Ellis, Susan S. and Whalen, Susan F.
Cooperative Learning Getting Started
. New York: Scholastic, 1990. This book provides a basic how to approach to beginning cooperative learning situations in the classroom. Much emphasis is placed on social skill interactions and cooperative learning assessment.
Greenes, Carole et. al.
Thinker Math-Developing Number Sense and Arithmetic Skills
. Sunnyvale, Ca.: Creative Publications, 1989. A collection of blackline masters separated into sections by mathematical content for grades 3 and 4. The activities are based on thematically related stories from across the curriculum and can be adapted for content and ability level.
Goodnow, Judy & Hoogeboom, Shirley.
Reasoning With Teddy Bear Counters
. Sunnyvale Ca.: Creative Publications, 1989. This is a set of math and logic problems for grades 2 to 4 in which the emphasis is on problem solving using teddy bear counters as manipulatives. The book is divided into 10 sections, each emphasizing a different strategy for problem solving.
Goodnow, Judy & Hoogeboom, Shirley.
Cooperative Learning With Base Ten Blocks
. Sunnyvale Ca.: Creative Publications, 1991. This is a collection of 70 problems for grades 2 and 3. The problems are designed to be solved in small groups of 2 to 4 students. Each student in the group has an important piece of information and only through sharing can students solve the problems.
Nierenberg, Gerard.
The Art of Creative Thinking
. New York: Fireside,1986. Set up as an at-home workshop for adults to become more creative problem solvers, this work contains a step by step set of exercises designed to increase creative mental ability. I include it as a resource because it is from the minds of creative teachers that creative lessons emerge.
Rief, Sandra F.
How to Reach and Teach ADD/ADHD Children
. New York: Center for Applied Research in Education, 1993. This very comprehensive work provides practical techniques, strategies, and interventions for helping children with attention problems and hyperactivity. I include it as a supporting resource for the multi-modal approach utilized in this unit.
Tiedt, Iris M. and Pamela L.
Multicultural Teaching
. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1990. I have included this exhaustive resource because it addresses issues of diversity which often become evident in a discussion of moral behavior. This book contains several hundred activities for all grade levels across the curriculum. After reading this book, the teacher will surely examine both the overt and covert curriculum in her classroom.