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Paperback Weekly Lesson Planner, Grade 1.Contains daily lesson plans for each week in grade 1 in the SCHOLASTIC LITERACY PLACE 1996 Reading series. Lesson Plans (sequenced) are: Reading, Writing, listening, Speaking, Viewing, Phonics/Word Study, Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, and Lesson Plans for Second language Learners. ... Read more

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This is a sample from this extensive book:1. What is Orthography?The science and art of the Letters of a language.2. Of what does Orthography treat?The nature and power of letters, and correct spelling.3. From what is the word Orthography derived?Two Greek words, signifying "To write right."4. What is a Letter?A character used to represent an elementary sound, or combinationof sounds.5. What is an Alphabet of a Language?A complete list of its letters.6. What is the origin of the word Alphabet?It is derived from the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet:Alpha and Beta.7. Where did the Alphabet originate?The English comes from the Greek, which was brought by Cadmus fromPhoenicia, about the year 1490 B.C.8. What was the first Alphabet ever used?The Hebrew.9 How many letters were in the original Alphabet?Sixteen.10. Where did the other letters originate?They have been added since the time of Cadmus, as their use becamenecessary. ... Read more

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This seems a fitting place in which to explain the general aim of this series of Reading Books. Primarily, it is intended to provide a systematic course for use in schools which are under State inspection; and, with this view, each Book in the series, after the Primer, is drawn up so as to meet the requirements, as set forth in the English and Scotch codes issued by the Committees of Council on Education, of the Standard to which it corresponds.
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Text for undergrad course
I have used this text in my undergrad course for the last couple of years.It is written in real language with lots of practical suggestions for elementary and middle school teachers.I wish I had had textbooks like this when I was in college!

Enough to stimulate many good lesson plans
I like this book and will use it with a class on arts methods in education.It divides the arts in four main domains:visual arts, theatre/drama, music, and dance, and each chapter is chock full of ways to use these domains in the K-12 classroom.At the end, they feature three lengthy integrated units that center around a single work or theme, kind of like Leonard Bernstein's arts-based curriculum.One of them is a unit on jazz study, which I thought was a great idea.A few of the explanations are tedious, some statements needed a few citations to hold up, and the anticipation guides could be answered correctly by anyone with a brain, but these are small quibbles.Mainly, it's a good book to get teachers thinking about the wide range of arts-based activities they can promote even without special training.

Good if you know nothing about teaching with the arts
This book is set up as a text book, with anticipatory guides, questions and activities for the reader to do. I was expecting a book with too many ideas, but instead this book is for those that aren't familiar with the arts or how to incorporate them into the classroom. There are better books out there, and this is more of a stroking of the authors' worth than anything else. I was very disappointed with this book.
If you have no clues about what art is or how to use it in your lessons, than this book is for you, but if you have any background using art at all, ignore this book. ... Read more

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"The following papers are published chiefly because they treat in a concrete and personal manner some of the principles which the writer has developed in two previously published books, _The Educative Process_ and _Classroom Management_, and in a forthcoming volume," ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, published by Thomson Gale on December 22, 2007. The length of the article is 9914 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Training teachers to follow a task analysis to engage middle school students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities in grade-appropriate literature.(Clinical report)
Author: Diane M. Browder
Publication: Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 22, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 22Issue: 4Page: 206(14)

Article Type: Clinical report

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The following papers are published chiefly because they treat in a concrete and personal manner some of the principles which the writer has developed in two previously published books, _The Educative Process_ and _Classroom Management_, and in a forthcoming volume, ... Read more

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A Necessary Voice of Dissent and Moderation
Once, William Bagley was known as a formidable critic of John Dewey and the excesses of progressive education. Since then, Bagley has been quite unjustly forgotten, even though much of what he foresaw has come to fruition. Lack of discipline has interfered with student ability to learn, over-focus on making lessons relevant to kids lives have created students who will not tolerate learning anything outside of their immediate interest. Under-focus on the tried-and-true method of drilling and fact recall have created students who cannot think critically because they have nothing to think ABOUT. Bagley saw all of this and spoke out about it. Now that much of his warnings have shown true, Bagley's work has become even more valuable.

First, do not get the wrong impression. Bagley was not a critic of all things progressive, and was certainly not a reactionary. He simply advocated that progressivism not be pushed to excess. We don't want to be Draconian OR say no to discipline; rather, we want to use discipline sparingly but effectively. We don't want to relentlessly drill rote facts into students OR say no to drilling fact, but rather, achieve a good balance between factual learning and activity.

