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What to Do With the Kid Who...: Developing Cooperation, Self-Discipline, and Responsibility in the Classroom (3rd Edition)
by Kathleen B. BurkeDiscover proven disciplinary ideas and strategies for your diverse classroom! The updated edition of this bestseller offers user-friendly strategies and templates to help new and experienced K-12 teachers proactively address common disciplinary issues before they become major problems. Readers will discover practical techniques for establishing a classroom climate that fosters respect and a love for learning. The third edition also includes: Over 100 new scenarios, techniques, and activities for establishing a cooperative classroom; 38 strategies with templates to document both academic and behavioral interventions for RTI; Checklists to assess student social skills and behavior; Assistance with students who need special attention, including bullies.
What to Expect When You're Expected to Teach Gifted Students: A Guide to the Celebrations, Surprises, Quirks, and Questions in Your First Year Teaching Gifted Learners
by Kari LockhartWhat to Expect When You're Expected to Teach Gifted Students is a practical, easy-to-read guide that:
What to Expect When You're Expected to Teach Gifted Students: A Guide to the Celebrations, Surprises, Quirks, and Questions in Your First Year Teaching Gifted Learners
by Kari TownsendWhat to Expect When You're Expected to Teach Gifted Students is a practical, easy-to-read guide that:Reviews expectations versus likely classroom realities that first-time gifted teachers may face.Includes real-world advice for navigating the joys, surprises, and frustrations.Addresses specific topics related to gifted education, including students' social-emotional needs.Includes considerations for choosing appropriate curricular materials and working with parents and families.Features ways to advocate for gifted and advanced programming and tips for continued professional learning.In each chapter, readers dive into issues that are frequently cited as challenges for new gifted teachers and emerge equipped with resources and strategies to build a successful classroom that meets the needs of high-ability students. This book is perfect for any teacher new to the field of gifted education.
What to Expect in Seminary: Theological Education as Spiritual Formation
by Virginia Samuel CetukAnyone who is thinking about a career in pulpit ministry will want to read this book. It explores the challenges and needs of becoming and then serving as a pastor.
What to Look for in Literacy: A Leader's Guide to High Quality Instruction
by Angela Peery Tracey ShielPractical and rich in resources, this book provides a roadmap to monitoring, evaluating, and implementing effective literacy instruction in grades PK-12. Designed for district and school leaders as well as literacy coaches and consultants, this book contains all the strategies, guidance, and tools you’ll need to monitor the effectiveness of literacy instruction in your school or system. Top literacy experts Angela Peery and Tracey Shiel share concise, well-researched information about how to identify enriched literacy environments, what constitutes well-designed literacy lessons, and the components of effective literacy programs at each grade level. Chapters cover reading, writing, speaking and listening, as well as collaboration, technology, and more, and offer adaptable strategies for different environments. Tools such as checklists and conversation frames are included to help busy leaders and administrators effectively monitor literacy instruction and provide constructive, thorough feedback to teachers. Each chapter features: Check-Up Tools to review documents and observe instruction Check-In Tools to guide your conversations and feedback given to teachers Reflective Questions for system and school leaders and instructional coaches.
