Writing To Learn: Strategies For Improving Writing Across The Curriculum is a teacher's guide that discusses the importance of writing across the curriculum in light of the Common Core standards and presents strategies for improving student writing in all disciplines. The writing strategies discussed include: current research about the use of writing as a learning tool, the use of Bloom's taxonomy for developing writing assignments, and creating writing projects such as eBooks, websites, blogs, student writing portfolios, student writing galleries, and examples of writing assignments to be...

Teaching Students Thinking Skills is an essential curriculum development guide that discusses the importance of teaching students critical thinking and problem solving skills. This eBook gives teachers strategies and ideas to embed and integrate into their daily instruction. Topics discussed include Bloom's taxonomy as it relates to thinking skills, inquiry learning, interactive notebooks, writing across the curriculum, creation and design of authentic learning projects such as eBooks.

I Pads in the 21st Century Classroom shows the educator how to develop a effective web-based curriculum for use on the IPad in the classroom and for use in the home. This essential guide demonstrates how both educators and students can effectively use the web to both house and access eLessons and eProjects such as multimedia presentations, eBooks, storybooks, web books, movies, Podcasts to improve instruction and student learning. This eBook emphasizes the different ways the IPad can effectively be used to enhance learning and student achievement.

Common Core ELA Skills for Every Student is an essential Common Core curriculum development guide that discusses the importance of teaching students higher order thinking skills needed to learn and master the Common Core ELA standards in all content areas. This book gives educators the basic tools to analyze the standards, develop engaging standard-based lessons and activities, and effectively teach these standards to students. Topics discussed include analyzing the standards for thinking skills, developing and integrating projects and activities to build knowledge and comprehension skills as...

The 8th Grade CST Science Practice Workbook is a comprehensive practice guide for all middle school students studying the 8th grade California physical science curriculum. Major concepts, math skills, problem solving, and comprehension questions based on the California standards in science are emphasized. This practice workbook is designed to prepare students for the test and academic success

Common Core Reading and Writing Curriculum is an essential curriculum development and lesson planning guide that discusses the importance of teaching and strengthening key reading and writing skills needed to learn and master the Common Core ELA standards in all content areas. This book gives educators the basic tools and strategies to analyze the standards, develop engaging standard-based lessons and activities, and effectively teach these standards to students. Topics discussed include analyzing the standards for thinking skills, developing and integrating projects and activities to build...

The Common Core Math Standards: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving is a practical guide that shows educators how to develop lessons and activities to improve critical thinking and problem solving skills based on the Common Core Math standards. This book emphasizes topics such as analyzing the standards, planning and developing standards-based lessons, higher order thinking, critical thinking, problem-based learning, inquiry learning, and much more