Download or read book You Can t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime written by Harriet Ziefert and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clink, clink, clink, clinkity ... Money saved in a bank makes your brain think-thinkity! Children are fascinated by money. And Pete is no exception. The rhymed verse describes how Pete saves his allowance, spends too much and starts over. Young readers will join him as he saves, spends and strategizes over future purchases. The lively combination of fact and fiction, plus humorous art, will prove thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable.
Download or read book You Can t Buy a Dinosaur with a Dime written by Harriet Ziefert and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clink, clink, clink, clink...Clink, clink, clinkity... Money saved in a bank makes your brain think-thinkity Children are fascinated by moneyhow it looks, feels, smells, and most of all, what it buys. And Pete is no exception. The rhymed verse describes how Pete saves his allowance, spends too much of it, has second thoughts, and starts over. Young readers will not only applaud Pete's decisions, but join him in his computations as he saves, spends, and strategizes over future purchases. The lively combination of fact and fiction, plus humorous art, will prove both thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable.
Download or read book Math Memories You Can Count on written by Jo-Anne Lake and published by Pembroke Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores ways to teach math principles using children`s books, shows how to connect children with real-world math, and encourages linking text with relevant manipulatives in a hands-on, minds-on, problem-solving environment. Book lists, suggested activities, assessment strategies. and reproducible graphic organizers are included. Primary level.
Download or read book You Can y Buy A Dinosaur With A Dime written by Harriet Ziefert and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Money Grades K 2 written by Debra Olson Pressnall and published by Key Education Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make math matter to students in kindergarten-grade 2 using Money! This 64-page book helps students recognize, sort, and count coins. Students learn vocabulary, as well as how to order and exchange coins by value, use coins to shop, and solve story problems. This book includes reproducible pages, teaching suggestions, a pretest and posttest, fun activities, games, and a reproducible parent letter. It is great for whole-group lessons, independent work, learning centers, and at-home enrichment. The book supports NCTM standards. Key Education products are intended to engage and educate young and special learners, as well as assist teachers in building a strong and developmentally appropriate curriculum for these children. The product lineÑcomprised of teacher/parent resource books, photographic learning cards, and other activity- and game-oriented materialsÑis designed to assist in ÒUnlocking the Potential in Every Child.Ó
Download or read book A to Zoo written by Rebecca L. Thomas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 3583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
Download or read book Hands On Mathematics Grade 3 written by Jennifer Lawson and published by Portage & Main Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 826 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This teacher resource offers a detailed introduction to the Hands-On Mathematics program (guiding principles, implementation guidelines, an overview of the processes that grade 3 students use and develop during mathematics inquiry), and a classroom assessment plan complete with record-keeping templates and connections to the Achievement Levels outlined in the Ontario Mathematics Curriculum. It also provides strategies and visual resources for developing students' mental math skills. Each unit is divided into lessons that focus on specific curricular expectations. Each lesson has materials lists, activity descriptions, questioning techniques problem-solving examples, activity centre and extension ideas, assessment suggestions, activity sheets and visuals.--Portage & Main Press.
Download or read book Mathematics in the K 8 Classroom and Library written by Sueanne McKinney and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two experts on education offer a rich and diverse selection of children's literature and teaching strategies for the K-8 mathematics classroom. Taking advantage of quality, motivating literature during mathematics instruction pays off, especially when teachers and media specialists work together to convey crucial mathematical concepts and standards. Mathematics in the K-8 Classroom and Library shows you how it's done. After an introduction to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics's (NCTM) Principles and Process Standards, each remaining chapter is devoted to an NCTM content standard. The book offers engaging, research-based strategies and booklists of specific titles that, together, can be used to increase student achievement. The strategies suggested here provide a hands-on, student-centered focus that allows students to make connections with prior learning, personal experiences, and good books. Both the recommended children's books and the activities will appeal even to reluctant readers and students for whom mathematics might be a challenge. Each chapter includes an extensive, annotated list of texts, dozens of hands-on activities, handouts, and writing prompts.
Download or read book I Can Do Money Word Problems written by Rebecca Wingard-Nelson and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An introduction to money word problems for young readers"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Giant Encyclopedia of Monthly Activities for Children 3 to 6 written by Kathy Charner and published by Gryphon House, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 600 activities for the primary classroom that provides creative ideas for all topics across the curriculum that helps to develop both literacy and imaginative play.
