The Teachers Calendar 2011-2012

Editors Of Chase'S Calendar Of Events, N/A

ISBN 10: 007176108X ISBN 13: 9780071761086

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Synopsis

"A must-have for K-8 teachers and librarians!"
--School Library Journal

The Teacher's Calendar offers you unique facts, important holidays, and major anniversaries in a handy day-by-day calendar format.

Features:

• 5,000 updated listings organized by school year, August-July
• Offers the kind of material that teachers use for transition times or break times or bulletin boards.
• Historical anniversaries, birthdays, biographies, astronomical phenomena, holidays of all major religions and nations, famous firsts, foreign and U.S. holidays, scientific and space milestones
• Resources for the class or teacher: books, websites, and more
• 50 all-new essays ("Curriculum Connections") on how to use this material in class
• Appendices with U.S. , Canada, and Mexico at-a-glance facts; children’s book/illustration awards for the last 35 years, plus the national day of all countries.

Topics include: How to Use This Book; Welcome to The Teacher's Calendar; Calendar of Events, Aug 1, 2011-July 31, 2012; Some Facts about the United States;Some Facts about the Presidents; Contact Information for Governors and Senators;National Days of the World 2011 and 2012; Some Facts about Mexico and Canada;Calendar Information for the Years 2011 and 2012; 2011 American Library Association Awards; Coretta Scott King Awards; Newbery Medal Winners; Caldecott Award Winners

About this title

About the Author:

Written by an in-house staff with contributions from writers who are actual classroom teachers or specialists in child education.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 007176108X
• ISBN 13: 9780071761086
• Binding: Calendar
• Number of pages: 1125