99 Jumpstarts for Kids

99 Jumpstarts for Kids

Author: Peggy Whitley

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2003-09-30

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0897899695

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Similar to the previous 99 Jumpstarts to Research but designed for younger students, this book helps teachers and librarians to teach basic research and information literacy skills to children. To help them master the research process and narrow the limitless array of sources available on commonly researched topics in elementary and middle schools, students are taught a basic note-taking process and given specific source ideas and subject headings for each topic discussed. This book will be an invaluable tool to help school librarians and teachers broach the difficult task of beginning to teach the research process. Grades 3-8.


Internet.edu

Internet.edu

Author: Robert Raese

Publisher: Iri/Skylight Training & Publishing

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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This book provides a working knowledge of the Internet to assist teachers in implementing Internet resources in the K-12 curriculum. Part 1 - The Basics includes chapters 1-3. The first chapter deals with the information glut on the Internet and the time management problems this poses and presents a conceptual image of the Internet. Chapter 2 discusses general Internet directories and catalogs, and chapter 3 focuses on educational directories. Part 2 - The Details includes chapters 4-10. Chapter 4 describes e-mail functions, including Usenet and mailing lists. Chapter 5 addresses the World Wide Web; a number of Web sites designed by schools are explored, and basic instruction is given for the construction of a home page. Chapter 6 deals with using Gopher in the classroom, and the next chapter considers FTP (File Transfer Protocol). IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is discussed in chapter 8. Chapter 9 highlights educational telnet sites and chapter 10 considers acceptable use policies and Internet filters. Appendices A-F provide information on using the "Internet.edu" link at IRI/SkyLight, the structure of an e-mail address, downloading graphic files, CU-SeeMe (an audio-video conferencing technology), Archie (a tool used to search FTP sites) and subject area and grade level ratings and URLs for activities by chapter. A glossary, a 36-title bibliography and index are included. (MES)


Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning

Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning

Author: Christine Pappas

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011-01-25

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1136861130

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Practical, engaging, and informed by current ideas on teacher research, this text outlines and illustrates strategies and experiences to foster literacy teachers’ abilities to conduct action research in their classrooms or schools.


The Teacher's Calendar, 1999-2000

The Teacher's Calendar, 1999-2000

Author: Contemporary

Publisher: NTC Business Books

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 9780809226627

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Handbook for teacher's and librarians in grades K-8 listing historical events, holidays, anniversaries, and birthdays in a calendar year.


Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children

Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-07-22

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 030906418X

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While most children learn to read fairly well, there remain many young Americans whose futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the demands of our competitive, technology-driven society. This book explores the problem within the context of social, historical, cultural, and biological factors. Recommendations address the identification of groups of children at risk, effective instruction for the preschool and early grades, effective approaches to dialects and bilingualism, the importance of these findings for the professional development of teachers, and gaps that remain in our understanding of how children learn to read. Implications for parents, teachers, schools, communities, the media, and government at all levels are discussed. The book examines the epidemiology of reading problems and introduces the concepts used by experts in the field. In a clear and readable narrative, word identification, comprehension, and other processes in normal reading development are discussed. Against the background of normal progress, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children examines factors that put children at risk of poor reading. It explores in detail how literacy can be fostered from birth through kindergarten and the primary grades, including evaluation of philosophies, systems, and materials commonly used to teach reading.


The Teacher's Calendar, School Year 2000-2001

The Teacher's Calendar, School Year 2000-2001

Author: Kim A. Summers

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13:

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The ideal resource for K-8 teachers, school librarians, event coordinators, public and children's librarians, and after-school program librarians. Arranged day by day from August 1, 2000, through July 31, 2001, it will help teachers plan lessons, arrange bulletin boards, and prepare school calendars.More than 4,000 entries include updated birthday listings of entertainers, athletes, and government officials that are of interest to children, all federal and state holidays, significant dates in American history, state fairs, space exploration milestones -- even dates that toys such as Beanie Babies "TM" and American Girl "TM" dolls were introduced.


One Grain of Rice

One Grain of Rice

Author: Demi

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13:

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A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl.