Getting Ready for the 4th Grade Assessment Test: Help Improve Your Child’s Math and English Skills – Many parents are expressing a demand for books that will help their children succeed and excel on the fourth grade assessment tests in math and English –especially in areas where children have limited access to computers. This book will help students practice basic math concepts, i.e., number sense and applications as well as more difficult math, such as patterns, functions, and algebra. English skills will include practice in reading comprehension, writing, and vocabulary. Rubrics are included for self-evaluation.
Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.
Transform mathematics learning from “doing” to “thinking” American students are losing ground in the global mathematical environment. What many of them lack is numeracy—the ability to think through the math and apply it outside of the classroom. Referencing the new common core and NCTM standards, the authors outline nine critical thinking habits that foster numeracy and show you how to: Monitor and repair students’ understanding Guide students to recognize patterns Encourage questioning for understanding Develop students’ mathematics vocabulary Included are several numeracy-rich lesson plans, complete with clear directions and student handouts.
This book provides perspectives and insights across the educational system for how we might move toward living out this wish in all schools. The chapters provide perspectives on fundamental questions that have been guiding recent research on wellbeing in schools: How do school communities flourish together? How does supporting educator wellbeing connect to teaching, learning, leading in schools? What characteristics, qualities and strategies support the wellbeing of the whole school community? This book is unique in that it answers these questions from the perspectives of teachers, students, administrators in K-12 schools, as well as from university and the wider community. Importantly, these chapters provide a repertoire of varied answers to the question that underpins this shift in research toward a positive organizational perspective: How can we leverage what works well to grow more, to instill in each community member a sense of their value and capacity to contribute? These chapters serve as examples, invitations, and inspiration for readers to notice in their own contexts ways they can grow wellbeing through a focused attention on building appreciative, strengths-based, positive approaches to teaching, learning, and leading in all schools.
Practice and preparation for the M-STEP English Language Arts tests! This book will develop the reading skills that students need, while preparing students for the M-STEP English Language Arts assessments. It offers a simple and convenient system for ongoing practice, while being focused on building strong reading skills. Skill Development Made Simple - Provides 48 passages with questions divided into convenient sets - Includes sets for literary texts, informational texts, and paired passages - Updated edition includes a wider variety of informational texts including advertisements, flyers, reviews, and instructional texts - Short passages and question sets allow for easy 20-minute practice sessions - Develops and builds on all the reading skills needed - Easily integrates with student learning throughout the year Helps Students Prepare for the M-STEP ELA Tests - Covers the reading skills that are tested on the M-STEP assessments - Includes a wide range of passage types - Students gain extensive experience understanding, analyzing, and responding to passages - Provides practice completing multiple-choice, constructed-response, and technology-enhanced questions - Also offers practice writing text-based essays Full Coverage of the Michigan Academic Standards - Covers all the reading skills listed in the Michigan Academic Standards - Includes sets for literature, sets for informational texts, and mixed sets - Additional exercises introduce and develop essential skills - Full answer key lists the specific skill covered by each question Key Benefits of this Book - Short passages and question sets build confidence - Ongoing practice develops strong reading skills - More rigorous tasks encourage deeper understanding and more advanced thinking - Students gain experience writing in response to passages - Allows for convenient revision and practice as the student learns - Reduces test anxiety by allowing low-stress practice - Develops the skills students need to perform well on assessments
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