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An easy-to-follow and engaging homeschool curriculum, Horizons Kindergarten Math Student Book 1 by AOP includes 80 colorful, consumable lessons that lay a solid foundation in Math. Using Horizons spiral learning method, Student Book 1 will help your child grasp basic math concepts quickly. With a cycle of concept introduction, review, and reinforcement, your child will master concepts like counting, adding and subtracting, understanding money values, telling time, recognizing calendar concepts, determining patterns, sequencing, and much more. Horizons Math curriculum is parent-led, with detailed lesson plans, resources, and materials provided to parents in the Horizons Kindergarten Math Teacher's Guide (sold separately). Designed to correlate with lessons in the Teacher's Guide, the Horizons Kindergarten Math Student Book 1 provides a variety of activities that will reinforce the concepts your child has learned. Read more

The Second Edition of Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns by Michael Stephen Schiro presents a clear, unbiased, and rigorous description of the major curriculum philosophies that have influenced educators and schooling over the last century. The author analyzes four educational visions―Scholar Academic, Social Efficiency, Learner Centered, and Social Reconstruction―to enable readers to reflect on their own educational beliefs and more productively interact with educators who might hold different beliefs. Read more

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Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this series helps students master skills in mathematics and language arts. Each book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead. Test practice pages are included in most titles. Grade(s): 2 Pages: 48 Read more

This book offers clear guidance for facilitating curriculum improvement at the building level. It includes real-life scenarios that principals encounter, accompanied by strategies to help schools sustain focus on student learning and continuous organizational development. It is aimed at current and prospective administrators looking to update or refresh their understandings of curriculum leadership fundamentals. Its actionable ideas and useful examples can be applied across multiple school subjects and grade levels. Its practical overviews center on seven questions essential to planning, coordinating, overseeing, and supporting collective improvement efforts:Which big ideas set the stage for curriculum leadership?How can leaders help focus the curriculum?When is curriculum mapping useful?What are other curriculum support strategies?Where do more integrated models come in?What about alternatives to standardized curricula? andWhy do philosophy & political leadership matter?Though principal is used as shorthand, the concepts and tools highlighted are equally relevant to the work of teacher leaders, instructional coordinators, central office personnel, and others interested in PreK-12 curriculum improvement. Read more

This is the black and white edition of Learn Math Fast Volume 7, and it covers all the major topics of High School Geometry including Proofs, Theorems, Postulates, Sine, Cosine, Tangent, plus the interior and exterior angles of polygons and circles. All lessons, worksheets and test are included. The Answer Key is in the back of the book with full solutions. Now anyone can learn geometry in two to three months. Read more

In Why Knowledge Matters, E. D. Hirsch, Jr., presents evidence from cognitive science, sociology, and education history to further the argument for a knowledge-based elementary curriculum.Influential scholar Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit, asserts that a carefully planned curriculum that imparts communal knowledge is essential in achieving one of the most fundamental aims and objectives of education: preparing students for lifelong success. Hirsch examines historical and contemporary evidence from the United States and other nations, including France, and affirms that a knowledge-based approach has improved both achievement and equity in schools where it has been instituted.In contrast, educational change of the past several decades in the United States has endorsed a skills-based approach, founded on, Hirsch points out, many incorrect assumptions about child development and how children learn. He recommends new policies that are better aligned with our current understanding of neuroscience, developmental psychology, and social science.The book focuses on six persistent problems that merit the attention of contemporary education reform: the over-testing of students in the name of educational accountability; the scapegoating of teachers; the fadeout of preschool gains; the narrowing of the curriculum to crowd out history, geography, science, literature, and the arts; the achievement gap between demographic groups; and the reliance on standards, such as the Common Core State Standards, that are not linked to a rigorous curriculum.Why Knowledge Matters makes a clear case for educational innovation and introduces a new generation of American educators to Hirsch’s astute and passionate analysis. Read more

