Peter Stuyvesant

Peter Stuyvesant

Author: Matthew W. Cody

Publisher: Infobase Learning

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1438144490

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A biography of the leader who brought major reforms to the colony of New Netherland before its surrender to the British in 1664.


Old Silver Leg Takes Over!

Old Silver Leg Takes Over!

Author: Robert Quackenbush

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9780136339342

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A brief biography of the Dutchman who arrived to be governor of New Amsterdam in 1647 and turned it from a muddy village into a well-organized city.


Arnold Lobel

Arnold Lobel

Author: George Shannon

Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13:

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A critical analysis of the works of Arnold Lobel.


A Festival of Literature Ideas

A Festival of Literature Ideas

Author: Sandy Woolley

Publisher: PRUFROCK PRESS INC.

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780931724572

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This informative guide combines important background information for any literature program with innovative ideas to make literature relevant and exciting. A festival for your classroom, this wide variety of activities is a great source of fun and enjoyment for all who participate. Grades 1-6


Social Studies Through Children's Literature

Social Studies Through Children's Literature

Author: Anthony D. Fredericks

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1991-10-15

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 0313078424

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Use this activity-centered, literature-based approach to get students excited about social studies. These 32 units have summaries of books, social studies topic areas, lists of content-related words, curricular perspectives, and critical-thinking questions, as well as myriad activities. Fredericks also gives you an excellent annotated bibliography of children's literature and a list of social studies resources.


Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts

Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts

Author: David Yellin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-12

Total Pages: 720

ISBN-13: 1351813412

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Essentials of Integrating the Language Arts, Fifth Edition, offers students all the practical tools they need to be effective language arts teachers, supported by the necessary theoretical foundation. Like its predecessors, this edition presents a comprehensive approach to teaching the language arts, balancing direct instruction in the communication arts and integrating the language arts with other content areas such as music, art, mathematics, social studies, and science. It explores the important topics of community and caregiver involvement in education and offers thoughtful coverage of diversity in the schools. Practical teaching ideas are found in every chapter. The 5th Edition reflects current teaching practices, field knowledge, and research. Significant changes include: A more streamlined approach to allow readers to move quickly from learning chapter concepts and related theory and research to understanding how they are applied in classroom practices, activities, and strategies Discussion of standards, including the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), with the goal of showing readers how they can apply standards in the classroom to help meet their students' needs New teaching activities that support the chapter topics and align with the CCSS An appendix with more than 25 classroom assessment tools Discussion of current, quality children's and young adult literature, including informational texts, supported by an appendix of annotated lists of books by genre Key Features "In the Classroom" vignettes, describing real teachers implementing language arts strategies and activities with their students "RRP" (Read Research Practice) boxed features, offering ideas for activities and projects "Teaching Activities," which future teachers can use in their own classrooms "Field and Practicum Activities," which readers can use now in field and practicum settings Discussions of technology and websites, to help readers prepare to integrate technology in their own classrooms