From the Publisher
Thorough, easy to follow curriculum guide for classroom teachers and homeschool parents. (For grades 3-6) Objectives, concepts, and procedures cover grades K-8. An organizational framework for developing concepts and procedures throughout the strands of mathematics, following state and national standards. Includes rationale for math reform, student objectives and vocabulary, techniques for classroom management, explorations and investigations from real-life experiences, strategies for teaching problem solving, and suggestions for performance assessment.
About the Author
Janet Caudill Banks, MA, educator, author of: Creating the Multi-Age Classroom, Creative Projects for Independent Learners, Developing Research Skills: Independent Research Projects on Animals and Plants, Enhancing Research Skills: A Thematic Research Unit on the Civil War, Essential Learnings of Mathematics: What Students Should Know and Be Able to Do, and Creating and Assessing Performance-Based Curriculum Projects: A Teacher's Guide to Project-Based Learning and Performance Assessment. A national educational consultant, after 33 years of teaching at the elementary school level, Janet is writing curriculum and teaching classes and workshops for schools and school districts interested in multi-age and developmental education. She is an adjunct faculty member for Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA. She lives in Edmonds, WA, with her husband, Al, her dog, Punkin, and two cats, Ginger and Pepper. She has two married children and two grandchildren.
