Discover Second Grade

Discover Second Grade is an at-home resource that promotes critical thinking and skill strengthening. With the help of this supplement, your child will learn about numbers and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, data analysis and probability, reading, reading comprehension, English, and spelling. The Discover series offers creative and open-ended math and language arts exercises for a hands-on learning experience that refines problem-solving skills. Each engaging activity supports classroom standards and provides opportunity for a deep understanding of grade-appropriate math and language arts concepts. A cross-curricular supplement that builds a solid foundation for academic success, the Discover series delivers a fun approach to learning!

Discover the fun in learning with The Learnalots Let's Learn Second Grade! This workbook is for ages 7-8 and includes over 100 reward stickers.

Mastering second grade reading and writing is fun and exciting with this book that combines language arts activities with puzzles and humor to lower the barriers to learning and build essential skills. Reading and writing are two of the most important building blocks for future learning, and Highlights(TM) brings Fun with a Purpose® into these essential activities for second graders. Our award-winning content blends reading and writing skills with puzzles, humor, and playful art, which makes learning exciting and fun. Second grade reading and writing skills such as phonics, word recognition, and key ideas will help students improve and will build confidence in the classroom.

Now completely revised and expanded, Systems and Models for Developing Programs for the Gifted and Talented includes chapters on the major systems and models for developing programs for the gifted, including the Autonomous Learner Model, the Integrative Education Model, the Multiple Menu Model, the Purdue Three-Stage Model, the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, and Levels of Service. Forty-two experts in gifted education contributed to 25 chapters, and each chapter includes a discussion of the model, theoretical underpinnings, research on effectiveness, and considerations for implementations. Discussion questions follow each chapter. Chapters provide compact, yet comprehensive summaries of the major models developed by leaders in the field of gifted education.

5 Stars! Doody's Book Review Creative, challenging, and interesting physical education lessons in pre-schools and elementary schools are essential. Movement Discovery: Physical Education for Children is designed to change traditional thinking in physical education and bring a breath of fresh air to movement lessons. Written to help early childhood and elementary school teachers value simple, strenuous, and enjoyable activity, this text provides the foundation they'll need to give such experiences to young children. This text includes: background information to provide an understanding of why programs are as they are information about child development and skill development to give guidance to teachers material to start an on-going Movement Discovery program that capitalizes on the innate human urge to discover ones' physical capacities and enjoy them Movement Discovery encourages teachers to provide challenging yet gratifying physical education lessons. If students can derive satisfaction in their increase in skill, and if these skills have a link with their future education and the world in which they live, there is a good possibility that activity will continue throughout life.

Robert Karplus, a professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, USA, became a leader in the movement to reform elementary school science in the 1960s. This book selects the enduring aspects of his work and presents them for the scientists and science educators of today. In an era when `science education for ALL students' has become the clarion call, the insights and works of Robert Karplus are as relevant now as they were in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s. This book tries to capture the essence of his life and work and presents selections of his published articles in a helpful context.

The Investigating Second Grade workbook encourages kids to use math and language arts skills while finding clues and solving cases. This educational mystery workbook covers skills such as: -grammar -spelling -counting Add a fresh twist to standards-based learning with this mystery series! Creative kids need creative workbooks—Investigating Second Grade is the perfect fit! This series goes beyond the typical “skill-and-drill” to provide children with activities that appeal to their inner detectives. With over 200 unique activities, a special Detective’s Notebook, and a mystery story, Investigating Second Grade challenges children to read an intriguing “whodunit” story to find evidence and solve mysteries. Investigating Second Grade isn’t your typical math and language arts activity workbook—it’s an entertaining alternative for standards-based learning. Perfect for developing critical thinking, language arts, and math skills, this series captivates kids with an unconventional learning adventure!

A goal of mine ever since becoming an educational researcher has been to help construct a sound theory to guide instructional practice. For far too long, educational practice has suffered because we have lacked firm instructional guidelines, which in my view should be based on sound psychological theory, which in turn should be based on sound neurological theory. In other words, teachers need to know how to teach and that "how-to-teach" should be based solidly on how people learn and how their brains function. As you will see in this book, my answer to the question of how people learn is that we all learn by spontaneously generating and testing ideas. Idea generating involves analogies and testing requires comparing predicted consequences with actual consequences. We learn this way because the brain is essentially an idea generating and testing machine. But there is more to it than this. The very process ofgenerating and testing ideas results not only in the construction of ideas that work (i. e. , the learning of useful declarative knowledge), but also in improved skill in learning (i. e. , the development of improved procedural knowledge).