Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14

Written with warmth and humor, Yardsticks offers clear descriptions of children's development. This comprehensive, user-friendly reference helps teachers and administrators use knowledge of child development to shape classrooms and schools where all children can succeed.

For each age, this book includes:

• Narrative description of developmental traits
• Charts summarizing physical, social, language, and cognitive growth patterns
• Suggestions for curricular areas: reading, writing, mathematics, and thematic units
• Favorite books for different ages.

What's new in the third edition:

• A new, brief overview of issues in the development of bilingualism and biliteracy among Latino/Hispanic children
• A new appendix on the "birthday cluster exercise" for applying the information in the book to working with a whole class of students
• An updated list of recommended children's books
• An updated list of recommended resources for teachers and parents.

• Yardsticks: Child and Adolescent Development Ages 4 - 14
• The Power of Our Words: Teacher Language that Helps Children Learn
• Where Great Teaching Begins: Planning for Student Thinking and Learning
• Counseling Children and Adolescents: Connecting Theory, Development, and Diversity (Counseling and Professional Identity)
• Classroom Instruction That Works: Research-Based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement
• The First Six Weeks of School
• Literacy Assessment and Intervention for Classroom Teachers
• Differentiated Instructional Strategies: One Size Doesn′t Fit All
• Teaching Student-Centered Mathematics: Developmentally Appropriate Instruction for Grades Pre-K-2 (Volume I) (3rd Edition)
• Social Studies Content for Elementary and Middle School Teachers (2nd Edition)