Windows on Literacy Early (Social Studies: History/Culture): Class Calendar
Author: Marvin Buckley
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Teaches how to find information on a calendar
Author: Marvin Buckley
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Teaches how to find information on a calendar
Author: National Geographic Learning
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 2006-11-15
Total Pages: 16
ISBN-13: 9780792292135
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introduces the concept of the calendar and shows seasonal activities.
Author: Marvin Buckley
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 8
ISBN-13: 9781740650496
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Inside cover includes literacy and social studies focus teaching notes Early 10 Purchased with the Commonwealth Government Funds under the 2002 primary school libraries programme.
Author: Rosanne Blass
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2009-12-14
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 1591588316
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This resource book for librarians and teachers of elementary and middle grade readers introduces over 400 titles of books (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) written and illustrated by international authors and illustrators. Windows on the World: International Books for Elementary and Middle Grade Readers helps librarians and teachers open the eyes of elementary and middle grade readers to what life is like for children like themselves around the globe. In this extraordinary resource, you will find introductions to over 400 fiction, nonfiction, and poetry titles for age levels 4-8 and 8-12, written and illustrated by international authors and illustrators, and matched with related curriculum activities correlated with national curriculum standards. Windows on the World consists of over 100 lead books and over 350 related books published in the last ten years, organized by countries and cultures. It includes work from non-American authors working in the United States and abroad, as well as reissues of classics, and a few American titles noted for their authentic representations of other cultures. Each entry includes bibliographic data, information about the author and illustrator, identification of genre, recommended age level, a synopsis, suggested curriculum responses correlated with national curriculum standards, and related books.
Author: Joyce L. Epstein
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2018-07-19
Total Pages: 518
ISBN-13: 1483320014
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Author: Anthony P. Barber
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-03-13
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1475812671
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