Academic Vocab Toolkit G4


Book Description

Dr. Kate Kinsella’s NEW Academic Vocabulary Toolkit for Elementary grades is designed to prepare students in grades 3, 4, and 5 for the lexical demands of academic speaking, reading and writing in a Common Core State Standards era. The program ensures students have daily explicit, interactive, and carefully monitored academic language instruction. Students are provided the opportunity to not only learn high-use academic words, but also correctly employ these words in speaking and writing exercises. Using Dr. Kate Kinsella’s unique vocabulary teaching process, students will receive the tools needed to master key academic vocabulary, re-engage in school settings, and increase scores on state assessments.




Nonviolent Communication Toolkit for Facilitators


Book Description

Internationally respected NVC trainers, Judi Morin, Raj Gill, and Lucy Leu have come together to codify more than twenty years of training experience in one hands-on Nonviolent Communication (NVC) facilitator guide. Whether you're a new facilitator, a seasoned trainer looking to incorporate a more experiential approach, or a team of trainers, the Nonviolent Communication Toolkit for Facilitators has a wealth of resources for you. By breaking Nonviolent Communication down into 18 key concepts, this toolkit provides succinct teaching tools that can be used on their own for shorter sessions, or combined for a long-term or multi-session training. Your NVC Toolkit purchase includes: • Hard Copy Exercise Manual—Includes exercises, activities, and facilitator scripts to guide you in sharing 18 key NVC concepts • Electronic Downloads—Access to 21 Learning Aids and 33 Handouts to create an interactive, hands-on learning environment • Instructional Video Clips — Access 20 short clips and one 30-minute video to help clarify some of the more complex activities




Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 2: Student Text : Mastering High-Use Words for Academic Achievement


Book Description

This practice book is the second volume of a comprehensive resource for expanding learners' academic vocabulary. Each high-use academic word is introduced on a double page, with sections on meaning, general usage, verbal and writing practice. Ideal for practising indispensable academic words in context.




Introduction to Embedded Systems, Second Edition


Book Description

An introduction to the engineering principles of embedded systems, with a focus on modeling, design, and analysis of cyber-physical systems. The most visible use of computers and software is processing information for human consumption. The vast majority of computers in use, however, are much less visible. They run the engine, brakes, seatbelts, airbag, and audio system in your car. They digitally encode your voice and construct a radio signal to send it from your cell phone to a base station. They command robots on a factory floor, power generation in a power plant, processes in a chemical plant, and traffic lights in a city. These less visible computers are called embedded systems, and the software they run is called embedded software. The principal challenges in designing and analyzing embedded systems stem from their interaction with physical processes. This book takes a cyber-physical approach to embedded systems, introducing the engineering concepts underlying embedded systems as a technology and as a subject of study. The focus is on modeling, design, and analysis of cyber-physical systems, which integrate computation, networking, and physical processes. The second edition offers two new chapters, several new exercises, and other improvements. The book can be used as a textbook at the advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate level and as a professional reference for practicing engineers and computer scientists. Readers should have some familiarity with machine structures, computer programming, basic discrete mathematics and algorithms, and signals and systems.




Learning to Think Spatially


Book Description

Learning to Think Spatially examines how spatial thinking might be incorporated into existing standards-based instruction across the school curriculum. Spatial thinking must be recognized as a fundamental part of Kâ€"12 education and as an integrator and a facilitator for problem solving across the curriculum. With advances in computing technologies and the increasing availability of geospatial data, spatial thinking will play a significant role in the information-based economy of the twenty-first century. Using appropriately designed support systems tailored to the Kâ€"12 context, spatial thinking can be taught formally to all students. A geographic information system (GIS) offers one example of a high-technology support system that can enable students and teachers to practice and apply spatial thinking in many areas of the curriculum.




Reading, Grade 4


Book Description

Standards-Based Connections Reading for grade 4 offers focused skill practice in reading comprehension. A skill assessment will point out students' learning gaps. This allows teachers to choose appropriate student pages for individualized remediation. The student pages emphasize five important reading comprehension skills: summarizing, inferring, story elements, comparing and contrasting, and cause and effect. The book includes high-interest fiction and nonfiction, with texts about genres, summer camp, American Indians, fireflies, the wide world of animals, bees, and more. --Each 96-page book in the Standards-Based Connections Reading series includes a skill assessment, an assessment analysis, targeted practice pages, and an answer key, making this series an ideal resource for differentiation and remediation. The skill assessments and assessment analyses help teachers determine individualized instructional needs. And, the focused, comprehensive practice pages and self-assessments guide students to reflection and exploration for deeper learning!







Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1: Student Text : Mastering High-Use Words for Academic Achievement


Book Description

This practice book is the first volume of a comprehensive resource for expanding learners' academic vocabulary. Each high-use academic word is introduced on a double page, with sections on meaning, general usage, verbal and writing practice. Ideal for practising indispensable academic words in context.




The Best of the Marshall Memo


Book Description

For years, Kim Marshall and Jenn David-Lang have been considered "designated readers," curating ideas and research for busy frontline educators. Kim's weekly Marshall Memo summarizes the best articles from more than sixty magazines and journals.




Selecting and Developing Better Managers


Book Description

A personal attempt of an experienced researcher/practitioner to bridge the gap between sound theory and effective practice in selecting, developing and coaching better managers.