Sentences with phrase «read quality books»

She also recommends a very late beginning for original writing, building towards it with narrative, reading quality books, and dictation, all of which she seems to think will naturally promote good writing.

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It was recommended that he read the book The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World's Greatest Manufacturer, which explains how the automaker used «lean manufacturing» techniques to reduce wasted time and resources and install higher quality - control measures.

When you know other people are going to read what you write, you are under pressure to produce a quality book.

I'm enjoying reading «small giants» a secular business book that argues againt the «grow or die» received wisdom through a study of businesses that turned down opportunites to grow in size and profits in order to be great at quality (http://www.anglicancelluk.org/blog/p,12/).

If you love studying like I do, seminary may be helpful, but you might just be able to learn the stuff on your own by reading good, quality books.

Have u read the book «Talent (that is quality, skill) is not enough»?

I am hoping things clam down a bit now and we get some spend to quality festive time together playing games, reading books and watching movies instead of running around so much.

For some teens it might be escaping to their rooms and reading a book, and for others it might be some quality time with their PS3 — both are okay, as long as the stress - free activity isn't keeping them awake unnecessarily.

We were also in need of high - quality books that we, as parents, would never tire of reading to our children time and time again.

In addition, research has shown that men who find infant care books unappealing (as will be the case when they can not read them easily) miss out on important information about parenting and child development, and that this lack of knowledge is likely to impact negatively on the level and quality of their involvement with their children (Lewis, 1986).

Every mom knows that for children to become strong readers, they need books: new, high - quality books they're excited to read.

My love language is quality time, whereas he's more physical touch, I'm excited to read the book to find out more about each.

We are not a «cry it out» family, but until reading Pantley's book I wrongly assumed that there are gentle options for helping to improve the length and quality of a baby's (and my own) sleep.

Whether it is going to bed earlier, feeding yourself nutritious foods, taking time to exercise or meditate or read a book or talk to a friend, to spend quality time as a couple, etc, parents can't handle a tantrum if they are stressed or exhausted or depleted.

Whether that means some quality tummy time or reading a book, I'm learning that they find great things to do together and enjoy it much more when I'm hands - off.

From appreciating the machine - like qualities of the human body to resurrecting long - extinct creatures, two books about bones make colourful reading

A book entitled Rise and Fall of the Fifth Force, by Allan Franklin [American Institute of Physics, 1993], makes interesting reading about the types of issues that bear on the quality and repeatability of experiment, as well as the interpretation of data.

If you've been following me and have read my book The Antianxiety Food Solution and heard me speak at conferences and on summits, you know I have been an avid fan of the Lidtke tryptophan 500 mg for years and years because of the quality and because it works SO well for my anxious clients.

The reality is that we're a busy bunch of people, and if we're truly serious about maximizing our quality of life, slamming down a quick protein shake so we can get to the office a little earlier might mean we can leave earlier, too, and get home in time for a date with the significant other, a hike at dusk, or an extra couple chapters on that great book we've been meaning to read.

My love language is quality time, whereas he's more physical touch, I'm excited to read the book to find out more about each.

Right now I would rather read a good book or spent quality time with my daughter.

Read this book if you enjoy quality writing, a story that drives the book rather than action, and using your imagination.

I read some good books (including this month's book club selection), caught up on some excellent entertainment (including BBC's Zen), spent some quality time with family and friends, and still managed — somehow!

When I read Tim Gunn's book, A Guide to Quality, Life & Style there is one piece of advice he gave that really spoke to me and that I still remember today — the book came out in 2007, so yes, that should impress you that I still remember!

You can create a more engaging and attractive dating profile by grabbing an artsy friend of a professional photographer and taking high - quality pictures of yourself at a dog park, reading a book, playing a sport, or just going about your day.

If you want to land a quality man, reading Arnie's book can help you understand what your crush is thinking and how to attract his attention.

SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you read the book OR you enjoyed The Blind Side OR you want to see quality entertainment presented with humor and a message.

Here, his score functions as something like the sieve of the page — watching a film with his soundtrack suggests an approximation of the literal detachment of reading a book; as Candyman unfurls, defenses fall away and the fable - like quality of the story gains a kind of archetypal weight.

