Prairie Trail Elementary

 

Let's read about

Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8

When the lights go out

More books kids will sit still for

The moral of the story

Qualities of effective teachers.

Enhancing student achievement

What works in schools

Teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom : strategies and techniques every teacher can use

Literature-based science

In the company of children.  York, Me. :

The read-aloud handbook

The new read-aloud handbook

Teaching with children's books

What a writer needs

A fresh look at writing.

The poetry break

Easy to Tell Stories for Young Children.

Bookplay : 101 creative themes

Thanksgiving handbook.

Fairy tales for two readers.

Of bugs and beasts :

Inventing, inventions, and inventors

Putting on the brakes

Circuit sense for elementary teacher and students : understanding and building simple logic

Simple machines made simple

Holiday folding stories :

The Lap-time song and play book

Christmas handbook.

Easter handbook.

February holidays handbook

Speaking of journals

Scary readers theatre.

Crazy gibberish :

Becoming a love and logic parent

TEXAS EDUCATIONS AGENCY'S 1995-96 ACADEMIC

Hands-on science!

Hands-on science!

Hands-on science!

Hands-on science!

Hands-on science! :

The National Geographic Society : 100 years of adventure and discovery.

LEWISVILLE I.S.D. BOARD POLICY MANUAL

Abridged Dewey decimal classification and relative index.  Ed. 12.  Albany, N.Y. : Forest Press, a

Library of Congress.

THE SCHOOL LIBRARIAN'S BOOK OF LISTS

National geographic index, 1888-1988.

TEACHING & LEARNING THROUGH MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES.  NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MA : SIMON & SCHUSTER,

FRAMES OF MIND

Creating minds.

The book of think :

Calming the chaos

Teach your child how to think

YOUR CHILD'S GROWING MIND.

THE WORST LOSS - HOW FAMILIES HEAL FROM THE DEATH OF A CHILD.  NEW YORK : HENRY HOLT INC.

Raise your child's self-esteem :

Don't feed the monster on Tuesdays!

KICK THE TV HABIT.

A World of difference :

The smart parent's guide to kids' TV.

Ordinary resurrections :

Helping children cope with divorce.

Worms eat my garbage.

The first days of school

Brain compatible strategies

DISCIPLINE WITH LOVE AND LOGIC.

RAISING THE ODDS FOR RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR.

DISCIPLINE WITH LOVE AND LOGIC.  GOLDEN, COLO. : LOVE AND LOGIC PRESS.

The unschooled mind :

BRAIN-BASED LEARNING.

MIND JOGGERS

5 TRAITS OF A GOOD TEACHER.

WHO'S PROBLEM? TECHNIQUES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING.

FINANCIAL TIPS FOR TEACHERS.

To open minds :

TEACHING WITH LOVE AND LOGIC:

Control theory in the classroom.

THE CLASSROOM ORGANIZER.

501 ways to use the overhead projector

UNBELIEVABLY GOOD DEALS THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN'T GET UNLESS YOU'RE A TEACHER.

DESIGNING PLACES FOR LEARNING.

HOW TO HELP YOUR LEARNING - CHALLENGED CHILD.

Parenting a child with a learning

Inside whole language : a classroom view.

Joyful learning : a whole language kindergarten.

THINKING AND LEARNING TOGETHER.

More story stretchers :

Story stretchers :

Story stretchers for the primary grades :

THE TOUGH KID BOOK

TALK IT OUT.

TORNADOES & HURRICANES

LITERATURE BASED THEMATIC UNIT - IMMIGRANTS

Read and retell

LITERATURE GEMS - WHOLE LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES FOR

Becoming literate

Guiding readers and writers

Once upon a time--

HOOKED ON BOOKS

Word matters

Invitations :

HIGHLIGHT MY STRENGTHS

IDEAS FOR SPELLING.

GETTING THE MAIN IDEA.

READING BEGINS AT HOME.

Spel-- is a four-letter word.

Teaching kids to spell.

Build a literate classroom

Pass the poetry, please!

Math through children's literature

MATH AND LITERATURE.

MATH AND LITERATURE

50 problem-solving lessons

Writing in math class :

Growing mathematical ideas in kindergarten.

Building number sense (Grade 1).

MATH AND LITERATURE.

Elementary school mathematics

Read any good math lately? :

IN TIME PAST – USING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE TO TEACH.

LITERATURE-BASED THEMATIC UNITS ECOLOGY.

