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Posted by qpen on May 30, 2010
Item #: SHS0439513685. Nonfiction Writing: From the Inside OutHelp students write nonfiction using the techniques of top authors. This book combines writers’ advice with many lessons on craft. Includes assessment and management advice, 7 x 9. 336 pages. Grades 3 and up.Customers also search for: Classroom;Resource Books;SCHOLASTIC;Teacher’s Aids, 078073513680
Posted by Colin Jones on May 26, 2010
According to the National Center For Education Statistics, roughly 1.1 million children underwent home schooling in 2005 alone. That’s a lot of children. Once upon a time, homeschooling used to be an extreme statement – something like a declaration of independence.
It was the conservative Christians who pushed for homeschooling in the 1980′s and legalized it in every State. But these day, average homeschooling student is not religiously motivated.
Later surveys indicate that parents are quite fed up with the public school system where much of the learning is superficial and compulsory. They are also concerned about the negative environment in school, which ranges from drugs and abuse to negative pressure from their peers.
As a result, we have a surprising mix of people who make up the homeschooling world of today. They cut across all religious creeds and all regional borders. Their main aim is providing meaningful and productive learning through a method that strengthens the bond between the various members of the family.
These families all have one main thing in common – a long enduring commitment to the sanctity of childhood. The children of these families are accorded a primary position. Many believe, and, I think, rightly so, that home schooling allows parents to bring up their kids in a more natural and nurturing environment.
Public schools can make a child anxious, diffident and thoroughly nasty. Children who receive their education at home are protected from these damaging, negative influences until they attain an age where they can deal with them.
Home-schooling draws the whole family into the almost religious job of teaching. Everyone has a role to play. Both the parents together form a bond with the children. Any experience can be turned into an educational experience. Both the parents are aware of exactly what is going into their child’s head.
Parents also have a greater say over the kind of religious and moral values that the child is learning. Even watching a film together can become a learning experience. Trips to the libraries, zoos, museums and other places become educational as well as recreational.
A home-schooling family is primarily dependent on the income of one earning member. That means that often outgoings have to be curtailed and proper planning of expenditure is a must. This helps to bring the family members together and everybody becomes involved in the process of saving money.
Just having a parent at home to look after, to nurture and to care for the children brings with it a lot of love and caring. Even the husband chips in and there is just no room for complacency.
Yes OK, problems still do sometimes occur, and there will be many misgivings in your mind, but when you know that your children can always rely on you, and your kids know it too, then homeschooling becomes a richly rewarding experience.
If you are thinking about Home Schooling then please pop along to our web-based resource at Home Schooling Information
Posted by Gail Jones on May 7, 2010
No matter if you are teaching in a traditional school or in a home schooling environment, there will come a time when you will come across burnout. This is something that you must avoid so that your learning progress is not affected.
Here are a couple of useful tips that you can use in order to avoid an occurrence of home schooling burnout:
Know your own limitations. From the very outset, you should already be aware of your limitations and those of your child. You must be capable of doing things slowly sometimes, especially if your child is still very young since you have to bear in mind your child’s capacity to learn. Most students are average learners (obviously), so you will have to take the lessons based on your children’s learning pace. Never expect your small child to read complicated selections nor your teen to get supa-dupa marks in SAT exams.
Try not to adopt strict schedules, as this could put undue pressure on your child. You should simply set an interesting routine for your child to follow. Children spend most of their time doing routine activities like getting up, eating large breakfasts, reading books, practising writing, doing light jobs about the place, etc. You must insist that they finish their routine activities before they can play outside or with the computer. Even these routine activities change from day to day, but you have to make sure that your child follows these routine activities. You can add in occasional incentives or fun activities if they finish their routine tasks early.
You should enjoy home schooling with your child. This is one way you can develop a good relationship with your child and if you and your child can relate to each other, you will find it very easy to handle curriculum struggles and motivation problems later. Aside from motivating and guiding your child, you can also pursue some of your own interests like gardening and cooking. If your child sees you pursuing your own interests, then he or she will also be motivated to do likewise.
Since your child is in a home schooling program, you should not try to imitate a traditional schools environment. Try to use non-conventional means when teaching your child. Home schooling is also about flexibility and creativity, so if you can achieve an easy-going but firm atmosphere, you can more than likely prevent burnout.
Just always try to bear in mind that with home schooling, you don’t have to structure your teaching methods in the traditional manner. You can just do things in an enjoyable manner especially when teaching very young children, so that they learn easily. Ensure you keep the day in the right perspective to prevent burnout. Although your children may forget some of the day’s lessons, that’s all right too because somehow children grow in intelligence as well as in physique.