In Tom Stoppard «s spectacularly good script (I suspect the quality of which has been overlooked because so few film critics have actually read the book), it has a jumping off point that more than any previous take, digs into the themes of the novel — the many forms that love takes, artificial metropolitan life vs. simple pastoral life — and allows the peripheral characters their moment in the sun, while still keeping the running time at around a brisk two hours.

I was not disappointed in the quality of the book, as I can often be when reading something from a Bestsellers list; sometimes I don't see eye to eye with the general populace.

For all of the quality of his novel, I never felt terror in reading the book; horror at points, but mostly a sad disgust.

Digital content in the form of high - quality video is becoming increasingly important as is the availability of digital books and online structured learning materials, such as those supporting mathematics and reading.

The book takes around an hour to read, and offers some quality suggestions for making eLearning easier.

Over the two - year study, 57 percent of students saw gains in reading proficiency through access to high - quality books, enriching resources, books for summer reading, and professional development.

He's also the co-author of Practice Perfect, which illuminates the qualities that make a champion, and of a forthcoming book about reading and the Common Core standards.

Both programs stressed the importance of high quality language interactions (back and forth conversations, shared book readings, and rich vocabulary), nutrition (prenatal and beyond), and healthy parenting strategies (feeding and sleeping routines, strategies to deal with misbehavior and so on).

For instance, I directed a national Head Start Quality Research Center; created a program, Dialogic Reading (which is a widely used and effective intervention for enhancing the language development and book knowledge of young children from low - income families); and authored an assessment tool, the Get Ready to Read Screen, that has become a staple of early intervention program evaluation.

This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 33 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 147 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (9 sheets) * Homework project (9 tasks) that includes both reading and writing skills Unit's lessons include: * Cloze activity on the play's contexts * Detailed, thorough comprehension questions on each scene * Spelling tests on key vocabulary * SPaG starter activities * Character crosswords * Huge 60 - question revision quiz * In - depth key scene analyses (including group work) * Exploring characters - Helen, Jo, Peter, Boy, Geof * Exploring themes - marriage, motherhood, relationships * AfL activities - improving sample exam responses * Essay planning * Writing a formal essay on a chosen character * Writing a formal essay on a chosen theme * «Closed book» mock exam to reflect new GCSE exam expectations * Teacher / peer / self assessment opportunities

But it wasn't until she was in college and read Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools, the Jonathan Kozol book that exposed dramatic disparities in the quality of education between rich and poor communities, that she realized her calling was to be a business administrator in a diverse school district.

This program uses four types of quizzes (reading practice, vocabulary practice, literacy skills, textbook quizzes) to assess students» daily progress, measuring the quality, quantity, and level of difficulty they are reading using the Advantage TASA Open Standard, a readability formula that provides reading levels based on the entire contents of books.

Parent - Child Book - Reading Styles, Emotional Quality, and Changes in Early Head Start Children's Cognitive Scores

There is undeniable value in attending high - quality presentations, reading articles or books, watching videos, and taking online courses.

``... The unexamined believe that test scores describe some form of reality about learning is creating a national crisis,» reads «Cognitive Capital: Investing in Teacher Quality,» a book by Arthur Costa, Robert Garmston and Diane Zimmerman.

All of our books are prepared with close attention to the quality of language, both for reading aloud and reading alone.

The Company creates quality books and ebooks, print and technology - based learning materials and... and coaches on balanced literacy practices and instructional strategies, guided reading in...

In order for them to be able to read books with quality literature, we need a variety of different genres of books.

«Implementation quality» was shown by variables developed from computerised Accelerated Reader software, which measures understanding of a real book the student has chosen, by a quiz completed after they read it.

Understanding the relationship between correctly matched books and high student interest, teachers monitor children's reading and ensure that learners have high - quality texts from different genres.

In his spare time, you can find Mr. Gutter playing basketball at the YMCA, reading non-fiction books about history and politics, or spending quality time with his wife.

When I first started out studying Instructional Coaching, one of the first books I read was Steve Barkley's Quality Teaching in a Culture of Coaching.