She's thrilled when her sketches get her into Miss Chew's special art class at the high school. A substitute teacher tells her she's wasting time on art when she should be studying - but fortunately, this is one battle that Miss Chew and Trisha are up for! This true story shows just how important a teacher can be in a child's life - and celebrates the power of art itself.

    Oh, and there's someone new on the scene causing all kinds of problems....Follow the Bus Driver's lead as you write, color, draw, create--even build an airport!--in this fun-filled book starring the Pigeon and YOU.

    Dazzling wordplay and sparkling rhyme combine in a unique appreciation of the rewards of unabashed originality and the special joy of viewing the world gently askew.

    Not only is he surrounded by girls at home, he now has a new girl neighbor. She might be good at sports and video games, but when it comes down to it, she is still an awful girl.

    Focusing on the relationship between Helen and her teacher, Annie Sullivan, the book is interspersed with excerpts of Annie's letters home, written as she struggled with her angry, wild pupil. But slowly, with devotion and determination, Annie teaches Helen finger spelling and braille, letters, and sentences. As Helen comes to understand language and starts to communicate, she connects for the first time with her family and the world around her. The lyrical text and exquisite art will make this fascinating story a favorite with young readers. Children will also enjoy learning the Braille alphabet, which is embossed on the back cover of the jacket.

    Things scare him, and he can’t help it. So naturally he’s terrified when he moves to a new town and the bully is ready to pounce. But just as Rodney is about to flee, a baseball flies in from out of nowhere and knocks out the bully. Now everyone thinks Rodney’s invincible—when really he feels just the opposite.  Can he figure out to live up to his new reputation and make friends along the way?Told with warmth and heart, this debut novel from a middle-school teacher that will speak to the hidden insecurities—and strengths—of every middle-grade reader.

    Her teacher encourages the students to write stories, listen to jazz music, help in their neighborhood, celebrate different kinds of families, and build their own class library. The narrator recognizes that her teacher could be working in a nicer school, but the teacher reveals that she was a student in that very class and that she works in the school to help the children achieve their dreams the way she was able to.As a celebration of all the ways a teacher can inspire students, this is a welcome gift in any classroom.

    Award-winning teacher and best-selling author Debbie Silver explains motivational theory and provides down-to-earth—often humorous—real life examples that demonstrate what to say when giving feedback to students.

    Free Your Voice offers readers the liberating insights and personal instruction of sound healing legend Silvia Nakkach, whose four-decade immersion in the use of the voice as a creative force makes her a uniquely qualified teacher and guide. With coauthor Valerie Carpenter, Silvia shows how to reclaim the healing potential of your voice (regardless of training or experience) through more than 100 enjoyable exercises that are steeped in spiritual tradition and classical vocal technique and backed by the latest science. Free Your Voice invites us to savor a banquet of our own divine sounds as we explore breathwork, chant, and other yogic practices for emotional release, opening to insight, and much more. Required reading for the thousands of people in Silvia s training programs, here is a definitive resource for using the voice as an instrument of healing and fulfillment. Instruction includes guided practices available as downloadable audio.

    In art, Minnie has to paint a self portrait--but how can she do this when she doesn't even know who she is anymore? Things aren't great at home, either. Her uncle Bill is building a huge replica of the Apache helicopter he flew in Iraq, and her father has blown some sort of whistle and has to start over in a new job. Then Miss Marks takes over Minnie's language class and encourages students to think critically about everything. They write their thoughts and questions in journals, marking the most private entries For Your Eyes Only. Minnie and her classmate Amira are inspired, but some people in town wonder why Miss Marks is encouraging students to ask these questions and just what, exactly, she's teaching. When a group of angry parents demands Miss Marks's suspension, Minnie finds herself asking a lot of questions--and figuring out what she has the power to change.

    Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies, and self-esteem to name a few. More than entertainment, these books can be a powerful learning and coping tool when a struggling reader connects with credible characters and a compelling storyline. The highly readable style and mature topics will appeal to young adult readers of both sexes and encourage them to finish each novel. Harriet Tubman HS Series-- On the brink of her freshman year at Tubman High, something clicked in Chelsea's mind. Shadrach rescued animals. And in a way, he saved kids by teaching them respect. Now she and her friends were rescuers by volunteering at the shelter. Jaris was a rescuer too. He was trying to save Sereeta's mom. And, maybe Maurice would have to rescue Athena from getting into trouble.

    More than twenty years after his death, his books are still highly popular with children and have inspired numerous feature films – yet he remains a controversial figure.This volume, the first collection of academic essays ever to be devoted to Dahl's work, brings together a team of well-known scholars of children's literature to explore the man, his books for children, and his complex attitudes towards various key subjects. Including essays on education, crime, Dahl's humour, his long-term collaboration with the artist Quentin Blake, and film adaptations, this fascinating collection offers a unique insight into the writer and his world.

