Education : Elementary

Wragg looks at topics including the principles and purposes of assessment, evaluation, the 'whole school' approach, and staff development and appraisal. He provides practical activities, discussion topics, and case examples. more...

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Blackline master research book. Students are able to explore exciting concepts associated with outer space including such themes as the solar system, life on Mars, the moon, the sun, eclipses, constellations, comets, satellites and the Hubble space telescope. Web references for research are sourced, provided and regularly maintained. more...

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At a time when all administrators are urged to be literacy leaders, Jennifer Allen's book provides an insider's view of leadership, and how to create an environment that fosters professional development. Becoming a Literacy Leader chronicles Jennifer's move to a new school and a new job as a literacy specialist where she found herself tackling everything from teacher study groups to state-mandated assessment plans. This is a positive book, rooted in the belief that teachers know what they need when it comes to professional development in literacy, and the best literacy leaders are those who listen to and respect the educators in their midst. more...

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Most children learn to read, irrespective of the method of instruction. Yet up to a fifth of children struggle with reading in their first few years at school. Unfortunately, those who struggle in the early years will continue to struggle throughout their school career.\para\paraYola Center offers a systematic, research-based guide to teaching reading in the first three years of school. Her aim is to ensure that teachers can work with at-risk or reluctant readers in the regular classroom as effectively as with children for whom reading seems to come naturally.\para\paraTaking an analytic approach to reading, ùBeginning Readingú shows how children can be moved through the key stages of early reading acquisition. Each chapter includes an overview of relevant research, practical classroom strategies and guidelines for lesson planning. \para\paraCenter adopts a balanced view of reading instruction, stressing the importance of phonological processes at the beginning of literacy instruction, as well as semantic and syntactic ones. This supports at risk children in regular classrooms, who are provided with the maximum opportunity to develop the accurate and fluent word recognition skills that are needed in order to extract meaning from print.\para\para‘At last! A book that combines an overview of recent research findings and their implications for the teaching of reading with sensible and practical suggestions for classroom teachers.'\paraùMorag Stuart, Professor in the Psychology of Reading, University of Londonú\para\para‘This is an excellent book. It comprehensively reviews the research literature and shows how to apply it to the nuts and bolts of teaching reading in the first few years of school. It is a must-read for teachers.'\paraùProfessor Tom Nicholson, University of Auckland, New Zealandú\para\para‘This is the book that we have all been waiting for. It is the only book that I have seen that focuses on a theoretically sound approach to the teaching of reading with more...

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Read, Reflect, Respond is a Non-Fiction Reading Comprehension Series. The A to D organization of the worktexts provides progressively challenging activities ranging from simple recall to evaluations requiring higher- order thinking skills. All four 64-page worktexts are also equally appropriate as a refresher course for on-level students or as primary instruction for struggling students. more...

Price: $13.95