Middle School Matters

Author : Phyllis L. Fagell
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780738235097

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Middle School Matters by Phyllis L. Fagell Pdf

A counselor and popular Washington Post contributor offers a new take on grades 6-8 as a distinct developmental phase--and the perfect time to set up kids to thrive. Middle school is its own important, distinct territory, and yet it's either written off as an uncomfortable rite of passage or lumped in with other developmental phases. Based on her many years working in schools, professional counselor Phyllis Fagell sees these years instead as a critical stage that parents can't afford to ignore (and though "middle school" includes different grades in various regions, Fagell maintains that the ages make more of a difference than the setting). Though the transition from childhood to adolescence can be tough for kids, this time of rapid physical, intellectual, moral, social, and emotional change is a unique opportunity to proactively build character and confidence. Fagell helps parents use the middle school years as a low-stakes training ground to teach kids the key skills they'll need to thrive now and in the future, including making good friend choices, negotiating conflict, regulating their own emotions, be their own advocates, and more. To answer parents' most common questions and struggles with middle school-aged children, Fagell combines her professional and personal expertise with stories and advice from prominent psychologists, doctors, parents, educators, school professionals, and middle schoolers themselves.

Author : Peter Mortimore,Pamela Sammons,Louise Stoll,David Lewis,Russell Ecob
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-28
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780520330375

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School Matters by Peter Mortimore,Pamela Sammons,Louise Stoll,David Lewis,Russell Ecob Pdf

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1988.

Author : Leif Fearn,Eric Fearn
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781610489522

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Content Matters by Leif Fearn,Eric Fearn Pdf

This book explains the content of nine areas in social studies. If teachers know what history, biographical studies, and the United States Constitution mean for instruction, they can increase the probability of better-focused content in their social studies instruction.

Author : Molly Ness
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781071818275

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Every Minute Matters [Grades K-5] by Molly Ness Pdf

Make the most of every instructional minute with engaging literacy activities Time—or lack thereof—may be the most precious commodity in the classroom. From covering all the necessary curriculum and imparting life skills to attending meetings and answering emails, educators are faced with real challenges when there never seems to be enough time to do it all. Although teachers don’t have the power to create more minutes in the school day, they do have the power to be effective and efficient with the time given. Molly Ness asks teachers first to examine their use of time in the classroom in order to make more space for literacy. She then introduces 40 innovative activities designed to replace seatwork. These literacy-rich alternatives for classroom transitions are presented alongside Research on instructional time in K–5 classrooms Strategies for how to maximize every minute of instruction Suggestions for improving efficiency to expand independent reading and writing time Reflective practices to help teachers examine how they use the time they have The instructional day is ripe for redesign with a thoughtful and authentic time audit. Every Minute Matters guides educators through that process by outlining literacy-rich activities to optimize transitional times and minimize lost instructional minutes.

Author : Michelle Icard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351861328

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Middle School Makeover by Michelle Icard Pdf

Middle School Makeover is a guide for parents and educators to help the tweens in their lives navigate the socially fraught hallways, gyms, and cafeterias of middle school. The book helps parents, teachers, and other adults in middle school settings to understand the social dilemmas and other issues that kids today face. Author Michelle Icard covers a large range of topics, beginning with helping us understand what is happening in the brains of tweens and how these neurological development affects decision-making and questions around identity. She also addresses social media, dating, and peer exclusion. Using both recent research and her personal, extensive experience working with middle-school-aged kids and their parents, Icard offers readers concrete and practical advice for guiding children through this chaotic developmental stage while also building their confidence.

Author : Dr. Kevin Leman
Publisher : Revell
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441228246

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Planet Middle School by Dr. Kevin Leman Pdf

It happens to every parent. One day, you have a sweet son or daughter who loves to snuggle on the couch and who puts a smile on your face just by walking into the room. The next day, it's as if someone left the door open and let in an alien with a smart mouth and an attitude that, frankly, you could do without. Entering middle school is like stepping onto a different planet--for parent and child alike. It's a planet where peer pressure, social media, and hormones can wreak havoc in your child's life and in your relationship with him or her. But these years don't have to create chaos in your family. Parenting expert and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Kevin Leman's time-tested principles will aid parents in helping their middle schooler not only survive but thrive during these turbulent years on Planet Middle School. He shows parents how to - understand their child's rapidly expanding world - respond rather than react to emotional swings - tell their child about sex (before someone else tells them their version) - create opportunities for their child to practice selflessness and gratitude - ensure that their kid is one who loves home and family Middle schoolers can be a weird, unpredictable species. But with a little help from Dr. Leman, parents will be able to ride out the interstellar storm with humor and confidence.

Author : Louise Diamond
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798681086116

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Creating the Balance by Louise Diamond Pdf

Creating the Balance: Parenting Through the Middle School Years is an essential read for parents of ten through fourteen-year-olds, providing insights from a school counselor who has guided students through the challenging years of middle school for decades. It serves as a reference guide for navigating topics including: staying connected to your child; choosing the right school; guidance about social issues and peers; countering negative influences; bullying; managing cell phones and other screens; handling learning and behavior problems at home and school; coping with grief, divorce, and blended families; talking to kids about sex; preparing for high school; recognizing at-risk behaviors; when to seek professional help and more. It gives understanding to middle school behavior and suggests practical tools to nurture and encourage adolescents to be successful learners and emotionally healthy.

