Bright Ideas is crammed with lively easy-to-use ideas to brighten up your day. * Very simple to use - slot into your existing teahing. * Ideal for busy teachers - one page per activity. * Fresh, ready-to-use teaching ideas and resources. * Addresses the rea day-to-day needs of the classroom teacher.

Have you ever walked away from a conversation full of doubts and insecurities? Do you feel as if you've lost a little ground after every staff meeting? Most people are either too passive or too aggressive in their business lives, and they end up never getting the support, recognition, or respect that they desire. The business leaders and trainers from Dale Carnegie Training® have discovered that applying appropriate assertiveness to all interactions is the most effective approach to creating a successful career. The 5 Essential People Skillsshows how to be a positively assertive, prosperous and inspired professional. Readers learn to: •Relate to the seven major personality types •Live up to their fullest potential while achieving personal success •Create a cutting-edge business environment that delivers innovation and results •Use Carnegie's powerhouse Five-Part template for articulate communications that grow business •Resolve any conflict or misunderstanding by applying a handful of proven principles Once readers know and can employ these powerful skills, they will be well on their way to a new level of professional and personal achievement.

It is said that we need reminding as much as we need educating. This is particularly true in education and youth work with young people have been impacted by trauma in their lives. The behaviors seen on a daily basis require constant fidelity to the basic skills needed to address, rather than exacerbate, those behaviors. Whether you are a teacher, a juvenile probation officer, a street outreach worker, a volunteer, or one of a hundred other professions where your job is to spend your time with young people with the goal of effecting change, The 5 Skills will help you do so in a trauma-informed manner that fosters a young person's resilience. For those with experience, The 5 Skills provide an important daily reminder; and they are the first skills that should be mastered if you are new to the field.

The Skills Book offers students extra reading, writing and listening practice. Based on the trusted Let's Go methodology, it uses the vocabulary and grammar patterns that students have covered in the Student Book and Workbook. This approach reinforces the languagestudents have learned with Let's Go and ensures that they are practicing their skills at the correct level.Listening Practice CDResearch1 suggests that listening is the most commonly used skill, but is often the most difficult one forstudents to master.2 The Listening Practice CD that accompanies each Skills Book maximizes your opportunities to develop students' listening skills.Every lesson includes an audio-based listening comprehension exercise. Students can only complete each exercisewhen they understand the audio, so you can be confident that they are making good progress as they work through the book.The activities reinforce the speech delivery patterns that students have heard through the Student Book Audio CD, consolidating what students have already learned. The familiar structures allow them to reallyfocus on understanding and building their listening skills.1. Wilt, Miriam E. "A study of teacher awareness of listening as a factor in elementary education," Journal of Educational Research, 43 (8), April, 1950, pp. 626-636.2. http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Bazo-FourSkills.html

Tap the power of digital learning! In today’s digital world, distance and cultural differences are inconsequential. Technology empowers students and provides them with unlimited resources and opportunities. With this easy guide, you’ll learn the five essential skills to transform students into global learners: Creating and sharing digital information Using social media Digital publishing Building a personal learning network Using aggregators to create, maintain, and share content Loaded with tips and examples for using PLNs, Facebook, Twitter, Skype, YouTube, Jing, and other essential tools, this breakthrough guide to incredible learning opportunities will keep you and your students a step ahead! The Corwin Connected Educators series is your key to unlocking the greatest resource available to all educators: other educators. Being a Connected Educator is more than a set of actions: it’s a belief in the potential of technology to fuel lifelong learning. "It′s a fact that not just our children, but all of us, are global learners. Equipping global educators who are comfortable navigating rapidly shifting digital platforms is vital. Mark Barnes cogently shows this in 5 Skills for the Global Learner, where the emphasis is on building digital skills and digital literacy. This book is a great addition to the Connected Educator′s toolkit." — Homa S. Tavangar, Author, Growing Up Global (Random House) and The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners (Corwin) "Educators, parents, and businesses around the world wonder if we are preparing today’s youth for the challenges they will face tomorrow in our interconnected world. Both new and experienced teachers will appreciate these 5 essential skills that encourage communication and collaboration throughout the digital world. As a teacher and advocate of global education, I believe these resources and tips launch the foundation our students need for the 21st century." — Becky Morales, Author of The Global Education Toolkit for Elementary Learners (Corwin) and Founder of kidworldcitizen.org

For success in school and life, students need more than proficiency in academic subjects and good scores on tests; those goals should form the floor, not the ceiling, of their education. To truly thrive, students need to develop attributes that aren’t typically measured on standardized tests. In this lively, engaging book by veteran school leader Thomas R. Hoerr, educators will learn how to foster the “Formative Five” success skills that today’s students need, including Empathy: learning to see the world through others’ perspectives. Self-control: cultivating the abilities to focus and delay self-gratification. Integrity: recognizing right from wrong and practicing ethical behavior. Embracing diversity: recognizing and appreciating human differences. Grit: persevering in the face of challenge. When educators engage students in understanding and developing these five skills, they change mindsets and raise expectations for student learning. As an added benefit, they see significant improvements in school and classroom culture. With specific suggestions and strategies, The Formative Five will help teachers, principals, and anyone else who has a stake in education prepare their students—and themselves—for a future in which the only constant will be change.

Guide students in grades 5 and up toward a healthy lifestyle, both physically and financially, using Life Skills: Preparing Students for the Future. This 128-page book covers topics such as work ethic, nutrition, exercise, sexually transmitted diseases, drugs, and preparing financially for the future. Graphic organizers, self inventories, puzzles, real-life situations, and cloze activities provide creative opportunities for students to assess their own lifestyles and make good choices for the future.