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Independent Reading Inside the Box, 2nd Edition: How to Organize, Observe, and Assess Reading Strategies that Promote Deeper Thinking and Improve Comprehension in K-8 Classrooms
In this second edition of Independent Reading Inside the Box, Lisa Donohue shares what she has learned from the many teachers who have used her simple approach to reading response. Lisa describes how teachers can do even more to strengthen student comprehension, language and thinking skills. Full of new ways to monitor, assess and support students as they are actively engaged in their reading, the book remains committed to the premise that independent-reading time is purposeful and directly connected to classroom instruction.
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Brigance: Screens III Box of Materials (F & 1)
The Brigance Screens III offer developmental screening of children from infancy to year one. The Screens III support the efforts of early childhood educators and others working with children to identify potential developmental delays, as well as giftedness, and inform instruction and monitor child progress. This Brigance Screens III Box of Materials contains items needed for administering the F & 1 Screens III with children in the quickest and simplest fashion. It includes: Pencil, Identical objects (12) for sorting and manipulation, Shapes (circles and squares) of two colours (16). The Brigance Screens III Box of Materials is the handy toolkit containing all you need to administer these comprehensive and unique screening instruments with children in the easiest and most painless way possible. Please note as this product contains some items unsuitable for children under 3 years old, please do not give to children unsupervised.
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Brigance: Screens III Box of Materials (3-5 Years)
The Brigance Screens III offer developmental screening of children from infancy to year one. The Screens III support the efforts of early childhood educators and others working with children to identify potential developmental delays, as well as giftedness, and inform instruction and monitor child progress. This Brigance Screens III Box of Materials contains items needed for administering the 3-5 Year Old Screens III with children in the quickest and simplest fashion. It includes: Pencil, Coloured blocks(10), Shapes (circles and squares) of two colours (16). The Brigance Screens III Box of Materials is the handy toolkit containing all you need to administer these comprehensive and unique screening instruments with children in the easiest and most painless way possible. Please note as this product contains some items unsuitable for children under 3 years old, please do not give to children unsupervised.
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Inside PLCs at Work: Your Guided Tour Through One District’s Successes, Challenges, and Celebrations
In Inside PLCs at Work, authors Craig Dougherty and Casey Reason take the readers on a journey to Sheridan County School District 2, a school network that has implemented the Professional Learning Community at Work process to great success, to provide an in-depth view of the vast benefits successful implementation can have. F-12 teachers and administrators will develop a thorough understanding of the PLC process by exploring its foundational concepts and qualities; learn about the successful implementation at Sheridan County School District 2; understand how to implement the PLC process in their own schools in a nuanced and meaningful fashion; utilise real-world examples to garner further insight into the PLC process; and gain helpful tools to guide their work during the PLC journey.
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Grading From the Inside Out: Bringing Accuracy to Student Assessment Through a Standards-Based Mindset
In Grading From the Inside Out, Tom Schimmer establishes that the time for grading reform is now. Traditional grading procedures no longer work due to vast changes in pedagogy and assessment. While F-12 teachers and administrators may feel hesitant about moving away from past practices or making profound changes in grading, and while it may be challenging, a change in grading to a standards-based mindset is essential for effective instruction and assessment. To help readers develop standards-based mindsets about grading, Schimmer proposes a grading paradigm based on a new approach to reporting student achievement.
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Starting a Movement: Building Culture From the Inside Out in Professional Learning Communities
Starting a movement helps to sustain and support the energy and purpose of schools as they transform into professional learning communities (PLCs). The authentic alignment model helps bridge the gulf between principles and practice to cultivate an environment where a PLC soars rather than stalls. Educators will learn to express, clarify and align their beliefs so that they are meaningful to teachers, staff and other stakeholders; create a maximum buy-in among all members of the school community; use the authors' authentic alignment model to help keep their actions aligned to their schools' mission and vision; and reinforce the researched, results-proven PLC within their school culture.
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Inside-Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom and the Field, Grades 3–8
Inside-Out covers topics such as using topographic maps to better understand landforms, exploring the physical landscape of a local area, learning how water sustains biological organisms, and discovering the relationship between soil conditions and local flora - employing both field- and classroom-based lessons to convey important environmental science concepts.
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“This Is a Great Book!”: 101 Events for Building Enthusiastic Readers Inside and Outside the Classroom - From Chapter Books to Young Adult Novels
Based on extensive research, this highly readable book explores a wide range of recommended titles that cover a spectrum of developmental stages for readers of chapter books to young adult novels. It presents novels around popular themes and features guest voices that include innovative teachers, librarians, booksellers and students. Numerous activities and literacy events form the core of this valuable resource. Reproducible pages include response activities, reflection tools, assessment profiles and inventories for easy classroom use. Committed to nurturing the love of reading, the book invites readers to dig deeper in their understanding and appreciation of books by responding through writing, discussion, the arts, media and more.
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Inside Words: Tools for Teaching Academic Vocabulary Grades 4-12
Effective vocabulary instruction is particularly vital in the content areas, where the specialised language used by 'insiders' often creates a barrier to understanding for those new to the subjects. In Inside Words, Janet Allen merges recent research and key content-area teaching strategies to show teachers how to help students understand the academic vocabulary found in textbooks, tests, articles and other informational texts. The instructional tools in the book are presented alphabetically and offer support in these key areas: building background knowledge; teaching words that are critical to comprehension; providing guidance during reading and writing; developing a conceptual framework; and assessing students' understanding of words and concepts.
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Transformative Assessment in Action: An Inside Look at Applying the Process
James Popham has helped hundreds of educators in all kinds of schools turn formative assessment theory into everyday practice. Now you can benefit from his approach to implementing formative assessment in all year levels and subjects. Instead of focusing on checklists and data-gathering techniques, Popham explains how to take on what really matters most in the formative assessment process, including: What kinds of assessment tools to use in your instruction; When and how often to collect evidence of student learning; Which items and how many to include in an assessment; and many more. Teacher comments bolster the author’s advice with clear illustrations of the kind of thinking and planning that ensures you teach more effectively.
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Inside-Out Maths Problems - Investigating Number Relationships & Operations Year 5
Investigate Maths facts and operations, identify patterns, generalise about number relationships in this great series. Rekindle enthusiasm for maths with these thought-provoking activities. These maths problems will challenge your students to examine number relationships, maths facts and operations from different angles.
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Brigance: IED III: Box of Materials
The Brigance IED-III Box of Materials contains items needed for administering the Brigance IED-III, all packaged in a sturdy and easy-to-transport carry case. It includes: Pencils (4); Blank sheets of paper for covering items; Box of crayons; Coloured blocks (12); Coloured pencils (five, each a different colour); Nesting containers; Rattle; Shapes (circles and squares) of two colours (16); Counters (12); and a Squeaking toy. The Brigance IED-III Box of Materials is a handy toolkit for administering the IED-III in the easiest and most painless way possible.
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