Long ago and far away--

Ready-to-use social skills lessons & activities for grades 7-12.

Native plant stories.

In the middle :

PROJECT SEASONS.

MATHEMATICS THEIR WAY – AN ACTIVITY-CENTERED

Workjobs ... for parents :

USING MATH EXPLORER CALCULATOR - A SOURCEBOOK FOR

The Brown paper school presents

Math for smarty pants

A collection of math lessons

About teaching mathematics : a K-8 resource.

MAKE IT SIMPLER - A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO PROBLEM : SOLVING IN MATHEMATICS.

Mathematicians are people, too :

FAMILY MATH.

PLANT SCIENCE.

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF WIGGLERS.

Butterflies abound! :

HUMAN BRAIN AND HUMAN LEARNING

It's perfectly normal :

Driven to distraction.

CHILDREN AND TRAUMA.

Beyond the bean seed

Cultivating a child's imagination through gardening.

Gardening wizardry for kids.

Growing things

I'VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES!

HELICOPTERS, DRILL SERGEANTS AND CONSULTANTS

HELICOPTERS, DRILL SERGEANTS AND CONSULTANTS.

Toddlers :

Love me enough to set some limits.

Helicopters, drill sergeants, and consultants :

WINNING THE HOMEWORK BATTLE.

Taming the dragon in your child : solutions

NORMAL CHILDREN HAVE PROBLEMS, TOO

Positive discipline.

POSITIVE DISCIPLINE A TO Z.

HELPING YOUR DIFFICULT CHILD BEHAVE.

Parenting with love and logic

Parenting with love and logic

The art of teaching writing

Writing begins at home

AFTER THE END: TEACHING AND LEARNING.

TRAVEL TIPS FOR TEACHERS.

Indian life in Texas.

A CHILD'S HISTORY OF TEXAS.

Portraits in black

THE SLAVE GIRL WHO HELPED START TEXAS

THE TEXAS WHO SAID NO TO FAILURE;

THE GIRL WHO SAW TEXAS INDEPENDENCE:

THE EYES AND EARS OF THE TEXAS ARMY;"DEAF" SMITH.

The Tejano who wouldn't give up : Juan Seguin.

INDIAN TRIBES OF TEXAS.

Texans

PORTRAITS OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS.

Portraits of Native American Indians.

PORTRAITS OF MEXICAN AMERICANS.

When Eric's mom fought cancer.

A collection of math lessons :

LOVE ME ENOUGH TO SET SOME LIMITS.

 

 

PRO 011.62 CUL               

           Cullinan, Bernice E. 

Let's read about : finding books they'll

                love to read.  New York : Scholastic, c1993.  Assists in

                discovering what a child is interested in, then finding

                books the child would like, and last helping the child

                develop good reading habits so that continual progress is

                made.

 

PRO 016.3058 KAL             

           Kaleidoscope : a multicultural booklist for grades K-8.  Urbana,

                IL : NCTE, c1994.  An annotated list of nearly 400

                multicultural books for children.

 

PRO 027.62 MAC               

           MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-. 

When the lights go out : twenty

                scary tales to tell.  [Bronx, N.Y.] : H.W. Wilson Co., 1988.

                Designed primarily as a collection of scary fare for adults

                to tell elementary-age children, the tales may be read and

                some even told by children. Also contains notes on the

                stories.

 

PRO 028.1 FRE                

           Freeman, Judy. 

More books kids will sit still for : a read-aloud

                guide.  New Providence, N.J. : R.R. Bowker, c1995.  A manual

                of ways to use children's books, with a series of graded

                annotated list of over 3,500 kid-tested and recommended

                titles, plus author, subject, and title indexes.

 

PRO 370.11 NOR               

           Norfolk, Bobby, 1951-. 

The moral of the story : folktales for

                character development.  Little Rock, Ark. : August House

                Publishers, 1999.  A guide to using storytelling and

                folktales in character education that includes twelve

                stories that can be used in different lessons and additional

                sources of folktales that would be suitable for classroom

                use.

 

PRO 371.102                  

           Stronge, James H. 

Qualities of effective teachers.  Alexandria,

                Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum

                Development, c2002.  Prerequisites of effective teaching --

                The teacher as a person -- Classroom management and

                organization -- Organizing for instruction -- Implementing

                instruction -- Monitoring student progress and potential --

                Effective teaching, what does it mean? -- Teacher

                effectiveness, resources you can use -- Teacher skills

                assessment checklists -- Teacher responsibilities and

                behaviors.

