Educating Esme

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781565129719

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Educating Esmé by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

At once "a pop culture phenomenon" (Publishers Weekly) and "screamingly funny" (Booklist), Educating Esmé "should be read by anyone who's interested in the future of public education" (Boston Phoenix Literary Section). A must-read for parents, new teachers, and classroom veterans, Educating Esmé is the exuberant diary of Esmé Raji Codell’s first year teaching in a Chicago public school. Fresh-mouthed and free-spirited, the irrepressible Madame Esmé—as she prefers to be called—does the cha-cha during multiplication tables, roller-skates down the hallways, and puts on rousing performances with at-risk students in the library. Her diary opens a window into a real-life classroom from a teacher’s perspective. While battling bureaucrats, gang members, abusive parents, and her own insecurities, this gifted young woman reveals what it takes to be an exceptional teacher. Heroine to thousands of parents and educators, Esmé now shares more of her ingenious and yet down-to-earth approaches to the classroom in a supplementary guide to help new teachers hit the ground running. As relevant and iconoclastic as when it was first published, Educating Esmé is a classic, as is Madame Esmé herself.

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0340883715

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Sahara Special by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

Sahara is thrilled to be moving out of the special education class and into repeat fifth grade - at last she is 'normal dumb' and not 'special dumb'. Then her new teacher arrives and, with the aid of some unusual teaching methods, shows Sahara just how clever she actually is.

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416990864

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Fairly Fairy Tales by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

Best-selling author Esme Raji Codell takes readers through a very different verison of some beloved fairy-tales in Fairly Fairy Tales.

Author : Esmé Raji Codell
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1565123085

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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading by Esmé Raji Codell Pdf

Offers advice and guidelines on how to expand a child's world through books and reading, introducing three thousand teacher-recommended book titles, craft ideas, projects, recipes, and reading club tips.

Author : Brendan Halpin
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504009690

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Losing My Faculties by Brendan Halpin Pdf

In his first nine years as a teacher, Brendan Halpin goes from wide-eyed idealist to cynical, heartbroken idealist. Unique among teaching memoirs, Losing My Faculties is not the story of a heroic teacher who transforms the lives of his hardbitten students; rather, it’s the inspirational and often unpretty truth about people who choose to get up ridiculously early day after day and year after year to go stand in front of teenagers. It’s also a rarely-seen, all-access view of both suburban and urban education, including the ugly truth behind the mythology at a much-hyped charter school.

Author : Chip Heath,Karla Starr
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781982165451

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Making Numbers Count by Chip Heath,Karla Starr Pdf

A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and data—from bestselling business author Chip Heath. How much bigger is a billion than a million? Well, a million seconds is twelve days. A billion seconds is…thirty-two years. Understanding numbers is essential—but humans aren’t built to understand them. Until very recently, most languages had no words for numbers greater than five—anything from six to infinity was known as “lots.” While the numbers in our world have gotten increasingly complex, our brains are stuck in the past. How can we translate millions and billions and milliseconds and nanometers into things we can comprehend and use? Author Chip Heath has excelled at teaching others about making ideas stick and here, in Making Numbers Count, he outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain’s language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a dry number and present it in a way that people click in and say “Wow, now I get it!” You will learn principles such as: -SIMPLE PERSPECTIVE CUES: researchers at Microsoft found that adding one simple comparison sentence doubled how accurately users estimated statistics like population and area of countries. -VIVIDNESS: get perspective on the size of a nucleus by imagining a bee in a cathedral, or a pea in a racetrack, which are easier to envision than “1/100,000th of the size of an atom.” -CONVERT TO A PROCESS: capitalize on our intuitive sense of time (5 gigabytes of music storage turns into “2 months of commutes, without repeating a song”). -EMOTIONAL MEASURING STICKS: frame the number in a way that people already care about (“that medical protocol would save twice as many women as curing breast cancer”). Whether you’re interested in global problems like climate change, running a tech firm or a farm, or just explaining how many Cokes you’d have to drink if you burned calories like a hummingbird, this book will help math-lovers and math-haters alike translate the numbers that animate our world—allowing us to bring more data, more naturally, into decisions in our schools, our workplaces, and our society.

Author : David Jerner Martin,Kimberly S. Loomis
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Constructivism (Education)
ISBN : 1285087038

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Building Teachers by David Jerner Martin,Kimberly S. Loomis Pdf

Designed from the ground up with a constructivist framework, BUILDING TEACHERS: A CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH TO INTRODUCING EDUCATION, 2E, International Edition helps future teachers create their own understanding of education. As the authors address the key topics generally covered in an introductory book, they encourage readers to develop their own understandings by connecting their prior knowledge, experiences, and biases with new experiences to which they will be exposed during the course. Highlights of the new edition include stronger standards integration and expanded material on diversity and technology. By interacting with the materials presented, rather than merely memorizing the book's content, readers learn what teaching is all about in an exploratory, inquiring, constructivist-based manner. In turn, they can help the children in their classrooms learn meaningfully.

Author : Esme Raji Codell
Publisher : Greenwillow Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0061455164

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Seed by Seed by Esme Raji Codell Pdf

His real name was John Chapman. He grew apples. But wait. So what? Why should we remember him and read about him and think about him and talk about him today, more than two hundred years after he was born? Why should we call him a hero? Esme Raji Codell and Lynne Rae Perkins show us, in eloquent words and exhilarating pictures, why Johnny Appleseed matters now, perhaps more than ever, in our loud and wired and fast-paced world.