The first several essays display Bagley's admiration for the teaching profession. (He was, himself, a teacher and principal.) "Craftmanship in Teaching" and "Optimism in Teaching" offer exaltation of teaching and a plea for teachers never to stop believing in the potential of students. The next few essays, such as "The Test of Efficiency in Supervision," are reminders that, just as in any profession, the scientific process of trial and error must and should be employed to find out what works in the classroom and what doesn't. In an age where Dewey dressed philosophy up and called it science (a trend continuing to this day in education via "Brain Based Ways of Learning") Bagley called out progressives in education for letting their zeal outpace scientific experiment and scrutiny.

The next essays are where we get down to the business of pointing out where progrsesive education often goes wrong. In essays like "Utility in Education," Bagley warns that taking a narrow view of uitiity in education (let's teach only what will help students find jobs) one is ignoring the fact that education is also supposed to teach lessons like the value of doing hard work (regardless of whether it is immediately interesting), and exposing kids to things they might not otherwise be exposed to.

Two other essays take on similar themes - "The Possibility of Training Children to Study" and "The New Attitude Towards Drilling" - warns that the progressive trends in education may make students happier, but often avoid imparting them with good habits like studying and memorizing, skills that, while sometimes boring, are necssary well past high school.

In all of this, Bagley offers a refreshing counterbalance to the education theorists of the day like Dewey and Montessori. Before ED Hirsch and even Mortimer Adler before him, Bagley was trying to warn educators that while progrssive education had many things to offer, we would be best not to extremize it (as we did in the eighties and nineties). I leave the reader with some of my favorite quotes from this book:
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Bagley on the importance of habit building in students: "The only full-fledged law that I know of in the educative process is the law of habit-building... I am often told that this "law" is fallacious. It has differeed from some other so-called laws, however, in this respect: it alwatys works. loc. 574]
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Bagley on motivation: "The best way to promote growth in either pupils or teachers is neither to let them do as they please nor to force them to do as you please, but to get them to please to do what you please to have them do. ]loc. 664]
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BAgley on the dangers of having students learn only what interests them: "The result was a well-established prejudice [in students] against everything that was not superficially attractive and intrinsically interesting." [loc. 484]
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Bagley on drilling: "What is needed, now that we have gotten away from the lock step, now that we are happily emancipated form the meaningless thralldom of drill for its own sake - what is needed now is not less drill, but better drill." [loc. 690]
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Lastly, Bagley on progressive education: "[I]f one wishes to winthe applause of the multitude one may do it easily enough by proclaiming some new and untried plan."

How true. How true.

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"Learn the basic building blocks of reading with Creating Readers, an incredibly comprehensive resource that develops a strong foundation for pre-readers. This book gives teachers and parents the tools to teach beginning reading skills and phonemic awareness with over 1000 activities, games, fingerplays, songs, tongue twisters, poems and stories for each letter of the alphabet.This invaluable resource will start children ages 3 to 8 on a future rich with reading." ... Read more

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Invaluable resource
I first checked this book out from the library, then decided that I had to buy it. It is packed full of literacy activities, from developing listening skills to emergent literacy to developing higher-level thinking. There are a lot of book lists, songs, games, activities, and tips. Each letter of the alphabet (inclusive of letters like vowels, c, g, y that have multiple sounds) has its own dedicated section of activities, including large and small group activities, songs/poems, books, and center ideas. The back of the book is LOADED with reproducible artwork and templates for the activities in the book. I'm no artist, so I'm looking forward to using those with my Pre-K class this year.I'm sure I will get tons of use out of this book.

The best book ever!
This book is too good for words! I just checked it out from my library to preview. It's well worth the money. There are more activities, poems, fingerplays, and stories in this book than you can count. They aren't too dumbed down. There is a ton of humor thrown in too. My kids are going to find some of these songs so funny. The back of the book even includes patterns you can copy to go along with the activities. There are a few printable games, and many game ideas and directions. There are recipes included in the book.It can be used for pre-k- first grade, but is geared towards preK- K age kids. Another nice feature of the book is a word list to go with each letter of the alpahbet.Also, I have a hard time finding fresh ideas. With all the blogs and websites out there, it feels like I've heard of every activity there is. I'm finding a fresh idea or activity on almost every page of this book. Can't wait to buy my own copy!

A must read for all parents of pre-school age children!
What a find!This book is worth it's weight in educational gold!Pam Schiller has written a wonderful book with games, songs and activities for every letter of the alphabet.There are many suggestions for pre reading skill builders too.If you only had one book to use for pre-school reading, this should be it! ... Read more