This practical resource will help K–5 teachers incorporate digitally supported disciplinary literacy practices into their classroom instruction. With an emphasis on reaching all learners, the authors present Planning for Elementary Digitally-supported Disciplinary Literacy (PEDDL)—a six-phase framework that introduces readers to an approach for integrating disciplinary literacy into instruction using various types of digital tools to support literacy learning. Including instructional methods and lesson plans, the text demonstrates how the tools can be incorporated into the English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies classroom. Included are core practices for disciplinary literacy learning, along with the rationale behind each, and examples of the PEDDL Framework in action. Book Features: A structured framework and lesson planning template to guide teachers in planning for digitally supported disciplinary literacy. Guidance for using the framework in the everyday curriculum, including eight completed lesson plans, two for each focus discipline. A variety of classroom activities, such as reading across texts, making real-world connections, text analysis, and using disciplinary vocabulary. Digital methods and examples for reaching and supporting all learners, including readers and writers who may struggle. Connections to national standards in English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.
Chloe Noble is devastated when she's told that her boyfriend, Scott, is cheating on her. She becomes determined to find out the truth. But as she snoops through his personal things, the world around her instantly goes black. Not knowing what has happened, a door suddenly opens in front of her and she's faced with people and places she's never seen before. Trapped far away from home and gradually discovering the secrets of Scott's life, she quickly realises that him cheating on her is the least of her worries. Then Scott goes missing and the issues around her rapidly grow in intensity. Chloe has no choice but to face her fears and help her new friends put society back on track, before the world as she knows it is changed forever.
Ambitious Beth Lance starts a brand new life for herself in London. It all seems to be going really well, until she falls for Simon Bird, the boss of the company she's working for. Nothing could prepare her for the danger ahead. Simon is tarnished with secrets, and when Beth witnesses something utterly bizarre he's left with no choice but to tell her the truth. Just as she's trying to absorb the shocking revelation, she's quickly swept up into a supernatural world of conflicting powers and spell-binding contracts that will change her life forever. This is a magical love story set against the backdrop of a corrupt world where everyone is struggling for power. A power that could cost Beth and Simon their lives. All it takes is one feather...
Marine captain Morgan Trayhern couldn't risk staying in the States, yet he didn't dare leave. Fragile, gutsy Laura Bennett had been injured saving his worthless skin, and a Trayhern never dodged duty. Despite the danger, he had to protect his sweet guardian angel. To his surprise, Laura's bulldog stubbornness matched his own, and her love implored him to unearth what he thought he'd forever buried on that bloody hill seven years ago. But once he faced his entire past, could he ever count on a future? Look for more titles from New York Times bestselling author Lindsay McKenna. And don't miss The Loner, coming in July 2013!
A splendidly illuminating book." —The New York Times Like it or not, George W. Bush has launched a revolution in American foreign policy. He has redefined how America engages the world, shedding the constraints that friends, allies, and international institutions once imposed on its freedom of action. In America Unbound, Ivo Daalder and James Lindsay caution that the Bush revolution comes with serious risks–and, at some point, we may find that America’s friends and allies will refuse to follow his lead, leaving the U.S. unable to achieve its goals. This edition has been extensively revised and updated to include major policy changes and developments since the book’s original publication.
Loves Park got its name from Malcolm A. Love, a Rockford industrialist and alderman who, in 1901, puchased 236 acres of land along the east bank of the Rock River just a few miles north of Rockford. Love used the property as a private retreat. Soon therafter, a railroad was built through the area, and in the decades that followed, residences and businesses started to arrive. The city incorporated in 1947 with a population of 4,500. Once it was established, all the elements of a modern community followed, including police and fire departments, a library, churches, gas stations, restaurants, and other businesses. Since then, the city of almost 24,000 has continued to prosper and is now home to the annual Memorial Day Young at Heart Festival, which brings in people from all across northern Illinois, and RiverHawks Stadium, home of the Rockford Riverhawks Frontier League baseball team.
Agricultural Education remains fundamental to civilization. It is the most consistent productive income of Australia, which is one of the world’s very few net agricultural exporters. Victoria, with only about three percent of the Australia’s area, has been its major source of agricultural output. These three factors – underpinning civilization, creating wealth, and intensity in south-eastern Australia – make Victorian agriculture and its education of national importance and international significance. The Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Melbourne, at times complemented by La Trobe University and such colleges as Burnley, Dookie, Gilbert Chandler, Glenormiston, Longerenong, Marcus Oldham and McMillan, has underpinned sustained rises in productivity and profitability. But coordination and consistency have not always been its hallmarks. This history reveals that Agriculture at Melbourne began amidst controversy, grew to fame under a great Dean, at times rested on its laurels and others was dragged into organisational experiments. Its 22 Deans over its 110 years typify the calling evident in its staff. Frequently a leader, the Faculty has recently strengthened its animal sciences by joining with the veterinary sciences – but that is for a future history.
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