Author : Esme Raji Codell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0053240510

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Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codell Pdf

Author : Jenna Copper,Ashley Bible,Abigail Gross,Staci Lamb
Publisher : Dave Burgess Consulting
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1951600878

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Keeping the Wonder by Jenna Copper,Ashley Bible,Abigail Gross,Staci Lamb Pdf

Embarking on your first solo road trip. Receiving a special surprise that arrives out of the blue. Finding a sudden flash of inspiration that sets you on a wondrous new path. When we think about the moments that stand out in our memory, it's clear that our minds hold onto the unusual or unexpected. By tapping into students' innate curiosity, you can design memorable, meaningful learning experiences that captivate their interest and ignite their imaginations. Structured around four key elements that fuel engagement-surprise, curiosity, freedom, and inspiration-Keeping the Wonder offers practical strategies and abundant inspiration for K-12 educators to create lessons that are fun and compelling. Combining enchanting anecdotes, real-world experience, and a wealth of research, the authors share their collective expertise as educators and founders of the innovative Keeping the Wonder workshop. In this dynamic handbook, Jenna, Ashley, Abby, and Staci offer a fresh approach to learning through the lens of wonder. By providing creative ideas for switching up standard lesson plans in ways both subtle and profound, they show us how to recapture our fascination with the world by employing all of our senses, and enhance engagement and critical thinking for students and teachers alike. Endorsements Before reading Keeping the Wonder, I saw my social studies classroom for what it was: brick walls, desks, and a few colorful posters. Today, I see magic seeping through the cracks of every space. Keeping the Wonder reignited my passion for student engagement and learning with every turn of the page. -Dr. Jacob Bauer Zebley, high school social studies teacher and 2015 Cecil County Teacher of the Year From personal stories, practical advice, and research-based strategies, Keeping the Wonder is a book you will reach for time and again. After reading, you'll start looking not just at your own classroom and curriculum through the lens of wonder, but the world around you. A must read for any teacher who is looking to bring that sense of curiosity and love of learning back into their classroom. -Caitlin Mitchell and Jessica Cannata, cofounders of EB Academics and bestselling authors of The Empowered ELA Teacher

Author : Thomas Stewart Poetter,Bernard J. Badiali
Publisher : Eye On Education
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : 1930556195

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Teacher Leader by Thomas Stewart Poetter,Bernard J. Badiali Pdf

Author : Esme Raji Codell
Publisher : Hyperion
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : PSU:000056828207

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Diary of a Fairy Godmother by Esme Raji Codell Pdf

This sassy twist on fairy tales follows the story of Hunky Dory, whose interest in wishcraft instead of witchcraft gets her kicked out of charm school. Now she's determined to follow her heart and become a fairy godmother. Illustrations.

Author : Katy Farber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781632201881

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Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus by Katy Farber Pdf

Learn why today’s best teachers are leaving—from the teachers themselves. Low pay, increased responsibilities, and high-stakes standardized testing—these are just some of the reasons why more talented teachers are leaving the profession than ever before. Drawing on in-depth interviews with teachers all over the country, Katy Farber presents an in-the-trenches view of the classroom exodus and uncovers ways that schools can turn the tide. Farber's findings, which have been featured on Education Talk Radio, Vermont Public Radio, and in the Huffington Post, paint a sometimes shocking picture of life in today's schools, taking a frank look at • Challenges to teacher endurance, including tight budgets, difficult parents, standardized testing, unsafe schools, inadequate pay, and lack of respect • Strategies veteran teachers use to make sure the joys of teaching outweigh the frustrations • Success stories from individual schools and districts that have found solutions to these challenges • Recommendations for creating a school environment that fosters teacher retention Featuring clear analysis and concrete suggestions for administrators and policy makers, Why Great Teachers Quit takes you to the front lines of the fight to keep great teachers where they belong: in the classroom.

Author : Eugene F. Provenzo
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412965934

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The Teacher in American Society by Eugene F. Provenzo Pdf

"A critical anthology that examines the nature and purpose of the teaching profession in the United States" "" Drawing on first-person accounts and sociological, historical, and literary sources, The Teacher in American Society: A Critical Anthology examines the nature of the teaching profession in the United States and the purpose behind the work of K 12 teachers. In addition to selections from novels and first-person accounts, editor Eugene F. Provenzo draws from a wide range of popular culture sources, including films, cartoons, and YouTube videos to convey not only the work and experience of teachers, but also how teachers are perceived in our society. Features ""Popular and classic selections demonstrate that learning to teach well is a deeply reflective act.Critical questions at the beginning of each reading encourage students to think about teaching in the context of a wide range of cultures, traditions, and teaching [b1] experiences."Further Readings" and "Linking to Popular Culture" sections in each Part opener lead students to a range of resources beyond the text."

Author : Alan S. Canestrari,Bruce A. Marlowe
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780761930310

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Educational Foundations by Alan S. Canestrari,Bruce A. Marlowe Pdf

This anthology of critical readings (for students about to enter the teaching profession and for those interested in carefully examining schools and schooling) features provocative, engaging authors whose views are politicized, but whose writing and opinions matte - not because they are gadflies, but because their ideas work and their achievements as teachers, principals, and policy shapers are so notable. Educational Foundations: An Anthology of Critical Readings is organized around the following questions: Why teach? Who are today′s students? What makes a good teacher? How should we assess student learning? What does a good school look like? How does one develop a critical voice (in the face of state mandates, administrative edicts, and the continuous cycle of reform and retrenchment)? Alan S Canestrari and Bruce A Marlowe′s answers are bold and refreshing. They eschew the unquestioning compliance so characteristic of new teachers. Also, by taking a hard look at traditional educational practice, they serve as models for the kind of reflective practitioners we hope pre-service students will become when they enter the field. The key feature of this anthology are the readings by authors who have discovered their own critical voices so that new teachers can begin to develop their own. These readings offer a platform for discussion and debate that may be used by instructors to increase student knowledge of pedagogy and to provide authentic opportunities for potential teachers to think critically about teaching and learning.