| 1. |  | Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series)
from Heinemann
Price: $13.95
Customer Review:
this book was awesome. it was a required reading for my world history 2 class my freshman year of college. although i am an avid reader, i probably would have never read the book on my own had dr barnes not required it for the course. if you are a lover of historically accurate books, this book is... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | The First Days Of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher
from Harry K. Wong Publications
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
This is a book that all new teachers should read. It especially helped me to be better prepared for dealing with the other teachers with whom I would have to work. I was just a student teacher when I ordered it, but my school district gives it out to all new teachers that they hire. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | The Essential 55: An Award-Winning Educator's Rules For Discovering the Successful Student in Every Child
from Hyperion
Price: $9.56
Customer Review:
Because we teachers are now the sole teacher/parent figure in many children's lives (due to "parents" with no parenting skills!) this is a wonderful "manual" for teaching children of all ages life's important tools for success. It's chock full of rules and procedures that I learned from my parents... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Understanding by Design
from Prentice Hall
Customer Review:
For new teachers like myself, this is a useful guide to a new way of designing lesson/unit plans. Good Luck! | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Literature Guide: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (Grades 4-8)
from Scholastic
Customer Review:
The Jews of Europe are being rounded up to be sent to prison camp. If they are very young children, they are killed immediately! Others can stay alive as long as they can work hard on little food. But they, too, will eventually follow the younger children. It is for this reason Anne Frank and others... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement (ASCD)
from Prentice Hall
Price: $25.00
Customer Review:
I did not receive this book and had to share with a peer for the whole class..I emailed the seller several times but never received a reply. | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | Strategies That Work: Teaching Comprehension for Understanding and Engagement
from Stenhouse Publishers
Price: $27.00
Customer Review:
As a English Teacher, I use the information in this book to help me with crafting some reading strategies within a workshop model for my high school students. Students are engaged and they learn life-long reading skills. I highly recommend this book for your personal library and classroom resource. | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Framework for Understanding Poverty
from Aha Process Inc
Customer Review:
A very bigoted book that blames the poor for not following the rules she has decided are essential. | 3.5 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Pedagogy of the Oppressed
from Continuum
Price: $17.95
Customer Review:
Like the famous non-sense poem, the book feels like it ought to make sense, but it never does. As you read, you will have the feeling of impending meaning, and that in the next paragraph, or on the next page, or in the next chapter, everything will come together and you will have your moment of... more info | 4.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: A Novel Teaching Pack
from Taking Grades Publishing Company
Customer Review:
Every year a number of new books appear for the Christmas season, seeking to show new significance to old customs, or sometimes merely to put a contemporary story in a holiday context to stimulate sales. Most of those little books disappear from memory as quickly as the year's ornaments and... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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