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The book that started it all—is completely revised! Why would the Kagans update a classic that has sold nearly half a million copies? The answer: So much has changed! Cooperative Learning today is different. This new book presents today's most successful cooperative learning methods. The Kagans make it easier than ever to boost engagement and achievement. You'll still find all the practical and proven Kagan Structures, including Numbered Heads Together, RoundTable, and Three-Step Interview—direct from the man who invented cooperative learning structures. And there's still plenty of ready-to-do teambuilding and classbuilding activities to make your class click. But in this expanded edition, you will find new step-by-step structures, hundreds of helpful management tips, many more teacher-friendly activities and forms, and up-to-date research on proven methods. You hear how schools have used Kagan Cooperative Learning to boost academics, close the achievement gap, improve student relations, and create a more kind and caring school community. After decades of training and working with hundreds of thousands of teachers, Kagan has refined and perfected the most widely used and respected form of cooperative learning ever. The Kagans make it easy for you to dramatically increase engagement and achievement in your class!.This new book presents today's most successful cooperative learning methods, and makes it easy to boost engagement and achievement.Dr Spencer Kagan.Many step-by-step structures, hundreds of helpful management tips, many more teacher-friendly activities and forms, and up-to-date research on proven methods.Paperback.English.ISBN 9781933445403.Kagan Cooperative Learning to boost academics, close the achievement gap, improve student relations, and create a more kind and caring school community
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
Spencer has done it again! He's written another must-have reference for all educators. Dr. Kagan has translated the enormous field of theory and research on emotions into a practical guide any teacher can use to make their teaching more emotion-friendly. Not only does he review the extensive research on how eliciting positive emotions boosts student achievement, Spencer provides plenty of do's and don'ts, ready-to-use student activities, and simple tips to put students in the optimal emotional states for learning. Dr. Kagan introduces us to the Emotion Wheel, a student-friendly way to help our students understand and manage their own emotions. We not only learn why EQ can be more important than IQ to students' success, Dr. Kagan provides a practical guide to developing the facets of EQ, including student self-knowledge, self-control, motivation, and empathy. And last, but definitely not least, we learn how to evoke emotion when we teach to make learning more meaningful and memorable. This book is your blueprint for creating the emotion-friendly classroom..Research-Based Tools to convert Emotion Science into formidable teaching.Dr. Kagan has translated the enormous field of theory and research on emotions into a practical guide any teacher can use to make their teaching more emotion-friendly.33 Kagan Structures—Instructional Strategies to create the Emotion-Friendly Class.Introduces us to the Emotion Wheel, a student-friendly way to help our students understand and manage their own emotions.Paperback.ISBN 9781933445656
After reading any piece, students spin the cube and perform the selected activity to help boost understanding and retention. Squishably soft and quiet-to-roll foam cube measures 3 inches. Each side has a different question. Questions are not story specific, so they can be used with any story. Set of 8 cubes..No teacher prep needed to use these cubes to make learning hands-on.4+ years.8 Cubes.Each side has a different question.Example: Write three true or false questions about the reading.Questions are not story specific, so they can be used with any story
An entire number curriculum built into a spinner! Teach your students to recognize, write, and build numbers from 0 to 9,999. Start with the Ones spinner and watch your students work their way up to the Tens, Hundreds, then Thousands. Each new spin creates a new number for students to identify, write, or build with manipulatives. When your students are ready for decimals, just place a penny between spinners and suddenly you can teach decimal place value in tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and ten thousandths! Also works great to teach rounding off. Students spin a number and round it off to the nearest 0, 10, 100, or 1000. Multi-functional and multi-fun. Sold as a pack of 6 spinners..Helps students learn about place value in a fun way.Suggested age: 4-10 years.An entire number curriculum built into a spinner!.Bundle contains: 6 Spinner Boards.Materials: Paper, Metal.Teach your students to recognize, write, and build numbers from 0 to 9,999.Start with the Ones spinner and watch your students work their way up to the Tens, Hundreds, then Thousands
Your students will spin their way to multiplication mastery! The Multiplication Spinners are like flashcards, only better. They're fun. They're interactive. And you won't ever run out of problems. Your students simply spin the arrows to create an endless array of multiplication problems. Great for quizzing a partner. Excellent for generating problems to build with manipulatives. Watch your students work their way up to multiple-digits problems with multiple spins. Sold as a pack of 12 spinners..Students spin the arrows to create an endless array of multiplication problems.Suggested age: 7-11 years.Your students will spin their way to multiplication mastery!.Bundle contains: 12 Spinner Boards.Materials: Paper, Metal.Use like flashcards to practice multiplication facts or quiz a partner
