A collection of affirmations with attitude, "Quickie Stickies" is Salmonsohn, author of "I Don't Need to Have Children, I Date Them, " at her sharpest and most unexpectedly inspirational. Includes 100 self-stick leaves bound in a pad with a board cover. Consumable.

Every year, we find ourselves working harder, longer, and at a faster pace. Many of us find it impossible to find time to relax, much less create ways to make our jobs more enjoyable. Finally here is an antidote for overstressed workers everywhere. As an expert in personal and professional development, Gini Graham Scott has helped people all over the world find more enjoyment in their work and personal lives. In Enjoy! she shares her secrets for adding fun to life at the office. Using examples from her workshops and interviews with psychologists and recreation professionals, she shows how to relieve stress, anxiety, and tedium from everyday life. Readers will find tips on how to: change their attitudes so they have more fun - bring humor and laughter to the workplace - use relaxation exercises to help them ease tension during the work day - pinpoint what they most appreciate about their job - use fantasy and visualization to conquer boredom - rethink their work goals to avoid frustration and feeling stuck Most of us spend more than a third of our lives at work. Finally, here is the book that can make that part of our lives infinitely more enjoyable.

Join Carol Ann Tomlinson and Cindy A. Strickland in the continuing exploration of how real teachers incorporate differentiation principles and strategies throughout an entire instructional unit. Focusing on the high school grades, but applicable at all levels, Differentiation in Practice, Grades 9-12 will teach anyone interested in designing and implementing differentiated curriculum how to do so or how to do so more effectively. Inside, you'll find * Annotated lesson plans for differentiated units in English, mathematics, history, science, art, and world languages. * Samples of differentiated product assignments, learning contracts, rubrics, and homework handouts. * An overview of the non-negotiables in differentiated classrooms and guidelines for using the book as a learning tool. * An extended glossary and recommended readings for further exploration of key ideas and strategies. Each unit highlights underlying standards, delineates learning goals, and takes you step by step through the instructional process. Unit developers provide running commentary on their use of flexible grouping and pacing, tiered assignments and assessments, and numerous other strategies. The models and insight presented will inform your own differentiation efforts and help you meet the challenge of mixed-ability classrooms with academically responsive curriculum appropriate for all learners.

Ever wish you had stronger guts so you could confidently turn over a new leaf, pick up that phone, or step up on that soap box? Well, now you can, and in just 8 speedy minutes! Self-confidence expert Karen Salmansohn leads you through fourteen easy exercises that include: SITTING UP and making a list of why you want what you want; BUT KICKS, because buts don't belong in your life; EXPECTATION LIFTS to build up your winner, and not your whiner, muscles; LYING STILL and visualizing your life's outcome, because your speedometer is clicking by more each day - are you enjoying the ride? One good workout can improve your performance in the office, at a family function, even in a bar. THE 8-MINUTE GUTS BUILDER is a fun and easy-to-use guide to improving an underdeveloped quality that is essential to every reader's happiness: confidence. Karen Salmansohn, with her witty and fresh approach to self-help, once again finds the long-overlooked key that helps readers get what they want--the fast, funny way.

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