Author: Virginia Kroll
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Willie dreams of playing the African instruments that his Grandpa describes.
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Author: Virginia Kroll
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Willie dreams of playing the African instruments that his Grandpa describes.
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Willie dreams of playing the African instruments that his Grandpa describes.
Wood-Hoopoe Willie
Author: Virginia L. Kroll
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606083966
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Willie longs to express his musical talent with instruments created by his African ancestors--such as guedras, ecasas, atumpan, and dundun drums--and he gets his opportunity at the Kwanzaa festival
Publisher: Turtleback
ISBN: 9780606083966
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Willie longs to express his musical talent with instruments created by his African ancestors--such as guedras, ecasas, atumpan, and dundun drums--and he gets his opportunity at the Kwanzaa festival
Wood Hoopoe Willie
Author: Pearson Education Canada
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780130811431
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780130811431
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Wood-hoopoe Willie
Author: Virginia L. Kroll
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Connecting Cultures
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313080224
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles—including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books—that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313080224
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 691
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles—including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books—that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.
Life Sciences
Author: Amy Bain
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031301017X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these teaching kits contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Arranged by subject, each book lists key scientific concepts for primary, intermediate, and upper level learners and links them to specific chapters where resources for teaching those concepts appear. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. A final section helps you locate helpful experiment books and appropriate journals, Web sites, agencies, and related organizations.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 031301017X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Everything you need to create exciting thematic science units can be found in these handy guides. Developed for educators who want to take an integrated approach, these teaching kits contain resource lists, reading selections, and activities that can be easily pulled together for units on virtually any science topic. Arranged by subject, each book lists key scientific concepts for primary, intermediate, and upper level learners and links them to specific chapters where resources for teaching those concepts appear. Chapters identify and describe comprehensive teaching resources (nonfiction) and related fiction reading selections, then detail hands-on science and extension activities that help students learn the scientific method and build learning across the curriculum. A final section helps you locate helpful experiment books and appropriate journals, Web sites, agencies, and related organizations.
Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books about Boys
Author: Black Books Galore!
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471437182
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A Treasury of Hundreds of Books that Help Boys Grow and Flourish "Images-strong, proud and happy, brave, and now also humorous . . . what a joy it is to see black faces of all shades in our children's books."-Doug E. Doug, Actor, The Bill Cosby Show "As a child . . . I wish there had been more books that reflected my world and my interests."-Earl G. Graves, Chairman, Publisher, and CEO, Black Enterprise magazine How do you know which books are the best for boys at every age? Now, two of the mothers who founded the esteemed Black Books Galore!-the nation's leading organizer of African American children's book festivals-and the authors of the highly acclaimed Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books, share their expert advice. Let BBG! help you open the door to a wonderful world of reading for the boys in your life. Invaluable for parents, teachers, and librarians, this easy-to-use, delightfully illustrated reference guide features: * Quick, lively descriptions of over 350 books * Hundreds of young black heroes and positive role models * Reflections from kids, famous authors, illustrators, and public figures about their favorite childhood books * Easy-to-find listings organized by age level and indexed by title, topic, author, and illustrator * Recommended reading for parents of boys "This is a great resource that fills a tremendous need. It should be on parents' shelves at home as well as in every school."-Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Harvard Medical School, on Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0471437182
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
A Treasury of Hundreds of Books that Help Boys Grow and Flourish "Images-strong, proud and happy, brave, and now also humorous . . . what a joy it is to see black faces of all shades in our children's books."-Doug E. Doug, Actor, The Bill Cosby Show "As a child . . . I wish there had been more books that reflected my world and my interests."-Earl G. Graves, Chairman, Publisher, and CEO, Black Enterprise magazine How do you know which books are the best for boys at every age? Now, two of the mothers who founded the esteemed Black Books Galore!-the nation's leading organizer of African American children's book festivals-and the authors of the highly acclaimed Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books, share their expert advice. Let BBG! help you open the door to a wonderful world of reading for the boys in your life. Invaluable for parents, teachers, and librarians, this easy-to-use, delightfully illustrated reference guide features: * Quick, lively descriptions of over 350 books * Hundreds of young black heroes and positive role models * Reflections from kids, famous authors, illustrators, and public figures about their favorite childhood books * Easy-to-find listings organized by age level and indexed by title, topic, author, and illustrator * Recommended reading for parents of boys "This is a great resource that fills a tremendous need. It should be on parents' shelves at home as well as in every school."-Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D., Harvard Medical School, on Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books
Exploring Diversity
Author: Jean E. Brown
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313077886
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Help students explore their own identity through fiction, biographies, and autobiographies; examine their most significant relationships (i.e., with family members and friends); and learn about different racial, ethnic, and cultural traditions through contemporary realistic fiction and historical fiction. Brown and Stephens also describe outstanding books and authors that enhance the perspective of diversity, and they address controversial issues related to the use of multicultural literature. Grades 4-8.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313077886
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
Help students explore their own identity through fiction, biographies, and autobiographies; examine their most significant relationships (i.e., with family members and friends); and learn about different racial, ethnic, and cultural traditions through contemporary realistic fiction and historical fiction. Brown and Stephens also describe outstanding books and authors that enhance the perspective of diversity, and they address controversial issues related to the use of multicultural literature. Grades 4-8.
