Funny questions along with fact-filled answers, full-color photos and humorous illustrations. You'll learn and laugh as you read all about dinosaurs, sports, the environment, and technology.

An entertaining introduction to life on earth from amoebas to dinosaurs and small mammals.

Patience is an impulsive tomboy with a secret crush on a popular boy. But now there's a more pressing matter. She's been thrown back in time, into the body of an Acrocanthosaurus, the biggest and meanest predator of prehistoric times. And she's trying desperately not to eat her science teacher!

Matthew's active imagination turns school into a monster trap. Fortunately, Granma can remember some pretty hair-raising encounters from her own childhood to match his problems. A story in the 'Supa Doopers' series for readers aged 7-9 years.

There is no shortage of innovative educational programs – the challenge is learning how to scale and sustain those with strong evidence of effectiveness. This book focuses on Reading Recovery – one of the few educational innovations that has successfully expanded and established itself in several educational systems in the world. Developed by Marie Clay in New Zealand during the mid-1980s, Reading Recovery is an intensive intervention for young students who are struggling to learn how to read, and has expanded to several countries across the globe over the last 30 years. Providing evidence of the intervention’s effectiveness both in the short- and long-term, this volume presents in-depth studies to elucidate why the program is effective; discusses the trials and tribulations in scaling and sustaining the program; and approaches scaling and maintaining from theoretical and practical perspectives. The contributors to this book explain how Reading Recovery has established itself because it has maintained a strong focus on evidence; developed a deep sense of community among its practitioners; and was at the forefront in enhancing professional development of the teachers who delivered the intervention. Understanding the implementation experiences of the intervention is beneficial for any innovation developer who wishes to grow and sustain an intervention. The chapters in this book were originally published as articles in the Journal of Education for Students Placed At Risk.

Many curriculum books treat teaching as something teachers do to or for children. Deb Curtis and Margie Carter, best-selling authors in the early learning field, believe teaching is a collaborative process in which teachers reexamine their own philosophies and practices while facilitating children’s learning. Each chapter in this curriculum framework includes a conceptual overview followed by classroom stories and photographs to illustrate the concepts. The book helps teachers create materials and a classroom culture reflective of their values: Teach through observation, reflection, inquiry, and action, and encourage children to represent their learning in multiple ways, including songs, stories, and drama.