Each set includes ten mini felt erasers. Erasers measure 1.25" x 2.5". For use with SwitchBoards, AnswerBoards, Team Slates, or MindMats and any other dry erase board. Sold as 6 sets for 60 mini erasers total..Mini Block Shaped Felt Erasers.Color: Black.10 Per Pack, 6 Packs.Machine washable.New durable back
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Kagan Publishing "Cooperative Learning & Mathematics High School Activities" Book explains various activities for fractions, geometry definitions, graphs and probability. Grade 8 - 12 book illustrates algebraic expressions and word problems..Age group and grade: Ages 13 - 18+ years and grades 8th - 12th.Subject: Math.Format: Paperback.Title: Cooperative Learning & Mathematics High School Activities.Number of pages: 420.Language: English.Receive half a dozen Kagan cooperative learning structures Line-Ups, Mix Pair RallyCoach, Mix-N-Match, Inside-Outside Circle, RallyCoach, RoundTable.For each structure you receive numerous activities and blackline masters for Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus.Activities for fractions, geometry definitions, graphs, probability, algebraic expressions, word problems, slope, angle, proofs, equations, functions, parabolas, and much, much more.Nearly 300 activities in all your students will work together successfully with these proven cooperative structures.Includes rich array of activities for all levels of high school mathematics.Kagan Publishing "Cooperative Learning & Mathematics High School Activities" Book has 420 pages and numerous blackline masters activities for pre-algebra.
Kagan Publishing "Cooperative Learning & Algebra 1" activity book of 464 pages helps with algebra year after year. Book converts struggling students into victorious mathematicians and includes reproducible blacklines..Grades: 7th - 12th.Language: English.Title: Cooperative Learning & Algebra 1.Usage ideas: Helps the students to learn in step by-step, activity-by-activity, and lesson-by-lesson with cooperative learning structures and to succeed with algebra year after year.Topic: Rational numbers, expressions, equations and inequalities, linear functions and vertical lines and more.Number of pages: 464.Do you have students who struggle with algebra.Do they find the problems difficult to understand, or of little real world value?.Do they find the repetitive practice boring?, the problem may not be algebra.Chapters cover working with rational numbers, expressions, equations and inequalities, linear functions and vertical lines, linear systems, polynomials, radicals, and quadratic functions.Transform struggling students into successful mathematicians with motivating teamwork activities.When the power of student to-student interaction is unleashed in algebra, students enjoy learning more and the abstract algebraic concepts become more concrete and understandable.Master teacher, trainer, and celebrated math author Becky Bride will show you step by-step, activity-by-activity, and lesson-by-lesson how she used cooperative learning structures to help her students succeed with algebra year after year.Includes reproducible transparencies and activities.This book shows how she used cooperative learning structures to help her students succeed with algebra year after year..Designed & organized to reinforce Algebra concepts!.Students are actively engaged so they retain more, and achievement goes up!.Includes exploratory activities that have students discover concepts & remember them..Kagan Publishing "Cooperative Learning & Algebra 1" Activity book for 7th - 12th grades inspires step by-step cooperative learning activities and explorations among students in group.
Quickly flip to the next Kagan Structure you'll use in your class. This flip chart serves as a terrific visual reminder of the steps of 30 Kagan Structures. You'll have these powerful teaching strategies at your fingertips. Since the structures are step-by-step, you'll be sure to implement the structures with fidelity and maximize student success. Set this self-standing reference on your desk and flip your way to more engaging teaching!.This flip chart serves as a terrific visual reminder of the steps of 30 Kagan Structures..Measures 11 x 8.5 inches..Set this self-standing reference on your desk and flip your way to more engaging teaching!.Step-by-Step Instructions
Kagan Publishing "Cooperative Learning and Pre Algebra" book of 312 pages helps students to concentrate problem solving by discussing concepts together. Book included with reproducible blacklines for transparency covers data analysis and more..Grades: 6th - 10th.Language: English.Title: Cooperative Learning and Pre Algebra.Usage ideas: Motivate students to excel with teamwork.Topic: Pre algebra.Number of pages: 312.Master math teacher and celebrated author Becky Bride shares her step by-step cooperative learning activities and explorations with you.With this terrific resource, Becky takes all the prep work out of teamwork.Chapters cover whole numbers, integers, decimals, fractions, ratios, proportion, percent, coordinate planes, data analysis, and probability.See why students overwhelmingly prefer working together than working alone, watch your test scores soar.Includes reproducible blacklines for transparencies and activities.Motivate your students to excel with teamwork, you'll be amazed at how well your students will work in teams, they will pay attention, solve problems together, help each other out when a teammate gets stuck, and discuss pre-algebra concepts every day.They'll pay attention, solve problems together, help each other out when a teammate gets stuck, and discuss pre-algebra concepts every day!.Designed & organized to reinforce Algebra concepts!.Students are actively engaged so they retain more, and achievement goes up!.Includes exploratory activities that have students discover concepts & remember them..Kagan Publishing "Cooperative Learning and Pre Algebra" Book for 6th - 10th grades inspires step by-step cooperative learning activities and explorations among students in a group.