Integrating African American Literature in the Library and Classroom
Author: Dorothy Littlejohn Guthrie
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159884752X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In this book, African American literature is illuminated through a project-based curriculum that incorporates national curriculum standards. It is important that the school curriculae be representative of the diversity of the American student population. Integrating African American Literature in the Library and Classroom is designed to help teachers and librarians achieve that goal. The book recommends and annotates more than 200 titles that touch on African American life from slavery through the present time, most of them by black authors, and many of them winners of the Coretta Scott King, Caldecott, and/or Newbery awards. This guide offers cross-curricular lesson plans for grades K–12. Each chapter identifies areas in which instructional attention is most needed to help students develop a greater appreciation for diversity, perseverance, and ethnicity. Examples and ideas for activities are offered to reinforce related concepts. With this book, teachers and librarians will be better able to motivate and inform, helping students discover the richness of African American culture now and through time.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 159884752X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In this book, African American literature is illuminated through a project-based curriculum that incorporates national curriculum standards. It is important that the school curriculae be representative of the diversity of the American student population. Integrating African American Literature in the Library and Classroom is designed to help teachers and librarians achieve that goal. The book recommends and annotates more than 200 titles that touch on African American life from slavery through the present time, most of them by black authors, and many of them winners of the Coretta Scott King, Caldecott, and/or Newbery awards. This guide offers cross-curricular lesson plans for grades K–12. Each chapter identifies areas in which instructional attention is most needed to help students develop a greater appreciation for diversity, perseverance, and ethnicity. Examples and ideas for activities are offered to reinforce related concepts. With this book, teachers and librarians will be better able to motivate and inform, helping students discover the richness of African American culture now and through time.
Observing Development of the Young Child
Author: Janice J. Beaty
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780130271532
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
One of the few books that successfully combines observation techniques with child development, this user-friendly book takes an applied approach that allows students to observe, record, and interpret child development by looking at particular behavior. Using the observation data to determine the level of a child's development, plans and activities are illustrated to show readers how to help children strengthen specific areas of development. Chapter coverage discusses developmental assessment instruments-along with alternate approaches to child assessment using shadow studies, play-based assessment and child interviews, as well as digital camera photos. It also includes information on the emergence of emotions in young children, new brain research showing the importance of physical development, sharing observational data with parents, and a child skills checklist that can be used by teachers to determine children's levels of development. For early childhood teachers.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780130271532
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
One of the few books that successfully combines observation techniques with child development, this user-friendly book takes an applied approach that allows students to observe, record, and interpret child development by looking at particular behavior. Using the observation data to determine the level of a child's development, plans and activities are illustrated to show readers how to help children strengthen specific areas of development. Chapter coverage discusses developmental assessment instruments-along with alternate approaches to child assessment using shadow studies, play-based assessment and child interviews, as well as digital camera photos. It also includes information on the emergence of emotions in young children, new brain research showing the importance of physical development, sharing observational data with parents, and a child skills checklist that can be used by teachers to determine children's levels of development. For early childhood teachers.