books by Leann Nickelsen

books by Leann Nickelsen

books:

Leann Nickelsen

Memorizing Strategies & Other Brain-Based Activities
Leann Nickelsen

Teaching Resources, 2004

Memorizing Strategies & Other Brain-Based Activities That Help Kids Learn, Review, and RecallStudents draw cartoons to help remember vocabulary words, toss dice to review math skills, create similes to relate a new concept to a more familiar one, and much more. Students even design their own games for classmates to play. Includes the latest in ...

Teaching Elaboration and Word Choice
Leann Nickelsen

Scholastic, 2001

Easy and Effective Mini-Lessons and Activities That Help Students Enrich and Enliven Their Writing Boost Writing Skills! Enhance kid's writing with creative mini-lessons on using lively verbs, colorful adjectives, specific nouns, and more.

Quick Activities to Build a Very Voluminous Vocabulary (Grades 4-8)

Leann Nickelsen

Scholastic, 1999

Teacher Friendly Review
I have had a copy of this book since it became available in 1998. I am very happy with the results of the many useful activities included within! I recently used the "Vocabulary Cube" in a science lesson. What I liked was that the kids were required to stretch their ...

Joyful Learning: Quick Activities to Build a Very Voluminous Vocabulary: 50 Great Ways to Boost Reading ...
Leann Nickelsen

Teaching Resources, 2002

Puzzle Charades, Word Pyramids, Vocabulary Plays, and Synonym Concept Wheels are just a few of the activities that will get your kids excited about learning vocabulary. Also includes mini-lessons, graphic organizers, and learning strategies.

Prepping the Brain: Easy and Effective Ways to Get Students Ready for Learning
Contributors: Linda Allen, LeAnn Nickelsen, ...

Crystal Springs Books, 2008

This handy, research-based step book shows how you can align your teaching with the way the brain learns best. Packed with strategies and activities, Prepping the Brain is an easy-to-use resource that you ll refer to often as you help your students: build background knowledge activate prior knowledge process and consolidate information make ...

Deeper Learning: 7 Powerful Strategies for In-Depth and Longer-Lasting Learning

Eric P. Jensen, LeAnn Nickelsen

Corwin Press, 2008

Deeper Learning by Eric Jensen and LeAnn Nickelsen
Deeper Learning by Eric Jensen and LeAnn Nickelsen is a must for every teacher grades 4-12! It systematically and explicitly describes a seven-step learning cycle that helps you teach the way the brain learns best. Not only is the cycle clearly explained, the book is ...

Comprehension Mini-lessons: Inference & Cause and Effect

Leann Nickelsen, Sarah Glasscock

Scholastic Teaching Resources, 2004

Comprehension Mini-Lessons
I love this book! I just started using it this week with my study skills class and it is wonderful! My junior high students did not have a clue about inferences and this book has easy to follow mini-lessons that are truly planned out for you. There is little ...

Making Words Their Own: Building Foundations for Powerful Vocabularies
LeAnn Nickelsen, Linda Allen

Crystal Springs Books, 2008

Teach vocabulary using strategies based on cognitive research and students will remember words and really understand them. That's what Making Words Their Own is all about. More than two dozen motivating, inviting strategies to use before, during, and after learning are presented, along with handy reproducibles, including bookmarks that help ...

Comprehension Activities For Reading In Social Studies And Science
Leann Nickelsen

Teaching Resources, 2003

Grades 4-5. Forty engaging before, during, and after-reading activities and reproducibles that help students get the most from textbooks and other nonfiction. This book makes it easy to integrate reading-skill instruction into the content areas. An experienced teacher shares her research-based activities, graphic organizers, and strategies for ...