Teaching fractions doesn't have to be like pulling teeth! Your students will love these hilarious reproducible stories and follow-up problems that reinforce essential fraction skills: addition, subtr
This comprehensive pack features 15 engaging topics?including animal families, plant life cycle, clouds, volcanoes, sound, light and shadow?that support the Next Generation Science Standards. Each top
A collection of 25 leveled passages with text-dependent comprehension questions that help students tackle increasingly complex texts and provide the academic rigor called for by the Common Core State
A collection of easy-to-use lessons that focus on grammar, spelling, punctuation, editing and use of conventions in writing. Each lesson follows a predictable pattern: a teacher-modeled lesson on da
"Success With RTI is a crowning achievement for Cooper, Robinson, and Kiger. Thus thorough and efficient little book represents a major contribution to RTI methodology. It rovoals an uncanny perceptio
Defining word study as the direct exploration and analysis of words?through phonics, vocabulary, and spelling instruction?the authors maintain that it is most effective when sound, spelling, and meani
In this completely revised and updated edition of a best-selling classic, master teacher Laura Robb reflects on how her teaching has evolved over the ten years since the book’s initial publication. Dr
In this friendly guide, veteran teacher Marilyn Pryle shows how to give focused and effective feedback during writing conferences. She annotates dozens of conferences transcripts, demonstrating how to
Short, simple, and engaging, these cloze stories give children the repeated practice they need to master words belonging to 50 different word families. Children use a word bank and text and picture c
At last, a collection of smart, breakthrough lessons that help you teach your students all the essential editing skills they need to create successful, polished writing. Each grade level specific book
Invite children to sing along and learn the letters of the alphabet, the building blocks of reading success! This full-color, illustrated book with audio CD includes lively original songs that encour
Target key math skills with this collection of motivating, kid-pleasing practice pages. First, students read hilarious fractured fairy tales to capture their interest. Then, with model problems and ot
Alphabet Soup, Cereal Box Consonant Search, Clown Slide Blends, Flip the Vowel Flapjacks . . . . Kids will clamor for these easy and irresistible games and activities that teach and reinforce alphabe
Writers become better by writing. In this book, master teacher Marilyn Pryle offers plenty of standards-based activities to keep students constantly writing. She starts with eight “practices” that hel
Why read aloud to students in middle school? Reading aloud exposes them to a wide variety of text types and genres, builds background knowledge, models effective reading behaviors, and more. The selec
This collection of irresistible games targets the math skills students in grades 2-3 need to know, including addition, subtraction, time, money, and place value. The 30 easy-to-prep activities use com
Fluency is essential for comprehension, but how exactly do you teach it? From Readers Theater and Choral Reading of Patriotic Songs to Exploring Vocabulary and Incorporating Movement to Improve Proso
Struggling writers need personalized, focused, and assessment-informed instruction and, to this end, Angelillo shows teachers how to provide their students with three levels of support: 1) self-monit
In this fascinating look at nonfiction writing, Laura Robb shares the classroom-tested lessons she developed after interviewing prominent nonfiction writers about their practice. From finding topics a
Overcome the language barrier with your Spanish-speaking students and their families with this handy guide and its indispensable tools: English-Spanish translation charts, idiomatic expressions, cogna
Introduce key features of nonfiction with 12 easy-to-read biographies of must-know, inspiring Americans. Designed for young readers, these engaging 16-page books feature lively text, captions, realis
Colorful, time-saving, and a snap to store, these easy-to-assemble file folder games encourage independent learning. Just glue the brightly colored game pieces inside file folders, and students will
Features thirty centers with templates and activites that help children with important skills such as letter recognition, letter sounds, and letter formation.
Teachers will turn to this treasury of ideas again and again to help kids build key math and science concepts. Hands-on activities and experiments help kids discover, problem-solve, count, research,
Enrich center time with easy-to-make-and-store "kits"! These 30 skill-building games and activities help kids practice connecting numbers to the quantities they represent, skip-counting, place value,
2015 Newbery award winner Kwame Alexander knows how to tap into students’ creativity and jumpstart unparalleled excitement for reading and writing. Alexander shares the essential tools and techniques
Shows parents how to encourage literacy in their preschool children and why it is important, providing ideas for activities that promote reading, writing, and communication within the home and through
Motivate students to check their facts and really learn content as they write in these fun, informational formats. Students learn how to share fascinating facts through sidebars, communicate concisely
In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing?ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence flu
In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing?ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence flu
In this amazing kit, writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect mentor texts with in-depth lessons to help you teach the traits of writing?ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence flu
Dip into this vast collection of quick writing lessons and activities to find exactly what you need-whether it's a lesson on using exact words, writing an essay, developing a plot, or organizing a rep
Teaching writing just got easier and more effective because of these sturdy crates. In them, teachers will find everything they need to help students use the six traits-ideas, organization, voice, wor
Teaching writing just got easier and more effective because of these sturdy crates. In them, teachers will find everything they need to help students use the six traits-ideas, organization, voice, wor
Teaching writing just got easier and more effective because of these sturdy crates. In them, teachers will find everything they need to help students use the six traits-ideas, organization, voice, wor
While most parents understand the importance of promoting literacy in their young children, they often aren't sure how to do it. This book provides guidance. Taking a ""literacy-throughout-the-day""
Colorful, time-saving, and a snap to store, these easy-to-assemble file folder games encourage independent learning. Just glue the brightly colored game pieces inside file folders, and students will
What makes a good relationship? How does flight influence behavior for humans and birds? Is it ever permissible to lie? Reframing our units and lessons with questions such as these makes learning mor