What to Read When
by Pam AllynRead Pam Allyn's posts on the Penguin Blog The books to read aloud to children at the important moments in their lives. In What to Read When, award-winning educator Pam Allyn celebrates the power of reading aloud with children. In many ways, books provide the first opportunity for children to begin to reflectively engage with and understand the world around them. Not only can parents entertain their child and convey the beauty of language through books, they can also share their values and create lasting connections. Here, Allyn offers parents and caregivers essential advice on choosing appropriate titles for their children--taking into account a child's age, attention ability, gender, and interests-- along with techniques for reading aloud effectively. But what sets this book apart is the extraordinary, annotated list of more than three hundred titles suitable for the pivotal moments in a child's life. With category themes ranging from friendship and journeys to thankfulness, separations, silliness, and spirituality, What to Read When is a one-of-a-kind guide to how parents can best inspire children through reading together. In addition, Pam Allyn includes an indispensable "Reader's Ladder" section, with recommendations for children at every stage from birth to age ten. With the author's warm and engaging voice throughout, discussion questions to encourage in-depth conversations, as well as advice on helping kids make the transition to independent reading, this book will help shape thoughtful, creative, and curious children, imparting a love of reading that will last a lifetime. These Penguin Young Reader's Books are referenced in What to Read When Sylvia Jean: Drama Queen by Lisa Campbell Ernst (Penguin Young Reader's Group: 2005) Two Is For Twins, by Wendy Cheyette Lewison, illustrations by Hiroe Nakata (Penguin Young Readers: 2006) Remember Grandma? by Laura Langston (Penguin Group (USA): May 2004) Soul Looks Back in Wonder compiled by Tom Feelings (Puffin Books) Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey (Penguin Books USA, Incorporated: December 1957) When I was Young in the Mountainsby Cynthia Rylant illustrated by Diane Goode (Penguin Young Readers Group: January 1993) Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs by Tomie DePaola (Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Books, Inc.:1973) Good Night, Good Knight by Shelly Moore Thomas, illustrations by Jennifer Plecas (Penguin Young Readers Group: 2002)
What to Wear: A Kids Bible Study on Looking Like Jesus (Colossians 3:1-14)
by Catherine ParksHelping kids fall in love with God and His Word as they study the Bible for themselves.What to Wear is your kids&’ journey into their truest identity—Jesus Christ!The Apostle Paul tells us that our identity is in Christ, and we need to dress the part. All who follow Jesus—kids included—must take off and put on certain things. What to Wear is an eight-part study of these items of &“clothing&” Paul teaches about in Colossians 3. How do we put on compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, patience, forbearance, forgiveness, and love?This study shows your kids how Jesus perfectly embodies these virtues and how He enables us to grow in them. Apart from Jesus Christ, our attempts to form these traits in our children will fail. Yet when tied to identity in Christ and our belonging in the church, we see the fruit of these qualities developed in our minds and hearts.Kids are encouraged to learn algebra, science, instruments, and athletics. The goal of this study is to help our kids live into their calling to know and love Jesus by studying His Word. In this study, kids will learn the method of observation, interpretation, and application. As kids learn how to read the Bible for themselves, they&’ll also grow to delight in God&’s Word.What to Wear provides the encouragement and guidance needed for your kids journey into looking like Jesus!
What to do When your Temper Flares: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Anger (What to Do Guides for Kids)
by Dawn HuebnerTeaches school-age children cognitive-behavioral techniques to manage anger, through writing and drawing activities and self-help exercises and strategies. Includes introduction for parents.
What's Behind the Research?: Discovering Hidden Assumptions in the Behavioral Sciences
by Dr Brent D. Slife Dr Richard N. WilliamsThis volume encourages students to engage in critical thinking by exploring the main assumptions upon which behavioral science theories are based and offering some alternatives to these assumptions. The text begins with a review and critique of the major theoretical approaches: psychoanalysis, behaviorism, humanism, cognitivism, eclecticism, structuralism and postmodernism. The authors then discuss the key assumptions underlying these theories - knowing, determinism, reductionism and science. They trace the intellectual history of these assumptions and offer contrasting options. The book concludes by examining ways of coming to terms with some of the inadequacies in the assumptions of the behavioral sciences.
What's Black and White and Stinks All Over? (George Brown, Class Clown Book #4)
by Nancy KrulikHow much trouble can a burp get you into? A lot, if the burp is a magic one that makes you do wild and crazy stuff. It's Field Day for the fourth-graders at Edith B. Sugarman Elementary School, and George is determined to be on his best behavior, especially since a job as sportscaster for the new school TV station is hanging in the balance. But the magic burps--and one super-smelly skunk--are just as determined to foul up everything!
What's Blowing In? (Reach Into Phonics Ser.)
by Deborah J. Short Debbie O'Brien Winston WhiteNIMAC-sourced textbook
What's Bugging Nurse Penny?
by Catherine Stier Suzanne BeakyNurse Penny is a fun and funky school nurse who wears honeybee earrings and a butterfly smock and carries a ladybug purse. But there's one kind of bug she'd rather not have around . . . head lice! So she calls a special school assembly to talk about those pesky critters--what they look like, how to avoid them, and how to get rid of them. After all, lice can happen to anyone--even the school nurse!