Build your kindergartner's understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Songs, rhymes, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards. Each lesson focuses on one science concept and provides engaging activities to help young students learn basic science concepts..Build your kindergartner's understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book!.Songs, rhymes, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards..Each lesson focuses on one science concept and provides engaging activities to help young students learn basic science concepts..ISBN# 9781629381527.144 pages
Support your child's educational journey Spectrum's kindergarten workbooks that teach essential math skills to kindergarteners. Spectrum's math kindergarten workbook is a great way for students to learn kindergarten math skills such as addition, subtraction, place value, and more through a variety of problem-solving activities that are both fun AND educational! Counting and writing numbers and identifying shapes are a few of the activities included to help inspire math learning. The 192-page math workbook is sized at about 8.4" x 10.9"-giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. Parent support pages are included at the beginning of each chapter with helpful definitions, tools and tips, and a skills list to provide a spectrum of support for your leaner. An answer key is also included.Math.Spectrum.Ages 5 - 6.Paperback.English.192 pages.9781483871431.Award-winning workbook series meets current state and national standards.Parent support pages included at the beginning of each chapter including helpful definitions, tools and tips, and skills list.Full-color pages for engaging practice.Includes an answer key.Kindergarten Math Workbook for kids ages 5-6
Offer a fun way to learn with the colorful lessons in this workbook. Activities teach math, reading, and writing as well as basic skills, covering all the essentials for kindergarten. This Thinking Kids Complete Book of Grade K workbook comes with reward stickers to help excite young learners..Designed to educate and entertain, this colorful workbook provides everything your child needs for school-year success.This paperback workbook has 256 pages that guide students through a variety of engaging activities, including colors and shapes, uppercase and lowercase letters, phonics, and counting.ISBN: 9781483813059.Appropriate for kids aged 5-6 (grade K) and allows them to master essential skills.Challenging concepts are presented in a simple language with easy-to-understand examples, while stickers and full-color illustrations capture students' interest.Includes one poster and over 130 reward stickers.Help a child master kindergarten-level skills with this Thinking Kids Complete Book of Grade K workbook.
Build your preschooler's understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Songs, rhymes, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards. Each lesson focuses on one science concept and provides engaging activities to help young students learn basic science concepts..Each lesson focuses on one science concept and provides engaging activities to help young students learn basic science concepts..Songs, rhymes, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science.Full-color activity book, 144 pages.ISBN# 9781629381510
Add some spark to math time with these creative, lively games and activities that build math skills. Using dominoes, playing cards, number cubes, and other manipulatives, children explore doubles, make 10, decompose numbers, solve simple word problems, and more. Help children develop flexibility in mental arithmetic with the use of a number line—a powerful tool that guides them to understand numbers. Through a variety of fun learning games and activities that use manipulative, playground, and clothesline number lines, as well as written ones, children learn to visualize number relationships, compose and decompose numbers, and show solution strategies and math reasoning. Perfect for math centers and small-group instruction, these delightful activities meet core math standards. This bundle includes two Play & Learn Math Reproducible Workbooks: Addition & Subtraction and Number Lines..Add some spark to math time with creative, innovative games and activities that use manipulatives to help children master addition and subtraction.Develops flexibility in mental arithmetic with the use of a number line.Perfect for math centers and small-group instruction.These delightful activities meet core math standards.Includes two Play & Learn Math Reproducible Workbooks: Addition & Subtraction and Number Lines
When students have the desire and ability to work together as a team, something magical happens—Together Everyone Achieves More! Students like working together, academic achievement goes up, and discipline problems become a thing of the past. Includes step-by-step instructions, hints, variations, over 100 teambuilding activities, and ready-to-use blackline masters for each of 14 favorite teambuilding structures like: Find-the-Fib, Team Interview, and Same-Different. Promote a positive class and team atmosphere in your classroom and watch as your students work together in harmony..Helps build caring and cooperative teams.Exciting ready-to-do teambuilding activities.Over 130 teambuilding reproducibles.14 Cooperative step-by-step structures.Enhances learning by creating a positive learning atmosphere.
