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The worst things in life are also free

Benton, Jim


"Jim Benton's Tales from Mackerel Middle School." "Apple series". It is summer vacation, and Jamie, Angeline, and Isabella need money so that they can go to Screamotopia Amusement Park, but none of their money-making schemes are very profitable.
Date Published:2010

Science in the city : culturally relevant STEM education

Brown, Bryan Anthony,


Introduction: Playing to our strong suits -- What Grandma and James Meredith knew: the black tax -- The cultural cost of organic language development -- Linguistic relativity and intelligent misunderstandings -- More than an apple that day -- a simple matter of learning -- The verbal advantage: sounding smart and feeling good? -- The hero teacher -- the generativity principle -- Strength & weaknesses: policy, practice, and STEM future -- Conclusion: Theory and practice. Science in the City examines the norms governing science knowledge formation and posits a vision of a more culturally relevant approach to science instruction.
Date Published:2019

Introduction: Playing to our strong suits -- What Grandma and James Meredith knew: the black tax -- The cultural cost of organic language development -- Linguistic relativity and intelligent misunderstandings -- More than an apple that day -- a simple matter of learning -- The verbal advantage: sounding smart and feeling good? -- The hero teacher -- the generativity principle -- Strength & weaknesses: policy, practice, and STEM future -- Conclusion: Theory and practice. Science in the City examines the norms governing science knowledge formation and posits a vision of a more culturally relevant approach to science instruction.

Date Published:2019

Mathematics Tasks for the Thinking Classroom, Grades K-5

Liljedahl, Peter,


"Building off of the blockbuster Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, (the "anchor" book) Peter Liljedahl extends deeper into the questions teachers ask first and most when implementing the 14 practices..."How do I find and use good tasks that will make my students think." This new book --Building Thinking Math Tasks, Grade K-5--is so much more than simply a book of tasks. While it does include 20 noncurricular and 30 curricular, fully scripted example tasks for elementary teachers to use as models, they are offered in a professional development wrapper, designed in 3 parts" --
Date Published:2024

"Building off of the blockbuster Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics, (the "anchor" book) Peter Liljedahl extends deeper into the questions teachers ask first and most when implementing the 14 practices..."How do I find and use good tasks that will make my students think." This new book --Building Thinking Math Tasks, Grade K-5--is so much more than simply a book of tasks. While it does include 20 noncurricular and 30 curricular, fully scripted example tasks for elementary teachers to use as models, they are offered in a professional development wrapper, designed in 3 parts" --

Date Published:2024

Ripley's believe it or not! : wild & wacky edition 2017


Includes index. Features crazy facts, new discoveries, and weird wonders of the world, including watermelon bagels in Japan, frozen waves in Massachusetts, and a trampoline road in Russia.
Date Published:2016