School is Fun

School is Fun
Author: Weingart Cydney
Publisher: Noodle Soup
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1948702150

Demystify school and help preschoolers get ready for this milestone. Sweet characters show kids all parts of the school day adventure meeting new friends, learning, making music and art, and playing outside.

3,2,1 School is Fun

3,2,1 School is Fun
Author: Amanda Haley
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-09
Genre: Education, Preschool
ISBN: 9780531245804

Rookie Preschool books are bursting with alliteration, repetition, and singalong fun that encourages emergent readers to participate in the storytelling. Each book includes suggested activities linked to the story and its theme.

Stuart Goes to School

Stuart Goes to School
Author: Sara Pennypacker
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545311837

“[An] excellent sequel to Stuart’s Cape . . . Precocious readers looking for clever and unusual situations will not be disappointed. Hilarious.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Our favorite worrier is back, and Stuart is about to start third grade. As he makes his way to the first day of school, wearing the worst outfit ever, what could a first-rate worrier do but worry? Stuart worries about getting stuck in the boys’ bathroom, about not having anything to show for show-and-tell, but most of all, about not making any friends. With his cape, though, Stuart is bound to have a day full of wacky adventures. “This humorous fantasy perfectly captures the child’s-eye view of elementary-school life . . . Young readers are sure to identify with Stuart’s persistent quest to find his place in the classroom society.” —School Library Journal “[A] wryly funny mix of the real and the magical, enhanced by Matje’s quirky line art.” —Publishers Weekly

Make School Meaningful--And Fun!

Make School Meaningful--And Fun!
Author: Roger C. Schank
Publisher: Solutions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781942496212

In this book, Roger C. Schank sets the stage for sparking conversations and innovative changes in schools to help make school experiences relevant to students and prepare them for the future. By implementing new literacies, globally connected technology, and career-based curricula, teachers can provide students with the tools they need to succeed during and after high school.

After-School Fun: A Writing Unit

After-School Fun: A Writing Unit
Author: Mary F. Burke
Publisher: Teaching and Learning Company
Total Pages: 13
Release: 2008-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0787729183

This packet, taken from the popular Four Square series, provides a personal coach for students to help them write and is designed to meet the interests and abilities of writers in grades 1-3. Expand your students' minds with art, word association, questions, poetry, and planning and composition of prose. These engaging exercises, focusing on the topic of after school activities, will take away your young learners' fear of writing and allow them to have some fun!

The School's Cool Girl

The School's Cool Girl
Author: Kiraran
Publisher: Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
Total Pages: 188
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Hailey May Collins is the school's cool girl; Smart, confident, mysterious, and intimidating. Everything that she does is admired by everybody, even by the way she walks or talks. Everybody worships her. But her cool-girl personality is nothing but a mask to hide her true self - a nervous and paranoid teen who's constantly worried about her social status. But even though she's having a hard time putting on her mask, she would gladly play along until after her senior year... That is until she discovered the secret of the Student Council students, whose real identities are The Pandorgriffs. The most popular girl and boy band of the year. Now, everywhere she goes, they follow her like a stalker. But what’s worse than having famous stalkers? It's when they find out about her secret as well.

Middle-School Cool

Middle-School Cool
Author: Maiya Williams
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2014-03-11
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0449816141

*Now available in paperback with a brand new title: Kaboom Academy!* “Graduates of Wayside School will fit right in at the decidedly unconventional Kaboom Academy.” —Kirkus Reviews Forget everything you know about middle school while reading “this amusing and lighthearted story [that] pokes fun at traditional education, while celebrating nonconformity, individuality, and even oddity” (School Library Journal). A new middle school has just opened in Horsemouth, New Hampshire: Kaboom Academy. It’s a place where cannons go off in the middle of school assemblies, pills contain actual information, and multiplication is made, er, real. (Read: You ever wonder what it would be like if there were two of you? How about four? How about eight? Well, you’re about to find out!) The school’s new students—and the Journalism 1A class in particular—can’t believe all the shenanigans that go on. Who’s really in charge of this groundbreaking academy for boys and girls who’ve fallen out of love with learning? And what does it mean to “blow up the model for middle school”? A 2015 Children's Choice

Who Said School Administration Would Be Fun?