Download or read book Best STEM Resources for NextGen Scientists written by Jennifer L. Hopwood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended to support the national initiative to strengthen learning in areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, this book helps librarians who work with youth in school and public libraries to build better collections and more effectively use these collections through readers' advisory and programming. A versatile and multi-faceted guide, Best STEM Resources for NextGen Scientists: The Essential Selection and User's Guide serves as a readers' advisory and collection development resource for youth services and school librarians seeking to bring STEM-related titles into their collections and introduce teachers and young readers to them. This book not only guides readers to hundreds of the best STEM-related titles—fiction and non-fiction printed materials as well as apps, DVDs, websites, and games—it also includes related activities or programming ideas to help promote the use of the collection to patrons or students in storytime, afterschool programs, or passive library programs. After a detailed discussion of the importance of STEM and the opportunities librarians have for involvement, the book lists and describes best STEM resources for young learners. Resources are organized according to the reading audiences for which they are intended, from toddlers through teens, and the book includes annotated lists of both fiction and nonfiction STEM titles as well as graphic novels, digital products, and online resources. In addition, the author offers a selection of professional readings for librarians and media specialists who wish to further expand their knowledge.
Download or read book Collecting for the Curriculum written by Amy J. Catalano and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2015-09-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're a librarian charged with collecting curriculum materials and children's literature to support the Common Core State Standards, then this bookthe only one that offers explicit advice on collection development in curriculum collectionsis for you. While there are many publications on the Common Core for school librarians and K12 educators, no such literature exists for curriculum librarians at the post-secondary level. This book fills that gap, standing alone as a guide to collection development for curriculum librarians independent of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The book provides instruction and guidance to curriculum librarians who acquire and manage collections so you can develop a collection based on best practices. The book begins with a primer on the CCSS and how curriculum librarians can support them. Discussion of the Standards is then woven through chapters, arranged by content area, that share research-based practices in curriculum development and instruction to guide you in curriculum selection. Material types covered include games, textbooks, children's literature, primary sources, counseling, and nonfiction. Additional chapters cover the management of curriculum collections, testing collections, and instruction and reference, as well as how to support and collect for special needs learners. Current practices in collection development for curriculum materials librarians are also reviewed. The book closes with a discussion of the future of curriculum materials.
Download or read book Innovations in Economic Education written by Mary Beth Henning and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-25 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovations in Economic Education addresses the growing issue of financial illiteracy by showing how economics can be successfully integrated into classrooms from kindergarten through higher education. Pre-service teachers, experienced educators, curriculum leaders, parents, and school administrators will find practical ideas to improve economic understanding. At the elementary level, the book provides creative ways of introducing young students to the basic concepts of economics, financial justice, and social action. For higher grade levels, the book offers ideas to integrate economics into current history, civics, and math curricula. The final portion of the book features recommendations by leading economic educators on how economics can play a greater role in teachers’ professional development. The pedagogical tools presented in each chapter include lesson plans and practical insights, and are designed to meet the NCSS, C3 Framework, and Common Core State Standards for Social Studies. This book is a timely and valuable resource for all educators interested in improving their students’ economic literacy and financial decision-making.
Download or read book Guided by Meaning in Primary Literacy written by Joyce Armstrong Carroll and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-12-12 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using a research-based approach, this book examines the critical connections between writing and reading, and it explains how to encourage early literacy in the classroom and library. How can teachers and librarians support true literacy in young learners? Are very young children guided by meaning in constructing their reality and their relationship to the world? What is the value of championing writing at the kindergarten level? Guided by Meaning in Primary Literacy: Libraries, Reading, Writing, and Learning answers these questions and many more, providing best practices in early literacy through explicit lessons in writing and reading and demonstrating how the library can extend learning in deep and powerful ways. While some books emphasize reading, others emphasize writing, and still others focus on library instruction, this profound resource brings all of the components of literacy together in a meaningful way. Throughout the book, the authors highlight examples of student writing, anecdotes from the real world, and connections between theory and what happens in practical application. Unique in its thoroughness of content for this age group, this text is essential reading for all early childhood teachers and librarians working in schools and in public libraries with young children. The book also serves trainers working with teachers and librarians to increase their effectiveness in working with young children to promote early literacy.
Download or read book Right on the Money written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for use by adults to teach basic personal finance concepts such as spending, saving, and budgeting to children.
Download or read book Save Spend Or Donate written by Nancy Loewen and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josie and Sam allocate their allowances in different ways and learn a lesson in money management.
Download or read book Supporting Mathematical Learning written by Joanne Picone-Zocchia and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2008-10-20 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book distills an array of tools, tips, templates, and best-practice strategies for teaching mathematics along with hands-on student activities in one easy-to-use resource. Geared to helping students develop conceptual understanding as well as practical skills in math, the book devotes major attention to the use of standards, performance criteria, and assessment for guiding both instruction and lesson planning and includes an extensive section on designing math problems. Focusing on such areas as patterns, measurement, computation using money, and fractions, the book shows teachers how to design effective, standards-based lessons, from setting the learning goals and creating the math problems, to crafting hands-on activities. The book also includes detailed advice on the use of questions for guiding students through thinking and reasoning processes. Hands-on lessons, broken down by topic and grade level, comprise over half the book.
