• Age: 5 to 11
• Grade: k to 6

Making Themes Work is the first book in the series Building Connections, designed to provide practical strategies, innovative ideas, and adaptable examples for holistic teaching in elementary classrooms.

This book shows teachers how to organize curriculum and effectively integrate learning experiences using themes. It gives educators the information they need to make themes work for them and their students.

In this book, teachers will find many valuable examples and strategies including:

innovative ways to start a theme effective ways for students to show what they know practical ways to think about theme plannng powerful evaluation strategies classroom-tested ways to manage and organize themes common questions about themes, and the answers ways to inform parents, administrators, and colleagues about learning through themes.

Anne Davies, PhD, has worked in most Canadian provinces, in American states, and overseas. She works with educators at every level—primary to post-secondary, as well as with parents. Anne is involved with schools and jurisdictions in multi-year projects, working closely with local educators. This allows her to help people find assessment-for-learning solutions that work in a specific context. Anne does sessions at home in the Comox Valley, and works with educators in various locations to provide workshops to meet local needs. She also works with professional development and instructional leaders. Anne has written and produced numerous multimedia resources and books, including Making Classroom Assessment Work and co-authoring the Knowing What Counts series. Her newest project is a multimedia resource titled The Facilitator's Guide to Classroom Assessment (K–12).

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Caren Cameron, M.Ed. (1949-2021) retired from a long and varied career in education. She was a teacher for over 30 years and became a District Principal for Educational Programs in Sooke School District #62. As a workshop leader and facilitator, and university instructor, she spent time working with colleagues across North America on a variety of literacy and assessment topics. She has co-authored several practical books to assist busy teachers.

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Colleen Politano, M.Ed., is a consultant working for school districts and the Bureau of Education & Research in British Columbia. She presents workshops on a wide variety of topics, including literacy, brain-based learning, differentiated instruction, multi-age classrooms, and authentic assessment. Colleen was a classroom teacher for 36 years and a recipient of the Canadian Teachers' Federation Hilroy Fellowship for innovation in education. She has co-authored several books. Neill Dixon BUY THE SET AND SAVE Learning with Readers Theatre Making Themes Work Multi-Age and More Recognition Without Rewards Together is Better send this linkadd this book to your website current reviews I am looking forward to putting the arts element back into teaching science and social studies. Bruce Allan Katz Redding School District, California --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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