Book Description
Do you have a minute? That's how quickly this book will help you improve your students' reading skills. Designed to be read on the run and make every minute count in your classroom, Reading Reminders features Jim Burke's one hundred best techniques for teaching reading, complete with tools and tips on how to implement them.
Jim wrote this book to help teachers like himself whose often large and always diverse classrooms contain a wide range of reading abilities and needs. All of the strategies have been tested and tested again with his students, and each one has achieved significant gains in student performance, confidence, and engagement. Together, the reminders will challenge your best students and support struggling ones. This book will help you:
- teach students to read a variety of types of texts, including websites, tests, literature, and textbooks
- use a wide range of teaching and reading strategies based on current reading research
- anchor your teaching in state and national reading standards
- establish and maintain a comprehensive reading program that includes Sustained Silent Reading and direct instruction
- plan your lessons, select your texts, and assess students' learning with tools and techniques specifically designed for those purposes
- improve your students' ability to discuss and understand what they read
- develop a community of reflective readers within your classroom
- increase the amount of writing your students do.
Customer Reviews:
Superior Organization.......2003-07-19
I've been using Reading Reminders all summer to plan my sophomore reading class strategies next year. I love the organization of this book. Links to related sections are easy to find. Burke gives wonderful examples of so many worthwhile lesson ideas, like dense questioning, making connections, and repeated reading. There are dozens more. I can hardly wait to give my students the reading survey and to run off all the graphic organizers in the appendix!
As a 16-year teacher, I am often disapointed by workshops on reading that are really aimed at the elementary grades and "retrofitted" for high schoolers. This book is a high school teacher's dream.
Superlative.......2003-01-07
As a 26 year veteran of the high school English classroom, I am thrilled with Jim Burke's latest book, Reading Reminders. It has come at a perfect time as well since, like many schools in our state, we have adopted a reading goal as part of our school improvement plan. Not one of the teachers in my department has a reading endorsement or any idea of how to teach reading. So this book has been incredibly helpful to us all (as well as to colleagues in other departments). It is so practical, so well-researched and thought out! It also reminds me of some of the best practice I engaged in when I started teaching but have somehow forgotten over the years. I also appreciate how easy it is to use - you can start implementing the strategies immediately although I think it is most effective to read it through beforehand to appreciate how beautifully it aligns with what is overall best practice in teaching English. Having done a great deal of research lately on this subject, I have not found any materials to equal this book.
(I also give his English Teacher's Companion to all of our new English teachers. They invariably rave about it.)
Want instant results from your students?.......2002-09-12
Without a doubt, this book (and anything else by Mr. Burke) is a must have for any teacher of Reading or English. How Mr. Burke finds the time to put together such wonderful resources is beyond this mere mortal of an English teacher, but I would be lost without Reading Reminders. I literally put some of the strategies to work the day after I bought the book. Several of my collegues rushed out and bought it after seeing the results I was getting. If you have struggling readers, this book will breathe new life into them--and you!
10 Star home run.......2002-08-21
The books description "Do you have a minute? That's how quickly this book will help you improve your students' reading skills. Designed to be read on the run and make every minute count in your classroom, Reading Reminders features Jim Burke's one hundred best techniques for teaching reading, complete with tools and tips on how to implement them. " is a start.
What this book does is teach the facilitator be they public, private or even homeschooling how to get a students attention as well as how to inspire the student to do more than simply read words. I especially like his recommendation on silent reading and how to orally share what one has read and what the author has attempted to convey. This is really important since many students see reading as a chore and end up buying abbreviated books that skim the book and little else. I believe the book can be a valuable tool for parents as well, and that the student whose teacher has read this book, will become a student who also reads quality books for pleasure.
A must have!.......2001-12-22
Today's language arts classrooms wouldn't look the same without the influence of Jim Burke. In Reading Reminders, Burke is able to offer us a concise, easy-to-use book full of strategies and methods that can be used every day. Best of all, the book's table of contents and index are user-friendly, making this an on-the-desk reference. Each page is one "reminder"--a tip on how to complete a task to ensure student success. The next time you're preparing a lesson, a simple thumbing through these ideas will give you several tricks that can be used to spice up your instruction. Highly recommended!!
Book Description
Year after year, consultants, trainers, and human resource professionals have come to rely on the Annuals to provide them with the most current and quality tools on a wide variety of topics. In this book, editor Elaine Biech and contributors to the Annuals have honed in on the important theme of team building to create the first topic-specific book in the Annuals series. The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools includes an innovative ten-block model for building a high-performance team and draws on the best-on-the-topic articles from thirty-five years of Annuals volumes.
