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View Contents View Information Sheet   Formative Assessment for Literacy, Preparatory to Year 6 1 74170 839 7CO8397 Grounded in research and practice, this book shows both new and experienced primary teachers how to use formative assessment as an integral part of effective language and literacy instruction for all students, including English language learners. This reader-friendly resource discusses the stages of literacy skill development and offers strategies for developing students’ understanding of academic language – the vocabulary used in classroom instruction and found in textbooks and tests. Alison L. Bailey and Margaret Heritage explain how formative assessment differs from other assessment models and demonstrate how their unique approach fits within broader frameworks for assessment and instruction, and how educators can use it to implement this proven approach to literary success! $65.95	View Contents View Information Sheet   Leadership for Resilient Schools and Communities, Second Edition 1 74170 848 6CO8486 This interactive workbook offers proven strategies for developing resiliency – the emotional strength and constructive attitude necessary for students, schools and communities to thrive, while fostering wellbeing and promoting success for the entire school! The exercises, case studies and reproducibles are presented as a workbook to help teachers and administrators diagnose problems and implement strategies for change; assess their own readiness to facilitate resiliency initiatives; build confidence and coping capabilities in students; and partner effectively with surrounding communities. This invaluable resource supplies all the tools needed to foster resiliency and implement effective, positive improvement initiatives. $65.95
View Contents View Information Sheet   How to Give Effective Feedback to Your Students 1 74170 832 X108019 A teacher's feedback on student schoolwork can be a powerful force for learning, and here at last is a guide that helps you give the right feedback for all kinds of assignments, in every year level and subject area. How To Give Effective Feedback To Your Students covers every possible aspect of feedback, from what work best, when and how often to give it, and how to use oral, written and visual feedback. The book describes important elements of feedback content (focus, comparison, function, valence, clarity, specificity and tone) and strategy (timing, amount, mode and audience), all designed to help you tailor your feedback to different kinds of learners, including successful students, struggling students and English language learners. $35.00	View Contents View Information Sheet   The Learning Leader: How to Focus School Improvement for Better Results 1 74170 837 0105151 Effective school leadership does not have to be a losing battle. This book helps leadership teams go beyond excuses to capitalise on their strengths, and reduce weaknesses. The Leadership for Learning Framework challenges readers to consider that student achievement is more than test results. When the focus is on test scores, leaders fail to measure and understand the importance of their own actions, and they are encouraged to look deeper into their results and become “Leading” educators, who achieve high results and understand how their actions influence their success. Incorporating leadership maps, and crammed with leadership tips, The Learning Leader will help readers reconceptualise their leadership role and motivate their colleagues to be better educators for their students. $47.95
View Contents View Information Sheet   Science VELS Teaching and Assessment Resource Level 3 Year 3, Revised Sandra Bishop 1 74025 706 57065 Complete with term planners, week-by-week lesson plans and assessment record sheets, this teacher resource targets VELS learning outcomes for Science, Level 3, Year 3. It comprehensively covers each strand: Earth and Space, Living Things, Matter and Forces & Motion. Each week-by-week lesson plan includes objectives, resources required, skills, step-by-step activities, extension activities and assessment ideas. The activities for each week take an imaginative approach. Young scientists will enjoy developing their skills whilst learning about science and its place in their everyday lives. Together with Science: VELS Student Workbook, Level 3, Year 3, this is your comprehensive guide to teaching science. $39.95	View Contents View Information Sheet   Best Practices for Teaching Reading 1 74170 845 1CO8451 Following the successful format of the companion volumes for teaching writing, maths, science and social studies, Best Practices for Teaching Reading presents firsthand accounts of outstanding instructional strategies and lessons for teaching reading. With 40 classroom-tested strategies, it provides practical guidance for building students’ vocabulary skills while developing their comprehension and motivation for reading. This collection of best practices presents ways to help students get excited about reading, make connections to different texts and become effective writers as well as readers. All teachers will find many fresh ideas to teach reading while helping students build confidence, increase academic achievement, and develop critical thinking skills. $45.95
View Contents View Information Sheet   Schools As Professional Learning Communities 1 74170 847 8CO8478 Effective school leadership does not have to be a losing battle. This book helps leadership teams go beyond excuses to capitalise on their strengths, and reduce weaknesses. The Leadership for Learning Framework challenges readers to consider that student achievement is more than test results. When the focus is on test scores, leaders fail to measure and understand the importance of their own actions, and they are encouraged to look deeper into their results and become “Leading” educators, who achieve high results and understand how their actions influence their success. Incorporating leadership maps, and crammed with leadership tips, The Learning Leader will help readers reconceptualise their leadership role and motivate their colleagues to be better educators for their students. $65.95	View Contents View Information Sheet   The R Rules: A Guide for Teens to Identify and Build Resources 1 74170 881 8AHA8818 The R Rules: A Guide for Teens to Identify and Build Resources is designed to help instructors document the facts and realities of poverty and its impact on your students. Designed to be used in conjunction with The R Rules: Facilitator Guide, it is full of tools and activities to help recognise and build individual resources; learn how to recognise and use patterns to predict, problem-solve and plan; and explore economic issues and their relationship to earning and learning. Discover how to deal with poverty and its effect on learning, work habits and decision-making with this powerful workbook resource. $30.00
