Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1087689082
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Teach second grade students about various types of local leaders and what it takes to become one! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers explores what it means to be a good community leader. Leaders in the Community 6-Pack • Describes the roles and responsibilities of various leadership positions • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will keep students interested • Connects civics topics such as volunteerism and local government to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, interactive discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity designed to inspire and empower students to be good leaders • Offers a detailed lesson plan that will assist with implementation of activities Mayors, coaches, and principals are just some of the essential community leaders students will learn about in this 6-pack of books. The teacher-approved 6-pack emphasizes the importance of those who lead in schools and communities, all while encouraging students to be leaders in their own way. With a relevant fiction story, an index, and other beneficial features, this 6-pack will show second grade students how to be leaders who improve their communities—and their world. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.
Leaders in the Community Guided Reading 6-Pack
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1087689082
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Teach second grade students about various types of local leaders and what it takes to become one! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers explores what it means to be a good community leader. Leaders in the Community 6-Pack • Describes the roles and responsibilities of various leadership positions • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will keep students interested • Connects civics topics such as volunteerism and local government to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, interactive discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity designed to inspire and empower students to be good leaders • Offers a detailed lesson plan that will assist with implementation of activities Mayors, coaches, and principals are just some of the essential community leaders students will learn about in this 6-pack of books. The teacher-approved 6-pack emphasizes the importance of those who lead in schools and communities, all while encouraging students to be leaders in their own way. With a relevant fiction story, an index, and other beneficial features, this 6-pack will show second grade students how to be leaders who improve their communities—and their world. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1087689082
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Teach second grade students about various types of local leaders and what it takes to become one! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers explores what it means to be a good community leader. Leaders in the Community 6-Pack • Describes the roles and responsibilities of various leadership positions • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will keep students interested • Connects civics topics such as volunteerism and local government to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, interactive discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity designed to inspire and empower students to be good leaders • Offers a detailed lesson plan that will assist with implementation of activities Mayors, coaches, and principals are just some of the essential community leaders students will learn about in this 6-pack of books. The teacher-approved 6-pack emphasizes the importance of those who lead in schools and communities, all while encouraging students to be leaders in their own way. With a relevant fiction story, an index, and other beneficial features, this 6-pack will show second grade students how to be leaders who improve their communities—and their world. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.
Changing Our Community Guided Reading 6-Pack
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1087689155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Show second grade students how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers explores the processes that lead to change in communities. Changing Our Community 6-Pack • Describes the various ways individuals can make an impact on their communities • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will keep students invested • Connects essential subjects such as leadership and voting to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, thought-provoking discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity that will inspire students to make their communities better • Offers a thorough lesson plan that will facilitate implementation of activities From contacting local leaders to speaking up at town meetings, there are many ways students can create change in their communities. Changing Our Community is an exciting and informative reader that explains the steps individuals can take to make improvements in their cities, neighborhoods, and towns. This teacher-approved 6-pack of books includes a relevant fiction story, vibrant images, an index, and other tools that will empower second grade students as they look to better their communities. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1087689155
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Show second grade students how streets are fixed, sidewalks get added, and new schools are built! This 6-pack of nonfiction readers explores the processes that lead to change in communities. Changing Our Community 6-Pack • Describes the various ways individuals can make an impact on their communities • Provides a short fiction piece related to the topic that will keep students invested • Connects essential subjects such as leadership and voting to students’ daily lives • Includes a glossary, thought-provoking discussion questions, and a “Civics in Action” activity that will inspire students to make their communities better • Offers a thorough lesson plan that will facilitate implementation of activities From contacting local leaders to speaking up at town meetings, there are many ways students can create change in their communities. Changing Our Community is an exciting and informative reader that explains the steps individuals can take to make improvements in their cities, neighborhoods, and towns. This teacher-approved 6-pack of books includes a relevant fiction story, vibrant images, an index, and other tools that will empower second grade students as they look to better their communities. This 6-pack includes six copies of this title and a content-area focused lesson plan.
Doing Your Part: Serving Your Community Guided Reading 6-Pack
Author:
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425831478
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
We live in communities to have better lives. In a community, people help one another. There are many ways to help someone in need. You can volunteer your time, donate things, and recycle. It feels good to help other people! Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level Q title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425831478
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
We live in communities to have better lives. In a community, people help one another. There are many ways to help someone in need. You can volunteer your time, donate things, and recycle. It feels good to help other people! Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this Level Q title and a lesson plan that specifically supports Guided Reading instruction.
Leveled Books (K-8)
Author: Irene C. Fountas
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
For ten years and in two classic books, Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell have described how to analyze the characteristics of texts and select just-right books to use for guided reading instruction. Now, for the first time, all of their thinking and research has been updated and brought together into Leveled Books, K-8 to form the ultimate guide to choosing and using books from kindergarten through middle school. Fountas and Pinnell take you through every aspect of leveled books, describing how to select and use them for different purposes in your literacy program and offering prototype descriptions of fiction and nonfiction books at each level. They share advice on: the role of leveled books in reading instruction, analyzing the characteristics of fiction and nonfiction texts, using benchmark books to assess instructional levels for guided reading, selecting books for both guided and independent reading, organizing high-quality classroom libraries, acquiring books and writing proposals to fund classroom-library purchases, creating a school book room. In addition, Fountas and Pinnell explain the leveling process in detail so that you can tentatively level any appropriate book that you want to use in your instruction. Best of all, Leveled Books, K-8 is one half of a new duo of resources that will change how you look at leveled books. Its companion-www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com-is a searchable and frequently updated website that includes more than 18,000 titles. With Leveled Books, K-8 you'll know how and why to choose books for your readers, and with www.FountasandPinnellLeveledBooks.com, you'll have the ideal tool at your fingertips for finding appropriate books for guided reading. Book jacket.
