April 2012 | Text Language List

SPELLING WORKOUT LEVEL B PUPIL EDITION Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I purchased this for my 7 year old who is in second grade (homeschool). He really loves the workbook and wants to do all the activities for the week in one sitting. The words are not too hard. I can easily see him finishing and moving on to the third grade level before finishing second grade. Each week...

Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Software Architecture: Foundations, Theory, and Practice is a landmark text that will become an essental introduction to the discipline of software systems architecture. If you are a student, tester, manager, methodologist, developer, or simply an architect, and want a holistic understanding of what...

Spanish Verbs 101 (Learn in Your Car) (Spanish Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is a great CD for those who want to memorize verb tenses. The CD is a little boring, as it is simply one woman who conjugates verbs, and then gives an english translation for each one. Each tense is done in order, then starting with the -ar verbs, then -er verbs then -ir verbs. It is the verbal...

The Selected Poems of Federico García Lorca (New Directions Paperbook) (English and Spanish Edition) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Translations usually don't do justice to Lorca's poetry, who seemed distant and maudlin in some of the earlier translations that I had read. A friend assured me that Lorca was worth pursuing, and indeed he was. In this collection, which features crisp and sharp translations, including those by Stephen...

Read-Aloud Anthology: 35 Short, Riveting Read Alouds Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've tried several of the read alouds in a middle school. The students really were riveted! Janet Allen has produced another very useful book for educators.Click Here to see more reviews about: Read-Aloud Anthology: 35 Short, Riveting Read AloudsYou'll reach for this collection of kid-pleasing read alouds...

FPGA Prototyping by VHDL Examples: Xilinx Spartan-3 Version Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This is one of the best introductory VHDL books out there. Even though it does not focus on the VHDL Language itself it does demonstrate the use of VHDL and the hardware design methodology via practical design examples. All explanantions are clear and easy to follow. The design examples provided in the...

The Art of SEO: Mastering Search Engine Optimization (Theory in Practice) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I am one who has been very outspoken about the more shady SEO practitioners and about the ridiculously overprices "courses" that are heavily promoted on the Internet. SEO has acquired some of the taint of huckster marketing because of that.I hope this book helps eliminate some of that. There's no need...

English Sentence Structure (Intensive Course in English Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Eureka! I found the best English grammar book at last. The author successfully dissected and analyzed even the most confusing sentece structure.I have read and studied a lot of books to give me confidence in speaking English as my second language and none of them satisfied me like this book.I recommend...

Second Grade Writers: Units of Study to Help Children Focus on Audience and Purpose Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Second Grade Writers has 5 chapters: Becoming a Community of Writers, Writing for Change, Writing a Book Review, Exploring Humor, and Writing about Research. It gives more ideas that expand on Lucy Caulkins Units of Study and Parson's First Grade Writers. After reading it, I don't believe it has as many...

7 Keys to Comprehension: How to Help Your Kids Read It and Get It Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I devoured this book!! As a parent and a teacher, I know that this book is valuable for both groups. If children have the benefit of knowing how to think while they read, there can be no stopping them. All of us who love to read may not even realize what we are doing during this process but something...

ABAP Objects: Introduction to Programming SAP Applications Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I dont have anything bad to say regarding this book. familiarity with Object oriented and programming paradims is certainly useful. This is not a learn in 21 days book. Set aside coupla months and enjoy the ride. The cool thing abt this book is the ability to tryout the abap programs. I DID HAVE PROBLEMS!!!...

Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I've taught for 21 years, but I always felt like there must be a better way to teach writing to children. This book tells how. Katie Wood Ray gives specific techniques for teaching structure, ways with words, and teaches you to teach your students to read like writers. For all of this, she uses the most...

Exploring the Literature of Fact: Children's Nonfiction Trade Books in the Elementary Classroom Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)it is a book, it came looking like a book, it walked like a book, it talked like a book, it was exactly what i was looking for, yeah!Click Here to see more reviews about: Exploring the Literature of Fact: Children's Nonfiction Trade Books in the Elementary ClassroomFilling a crucial need for K-6 teachers,...

The Lion and the Jewel (Three Crowns Book) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If you've ever found the world around you changing and weren't quite sure where you fit into the scheme of things, this play is one you'll want to read. Soyinka develops several themes throughout the work- some of the most relevant themes include the struggle for power between men and women and tradition...

AP English Literature & Composition Crash Course (REA) (Advanced Placement (AP) Crash Course) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Living up to its name 'Crash Course' - this test-prep book is concise and well organized. As an AP Literature teacher, this book is the perfect aid in preparing for the last few weeks of class before the exam. The author provides an analytical approach to refining essay writing, an outline for extracting...

Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)This book is an excellent tool for teaching the four important reading stategies of predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. The third graders that I have used it with love the characters. They are using the strategies more because of the characters that were used to introduce them. The...

RHCE Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide (Exam RH302) (Certification Press) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)The Red Hat Certified Engineer is one of the most respected of the Linux certifications. Part of the reason is because of the difficulty of the exam. "Red Hat Certified Engineer Linux Study Guide, 4th Edition" covers all the points of the exam very well and includes the information you need to work with...