From the Coaching Corner
May 13-May 17
10 Low-Prep, high return activities for class tomorrow....
Summer Reading Ideas
Mathematical Mindsets by Jo Boaler
As always Jo Boaler presents research findings through practical ideas that can be used in classrooms. The new What’s Math Got to Do with It? prepares teachers and parents for the Common Core, shares Boaler’s work on ways to teach mathematics for a “growth mindset,” and includes a range of advice to inspire teachers and parents to give their students the best mathematical experience possible.
Reading in the Wild by Donalyn Miller
This book provides practical strategies for teaching “wild” reading. It offers strategies on how to develop, encourage, and assess lifelong reading habits. It includes advise to support the love of reading by explicitly teaching those habits as well as containing accessible strategies, ideas, tips, and lesson plans as well as recommended books.
Go See the Principal by Gerry Brooks
Even great schools have bad days -- when lesson plans fall through, disgruntled parents complain, kids throw temper tantrums because they have to use the same spoon for their applesauce and mashed potatoes, and of course, dealing with...The Horror! The Horror!...dreaded assessments. Ranging from practical topics like social media use in the classroom and parent-teacher conferences to more lighthearted sections such as "Pickup and Dropoff: An Exercise in Humanity" and "School Supplies: Yes, We Really Need All That Stuff, this book offers comic relief, inspiration, and advice to those who need it the most.
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Jodi Moskowitz
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