STAFF PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY
PROFESSIONAL LIBRARY TITLES AND ANNOTATIONS
006.5 SCH - KidCast: Podcasting in the Classroom - Schmit, Dan - This book is about helping to leverage the power of digital audio and podcasting to provide meaningful experiences for your students.
153.1 MAR - Dimensions of Learning - Marzano, Robert J. - The Dimensions of Learning program includes a variety of components designed to help educators fully understand how these six assumptions affect the teachers' work in the classroom.
153.15 JEN - Sizzle & Substance - Jensen, Eric - This book is a masterpiece for effective communication, teaching and learning based on the author's synthesis of brain-compatible learning.
370 LIT - The Big Picture - Littky, Dennis - The schools Littky has created and led over the past 35 years are models for reformers everywhere: small, public schools where the curriculum is rich and meaningful, expectations are high, student progress is measured against real-world standards, and families and communities are actively engaged in the educational process.
370.15 - Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom - Armstrong, Thomas - Now, in the 2nd edition of "Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom," Thomas Armstrong has updated his best-selling practical guide for educators, to incorporate new research from Gardner and others. Gardner's original studies suggested that the mind comprises seven intelligences--linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
370.15 ELL - The Personal Intelligences - Ellison, Launa - Nationally known teacher and author, Launa Ellison, helps educators understand and use the latest brain research to improve education. Ellison blends two of the Multiple Intelligences-intrapersonal and interpersonal-with current research on the brain and learning to create a new foundation for K-8 classrooms.
370.15 SIL - So Each May Learn - Silver, Harvey F. - This book includes rationales and research-based principles of learning that support integrated learning; many classroom examples, activities, and organizers to help educators process ideas and analyze their current practices; instruments for readers to identify their own style and intelligence profiles; and planning templates for designing integrated lessons, assessments, and curriculum.
370.15 SOU - How the Brain Learns - Sousa, David A. - This powerful bestseller on brain research and education provides practical information that teachers can use in classroom activities and lessons, including basic brain facts that can help students learn, insights on how the brain processes information, and tips on maximizing retention using "down time."
370.15 WOL - Brain Matters: Translating Research into Classroom - Wolfe, Pat - In this book, Patricia Wolfe makes it clear that before we can effectively match teaching practice to brain functioning, we must first understand how the brain functions. In Part I, several chapters act as a mini-textbook on brain anatomy and physiology. Then, in Part II, Wolfe brings brain functioning into clearer focus, describing how the brain encodes, manipulates, and stores information.
371.1 GAB - How to Thrive as a Teacher LeaderM - Gabriel, John G. - The author explores the responsibilities and rewards of teacher leadership, offering practical, positive advice on * identifying leadership qualities and building a team, * enhancing communication and earning respect, * overcoming obstacles and implementing change, * energizing colleagues and strengthening morale, and * improving student and teacher achievement.
371.102 ERW - The Classroom Choice - Erwin, Jonathan - This author believes the answer lies in offering real opportunities to students rather than throwing up the obstacles inherent to traditional discipline and motivation techniques. At the heart of his approach are the five basic human needs of William Glasser's Choice Theory: survival and security, love and belonging, power through cooperation and competency, freedom, and fun.
371.102 KOB - In There With the Kids - Kobrin, David - In There with the Kids presents the parallel working lives of two teachers, elementary teacher Hilary Coles and high school teacher Mel Stinko. We see these teachers (composites drawn from the authors' experience and observations in schools) as they plan lessons, interact with students, reflect on what happens in the classroom, and try always to do better. Through them we are prompted to think carefully about why some lessons work and others don't.
371.102 MAR - Classroom Instruction that Works - Marzano, Robert J. - What works in education? How do we know? How can teachers find out? How can educational research find its way into the classroom? How can we apply it to help our individual students? Questions like these arise in most schools, and busy educators often don't have time to find the answers. Robert J. Marzano, Debra J. Pickering, and Jane E. Pollock have examined decades of research findings to distill the results into nine broad teaching strategies that have positive effects on student learning.
371.102 TOM - Integrating Differentiated Instruction and Understanding - Tomlinson, Carol A. - In this book, two models converge, crafting powerful curriculum and ensuring academic success for all the full spectrum of learners.
371.2 MAR - Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement - Marzano, Robert J. - In Building Background Knowledge for Academic Achievement, Robert J. Marzano shows how a carefully structured combination of two approaches--sustained silent reading and instruction in subject-specific vocabulary terms--can help overcome the deficiencies in background knowledge that hamper the achievement of many children.
371.26 POP - Test Better, Teach Better - Popham, W. James - In Test Better, Teach Better, assessment expert W. James Popham explores the links between assessment and instruction and provides a jargon-free look at classroom and large-scale test construction, interpretation, and application, featuring sample items, testing tips, and recommended resources.