Carson-Dellosa "Beginning Reading" Resource book for grade K has challenging concepts and activities to get children ready for reading. Book with 64 pages has sight words, phonics and vocabulary for building basic skills..Grade K.Includes sight words, phonics, and vocabulary.Covers sequencing.Features challenging concepts and activities to get children ready for reading.64 pages.Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! These teacher approved books are perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips.
Spectrum's Language Arts Kindergarten Book is a great way for your kindergartener to learn basic ELA and phonics skills such as alphabet letter recognition, parts of speech, vocabulary, sentences, grammar, and more through a variety of activities that are perfect for both kindergarten classroom and homeschool curriculum. Lesson reviews are included to test your kindergartener's knowledge along the way. The 192-page kindergarten workbook is sized at about 8" x 11"-giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. Aligned to current state standards, this workbook includes an answer key and a supplemental Writer's Guide to reinforce grammar and language arts concepts. Parent support pages are included at the beginning of each chapter with helpful definitions, tools and tips, and a skills list to provide a spectrum of support for your leaner. An answer key is also included..Language Arts.Spectrum.Ages 5 - 6.Paperback.English.192 pages.9781483871349.Award-winning workbook series meets current state and national standards.Parent support pages included at the beginning of each chapter including helpful definitions, tools and tips, and skills list.Full-color pages for engaging practice.Includes an answer key with completed pages.Support your child’s language arts learning journey with the Spectrum Language Arts Kindergarten Workbook!
Designed to strengthen and reinforce essential skills, the "Spectrum Reading Workbook (Grade K)" is a great choice for your young student. Planned to build your child's language skills, this Reading/Language Arts workbook will help inculcate important lessons on verbal and written communication. You can assess your child's proficiency in the subject at hand through the different tests while the answer key helps to keep record. Written with kindergarteners in mind, this workbook helps to supplement the new lessons they've learned in school. Penned in easy-to-understand English, this paperback is a good choice for your young learner..Grade K/ Ages 5 - 6.Publisher: Carson Dellosa.Publishing Date/Year: August 15, 2014.ISBN -10: 1483812138.ISBN -13: 978-1483812137.Book Subject: Reading/Language Arts.Version/Edition: Trade Paper.Series: Spectrum.Dimensions: 10.9"H x 8.4"W x 0.2"D.Make learning Reading/Language Arts fun for Kindergarteners with "Spectrum Reading Workbook (Grade K)"
Inspire a long-lasting love of learning with this workbook. Engaging activities with intuitive examples help kids learn phonics, math, and reading comprehension. This Thinking Kids Complete Book of Grade Pre-K workbook features stickers and colorful illustrations that make learning fun..Designed to educate and entertain, this colorful book provides everything your child needs for school-year success.This paperback book has 256 pages that guide students through a variety of engaging activities, including colors and shapes, letter and number recognition, and handwriting.ISBN: 9781483813042.Appropriate for kids aged 4-5 (pre-kindergarten) and allows them to master essential skills.Challenging concepts are presented in a simple language with easy-to-understand examples, while stickers and full-color illustrations capture students' interest.Includes one poster and over 130 reward stickers.Help kids prepare for school with this Thinking Kids Complete Book of Grade Pre-K workbook.
Teacher's Friend® Counting caddie and place value pocket chart for grades K - 5 features storage pocket for cards/straws and help teacher to organize a classroom. Nylon chart in blue color includes number/1 title/place value card and activity guide..Theme/design: Counting.Color: Blue.Size: 37"(H) x 35 1/2"(W).Age group and grade: Grades kindergarten - 5th.Material: Nylon.Features a storage pocket for cards and straws.Helps teachers to organize a classroom.Number of pieces: 234.Includes 200 plastic straws, plus a 2 page activity guide, 2 color cards include 3 place value cards, 30 number cards (3 copies of numbers 0 - 9) and 1 title card.2-color cards include 3 place-value cards, 30 number cards (3 copies of numbers 0-9) and 1 title card.Pocket chart features a storage pocket for cards and straws.Durable nylon.Counting caddie and place value pocket chart features a storage pocket for cards and straws.
Educational Insights® Kanoodle® Puzzle set for students above 7 yrs offers 200+ brain busting puzzles. Set includes 2D and 3D puzzles, sold as 12 per pack..Age details: Grades 3rd - 12+ / ages 7+.Offers 200+ brain-busting puzzles.Includes: 2D and 3D puzzles.Age details: Grades 3rd - 12+ / ages 7+.Offers 200+ brain-busting puzzles.Educational Insights® Kanoodle® Puzzle set is recommended for students above 7 yrs and enhances critical thinking skills, sold as 12 per pack.