Chang's Paper Pony

Chang's Paper Pony
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1993-03-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064441636

It's the time of the gold rush, and Chang has come with his grandfather to California from China. Chang's dream is to own a horse of his own. With luck ... and a little gold dust ... that wish just might come true.

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express

Buffalo Bill and the Pony Express
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1996-08-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064442209

A story about Buffalo Bill and his exploits as a pony express rider.

The Josefina Story Quilt

The Josefina Story Quilt
Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 66
Release: 1989-04-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0064441296

California, here we come!Faith's Pa says there's no room on a wagon train for Josefina, a chicken who's too tough to eat and too old to lay eggs. But Faith loves her pet. Can Josefina show Pa that she still has a few surprises left in her?

Teaching Emergent Readers

Teaching Emergent Readers
Author: Judy Sauerteig
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2005-09-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313068925

The purpose of this book is to give media specialists, teachers and/or teacher helpers and parents a guide to using beginning chapter books to encourage first and second graders to read independently. The book contains in-depth lesson plans for 35 early chapter books. Each lesson contains bibliographic information plus setting, characters, plot, solution, and book summary. Activities for the media specialist to provide schema, prediction, fluency, and information literacy skill instruction is provided as well. Teacher activities included address phonics, phonemic awareness, decoding, fluency, and the comprehension strategies of recall, inference, and synthesis. Each book section also features a parent take-home page of extension/enrichment ideas.

Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales

Around the World with Historical Fiction and Folktales
Author: Beth Bartleson Zarian
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2004
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780810848160

Whether two teachers are covering the same topic in separate classes, or designing a thematic unit with the school librarian, this handy guide to nearly 800 award-winning historical fiction for Kindergarten through 8th grade will assist all parties in the selection of high quality literature.

English Language Arts, Grade 6 Module 3

English Language Arts, Grade 6 Module 3
Author: PCG Education
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2015-12-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1119227593

Paths to College and Career Jossey-Bass and PCG Education are proud to bring the Paths to College and Career English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum and professional development resources for grades 6–12 to educators across the country. Originally developed for EngageNY and written with a focus on the shifts in instructional practice and student experiences the standards require, Paths to College and Career includes daily lesson plans, guiding questions, recommended texts, scaffolding strategies and other classroom resources. Paths to College and Career is a concrete and practical ELA instructional program that engages students with compelling and complex texts. At each grade level, Paths to College and Career delivers a yearlong curriculum that develops all students' ability to read closely and engage in text-based discussions, build evidence-based claims and arguments, conduct research and write from sources, and expand their academic vocabulary. Paths to College and Career's instructional resources address the needs of all learners, including students with disabilities, English language learners, and gifted and talented students. This enhanced curriculum provides teachers with freshly designed Teacher Guides that make the curriculum more accessible and flexible, a Teacher Resource Book for each module that includes all of the materials educators need to manage instruction, and Student Journals that give students learning tools for each module and a single place to organize and document their learning. As the creators of the Paths ELA curriculum for grades 6–12, PCG Education provides a professional learning program that ensures the success of the curriculum. The program includes: Nationally recognized professional development from an organization that has been immersed in the new standards since their inception. Blended learning experiences for teachers and leaders that enrich and extend the learning. A train-the-trainer program that builds capacity and provides resources and individual support for embedded leaders and coaches. Paths offers schools and districts a unique approach to ensuring college and career readiness for all students, providing state-of-the-art curriculum and state-of-the-art implementation.

The Heart and Science of Teaching

The Heart and Science of Teaching
Author: Bobbi C. Hansen
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2019-01-11
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807759511

"This is the text that preservice teachers will take into practice and practicing teachers will turn to again and again to improve classroom culture and learning, with clear guidelines for essential SEL and academic linkages, a wealth of selective extensive teaching resources in multiple media and feedback from real teachers who have adopted this work in their classrooms"--

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation

Rethinking Teacher Supervision and Evaluation
Author: Kim Marshall
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2013-03-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118416619

Teacher supervision and evaluation that emphasizes fairness, excellence, and achievement In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his bestselling book, education expert Kim Marshall shows how to break away from the typical and often ineffective evaluation approaches in which principals use infrequent classroom visits or rely on standardized test scores to assess a teacher's performance. Marshall proposes a broader framework for supervision and evaluation that enlists teachers in improving the performance of all students. Revised edition of the classic book on teacher supervision and evaluation Includes thoughts on iPad and iPhone aps for classroom observation Offers new chart on how principals can manage ten mini-observations per teacher per year Contains new thoughts on merit pay, a different approach to the test-score argument from Arne Duncan This vital resource also includes extensive tools and advice for managing time as well as ideas for using supervision and evaluation practices to foster teacher professional development.

Better Books! Better Readers!

Better Books! Better Readers!
Author: Linda Hart-Hewins
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1999
Genre: Book selection
ISBN: 1551381052

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, k, p, e, t.