5 Tips for Teachers to Finish the School Year Strong

These last couple of months of school can often be the most trying on teachers! Students are starting to see the prize at the end of the year that is summer vacation, and as the days move forward it can often be harder and harder to keep everyone focused on the present. Here are some quick tips.

1. Set your priorities.

With a growing concern over the lack of funding towards education, it seems a hard blow has hit Texas in terms of education woes.

“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory."

                                                                                  -George S. Patton

Twenty NINETEEN is in full swing. It’s never too late to adopt some New Year’s resolutions!

1. Work Smarter, Not Harder

It seems like all too often we spend our time at work and at home doing the same tasks over and over again. The other culprit? Distraction. Whether it’s your teacher friends who love to pop into your room and chat or the urge to check your smartphone too much, it seems like there is always something.

Kendall Hunt is excited to announce their much anticipated partnership with Illustrative Mathematics (IM), the author and developer of core mathematics curricula and professional learning resources.

Customizing may seem like a big project to take on, but with the help of Kendall Hunt we can streamline the process.

The TAGT Legacy Book Awards honor books published in the United States that not only have long-term potential for positively influencing the lives of gifted individuals, but in addition, contribute to the understanding, well-being, education and success of gifted and talented students.

Captivating the interest of high school students can be a daunting task, but what happens when you pair your science curriculum with a popular and accessible subject like forensic science? Read about one teacher's experience introducing and incorporating Forensic Science for High School into her school's science curriculum. 

Kendall Hunt Publishing K-12 Division Vice President Charley Cook presented Karen Brown, Gifted Program Mentor with the Paradise Valley Schools, Arizona, with the 2018 Masters & Specialist Award at NAGC 2018 on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 15, 2018, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Join us at NAGC in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the Minneapolis Convention Center, in booth #810, on Nov. 15-18, 2018!

Did you know that the purchase of Kendall Hunt’s Forensic Science for High School also gives you access to the online program, The Murder at Old Fields? The interactive lab activity gives students a chance to interact with real-life crime analysis, such as DNA testing. Students will travel to Long Island to investigate the double-murder of Alexander and Rebecca Smith.

My best friends and I finished our freshman year of college last May. As students, we studied a lot but listened to music even more. At school we had multiple playlists dedicated to different moods, styles, and activities. We listened to one playlist while we did homework, we blasted a different playlist while we exercised, and we kept another in the background while we just enjoyed each other’s company.

Casio America, Inc., a leading provider and pioneer of calculation and education technologies, announced its partnership with the Kendall Hunt Publishing Company to integrate Casio's new ClassPad.net calculation software into the Discovering Algebra, Discovering Advanced Algebra, and Discovering Geometry e-textbook series.

Visit us at NCTM in Washington D.C. in booth #373! Come see how ConstructEd, a division of Kendall Hunt, is changing the way K-12 curriculum is viewed.

We are excited to announce the addition of a new digital social studies offering that is now available to schools!

180 Days Podcast Hosts Karen Greenhouse and Tim Pope, talk with Lizzie Hull Barnes, the Director of Mathematics for the San Francisco Unified School District, about how they created customized curriculum to replace made-to-order textbooks in order to meet the needs of their students and teachers.

There seems to be a lot of talk recently about Inquiry Based

Bartholomew Consolidated (IN) recently created a one-semester math course for students who had successfully completed Algebra 2 that did not wish to take standard precalculus. This course covers traditional high school trigonometry topics without the same level of abstraction as a precalculus course.

Kern High School District in Bakersfield, California, delayed adopting new Algebra curriculum longer than most districts because they wanted to see what curriculum would be available for new standards and practices. They agreed they wanted something different than what they were using previously.

Inquiry-based science and hands-on learning are important components of the science curriculum offerings from Kendall Hunt Publishing. We believe that learning through doing allows students to experience what they are learning about in a way that cannot be obtained simply through reading or writing.

Kendall Hunt Publishing Director of K-8 Product Development & Sales Janet Meyers and Gifted Sales Consultant Barb Schoop accepted the 2017 Legacy Book Award for Curriculum Materials for the unit Mind Your Time during the Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented Annual Conference Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, in Houston, Texas.

Kendall Hunt Publishing President Chad Chandlee presented Heather Vaughn, Assistant Director of Advanced Academics at The University of Texas at Austin, Utah High School, the 2017 Master’s & Specialist Award at NAGC 2017 Friday morning, Nov. 10, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Vaughn was selected because of her varied work on behalf of gifted children and her commitment to her own continuing education.

