Beach Ball Collage, Patchwork Pets, Symmetrical SmilesKids will love these creative and colorful no-fail art activities that tie into popular themes, such as seasons, animals, and friends. Easy how-tos guide you through each step, from introducing the projects to displaying them. Created and classroom-tested by four art teachers, these surefire activities are fun for every student! For use with Grades 2-3.
This practical workbook contains all the advice, guidance and resources new and student history teachers need to reflect on and develop their teaching practice, helping them to plan lessons across the subject in a variety of teaching situations.
Dealing with parents is often harder than dealing with the pupils themselves. This can cause a lot of anxiety and distress amongst teachers. Stern offers practical advice on how to involve parents with school life. He demonstrates how this involvement leads to improved relations thereby alleviating not only the stress of dealing with parents but also reducing the teacher’s workload.
Designed for teachers wanting to know what to do to help pupils with spelling difficulties, this book combines practical advice with theory, research and accounts of the author’s own experience. The author looks at how spelling skills develop in both young children and older pupils.>
Quick, daily classroom lessons for improving students’ grammar and writing skills
Phil Gordon plays poker with the best players in the world. He has won — and lost — in tournaments and cash games around the globe, all the while studying the game and learning from every hand dealt. As the resident expert and cohost of Celebrity Poker Showdown, Phil has quickly become one of the most sought-after teachers of No Limit Texas Hold’em. It’s a tough game. But anyone can become a winning player with the right amount of courage, patience, aggression, observation, and, perhaps most important, dedication to becoming a better player.
Stimulated by the publication of The Nurture Assumption by Judith Rich Harris, Parenting and the Child’s World was conceived around the notion that there are multiple sources of influence on children’s development, including parenting behavior, family resources, genetic and other biological factors, as well as social influences from peers, teachers, and the community at large.
We need a bold new brand of teacher leadership that will create opportunities for teachers to practice, share, and grow their knowledge and expertise.
