The Learning Garden
The Learning Garden

Author: Veronica Gaylie

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9781433104701

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This book tells the story of building a campus «learning garden» over a series of cohorts of student teachers and environmental education students. The project began with high ideals, no funding, and a strong desire to do something about the environment: the result was a transformation in attitude toward nature, community and toward the learning process itself. Examining the process through three key metaphors - garden as environment, garden as community, garden as transformation - this book provides a bridge between theory and practice for ecology-centered teaching and learning.

Fearless Major Gifts
Fearless Major Gifts

Author: Charles LaFond

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2017-11-17

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 0898690285

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Every major gift is planned, and every planned gift is major, so this book is written intentionally blurring those lines with the premise that if you know how to identify, evaluate, cultivate and finally ask for the gift, it does not matter if it is a major gift or is a will inclusion leaving the details of bequests to the donors, their lawyers and accountants. Clergy and others need help learning how to 'make the ask' before the remaining generous generations of capacity (anyone over 60 especially) die, having given their gifts to the non-profits and schools so willing and prepared to ask for them. LaFond recounts, "I remember sitting with a beloved, dying parishioner who turned to me in her last three hours and quietly said 'I wish I had remembered the church in my will.' I asked why she had not and she said, sweetly, 'They never asked, and everyone else did, and so thoroughly.'" Clergy and lay leaders are terrified of asking for major and planned gifts while parishes need them and donors need to give them. Clergy are not taught in seminary how to do this essential work of ministry. LaFond, in his various roles, is filling that educational gap.

Oh Yeah? Proof It!, Grade 6
Oh Yeah? Proof It!, Grade 6

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Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing

Published: 2012-10-22

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1624421652

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Oh Yeah? Proof It provides the student an opportunity to grow their language arts skills while being Editor-In-Chief! This helpful classroom resource enhances a student's understanding of the importance of proofreading. Presented as a school newspaper, students have the opportunity to edit a variety of newspaper articles, including school news, play reviews, advertisements, and even comics! The activities not only help students identify mistakes in written text, but also allow them to become more confident in their own writing, reinforcing essential grammar, spelling and other language arts skills. A complete answer key is also provided for the student or teacher to check their work.

Teaching Kindergarten
Teaching Kindergarten

Author: Julie Diamond

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0807774170

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Today’s kindergarten teachers face enormous challenges to reach district-mandated academic standards. This book presents a model for 21st-century kindergartens that is rooted in child-centered learning and also shaped by the needs and goals of the present day. Classroom teachers working with diverse populations of students and focusing on issues of social justice provide vivid descriptions of classroom life across urban and rural communities. Teacher reflections and commentary from the editors link teacher decisions to principles of good practice. Teaching Kindergarten illustrates how a progressive, learning-centered approach can not only meet the equity and accountability goals of the Common Core State Standards but go well beyond that to educate the whole child. Book Features: Rich examples of learner-centered teaching in diverse public school settings.Depictions of integrated curricula in science, social studies, math, arts, and language arts that address Common Core and other standards.Connections to recent developmental research and pedagogy.Programs promoting social and cultural awareness.Photographs of children’s projects and a list of children’s books. “The teachers you are about to read tell stories no one has heard before, at a time when it is difficult to hear the individual voices in the classroom. No grade level needs this soul-searching examination more than kindergarten. This book maps a remarkable number of journeys toward this goal. I hope teachers will be inspired to add their own voices to the process of renewal.” —Vivian Gussin Paley, internationally renowned educator, author, and classroom teacher “We need this book. It speaks eloquently to what good practice looks like in real schools, as well as what it means to be a good teacher. These are stories of amazing educators whose work addresses what equity is all about—starting with 5 year olds. It’s too bad the next 12 years of school are not more like these kindergarten classrooms.” —Deborah Meier, education activist, senior scholar at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education