British Isles Weather and Climate by Stephen John Reeve

British Isles Weather and Climate by Stephen John Reeve

What does rigor, a word that frequently pops up in conversations about education, really mean? More specifically, what does it mean for literacy instruction, and how does it relate to challenging standards-based assessments? In this informative and practical guide, literacy expert Nancy Boyles uses the framework from Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to answer these questions, offering experience-based advice along with specific examples of K-8 assessment items.

Boyles defines rigor and shows how it relates to literacy at each DOK level and explains the kind of thinking students will be expected to demonstrate. She then tackles the essence of what teachers need to know about how DOK and its associated rigors are measured on standards-based assessments. Specifically, readers learn how each DOK rigor aligns with

• standards,
• text complexity,
• close reading,
• student interaction,
• the reading-writing connection, and
• formative assessment.

Teachers, coaches, and administrators will find clear guidance, easy-to-implement strategies, dozens of useful teaching tools and resources, and encouragement to help students achieve and demonstrate true rigor in reading and writing.

Steve Reeve first became involved in the weather when as a teenager he sailed dinghies on the River Crouch in Essex and then raced successfully in the Thames Estuary. Four years studying geography in Newcastle-upon-Tyne led to a teaching career combined with sailing cruising yachts, climbing and mountain walking which deepened his interest in all aspects of meteorology. He now admires the weather from the comfort of his sailing catamaran although his interest in the weather has taken him in another direction as he has embarked on a flying course. Steve taught geography in the state education system for twenty years and then became a sailing instructor specialising in the theory of navigation and meteorology. He has written course material for the RYA Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper and Ocean Yachtmaster courses and developed independent courses in meteorology. He authored the 'Complete Day Skipper' published by David & Charles in 1993, which is a detailed text for skippers and crew preparing for the RYA Day Skipper course. Over the past few years, the author has carried out extensive research into various aspects of weather and climate with the intention of producing a series of books that will bring the subject alive. British Isles Weather & Climate is the first book to be published in what will be a series of titles over the next couple of years. Some of these will be quite general in their approach including a text on how climate change has affected the British Isles since the Ice Age while others will concentrate on specific activities such as aviation meteorology and weather for boat owners.

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ISBN 13	9780993417405
ISBN 10	099341740X
Title	British Isles Weather and Climate
Author	Stephen John Reeve
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Snowgoose Books
Year published	2015-10-01
Number of pages	164
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