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Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self-Regulation

Dr. Stuart Shankar

Recent research tells us that one of the keys to student success is self-regulation – the ability to monitor and modify emotions, to focus or shift attention, to control impulses, to tolerate frustration or delay gratification. But can a child's ability to self-regulate be improved? Canada's leading expert on self-regulation, Dr. Stuart Shanker, knows it can and that, as educators, we have an important role to play in helping students' develop this crucial ability.

Creating the Dynamic Classroom: A Handbook for Teachers, 2nd Canadian Edition

Susan Schwartz, Mindy Pollishuke

Creating the Dynamic Classroom is a valuable resource for both new and experienced teachers. It educates teachers on how to set up a classroom where students are empowered to create a positive learning environment that considers social, developmental, and environmental issues critically.

Power Plays: Moving from Coping to Cooperation in Your Classroom

Barrie Bennett & Peter Smilanich

Power Plays: Moving from Coping to Cooperation in Your Classroom tackles this issue on two fronts: student behaviour and teacher practice. In the first section, authors Barrie Bennett and Peter Smilanich highlight the sometimes subtle and not-so-subtle moves to power your students will make. In the second section, the authors explore instructional practices that can lessen behavioural problems while creating a healthy, caring classroom culture where all students– and teachers– can thrive.

Connecting Comprehension and Technology: Adapt and Extend Toolkit Practices

Stephanie Harvey, Anne Goudvis, Katherine Muhtaris & Kristin Ziemke

In Connecting Comprehension and Technology, Steph and Anne invite teachers to join them in Katie Muhtaris' and Kristin Ziemke's classrooms to envision and embrace technology as a powerful tool for extending Toolkit practices and enhancing literacy instruction.

Math Expressions: Developing Student Thinking and Problem Solving Through Communication

Cathy Marks Krpan

Research is clear: communication is an essential mathematical process. This book provides all the tools to make communication come alive and to ensure the classroom is a vibrant, collaborative learning environment. Centred around three main sections—Mathematical Discourse, Reading in Mathematics, and Writing in Mathematics—Dr. Cathy Marks Krpan provides practical suggestions on how to create such an environment.

Tuned Out: Engaging the 21st Century Learner

Karen Hume

This book is for all educators focused on improving student engagement in the 21st century. Karen Hume's accessible writing style and practical advice for teachers highlights what is different about today's classrooms and explores the relationship between teacher and student engagement. Tuned Out is built on the understanding that there are five key aspects to student engagement: Competence, Creativity, Community, Context and Challenge.