 

PRO 371.2 DAN                

           Danielson, Charlotte. 

Enhancing student achievement : a

                framework for school improvement.  Alexandria, Va. :

                Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,

                c2002.

 

PRO 371.2 MAR                

           Marzano, Robert J. 

What works in schools : translating research

                into action.  Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision

                and Curriculum Development, c2003.  Ushering in the best of

                times -- The school-level factors -- A guaranteed and viable

                curriculum -- Challenging goals and effective feedback --

                Parent and community involvement -- Safe and orderly

                environment -- Staff collegiality and professionalism -- The

                teacher-level factors -- Instructional strategies --

                Classroom management -- Classroom curriculum design -- The

                student-level factors -- Home environment -- Learned

                intelligence and background knowledge -- Student motivation

                -- Implementing the model -- Using the model -- The critical

                role of leadership.

 

PRO 371.95 WIN               

           Winebrenner, Susan, 1939-. 

Teaching gifted kids in the regular classroom : strategies and techniques every teacher can use

                to meet the academic needs of the gifted and talented.

                Minneapolis, Minn. : Free Spirit Pub., c1992.  The gifted

                identify themselves -- Learning contracts that really work

                -- Creating more challenging activities for gifted students

                -- Cooperative learning and gifted students.

 

PRO 372.3 HEF                 

           Hefner, Christine Roots. 

Literature-based science : children's

                books and activities to enrich the K-5 curriculum.  Phoenix,

                Ariz. : Oryx Press, 1995.  Gives student objectives, a list

                of recommended readings, and activities for individual

                students or small groups for different science units.

 

PRO 372.6 HIN                

           Hindley, Joanne, 1959-. 

In the company of children.  York, Me. :

                Stenhouse Publishers, c1996.  Provides instruction on

                building a successful reading and writing workshop in the

                classroom, with information on how to introduce formal

                writing projects from notebooks, where to get ideas for

                mini-lessons, what role reader-response plays, and assessing

                student progress.

 

PRO 372.6 TRE                

           Trelease, Jim. 

The read-aloud handbook.  4th ed.  New York :

                Penguin Books, 1995.  Why read aloud? -- When to begin

                read-aloud -- The stages of read-aloud -- The dos and don'ts

                of read-aloud -- Read-aloud success stories -- Home, school,

                and public libraries -- Television -- Sustained silent

                reading : reading-aloud's natural partner -- How to use the

                treasury -- Treasury of read-alouds.  Explains how reading

                aloud awakens children's imaginations, improves language

                skills, and creates an atmosphere at home and in school that

                encourages readers. Also discusses how to compete with

                television and video games.

 

PRO 372.6 TRE                

           Trelease, Jim. 

The new read-aloud handbook.  New York, NY :

                Penguin Books, 1989.  Provides advice on reading aloud and

                an annotated list of recommended titles, from picture books

                to novels.

 

PRO 372.6044 TEA             

           Teaching with children's books : paths to literature-based

                instruction.  Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of

                English, c1995.  Twenty-seven essays by teachers,

                administrators, and educators discussing literature-based

                instruction, the practice of using children's books as a

                basis for teaching other classroom disciplines.

 

PRO 372.62 FLE               

           Fletcher, Ralph J. 

What a writer needs.  Portsmouth, N.H. :

                Heinemann, c1993.  Provides specific, practical strategies

                designed to help teachers improve and challenge their

                students' writing skills.

 

PRO 372.62 GRA               

           Graves, Donald H. 

A fresh look at writing.  Portsmouth, N.H. :

                Heinemann, c1994.  Make a fresh start -- Consider your roots

                -- Learn from the children -- Why would anyone ever want to

                write? -- Day one : help children to write and keep writing

                -- Understand children when they write -- Expect more of

                your writers -- Establish the essentials for child

                responsibility -- Conditions for effective writing -- Begin

                to organize your classroom -- Help children to share their

                writing -- Evaluate your own classroom -- Experiment with

                portfolios -- Teach the fundamentals of writing -- Help

                children learn conventions -- Help children to read their

                own work -- Help children to revise their work -- How to

                keep handwriting in perspective -- Spell to communicate --

                Answers to frequent questions teachers ask about teaching

                and writing -- Broaden the children's repertoire for writing

                -- Help children read and write fiction -- Show children how

                to write nonfiction -- Uncover the world through poetry --

                Continue to learn with others -- Work with parents and

                administrators -- Live the professional life --

                Classification of actions.  Describes techniques that

                teachers can use to increase their students' appreciation

                for writing and offers a detailed, week-by-week description

                of fourteen sessions designed to improve students' writing

                and reading skills.