Author : James Patterson,Chris Tebbetts
Publisher : Jimmy Patterson
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316206709

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Middle School: Get Me out of Here! by James Patterson,Chris Tebbetts Pdf

Live large with James Patterson's winning follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestsellerMiddle School, The Worst Years of My Life. After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city and imagines a math-and-history-free fun zone. Wrong! It's more competitive than Rafe ever expected, and to score big in class, he needs to find a way to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art. His method? Operation: Get a Life! Anything he's never done before, he's going to do it, from learning to play poker to going to a modern art museum. But when his newest mission uncovers secrets about the family Rafe's never known, he has to decide if he's ready to have his world turned upside down.

Author : Lisa-Jo Baker
Publisher : WaterBrook
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780525652847

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The Middle Matters by Lisa-Jo Baker Pdf

The best-selling author of Never Unfriended opens up about midlife and what it feels like to have outgrown those teenage jeans—but finally grown into the shape of our souls. “I want to give Lisa-Jo’s book a standing ovation.”—Aarti Sequeira, chef and TV personality Do you ever wonder how you woke up one day with all the responsibilities of a grown-up who secretly enjoys buying groceries in bulk, can no longer recognize the tween celebrities on the magazines at checkout, but is still surprised when a Starbucks barista calls you “ma’am”—because your inside self is frozen in time to about twenty years ago? So does Lisa-Jo Baker. In these intimate reflections on midlife, Lisa-Jo invites us to get a good look at our middles and gives us permission to embrace them—beyond what the media, the mirror, or the magazines say. Through gutsy, beautiful storytelling, she admits out loud what most of us are thinking about marriage, parenting, the bathroom scale, and how badly we all want to buy those matching Magnolia Market mugs. Her delicious stories come from not being afraid of who she is, because Lisa-Jo knows that the middle might be the best part of the love story of life, kids, faith, doubt, marriage, failure, wonder, and the muffin top—and that these are all good things. She’s not asking you to seize the day, just to make sure you actually see it for all its wildly ordinary glory. Welcome to the middle! Praise for The Middle Matters “What a thought-provoking collection of reflections and wisdom! Through personal stories about love, loss, and life in the middle, Lisa-Jo invites us to take a long look inside our own mind’s secret nooks and crannies, which aren’t nearly as dark, scary, or ordinary as we might think.”—Layla Palmer, The Lettered Cottage blog “With captivating wit, hard-won wisdom, and breathtaking honesty, Lisa-Jo has written a love letter to the delicious middle.”—Mandy Arioto, president and CEO of MOPS International and author of Have More Fun “With Lisa-Jo’s guts as our unfettered guide, may we finally learn the sumptuous truth of our years: that a grilled cheese sandwich without the middle is just toast.”—Erin Loechner, founder of OtherGoose and author of Chasing Slow “Thank you, Lisa-Jo, for reminding women everywhere how important it is to find meaning in the midst of the confusing middle.”—Joy Prouty, artist and educator

Author : Judith Warner
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781101905883

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And Then They Stopped Talking to Me by Judith Warner Pdf

"The French have a name for the uniquely hellish years between elementary school and high school: "l'ãage ingrat" or "The Ugly Age." Characterized by a perfect storm of developmental changes-physical, psychological, and social-the middle-school years are a time of great distress for parents and children alike, marked by hurt, isolation, exclusion, competition, anxiety, and often outright cruelty. Some of this is inevitable; there are intrinsic challenges to early adolescence. But these years are harder than they need to be, and Judith Warner believes that adults are complicit.With piercing insight, compassion, and humor, Warner walks us through a new understanding of the role that middle school plays in all our lives. Part intellectual investigation and part call to action, this timely book unpacks one of life's most formative periods and shows how we can help our children not only survive it, but thrive"--

Author : Jason Reynolds
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781481438292

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Look Both Ways by Jason Reynolds Pdf

"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"--

Author : Mara Casey Tieken
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781469618487

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Why Rural Schools Matter by Mara Casey Tieken Pdf

Why Rural Schools Matter

Author : William H. Schmidt,Sigrid Blömeke,Maria Teresa Tatto
Publisher : International Perspectives on
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-20
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39076002914229

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Teacher Education Matters by William H. Schmidt,Sigrid Blömeke,Maria Teresa Tatto Pdf

Based on a major international teacher education research project—the Mathematics Teaching in the 21st Century Study (MT21)—this book investigates the preservice preparation of middle school mathematics teachers in the United States, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Bulgaria, and Mexico. The study was funded by the National Science Foundation and the participating countries. William Schmidt (co-author of the influential TIMSS study on student test results in science and math) and Maria Teresa Tatto (director of the Teacher Education and Development study, or TEDS-M) led a collaborative team of international researchers in this study. Using the results of more than 2,500 surveys, the authors examine the differential contribution of the six countries’ teacher-education models to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of their future mathematics teachers. Case studies and detailed analyses of the teacher education curriculum across the participating countries provide rich contextual information to explain the survey findings. This study is the first to examine the resource allocation and economic support in teacher education vis-à-vis other mathematics-related professions, and it shows that differential investment patterns are consistent with the level of teaching knowledge found in each country’s new teachers. The book includes a chapter on policy implications, with a special focus on teacher preparation in the United States.

Author : National Middle School Association
Publisher : National Middle School Assn
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 1560902329

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This We Believe by National Middle School Association Pdf

Author : Andrew E. Mullen
Publisher : Red Andy
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-21
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1732132607

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Middle Schooled by Andrew E. Mullen Pdf

Middle Schooled is an adolescent parenting guide for those who would rather laugh than cry. In a hilarious and insightful way, Andy Mullen helps parents confidently manage their middle school student while understanding what is normal behavior. Middle Schooled is guaranteed to keep you smiling.