Sentences with phrase «elementary school book»

Along with the classic Ferrari Testarossa poster and the biography of Bo Jackson, this Newberry Award Winner was usually among the first items to sell out at the elementary school book fair.

This summer we'll launch a subscription - based service for elementary school, which will be around 100 dollars a year, and considerably less for those purchasing the elementary school books at the same time.

Not exact matches

The book, Swimmy, by Leo Lionni, which Kalin read with the careful intonation of an elementary school teacher, is about a small fish that bands together with other fish to scare away a hungry tuna.

I read books about the female brain, met with science and math elementary school teachers and nonprofit educators who were doing programs to get kids interested in STEM.

When I was writing More Than Serving Tea I confided in a few friends who helped my husband juggle the preschool and elementary school schedules so that I could get away to write, edit, and promote the book.

Per the Book of Galatians, the question of «sin or not» is a valid point to debate in Elementary School; but we can graduate from elementary debates of the Law, and enter into the great dialog about «how» to live the Law of Christ and «how» to experience the Unity of All Believers.

Merle M. Ohlsen describes group counseling of adolescents and children in schools.9 Helen Driver reports on two groups for high school seniors, three groups for college students, and four leaderless teachers» groups.10 The second part of Driver's book reports on forty - four projects using small groups in elementary, high school, college, and graduate professional schools (as well as mental health settings), as described by the leaders of each group.

I hereby decree that the unneeded «u» in cantalope be stricken from every dictionary and every elementary school spelling book.

:-D So funny, mine was purchased through my elementary school, along with some other books I don't remember, of course, I kept the cookbook; — RRB - Thanks so much for the comment!

A Garner elementary school teacher works to provide local abused or neglected children with new pajamas and books.

This small but insightful book explores rich and stimulating methods for the teaching of English composition skills in Waldorf elementary schools.

What I liked most about the book is that it doesn't shy away from addressing the real - life challenges that can trip up the best - intentioned parent, whether it's the growing influence of peers as a child moves into elementary school, the «I don't need your advice» attitude of the high schooler, or the scheduling conflicts that can make healthy, communal eating seem impossible.

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Find the best books and resources for elementary school - aged kids to learn more about the human body, cells, and genetics.

As your child (ren) approach elementary school age you can choose a longer chapter book and read a chapter or part of a chapter each night.

First, moving on to chapter books is a great accomplishment, but don't abandon picture books — you can continue to read and discuss these with your child throughout elementary school.

A hint - the elementary school text books got it wrong!

I learned to read before I even started kindergarten and I distinctly remember our librarian in elementary school telling one of my classmates that «books are our friends» when he was being a little too aggressive with his page turning.

I remember one of the elementary schools I went too didn't have enough text books for everyone in the class.

Busier school and homework schedules, an added preschool schedule to the elementary routine, a book deal & daily blog work, and a feisty toddler have really dwindled my kitchen hours down.

The jokes hit upon every elementary school kid's favourite subjects: comic books, movies about comic books, sex (but only some vague notion of sex — as if viewing a porn video through a scrambled pay - per - view feed or, for today's generation, via a slow - to - buffer WiFi connection).

DreamWorks Animation's comedy «Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie» brings the anarchic adventure and unbridled potty humor of author Dav Pilkey's beloved children's book series — which for 20 years has sent countless elementary - school - age kids into fits of giggles and a few easily offended adults into fits of pique — to movie screens for the first time.

Johnny Knoxville, Lionel Richie and Jennifer Aniston also contribute art to a Kickstarter book benefitting arts curriculum in elementary schools

Based on the popular 1936 children's book «The Story of Ferdinand,» by Munro Leaf and illustrated by Robert Lawson, the Blue Sky Studios animated film captures the essence of its source material, which is still read in elementary schools today.

Are you an elementary school teacher who took that ABC book to a new level or a social studies teacher who has made oral histories of local old - timers part of the community collection of text in the school and local libraries?