What's Liberal About the Liberal Arts?: Classroom Politics and "Bias" in Higher Education
by Michael Bérubé"A sensitive, sensible, and compelling account of American education at its best."—Philadelphia Inquirer Described as one of the "101 Most Dangerous Academics in America" by right-wing critic David Horowitz, Michael Bérubé has become a leading liberal voice in the ongoing culture wars. This "smooth and swift read" (New Criterion) offers a definitive rebuttal of conservative activists' most incendiary claims about American universities, and in the process makes a supple case for liberalism itself. An important polemic as well as "a clear-eyed, occasionally quite humorous account of the joys and frustrations of running a college classroom" (New York Observer), this book is required reading for anyone concerned about the political climate on and off campus.
What's Math Got to Do with It?
by Jo BoalerA recent assessment of mathematics performance around the world ranked the United States twenty-eighth out of forty countries in the study. When the level of spending was taken into account, we sank to the very bottom of the list. We are falling rapidly behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to math education-and the consequences are dire. In this straightforward and inspiring book, Jo Boaler, a professor of mathematics education at Stanford for nine years, outlines concrete solutions that can change things for the better, including classroom approaches, essential strategies for students, and advice for parents. This is a must-read for anyone who is interested in the mathematical and scientific future of our country. .
What's Math Got to Do with It?
by Jo Boaler"Highly accessible and enjoyable for readers who love and loathe math." --BooklistA critical read for teachers and parents who want to improve children's mathematics learning, What's Math Got to Do with It? is "an inspiring resource" (Publishers Weekly). Featuring all the important advice and suggestions in the original edition of What's Math Got to Do with It?, this revised edition is now updated with new research on the brain and mathematics that is revolutionizing scientists' understanding of learning and potential.As always Jo Boaler presents research findings through practical ideas that can be used in classrooms and homes. The new What's Math Got to Do with It? prepares teachers and parents for the Common Core, shares Boaler's work on ways to teach mathematics for a "growth mindset," and includes a range of advice to inspire teachers and parents to give their students the best mathematical experience possible.
What's Math Got to Do with It?
by Jo Boaler"Highly accessible and enjoyable for readers who love and loathe math." --BooklistA critical read for teachers and parents who want to improve children's mathematics learning, What's Math Got to Do with It? is "an inspiring resource" (Publishers Weekly). Featuring all the important advice and suggestions in the original edition of What's Math Got to Do with It?, this revised edition is now updated with new research on the brain and mathematics that is revolutionizing scientists' understanding of learning and potential.As always Jo Boaler presents research findings through practical ideas that can be used in classrooms and homes. The new What's Math Got to Do with It? prepares teachers and parents for the Common Core, shares Boaler's work on ways to teach mathematics for a "growth mindset," and includes a range of advice to inspire teachers and parents to give their students the best mathematical experience possible.
What's New in Sixth Grade? (Making the Grade)
by Mindy SchanbackKathy endangers her budding friendship with the new girl next door by ignoring her in favor of the In Crowd at school. When your best friend moves away, it's the end of the world. That's what Kathy Hayes thinks when her friend Annie leaves town. But then things start looking up. Pete, the cutest boy in the sixth grade, actually talks to her. And whenZan, the leader of the "in" crowd, invites Kathy to go shopping after school, Kathy can hardly refuse. The trouble is, being part of the "in" crowd means following their rules. Some of them are easy, like wearing hair spray every day. But others, like putting down the new girl who moved into Annie's house, are a lot harder. Kathy could stand up to Zan and her friends, but without them, she'd be a sixth-grade zero. Why is being popular so hard? There are other books from the Making the Grade series with more coming. Look for Does Third Grade Last Forever? and The Terrible Truth About Third Grade. RL: 5.5 Ages 8-12-
What's Next? Study Guide: The Journey to Know God, Find Freedom, Discover Purpose, and Make a Difference
by Chris HodgesA Deeper Relationship with God is Closer Than You ThinkDo you find yourself asking, “What do I do next? How do I stay motivated to grow deeper in my relationship with God when I feel complacent, intimidated, or confused? What can I do to get back on track when I hit a spiritual rut?” in What’s Next?, bestselling author and pastor Chris Hodges offers a practical guide to all those looking for clarity and direction, and reveals the four steps to spiritual maturity.Chris demonstrates how each step is part of both a linear path and a cycle leading to deeper levels of faith. No matter where you may be on the spiritual spectrum, What’s Next? is the guide you need to find your next step, and discover the joy that comes walking the road of richer faith.The What’s Next? Study Guide includes video discussion questions, Bible exploration, and personal study and reflection materials for in-between sessions.Sessions include:Start the JourneyKnow GodFind FreedomDiscover PurposeMake a DifferenceDesigned for use with the What’s Next? Video Study (9780310104148), sold separately. Digital video also available.