This timely book focuses on different social justice pedagogies and how they can work within standards and district mandates in a variety of English language arts classrooms. With detailed analysis and authentic classroom vignettes, the author explores how teachers cultivate relationships for equity, utilize transformative language practices, demonstrate critical caring, and develop students’ critical literacies with traditional and critical content. Boyd offers a comprehensive model for taking social action with youth that also considers the obstacles teachers are likely to encounter. Presenting the case for more equity-oriented teaching, this rich resource examines the benefits of engaging students with critical pedagogies and provides concrete methods for doing so. Written for both pre- and inservice teachers, the text includes adaptable teaching models and tested ideas for preparing to teach for social justice. Book Features:Conceptualizes social justice as a set of “literacies” that can be learned and cultivated.Depicts social action projects being used to meet Common Core State Standards. Illustrates how social justice happens in small moments, both those that are planned and those that arise spontaneously. Shows teachers from rural and urban contexts adapting social justice to their teaching style and environment. Read more

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Millions of teachers worldwide use the Understanding by Design® (UbD) curriculum planning framework to create units of instruction that develop and deepen student learning. This quick reference guide from UbD co-creator Jay McTighe covers UbD's key tenets and three-stage "backward design" process and introduces the framework's design templates and quality standards. It also explains key vocabulary and explores essential aspects of unit construction, including - Focusing instruction and assessment on "big ideas" and essential questions; - Creating authentic performance tasks that reveal evidence of understanding; and - Designing meaningful learning events that help students acquire targeted knowledge and skills, understand important ideas, and be prepared to transfer those understandings to meet new challenges in and beyond the classroom.Featuring FAQs, indicators of success, and links to additional resources, The Fundamentals of Understanding by Design is for anyone looking to get started with UbD and for current users seeking a handy resource to keep their design work on track.8.5" x 11" 3-panel foldout guide (6 pages), laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage. Read more

Multiple-award-winner Geneva Gay has updated her foundational text for culturally responsive teaching to keep it relevant for today’s diverse students. This perennial favorite is the go-to resource for teacher professional learning and education courses.Geneva Gay is renowned for her contributions to multicultural education, particularly as it relates to curriculum design, professional learning, and classroom instruction. Gay has made many important revisions to keep this foundational text relevant for today’s diverse student population, including: new research on culturally responsive teaching, a focus on a broader range of racial and ethnic groups, and consideration of additional issues related to early childhood education. Combining insights from multicultural education theory with real-life classroom stories, this book demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through students’ own cultural experiences. This perennial bestseller continues to be the go-to resource for teacher professional learning and preservice courses.While retaining its basic organization and structure, the Third Edition features: New research that validates the positive effects of culturally responsive teaching. Examples that broaden the racial and ethnic groups that can benefit from culturally responsive teaching. More information on the needs and benefits of culturally responsive teaching with young children. More attention to the quality of life for students of color in colleges and universities. The addition of Practice Possibilities at the end of chapters that describe how culturally responsive teaching can be implemented. Read more

This text helps current and aspiring administrators, teachers, and curriculum directors successfully restructure, enhance, and implement school K–12 curriculum. Now in its Fifth Edition, this foundational book highlights 21st century educational ideas and advocacy, while also remaining focused on tried and true strategies for meeting state and national standards in today’s diverse classrooms. With the support of this thought-provoking and extensively researched text, readers will develop a working and thorough foundation of curriculum to effectively implement in the classrooms of the future. Read more

When planned and executed in a strategic manner, classroom questioning is an effective way to engage all learners in thinking and speaking related to learning goals. This guide will help teachersConnect students to learning goalsHold all students accountable for respondingScaffold and support student thinkingEncourage student questions and self-assessmentUse student responses as feedback to inform teaching and learningThe guide's many tips and examples will help teachers develop questioning practices that motivate students and activate their thinking.8.5" x 11" 3-panel foldout guide (6 pages), laminated for extra durability and 3-hole-punched for binder storage. Read more

An easy-to-follow, engaging homeschool curriculum, Horizons Kindergarten Math Student Book 2 by AOP includes 80 colorful, consumable lessons that lay a solid foundation in Math. Using Horizons spiral learning method, Student Book 2 will help your child grasp basic math concepts quickly. With a cycle of concept introduction, review, and reinforcement, your child will master concepts like adding and subtracting two-digit numbers, reading bar graphs and pictographs, sequencing numbers, understanding numerical place values, telling time in hours and minutes, and much more. Horizons Math curriculum is parent-led, with detailed lesson plans, resources, and materials provided to parents in the Horizons Kindergarten Math Teacher's Guide (sold separately). Designed to correlate with lessons in the Teacher's Guide, the Horizons Kindergarten Math Student Book 2 provides a variety of activities that will reinforce the concepts your child has learned. Read more