Who Said School Administration Would Be Fun?
Author: Jane L. Sigford
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2005-05-18
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1452239592

"The book is unique in that it addresses the socioemotional stages of professional transitions...this was an easy read that had me highlighting passages on almost every page or citing relevant quotes I want to use or share with others. The material is well integrated so you can see the more global picture of administration, yet allows the reader to focus and actively reflect on the very real scenarios used as examples." -Michelle Kocar, Principal Liberty Elementary School, North Ridgeville, OH "I found myself making stars in the margins or writing YES!, Been There, Done That, I can relate!, Interesting, Good Suggestion, True..." -Ann Porter, 2002 NAESP National Distinguished Principal Lewis & Clark Elementary School, Grand Forks, ND When you maintain your perspective, you find fun in the most unlikely places! Are you apprehensive about leaving the realm of teaching for the world of school administration? Do you wonder how your current relationships will evolve with a change in job title? School administrators fill a crucial need in education, but all too often their social and emotional worlds turn upside-down when they make this momentous career move. This second edition provides an insightful look at the unwritten and unspoken rules of school administration, helping new and sitting administrators work through the initial adjustment and discover the satisfaction that comes with success. Who Said School Administration Would Be Fun? is filled with real-life examples, exercises, and strategies meant to guide school leaders through the motley challenges that they will encounter each day. Sigford draws on years of experience as teacher, leader, and administrator to develop tactics for: Maintaining perspective through humor Managing and leading like a successful systems thinker Transforming school culture into a climate of trust and compassion Responding to all levels of accountability faced in today′s schools Fun may not be the first word to describe school administration; however, understanding and self-reflection will lead to the fun of success and satisfaction.

It Even Happens in "Good" Schools

It Even Happens in
Author: Festus E. Obiakor
Publisher: Corwin Press
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2001-05-14
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780761977964

This book offers case studies, observations, and practical, culturally responsive solutions to the challenges presented by diversity in the classroom. By telling stories and asking questions, the book explains that progress is slow-moving and that quality, equity, and fair, appropriate treatment are often very hard to find, even in good schools. Arguing that all schools must respond to pleas for excellence and quality, the book explains that this will not happen without concern for diversity as well. The book is thematically divided to address educational phases. Although the phases may appear independent, they are mutually inclusive. The book's seven chapters are: (1) "Redefining Good Schools"; (2) "Classroom Identification and Referrals"; (3) "Classroom Assessments and Accountabilities"; (4) "Classroom Labels and Categories"; (5) "Classroom Placements and Inclusions"; (6) "Classroom Instructions and Interventions"; and (7) "The Dream School: The Good School." (Contains 112 references.) (SM)

A Good Education

A Good Education
Author: Margaret White
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2018-01-29
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1351270117

This book provides an answer to one of the key questions of our time: namely, what constitutes a good education. Presenting a ‘four-dimensional’ model, it directly considers the essential elements a good education should include. Through forging this framework and outlaying its origins, implications and practice, the book explains how a good contemporary education can be defined and implemented. From the premise that such educational essentials are neither the preserve of the elite nor a minimum standard, White's exploration keeps the child at the heart of the discussion, focusing on every pupil's worth, identity, interactions and development. The author offers a detailed and rigorous perspective reflecting on extensive professional experience, starting with a consideration of the current educational climate and progressing through the book's three parts: looking for a good education creating a model of good education applications, implications and implementation of the model. A Good Education recognises the transformative power of education and reflects on the importance of human factors: teachers' provision for their pupils and students' ability to flourish. This book is addressed to those actively engaged in or concerned about educational provision: graduates entering teaching, school leaders, policy-makers and parents. It also speaks more broadly to all those who know that a good education really matters.