Part 1: Important Questions

“This is good. You are right. We’re convinced. Why isn’t this the way math is taught in more places? Why don’t more people get this?”

Earlier this week, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company announced a new division catering to the K-12 marketing. ConstructEd allows you to build curriculum in three simple ways: create, customize or adopt.

Here at Kendall Hunt, we have a very special employee to feature this month – one who has been with us for 40 years!

The month of June brings about Father’s Day, National Donut Day, the first official day of summer, and most importantly, a new KH Spotlight! Among these many things to celebrate in June, we’re celebrating Mrs. Angela Kearney.

Before you know it, you’ll be enjoying some well-earned time to relax this summer! Here are five ways you can work to get your classroom ready for back to school before you leave for the summer. Now we know that you’ll be putting in hours over the summer too, but why not set yourself up for success and relaxation from the beginning?

As educators, we are constantly looking for ways to promote cognitive thinking.  What does that look like?  How can we ensure opportunities that engage student’s thinking?

As we inch closer to warm weather and sunshine, let’s shed some light on another one of our valued employees! Jerilyn Hilse is a Curriculum Sales Coordinator with Kendall Hunt Publishing. Starting her career path in Florida, she is now based out of North Carolina. Jerilyn contributes fantastic experience and knowledge to our team.  

We want you to get to know the people behind our products! Starting this month, we will be featuring an author on our blog in our Author Spotlight series. Today, let’s get to know Michael Serra—author of Discovering Geometry.

Another month, another standout employee to recognize! Tim Pope is the K12 Curriculum Director here at Kendall Hunt. Tim works with schools, teachers, and authors to develop curriculum tools that will meet the diverse needs of today’s teachers and students.

Kendall Hunt College of William & Mary Language Arts title The Pursuit of Justice Teacher Guide, written by Mary Ann Yedinak, was named the 2016 Legacy Book Award recipient for Curricular Materials by the Texas Association for the Gifted & Talented.  

Selena Robinson used William & Mary The Center for Gifted Education Social Studies curriculum The 1920s in America: A Decade of Tensions with her sixth grade daughter. Of using the program, she said, “This was a wonderful history lesson – one of my favorites ever in our homeschool.

Math Trailblazers® 4th Edition is a coherent, research-based, K–5 mathematics curriculum that reflects the goals and ideas of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards for School Mathematics and aligns with the Common Core State Standards.  

We love seeing how our gifted education offerings are being used in the classroom! This situation is especially unique. This Charleston school is using Project M³ for all of its students!

A former middle school math teacher, Danielle is a mother to five children 9 years old and under. She used Project M³: Mentoring Mathematical Minds Unraveling the Mystery of the MoLi Stone with her second and fourth graders who are both in third grade math. “The activities are very engaging,” Danielle said.

Krista, mother to three boys, ages 5, 11 and 15, used William & Mary The Center for Gifted Education Language Arts curriculum A World of Wild, Wacky, Wonderful Words with her 5-year-old, Daniel.

We are excited to welcome Pamela Weber Harris who recently joined the author group for Discovering Advanced Algebra. Harris joins the team of Ellen Kamischke, Eric Kamischke and Jerald Murdock. An updated version of Discovering Advanced Algebra will be available in January of 2017.

More than ever, the importance of STEM education is becoming more and more apparent in today’s ever changing world. According to the U.S. department of Commerce, careers in STEM are growing extremely quickly at 17% from 2008 to 2018 compared to other careers growing at a rate of 9.8%.

This spring, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company announced a partnership with Desmos, an ed-teach product known for offering an online graphing calculator. This fall, this digital math component will be integrated with Kendall Hunt’s Discovering Algebra.

As the weather gets colder and students spend more time cooped up indoors after heading home from school each day, there is no better time to stress the importance of reading at home. Encourage your students to spend some (or most) of that time reading. For some students, this will seem much more appealing than it will for others.

I had the privilege last month of spending a week in the Galápagos Islands working with math teachers as part of the Galápagos Conservancy’s Education for Sustainability in Galápagos program through a partnership with Teachers 2 Teachers International.  More than 270 Galapagos teac

All sights were set on Nashville at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference. NSTA celebrated their 64th annual conference, March 31-April 3, with over 7,800 in attendance. Attendees gathered to view the featured new editions of Forensics and BSCS: Biology, A Human Approach.