    Teaching Reading Comprehension with Graphic d104s: An Illustrated Adventure shows teachers how to read, understand, and teach the unique vocabulary and anatomy of the graphic text format alongside traditional, print-based literature and content-area selections.

    She and Jackson - her lover and former student - still find time to have sex whenever they can, enjoying her round lactating breasts. They can be a little rougher now that she's not pregnant, and have a kinky sex session in her kitchen one night instead of making dinner.Excerpt:Jackson is looking at me now, hands on his hips, lost in thought. I understand how he feels. Overwhelmed by baby stuff. I took a semester off from teaching, but he has to work every day. I handle most of the baby stuff, obviously, but he still looks exhausted. It's kind of cute.I'm feeling a little horny right now, so I don't want him to sink into moping. With exercise I've gotten my body shape back, and now that I'm breastfeeding, my breasts are quite a bit bigger than they used to be. While he stares at me, I casually pull my gray T-shirt off over my head. His face perks up a little at that. I peel my nursing bra off and let it drop to the floor. Suddenly he's all over me. Warning: This story contains explicit sex and is for adults only.Length: Short Story, 3900 words.

    She's surprised when he shows up on her doorstep months later, ready for something more serious. Fireworks explode again between them as they start a hot affair. Pregnancy hormones make her hornier than usual and he's turned on by her rounder growing belly.Excerpt:I'm pacing in the middle of my living room. I'm wearing a nightgown and slippers. Nothing else. It's fall outside, nighttime chilly, but I'm warmer than usual these days. I sent Jackson out for some ice cream from the store. Anything with a swirl of caramel in it. I had a craving. Though the longer I wait for him, the more I start to crave something else entirely.He finally walks through the front door and I clumsily throw myself at him. It's hard to do with my big stomach in the way. He laughs as he leans down to meet me halfway."They had caramel with nuts and chocolate, and caramel with vanilla," he says through kisses, holding the bag in one hand."Freezer," I say as I attempt to kiss him again. He dodges my kiss and rushes to the kitchen to put the ice cream away. He comes back shedding clothing quickly. Tossing his jacket onto a chair, stepping out of his shoes and socks. Throwing his T-shirt on the back of the couch as I drag him to the bedroom. I can hear him undoing his pants with one hand.I step out of my slippers when we reach the bedroom and pull the big nightie off over my head easily, revealing my swollen belly and round breasts. He groans at the sight of me.Warning: This story contains explicit sex and is for adults only.Length: Short Story, 3400 words.

    With this single resource you will be able to address children's anger problems, academic performance challenges, anxieties, school safety issues, self-esteem, social skills and much more. From the creator of the popular web-based Challenge Software program for children, comes a resource that provides a solid, yet flexible foundation for intervention. The individual strategies are presented in a simple step-by-step process using lessons, activities and reproducible worksheets. These strategies can be used individually for a quick intervention with children. They can also be used to create dozens of unique curricula, tailor-made to target specific problem areas for small groups or classrooms. AS the term “self-regulation” suggests, this approach focuses on teaching children how to regulate their own emotions and behaviors. The authors have split the self-regulation training process into three functional area: physical, emotional, and cognitive. Using strategies based soundly upon the evidence base of cognitive-behavioral psychology, this resource will help you move children progressively through skill areas in each of these three domains.The strategies are creative, fresh, and engaging in a way to help create change quickly. This resource was designed to help professionals increase the long-term impact of their work with children.

    This volume provides an insight into twelve basic components of foreign language teaching and learning. These include teaching methods/approaches and the postmethod concept, foreign language competences, traditional and modern skills, vocabulary teaching, grammar teaching, intercultural learning, the teaching of literature, traditional and modern media, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), heterogeneity and differentiation, materials development and textbook evaluation, and, finally, testing and assessment. This collection of articles fosters international collaboration among researchers involved in key fields of English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching. On the basis of current theories, empirical research, and guidelines presented by the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), the authors discuss purposes, practices, competences, participants, and contexts of foreign language teaching, learning, and use. The potentials of both traditional as well as innovative concepts are presented and discussed critically. The focus thereby is on linking theory and practice to transmit profound knowledge and introduce important teaching approaches to university students, university lecturers, and teachers.

    In this updated, color edition of First Art, you will find more than seventy-five art experiences, with lots of variations that add to the fun and tips for making the activities run smoothly. There’s even a chapter of special adult-made props, such as an Art Baggie Book to display a child’s artwork and a Tabletop Easel made from a pizza box to catch all the drips. First Art for Toddlers and Twos starts children on a journey full of exploration and creativity!