The limitations of funding, square footage, and time can make classroom design a daunting task, writes reviewer Eileen Hornbostel. To meet those challenges, Jessica Martin offers Strategic Classroom Design, a detailed guide to creating effective learning environments.
Thomas R. Hoerrβs guide for taking SEL schoolwide is particularly helpful to administrators, writes pre-service teacher Holly Reynolds. But she expects the bookβs big picture view of quality SEL programs to be useful to her as she evaluates teaching opportunities this summer.
When your students read, view, and listen to multiple sources on a topic or issue, do they tackle each source in a silo? Martha Polley and Sunday Cummins share Marthaβs dive into helping students think across history sources, synthesizing to deepen their understanding.
If you are looking for a book that acts as an all-encompassing start to your journey in autism history and education, NeuroTribes by science journalist Steve Silberman is the book for you, writes pre-service teacher Daniel Zarasua, whose younger brother has autism.
Future teacher Kara Tyler recommends Determining Difference from Disability to help teachers and parents respond to linguistically, culturally and socio-emotionally diverse students. Tyler appreciates the bookβs opportunities for reflection and the range of resources.
Our deep dependency on media for everything from news and entertainment to mail-order buying underscores the urgent need for K-12 educators to make media literacy an essential part of the curriculum in today’s schools, writes author and consultant Frank W. Baker.
Words are a low-risk point from which to launch Students with Interrupted Formal Education on their schooling journey. One of the best ways to teach words is with the Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM), a multi-step process to teach vocabulary. Tan Huynh shows how.
When stay-at-home kids (or students) need an engaging project to grab their interest, introduce them to creating STEAM-y musical instruments they can craft from household items. STEM educator Anne Jolly shares ways to help 4-8 graders try out ocean drums, panpipes and more.
With chapters like βOut of Shape,β βYou Canβt Count on It,β and βProbably Wrong,β stand-up comic and former math teacher Matt Parker serves up Humble Pi for math educators and nearly everyone else to enjoy. Michelle Russell canβt wait to share his insights with students.
I Will Screw This Up / Remote Teaching
by Dina Strasser · Published 04/20/2020 · Last modified 09/03/2020
βCovid-19 is a red contrast dye,β writes Dina Strasser. βDumped into the cauldron of schools, it shows us the cracks and flaws that were already there.β Even so, as her students slowly figure out their tech, βthey are coming alive to me and for me in ways I never could have predicted.β