View Contents View Information Sheet   Facilitator's Guide to The R Rules 1 74170 882 6AHA8826 The R Rules: Facilitator Guide is designed to help instructors document the facts and realities of poverty and its impact on your students. Written for flexible delivery with a detailed 45 day plan, it has everything you need for a semester or 9 week course, and can be aligned to state standards for Life Skills, Career and Technical Education courses. It is full of tools and activities to help recognise and build individual resources; learn how to recognise and use patterns to predict, problem-solve, and plan; and explore economic issues and their relationship to earning and learning. Including a DVD with PowerPoint presentations, discover how to deal with poverty and its effect on learning, work habits and decision-making with this powerful workshop resource. $80.00	View Contents View Information Sheet   Science VELS Student Workbook Level 3 Year 3, Revised Sandra Bishop 1 74025 705 77057 This student workbook encourages active student participation, and helps develop a wide range of skills such as discussing, analysing, hypothesising and cooperating. It also serves as a record of each student's observation and provides an outline of how each student's observation and scientific knowledge have developed. This student workbook will make teaching easier by providing an organised framework for the learning outcomes for the Science curriculum in an easy-to-use format. These fun worksheets are based onVELS learning outcomes for Science, Level 3 Grade 3, and cover each strand (Earth and Space Sciences, Biological Science, Chemical Science and Physical Science). Use this workbook with its companion, Science: Teaching and Assessment Resource (Level 3, Grade 3). $29.95
View Contents View Information Sheet   Science VELS Student Workbook Level 3 Year 4, Revised Sandra Bishop 1 74025 707 37073 This student workbook encourages active student participation, and helps develop a wide range of skills such as discussing, analysing, hypothesising and cooperating. It also serves as a record of each student's observation and provides an outline of how each student's observation and scientific knowledge have developed. Used in conjunction with Science: Teaching and Assessment Resource, this student workbook will make teaching easier by providing an organised framework for the learning outcomes for the Science curriculum in an easy-to-use format. The worksheets are based on the VELS learning outcomes for Science, Level 3 Grade 4, and cover each strand (Earth and Space, LivingThings, Force and motion). Use this workbook with its companion, Science: Teaching and Assessment Resource (Level 3, Grade 4). $29.95	View Contents   Science VELS Student Workbook Level 4 Year 6, Revised Sandra Bishop 1 74025 790 17901 This student workbook encourages active student participation, and helps develop a wide range of skills such as discussing, analysing, hypothesising and cooperating. It also serves as a record of each student's observation and provides an outline of how each student's observation and scientific knowledge have developed. Used in conjunction with Science: Teaching and Assessment Resource, this student workbook will make teaching easier by providing an organised framework for the learning outcomes for the Science curriculum in an easy-to-use format. These worksheets are based on VELS progression points and strands Earth and Space Living Things Mater Force and Motion. $32.95
View Contents View Information Sheet   Science VELS Teaching and Assessment Resource Level 2, Year 2, Revised Sandra Bishop 1 74025 672 76727 Complete with term planners, week-by-week lesson plans and assessment record sheets, this teacher resource targets VELS learning outcomes for Science, Level 2, Year 2. It comprehensively covers each strand: Earth and Space, Living Things, Matter and Forces & Motion. Each week-by-week lesson plan includes objectives, resources required, skills, step-by-step activities, extension activities and assessment ideas. The activities for each week take an imaginative approach. Young scientists will enjoy developing their skills whilst learning about science and its place in their everyday lives. Together with Science: VELS Student Workbook, Level 2, Year 2, this is your comprehensive guide to teaching science. $39.95	View Contents View Information Sheet   Science VELS Teaching and Assessment Resource Level 3 Year 4, Revised Sandra Bishop 1 74025 708 17081 Complete with term planners, week-by-week lesson plans and assessment record sheets, this teacher resource targets VELS learning outcomes for Science, Level 3, Year 4. It comprehensively covers each strand: Earth and Space, Living Things, Matter and Forces & Motion. Each week-by-week lesson plan includes objectives, resources required, skills, step-by-step activities, extension activities and assessment ideas. The activities for each week take an imaginative approach. Young scientists will enjoy developing their skills whilst learning about science and its place in their everyday lives. Together with Science: VELS Student Workbook, Level 3, Year 4, this is your comprehensive guide to teaching science. $39.95
View Contents View Information Sheet   Science VELS Teaching and Assessment Resource Level 4 Year 5, Revised Sandra Bishop 1 74025 787 17871 Complete with term planners, week-by-week lesson plans and assessment record sheets, this teacher resource targets VELS learning outcomes for Science, Level 4, Year 5. It covers each strand: Earth and Space, Living Things, Matter and Forces & Motion. Week-by-week lesson plans include objectives, resources required, skills, activities, extensions and assessment ideas. The activities take a simple yet imaginative approach. Young scientists will enjoy developing skills whilst learning about science and its place in their lives. Alongside Science: VELS Student Workbook, Level 4, Year 5, both cover Progression Points 3.25, 3.5 and 3.75 – Science knowledge and understanding and Science at work. $45.95	View Contents View Information Sheet   A Framework for Understanding Poverty Workbook 1-7 1 74170 889 3AHA8893 Since 1995 A Framework for Understanding Poverty has guided hundreds of thousands of educators and other professionals through the pitfalls and barriers faced by all classes, especially the poor. Carefully researched and packed with charts, tables and questionnaires, Framework not only documents the facts of poverty, it provides practical yet compassionate strategies for addressing its impact on people’s lives. This participant’s workbook is designed to accompany the Day One Training A Framework for Understanding Poverty. It includes charts and graphs, resource review scenarios, note-taking outlines and other activities. $10.00