Synopses & Reviews
Give your lesson plans a jolt of creativity and get better results from your students. To keep your students engaged in the classroom, you have to get them excited about learning. From the authors of The Organized Teacher, this indispensable volume offers hundreds of creative ideas to reenergize your lesson plans for any subject, across all grades--from waking up the tired book report to making math fun.
Just a few of the ideas inside The Creative Teacher:
- "I woke up five inches tall" and other quick-start creative-writing prompts
- Larger writing projects, such as classroom newspapers, minibooks, autobiographies, and storyboards
- Do-it-themselves student cutouts for 3-D geometry
- How-it-works science experiments with electricity, ice cream, volcanoes--even how to make flubber
- Enthusiasm-generating math tools--from clock and fraction templates to creating your own money
- Cultural, historic, and family-tree ideas for social studies reports . . . and more!
INCLUDES DOZENS OF REPRODUCIBLE PAGES YOU CAN USE NOW!
Synopsis
A comprehensive, practical resource packed with proven techniques and seasoned advice for time-strapped educators For teachers of grades K-6
Facing ever-more-demanding state standards and less disciplined students, even the most experienced teacher carries a heavier burden today than ever before. The Creative Teacher offers inventive tools to enhance standards-based curricula and helpful strategies for creating new and engaging lesson plans. Fillled with fresh ideas for everything from bulletin boards to math activities, this one-stop resource will quickly become the most valuable volume in your library.
Synopsis
A comprehensive, practical resource packed with proven techniquesand seasoned advice for time-strapped educatorsForteachersof gradesK-6
Facing ever-more-demanding state standards and lessdisciplined students, even the most experiencedteacher carries a heavier burden today than everbefore. The Creative Teacher offers inventive tools toenhance standards-based curricula and helpful strategiesfor creating new and engaging lesson plans. Fillledwith fresh ideas for everything from bulletin boards tomath activities, this one-stop resource will quicklybecome the most valuable volume in yourlibrary.
Synopsis
A comprehensive, practical resource packed with proven techniques and seasoned advice for time-strapped educators For teachers of grades K-6
Facing ever-more-demanding state standards and less disciplined students, even the most experienced teacher carries a heavier burden today than ever before. The Creative Teacher offers inventive tools to enhance standards-based curricula and helpful strategies for creating new and engaging lesson plans. Fillled with fresh ideas for everything from bulletin boards to math activities, this one-stop resource will quickly become the most valuable volume in your library.
About the Author
Steve Springer has 14 years' experienceteaching in public and private schools. He is the developer ofmany Los Angeles school district training programs.
Brandy Alexander has extensive experienceteaching in public and private schools and has receivedthe “Golden Apple” award for classroom excellence.
Kimberly Persiani-Becker, Ed.D., anassistant professor of curriculum and instruction at Cal StateUniversity, frequently lectures at national teachers' conferencesthroughout North America.
Table of Contents
Book Reports Submarine Sandwich
Lunch Bag
Book Critic
Book Jacket
Cookin Up Books
Read All About It
Bringing Characters to Life
Letter to the Author
Interview a Character
"Take Two!"
Book Brochure
Book Report Mobile
Desceiptive Diary
Character Puppet
Traditional Book Report Format
Additional Ideas for Responding to Literature
Math
Tangrams
Solid Geometry: Three-Dimensional Objects
Dominoes
Fractions
Clocks
Pentominoes
Money and Measurements
Graphing
Tens frames
Hundreds Charts
Calendars
Story Problems
Writing
Creative and Traditional Writing Activites
Story Starters for Daily Journel Writing
Graphics Writing Organizers
Autobiography Recipe
Science
Exploring Batteries and Lightbulbs
Making Butter
Creating Flubber
Making Ice Cream
Growing Lima Beans
Experimenting with Magnets and Compasses
Raising Mealworms
Building Rockets
Creating a Volcano
Science Picture Books
Social Science
Heritage Report
Historical Figure / Event Report
Personal and Cultural Report
U.S. President Report
National Symbol Inventory
State Report
Commuinty Exploration Group Activity
Careers in Your Commuinty
All about Me Report
Country Report
Flirt
Papier-Mache
Creative Collages
Dioramas