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    Active Lessons for Active Brains: Teaching Boys and Other Experiential Learners, Grades 3-10
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    Active Lessons for Active Brains: Teaching Boys and Other Experiential Learners, Grades 3-10
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    Active Lessons for Active Brains: Teaching Boys and Other Experiential Learners, Grades 3-10

    By Abigail Norfleet James, Sandra Boyd Allison and Caitlin Zimmerman McKenzie

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    About this ebook

    Learn what to do when your students’ feet just can’t keep still.

    If you have had enough of repeating yourself to students who aren’t listening, try a little less talk and a lot more action. The authors of Active Lessons for Active Brains have assembled an indispensable, ready-to-use collection of mathematics, language arts, science, and classroom management strategies to focus a classroom full of energetic minds. Designed for active, hands-on learnerswhether male or femalethe text provides more than 70 specific lesson plans for addressing students’ common challenges, already differentiated to match their experiential learning style.

    The many benefits of using this book include:

    A more orderly classroom
    Enhanced capacity to focus on tasks
    Improved retention of subject matter
    Increased student engagement

    This book contains a wealth of examples, visuals, and material that can be easily reproduced in the classroom. Suitable for upper elementary to high school students, lesson plans can be readily adapted to suit any curriculum.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse Publishing
    Release dateMar 4, 2014
    ISBN9781629140278
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    Active Lessons for Active Brains: Teaching Boys and Other Experiential Learners, Grades 3-10

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