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Teacher Widgets
5 Minute Fillers
Ginny's Hookups for Six Traits  (Grades 1-4 )
Ginny's Hookups for Six Traits (Upper grades)
Ginny's Hook Ups for Language Arts
Teacher Friendly T K  Activity Patterns 
The Busy Teacher's Book of Forms
Letters to the Family
September Sanity
The Gifts of All Children
Español. . . .¡Pronto! 
Creating an Informational Based Curriculum 
The Politics of School Reform
Using Novel in the Classroom
Praxis 

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Work Books for Novels
Literature Collections
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Teacher Widgets
Many activities and programs for each month of the school year. 
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter Holidays, St. Valentines Day, St. Patrick's Day etc. 
These activities will encourage discussion, reading, creative writing, research and art.   Suitable for all grades.

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5 Minute Fillers
This unit contains lots of ideas to use in those odd minutes that frequently occur during the school day.  There are ideas for all subject areas that are adaptable for all grades and can be used with the whole class, a group or independently. Most require no previous preparation, but some use photocopied sheets. 
Useful for both regular and substitute teachers.

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Using Novels in the Classroom  
Practical ideas for using novels in the classroom with the whole class, groups and independent activities.  All grades  (32 pages)

 
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Praxis Teacher Certification Study Guide for Middle School Language Arts  
Order   ebook   $17.95                  Order    print  $21.95


Praxis Teacher Certification Study Guide for English Language, Literature and Composition: Content and Knowledge.
 Order     ebook   $17.95                Order    print  $21.95

These guides by David Stanford have been developed for Teacher Certification in the United States, but the information included would be valuable for anyone in the teaching profession for information and review.


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Ginny's Hookups for Six Traits  Grades 1 - 4  
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Posters Included)    by Ginny Hoover
These cards and posters were developed to introduce students to the language used to evaluate written work using the Six Trait Analytical Writing Model.  Teachers using alternative methods of teaching and evaluating written work will find them helpful in showing students what constitutes good written work.  This would enable them to improve their own written work.
A series of posters is included that can be given to each student or enlarged for classroom display. 

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Ginny's Hookups for Six Traits    Grades 5 - 12  
(Includes Posters)   by Ginny Hoover
These cards and posters were originally developed to help students understand the rubrics and scoring system used for the Six Traits Analytical Writing Model.  However, they would prove useful for teachers of English and Language Arts that use other writing systems.
The Hookups show students how to recognize good writing in their peers which would encourage them to make improvements in their own writing.
Also included are a series of posters, which can be photocopied for the students or enlarged to make display copies.  

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Hook Ups for Language Arts   Grades 5-8
by Ginny Hoover
Hook Ups are class response tutorial cards that allow students to review concepts. They can be used to increase class participation, and can also be used independently, with a partner or a small group.
Hook Ups for Language Arts reviews concepts in parts of speech, punctuation, sentence structure, literary terms and editing, using the Six Trait terminology. Directions for assembling the Hook Ups are included.      

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Teacher Friendly Tactile and Kinesthetic Activity Patterns    
by Ginny Hoover
T and K materials give the students the opportunity to work independently and learn facts that are correct in a variety of ways, including games.
This not only increases their ability to learn facts, but also their self esteem as they learn to master concepts.
This book of patterns provides the teacher with a method of creating activities to accompany the concepts and material being taught in the classroom.  Many of these ideas you may have seen before, however the pattern book makes it easier to put ideas into practice in the classroom.  Such activities can be made for all areas of the curriculum  and for all age and ability levels. (40 pages)  

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The Busy Teacher's Book of Forms
A collection of forms that every teacher uses throughout the year.  Included are forms for lesson and project planning, homework records, rubrics for writing and multiplication and additional squares. All grades (55 pages)  

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Letters to the Family  for Primary and Junior Grades   
Maintaining a positive communication with the families of your students is important, but can sometimes be overwhelming. This is a series of letters created for primary and junior grades that can be sent home to inform families about what is happening in your classroom throughout the year. These letters can be copied or used as models to personalize the letters that you send home.  (65 pages)

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September Sanity  
A collection of dozens of  proven tips and ideas to help the  teacher  survive the first weeks of school.  Included are methods of creating daily routines, timetables and classroom rules.  It contains math and word games that are simple and fun to play.
There are also suggestions for contacting parents, arranging bulletin boards and copies of library passes, computer passes and suggestions for substitute teachers. This book will help you set up a classroom that is well organized and has a friendly atmosphere that will encourage learning.  

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The Gifts of All Children   
by Carroll D. Killingsworth and Ginny Hoover
The Gifts of All Children tells teachers, students and parents how to recognize, affirm and use the many and varied  talents and gifts that each child possesses.  Academic or athletic abilities are often acclaimed, but other gifts also deserve recognition.  They include artistic talent, a sense of humor, the ability to listen well, courage and determination.

This book tells how to recognize such gifts, how to improve each student's sense of self worth by such recognition, and how to make use of this in the classroom.
The book contains worksheets for student and teacher use, suggestions for introducing this idea in the classroom, posters and articles.

                                                      Order   print only  $18.95  

Creating an Informational Based Curriculum  
The Elements Required to Implement a Student Centered Strategy Utilizing the Media Center as an Informational Hub
This book is intended to show classroom teachers how the media center, with its wide variety of resource materials, can be integrated into regular classroom activities. The development of student-centered activities, which should be done in partnership with the media specialist/librarian, will benefit all students including those with special needs. This book would be helpful to schools who are planning how to make the media center an integral part of curriculum development.   
(98 Pages Spiral Bound)

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The Politics of School Reform 
School reform is a phrase, topic, and/or concept that is being used as the current philosophical basis for improving" public schools.  Politicians are consumed by it, communities are torn by it, school systems are frustrated by it, and educators are confused by it.  The resulting educational turmoil has spawned the question of: Why did it happen?  Why was it legislated?  How will it be implemented?  What have we learned?  What difference has it made?
This book is an attempt to analyze the current school reform movement, as it relates to the classroom teacher, school library media specialists and school library media centers.  In addition, the negative and positive elements that have impacted its successes or  failures are addressed.  Political influence is an unfortunate part of public education.
As a catalyst for change, it can be become an instrument for good or bad.  During this particular reform cycle, politics has played an extraordinary role in the educational initiative.   
(Spiral Bound, 154 pages)
  

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Español. . . .¡Pronto!  by Samuel Simoes
Student Edition for grades 4 - 8
This book is designed for teachers who may not have Spanish as part of their education.
The student edition is divided into sections, each teaching vocabulary for a specific topic, such as food, clothing, colors, places, etc.
It includes a pronunciation guide and oral and written exercises to enable the students to gain proficiency in the language.
The printed version is packaged in a vinyl envelope, its loose leaf format enables the teacher to photocopy the pages for each lesson.  (53 pages) 

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Español . . .¡Pronto!    by  Samuel Simoes
Teacher's Guide for grades 4 - 8
This book accompanies the student edition.  It consists of suggestions to teach Spanish for teachers who may not have Spanish as part of their education
Each section deals with the vocabulary and usage for a specific topic: food, clothing, greeting people, etc.
A guide for pronunciation is is included with the vocabulary in each section.  Included in the unit are suggestions for teaching each topic and answers for oral and written work.  There are also ideas for games and exercises that will reinforce the material learned, together with work sheets.
The printed version of the guide is marketed as a spiral bound book. 
(76 pages) 

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