Open the pages of The Pfeiffer Book of Successful Team-Building Tools and you will find:
A Stellar Panel of Contributors including Julie O'Mara, Patrick Doyle, Laurence C. Porter, Robert C. Preziosi, Anthony J. Reilly, John E. Jones, Leonard D. Goodstein, and Karen Vander Linde
A Toolbox Loaded with activities, surveys, and information that you can put in place to build high-performing teams
A Complete Team-Building Kit that includes a model for determining a team's strengths and weaknesses
"I cut my training teeth on The Pfeiffer Annuals, and I've been a faithful advocate of these peerless guides ever since the first one. I'm just beside myself with glee to have a collection of the 'classic team-building tools' all in one place! Elaine Biech has done a masterful job of bringing together the all-time favorites and organizing them into a practical model. You've just got to have this book on your shelf, within easy reach. Buy it now! I know you're going to use it often."
--James M. Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge and Encouraging the Heart, chairman emeritus, Tom Peters Company
Customer Reviews:
The best of the best.......2005-12-15
A unique book... A collection of the best teambuilding-tools from the Pfeiffer-annuals. If you only should buy one book in your life about team activities... Choose this one!
Great ideas for HR consultants and general professionals.......2001-08-12
I found the book to be chockful of helpful information--particularly the checklists, personal evaluations, and learning games and tools. I also liked the step-by-step instructions on everything. Very well organized. Easy to find things--just want you're looking for to solve a key issue or use in a special training class.
More Teambuilding Tools!.......2001-07-18
A terrific book of tools for trainers, consultants and facilitators. Edited by Elaine Biech, the contributors provide comprehensive and integrated teamwork activities to help you develop high-performing teams. A must buy!
Fresh, Practical and In-Depth.......2001-07-14
In my work as a training consultant, I get called on to do a lot of work in the area of team building. There are a lot of books on the market that offer games and exercises, but fall short on theory and in depth debriefing. Elaine's book does a tremendous job of doing al of the above. Not only is there a wealth of the practical, but Elaine has gone over and above the expectations of delivering in depth training for the trainer so that one's tool kit if filled with reserve information when conducting teambuilding. YEAH!! Elaine has a way of taking the best of herself and others to make it work for the least to the most experienced trainer in the field. I will use this new tool a lot in my upcoming seminars. I look forward to new books from Elaine...they are ALL on my bookshelf and I use them all regularily for research as well sa recommend them to others!
Fresh ideas for teams.......2001-07-11
This new offering from Pfeiffer/Elaine Biech allows trainers to learn from their peers - working professionals in the field of human resource development. The Ten Block Model clearly presents both a roadmap for new teams and a diagnostic tool for established teams that want to move to the next level. Each of the chapters offers training activities that focus on one of the ten blocks. The final chapter presents a series of team building tools that are practical, easy to use, and thought provoking. This book is the team building equivalent of a recroding star's top hits CD - it presents only the best, culled from a large selection of really good ideas from past Annual editions. A wise addition to your library - a book you'll turn to again and again!
Book Description
Learn how to use Pro Tools, a popular music recording and mixing software, for editing. This unique book and DVD combination allows the reader to truly focus in on the specific skill they want to learn. With the Mixing in Pro Tools: Skill Pack, the reader will learn a specific software skill and complete a project with step-by-step instructions from a pro, using the author's source files on the accompanying DVD. The Skill Pack format allows the reader to hone a specific skill within an application, along with the author's guidance, instead of having to sift through the pages of a comprehensive text on the application.
Customer Reviews:
great book.......2007-09-04
Overall, great resource. If you're new to the world of recording and Pro Tools this book will help demystify mixing. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to learn more about mixing in the Pro Tools world
Customer Reviews:
Great reference..........2002-03-23
I've already made several jigs and used this book as the reference. There is enough detail to guide a user to completion, and more than enough jigs to cover all the situations you might encounter where a jig is required.
Great book... strongly recommend it !
Best shop aid book I have ever seen........1998-11-22
If you need to cut, sand, route, shape, or clamp, this is a great reference book. I have read many shop tip books, and there are ideas here I've never seen anywhere else. And the illustrations are superb.
Book Description
Step-by-step color photographs and descriptive detail make this book indispensable for beginners looking to create beautiful and functional scented candles on their very first try, and for experienced crafters who want to sharpen their skills. Precise instructions eliminate the guesswork that too often creeps into how-to books. Gleaned from the expertise of master candle makers, this guide presents everything a novice needs to know to get started crafting traditional tapers and molded candles, container and rolled beeswax candles, and interesting variations on each. Includes guidelines for buying tools and materials, preparing the workspace, and working safely and effectively, as well as suggested shopping lists. This book includes the contributions of veteran candle makers and crafters.
Customer Reviews:
Highly Recommended.......2007-04-06
Excellent long-lasting bound Book. Excellent colored photos throughtout!
Highly Recommend for Candle Maker Beginners!
Would have to be "Advanced" Candle Maker to need any other Book!
Very Helpful.......2007-04-01
This is a great book for people who are just starting making candles or has never done it before. The pictures are big and all color and the directions are clear. It also has a list of supplies that you'll need to get started for basic candles with easy to do projects.
