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Ways We Want Our Class To Be Class Meetings that Build Commitment to Kindness and Learning Project of DSC Class meetings can be used to address academic and social issues that arise daily in the classroom setting. This excellent publication provides a hands-on-approach to instituting class meetings. Part One describes why, when and how to use class meetings. Part Two provides detailed guidelines for fourteen meetings that cover typical social and academic subjects for group consideration, such as class norms, substitutes, choosing learning topics, cliques and interpersonal problem solving. A reproducible checklist is provided to help with planning and evaluation. DS-102 / $14.95 / 120 page / softcover / for teachers, K-8 |
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We Can Get Along A Child's Book of Choice Lauren Murphy Payne and Claudia Rohling Children need help learning how to get along with others at school, in the neighborhood, and on the playground. Children also need to know they have the power to make good choices. Simple words and inviting illustrations teach children how to get along with others and resolve conflicts peacefully. FS-203 / $9.95 / 7" x 9" / 36 pages / ages 3 - 8 |
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When Gifted Kids Don't Have all
the Answers
Real-life strategies and solutions for meeting gifted kids' social and emotional needs and creating the gifted-friendly classroom. The publication includes 19 reproducible handouts.
FS249 / When Gift Kids Don't / 288 pp / $19.95 |
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What Do You Stand For? A Kid's Guide to Building Character Barbara A. Lewis This excellent book invites kids to explore and practice honesty; kindness, empathy, integrity, tolerance, patience, respect, and more. Inspiring quotations and background information set the stage. Dilemmas challenge readers to think about, discuss, and debate positive traits; activities inspire them to explore what they stand for at school, at home, and in their community. Timely, comprehensive, thought-provoking and fun, this book gives young people the power to become their best selves. Includes reproducibles. FS-209 / $19.95 / 8 1/2" X 11" / 224 pages / ages 10 AND UP |
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Proven, Practical Ways to Shape Your Own Future Peter Benson, Ph.D., Judy Galbraith, MA and Pamela Espeland Based on a nationwide survey, this book describes the 40 most essential "assets" all teens need to succeed at life. With hundreds of suggestions this book inspires and empowers teen to build their own assets in the home, at school, in the community, congregation, with friends, and with youth organizations. "Assets in Action: sections show how people across the nation are creating healthy communities using this asset-building model. FS-212 / $14.95 / 7" x 9" / 272 pages / softcover |
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What Works in Schools: Translating Research into Action R. Marzano Although differences in student achievement are due to the students themselves –there is a lot that schools and teachers can do to improve student achievement. Using this bestselling book’s research-based survey tools and action steps, you can identify your school’s strengths and weaknesses, prioritize your options, and implement a clear plan for improvement. An ASCD publicatio ASCD 221 / What Works in Schools / 219 pp / $25.95 |
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Why Johnny Doesn't Behave This publication focuses on 20 concrete tips to help you write measurable behavioral goals and objectives. The book is divided into two sections: Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavioral Intervention Plans (BIP). Each section includes an explanation and sample FBAs and BIPs so you can easily develop your own.
AT-457 / Why Johnny Doesn't
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Study Skills Program for Middle School and High School Students! This exceptional new release Winning the Study Game is designed to level the playing field for middle school and high school students in special education programs and for students in the general education setting who would benefit from a study skills program. The comprehensive Student Workbook provides a range of effective and engaging exercises specifically tailored to advance students' study, analytical, critical, and strategic thinking skills while concurrently strengthening reading comprehension and writing capabilities. This field-tested program will help students acquire the learning tools, judgment, and self-confidence they need to succeed in school and in life.
About the Author: A graduate of the Stanford University Graduate School of Education, Lawrence J. Greene is an educational diagnostician, educational therapist, curriculum developer, university instructor, and consultant to school districts throughout the United States and Canada. He is the author of thirteen books in the field of education including: Learning Disabilities and Your Child, Improving Your Child's Schoolwork, Finding Help When Your Child is Struggling in School and Roadblocks to Learning, recently published by Warner Books. His best-selling mainstream study skills program-Getting Smarter-is published concurrently by Pearson and McGraw-Hill.
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Winning the Study Game Set- 2 books and CD ROM |
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Words, Words, Words ! This new release provides creative and engaging games and activities that teachers can use to improve their students' vocabulary. Written for use with students in grades 7-12, the book is divided into thirty thematic units and offers four different ready-to-use activities for each group of words. Filled with creative games and activities, this resource will help your students to increase their vocabularies and have fun while they are doing it. JW-134 / Words, Words, Words! / 336 pp / $29.95 |
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Working Together-The Art of
Consulting and Communicating In this book you will learn techniques proven to help you understand your communication style and guide you through the steps necessary to assemble strong respectful collaborative teams. The Interpersonal Style questionnaire (sold - separately - 20 per package) will help educators identify their main modes of making decisions. The questionnaires may be used individually.
SOP-103 / Work Together Art
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SOP-103QU / Work Together
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Working Together - Tools for
Collaborative Teaching This resource for team teaching offers school-tested techniques that will help teams work together effectively. It includes models for successful collaboration, tips for scheduling, methods for evaluating collaborative efforts, and more. SOP-104 / Working Together - Tools / $25.95 |
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Working with Challenging
Parents of Students with Special Needs If you need help working with challenging parents, especially parents of students with special needs - this book is for you. The book will help you: generate alliances; deal with parents who are angry, non-participatory, or plaintive; work with groups with unique concerns such as grandparents or foster parents and cultivate and maintain good collaborative relationships with parents.
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Worksheets Don't Grow
Dendrites Actively engaging students in the learning process is the best way for them to succeed. This engaging book targets teachers as "growers of brain cells" and encourages them to make practical application of the findings of learning style theorists and neuroscientists. Tactile learners, spatial thinkers, and logical minds alike will become eager students as the strategies in this handbook are implemented. CP-143 / Worksheets Don't / 160 pp / $29.95 |
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Writing Measurable IEP Goals
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Writing Skills Curriculum Library A practical series that provides over 540 stimulating ready-to-use activity sheets to help teach and reinforce writing skills in junior and senior high students (9-12). Each unit in the series focuses on a different area of writing skills and is complete and self-contained, including 90 reproducible activities in a variety of formats, a brief teacher's guide to effective use of the activities and full answer keys. The activities can be used in any order and with any developmental or corrective writing program to meet the specific needs of individual students, small groups or an entire class. |
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Ready-to-Use Word Activities PH-210 / Ready-to-Use Word Activities / 160 pages / $19.95 |
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Ready-to-Use Sentence Activities PH-211 / Ready-to-Use Sentence Activities / 160 pages/ $19.95 |
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Ready-to-Use Paragraph Writing Activities PH-212 / Ready-to-Use Paragraph Writing Activities / 160 pages / $19.95 |
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Ready-to-Use Prewriting & Organization Activities PH-213 / Ready-to-Use Prewriting & Organization Activities / 160 pages / $19.95 |
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Ready-to-Use Revision & Proofreading Activities PH-214 / Ready-to-Use Revision & Proofreading Activities / 160 pages / $19.95 |
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Ready-to-Use Portfolio Development Activities PH-215 / Ready-to-Use Portfolio Development Activities / 144 pages / $19.95 |