371.27 LIM - How to Assess Student Work Lim, Lida - Tools for integrating instruction and assessment, rubrics & projects, porfolio programs and sample activities and problems.
371.27 MAR - Transforming Classroom Grading - Marzano, Robert J. - This book is about designing grading systems that are both precise and efficient. Robert Marzano provides educators with a thorough grounding in grading research and theory.
371.3 MAR - A Handbook for Classroom Instruction that WorksMarzano, Robert J. - After briefly reviewing the research base for his instructional strategies, the authors advise you to choose among strategies presented for those that interest you and fit your classroom needs. They guide you through each strategy, showing how to reflect on your current beliefs and practices and recommending how to use the strategy.
371.3 UMS - Brain Games! - Umsatter, Jack - Here's a unique collection of over 170 reproducible exercises to fill your extra classroom minutes with challenging and practical exercises that stimulate your students to think and reason more intelligently and critically! Better yet, the exercises are fun, can be used at any time for a variety of instructional purposes, and are perfect for large and small groups as well as independent work.
371.302 FOG - Brain-Compatible Classrooms - Fogarty, Robin - In this new edition of the SkyLight best seller on brain-compatible learning, author Robin Fogarty has synthesized new research and addressed the role of standards in the brain-compatible classroom. This work is based on four principles-setting the climate for thinking; teaching the skills of thinking; structuring the interaction with thinking; and thinking about thinking.
371.302 FOG - How to Raise Test Scores - Fogarty, Robin - This booklet illustrates proven instructional strategies that get results.
371.302 STR - Qualities of Effective Teachers - Stronge, James H. - The author synthesizes research to identify specific teacher behaviors that contribute to student achievement. Rather than look at outside factors like demographics, district leadership, and state mandates, Stronge focuses specifically on what teachers can control: their own preparation, personality, and practices.
371.302 TIL - 10 Best Teaching Practices - Tileston, Donna Walker - Discover the ten practices that are essential to making education meaningful and rich for all students.
I371.33 SIM - Increasing Student Learning Through Multimedia Projects Simkins, Michael - What is project-based multimedia learning? Making a real world connection, Defining and planning a multimedia learning project, Ready, set go, The roles of assessment and Finding support for your project.
371.9 VIL - Creating an Inclusive Schoo - Villa, Richard A. -
This book is a comprehensive resource on inclusive schooling -- including children and youth with disabilities in general education classrooms. The editors have gathered experts on inclusion and practitioners in the field to discuss the foundation of inclusion and describe promising practices in K-12 schools.
371.95 SOU - How the Gifted Brain Learns - Sousa, David A.
This resource helps you turn research on the brain function of intellectually and artistically advanced students into practical classroom activities and strategies.
372.13 SNO - Classroom Strategies for Helping At-Risk Students - Snow, David - This book provides research on programs that provide data specific to the performance of at-risk and low-performing students and then suggestions drawing on the research.
372.4 BAR - Teaching Reading in Science - Doty, Jane K. - Section 1: Three interactive Elements of reading, Section 2: Strategic Processing, Section 3: Strategic Teaching, Section 4: Six Assumptions About Learning, Section 5: Reading Strategies.
372.4 BAR - Teaching Reading in Social Studies - Doty, Jane K. Section 1: Three interactive Elements of reading, Section 2: Strategic Processing, Section 3: Strategic Teaching, Section 4: Six Assumptions About Learning, Section 5: Reading Strategies.
372.4 BAR - Teaching Reading in Mathematics - Barton, Mary Lee - Section 1: Three interactive Elements of reading, Section 2: Strategic Processing, Section 3: Strategic Teaching, Section 4: Six Assumptions About Learning, Section 5: Reading Strategies.
372.4 BEE - Reading Strategies for the Content Area - Beers, Sue - By helping students practice effective reading strategies and providing them with tools they can use to process content-area text, you will help them reach the ultimate goal: becoming independent, strategic readers.
372.41 CHA - Differentiated Instructional Strategies for Reading Chapman, Carolyn - This book will help you link reading in meaningful ways to the vocabularies of math, science, social studies, vocational studies, music, health and physical education, so all your students can improve learning and classroom achievement!
372.476 BAR - Teaching Reading in Science - Barton, Mary Lee - Section 1: Three interactive Elements of reading, Section 2: Strategic Processing, Section 3: Strategic Teaching, Section 4: Six Assumptions About Learning, Section 5: Reading Strategies.
372.6 ARM - The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing - Armstrong, Thomas - The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing appeals to all educators who work with reading and writing skills, from the preschool teacher leading the class in phonemic awareness activities to the post-graduate professor helping students examine kinesthetic imagery in Shakespeare's plays. The book combines Howard Gardner's MI theory and recent brain research on reading and writing with historical, anthropological, biographical, and psychological perspectives on literacy.