Of course, your children will always cherish your moments together and remember fondly how well you treated them. The song goes: “… there’s no place like home” and for little students this is the best place to learn their first lessons in life. If your teens are already in high school or in college, they too can still pursue home schooling if they want to. That is also a good decision because you get to monitor your offsprings’ performance.
Parents always look after their children’s best interests, so, if after careful consideration, you still think that home schooling is the best option for your family, then go on with it. Just follow the tips mentioned above to avoid burnout. Have fun activities from time to time to prevent monotony.
If you are thinking about avoiding burnout in home schooling then please pop along to our website at Home Schooling
Posted by qpen on March 28, 2010
Offers a thorough look at peer review in virtual environments.
From the Back Cover
In a reassessment of peer review practices, Lee-Ann Kastman Breuch explores how computer technology changes our understanding of this activity. She defines “virtual peer review” as the use of computer technology to exchange and respond to one another’s writing in order to improve it. Arguing that peer review goes through a remediation when conducted in virtual environments, the au (more…)
Posted by qpen on March 19, 2010
Help every primary learner build basic writing skills with graphic organizers designed at three levels of challenge. Each of the 15 model lessons in this book is paired with three ready-to-use organizers that support and engage a range of learners and boost their writing skills. Topics include types of sentences, descriptive writing, elaborating, how-to paragraphs, writing in response to literature, and more! For use with Grades 1–3.
Posted by qpen on February 20, 2010
Fisher and Frey share six research-based strategies that support every developing writer. They present each strategy within a scaffolded framework of lessons that begin with teacher-directed instruction and support students as they learn to use the stra
Posted by qpen on January 15, 2010
Review
“Conrad and Donaldson have definitely written a book that an inspire teachers to be creative and resourceful!” (Authors Journal Compilation, Winter 2007)
Engaging the Online Learners includes an innovative framework—the Phases of Engagement—that helps instructors become more involved as knowledge generators and cofacilitators of a course. The book also provides specific ideas for tested activities (collected from experienced online instructors acros (more…)
Posted by qpen on January 11, 2010
How can online instructors and course designers’ instruction harness the popular Web 2.0 tool, the wiki, for successful collaboration and learning outcomes? This book focuses on using wikis in the active learning processes that are the hallmark of collaborative learning and constructivism. It provides both the pedagogical background and practical guidelines, tools, and processes for accomplishing these goals with special emphasis on wikis and other collaborative design tools. Th (more…)
Posted by qpen on January 6, 2010
Review
“This volume is an amazing synthesis of current theories and practices related to writing research and teaching. Each chapter addresses important topics in writing and provides interesting, thought-provoking suggestions for instruction. I recommend this book highly and enthusiastically. It is an ideal text for master’s-level courses.”–Patricia L. Anders, PhD, Department of Language, Reading and Culture, College of Education, University of Arizona ”Jam-packed with current (more…)
Posted by qpen on December 28, 2009
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Posted by qpen on December 6, 2009
Did you know you could teach from home and earn a six-figure salary? Thousands of people make a great living teaching online courses from home, and the more classes they teach the more they earn! If you want into this exciting profession, this guide will show you how to get started, find great jobs, and earn more than you thought possible.
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Two adjunct professors explain how theydiscovered great pay, flexible hours, and rewarding work You (more…)
Posted by qpen on November 15, 2009
Accessible and reader-friendly, this is the definitive book on teaching writing to children in grades K-8, the only title on the market to thoroughly address both the process and the product of writing. Covers strategies for teaching prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing through writing workshops, literature focus units, and thematic units; techniques for helping children develop ideas, organize writing, choose vocabulary, apply stylistic devices, and correct m (more…)
Posted by qpen on November 12, 2009
Review
“An outstanding publication on the latest developments in writing instruction.”–Language Arts;>
Paper Edition. The Art of Teaching Writing, New Edition, has major new chapters on assessment, thematic studies, writing throughout the day, reading/writing relationships, publication, curriculum development, nonfiction writing and home/school connections.
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Posted by qpen on November 11, 2009
Quick Lessons That Help Students Become Effective WritersTen-minute lessons on choosing and focusing topics, writing titles and leads that entice readers, crafting great endings and much more. Includes ideas for extending the lessons, editing and proofreading, mini-lessons and sample student work to use as models.
About the Author
Adele Fiderer has extensive experience as a classroom teacher and language arts staff developer. Currently, she is an education write (more…)
Posted by qpen on November 7, 2009
Review
“An outstanding publication on the latest developments in writing instruction.”–Language Arts;>
Cloth Edition. The Art of Teaching Writing, New Edition, has major new chapters on assessment, thematic studies, writing throughout the day, reading/writing relationships, publication, curriculum development, nonfiction writing and home/school connections.
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