Overview
Teaching resiliency is the next step in the character education movement. Author, Mary Humphrey presents recommendations for teaching this important skill based on lessons she has taught and perfected in her elementary school library. Featuring in depth lesson plans using picture books and intermediate novels for each of the five coping skills: Work on a Talent, Look Within, Find a Champion, Rescue Yourself, and Help Others, this book is immediately usable in the elementary classroom or school library. The author discusses the research and current thought on the teaching of resiliency and adds an additional annotated bibliography of titles to use to teach each specific coping skill. The book also features an in depth description of a reading incentive program useful in building resiliency skills. Grades K-6. Teaching resiliency is the next step in the character education movement. This book features 20 in depth lesson plans using two picture books and two intermediate novels for each of the five coping skills recommended to be taught as the underpinning for teaching resiliency: Work on a Talent, Look Within, Find a Champion, Rescue Yourself, and Help Others. Also included is a summary of the research and current thought on the teaching of resiliency and an additional annotated bibliography of books to use to teach each specific coping skill. The title also features an in depth description of a reading incentive program that builds resiliency skills. Grades K-6.
Full Product Details
Author: Mary Humphrey ,
Taia Morley ,
Megan Montague Cash
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint: Libraries Unlimited Inc
Edition: Annotated edition
Dimensions:
Width: 21.70cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 27.70cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781591584001
ISBN 10: 1591584000
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Overall, this is a useful addition to most professional collections, but will be particularly important for those libraries serving a significant percentage of high-risk students. * School Library Journal *
<p> Overall, this is a useful addition to most professional collections, but will be particularly important for those libraries serving a significant percentage of high-risk students. - <p>School Library Journal
Overall, this is a useful addition to most professional collections, but will be particularly important for those libraries serving a significant percentage of high-risk students. - School Library Journal
Author Information
MARY HUMPHREY is a previous Libraries Unlimited author. She is currently teacher librarian for the West Genesee Central School District near Syracuse, New York.
