Author: Julia G. Thompson
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: checklist, classroom, success, reference, quick, teacher, first, year
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-04-20
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0470390042
ISBN-13: 9780470390047

This easy-to-use reference—with hundreds of helpful, classroom-tested answers, ideas, techniques, and teaching tools—will help you on your way to a successful and productive school year. Designed to be flexible, the book offers a choice of ideas and approaches that best fit your classroom situation. Master teacher Julia Thompson shows you how to: Develop successful relationships with students, colleagues, administrators, and parents Manage professional responsibilities and develop career skills Create an orderly classroom where students are courteous and respectf

Author: Julia G. Thompson
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: survival, guides, teacher, kit, discipline, secondary
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1998-09-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0876284349
ISBN-13: 9780876284346

This practical, hands-on resource is packed with tested tips, techniques, tools, and activities such as "27 Power-Packed Time-Management Tips for Students," "Monitoring On the Run: 20 Quick Techniques," "Missing Work Reminder List," and "50 Sponge Activities to Keep Students Engaged in Learning All Period Long." Includes over 50 ready-to-use-or-adapt forms, checklists and letters.

Author: Julia G. Thompson
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Keywords: survival, guides, teacher, guide, discipline, secondary
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2010-11-09
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 047054743X
ISBN-13: 9780470547434

Ideas for creating an orderly classroom where learning can thriveThis unique, hands-on book is packed with tested ideas and strategies to help you create a classroom environment where good conduct and high achievement are the norm and where students become self- motivated and take responsibility for their actions. The second edition is fully revised and updated to reflect changes in the past decade.Puts the focus on the teacher as a leader and coach who encourages students to buy into a classroom management approachOffers information about setting limits, safety issues, and protecting student&

Authors:Kel Thompson, Casey Thompson, Charlotte Thompson,
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Keywords: could
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2009-11-24
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 1615663282
ISBN-13: 9781615663286

Should thought their home Should not be so hot. Could thought they could Find a cooler lot. Would wished they would Solve this sticky plot. Should, Could, and Would is a tall tale about three short gnomes with conditional names. After taking a long walk from a hard life to visit the All-Knowing Gnome, they learned ’action, not inaction’ would solve their problems. With new names and a new attitude, they created a life with great rewards! This book is an eLIVE book, meaning each book contains a code to redeem a free audio book download from the Tate Publishing website!

Authors:Dennis Butts and M.O. Grenby, Julia Briggs, Julia Br
Publisher: Ashgate
Keywords: britain, literature, childrens, popular
Number of Pages: 356
Published: 2008-06-13
List price: $104.95
ISBN-10: 1840142421
ISBN-13: 9781840142426

The astonishing success of J. K. Rowling and other contemporary children’s authors has demonstrated how passionately children can commit to the books they love. But this kind of devotion is not new. This timely volume takes up the challenge of assessing the complex interplay of forces that have created the popularity of children’s books both today and in the past.The essays collected here ask about the meanings and values that have been ascribed to the term popular. They consider whether popularity can be imposed, or if it must always emerge from children’s preferences. And t

Authors:Susan C. Thompson, Keith S. Thompson, Lidia Lopez,
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Keywords: world, folklore, series, mayas, folklãƒâ³ricos, folktales, cuentos, mayan
Number of Pages: 236
Published: 2007-08-30
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1591581389
ISBN-13: 9781591581383

Discover the traditional stories of the Mayan people of Mexico and Central and South America, and learn about Mayan culture. In this collection you’ll find such tales as Uncle Rabbit, Uncle Coyote, How the Serpent was Born, The Moon, The Screamer of the Night, and more than 25 other tales ranging from trickster tales and tales of ghosts and witches to moral tales and tales of the underworld, presented in Spanish and English. A brief history, color photographs of the land, people, and traditional arts, and recipes accompany the tales, placing them within a cultural context. Grades K-12.

Authors:Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Lyke Thompson, Charles D
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Keywords: limits, term, effects, institutional, political
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-08-22
List price: $30.00
ISBN-10: 140397585X
ISBN-13: 9781403975850

Discontent with politics and politicians has led to calls for term limits in the belief that new faces would bring new perspectives and the influence of monied special interests would decrease. This innovative volume examines the effects of term limits by combining statistical analysis of the effects of terms limits on electoral competition, campaign contributions, and the activities of the Michigan legislature with in-depth interviews with legislators. The book sheds important light on the political, institutional and individual effects of terms limits. The authors find many surprises that ne