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The Power of Our Words by Paula Denton. “This guide shows teachers how to use their most powerful teaching tool—their words and tone of voice—to bring out the best in children. You’ll learn how to use simple sounding yet highly influential language to achieve your goals in academic instruction, community building, discipline, and classroom management (Back Cover)”
The First Six Weeks of
School by Roxann Kriete and Paula
Denton. “The tone for the entire year is established during the early weeks of
school. Teachers who take their time during this critically important period,
who move slowly and thoughtfully to build a solid foundation, find that it pays
off all year long with increased student investment, cooperation,
responsibility, and self-control ( Back Cover).”
Fair Isn’t Always Equal
by Rick Wormeli. This book “ tackles the difficult subject of assessing and
grading students in differentiated classrooms. The book is organized into four
sections (Differentiation & Mastery, Assessment, Grading, and Implementation
& the Big Picture) and sixteen chapters. In addition to a table of contents,
there is a glossary of important terms, bibliography, and a subject/title/author
index.
Fair Isn’t Always Equal is intended for
all secondary teachers. However, Wormeli specializes in middle education and his
insights work best for this group. The writing is a compelling combination of
analogy and logic that is illustrated with anecdotes and personal experiences.
The result is an easy read that offers practical advice for teachers in
differentiated classes” (http://www.lib.msu.edu/corby/reviews/posted/wormeli4.htm).
Lies My Teacher Told Me by
James Loewen “Americans
have lost touch with their history, and in this thought-provoking book,
Professor James Loewen shows why. After surveying twelve leading high school
American history texts, he has concluded that not one does a decent job
of making history interesting or memorable. Marred by an embarrassing
combination of blind patriotism, mindless optimism, sheer misinformation, and
outright lies, these books omit almost all the ambiguity, passion, conflict, and
drama from our past…. From the truth about Columbus's historic voyages to an
honest evaluation of our national leaders, Loewen revives our history, restoring
to it the vitality and relevance it truly possesses (http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?
inkey=7-0684818868-0).”
Best Practice, Third Edition by Zimmerman, Daniels, and Hyde
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practice is the pillar that supports powerful teaching, and the first two
editions of the highly acclaimed "Best Practice" have promoted
instructional excellence for more than ten years. Now the third edition,
with forty-five percent new material, does still more to make the big
ideas of education accessible, identifying the teaching methods that help
students learn, explaining how to implement them in the classroom, and
showing what exemplary instruction really looks like…. It also carefully
examines state, national, and discipline-specific standards and
demonstrates how engaging and interactive classroom instruction is truly
the most effective way to meet those standards. You'll find that
time-tested tools like the famed "More Than-Less Than" charts
are updated, while the wealth of recent research and new classroom
vignettes will lead your teaching in invigorating new directions” (ASCD
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Improving Student Learning One Teacher at a Time by Jane Pollock “Developing a clear and confident plan for every class is much easier when you use this book’s model for success. Jane E. Pollock explains the four critical areas of teaching and describes how you can use an approach that increases student success and your own personal satisfaction. To execute your plan, the book offers step-by-step instructions for developing a curriculum document, planning your instructional activities, choosing a set of classroom assessment tasks, and recording meaningful feedback on student performance” (http://shop.ascd.org/productdisplay.cfm?productid=107005).