What's Public about Public Higher Ed?: Halting Higher Education's Decline in the Court of Public Opinion
by E. Gordon Gee Stephen M. GavazziExploring the current state of relationships between public universities, government leaders, and the citizens who elect them, this book offers insight into how to repair the growing rift between higher education and its public.Higher education gets a bad rap these days. The public perception is that there is a growing rift between public universities and the elected officials who support them. In What's Public about Public Higher Ed?, Stephen M. Gavazzi and E. Gordon Gee explore the reality of that supposed divide, offering qualitative and quantitative evidence of why it's happened and what can be done about it. Critical problems, Gavazzi and Gee argue, have arisen because higher education leaders often assumed that what was good for universities was good for the public at large. For example, many public institutions have placed more emphasis on research at the expense of teaching, learning, and outreach. This university-centric viewpoint has contributed significantly to the disconnect between our nation's public universities and the representatives of the people they are supposed to be serving. But this gulf can only be bridged, the authors insist, if people at the universities take the time to really listen to what the citizens of their states are asking of them. Gavazzi and Gee draw on never-before-gathered survey data on public sentiment regarding higher education. Collected from citizens residing in the four most populous states—California, Florida, New York, and Texas—plus Ohio and West Virginia, the authors' home states, this data reflects critical issues, including how universities spend taxpayer money, the pursuit of national rankings, student financial aid, and the interplay of international activities versus efforts to create "closer to home" impact. An unflinching, no-holds-barred exploration of what citizens really think about their public universities, What's Public about Public Higher Ed? also places special emphasis on the events of 2020—including the COVID-19 pandemic and the worst racial unrest seen in half a century—as major inflection points for understanding the implications of the survey's findings.
What's Right About Wrong Answers: Learning From Math Mistakes, Grades 4-5
by Nancy AndersonYou can&’t learn to hit a three-point shot without missing a lot of shots. You can&’t learn to play a piece of music correctly without striking a lot of wrong notes. And, as Nancy Anderson explains in What&’s Right About Wrong Answers: Learning From Math Mistakes, Grades 4-5 , You can&’t learn math without making mistakes. Anderson turns mistakes on their head and helps you cleverly use them to students&’ advantage. Each of the twenty-two activities in this book focuses on important ideas in grades 4 5 mathematics. By examining comic strips, letters to a fictitious math expert from confused students, and sample student work containing mistakes, your learners explore typical math mistakes, reflect on why they&’re wrong, and move toward deeper understanding. Each activity includes: A summary of the mathematical content and highlighted error Common Core connections Prerequisite knowledge that students need Big underlying math ideas Suggestions for implementing the activity Each activity can be used to enhance units of instruction and help students prepare for assessments that are aligned with the Common Core and similar state standards.
