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50 Ways to Teach Social Studies for Elementary Teachers
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If you are searching for ideas to teach social studies in fun and meaningful ways, 50 Ways to Teach Social Studies is a book that provides a plethora of ideas of practical lessons connected to real-world topics that will save the busy teacher time and effort. The activities in this book are housed under themes and include content connections (civics, history, geography, economics), guiding questions, and literacy connections. From community, primary sources, and music to food, visual media, and experiential learning, this book will inspire you to make connections in your own environment to expand the teaching of social studies.
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781475860689Publication Date: 2021-06-19 -
The ELL Teacher's Toolbox 2. 0
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Set your English language learners up for success with this effective resource The ELL Teacher's Toolbox 2.0 is a valuable, updated resource that teachers of English Language Learners (ELLs) can use to improve student outcomes. With hundreds of innovative strategies and activities to bring to your classroom, this book can be used with learners of all levels and in any instructional setting. This revised edition provides the latest enhancements to the instructional tools--along with 16 new chapters that you can add to your teaching repertoire. New content includes coverage of artificial intelligence, online learning environments, and differentiated instruction. Graphics and visuals make it easy to understand and adapt the content to your unique teaching situation. Written by proven authors in the field, the book is divided into two main sections: Reading/Writing and Speaking/Listening. Each of those sections includes "Top Ten" favorites and between 40 and 70 strategies that can be used as part of multiple lessons and across content areas. Contains 60% new strategies Features ready-to-use lesson plans Includes reproducible handouts Offers technology integration ideas For the growing number of ELLs in public schools, effective ELL instruction can mean the difference between long-term academic success and continued struggling. In this book, you'll find countless practical ideas to add to your teaching arsenal--or for training and coaching ELL teachers--so you can support your students on their journey.
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781394171682Publication Date: 2025-01-24 -
Essentials of Elementary Social Studies
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Essentials of Elementary Social Studies is a teacher friendly text that provides comprehensive treatment of classroom planning, instruction, and strategies. Praised for its dynamic approaches and a writing style that is conversational, personal, and professional, this text enables and encourages teachers to effectively teach elementary social studies using creative and active learning strategies. 　 This sixth edition has been refined with new and relevant topics and strategies needed for effectively teaching elementary social studies. A few of new features include: An expanded chapter on the decision-making process in elementary social studies. This chapter provides additional discussion about the importance of helping young learners better understand the decision-making process and offers strategies for helping teachers make connections between choices, values, character development, and social justice. An updated chapter on technology designed to better prepare elementary teachers to effectively incorporate technology into social studies instruction. Attention is given to virtual teaching and learning, media literacy, teaching with film, and numerous other ways to improve teaching and learning in the digital age. Updated further readings and helpful resources for all chapters to include supplemental digital and video sources related to various topics throughout the chapter. New "Checking for Understanding" section at the end of each chapter that focuses on comprehension, application, and reflection on key concepts throughout the chapters. An updated chapter on lesson plans, in keeping with the book's emphasis on planning and teaching. This chapter is designed to provide elementary social studies teachers with new classroom-tested lesson plans and includes two classroom-tested lessons for each grade level (K-6).
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781003123934Publication Date: 2021-08-30 -
How the Brain Learns
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Deliver game-changing--and brain-changing--results for your students Research on the brain continues to evolve, providing fresh insights educators can use to guide students toward success. In the sixth edition of this international bestseller, world-renowned educational neuroscience consultant David Sousa once again translates that research into concrete actions and strategies for the classroom. Featuring important updates and brand-new findings, the latest edition includes: A new section on the expansion of SEL to SECL, integrating the cognitive component of social-emotional learning Additional research on mindsets--including cautions Effective, brain-compatible ways to safely use social media and online learning New information on the importance of student engagement, especially through academic teams Connections between Bloom's Taxonomy and current instructional strategies, such as teaming and project/maker learning Whether you're already a fan of brain-compatible learning or just getting started on this exciting approach to teaching and learning, How the Brain Learns will set your neurons firing--and give you the tools you need to help students succeed.
Call Number: Onlin AccessISBN: 9781071855362Publication Date: 2022-02-24 -
How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms
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Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781416623328Publication Date: 2017-03-22This eBook is limited to 3 users at one time. -
Integrating the Arts Across the Curriculum
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Transform Everyday Lessons into Extraordinary Learning Experiences Reimagine your classroom as a space where creativity and academics come together seamlessly! Integrating the Arts Across the Curriculum, 2nd Edition, by Lisa Donovan and Louise Pascale, is your guide to infusing storytelling, drama, poetry, music, visual arts, and creative movement into language arts, math, science, and social studies. Packed with practical strategies, this resource equips teachers to transform traditional lessons into vibrant, arts-infused experiences that captivate and inspire students. From fostering critical thinking to reinforcing College and Career Readiness Standards, this book offers an essential toolkit for educators at every grade level. What's inside? Creative Lesson Strategies: Easy-to-implement approaches to weave the arts into all core subjects. Built-in Teacher Support: Step-by-step guidance that simplifies implementation for both new and seasoned teachers. Grade-Specific Examples: Hands-on activities tailored to each grade range for maximum impact. Real Stories from Educators: Inspiring examples of art-based teaching in action that show the "why" and "how" behind arts integration. Whether you're looking to deepen your students' learning, boost engagement, or simply bring joy back into your teaching, this book is your roadmap to creating unforgettable classroom experiences. Spark creativity. Engage minds. Transform learning. Start integrating the arts into your curriculum today!
