| Contents |
Pt.1. Classroom Practices Across The Curriculum -- Classroom Management and Co-Teaching -- Classroom Management: Ideas I've Picked up Along the Way / Chistina M. Charles, Grades 9-12 (Wisconsin) -- Teenagers and Rules and Learning...Oh My! / Michelle L. Smith, Grades 9-12 (Illinois) -- Nine Co-Teaching Tips From Two Co-Teaching Gurus / Fonda Akins and Cindy Armitage Dannaker, Grades 9-12 (Pennsylvania) -- Differentiated Instrucction -- Every Student Has a Story: Students With Special Needs and English Language Learners in The Secondary Classroom / Kristen S. McDaniel, Grades 9-12 (Wisconsin) -- Buffet-Style Teaching: Reviewing and Re-Teaching / Chistine Roland, Grade 10 (Maryland) -- Using Technology in the Classroom -- Using Technology Doesn't Have to Be Expensive / Cindy Couchman, Grades 9-12 (Kansas) -- Video Analysis Unlocks the Physics World / Timothy Couillard and Robert Benway, Grades 11-12 (Virginia) -- Pt.2. Teaching Science and Math -- Teaching Science -- Fertilizers: Testing Different Options / Christina M. Charles, Grades 10-12 (Wisconsin) -- My Life on a Podcast / Shane McKay, Grades 10/12 (Texas) -- Getting the Dirt on Soil / J-Petrina McCarty-Puhl, Grades 10-12 (Nevada) -- Water Purification / Chris Dodds, Grades 9-12 (Ohio) -- Atom-Building Bingo / Ann Shioji, Grades 9 (California) -- Modele: An Electron Configuration Experience / Jeffery R. Wehr, Grades 9-12 (Washington) -- Remote Sensing / Jeffery R. Wehr, Grades 8-12 (Washington) -- Teaching Math -- Mathematical Trends and Baby Names / Amy Maxey, Grades 8-9 (North Carolina) -- Box and Whisker Plot Extravaganza / Cindy Couchman, Grades 8-9 (Kansas) -- Maze Madness / Amy Maxey, Grades 7-9 (North Carolina) -- Parabolic Solar Cooker / Cindy Couchman, Grades 10-12 (Kansas) -- Pascal's Triangle With Sequences and Series / Ken Petersen, Grades 10-12 (Wyoming) -- Water Rocket Lesson / Ken Petersen, Grades 10-12 (Wyoming) -- Pt.3. Teaching Language Arts and Social Studies -- Teaching Language Arts -- Take Me Out the Ball Game: Building Sentence Sence Without teaching Grammar / Judy Osburn Beemer, Grades 7-12 (Kansas) -- Descriptive Diner / Alicia Deel, Grades 9-12 (Virginia) -- Deconstructing the Writer's Craft / Rebecca Shyder, Grades 10-12 (Pennsylvania) -- Story Stew / Alicia Deel, Grades 9-12 (Virginia) -- Catering to Student Needs: Menu-Style Study Guides / Rebecca Snyder, Grades 7-12 (Pennsylvania) -- Navigating Spoon River While Putting Your Students in the Spotlight / Jill Pinard, Grades 11-12 (New Hampshire) -- "Let's Argue!" A Research-Oriented Approach to Classroom Debates / Spencer Arnaud, Grades 10-12 (Lousiniana) -- Discoveries in Hemingway's "A Clean Well Lighted Place" / Elizabeth G. Lutz-Hackett, Grades 10-12(Ohio) -- Teaching Social Studies -- Piecing Together the Past: An Introduction to the Study of History / Gretchen Smith, Grades 9-12 (Maryland) -- African Lunch Sack and Picnic / Justin G. Singleton, Grades 8-9 (Texas) -- Presidential Caucus Simulation / Terry Armstrong. Grades 10-12 (Ohio) -- Electoral College Review Game / Terry Armstrong, Grades 9-12 (Ohio) -- Economics in My Hometown / Kristen S. McDaniel, Grades 11-12 (Wisconsin) -- Do What You Do Best and Trade for the Rest / Ann E. Scharfenberg, Grades 8-12 (Wisconsin) -- P.t.4 Teaching Music, Art, And Physical Education -- Teaching Music and Art -- Creating Correct Vowels for Singing / Stan Scott, Grades 7-12 (Colorado) -- Wayne Thiebaud-Style Plasticine Painting / Keith Farnsworth, Grades 10-12 (Idaho) -- Art Integration: Enrolling in the Hudson River School to Study American Romanticism / Jill Pinard, Grades 10-12(New Hampshire) -- Teaching Physical Education -- Interactive Muscle Assigment / Carla Thompson, Grades 9-12 (Illinois) -- Aerobic/Anaerobic Fitness Stations / Kathleen Donaldson, Grades 9-12 (Maryland) |
| Review |
""The variety of activities sparks ideas for different subjects. The book presents content in an easy-to-follow framework, provides very doable lessons, and clearly identifies the necessary materials."Linda D. Jungwirth, President Convening Conversations" "PEEK INTO THE CLASSROOMS OF YOUR AWARD-WINNING COLLEAGUES AS THEY SHARE THEIR MOST SUCCESSFUL TEACHING IDEAS!" "Outstanding teachers from across the country share firsthand accounts of innovative classroom practices for high school learners in this sequel to Randi Stone's best-selling Best Practices for High School Classrooms." "Filled with ready-made techniques for classroom management, co-teaching, integrating the curriculum, and using technology, this one-stop resource offers strategies supported by objectives, recommended grade levels, materials lists, and applicable national and state standards. Divided by subject area, this is a rich collection of ideas, lessons, projects, and units of study for high-quality instruction in" "-Science and mathematics" "-Language arts and social studies" "-Music, art, and physical education" "Learn how some of the best teachers in the nation reach their high school students-with best practices from the teachers themselves!"--BOOK JACKET. |
