Educational Books for Teachers

Resource books often provide tips and tricks for managing challenging behaviors, but what happens when those tactics don't work? Most teachers give up. Push Past It! brings a raw, real, and at times funny approach to handling challenging behaviors and understanding why most behavior-management strategies don't work. Author Angela Searcy shares real-world examples, proven solutions, and new approaches to overcoming classroom disruptions using her PUSH PAST IT approach..Decipher children's behavior as communication.Understand what is (and is not) developmentally appropriate behavior.Identify when to seek support.Communicate and listen more effectively.Help children overcome their own challenging behaviors

Kagan Structures are revolutionary teaching strategies. Why? Because they create an unparalleled level of student engagement. Kagan Structures create a cooperative and caring class tone by putting students on the same side as they interact in pairs, small teams, and with classmates. Structures ensure every student is individually accountable so no one can hide and take a free ride. Structures create equal participation, which means all students are engaged a much greater percent of the time. In this must-have Kagan reference guide, you get 59 step-by-step Kagan Structures you'll use time and time again. More structures means more tools in your teaching toolbox to create more student engagement, more student learning, and more success!.Kagan Structures create a cooperative and caring class tone by putting students on the same side as they interact in pairs, small teams, and with classmates.Revolutionary teaching strategies to boost engagement.Structures ensure every student is individually accountable so no one can hide and take a free ride.59 Ready-to-use activities and resources.Paperback.English.ISBN 9781933445335

Creative Teaching Press™ "Figuratively Speaking" Book for grades 5 - 8 by Delana Heindrich draws on classic literature to illustrate the use of 40 basic literary terms. Book covers hyperbole, metaphor, irony, imagery, dialect, plot and much more..Age group and grade: Grades 5th - 8th.Language: English.Format: Paperback.Author: Delana Heindrich.Number of pages: 136.Covers hyperbole, metaphor, irony, imagery, dialect, plot, alliteration, onomatopoeia, allusion, conflict and more.Next two pages challenge students to identify and understand the term and to use it on their own.This resource book draws on classic literature to illustrate the use of 40 basic literary terms.Divided into sections on figurative language, poetic language and literary techniques.The first page of each lesson includes a definition of the term and one or more samples from grade-appropriate classic literature; the next two pages challenge students to identify and understand the term and to use it on their own.Figuratively speaking book draws on classic literature to illustrate the use of 40 basic literary terms.