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- The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day
Excite your students about science by revealing how the physics they learn in school is used in so many devices they use every day. - Chemistry for Cooks: An Introduction to the Science of Cooking
A fantastic book for culinary arts teachers who want to incorporate more chemistry, biology and physics into their classrooms. This book is also useful for chemistry teachers who want to incorporate more delicious examples for their students. - L’enfant à haut potentiel, les dys et le TDA/H
Truffé d’exemples de terrain, ce livre aidera tout professionnel à mieux comprendre, à affiner son diagnostic et à adapter sa prise en charge tant aux niveaux éducatif et scolaire que psychologique, si nécessaire. - Teaching Readers (Not Reading): Moving Beyond Skills and Strategies to Reader-Focused Instruction
Moving beyond the popular “science of reading” practice is essential to reach all readers in your classroom. Author Peter Afflerbach encourages teachers to not just focus on skills and strategies but to see the bigger picture of all five areas of reader development. - Bolstering Student Resilience: Creating a Classroom with Consistency, Connection,
and Compassion
After two years of Covid, we know that our students are struggling with social skills, academic achievement and have lost emotional resilience. In this engaging book, the authors discuss how everything from physical layout of the classroom to instructional practices can be used to create a space for students to bolster up their resilience. - Chess for Schools: From Simple Strategy Games to Clubs and Competitions
Chess is not a panacea for low test scores or failing grades, but it does help students develop thinking skills that are needed in school and in work environments. Author Richard James provides a range of minigames to guide teachers in successfully introducing chess in their schools. - La méthode heuristique de mathématiques
Cet ouvrage propose une méthode moderne, innovante pour enseigner les mathématiques à l’école et déjà mise en œuvre par des milliers
de classes! - Secondary Science: Respiration Is Not Breathing!
Revive your passion for teaching science with intriguing new ways to inspire a love of science in your students.
Information provided by ATA librarian Sandra Anderson.
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Lynn Karasiuk James
I need to read something light. I found a colleague who enjoys the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich as much as I do, and we share the books when they are published. My favourite memory is about 10 years old, but we were both teaching junior high ELA classes and she was laughing so hard at the part I knew was coming next in the book, I could hear her across the hall.