Beginning Candlemaker.......2006-11-07
If you have made candles before, this book isn't for you. It is however the perfect book for me. I am new to candlemaking and have read all the candle books in the library and bought several more. But when I make candles, I find myself jumping from book to book trying to get all the steps straight.
This book is an extremely detailed explanation (with pictures) of the steps to making several types of candles; container, molded, dipped, and rolled beeswax. It is like having an expert standing beside you, "This is the way you prime wicks. This is how to add color to the wax".
Includes information on equipment, a good explanation of the different kinds of wicks and then step-by-step instructions with lots of pictures and a checklist of materials needed.
Once I get the hang of candle-making, this book will probably be put back on the shelf in favor of more advanced techniques. But until then, this is the next best thing to having an expert walk you through each step.
pictures!.......2005-09-01
This book is very descriptive. It shows step by step photos that get rid of any confusion that is prevalent in most how-to books.
GREAT FOR BEGINNERS!!!.......2004-01-07
I had never made candles before buying this book. This book gives GREAT advice on everything from designs to supplies. The projects shown in the book are wonderfully described, and the pictures are so good you could use them alone if you wanted! The author does a great job of explaining the little things that I never would have thought of on my own. This is a must have for anyone who is new to candlemaking!
Book Description
Editing audio is one of the most important functions of a DAW, and one to which Pro Tools is particularly well suited. However, editing audio is often the least understood and most confusing portion of the program. With Editing Audio in Pro Tools: Skill Pack, readers learn this specific software skill and complete a project using the author's step-by-step instructions and the audio source files on the accompanying DVD. The Skill Pack format allows the reader to hone a specific skill within an application instead of having to sift through a larger book that would only cover the subject in part. Editing Audio in Pro Tools: Skill Pack emphasizes a "learn-by-doing" approach - by using the tutorials in the book and projects on the DVD simultaneously, users will work through a complete project that proves that they have learned what they set out to learn - audio editing in Pro Tools!
Customer Reviews:
Great book from a great Master.......2007-04-24
This is the book that you need if you want to learn and master the Protools and the art of recording. The author is one of the great masters of our time.
Easy & Practical!.......2007-04-22
Finally a good protools book!
Easy to understand, short, good price, excellent exercises and updated.
Cant ask 4 more.
Fantastically done introduction to Pro Tools Editing..........2007-01-02
The "Skill Pack" series from Thomson is a new series of tutorial books that combines a CD of session data with a step-by-step book of exercises. This particular Skill Pack is a well-done, well thought out grouping of tutorials that covers virtually all editing techniques available in Pro Tools. After working through this book, the novice Pro Tools user will be able to do any sort of arranging that his/her imagination (or producer!) may dictate.
The book starts with an overview of all of the edit modes and tools and how to use them in practical ways. This progresses to a chapter covering LOTS of stuff I had not seen elsewhere on "Integrating the Edit Modes and Edit Tools". Then there's a jump to more advanced techniques in Grouping, looping and Tempo/timing, even covering an introduction to Beat Detective (the enigma and savior!).
The author uses memory locations in Pro Tools in order to move from tutorial to tutorial within each chapter, which is a GREAT way to pack a lot of material in without losing the reader. The other Thomson Pro Tools skill pack on mixing does this as well. This technique works WONDERFULLY well in a tutorial book such as this one.
Overall, this book succeeds in it's purpose of developing "a fundamental understanding of the design and philosophy of editing audio in Pro Tools" along with "Real-world practical application of editing techniques". The Pro Tools beginner or early intermediate user will greatly benefit from this book. On the other hand, there's not really much here that advanced Pro Toolers will not already know, but that's not the point of the book.
Congratulations, Michael White and Thomson, on delivering the goods in this installment of the Pro Tools "Skill Pack" series.
Customer Reviews:
Complete and informative.......2007-09-26
I'm a novice woodworker and checked out a dozen books from the library on the subject. This is the one I'm going to purchase - by far the best of the lot.
More than just projects.......1999-12-31
An excellent book for beginners. I especially liked the section on tools and the recommendations for the small set of essentials needed for most projects: hammer, cross-cut saw, tape measure and combination square. There is extensive information on how to work with wood, nails and screws. The projects are not difficult, and some include decorative touches like carving. The only thing missing is information about paints and finishes.
This book saved my life!.......1998-07-02
My wife got me this book as a present, and to say the least, I am no handy man. I am proud to say I now am! This book was super clear, and the designs had interesting projects that we could really use. I really recommend this book to anyone, with or without building experience.
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FOR THE SERIOUS WRITER . . .
Now that you've identified your need, you're ready to move on to THE WRITER'S TOOL BOX which covers the all-important aspects of Openings, Voice, Character and Plot.
These CDs have been distilled from classes, seminars and workshops given from Florida to Finland. They hold the accumulated wisdom of more than 25 years of writing, editing and publishing savvy. They'll open your eyes and save you time.
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- Reflow Soldering Processes and Troubleshooting: SMT, BGA, CSP and Flip Chip Technologies
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