The Reading Group Handbook is smartly written and full of tips and suggestions to help you to start a book club that will be organized and entertaining. This is the book to buy if you are planning to start your own book club. The Ultimate Guide to Student Contests Grades K-6 by Scott Pendleton Walker Books, Oct., 1997. The Ultimate Guide to Student Contests by Scott Pendleton will be an excellent addition to the professional library of any educator or parent. The book covers contests in all subject areas from art, dance and music to computers, mathematics and science.
Prizes range from public recognition to monetary compensation and scholarships.
From the view of the professional teacher, this handy and practical volume is the answer to what to do with those talented students who have effortlessly finished an entire week's assignments the first two days of the week and are clamoring for new road maps for their hungry minds. Ignore this type of student at your peril, for such minds will not turn off and very well may invent something not to your liking. So now, while you are working with the struggling remainder of the class, you can rest in the knowledge that you have set these gifted young minds off in the right direction. The Ultimate Guide to Student Contests is well-researched and organized by subject so that you can match the contest to the student. Here is the reference guide for you.