I am an elementary school librarian, teacher, tech integrationist, blogger and book lover with an addiction for finding innovative apps & digital tools for my students!

In fact, paying elementary age children to read books did as much to boost their ability as more popular approaches such as smaller class size, Head Start, and bonuses to teachers for working in at - risk schools, the study determined — and was much cheaper, too.

While these young adult books are typically middle school level, their resonant subject matter, complex characters, profound themes, vivid vocabulary, and historical contexts make them suitable as enriched reading for elementary students and as a bridge for high school freshmen.

Mathematical Mindsets: Unleashing Students» Potential Through Creative Math, Inspiring Messages, and Innovative Teaching Jo Boaler's 2015 book traces the research behind math anxiety, the crippling response to high - stakes testing and rote mathematical drills that, according to Boaler, follows students from elementary school through adulthood and results in a lifelong fear of the subject.

Glavac: The book, which has become a best - seller, is being used by schools at the elementary and high school level, in college and university Internet courses, and in teacher pre-service courses.

I remember my elementary school media specialist helping me check out my first book and also introducing me to the original Oregon Trail game on a vintage Apple desktop.

Most elementary school teachers know Margaret Wise Brown's The Important Book.

Payne's book is brilliant and should be read by all education policymakers, but today, in honor of Martin Luther King, I want to call attention to the Epilogue (as I have done before), where Payne tells the story of William J. Moore, «grandson of a fugitive slave,» who opened a «first class elementary school» in West Cape May, New Jersey, for the black «yard men, delivery «boys», dockhands, truck drivers, casual laborers, and factory workers» who serviced the white tourists of Cape May.

Kim Gosselin: The primary audience for JayJo's current list of books is elementary - aged children and their families, teachers, and school nurses.

In addition, a survey of English language arts classrooms published by the Fordham Institute found that most elementary - school teachers, at least in the early stages of common core implementation, assigned books based on students» abilities, rather than grade - level complexity, as the standards state.

Facilitate access to books: As elementary students, kids enjoy weekly visits to the school library to check out books.

She has transformed from a by - the - book early elementary teacher to a tech - savvy teacher of middle school gifted students.

From the book: «Even before Jobs started elementary school, his mother had taught him how to read.

Over a third of the elementary school's students have been involved in the breakfast book club.

When I was growing up in Saratoga, California, there were very few Asians; I think there were just a handful in my elementary school, as in the book.

Two years ago, when the three - year grant from the DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Foundation ran out, the state of Connecticut kicked in another $ 1.2 million to buy books for elementary school library media centers.

A: The book is designed to address a wide audience of people who want to learn more about what teaching in elementary schools is really like.

Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater and Admiral James M. Loy, the commandant of the Coast Guard, teamed up with officials from First Book to hand out about 80 brand - new books to students in Head Start and kindergarten at a local elementary school.

This book tells the story of the first such school, launched by Muriel Summers, an elementary - school principal from North Carolina.

She is the author of more than 30 books, each packed with simple hands - on experiments for «teaching» science concepts to elementary and middle school students.

The book dwells on a second point that also can hardly be gainsaid: private and public elementary schools serving disadvantaged children resemble one another in many respects.

In March, after a copy of Stink and the World's Worst Super-Stinky Sneakers was donated, the Title I coordinator at an elementary school in Orange Park, Fla., wrote to the bookmentor: «One student commented, «Wow, that is so nice of someone to give us a book and we didn't even have to pay for it.»»

One mother recently told me that when she needs to get her son's attention, she takes his AoPS Precalculus book away from him, and parents proudly send us pictures of their children's creations celebrating their favorite Beast Academy characters from our elementary school curriculum.

Because the book covers so much ground in an easy - to - read manner, Made in Mexico is an excellent addition to any elementary school classroom.

Any one of these books — which run the genre gamut from history to biography to poetry — would make a worthy read - aloud this month (or any month) in an elementary, middle, or high school class.