"Learn from Danny Brassell's real-life teaching experiences ranging from preschool to college in urban school settings as he provides insights on 13 valuable lessons for teachers."--Page 4 of cover

This Teacher's Guide creates a common language for the school, teachers, and parents to use. With ideas and supporting materials for simple and effective, family-night activities centered around a content area, teachers can easily get everyone involved in increasing student achievement. These easy-to-implement activities help acquaint parents and students with the third-grade classroom, giving students a more cohesive learning environment.

Create a common language for the school, teachers, and parents with the help of this Teacher's Guide. With ideas and supporting materials for easy and effective family-night activities centered around specific content areas, teachers can easily encourage parent involvement. These activities help acquaint parents and students with the eighth-grade classroom, creating a more cohesive learning environment for students.

This helpful guide creates a common language for the school, teachers, and parents to give students a more cohesive learning environment. With ideas and supporting materials for fun and easy-to-implement family-night activities centered around a content area, teachers can easily encourage parent involvement and help students succeed and achieve in kindergarten.

Aimed at motivating teachers to create a welcoming and challenging environment for their students, this professional book is told through a series of anecdotes and stories. It will remind teachers of the intrinsic rewards of teaching (to teach children to love learning) and the powerful role they play as models in this endeavor.

This highly practical resource for K–6 teachers is packed with 25 classroom-tested, step-by-step strategies for developing word knowledge. The emphasis throughout is not only on teaching new words, but also on strengthening students’ comprehension and long-term vocabulary acquisition. Especially valuable are guidelines for how to differentiate each strategy so it can be used successfully with English language learners and students at varying proficiency levels. In a large-size format for easy photocopying, the book features helpful print and Web resources for each strategy, along with 20 reproducible worksheets.

Michael J. Coles, the cofounder of the Great American Cookie Company and the former CEO of Caribou Coffee, did not follow a conventional path into business. He does not have an Ivy League pedigree or an MBA from a top-ten business school. He grew up poor, starting work at the age of thirteen. He had many false starts and painful defeats, but Coles has a habit of defying expectations. His life and career have been about turning obstacles into opportunities, tragedies into triumphs, and poverty into philanthropy. In Time to Get Tough, Coles explains how he started a $100-million company with only $8,000, overcame a near-fatal motorcycle accident, ran for the U.S. Congress, and set three transcontinental cycling world records. His story also offers a firsthand perspective on the business, political, and philanthropic climate in the last quarter of the twentieth century and serves as an important case study for anyone interested in overcoming a seemingly insurmountable challenge. Readers will also discover practical leadership lessons and unconventional ways of approaching business.