This invaluable resource has been created to help beginning teachers move toward becoming ?master? teachers by providing the framework for tasks and dispositions that are part of a thriving elementary classroom community. Although not a theory book, From Striving to Thriving provides explanations and rationales in a context for the activities, strategies and tools it suggests. Chapter contents include subject areas such as communication (with parents as well as school relationships); finding resources to enrich the learning experience; organization; building community in the classroom; and attending the diverse needs of learners. A zipped file is also included that contains lists, letters, student and family activities, recommended literature, lesson plans and PowerPoint presentations.

A show horse with a magical mask? Predators and their prey working side by side to prevent the extinction of both black-footed ferrets and their main source of food, prairie dogs?? A Short Tail: The Adventures of Sirius, the Arabian, tells the story of an unlikely partnership in an epic battle against the destruction of an endangered ecosystem to preserve the balance of nature. A story about the power of coming together to create change. Never judge a horse by the length of his tail but by the size of his heart and the magic he shares. Meet Sirius and his activists! Watch where you step!

In these dialogues, Jesus, now teaching as the fully awakened Christ shares how he awakened to this Reality and clarifies many of his own experiences when he too once experienced the state of mind we now identify as being a separate body in a world.

A collection of personal essays from people who value the bonds they share with their horses and the ways in which life with horses enriches every aspect of our lives. In these stories, horses and humans overcome obstacles, achieve success, and find out what really is important to them.