 

PRO 372.64 BAU               

           Bauer, Caroline Feller. 

The poetry break : an annotated

                anthology with ideas for introducing children to poetry.

                Bronx, N.Y. : H.W. Wilson, 1994.  Presents a collection of

                over 240 poems with methods and activities to familiarize

                children with poetry.

 

PRO 372.64 HAR               

           Harrison, Annette. 

Easy to Tell Stories for Young Children.

                National Storytelling Association : c1992.

 

PRO 372.64 MAC               

           MacDonald, Margaret Read, 1940-. 

Bookplay : 101 creative themes

                to share with young children.  North Haven, Conn. : Library

                Professional Publications, 1995.  Suggestions for teachers,

                librarians, or anyone in charge of a children's group, for

                providing fun, book-based programs using stories, poems,

                music, games, drama, and art.

 

PRO 394.2 THA                

           Thanksgiving handbook.  Elgin, Ill. : Chicago, Ill. : Child's

                World, Inc. ; Distributed by Childrens Press, c1985.

                Contains classroom resources for teachers in grades K-3.

                Contains crafts, cooking ideas, poems, etc.

 

 

PRO 398.2 CRI                

           Criscoe, Betty L., 1940-. 

Fairy tales for two readers.

                Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1995.  The black

                bull of Norroway -- The brave little tailor -- Cap O' rushes

                -- Chicken little -- Clever Elsie -- The cunning little

                tailor -- The goose girl -- Kate Crackernuts -- King

                Thrushbeard -- Mother Holly -- Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar -- The

                seven ravens -- The six servants -- The three pigs -- The

                turnip.  A collection of fifteen adapted fairy tales

                arranged in dialogue format for two readers in grades 2-4.

 

PRO 591 LIV                  

           Livo, Lauren J. 

Of bugs and beasts : fact, folklore, and

                activities.  Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1995.

                Profiles of fifteen animals include some of the folktales

                associated with the animal, a variety of activities related

                to the animal, and an annotated resource list for more

                information.

 

PRO 607 FLA                  

           Flack, Jerry D. 

Inventing, inventions, and inventors : a

                teaching resource book.  Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas

                Press, 1989.  Learning options to use with gifted and

                talented youth.

 

PRO 618.92 QUI               

           Quinn, Patricia O. 

Putting on the brakes : young people's guide

                to understanding attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

                (ADHD).  New York : Magination Press, c1991.  A guide to

                understanding and gaining control over attention deficit

                hyperactivity disorder.

 

PRO 621.39 HOU               

           Houghton, Janaye Matteson. 

Circuit sense for elementary teacher and students : understanding and building simple logic

                circuits.  Englewood, Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1994.

                Provides instructions for classroom projects in electricity

                and circuit design.

 

PRO 621.8 ST                 

           St. Andre, Ralph E. 

Simple machines made simple.  Englewood,

                Colo. : Teacher Ideas Press, 1993.  Guide for teachers to

                teach students grades 3-8 the essential principles and basic

                mechanics of simple machines with ideas for experiments and

                cooperative learning activities.

 

PRO 736 KAL                  

           Kallevig, Christine Petrell. 

Holiday folding stories :

                storytelling and origami together for holiday fun.  1st ed.

                Broadview Heights, Ohio : Storytime Ink International,

                c1992.  Holiday stories are used to help demonstrate how to

                do nine different origami projects; includes activities for

                Columbus Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

 

PRO 784.6 LAP                

           The Lap-time song and play book.  San Diego : Harcourt Brace,

                c1989.  For piano; with interlinear words. A collection of

                sixteen nursery songs, each with a historic note, musical

                arrangements, and instructions for accompanying activities.

 

PRO 790.1 CHR                

           Christmas handbook.  Elgin, IL : Childs World, 1984.  Provides a

                variety of Christmas activities which may be utilized with

                children grades K-3.

 

PRO 790.1 EAS                

           Easter handbook.  Elgin, Ill. : Chicago, Ill. : Child's World ;

                Distributed by Childrens Press, c1986.  Contains games,

                songs, poems, bulletin board ideas, and activities suitable

                for use with children in grades K-3.

 

PRO 790.1 FEB                

           February holidays handbook.  Elgin, Ill. : Chicago, Ill. :

                Child's World ; Distributed by Childrens Press, c1985.

