Smart Thinking helps primary school teachers to develop their pupils' capacities to become deep thinkers and independent learners. Supporting the creation of a thoughtful classroom that provides opportunities for pupil's negotiation, goal setting and decision making, the book encourages the teaching of reflection and metacognition, providing pupils the tools they need to be able to evaluate and…
Understanding by Design Professional Development Workbook extends the ideas presented in Understanding by design by focusing on professional development and the practical matters of curriculum design. The Workbook is a guide for Understanding by Design workshops and undergraduate and graduate courses, as well as further independent exploration. It provides a valuable resource to education in de…
In order to make appropriate changes to improve your teaching and your students' learning, first you need to know you're teaching now. Figure it out for yourself and invigorate your teaching on your own terms! [quoted from the back cover of the book]
Differentiated Instruction puts the focus on student activity rather than direct teacher instruction. In differentiated classrooms, students are doing things like moving around the room to learning stations, leading discussions, giving presentations, and working on teams to solve creative problems. These involved students are highly invested in learning and are given a wide variety of opportuni…
Designed for use from Day-1, this blueprint for classroom success sees you through your entire school year by getting right down to the nitty-gritty of organized teaching. This second edition features revised and updated checklists, templates, lesson plan worksheets, and more, right at your fingertips. [quoted from the back cover of the book]
Mini-lessons are the secret to book clubs that click. Each of these 45 short, focused, and practical lessons includes Nancy and Harvey's actual classroom language and is formatted to help busy teachers with point-by-point answers to the questions they most frequently ask. Each mini-lesson spells out everything from the time and materials needed to word-by-word instructions for students. The au…