This guidebook is the result of two months worth of interviews with education stakeholders about the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K). The purpose of this investigation was to document the policy process that produced CAP4K, analyze and clarify the stakeholder network, and catalog stakeholder concerns and opinions about the policy.

The school years.

Designed to help K-3 teachers deal with restless, energetic students including those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, this book contains quick movement breaks that can be used between other classroom activities to minimize disruptions and maintain a positive learning environment for all students. The activities, labeled according to appropriate age levels, length of play time, and group size, include shape recognition, stretching and...

Shares eight humorous stories with complex words for beginning readers. New blends, more sight words, and longer complex words advance readers' skills, while sounds repetition keeps reading easy. Meaningful stories and playful pictures help kids stay absorbed and continue building interest in reading

Presents a collection of creative activities for students in kindergarten through the fifth grade.

With a strong emphasis on developmental theory and constructivism, explains underlying causes for child behavior, weaves numerous preschool and primary classroom examples throughout, and includes two chapters on guiding children with special needs. This book more clearly links guidance techniques to the causes of behavior than any other on the market. It features prevention of behavior problems through developmentally appropriate practices and meeting...

Consonant blends, endings, and a few sight words advance reading skills and create more complex stories. Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable.

Presents a collection of rhymes, fairy tales, and folk tales accompanied by follow-up reading activities for each story.