School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Author: Joyce L. Epstein
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1483320014
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1483320014
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
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.
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library
Author: Carole Boston Weatherford
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536220639
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
“A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world. In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 1536220639
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
“A must-read for a deeper understanding of a well-connected genius who enriched the cultural road map for African Americans and books about them.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African diaspora and bring to light the achievements of people of African descent through the ages. A century later, his groundbreaking collection, known as the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, has become a beacon to scholars all over the world. In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
The Power of Community (PB)
Author: Howard Partridge
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 1260117170
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Boost engagement—and profits—by feeding your staff’s craving for communityIt seems the more connected we are through email, smart phones, and social media, the more disconnected we become on a personal, human level—and teamwork suffers tremendously. If this is happening in your company, fear not. The solution is here. The Power of Community provides a step-by-step approach to transforming your organization by tapping into the human need to connect with and feel valued by others. By creating a company culture based on core community values, you’ll empower your workforce, build customer loyalty, and drive profits and growth. This game-changing guide describes why “community” is the answer to employee disengagement—which is now at a record 70 percent—and it explains how to develop the kind of culture that makes an industry leader of your business. It takes hard work and determination, but the rewards will astound you.“When people feel like they belong to one another, when they feel cared for, and they believe that the vision is worth sacrificing for, they will go the extra mile for the company,” the author writes. This is true community, and it’s at the core of today’s most successful companies.Business leaders often tell their people, “We’re all in this together,” but very few follow through on this sentiment. Separate yourself from the pack by implementing the simple but profoundly effective methods in this book. When people feel they’re part of something bigger than themselves, they’re more collaborative, creative, and innovative—and this will always drive organizational success. Everyone wins in The Power of Community
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 1260117170
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Boost engagement—and profits—by feeding your staff’s craving for communityIt seems the more connected we are through email, smart phones, and social media, the more disconnected we become on a personal, human level—and teamwork suffers tremendously. If this is happening in your company, fear not. The solution is here. The Power of Community provides a step-by-step approach to transforming your organization by tapping into the human need to connect with and feel valued by others. By creating a company culture based on core community values, you’ll empower your workforce, build customer loyalty, and drive profits and growth. This game-changing guide describes why “community” is the answer to employee disengagement—which is now at a record 70 percent—and it explains how to develop the kind of culture that makes an industry leader of your business. It takes hard work and determination, but the rewards will astound you.“When people feel like they belong to one another, when they feel cared for, and they believe that the vision is worth sacrificing for, they will go the extra mile for the company,” the author writes. This is true community, and it’s at the core of today’s most successful companies.Business leaders often tell their people, “We’re all in this together,” but very few follow through on this sentiment. Separate yourself from the pack by implementing the simple but profoundly effective methods in this book. When people feel they’re part of something bigger than themselves, they’re more collaborative, creative, and innovative—and this will always drive organizational success. Everyone wins in The Power of Community
Snow Treasure
Author: Marie McSwigan
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590425377
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Grade Level 5.5, Book# 85, Points 4.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590425377
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Grade Level 5.5, Book# 85, Points 4.
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Author: Patricia MacLachlan
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064402053
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064402053
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"Did Mama sing every day?" Caleb asks his sister Anna. "Every-single-day," she answers. "Papa sang, too." Their mother died the day after Caleb was born. Their house on the prairie is quiet now, and Papa doesn't sing anymore. Then Papa puts an ad in the paper, asking for a wife, and he receives a letter from one Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton, of Maine. Papa, Anna, and Caleb write back. Caleb asks if she sings. Sarah decides to come for a month. She writes Papa: I will come by train. I will wear a yellow bonnet. I am plain and tall, and Tell them I sing. Anna and Caleb wait and wonder. Will Sarah be nice? Will she like them? Will she stay?
Literacy Leadership to Support Reading Improvement
Author: Mary Kay Moskal
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 1609184904
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Packed with vivid examples from actual schools, this book explores specific ways that literacy leaders can partner with teachers to meet all students' instructional needs. It provides a range of research-based strategies for implementing effective instruction in a response-to-intervention framework. It also describes innovative interventions—including schoolwide programs and family and community initiatives—that promote success for struggling readers. Practical ideas are presented for engaging particular populations, such as boys and middle and high school students, and for supporting teachers' professional development. Eight reproducible handouts and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 1609184904
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Packed with vivid examples from actual schools, this book explores specific ways that literacy leaders can partner with teachers to meet all students' instructional needs. It provides a range of research-based strategies for implementing effective instruction in a response-to-intervention framework. It also describes innovative interventions—including schoolwide programs and family and community initiatives—that promote success for struggling readers. Practical ideas are presented for engaging particular populations, such as boys and middle and high school students, and for supporting teachers' professional development. Eight reproducible handouts and forms can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.