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Springer, Steve; Alexander, Brandy; and Persiani, Kimberly. The Organized Teacher's Guide to Being a Creative Teacher, Grades K-6, Third Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2019.

The Organized Teacher's Guide to Being a Creative Teacher, Grades K-6, Third Edition

Authors: Steve Springer, Brandy Alexander and Kimberly Persiani

Published:  June 2019 Pages: 320

eISBN: 9781260441925 | ISBN: 9781260441918
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Book description:

Liven up your lesson plans and energize your students! Winner of a Teacher's Choice Award!

To keep your students engaged in the classroom, you have to get them excited about learning. This award-winning resource offers hundreds of creative ideas to reenergize your lesson plans for any subject across grades K-6. You’ll find inspiration to help you wake up tired book reports and make math more fun. This new edition has been fully revised to align with the Common Core Standards.

There’s a host of reproducible content such as worksheets, project ideas, templates for journal pages included in the book and available online. From submarine sandwich book reports to graphic organizers to help incorporate writing into math curriculum, The Creative Teacher, Third Edition, has ideas and materials to add zing to your classroom plans as you incorporate the Common Core Standards.

The Creative Teacher, Third Edition features:

•Content that aligns with Common Core standards

•Reproducible, ready-to-use pages in the book and online

•Prompts and tools to keep students motivated and engaged

•Hundreds of creative ideas to liven up your lessons, and more

Steve Springer, M.A., has taught for more than 20 years and has developed teacher-training programs for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He has a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Concordia University, focusing on teaching science through the arts. Springer is a presenter for bilingual and new teacher conferences.

Brandy Alexander, M.F.A., is a full time classroom teacher in Los Angeles and a part-time faculty member at California State University, Los Angeles where he also serves as a master teacher for student teachers. He has a master’s degree in Fine Arts from California State University, Los Angeles. Alexander also presents at new teacher conferences.

Kimberly Persiani-Becker, EdD, is an associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles in the area of Curriculum and Instruction. She received her doctorate from the University of San Francisco in international and multicultural education. Persiani-Becker is a frequenter presenter for domestic and international teacher’s conferences.