Teaching and Learning in the Age of Generative AI explores how educators can effectively harness the potential of artificial intelligence technologies while skillfully navigating its pedagogical, technical, ethical, institutional, and societal implications. The increasing accessibility of AI technologies among K-12 and higher education students has raised extensive concerns around academic integrity, though a deeper lineage of research and development suggests that these tools may be used to supplement instruction, prioritize critical thinking, and promote digital literacy. Bookended by in-depth analyses of the historical and future trajectories of artificial intelligence in education, this comprehensive resource provides evidence-based strategies for classroom implementation and helpful summaries of common benefits and risks. Teaching assistance, personalized learning, redefined assessments, anti-bias measures, and safeguards against misconduct and privacy infringement are among the wealth of topics addressed in these chapters. This book is an ideal text for undergraduate and graduate students of teacher education and curriculum and instruction as well as for higher education teaching faculty, school technology coordinators, and talent development personnel in training and in service. Read more

In 1949, a small book had a big impact on education. In just over one hundred pages, Ralph W. Tyler presented the concept that curriculum should be dynamic, a program under constant evaluation and revision. Curriculum had always been thought of as a static, set program, and in an era preoccupied with student testing, he offered the innovative idea that teachers and administrators should spend as much time evaluating their plans as they do assessing their students.Since then, Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction has been a standard reference for anyone working with curriculum development. Although not a strict how-to guide, the book shows how educators can critically approach curriculum planning, studying progress and retooling when needed. Its four sections focus on setting objectives, selecting learning experiences, organizing instruction, and evaluating progress. Readers will come away with a firm understanding of how to formulate educational objectives and how to analyze and adjust their plans so that students meet the objectives. Tyler also explains that curriculum planning is a continuous, cyclical process, an instrument of education that needs to be fine-tuned.This emphasis on thoughtful evaluation has kept Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction a relevant, trusted companion for over sixty years. And with school districts across the nation working feverishly to align their curriculum with Common Core standards, Tyler's straightforward recommendations are sound and effective tools for educators working to create a curriculum that integrates national objectives with their students' needs. Read more

How does the home culture of Latino immigrant students differ from the "mainstream" culture of U.S. schools? Why is it important for teachers to understand the differences? How can educators take advantage of students' cultural traits to improve classroom management, student performance, and school-parent relations? Carrie Rothstein-Fisch and Elise Trumbull answer these and many other questions by drawing on the experience and collective wisdom of teachers in the Bridging Cultures Project, a five-year action research study of elementary classrooms with high percentages of immigrant students.The authors present a simple framework for understanding cultural differences, comparing the "individualistic" culture that prevails in American education with the "collectivistic" culture that characterizes most of the world's population, including many of the Latino immigrant students in U.S. classrooms. At the heart of the book are teacher-developed strategies that capitalize on the cultural values that these students and their families offer, such as an emphasis on helping, sharing, and the success of the group. The strategies cover a wide spectrum of issues and concerns, including* Communication with families* Open house and parent-teacher conferences*Homework*Attendance* Learning in the content areas* Motivation and rewards* Classroom rules* Assessment and gradingManaging Diverse Classrooms: How to Build on Students' Cultural Strengths presents both the research foundation and the practical perspectives of seasoned teachers whose classroom-tested approaches have produced positive results. With this valuable guide in hand, readers will have the insights and strategies they need to turn educational challenges into educational opportunities. Read more

An easy-to-follow, engaging homeschool curriculum, Horizons 6th Grade Math Student Book 1 by AOP includes 80 colorful, consumable lessons that make learning fun. Using Horizons spiral learning method, Student Book 1 will help your child grasp basic math concepts quickly. Through a cycle of concept introduction, review, and reinforcement, lessons will cover concepts like square roots, least common multiples, order of operations, division with decimals, simplifying fractions, and much more. Horizons Math curriculum is parent-led, with detailed lesson plans, resources, and materials provided to parents in the Horizons 6th Grade Math Teacher's Guide (sold separately). Designed to correlate with lessons in the Teacher's Guide, the Horizons 6th Grade Math Student Book 1 provides a variety of activities that will reinforce the concepts your child has learned. Parent-led curriculum Christian curriculum Spiral learning Print student book 6th grade math Read more