Teacher Resources

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Packed with words of wisdom and inspiration, this is one bundle no administrator or teacher should be without.

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The revised edition of Drumming to the Beat of Different Marchers features Dr. Debbie Silver's poetry, wisdom, and humor with the art of award-winning illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. Teachers and administrators will be inspired by Debbie’s poignant stories and thrilled with the practical advice as they learn about relevant research findings. A valuable discussion guide is included to help interested teams find the rhythm of the differentiated learners in their classrooms. Don't miss your...

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This is a must-have book for anyone who works with young adolescents. "If You Can't Manage Them, You Can't Teach Them" dispenses straight-talking advice and can-do strategies that help every educator succeed at building the relationships, mutual respect, routines, and expectations for running a classroom without stress or chaos. Told in the manner of one teacher having a personal conversation with another, this is an ideal guide to building the behaviors that are the foundation of an effective...

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Packed with words of wisdom and inspiration, this is one book no administrator or teacher should be without. Dr. Neila Connors presents practical tips to improve school climate, communicate with parents and students, teach to the standards, and make a difference in students’ lives. All this in an enjoyable, easy-to-read format--If You Don't Feed the Teachers They Eat the Students will leave you laughing your way to a more successful school year.

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To gain a deeper understanding of scientific concepts and to work well with a variety of science processes, students must develop essential skills that enable them to read, write, listen to, and speak about scientific texts and presentations. Literacy in the Science Classroom is a handy tool to improve science instruction that integrates science and literacy with a variety of fun, engaging activities and games designed to hone students’ skills. These literacy and science experiences are...

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Give students the tools they needs to write a great research paper with this handbook that guides them step-by-step through the research process. Each step is carefully explained, and the handbook includes helpful practice activities, as well as appropriate examples taken from research papers written by middle school students.

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Motivate learning in your classroom with excitement about crime scene investigation. CSI in the Classroom is a step-by-step handbook that shows you how to plan a smashing CSI unit for any subject area. The forms, guides, schedules, and planning tools you will need are included in the handbook. Use real forensics to do a real investigation and address a host of cross-curricular academic skills. Your students will gather evidence, analyze it, and follow it to solve a crime.

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This book is filled with worksheets and activity pages to reinforce curriculum subjects. Students strengthen basic skills while having fun. Skills Practice books were developed by a team of experienced educators. Skills Practice includes carefully researched skill sequences; age-appropriate, high-interest exercises; and skill tests for practice assessment.

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Every student can become a great debater! In If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well, the key concepts of argumentation, critical thinking, and meeting academic standards align in a single, engaging format. Packed with practical, hands-on activities, this collection teaches students to argue effectively, research information, think critically, and write persuasively. Also included is an in-depth discussion on online research that emphasizes the timely skill of evaluating the validity of...

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Getting the best out of students is made easier by using teaming to nurture their educational, emotional, social, and developmental needs, and this guide is a blueprint for team building in any school setting. True stories and practical strategies make this an effective and entertaining tool for assembling and managing a team within a professional learning community. It includes a dynamic “3-5-3 Action Plan” for improving student behavior, as well as tips for using teams to address Common Core...

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This 10-page planner is a quick-reference resource to help teachers encourage students to find their own ways, their own rhythms, and their own strengths. The easy-to-read charts and tables include a summary of Howard Gardner's Eight Intelligences and Gregorc's four basic learning styles, a personal inventory for students, and learning cycle checklists and lesson templates.

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Warm up your classes with inspiring, humorous, and insightful quotes! A fascinating quote can ignite the mind, and this handy collection provides 55 such quotes. The quotes have been specifically chosen to wake up the brain and grab students with an important idea to carry through the day. Every quote is accompanied by short activities that engage students with the idea in the quote, and they are also great for warm-ups, advisory lessons, or character education classes.