Visual Arts bibliography

Here is another bibliography of books about  teaching Visual Arts.

Visual_Arts_2009

TDSB teachers may contact the library at (416) 395-8289 to borrow.

Rowan

ESL/ELL bibliography

We have updated our ESL book bibliography, attached here FYI.  Note that it is deliberately brief since (1) bibliographies are probably the most boring thing ever invented in the whole world, and since  (2) it reflects our newest books only. We have many, many more books on this important subject.

ESL_2009

Rowan

Financial literacy

The Ministry’s latest announcement is about putting together a working group to research integrating financial literacy into the Gr. 4- 12 curriculum.

We have a couple of new books on this:

1. Economics and personal finance education (2009, NBEA)
2. Fun with finance: Math + literacy=success (2009, Carol Peterson)
3. I’m broke: The money handbook (2009, Liam Croke)

And a recent article:

1. Tye, Peg. (2009, Sep/Oct.). The truth about kids and money. Instructor, 19(2), 40-5.

Contact the library, (416) 395-8289 to borrow any of these.

Rowan

Great new books

Here are 4 new titles with attracative  covers (this is important not just for kids) and lots of classroom content:

• Fun with finance: Math+literacy=$uccess by Carol Peterson, 2009. Contains 12 readers theatre scripts, activities and flashcards, grades 4-6.
• Helping students with dyslexia and dysgraphia make connections: Differentiated Instruction lesson plans in reading and writing, by Virginia Beringer and Beverly Wolf, 2009. Includes main 4 units, each with many lessons; includes teacher material and student response sheets.
• The musical classroom: backgrounds, models and skills for elementary teaching, 8th ed., by Carolynn Lindeman and PatriciaHackett, 2010. Includes info on theory or philosophy of teaching music,  progressive activities for the different grades, model lessons, great bibliographies for each chapter.  This would be a must if you taught elementary music!
• Story starters and science notebooking:Developing student thinking through literacy and inquiry, by Sandy Buczynski and Kristin Fontichiaro, 2009. Grades 3-6. Includes fun units with titles like Magnetism: The Dance of  the Magnets or Temperature and Heat: The Porridge Case.

TDSB teachers can contact the library to borrow these: (416) 395-8289.

Rowan

Students with emotional needs

We have 2 new books on this topic, very readable, with suggestions for the classroom teacher or special education consultant:

• Reaching and teaching children who hurt: Strategies for your classroom, by Susan Craig, 2008
• Lost at school :Why our kids with behavioral challenges are falling through the cracks and how we can help them, by Ross Greene, 2008

TDSB teachers may contact the Library to borrow, (416) 395-8289.

Rowan

New Books

Here we go again with some new book titles.  These titles reflect some of the more interesting books, not the standard teaching students to read, write,  do math or science ….of which we have thousands.

• 425 seriously fun ways to enhance learing and make it stick. (Sterns, 2009)s
• The book whisperer: Awakening the inner reader in every child. (Miller, 2009)
• Catching up or leading the way: American education in the age of globalization. (Zhao, 2009)
• Eco-fun. (Suzuki And Vanderlinden, 2001)
• Ecological intelligence: How knowing the hidden impact of what we buy can change everything. (Goleman, 2009)
• Fires in the middle school bathroom: advice for teachers from middle schoolers. (Cushman and Rogers, 2008)
• Great teacher projects K-8 (Mayne, 2009)
• Letting go of perfect: Overcoming perfectionism in kids (Adleson and Wilson, 2009).
• Once upon a time … Storytelling to teacher character and prevent bullying: Lessons from 99 multicultural folk tales from grade K-8. (Pearmain, 2006)
• Owning up curriculum: Empowering adolescents to confront social cruelty, bullying and injustice (Wiseman, 2009).

Contact the library if you want to borrow any of them (416) 395-8289.

Rowan

Achieving Believing and Caring

Chris Spence’s new book Achieving believing and caring: Doing whatever it takes to create successful schools, has arrived and is available for borrowing.  Contact the Library (416.395-8289) to borrow or get on the request list.

Read Dr. Spence’s web page, in particular his speeches, for  an overview of his philosophy and passion.

Rowan

2 new books

We receive new books all the time, and titles  can be so predictable (reading, math,  assessment, success….you get my drift).  I like to mention books that are not more of the usual, so here are 2 new books with fun titles/content.

1. Hit me again.. I can still hear him: The secrets of public speakingby John Miers. Short and reader friendly, this book has great advice for anyone venturing into the realm of public speaking, or for anyone whose skills need fine tuning.
2. Extreme dreams depend on teamsby Pat Williams (Sr VP of the Orlando magic). Readable, uses lots of sports analogies to demonstrate the importance of teamwork to the success of an organization.

Teachers may contact the library at (416) 395-8289 to borrow.

Rowan

French resources for elem literacy and numercy

Judy A wants me to remind teachers about the Min of Ed and TFO eWorkshop web page of online resources (including video resources) that  support literacy and numeracy. French page <here> and English page <here>.

And I am attaching a recent bibliography of books in French for French language teachers. Teachers may contact the library to borrow them.

FrenchTeacherResources

Rowan

Getting ready for September

Whew! September is so close; the new school year is around the corner.  Here are some new book titles to jump start the brain:

• Never work harder that your students (Robyn Jackson,  371.102 Jac). Great title, hmm?
• How to plan differentiated reading instruction…K-3. (Walpole and McKenna, 372.417 Wal)
• More tools for teaching social skills in schools , grades 3-12. (Mugey, Dillon and Pratt, 302.14071 Mor)
• Text structures: Teaching patterns in reading and writing. (Dillabough, 372.623044 Dil)

The courier gets going next week . You can come and pick  up the books from the Library or we can send them out to you next week.  Call for more information at (416) 395-8289.

Rowan