Drawing on extensive classroom experience, the authors demonstrate how shy students, reluctant readers, English language learners, and students who may be less active during class discussion become energized when they explore rich Web sites available from popular, respected children's authors. This book illustrates how this easy, no-risk technology--available at a keystroke--offers wide-ranging benefits, including: - Inviting students into a literacy community of readers and writers - Fostering the development of discrete, test-mandated skills - Capitalizing on and deepening students' familiarity with the digital world in ways that enhance their literacy growth

Virtually every national standards document, every state framework, and every local set of standards calls for fundamental changes in what and how teachers teach. The challenge for teachers is to implement the vision for mathematics and science classrooms called for in the standards. This issue describes that vision and suggests ways to use the standards mandated in your school to improve your practice--to help you teach in your standards-based classroom.

A year's worth of ideas and activities to revitalize every teacher's class This book is phenomenal! This resource is the perfect springboard to help me tackle tough concepts.--Barb Stoflet, Minnesota Teacher of the Year, 2002The diversity of topics covered and the user-friendly language guarantee that we won't grow tired of using The Teacher's Calendar.--Tim Bailey, Utah Teacher of the Year, 2002For five years The Teacher's Calendar has been a fixture in classrooms and school libraries across the country. Teachers will find innovative ideas for lessons, bulletin boards, and school calendars on every page. Infopacked sidebars highlight specific dates and provide curriculum ideas and lists of appropriate books and websites.Almost 5,000 month-by-month, day-byday listings--all fully revised and checked 50 new essays on how to use this material in class for overworked teachers Appendixes with U.S., Canada, and Mexico at-a-glance facts And more! With its extensive listings and seemingly inexhaustible treasure of classroom ideas, The Teacher's Calendar will take the guesswork out of lesson planning and put fun and creativity back into the classroom.

The purpose of this book is to introduce you to a selection of English language arts activities and resources that are available on the Internet's World Wide Web and to suggest ways in which you may most effectively make use of the websites examined in the text in order to transform your teaching of reading, writing, speaking, listening, and viewing.

This book outlines a process for collaboration between the teacher and library media specialist, identifies literacy concepts, and much more.