372.6 BOL - Teaching Spelling: a Practical Resource Bolton, Faye - The basis for teaching spelling, Achieving spelling competency, Class explorations and student responsibilities, Assessment, Exploring sound/symbol relationships, The structure of words, Creating words, Shortened words, The possessive apostrophe, Alternative spellings and Games for playing with words.
373.19 JAC - Breaking New Ground in High School Integrated Curriculum - Jacobs, Heidi Hayes - Today's high school educators must continually revise their curriculum designs to reflect meaningful, relevant and timely curriculum. This paper targets specific changes for high school curriculum and examines three elements-content, skills and assessment.
373.19 TOM - Differentiation in Practice - Tomlinson, Carol A. - As part of a larger series, this resource provides nine sample high school units that apply a systematic approach to planning curriculum and instruction for academically diverse learners. The annotated lesson plans and homework handouts engage students in the study of historical fiction, Macbeth, the Civil War, vectors, quadratic equations, and watersheds.
373.19 WEB - Integrating Technology in the High School Webb, I. Dean - This book recognizes the importance of technology and the role of technology in educational reform and makes a number of recommendations.
375.001 WIG - Understanding by Design - Wiggins, Grant P. - What is understanding and how does it differ from knowing? What do we want students to understand and be able to do? What enduring knowledge is worth understanding? How will we know that students truly understand and can apply knowledge in a meaningful way? How can we design our courses and units to emphasize understanding and "uncoverage" rather than "coverage"? Understanding by Design explores these questions and provides practical solutions for the teacher-designer.
418.4 SOU - How a Brain Learns to Read - Sousa, David A. - He first presents the current scientific understanding of how young humans acquire spoken language and then use that capability when learning to read, and then discusses instructional strategies for teaching reading.
428.4 FRY - The Reading Teacher's Book of Lists Fry, Edward Bernard - Activities to improve student reading.
428.4 MCE - Raising Reading Achievement in Middle and High School - McEwan, Elaine K. - McEwan offers middle and high school principals the tools to lead their schools to reading excellence.
428.407 BIL - Teaching Reading in the Content Areas Billmeyer, Rachel - Role of the reader, role of the climate, role of text features: Vocabulary, Text structure, Strategic processing: Metacomprehension: Reflective questioning, Reflective writing,
700.71 JEN - Arts With the Brain in Mind - Jensen, Eric - How do the arts stack up as a major discipline? What is their effect on the brain, learning, and human development? How might schools best implement and assess an arts program?? Eric Jensen answers these questions and more in this book.
AC 306 COV - The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Covey, Stephen R. - With a balance of theory and practical examples, this guide to personal and professional life describes seven principles of life management.
CD 370.15 BRA - Wake Up the Brain Brain Store - Offers a range of titles, all paced between 120 and 165 BPM to increase heart rate and boost epinephrine levels. Music that moves to awaken the mind and activate the adrenaline system.
CD 370.15 JEN - How the Student Brain Learns Jensen, Eric - Get dozens of real world strategies that are guaranteed to enhance your school environment while building confident and competent learners.
VID 370.78 ASSOC - How to Design Classroom Management to Enhance Learning - Association for Supervision and Development - Shows teachers how to design a management system that supports and emphasizes student learning by streamlining tasks and engaging students in taking on major responsibilities in their own learning environment.
VID 371.27 ASSOC - How to Informally Assess Student Learning Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - Examines assessment techniques that K-12 teachers can use during class to determine where students are in their learning.
VID 371.3 ASSOC - How to Spiral Questions to Provoke Student Thinking - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - Examines the way to spiral questions to promote critical thinking in students.
VID 371.3 DAR - The Lesson Collection: English (Vocabulary strategy) - D'Arcangelo, Marcia - The videotape is one that illustrates various strategies teachers are using in their classrooms today. A brief narrative sets the stage for each lesson and the teachers explain in their own words the strategies they are using and their rationale for using a certain approach.
VID 371.302 ASSOC - How to Improve Your Questioning Techniques - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development- Explores the different types of questions used in classrooms and the techniques teachers use to engage their students.
VID 371.335 ASSOC - How to Use Graphic Organizers to Promote Student Learning - Association for Supervision and Development - illustrates the use of diagrams, charts, and other visual aids in the classroom to help students learn to establish links between ideas, recognize patterns, and develop critical thinking.
VID 371.37 ASSOC - How to Conduct Successful Socratic Seminars - Association for Supervision and Development - Explains how to conduct Socratic seminars, group discussions facilitated by the teacher, and how their use is an effective tool for teaching.
VID 372.24 ASSOC - How to Make Homework More Meaningful by Involving Parent - Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - Examines an interactive homework process, provides tips on involving parents in a three-way partnership, and shows how to match homework to curriculum objectives.
VID 808.4 ASSOC - How to Use Prewriting Strategies -Association for Supervision and Development - Program demonstrates six different classroom activities and strategies for getting students started in prewriting. Includes footage of high school teachers and students talking about and using the strategies.
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