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September 2008
| Expert Approaches to Support Gifted Learners: Professional Perspectives, Best Practices, and Positive Solutions |
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371.956 E96 |
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A collection of articles from the Gifted Education Communicator sharing insights from experts in the field of gifted education. |
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| Leveled Books K-8 : Matching Texts to Readers for Effective Teaching |
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Irene C. Fountas and
Gay Su Pinnell |
rj372.41 F771 |
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Explains the guided reading system for children kindergarten through middle school, describing how to select, use and level books for different purposes in your literacy program. |
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| Your Child’s Strengths : Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them, A Guide for Parents and Teachers |
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Jennifer Fox |
372.21 F792 |
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Contains clear, interesting, step-by-step techniques for identifying and utilizing children’s cognitive and emotional strengths. |
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| Big Ideas for Growing Mathematicians : Exploring Elementary Math with 20 Ready-to-Go Activities |
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Ann Kajander |
j372.72 K13 |
(Check Catalog) |
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Activities to help elementary students understand relatively advanced concepts from pre-algebra to infinity, and to get them excited about mathematics. |
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| Exploratopia |
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Pat Murphy, Ellen Macaulay
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j507.8 M978 |
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More than 400 kid-friendly experiments and explorations using simple everyday objects put together by the staff of the Exploratorium, the museum of science, art and human perception. |
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| How Computer Games Help Children Learn |
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David Williamson Shaffer |
371.334 S525 |
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Examines how particular video and computer games can help kids to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers and other professionals, teaching creativity and innovation. |
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| Young Person’s Character Education Handbook |
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j370.114 Y75 |
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Explains 50 character traits, with examples from literature, history and other subjects, scenarios to discuss, ideas for developing the trait, role models and consequences of having or not having the trait. |
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| Making Sense of History : Using High-Quality Literature and Hands-On Experiences to Build Content Knowledge |
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Myra Zarnowski |
j372.89 Z37 |
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Step-by-step study units, student work and reproducible forms help teach students how to think like a historian. |
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