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Radical Presence: Teaching as Contemplative Practice
Mary Rose O'Reilley
Boynton/Cook, 1998
A wonderful reflection on life; Secrets to contemplate!
This is an absolute gem! A very quick read yet will not leave you when you put it down. O'Reilley's views on contemplative teaching have not come easy. She has questioned her practices as we all do, but somehow she has excepted herself and others shortcomings and ...
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Week-by-week Homework For Bldg Reading Comp. & Fluency (Grades 2-3)
Mary Rose
Teaching Resources, 2004
Great resource
We used this as part of our weekly reading homework. Children and parents loved it. They read the text each night for three nights then got the question sheet on the fourth night for homework. The stories are interesting and engaging. The letters to parents helped ...
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Critical Issues in Education: Dialogues and Dialectics
Jack Nelson, Stuart Palonsky, ...
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2006
Subjective Evaluation
The arguments are, as stated in 1st review, slanted. They are supposed to be! The book uses a pro vs. con argument format and tries not to judge. Summary is limited to a mild discussion of the importance of the issue. I was required to use it in an education course ...
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Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension & Fluency: Grade 1 (Week-by-week Homework For Bldg ...
Mary Rose
Teaching Resources, 2004
great idea to involve parents and improve reading skills
This has been a great resource to me as a First Grade Teacher. The book is mostly ready to copy printables. Each week, you make photocopies for the students of the two pages of homework. One page is a short story with illustrations, and the other page has questions ...
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Biscuit Visits the Doctor
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
HarperFestival, 2008
How much has Biscuit grown? Let's find out! Join Biscuit and the little girl when they visit Dr. Green's office for a checkup, and meet new friends, too! Woof!
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Letters from the Desert
Carlo Carretto
Orbis Books, 2002
Life Changing
In a day and age where following Christ has been brought down to wealth, health and a membership to all the Bless ME clubs...this book is worlds apart. Mr. Carretto has the gift of taking deep...penetrating truths...and translating them into an easily understandable ...
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The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship of a Quaker, Buddhist Shepherd
Mary Rose O'Reilley
Milkweed Editions, 2001
Profound, Poetic, Perfect
In the past 15 years, I've read two, "personal memoir"-type books by women writers that totally blew my doors off: Terry Tempest Williams' "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place" and Mary Rose O'Reilly's "The Barn at the End of the World: The Apprenticeship ...
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Elizabeth I: Collected Works
Elizabeth I
University Of Chicago Press, 2002
Elizabeth in her own words
Queen Elizabeth I of England has had hundreds of books written *about* her, but very few of them allow us to hear what she has to say in her own words. I found this an accessible, well-edited collection, not of *all* her words, but of a very good sample. It includes ...
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Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency, Grades 3-6: 30 Reproducible, ...
Mary Rose
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 2002
Best Resource for Teaching Reading I've Found...
I absolutely love this book for both teachers or parents looking to improve reading skills. My daughter first came home with these stories from her 4th grade teacher and I loved them so much I bought a copy to use with the students I tutor. Now I'm teaching basic ...
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Group Spiritual Direction: Community for Discernment
Rose Mary Dougherty
Paulist Press, 1995
A solid handbook by a recognized expert
Dougherty, a trainer of spiritual directors at the Shalem Institute, shared her expertise in this basic text. Chapters 1-3 were about spiritual direction in general--interesting and informative, but I found myself feeling impatient to get to the "group" part. ...
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Biscuit's First Sleepover
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
HarperFestival, 2008
Another great Biscuit adventure
Reviewed by Cayden (age 4) and Max (age 2) Aures and Mom for Reader Views (8/08)
"Biscuit's First Sleepover" is another fun book in the Biscuit series. In this book, Biscuit goes on a sleepover with his owner to his friend Puddles' house. After playing a lot of ...
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Letters from the Desert
Carlo Carretto
Orbis Books, 2002
Life Changing
In a day and age where following Christ has been brought down to wealth, health and a membership to all the Bless ME clubs...this book is worlds apart. Mr. Carretto has the gift of taking deep...penetrating truths...and translating them into an easily understandable ...
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The Collaborative Teacher
Cassandra Erkens, Chris Jakicic, ...
Solution Tree, 2008
An excellent pick for any teacher who wants to improve their teaching environment
Very few students really have only a single teacher, so a student's education is a community effort. "The Collaborative Teacher: Working Together as a Professional Learning Community" is a guide to creating the most efficient teaching community possible to give ...
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Biscuit Goes to the Fair: A Pull-the-Tab Word Book
Alyssa Satin Capucilli
HarperFestival, 2008
Great way to learn how to read new words
Reviewed by Cayden (age 4) and Max (age 2) Aures and Mom for Reader Views (8/08)
"Biscuit Goes to the Fair" is another great adventure in the Biscuit series of books. In this book, as the title implies, Biscuit goes to the fair. At the fair there is so much to ...
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10 Easy Writing Lessons That Get Kids Ready for Writing Assessments: Proven Ways to Raise Your Students' ...
Mary Rose
Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching, 1999
The BEST writing book in 13 years!
In my 13 years of curriculum, I have not found a writing book better than this one for elementary school. Well worth every penny of the money spent. The lesson plans are done for you, and they are step by step! There are modeled pieces of writing included and ...
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