                Contains classroom resources for teachers in grades K-3.

                Contains crafts, cooking ideas, poems, songs, bulletin board

                ideas and more.

 

PRO 808 SPE                  

           Speaking of journals : children's book writers talk about their

                diaries, notebooks, and sketchbooks.  1st ed.  Honesdale,

                Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 1999.  Contains interviews with

                twenty-seven notable children's book authors, including

                Bruce Coville, Eileen Spinelli, and Jean Craighead George,

                in which they discuss the impact of journal keeping on their

                lives and careers.

 

PRO 808.5 BAR                

           Barchers, Suzanne I. 

Scary readers theatre.  Englewood, Colo. :

                Teacher Ideas Press, 1994.  The black cats are talking --

                The grave -- The Hobyahs -- The strange hotel -- The wolf

                and the seven little kids -- Bolster -- Brave heart -- The

                girl with the lavender dress -- Jack and his master --

                Raggelugg -- The thieving lad -- The three dwarfs -- The

                tinderbox -- The voice of death -- The witches with the

                horns -- Antoine -- The creature who came to dinner -- The

                fiddler's contest -- Fowler's fowl -- The headless haunt --

                Janet and Tam Lin -- Rachel's curse -- The red ribbon -- The

                robber bridegroom -- The tale of the talking eggs -- Aaron

                Kelly's bones -- The hydra -- The minotaur -- The punishment

                -- The thief and the liar.  Scripts drawn from folktales,

                myths, ghost stories, and modern urban legends with hints on

                how to bring readers theatre into the classroom.

 

PRO 808.543 BAL              

           Baltuck, Naomi, 1956-. 

Crazy gibberish : and other story hour

                stretches (from a storyteller's bag of tricks).  Hamden,

                Conn. : Linnet Books, 1993.  If you can't carry a tune in a

                bucket : chants & other nonmusical fun -- Tell it with me :

                audience participation stories -- Sing it high, sing it low

                : action songs, musical games, & snappy choruses -- Knee

                slappers, rib ticklers, & tongue twisters.  A sourcebook of

                chants, songs, action stories, riddles, jokes, tongue

                twisters, and participation games.

 

PRO KIT 649.1                

           Becoming a love and logic parent.  Golden, CO : Cline/Fay

                Institute, Inc., c1991.  Helicopters, drill sergeants and

                consultants -- Four steps to responsibility -- Avoiding

                power struggles with kids -- Love me enough to set some

                limits.  A parenting program consisting of 7 modules:

                Raising responsible kids -- The Love and logic formula --

                "C" stands for control that's shared -- "O" is for ownership

                of the problem -- "O" is also for opportunity for thinking

                -- "L" stands for let consequences do the teaching -- Let's

                wrap it up and take it home!.

 

PROF                         

           TEXAS EDUCATIONS AGENCY'S 1995-96 ACADEMIC : EXCELLENCE INDICATOR

                SYSTEM REPORT.  AUSTIN, TX : T E A, L995-96.

 

PROF                         

           Allen, Dorothea. 

Hands-on science! : 112 easy-to-use,

                high-interest activities for grades 4-8.  West Nyack, N.Y. :

                Center for Applied Research in Education, c1991.

 

PROF                         

           Allen, Dorothea. 

Hands-on science! : 112 easy-to-use,

                high-interest activities for grades 4-8.  West Nyack, N.Y. :

                Center for Applied Research in Education, c1991.

 

PROF                         

           Allen, Dorothea. 

Hands-on science! : 112 easy-to-use,

                high-interest activities for grades 4-8.  West Nyack, N.Y. :

                Center for Applied Research in Education, c1991.

 

PROF                         

           Allen, Dorothea. 

Hands-on science! : 112 easy-to-use,

                high-interest activities for grades 4-8.  West Nyack, N.Y. :

                Center for Applied Research in Education, c1991.

 

PROF                         

           Allen, Dorothea. 

Hands-on science! : 112 easy-to-use,

                high-interest activities for grades 4-8.  West Nyack, N.Y. :

                Center for Applied Research in Education, c1991.

 

PROF                         

           Bryan, C. D. B. (Courtlandt Dixon Barnes). 

The National Geographic Society : 100 years of adventure and discovery.

                New York : H.N. Abrams, 1987.  Ten chapters of historical

                narrative alternate with ten special theme sections to cover

                the entire history of the National Geographic Society.

 

PROF.                        

           LEWISVILLE