What's So Amazing About Grace? Participant's Guide, Updated Edition
by Philip YanceyIn this six-session revised and updated video Bible study, bestselling author Philip Yancey explores the concept of grace—the one thing the world cannot duplicate and the one thing it craves above all else—and explores what it looks like in action. He also examines how Christians, as the sole dispensers, are doing at lavishing the grace on a world that knows far more of cruelty and unforgiveness than it does of mercy.As Yancey explains, true grace is shocking and scandalous, for God does not excuse sin but always treasures the sinner. God always extends his grace to individuals regardless of what they have done—for no one is unforgiveable in his eyes. Grace thus shakes our conventions with its insistence on getting close to sinners and touching them with mercy and hope. It forgives the unfaithful spouse, the racist, the child abuser. It loves today's AIDS-ridden addict as much as the tax collector of Jesus' day.Yancey offers compelling and true portraits of grace's life-changing power. He searches for its presence in his own life and in the church. He asks how Christians today can contend graciously with moral issues that threaten all they hold dear. And he challenges each of us to become living answers to a world that desperately wants to know, &“what&’s so amazing about grace.&”
What's So Funny About Education?
by Lou Fournier Illustrated By McKeithUsing affectionate humor, Fournier delivers both stark and subtle epiphanies alongside enduring truths, offering a deeper social commentary on the present conditions and future directions of American education.
What's So Funny About Education? (1-off Ser.)
by Lou FournierUsing affectionate humor, Fournier delivers both stark and subtle epiphanies alongside enduring truths, offering a deeper social commentary on the present conditions and future directions of American education.With an engaging satirical approach, the author spares no topic in casting a wide net over education, covering music and the arts, school culture, leadership, assessment, staff development, history, technology, higher education, and many more.
What's So Funny?: Humor-Based Activities for Social Skill Development
by Rachel ChaietWith ready-to-use lessons and strategies, What’s So Funny?: Humor-Based Activities for Social Skill Development provides readers with tools to help their clients improve their emotional intelligence through humor. Occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, special educators, behavior therapists, and caregivers will benefit from the implementation of these strategies.What’s So Funny? contains a curriculum of more than 50 activities that emphasize two main ideas. The first is that humor (linguistic or physical) can be taught to many individuals with autism spectrum disorder or other disorders through explicit instruction, exposure to various types of humor, and embracing the individual’s preferred sense of humor. The second is that humorous activities can be used to increase social engagement, which can sometimes be a challenge for those with developmental disabilities.What’s So Funny? includes activities essential for individuals who: Appear to have a very limited concept or basic developmental level of humor Need to improve their understanding of socially appropriate humor Lack understanding of appropriate times to use humor Are nonverbal, have limited expressive communication skills, or use augmentative communication devices Have a difficult time initiating social interactions with their peers With a flexible program that can be used for either small groups or individuals from ages 7 years to adult, What’s So Funny?: Humor-Based Activities for Social Skill Development is a relevant and easy-to-use resource. Discussing a variety of types of humor on different developmental levels, from slapstick to word play, this program improves participants’ abilities to connect and engage with others through the powerful tool of humor.
What's So Great About Heaven
by Rose PublishingWhat is Heaven like? Popular media portrays boring white clouds, but many verses in the Bible give hints of a wonderful place of joy, vitality, and restoration. Whether you are just wondering or know someone facing death, the Heaven eBook explores everything Scripture says about that elusive and much-desired place. Some of the topics:Why is Heaven important?What do we mean by heaven?What can we know about heaven from the Bible?What kind of relationships will exist in heaven?Will we be able to recognize our loved ones in heaven?What is the new heaven and the new earth? This eBook gives biblical reasons to have confidence that we will recognize one another, that we will be freed from suffering and pain, and that we will have joy and a closeness with one another and with the Lord that is beyond our experience here.Gain new insights from the Greek words neos and kainos to see that our lives will be better, renewed, and transformed, to their original glory and purpose. Compare the media's view of heaven with the real vibrant heaven of Scripture.We have glimpses of heaven in our daily lives: in the love we experience for and from other people, in the majesty of nature's beauty and power, in the generosity and kindness of people in times of need, in the smile of a happy baby, in the loyalty and warmth of our pets, and in moments of deep emotional and spiritual connections with our loved ones and God.This eBook will give comfort and inspiration to those wondering about heaven. Those who have surrendered their lives to Jesus Christ will know the joy and fulfillment of being in a place that has the best of this life and much more.Author: Benjamin Galan, MTS, ThM, Adjunct Professor of Old Testament Hebrew and Literature at Fuller Seminary.