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Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
Clayton Christensen, Curtis W. Johnson, ...
McGraw-Hill, 2008
If you have children or grandchildren - you need to buy and read this book
Rocket Builders most influential author, Christensen, with his co authors has taken his theory of disruptive innovation and focused on the education sector. The authors do not lay blame but with Christensen's laser sharp analysis, peel back all the root causes of ...
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The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World ...
Freedom Writers, Zlata Filipovic
Main Street Books, 1999
Freedom Writers a must read for all students and adults
We have a lot to learn from these kids and their teacher. Great book!
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The First Days Of School: How To Be An Effective Teacher
Harry K. Wong; Rosemary T. Wong
Harry K. Wong Publications, 2004
There's some great stuff in this book
Harry Wong really has some stuff straight. I'm working towards my teaching license and am working in some different schools. Harry's techniques really work! I've seen the difference of teachers that use this and those who don't. Wow, what a difference!
It's ...
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
Aladdin, 1998
A proper mystery!
I think you have to be a kid or a kid at heart to properly understand the magic of this book. What kid did not dream of running away? Here is a girl, a very practical girl, who makes that dream come true. She and her younger brother create an elaborate plan to run away ...
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Bob Books Set 2-Advancing Beginners
Bobby Lynn Maslen
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006
excellent encouragement for beginning readers
The Bob book series are excellent for encouraging very beginning readers. Each page has only a few words and kids who are just beginning to sound out and read the stories. This makes them want to keep learning. The only thing to watch out for is kids sometimes ...
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An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness
Kay Redfield Jamison
Vintage, 1996
Kay Jamisons credentials
I'd just like to correct something is one of the reviews.
Kay Jamison is not a psychiatrist. She is a psychologist who heads a psychiatric department. If you have read this book, you know that.
I've read over a dozen books on Bipolar Disorder. Being Bipolar ...
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Bob Books Set 3- Word Families
Bobby Lynn Maslen
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006
BOB's great!
I teach Kindergarten, and these little books are just perfect for beginning readers. Also, although the pictures are very simple line drawings, the text and drawings are clever and often humorous.
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The Giver
Lois Lowry
Laurel Leaf, 2002
better than expected
Honestly, I did not expect this book to be this good. Its target audience is young adults, but it certainly is a great read for adults also. I finished the book in one day. The author created a main character you care so much about you just want to read it all the way ...
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Today I Feel Silly: And Other Moods That Make My Day
Jamie Lee Curtis
Joanna Cotler, 1998
Grandaughter Loves the book
She read it all and was very fasinated with all the pictures to look at on each page.
The last page just lite up her face with excitement of having that fun thing to do.
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Green Eggs and Ham (I Can Read It All by Myself Beginner Books)
Dr. Seuss
Random House Books for Young Readers, 1960
The Greatest American Philosopher
As a mom of a 24 and an 8 year old (I know . . . big surprise) I am firmly of the opinion that Dr. Seuss is the greatest American philosopher! In this book he urges us to try things that we may be afraid of or even repelled by. Many folks think this book applies only ...
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The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson
HarperTrophy, 1988
Best Christmas Pagaent Ever
I purchased this book simply to replace my original copy, which I loaned out and which was never returned. Reading this book has been a favorite part of my Christmas for many years. While I regret losing my old copy, I am thankful I will now be able to carry on this ...
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The Praxis Series Official Guide (The Praxis Series)
Educational Testing Service
McGraw-Hill, 2007
The Praxis Series Official Guide
Some of the problems in the PPST I test were the same as the problems in this book. The Essay Topics section was right on the money. The topic I was given was the same as one of the topics in this book. I wish I would have studied this section more. I also ...
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Bob Books Set 5- Long Vowels
Bobby Lynn Maslen
Scholastic Paperbacks, 2006
must buy for the beginner reader!
must buy for the beginner reader!
My son is 5 and NOW can read all of the Bob books. He really loves them and we don't have to "make" him read them. I highly recommend the entire Bob Book collection.
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Salem Falls
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2002
Joy for a Jodi Picoult Fan
My daughter is a Jodi Picoult fan who felt sad because she believed she had read all of this Author's books. To cheer up my daughter, I embarked upon a search in the hope of finding a book by the Author that my daughter may have overlooked. Not knowing the names of ...
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When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old's Memoir of Her Youth
Jamie Lee Curtis
HarperTrophy, 1995
My first Jamie Lee story
And definitely not my last. Love Jamie Lee's stories. She is a wonderful author and right on the mark! You will not be disappointed in one book written by Jamie Lee. So far, we have 4 and we're not stopping there.
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