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781087648569Publication Date: 2022-01-14 -
Lies My Teacher Told Me
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Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9780743296281Publication Date: 2007-10-16This eBook is limited to 1 user at a time. -
New Art and Science of Teaching
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This title is a greatly expanded volume of the original Art and Science of Teaching, offering a competency-based education framework for substantive change based on Dr. Robert Marzano's 50 years of education research. While the previous model focused on teacher outcomes, the new version places focus on student learning outcomes, with research-based instructional strategies teachers can use to help students grasp the information and skills transferred through their instruction. Throughout the book, Marzano details the elements of three overarching categories of teaching, which define what must happen to optimize student learning: students must receive feedback, get meaningful content instruction, and have their basic psychological needs met. Gain research-based instructional strategies and teaching methods that drive student success: Explore instructional strategies that correspond to each of the 43 elements of The New Art and Science of Teaching, which have been carefully designed to maximize student engagement and achievement. Use ten design questions and a general framework to help determine which classroom strategies you should use to foster student learning. Analyze the behavioral evidence that proves the strategies of an element are helping learners reach their peak academic success. Study the state of the modern standards movement and what changes must be made in K-12 education to ensure high levels of learning for all. Download free reproducible scales specific to the elements in The New Art and Science of Teaching. Contents: Chapter 1: Providing and Communicating Clear Learning Goals Chapter 2: Conducting Assessment Chapter 3: Conducting Direct Instruction Lessons Chapter 4: Practicing and Deepening Lessons Chapter 5: Implementing Knowledge Application Lessons Chapter 6: Using Strategies That Appear in All Types of Lessons Chapter 7: Using Engagement Strategies Chapter 8: Implementing Rules and Procedures Chapter 9: Building Relationships Chapter 10: Communicating High Expectations Chapter 11: Making System Changes
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781943874972Publication Date: 2017-02-10 -
The Power of the Adolescent Brain
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Moody. Reckless. Impractical. Insecure. Distracted. These are all words commonly used to describe adolescents. But what if we recast these traits in a positive light? Teens possess insight, passion, idealism, sensitivity, and creativity in abundance-all qualities that can make a significant positive contribution to society. In this thought-provoking book, Thomas Armstrong looks at the power and promise of the teenage brain from an empathetic, strength-based perspective-and describes what middle and high school educators can do to make the most of their students' potential. Thoroughly grounded in current neuroscience research, the book explains what we know about how the adolescent brain works and proposes eight essential instructional elements that will help students develop the ability to think, make healthy choices, regulate their emotions, handle social conflict, consolidate their identities, and learn enough about the world to move into adulthood with dignity and grace. Armstrong provides practical strategies and real-life examples from schools that illustrate these eight key practices in action. In addition, you'll find a glossary of brain terms, a selection of brain-friendly lesson plans across the content areas, and a list of resources to support and extend the book's ideas and practices. There is a colossal mismatch between how the adolescent brain has evolved over the millennia and the passive, rote learning experiences that are all too common in today's test-obsessed educational climate. See the amazing difference-in school and beyond-when you use the insights from this book to help students tap into the power of their changing brains.
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781416621874Publication Date: 2016-07-30 -
Teaching Reading
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The comprehensive guide you can trust for evidence-based reading practices It′s settled science: developing skilled readers can enhance students' lives. That's why renowned educators Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Diane Lapp wrote this resource with the urgency of a code blue in an ER--because too many children, for many reasons, struggle with learning to become strong readers. Designed to be a one-stop shop for best practices, Teaching Reading is concise, encyclopedic, and essential. Thirteen interactive modules provide easy to read ideas to support you teaching every child to read very well. You will learn how to: Focus on two critical aspects of reading--word recognition and language comprehension. Select the best activities to support students in grades K-6 to learn letters and sound relationships. Provide developing readers with the most effective oral, written, and reading experiences. Recharge your confidence and craft with uplifting new research findings from neuroscience, cognitive science, and child development. Clear up confusions about phonics progressions, reading fluency, morphology, text selection, grammar, and more. Develop background knowledge, vocabulary, and comprehension instruction. Be up to date on how to help students attain deeper levels of comprehension by applying Theory of Mind and other cutting-edge ideas. Reading is a thrilling but complex process. It involves a heady mix of skills, schema, self-concept, and social dimensions. To give all students the chance to reap its rewards, we need a go-big kind of resource. This is it.
Call Number: Online AccessISBN: 9781071850534Publication Date: 2022-10-26
