The Creative Teacher: An Encyclopedia of Ideas to Energize Your Curriculum (McGraw-Hill Teacher Resources) - Softcover

Springer, Steve; Alexander, Brandy; Persiani, Kimberly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071472800 ISBN 13: 9780071472807

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2006

Synopsis

A comprehensive, practical resource packed with proven techniquesand seasoned advice for time-strapped educators

Forteachersof gradesK-6

Facing ever-more-demanding state standards and lessdisciplined students, even the most experiencedteacher carries a heavier burden today than everbefore. The Creative Teacher offers inventive tools toenhance standards-based curricula and helpful strategiesfor creating new and engaging lesson plans. Fillledwith fresh ideas for everything from bulletin boards tomath activities, this one-stop resource will quicklybecome the most valuable volume in yourlibrary.

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From the Back Cover:

Give your lesson plans a jolt of creativity and get better results from your students.

To keep your students engaged in the classroom, you have to get them excited about learning. From the authors of The Organized Teacher, this indispensable volume offers hundreds of creative ideas to reenergize your lesson plans for any subject, across all grades--from waking up the tired book report to making math fun.

Just a few of the ideas inside The Creative Teacher:

• "I woke up five inches tall" and other quick-start creative-writing prompts
• Larger writing projects, such as classroom newspapers, minibooks, autobiographies, and storyboards
• Do-it-themselves student cutouts for 3-D geometry
• How-it-works science experiments with electricity, ice cream, volcanoes--even how to make flubber
• Enthusiasm-generating math tools--from clock and fraction templates to creating your own money
• Cultural, historic, and family-tree ideas for social studies reports . . . and more!

INCLUDES DOZENS OF REPRODUCIBLE PAGES YOU CAN USE NOW!

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0071472800
• ISBN 13: 9780071472807
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304