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product | For Middle Level • 5-9, with application to high school5-9

Advisory Book, The REVISED EDITION

Building a Community of Learners Grades 5-9

product | For Middle Level • 5-9

Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting, DVD

NEW!

article | For Elementary

From Top-down to Teamwork

First graders take on self-management

"I asked my students to brainstorm what we wanted people to see, hear, and feel when they observed our class in line."

article | For Middle Level

Gecko Tessellations: Goals and Declarations Display

article | For Middle Level

Getting It Right

Teaching students how to enter class and engage in learning right away

This article first appeared in Developmental Designs: A Middle-Level Newsletter, Fall 2011

product | For Elementary • K-2

Getting the Most Out of Morning Message and Other Shared Writing Lessons

Getting the Most Our of Morning Message book cover

article | For Elementary

Guided Discovery

Creative and Responsible Use of Materials for the Long Term

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Fall 2008

article | For Elementary

Happy Endings

Closing each day so students clean up, get organized, build community, and leave in good shape

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Fall 2008

product | For Elementary • K-6

Hopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato, & Ha Ha Ha

A Rulebook of Children's Games

product | For Elementary • K-5

Interactive Modeling

A Powerful Technique for Teaching Children

When children play an active role in modeling, they'll remember more about what they've learned to do and stay more engaged.

article | For Middle Level

Just Plain Good Fun

Middle schoolers enjoy simple games in the safety of community

This article first appeared in the Origins' publication Developmental Designs: A Middle School Newsletter, Fall 2008

article | For Elementary

Keeping Best Practices Alive

Sustaining the Responsive Classroom approach with on-site peer coaches

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Winter 2008

Elementary

product | For Elementary • K-3

Nobody Owns the Sky

The Story of "Brave Bessie" Colman

For use with creating Hopes and Dreams and goal setting: Bessie Coleman was able to accomplish her dream of becoming a pilot despite many obstacles.

product | For Elementary • K-6

Off to a Good Start

Launching the School Year

product | For Middle Level & Elementary • K-8

Positive Time-Out

And Over 50 Ways to Avoid Power Struggles in the Home and the Classroom

product | For Elementary • K-6

For use with creating a positive time-out place for students: The author takes the reader on a tour through many quiet places where a person could become calm and focused. It sets a positive tone for establishing a quiet place in the classroom.

activity | For Middle Level & Elementary

Reading Interest Inventory

Engaged learning strategy: Gather information about students' reading interests

product | For Elementary • K-6

Rules in School

article | For Elementary

Smoothing Transitions

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Elementary Educators, Winter 2011

article | For Elementary

Specialists and Classroom Teachers Team to Solve Problems

Problem-solving meeting to address cross-classroom issue builds community and empowers kids

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Winter 2008

article | For Elementary

Start Simply, Go Slowly: Tips for Morning Meeting

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Fall 2008

article | For Elementary

Take a Break for Media Specialists

TAB helps students increase self-control in the media center

This article first appeared in Origins: A Newsletter for Educators, Winter 2008

Middle Level

Featured from the Bookstore

product | For Middle Level • 5-9, with application to high school5-9

Advisory Book, The REVISED EDITION

Building a Community of Learners Grades 5-9

product | For Middle Level • 5-9

Circle of Power and Respect Advisory Meeting, DVD

NEW!

article | For Middle Level

Successful School-wide Meetings

Developmental Designs consultant Scott Tyink interviews co-curriculum director Sandi Jarvis and principal Tom Rheinheimer, Parkside School, Wautoma WI

This article first appeared in the Origins' publication Developmental Designs: A Middle Level Newsletter, Winter 2010

article | For Middle Level