Frank Carlson Library

If you already have a strong grasp on the Common Core and are eager to do something about it, this book's research-based strategies will help you respond to the demands of the new standards, particularly the English language arts standards that affect every subject area and grade level. Drawing from the research on which classroom strategies are your "best bets" for improving student achievement, the authors provide what you need to reinforce the...

La elaboración de un currículo intercultural para las comunidades afrocolombianas, parte de la convicción de ser capaces de revalorar lo propio, cristalizado en los saberes que se han heredado por medio de la palabra "dicha" de una generación a otra. La obra explora los significados que estas poblaciones le atribuyen a su legado cultural, como detonante de los procesos formativos que se dan en sus escuelas.

Take Five! for Science transforms those first five minutes of class into engaging writing opportunities. Students will brainstorm their way through 75 topics within three main science divisions: earth, life, and physical science. All prompts are aligned with NGSS and ELA CCSS as students debate, compare, investigate, question, and design in response to 150 prompts. Each topic is divided into a Teacher Page and a Student Page and provides the following:...

Mastery learning is an instructional approach that empowers every student to progress with confidence. Using flexible pacing and targeted supports, teachers guide students through a cyclic process of preparation, demonstration, and formative feedback until there is a mutual agreement between teacher and student that the student is ready to advance. In this book, educator Jonathan Bergmann, a pioneer of the flipped classroom movement, walks you step-by-step...

The authors provide a unique perspective on what is needed to make character education an effective, lasting part of our educational agenda. Each chapter points out the directions that character education must take today and offers strategies essential for making progress in the field.

"Learning Life Skills With MYA: FRIENDSHIP" is part of the "Learning Life Skills With MYA" series, a collection of character education books designed to aid parents and teachers in delivering life skills to children. Each colorfully illustrated book will help children learn important life values that will positively impact them for the rest of their lives. For more information, visit, www.myakids.com.

As an adjunct to relevant courses, valuable insight for students and professionals already working in the field is provided and students are equipped with a detailed analysis of important issues. The subject is 'brought to life' through analysis which highlight the working of issues within a given setting.

In “The Teacher's Gradebook”, Barry Raebeck, a practicing secondary school English teacher, shares the grading strategies that he uses so successfully with his own students. Ample discussion is given to not only grading techniques, but also to other important issues surrounding the philosophy and ethics of grading. These include test construction, rubric creation, "grade-friendly" projects, assessment without grades, and cultivating student ownership...

Este libro trata sobre una de las competencias evaluadas en las nuevas Pruebas de Estado y defenderá la necesidad de considerar ésta como un propósito central de la escuela. Para ello, el autor parte de la pregunta y la reflexión sobre cómo y bajo qué circunstancias se generan los cambios en educación, a partir de allí pasa a la reflexión, conceptualización y discusión actual sobre el concepto de competencia en el contexto educativo colombiano....

The authors describe how they approach each individual on the autistic spectrum with no preconceived notions about who they are or what is "right" for them. The typical mind set of professionals is that we have the answers, tools and science to dictate what a child in school or adult are supposed to do. We introduce the idea that the person with autism has all the answers to what they need to regulate more successfully throughout their day and life....