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Volumes One - three of the Van de Walle Professional Mathematics Series provides practical guidance along with proven strategies for practicing teachers of grades k-3, 3-5 and 5-8. The expanded grade specific coverage and unique page design allow readers to quickly and easily locate information to implement in the classroom. Nearly 200 grade appropriate activities are included. The student centered, problem based approach will help students develop real understanding and confidence in mathematics, making this series indispensable for teachers!

Effecting change in an organization is a piece of cake- compared to the real challenge of getting change to stick. Now, the authors of Fish! and Fish! Tales, the two million plus copy international bestselling book and video phenomena, have returned with an all-new, stand alone business parable that shows how anyone can do exactly that. Here is a remarkable way to keep your work vital, alive, and fresh as you navigate staff turnover, tough times, and general run-of-the mill cynicism and burnout.

-from the Introduction to Fish! Sticks

Reading workshop is a highly effective approach to teaching reading. The planning, organizing, and teaching behind it is what makes it so powerful. This book provides everything teachers need to make reading workshop the best it can be- a dynamic, supportive environment in which students grow into independent, proficient readers.

What are the elements of craft can we teach student writers and at what age are they ready to learn them? This book answers both questions. Craft Lessons is the practical text for the over scheduled writing teacher who wants to give students fresh challenges for their writing but doesn't have time to pore over dozens of trade books to do so.

There are three main sections in the book- one geared for teachers of primary students, one for teachers of grades 3-4, and one for teachers of middle school writers. This developmental structure allows teachers to go directly to those craft lessons most applicable and adaptable to their own students

Craft lessons also explores the  context- the crucial classroom conditions- for successfully bringing rich ideas to young writers. It will appeal to both experienced writing teachers seeking new horizons for their writers and teachers who are relatively new to teaching writing.

That's what four little friends, Sniff, Scurry, Hem and Haw, want to know. They live in a big maze and every morning they run through the maze looking for what makes them happy- Magical Cheese!

Once they find the Cheese, it seems like it will last forever- until one morning when the Cheese is gone and everything changes.

Who moved the Cheese? Will it come back? Or will the friends have to look for new Cheese on unfamiliar paths and round corners they've never explored?

Now young readers can enjoy the amazing story that has shown millions of adults how to deal with changes in their lives. Who Moved My Cheese? for kids will help children, from an early age, view change as a good thing that leads to new opportunities. With full color illustrations, it's more fun than ever to Move With The Cheese!