{"product_id":"tools-for-teaching-in-the-block","title":"Tools for Teaching in the Block","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"It is not unusual for teachers to feel overwhelmed when their school shifts from a traditional bell schedule to a 90-minute block. Sejnost guides teachers from feelings of apprehension and nervousness to those of confidence and excitement by giving them tools and research-based strategies to reach their students in new and challenging ways.\" Nancy W. Sindelar  Instructor and Consultant California State University  San Bernardino \"Sejnost presents strategies that enable students to locate  synthesize  evaluate  retain  and utilize information as successful adolescent learners and as successful adults in our fast-paced  knowledge-driven society.\" Nancy K. MaGill  Program Director  Our American Voice Barat Education Foundation Effectively use extended class periods to enhance student achievement! Roberta L. Sejnost offers an alternative to the usual lecture format to help teachers create coherent  effective lessons for extended blocks of instructional time  no matter what the subject or grade level. This book provides teachers with a four-phase lesson planning framework and numerous teaching strategies to build higher-level thinking skills and increase student learning. Teachers can use practical  research-based methods and tools such as cooperative learning  quality questioning  and graphic organizers to reach secondary students. The author includes reproducible blackline masters for classroom use  plus activities for: Preparing students for learning by fostering their prior knowledge  helping them set a purpose for reading and learning  and teaching the vocabulary necessary for understanding Helping students actively interact with and process what they have learned Clarifying and reinforcing content and taking learning to the next level Tools for Teaching in the Block enables educators to take advantage of block scheduling to promote reading  writing  and critical thinking in adolescents.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44958119329845,"sku":"ByrdShop_1412957133","price":32.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781412957137.jpg?v=1770365128","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tools-for-teaching-in-the-block","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}