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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies teaches you the new standard way of teaching kids math. It's all about thinking through how to solve problems and using strategies, rather than just memorizing the procedures. In this book, parents, guardians, and tutors will learn how to use these methods and standards to effectively teach kids Common Core math for grades 6-8. Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies shows you how schools...
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Publisher
Jessica Kingsley
Pub. Date
2023
Description
During Laura Kerbey's time teaching autistic children, she had a sudden realisation that those with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) are children like no other! None of her tried and tested autism strategies would work to help them focus or learn and most of her time was spent wondering, what am I doing wrong? If you feel the same, this short, easy-to-read guide is here to teach you everything you need to know from one educator to another. With...
Pub. Date
2023
Description
The Mirrors & Windows Homeschool Curriculum is a 20-week learning experience meant to support all of us at home with our PreK and Kindergarteners. We know that having a plan and activities is necessary. We also know many are navigating this teaching and learning journey for the first time. from Amazon.com
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Publisher
Wonderwell
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
Part inspiration, part how-to, this guide to embarking on a life-changing, long-term journey filled with education and adventure--a trailblazing approach known as worldschooling--helps you transform your dream into a well-planned reality for your family and weaves travelogues and photos from families sharing worldschooling experiences throughout.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
""I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education 'reform' in this landmark book. I hated school because it warred on me. I hated school because I loved to dream." -Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times bestselling author of How to be an Antiracist. In the tradition of Michelle Alexander, an unflinching reckoning with...
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Publisher
Corwin, a SAGE Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Ron Nash’s bestseller has helped thousands of teachers to transform their classroom environments by energizing and engaging their students. In this newly revise edition, Nash offers proven strategies to involve students as active participants in their own learning. Teachers of all levels will benefit from:
The latest research on exercise, learning, and brain development
New chapters on the value of empathy and the use of feedback versus praise
Even...
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Drawing on her life's work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love persuasively argues that educators must teach students about racial violence, oppression, and how to make sustainable change in their communities through radical civic initiatives and movements. She argues that the US educational system is maintained by and profits from the suffering of children of color. Instead of trying to repair a flawed system, educational reformers...
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PIATKUS Books
Pub. Date
2017
Description
"The Gentle potty training book is a practical guide to helping your child through one of the most important developmental stages of early childhood. Avoiding strict timelines, rewards and plans that are based solely on a child's gender, Sarah Ockwell-Smith advocates an approach that is based on your child's unique developmental stage - because the gentlest, easiest and most effective potty training happens when you work with your child as a team."--Publisher...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"What if a getting into top four-year college is no longer the holy grail of success that it once seemed to be? What if the key to kids achieving their potential in life has less to do with grades or test scores and more with critical skills overlooked in schools? Erasing the Finish Line directly addresses those points by highlighting a reality about our education system that we seem to hear about more and more these days-college acceptance is a faulty...
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Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"An eloquent and passionate call for educational reparations, from the New York Times bestselling author"--
When Jonathan Kozol's Death at an Early Age appeared in 1967, it rocked the education world. Based on the Rhodes Scholar's first year of teaching in Boston's Black community, the book described the abuse and neglect of children for no reason but the color of their skin. Since that National Book Award-winning volume, Kozol has spent more than...
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"A searing, deeply personal memoir of a tenacious Afghan girl who educated herself behind closed doors and fought her way to a new life. Sola Mahfouz was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1996. That same year, the Taliban took over her country for the first time. They banned television and photographs, presided over brutal public executions, and turned the clock backwards on women's rights, practically imprisoning women within their own homes and...
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Publisher
Future Horizons Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
This is a book that will never become irrelevant or "outdated." Every child who uses it also becomes its co-author. Each chapter is divided in two parts: the first part - the Workbook - is for the child to complete, by writing or highlighting "What is True for Me" in lists of simple statements.
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Jodi Dee Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Children learn while they play! Transform your home into a home of screen free learning, from 0-8 years using materials and concepts offered in our online masters class and training materials. This content has been developed and used by early childhood practitioners and educators for generations, now available to you with your children! By leveraging combined experience, knowledge, and practical application typically used and implemented in accredited...
15) Necessary
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Publisher
[Zenja Glass]
Pub. Date
[2023].
Description
A guide to applying bible principles to your life for spiritual and personal development. Each chapter includes affirmation, reflection, recommended reading and assignment in addition to the author's experience.
17) Sum-It 1, 3, & 4
Description
Object is to be the player with the lowest score at the end of the game.
18) Slugfest
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 9
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"Yash is the best athlete at Robinette Middle School-so good, in fact, that he’s already playing on the high school's JV sports teams. Imagine his shock when he learns that his JV practices have kept him from earning a state-mandated credit for eighth-grade PE. To graduate, he has to take Physical Education Equivalency-PEE, also known as "Slugfest" in summer school. Yash recruits his fellow PE rejects to train with him and pass this course, an endeavor...
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Publisher
Northeast Foundtion for Children
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Promote a climate of trust, academic growth, and positive behavior by launching each school day with a whole class gathering. This comprehensive, user-friendly book shows you how to hold Responsive Classroom Morning Meetings, a powerful teaching tool used by hundreds of thousands of teachers in K-8 schools. In the new 3rd edition of this essential text, you'll find: step-by-step, practical guidelines for planning and holding Responsive Classroom...
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Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
At the teacher's all-important question, Ellie Mae's mind swirls with ideas. An astronaut, or a chef? Better yet, an astronaut-chef known for the best galactic grilled cheese sandwiches in the universe! Or maybe a ballerina-painter who creates masterpieces while leaping across the stage. In the end, her final answer will surprise her classmates as much as the reader!"
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