Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
by Esquith, Rafe
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670038156
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038152
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
Read Rafe Esquith's posts on the Penguin Blog. The New York Times bestseller that is revolutionizing the way Americans educate their kids-"Rafe Esquith is a genius and a saint" ( The New York Times ) Perhaps the most famous fifth-grade teacher in America, Rafe Esquith has won numerous awards and even honorary citizenship in the British Empire for his outstandingly successful methods. In his Los Angeles public school classroom, he helps impoverished immigrant children understand Shakespeare, play Vivaldi, and become happy, self-confident people. This bestseller gives any teacher or parent all the techniques, exercises, and innovations that have made its author an educational icon, from personal codes of behavior to tips on tackling literature and algebra. The result is a powerful book for anyone concerned about the future of our children.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001491
- Title
- Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
- Author
- Esquith, Rafe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670038156
- ISBN 13
- 9780670038152
- Publisher
- Viking
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Education, Educational philosophy, Ethics - Study and teaching, Education - Moral education, Teaching, Values - Study and teaching
- Bookseller catalogs
- Education; Children & Parenting;
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