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Small Schools

• NAD Small School Spelling Curriculum (Levels 1-5) Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  A practical, easy-to-use multi-grade spelling curriculum designed for small Adventist schools. Individually orderable resources for this series include:

  Spelling Teacher's Edition (Includes placement tests, fun activities, program management...
• SMART - NAD Small Schools Science Management and Resource Tool Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  The SMART manual (2008 update) organizes the NAD science curriculum topics, correlating grades 1-4 topics with those of grades 5-8, allowing a teacher with combined grades to teach the same topic across grade levels. The manual includes detailed lesson outlines...
• SoSMART - NAD Small Schools Social Studies Management and Resource Tool Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  SoSMART is the Social Studies Management and Resource Tool is a correlation of the NAD curriculum guide topics for Grades 1-4 with those for Grades 5-8. Designed to assist multi-grade teachers, this manual provides detailed lesson outlines for each instructional...
• 1A: Shepherd's Search, a Christmas Musical Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  Each musical in this series tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of different Bible characters with part 1 of each set written for a Christmas/winter program and part 2 of each set written for a Spring/Easter program. Suggestions for music played by a...
• 1B: We Have Found Him, an Easter Musical Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  Each musical in this series tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of different Bible characters with part 1 of each set written for a Christmas/winter program and part 2 of each set written for a Spring/Easter program. Suggestions for music played by a...
• 2A: The Promised Messiah, a Christmas Musical Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  Each musical in this series tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of different Bible characters with part 1 of each set written for a Christmas/winter program and part 2 of each set written for a Spring/Easter program. Suggestions for music played by a...
• 2B: Messiah's Legacy, an Easter Musical Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  Each musical in this series tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of different Bible characters with part 1 of each set written for a Christmas/winter program and part 2 of each set written for a Spring/Easter program. Suggestions for music played by a...
• 3A: Great Controversy, a Christmas Musical Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  Each musical in this series tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of different Bible characters with part 1 of each set written for a Christmas/winter program and part 2 of each set written for a Spring/Easter program. Suggestions for music played by a...
• 3B: Great Controversy, an Easter Musical Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  Each musical in this series tells the story of Jesus through the eyes of different Bible characters with part 1 of each set written for a Christmas/winter program and part 2 of each set written for a Spring/Easter program. Suggestions for music played by a...
• An 18-Hour Day - Which Hat Do I Wear? Teacher or Principal? Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  Martha Havens examines the complexity and addresses the challenges of educational administrators who hold a teacher-principal role. This article suggests survival skills and management suggestions for simplifying the task.
• Bigger is not Necessarily Better Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  Evidence and research substantiate the many advantages students receive in a multigrade environment, and challenge the philosophy that "bigger is better". Advantages include social development and self-concept; self-concept and work study skills;...
• Bridges to the Digital Classroom in Small Schools Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  "Marc Prensky, in his 2001 article Digital Natives Digital Immigrants, points out what may be the biggest problem we are facing in education: our Digital Immigrant instructors, who speak an outdated language (that of the pre-digital age), are struggling...
• Bringing Powerful Teaching to the Small Schools Kindergarten-Grade 10
  
  Larry Burton shares his experiences in using many instructional strategies in a one-room school. Implementing these strategies can lead to what the author calls "instructional empowerment." Models of Teaching (MOT) strategies discussed include: Synetics;...
• Cooperating for Success - Cooperative Learning Benefits Teachers and Students Kindergarten-Grade 8
  
  Cooperative learning can be incorporated in multi-grade settings if several steps are followed. First the teacher must make a commitment to stay with cooperative learning long enough to become proficient at it. Second, go slowly. Third, have someone to whom...
• Cooperation - The Only Way to Go in Small Schools Kindergarten-Grade 8
  
  This article from the special JAE issue on cooperative learning states that multigrade classrooms provide the perfect climate for practicing cooperative learning skills. The author gives suggestions for the different subject areas as well as catchy getting-started...
• Geology - A SMART unit Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  Dictionary.com defines geology as: the science that deals with the dynamics and physical history of the earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the physical, chemical, and biological changes that the eaerth has undergone or is undergoing.
  
  This...
• Grouping Students for Reading Instruction Kindergarten-Grade 8
  
  Ideas for teaching reading more effectively in small schools. Reading instruction provides unusual challenges because students must be taught at a mastery level and provided with enrichment and reinforcement. Suggestions dealing with general group management...
• Human Body - A SMART unit Grade 1-Grade 8
  
  The Human Body is an awesome thing. Imagine what fun God had in designing us! The Human Body is a SMART unit -- geared specifically for use in one-room schools. However, the ideas and plans are easily adapted for students at any level in the 1-8 situation....
• Lake Union K-2 Program Manual Kindergarten-Grade 2
  
  A manual outlining the philosophy and criteria for the establishment of a K-2 Seventh-day Adventist program, is accessible online. It includes general Lake Union requirements pertaining to K, 1 and 2, and specific considerations for this combined grouping....
• Language Art Links for Indiana Small Schools Grade 1-Grade 6
  
  Indiana Conference links for teaching Pathways language arts in small schools.