Book Reviews / Visual & Media Literacy
by MiddleWeb · Published 09/29/2012 · Last modified 11/13/2019
Visual literacy is vital skill for iGeneration students, says reviewer Patricia Thomas-Jeanig. She recommends Steve Moline’s See What You Mean: Visual Literacy K-8 (2nd Edition) which explores many kinds of visual texts and includes great teaching ideas.
Book Reviews / Icebreakers & Energizers
by MiddleWeb · Published 09/28/2012 · Last modified 03/01/2024
125 icebreakers and 40 closure activities all in one book! Kick-Start Your Class: Academic Icebreakers to Engage Students by LouAnne Johnson is a teacher’s dream come true, says our reviewer Anne Anderson.
Book Reviews / Visual & Media Literacy
by MiddleWeb · Published 09/27/2012 · Last modified 11/17/2019
Reviewer Jamey Cates says this ISTE guide, Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom by Frank W. Baker, is an excellent resource for cultivating media literacy skills, with ready-to-serve lessons correlated to standards.
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? provides useful hands-on tools for frustrated content-area teachers who ask, “How can I teach reading? I’m a (fill in the blank) teacher!”, says reviewer Sharon Nelson.
History & social studies / Resources
by Susan Curtis · Published 09/10/2012 · Last modified 11/17/2019
In our Resource Roundup, access election basics, lessons, videos, a mock election how-to, art-oriented activities & more, all selected for the middle grades.
