Titles of Books, DVDs and Videos from Q - T

 
Science Continuum of Concepts, K-6 Karen D. Olsen
$9.95



This amazing K-6 guide identifies the developmentally appropriate conceptual key points, recommended field trips, and expected student performance for each grade level. It is an essential tool for writing integrated curriculum and for making science come alive for students. (53 pages)

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Sign On with the Lifelong Guidelines and LiFESKILLS through American Sign Language

Susan Kovalik & Associates
$21.95


In today's ever changing society, learning a new language can be fun, exciting, and valuable. In Sign On you will join students from the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind as they teach your class the gift of American Sign Language. Watch as the children demonstrate how to sign the Lifelong Guidelines and LIFESKILLS with accuracy. Soon your students will be on their way to learning a new language. (22 mins., DVD)

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Songs about LIFESKILLS

Judy and Russ Eacker
CD: $17.95
Songbook: $6.50



Music is a wonderful way to introduce the LIFESKILLS and create a trusting environment that enhances learning. These original country western tunes are whimsical and memorable. The CD includes 17 songs and the booklet has large print for copying or transparencies. Each sold separately.

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Smart Cards: Classbuilding, Teambuilding, Cooperative Learning, Graphic Organizers, Multiple Intelligences, and Think-Pair-Share

Kagan

Single Card: $3.00
Set of 6 Cards: $18.00








Colorful, sturdy, and laminated, these teacher tools are a useful resource. Each card has four 8" x 11" sides filled with key information to help you vary your cooperative structures, use different graphic organizers, be aware of multiple intelligences, and build your classroom community. Find hundreds of student activities and strategies at your fingertips.

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Smart Tests: Teacher-Made Tests That Help Students Learn

Catherine Walker and Edgar Schmidt
$18.00


Create well-structured evaluation tools, matching assessment tasks to the purpose and content of instruction. Learn how to relate testing directly to classroom goals and activities and make assessment an integral part of learning and teaching, not just the end result. Encourage K-8 students to apply new knowledge, reflect and defend thoughts and opinions, and connect what is learned to the world beyond the classroom. (144 pages)

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Spread Your Wings: The Eight Ways of Being Smart

Jeff Pederson
$12.95



Here's a great way to learn about Gardner's multiple intelligences—sing them! Jeff Pedersen's CD for educators and students includes both the vocal and instrumental versions of "Everybody's Smart," an original composition. It's catchy, easy to learn, and has a message kids and adults will love! (music CD)

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Spyglass Series in VHS or DVD format

Susan Kovalik & Associates
Series of 4 Spyglass-V: $71.95
Series of 4 Spyglass-D: $71.95





The four titles in this series are: Agenda, Being There, Enriched Environment, and Writing Procedures. Each video/DVD presents an overview of the subject and how to implement the techniques to create the ultimate learning environment where academic achievement can increase. Real-life demonstrations by SK&A Associates interacting with the classroom students.

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Stage 1 of the ITI Stages of Implementation: First Things First

Susan Kovalik & Associates
$29.95


In this video, you see the first steps in setting up an ITI classroom. It will answer your practical questions about the physical layout of the room, beginning curriculum and instructional strategies, how to invite parents into the program, and what you can expect students to accomplish. (28 mins. , DVD)

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Stage 2 of the ITI Stages of Implementation: Intelligence As a Function of Experience

Susan Kovalik & Associates
$29.95


Intelligence is a function of experience! Schools must provide massive sensory input in order to equalize student experiences and these increase understanding of content. School must provide huge amounts of sensory input in order to help students understand and use concepts and skills. With a high level of cooperation and commitment to purpose, these students are learning to be responsible, productive citizens. (14 mins., DVD)

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Stage 3 of the ITI Stages of Implementation: Creating Conceptual Curriculum

Susan Kovalik & Associates
$29.95


Join two teachers to see how a conceptual curriculum is powerful, meaningful, and allows students to predict and generalize. In this video, 5th- and 6th-grade students learn from interaction with guest speakers, being there experiences, and skill integration. Watch as they internalize the meaning of responsibility for one's own learning. This is ITI in action! (25 mins., DVD)

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Taking Inquiry Outdoors: Reading, Writing and Science Beyond the Classroom Walls

Edited by Barbara Bourne
$18.50


Follow a group of educators who have used the natural world as a setting for purposeful student learning and critical teacher reflection. For these teachers, the outdoors provides an authentic laboratory that promotes questions, investigations, reading, writing, listening, and sharing. They have discovered that involving students in meaningful scientific inquiry provides them with authentic and motivating reasons to read, research, and write. (139 pages)

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Thinking and Learning: Matching Developmental Stages with Curriculum and Instruction

Dr. Larry Lowery
$9.95


A concise description of the evolving thinking processes of children, this is a handy tool at school and district levels for examining curriculum content and determining what is age appropriate and thus understandable for our students (rather than something to be memorized). Learn why much of the content of our textbooks is wildly inappropriate! Should be mandated reading for curriculum and test makers. (98 pages)

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Tools for Citizenship & Life: Using the Lifelong Guidelines & LIFESKILLS in Your Classroom

Sue Pearson
$32.95


The ultimate resource for teaching respect and building character in the classroom! For each of the Lifelong Guidelines and LIFESKILLS, this book provides the description for each, why practice it, how to practice it, what it looks like in the real world, and what it looks like in school. Hundreds of activities, signs of success, and links to related literature make this a valuable tool for teachers, K-12. (283 pages)

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