Alphabet

Alphabet
Author: Patricia Roberts
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 282
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780810828230

Planned activities are suggested for over 200 alphabet books and include objective(s), materials, and suggested grade level. Recommended for school librarians, teachers, and parents.

ABC Books and Activities

ABC Books and Activities
Author: Cathie Hilterbran Cooper
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1996
Genre: Children
ISBN: 9780810830134

A creative guide to over 5000 alphabet books with activities, games, and projects that can be used with ABC books.

The Elementary School Library Collection

The Elementary School Library Collection
Author: Lauren K. Lee
Publisher: Brodart Company
Total Pages: 1350
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780872720961

**** Cited in Sheehy and Walford, this comprehensive reference recommends print and audiovisual materials as well as microcomputer software and CD-ROM products for preschool through sixth grade children. The present edition includes 12,294 recommended titles, 3,070 being new listings. Each entry notes the format(s) available and provides cataloging and ordering information, a critically descriptive annotation, interest and reading level estimates, and priority for acquisition. For school, public, and academic librarians, and preservice and inservice faculty. Published by the Brodart Company, 500 Arch St., Williamsport, PA 17705. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Guides to Library Collection Development

Guides to Library Collection Development
Author: John Thomas Gillespie
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Total Pages: 464
Release: 1994-08-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN:

Intended to enhance collection development in school, public, and college libraries, this volume lists and annotates approximately 1,500 significant bibliographies published from 1985 through 1993, with some earlier but still useful publications. Annotations indicate scope of the work, size (often the number of entries), kinds of material included, purpose, arrangement, nature of entries, indexes, special features, and a recommendation. Author, title, and subject indexes provide easy access to the entries. With its deep and comprehensive coverage, this work will help not only in the process of selecting and acquiring materials for the library but also in the process of identification of items for reference, readers' advisory, interlibrary loan, and collection evaluation.

A Resource Guide for Elementary School Teaching

A Resource Guide for Elementary School Teaching
Author: Richard Dean Kellough
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1991
Genre: Education
ISBN:

A Resource Guide for Elementary School Teaching is a practical, comprehensive, and concise methods book designed to engage readers in "hands-on" and "minds-on" learning about effective teaching. A four-part organization covers an orientation to elementary school teaching and learning; planning for instruction; strategies, aids, media, and resources for effective instruction; assessment and professional development. A new chapter on elementary school children discusses their development and their diversity -- and specific strategies for working with them.