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- Some Favorite Books for Young Children In December, with the support of the Peppercorn Foundation, Rethinking Schools sponsored a writers' retreat near Portland, Ore., for a number of early childhood educators from around the country. We asked retreat participants to share with us a few of their favorite books for working with young children. We include some of them here.
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Framing the Family Tree
How teachers can be sensitive to students' family situations
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Welcoming Kalenna
An early childhood teacher strives to make all her students feel at home
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Strawberry Fields Forever?
An early childhood teacher draws on her past while teaching children of migrant farmworkers
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Testing Lang
A terrific young reader runs smack into a fill-in the blank reading test and his teacher asks: How many kids like this are being left behind?
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Holding Nyla
An inclusion classroom becomes the stage for learning and acceptance
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What About Play?
When "screen time" and drills replace open-ended play, kids lose out
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First and Second title both empty, Update me!
Not only do my students play in the classroom, but it’s good for them
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Exploring Our Urban Wilderness
A second- and third-grade teacher helps his students discover the natural world in their urban environment
By Mark Hansen -
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Heather's Moms Got Married
Second graders talk about gay marriage
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'Is This Just Regular English?'
An English teacher examines how tracking affects her students
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The Recruitment Minefield
Critical literacy activities can protect students against predatory military recruiting
By Bill Bigelow -
Integrals and Equity
A math lesson prompts new awareness for prep school students-and their teacher
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NO CHILD LEFT UNTESTED
By Wayne AuOnce again, educators are being told that we have to do more with less.
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We Are the World
A call for solidarity among teachers around the world to combat forces of globalization and privatization
- What Can One Elementary Teacher In Anytown, U.S.A. Do?
- Resources
- Short Stuff
- Strange Stuff
- Student Voices
- 10 Points to Consider Before Signing a Military Enlistment Agreement
- Tips for Teachers
- Resources on Family Diversity
- Do You Get the Point?
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The Tsunami and Other Disasters
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California's Grassroots Grow
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Messing With Texas
Leaving Children Behind kicks up dust in the lone star state
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The Recruitment Minefield
Critical literacy activities can protect students against predatory military recruiting