Max Brand
121) Crazy Rhythm
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Having been away from Yellow Creek for eight years, Jimmy Geary was happy to see the town again. But there are three men who aren't happy to see Jimmy Geary return, and they conspire to make his stay this time very short.
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In A day of words, fifth-grade teacher Max Brand demonstrates how he helps students search for, study, and celebrate words. Taped over the course of one day, we see distinct word instruction segments that Max has planned, along with many spontaneous teaching moments that occur for word work. Students learn more than just spelling skills or vocabulary knowledge; they become more naturally accomplished in their understanding and use of words in all...
124) Conferring with boys
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In this video, Max Brand confers individually with two different boys in this fifth grade classroom, one during writer's workshop, the other during reading workshop. Max demonstrates the key elements of successful literacy conferences with boys, plenty of wait time, homing in on specific text, and discussing reading or writing strategies the student is using. About the author: Max became a teacher because he loves to learn and teaching gives him...
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This carefully edited collection of world's most admired westerns will take you on a roller coaster ride through the plains of Wild West, the old trails, gold rush adventures, frontier sagas and more! Introduction The Last American Frontier – History of the 'Far West', of the Pioneers & Trailblazers Story of the Cowboy Story of the Outlaw Novels & Stories Riders of the Purple Sage Saga (Zane Grey) Ohio River Trilogy Dan Barry Series (Max Brand)...
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This collection of world's greatest western novels and stories include rip roarin' cowboy adventures, tales of the famous outcasts, the heroes of the Wild West, conniving villains and intriguing sagas: - Andy Adams - Ann S. Stephens - B. M. Bower - Bret Harte - Charles Alden Seltzer - Charles King - Charles Siringo - Dane Coolidge - Emerson Hough - Forrestine C. Hooker - Frank H. Spearman - Frederic Homer Balch - Frederic Remington - Grace Livingston...