More Best Practices for Middle School Classrooms : What Award-Winning Teachers Do

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Pub. Date: 2010-03-09
Publisher(s): Corwin Pr
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Summary

Once again, best-selling author Randi Stone brings together best classroom practices tested by award-winning teachers in schools throughout the United States. Written by and for middle school teachers, MORE Best Practices for Middle School Classrooms provides ready-to-go lessons and activities across the curriculum, including specific activities for teaching in science, mathematics, language arts, social studies, music, art, and physical education. Readers will find sections on assessment and technology integration plus special features that include: An environmental science project with ideas for involving the whole school A discussion of what constitutes Internet safety Suggestions from a string specialist about how to assess a middle school orchestra class according to the national standardsAll lessons include a brief description of the objectives, a listing of relevant national or state standards, and a variety of great ideas for new and veteran teachers!

Table of Contents

Prefacep. ix
Acknowledgmentsp. xi
About the Authorp. xii
About the Contributorsp. xiii
Classroom Practices across the Curriculump. 1
Classroom Management and Community Involvementp. 2
The Process of Effective Classroom Managementp. 3
Developing Collaboration With Peersp. 7
Successful Classroom-Management Strategiesp. 11
Taking Ownershipp. 15
Parent Involvement: Heroes Among Usp. 17
Using Technology in the Classroomp. 20
Internet Safetyp. 21
Lights, Camera, Action!p. 24
Using Technology to Teach Language Arts and Social Studiesp. 27
Bridging Nations With Problem-Based Learningp. 29
Students Create Podcastsp. 34
Assessmentp. 39
Short-Cycle Assessmentsp. 39
Science and Mathp. 45
Teaching Sciencep. 46
Science Energy Lesson Including Differentiation and Inclusionp. 47
Creating Booklets Explaining Energy Transformationp. 52
Creating a Thriving Prairiep. 55
Building Scientific Relationships and Inquiry Skills Using Toysp. 60
It IS Rocket Sciencep. 65
Teaching Students About Cellsp. 66
The Sustainable Green Vehiclep. 69
Teaching Mathp. 74
Coordinate Plane Aerobicsp. 74
How Long Will It Take?p. 78
The Hallway Crush: How Full Is Full?p. 82
Maze Madnessp. 91
Scale and Drawing Relationshipsp. 95
Language Arts and Social Studiesp. 97
Teaching Language Artsp. 98
Story Stewp. 99
Teaching Reading, Writing, and Differentiationp. 101
Tall Talesp. 104
Service-Learning Research Projectp. 107
Comparing Formal and Informal Languagep. 111
Teaching Descriptive Writing Using Song Lyricsp. 113
Teaching Social Studiesp. 117
Historical Character Partyp. 118
America's Dust Bowlp. 123
Medieval Italyp. 127
The Workforcep. 130
War!p. 136
The Mayflower Compactp. 143
Graveyard of the Atlanticp. 146
Music, Art, and Physical Educationp. 149
Celebrating Music and Artp. 150
Successful Music Through the Use of Standards and Assessmentp. 151
Comics: Integrating Language Arts, Math, and Social Studies With Artp. 157
Edible Color Wheels: A New Way to Introduce Color Theoryp. 165
Chinese Zodiac: What Animal are You?p. 167
Physical Educationp. 170
Feel It Today: Warm-Up and Conditioning Routinep. 170
Spider Web and Human Knotp. 175
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