A practical introduction to Maths teaching designed specifically for beginning teachers in primary and secondary schools. It brings together the latest DfES and TTA guidelines and requirements with authoritative guidance, ensuring that readers feel confident about how to approach their role as a teacher. This book explores key issues in maths teaching today, including:planning and classroom managementassessment, recording and reporting information and communication technologyinvestigative mathematicsequal opportunities, special needs and differentiationkey skills and alternative mathematics qualificationsbeing an effective maths teacher personal and professional development in the early stages of a teaching career.
Storm McKenzie is a probation officer in a small city in Oregon. She's also happily married and the mother of two great kids. Everything is just about perfect, except for the scars. Set on fire by her father in a drunken accident when she was thirteen, abandoned by her mother, Storm is a damaged soul searching for a cause. An article in a local paper and a chance meeting with the right person is just the catalyst she needs to take action and become what she was meant to be, a brutal and unforgiving vigilante who will risk it all to avenge those betrayed by the ones they trusted the most.
A practical introduction to Maths teaching designed specifically for beginning teachers in primary and secondary schools. It brings together the latest DfES and TTA guidelines and requirements with authoritative guidance, ensuring that readers feel confident about how to approach their role as a teacher. This book explores key issues in maths teaching today, including:planning and classroom managementassessment, recording and reporting information and communication technologyinvestigative mathematicsequal opportunities, special needs and differentiationkey skills and alternative mathematics qualificationsbeing an effective maths teacher personal and professional development in the early stages of a teaching career.
Austin Ward, thinks she's learned to live with her fear of the dark. She's put the past behind her and there's even a new man in her life. But when people she cares about are brutally murdered Austin realizes she can no longer pretend. To find the truth behind the deaths she must face and overcome her fear. But who is the killer? Is it someone out to get her? Has a serial killer come to her small Pacific Northwest town? Or, has something sinister followed her from childhood, something she met once before...in the dark? Needing help to overcome the panic attacks that leave her unconscious, she starts seeing a not unattractive therapist. Her search for healing is sidetracked, however, when she realizes that each time she has an attack someone close to her is killed. As the body count rises, Austin is driven to find the killer, but where should she begin her search? Is someone seeking revenge? Has a serial killer come to her quiet Pacific Northwest town? Or, has something sinister followed her from childhood-something she met once before-in the dark?
Ever since her father set her on fire, Storm McKenzie has refused to be anyone's victim. The path from loving wife and mother to brutal vigilante was almost predictable. But now the rules that kept her safe have all been broken. Scared that her past crimes will catch up with her, she tries to change, but that change is short lived when her father is released from prison, her estranged mother gets in trouble, and Storm realizes that the call of blood is even stronger than the call to justice.
"Cold Kill" by Pamela Cowan is a heart-pumping psychological thriller that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Kayla, a former sheriff's deputy, lost her foot in a shooting and has been struggling to come to terms with her new life as an amputee. But when she becomes the target of an angry man, Kayla must find the courage to fight back in order to survive. As the danger escalates, Kayla is forced to confront her deepest fears and the trauma that haunts her. With each step she takes, she must navigate the twisted mind of her tormentor and confront the demons of her past. "Cold Kill" is a thrilling and intense novel that explores the complexities of trauma, courage, and survival. Cowan's writing is raw and visceral, capturing the physical and emotional toll that Kayla's journey takes on her. If you're a fan of psychological thrillers that keep you guessing until the very end, then this is the book for you.
Two sisters solving crimes. Emma, a private investigator, recently divorced and needing to prove she competent and can go it alone. Ellen, a retired military investigator trying to find her way in the civilian world. When a case of arson turns to murder the sisters must work together to uncover the truth and confront a killer, both unaware that a hidden enemy is watching their every move. Crime solving with a hint of sibling rivalry.
In this suspense novel Pamela Cowan, author of Cold Kill, gives us Bobby Poe, a grease-smudged hero who loves, lives and fights for what matters most. Bobby Poe and his best friend Jake grew up together in foster care, bonding over their rebellious natures, and shared love of fast cars and heavy metal music. When Jake asks him to help a mutual friend with a problem, Bobby finds himself drawn into a dangerous world of crime and corruption. Will love, friendship, and the support of a makeshift family be enough to assure his safety and success, or is the damage inflicted by his past too great? "Suffering from PTSD and a broken heart Bobby Poe still stands up and fights for everyone. A new hero " Corky Alexander, Simon Says Book Reviews "Zoey is an idiot." Haley Lane, Author of The Twilight King
Imagination. It is a word that conjures up so much and can cover so many emotions. In this collection of nine unique stories and a poem, you will cross centuries, hang in suspense, chuckle and perhaps even laugh, and wonder did the character imagine that or not. Dari LaRoche starts this anthology with a poem that explores what sparks the imagination as it moves between conscious thought and the sublime, reflecting the beauty that surrounds us. In Metro Takes a Road Trip, Susie Slanina returns to the adventures of a dog named Metro discovering new places and talents. InThe Watching Game, Lisa de Nikolits crafts a story that explores invisible friends, suspense, and the power of suggestion. Diana McCollum's story, Son-ja's Journey, explores the story of a lost child who wanders into a Native American tribe's camp and is raised as one of their own.Pamela Cowan's story, Mars, moves away from earth to outer space, in her futuristic tale with a twist about a young man coming of age. Back on earth, Mary Vine provides a story of romance, suspense, and humor in Grandma Harper's Imagination. Maggie Lynch pits fantasy against reality in Sky Painter, as a young girl develops unusual talents. Another Life, by Paty Jager, provides a conundrum for the reader to unravel whether a battered wife and a dead husband is a tale of delirium or truth. In Project I.M.A.G.I.N.E. Anna Brentwood and Colton Long pen a cautionary tale of artificial intelligence that begins in the 1980s. Kimila Kay closes out the anthology with Rattlesnake Ravine, a suspense novella that plays with imagination versus truth and the consequences of having to choose only one side.
What do you think of when you hear the word "Navigate?" Do you think of using cell phone apps to help you drive from one place to another? Or do you think of navigating life and its ups and downs? Or perhaps you think of navigating the stars. In this collection of fourteen stories, our authors have used the theme to provide humor, compassion, wonder, scares, and questions for the reader to solve. Inside you'll find everything from a heartwarming children's tale story about a little dog to genre-spanning works for adult readers including witchy-romantasy, women's fiction, mystery, science fiction, memoir, poetry, and contemporary literature. Enjoy This Volume Contains: Metro Sails the Atlantic - Susie Slanina The Cottage on the Hill - Diana McCollum A Country to Cross - Therese Patrick Dark Tide - Pamela Cowan Changing Course - Paty Jager Jamboree Jealousy - Kimila Kay Navigating the Stars - Mary Vine When I'm an Old Lady - Judith Ashley Navigating the Chaos - Dari LaRoche The Beckoning - Maggie Lynch Delicate Creatures - Melissa Yuan-Innes In the Interest of Transparency - Lisa de Nikolits The Conscript - M. Jaimeson The Journey - Ron Roman
