugmeyer who fails to send everyone home early. Trapped without beds, supper or pajamas, the children rely on their beloved Ms. Mudwortz to help them. And, of course, she saves the day with style, turning a potential disaster into a memorable sleepover that every school child dreams about (and every teacher fears). Originally published in 1991, this is one of Bianchi's best-selling books. With sales of 175,000 copies, it is now back in print as a Pokeweed Press title.
Download or read book Snowed in at Pokeweed Public School written by John Bianchi and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1999-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heavy snowstorm traps the students and staff in the school overnight -- an adventure that appeals to every child and sends shivers through teachers. As is always the case, it is teacher-librarian Ms. Mudwortz who saves the day, imposing order on Principal Slugmeyer's chaos.Author-illustrator John Bianchi pokes gentle fun at the seasonal routines of elementary schools and then weaves an entertaining tale out of the dreams and fears of school children and teachers everywhere. His cast of characters are recognizable to everyone who has ever set foot in a school.
Download or read book Snowed in at Pokeweed Public School written by Scholastic Canada, Limited and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classic Days at Pokeweed Public School written by John Bianchi and published by Kingston, ON : Pokeweed Press. This book was released on 2002-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Bianchi's beloved Pokeweed stories feature the calm, loveable Ms. Mudwortz and her hapless boss, Principal Slugmeyer, in a school-themed series of misadventures. Over 750,000 copies in print.
Download or read book What Every Teacher Should Know About Learning Memory and the Brain written by Donna Walker Tileston and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The holistic guide to understanding how the brain acquires, processes, and interprets information. This concise look at how the brain learns, remembers, and creates meaning will allow every teacher to prepare more effective lesson plans and to create reflective learning opportunities for students. Topics include: The cognitive system: mind, heart, and body How visual learners, auditory learners, and kinesthetic learners acquire and process information Working memory and short-term memory Long-term memory pathways for semantic, episodic, and procedural memory Teaching for declarative and procedural knowledge Constructing meaning Constructing mental modes Automaticity Building a model to facilitate learning Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and Index
Download or read book What Every Teacher Should Know About Instructional Planning written by Donna Walker Tileston and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential guide to lesson planning in the standards-based classroom! Use this clear-sighted guide to keep your focus on what your students need to know and be able to do. Based on state-of-the-art research, this guide will take you from pre-planning through reflection, evidence of learning, and teaching for transfer to real-life situations. Topics include: Pre-planning tools and backward design Using standards Building effective declarative objectives Designing behavioral objectives Helping students organize and store knowledge Evidence of learning: Do they understand? Can they use the information? Planning meaningful learning experiences Building connections between old and new knowledge Putting lesson planning into practice Specific parts of the lesson Declarative knowledge, procedural knowledge, and reflection Building a model for lesson planning Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and Index
Download or read book written by Donna Walker-Tileston and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn a four-step research-based program for differentiating instruction based on the cultural needs, beliefs, and values of diverse learners. The authors show you how to build teacher background knowledge; plan for differentiation; and differentiate context, content, process, product, and assessment. This book provides an opportunity for the education community to engage students at risk whom our schools have often failed.
Download or read book What Every Teacher Should Know About Student Motivation written by Donna Walker Tileston and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010-03-30 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful, brain-friendly strategies for motivating, challenging, and celebrating your students! This second edition is filled with practices for motivating even the most at-risk and reluctant students. Informed by current research on the plasticity of the brain and new insights on the relationship between culture and student motivation, the book features an extended classroom example of motivational techniques in action and vocabulary pre- and post-tests for teachers and details how: Technology influences the brain and motivation Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation are related to celebrations and rewards Specific strategies can motivate students to begin and finish a task Teachers can foster students' positive self-talk and on-task behaviors
Download or read book Sign Out Science written by Silvana Carletti and published by Pembroke Publishers Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using found and recycled materials (string, marbles, plastic containers), you can create more than twenty bags of simple science experiments for use in school and at home. The activities include background information, a vocabulary list, extension activities, and reproducible how-to sheets. Help kids answer their questions about the world around them.
Download or read book Spelling Gr 1 A Complete Strategy Based Program written by and published by On The Mark Press. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book What Every Teacher Should Know About Classroom Management and Discipline written by Donna Walker Tileston and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide for teachers who confront discipline problems in their classrooms, covering the root causes of most dicipline problems. It outlines seven effective tools to prevent and/or minimise those problems, encouraging behaviour modification.
Download or read book What Every Teacher Should Know About Effective Teaching Strategies written by Donna Walker Tileston and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential bag of tools for teaching the standards-based curriculum for higher-level student learning and achievement! This concise collection of effective teaching strategies will be an invaluable guide for every teacher who knows that the way we teach is just as important as what we teach. Chapters cover: Making good decisions about instructional objectives Teaching tools for beginning activities Teaching tools for working with declarative information: vocabulary, facts, data, and more Teaching tools for procedural activities: constructing models, using procedural knowledge, and more Thinking tools and graphic organizers Verbal tools such as brainstorming, Socratic seminars, real world applications, and more Guidelines for lesson planning Vocabulary pre-test, post-test, and summary Bibliography and Index
Download or read book Canadian Book Review Annual written by Joyce M. Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Storymakers written by Canadian Children's Book Centre and published by Pembroke Publishers Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This valuable resource features the colourful biographies of 72 illustrators and artists whose works are considered among the best in the world. Told in the artists' own words, these biographies offer fascinating insights into their lives, and feature a sample illustration from one of their favourite books. Discover how these fantastic artists work, what their favourite books are, who influenced them, and how they came to illustrate children's books.
Download or read book Three Stories High written by John Bianchi and published by Kingston, Ont. : Bungalo Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Readers love to follow the comic antics of the Bungalow Boys. Here are the first three adventures in one volume: 'The Last of the Tree Ranchers,' 'Bushmen Brouhaha,' and 'The Champions of Hockey'" Cf. Our choice, 1996-1997.
Download or read book Canadian Books in Print Author and Title Index written by and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 1610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Children s Books written by Raymond E. Jones and published by Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides teachers, librarians, and other educators, parents and relatives, and students with a comprehensive and detailed examination of Canadian children's books. Each of the 133 entries on authors and illustrators presents factual and critical information along multiple dimensions. In addition to authors and illustrators of historical and contemporary importance in the English mainstream, creators of ethnic, Aboriginal, and French-Canadian origin also are included. There are representatives of regions--the North, the East, the West, and the rest between--and of all genres: retold folktales and myths, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, sports, wilderness adventure, animal epic, chapter books, picture books, poetry, stories for reluctant readers. Appendices list the winners of the major English-Canadian children's book awards and sources for further reading.
