Going Green Grades PreK-K

Going Green Grades PreK-K

Author: Traci Geiser

Publisher: Teacher Created Resources

Published: 2010-03

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1420625454

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This book is packed full of ideas for reusing everyday items to create learning activities, games, group projects, and artistic crafts! All the lessons are aligned to standards and benchmarks. Children are encouraged to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Parents are asked to get involved, too!


What Does it Mean to be Green?: Eco-Pig Explains Living Green

What Does it Mean to be Green?: Eco-Pig Explains Living Green

Author: Lisa French

Publisher: ABDO Publishing Company

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1617856800

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E.P. thinks To-Be is beautiful! It is the place he wants to call home. After settling in the green apple tree, E.P. finds the town is not as eco-friendly as he'd hoped! He sets out to educate his new neighbors with tips on saving energy and recycling. Soon, everyone is on board to help protect our planet. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades P-4.


MATH PLUS: Step Up, Grade PreK–K, eBook

MATH PLUS: Step Up, Grade PreK–K, eBook

Author: Rozanne Lanczak Williams

Publisher: Creative Teaching Press

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 1616014857

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MATH PLUS is a smart new workbook series that makes math fun to learn! Uniquely designed to help young learners experience enjoyable, real-world math interaction, MATH PLUS helps students master key math concepts that are important for success in school and in life. Appealing math-based activities and games, along with humorous stories and story questions that relate math to a child's everyday world-build successful math knowledge while making math fun to learn. In addition, grade-specific fact cards and a helpful glossary provide support and practice of critical math vocabulary and concepts.Designed to complement the READ series, each MATH PLUS grade level offers a Step In workbook with simpler math activities and stories and a Step Up workbook with activities and stories that invite a bit more reasoning. Both options are expertly developed to help young learners discover that MATH+ Fun = Math Success!


Miss Fox's Class Goes Green

Miss Fox's Class Goes Green

Author: Eileen Spinelli

Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company

Published: 2011-07-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 0807592943

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2010 Green Prize for Sustainable Literature Youth Picture Book 2010 Green Earth Book Award When Miss Fox shows up at school riding her bicycle, Mouse asks, "Do you have a flat tire?" "No," Miss Fox tells her students. "I am going green!" Soon everyone in the class is working to keep the earth healthy. Mouse takes shorter showers (and does her singing after!); Bunny brings a cloth bag to the supermarket; and Possum turns the lights off when he goes out. And Miss Fox's simple act has ripples even beyond her own students...soon the whole school starts riding their bikes—including the principal.


Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades PreK–K

Activities for Building Character and Social-Emotional Learning Grades PreK–K

Author: Katia S. Petersen

Publisher: Free Spirit Publishing

Published: 2012-04-25

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 1575426684

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Build attitudes of respect and caring, reduce problem behaviors, empower students to solve problems, and educate the whole child with this flexible, user-friendly activity guide. The lessons' literature-based connections allow teachers to "build in" rather than "add on" social-emotional learning (SEL) throughout the day. Field-tested in classrooms across the United States, these activities when fully implemented have resulted in improved school climate, greater parent engagement, increased academic achievement, and reduction in discipline referrals. Features of the book include: 100+ easy-to-implement year-round activities that integrate info the daily curriculum in all subject areas Monthly themes focused on empathy, bullying prevention, teamwork, decision-making, and more Concise lesson formats (Read, Discuss, Do, Relate) Discussion and writing prompts Built-in assessments Digital content includes all of the book's reproducible forms.


Why Should I Protect Nature?

Why Should I Protect Nature?

Author: Jen Green

Publisher: Wayland

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780750236836

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One day a little boy goes on a school trip and they have a picnic in a wood. The class start misbehaving - throwing litter, breaking branches, picking flowers, swatting bees - and the teacher explains to them why they need to look after nature. She shows them the consequences of picking wild flowers and leaving litter around, and continues by telling them the ways they can help protect the environment.


Cross-Curricular Building Blocks - Grades PreK-K

Cross-Curricular Building Blocks - Grades PreK-K

Author: Jonathan Gross

Publisher: Lorenz Educational Press

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 1429103884

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This unique selection of articles and non-fiction stories can be used in a wide variety of teaching situations and can be easily integrated into existing classroom studies. Including 12 educationally-based articles and 36 reproducible activities, Cross-Curricular Building Blocks are perfect for a quick break during the day or as complete, comprehensive units. All of the articles and activities in this resource support the National Standards. Article topics include colors, Helen Keller, caterpillars, the moon, bats, rain and snow, magnets, jobs, oceans, Jane Goodall, teeth, and the five senses.


Green Shamrocks

Green Shamrocks

Author: Eve Bunting

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 0545274435

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When the pot of green shamrocks that Rabbit has been growing for St. Patrick's Day goes missing, he asks all the other animals if they have seen it.


My Garden

My Garden

Author: Kevin Henkes

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-02-23

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 0061715174

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The girl in this book grows chocolate rabbits, tomatoes as big as beach balls, flowers that change color, and seashells in her garden. How does your garden grow?


Mindful Listening Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: Authentic Strategies Using Picturebooks

Mindful Listening Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: Authentic Strategies Using Picturebooks

Author: Fortune, Donna Jessie

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2023-09-18

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 166845078X

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In today's academic environment, one essential skill that is often overlooked is active listening. While educators dedicate substantial time to teaching reading, writing, and speaking, listening skills remain a marginalized aspect of education. This negligence leaves students ill-prepared for the demands of the modern world and results in billions of dollars being spent by companies to train their employees in effective listening. The gap between the need for proficient listeners and the scarcity of resources to nurture this skill is harming or at least significantly delaying the potential of these students. Mindful Listening Instruction in the Elementary Classroom: Authentic Strategies Using Picturebooks is the solution we've all been waiting for. Academic scholars are deeply committed to improving education, and they have recognized the urgency of addressing this pervasive issue. This book offers a transformative solution by advocating for the integration of listening skill instruction into elementary classrooms, using the engaging medium of picture books. This book is a roadmap to a brighter future for our students and society. By addressing the problem of neglected listening skills and offering a compelling solution, this book equips educators, academics, and anyone invested in education with the tools to bridge the gap between the demand for proficient listeners and the current educational landscape's shortcomings.