Enrich center time with easy-to-make-and-store kits! These 30 skill-building games and activities help kids practice skills and learn concepts related to key science topics: the five senses, animal ba
Even very young children can learn a repertoire of elaboration techniques to take their writing from bland to exciting. In this resource, a veteran teacher shares the mini-lessons and strategies she c
Help students get a better grasp of the content they need to know with this collection of fun and easy-to-use graphic organizers. The book contains 50 classroom-tested reproducible templates that come
Invite children to explore the stories and rich, detailed artwork of this popular author-illustrator. Includes a profile of Jan Brett; before- and after-reading discussion ideas; and activities that
This book is jam-packed with engaging, ready-to-use activities—including learning games, puzzles, and real-life problems—that teach important math concepts in multiplication, division, fractions, deci
Students are sure to succeed in standardized tests, thanks to meaningful and relevant hints from the OTest Tutor.O Designed to resemble various statewide tests, the three practice tests in this book o
Students are sure to succeed in standardized tests, thanks to meaningful and relevant hints from the OTest Tutor.O Designed to resemble various statewide tests, the three practice tests in this book o
Students are sure to succeed in standardized tests, thanks to meaningful and relevant hints from the OTest Tutor.O Designed to resemble various statewide tests, the three practice tests in this book o
Young learners build emergent reading and writing skills—as they create beautiful art! Children work together to create a whole-class work of readable art such as accordion books, giant murals, and sc
Jo Worthy provides an in-depth look at Readers Theater, a fun and effective technique for building students’ fluency. It also enhances students’ comprehension, increases their vocabulary, and fuels th
A compilation of five titles from the Best-Ever Activities for Grades 2-3 series, this terrific book is packed with teacher-tested ideas and activities that teach important language arts skills and co
Whether they're putting on a puppet show, acting out a fairy tale, or running an imaginary restaurant, preschoolers love to play. In fact, they thrive on it. In this full-color, photo-packed book, Ben
Students are sure to succeed in standardized tests, thanks to meaningful and relevant hints from the OTest Tutor.O Designed to resemble various statewide tests, the three practice tests in this book o
Develop students’ critical thinking and reasoning skills to help them become better readers. These fun and easy-to-play games give kids practice in categorizing and analyzing information, making infer
Language Arts teachers and teachers in other content areas will find in this book an exciting new framework for teaching adolescent writing and a wealth of tools to enact it in their classrooms. The e
Make key reading and spelling skills stick with these engaging, no-mess, Magnetic Learning Center Mats! This set includes two big 11" x 14" magnetic, write-on wipe-off boards, a set of 70 magnetic fo
Students are sure to succeed in standardized tests, thanks to meaningful and relevant hints from the OTest Tutor.O Designed to resemble various statewide tests, the three practice tests in this book o
Students are sure to succeed in standardized tests, thanks to meaningful and relevant hints from the OTest Tutor.O Designed to resemble various statewide tests, the three practice tests in this book o
From the author of 6+1 Traits of Writing: The Complete Guide comes this collection of essential forms for assessing students, planning instruction, communicating with parents, and teaching forms of wr
Make it easy to integrate reading-skill instruction into the content areas! An experienced teacher shares her research-based activities, graphic organizers, and strategies for teaching reading during
Word Family Tales are humorous read-aloud stories created to build early phonics skills by teaching children to recognize "families" of words that share the same spelling pattern. This ability helps k
A step-by-step guide helps teachers communicate essential literacy information to parents and provides a simple and effective way to engage them in their children’s literacy development.
Learning the letters and their sounds is as easy as ABC with this big collection of alphabet activities! Easy-to-make mini-books?one for each letter, hands-on activities, and 156 colorful picture card
This comprehensive resource contains everything teachers need to teach a full year of science and more! Includes background information, standards-based mini-lessons with easy teacher demonstrations,
In Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons, you will find a wealth of exciting classroom-tested lessons that will aid you in teaching the comprehension strategies--connect, predict/infer, question, summarize,
Invite children to sing along and learn how to follow directions, a key to success in school! This full-color, illustrated book with audio CD includes lively original songs that encourage active liste
Can a once-a-week homework activity really boost reading fluency and comprehension? Yes! One-page reading passages, a couple of quick comprehension activities, and a parentOs signature are all you ne
This thoughtful guide offers lessons and strategies for all stages of writing nonfiction: collecting information from print and nonprint sources, evaluating and analyzing the data, and sharing it with
Teachers will turn to this treasury of ideas again and again to build oral language, sequencing skills, and comprehension. Hands-on flannel board stories, finger plays, and interactive stories help bu
In this thoughtful new resource, a master teacher shares her framework for presenting powerful read-aloud lessons that teach students the comprehension skills they need to read nonfiction. You’
For intermediate-grade teachers who want to weave the traits into their writing program but are unsure where to begin, help has arrived! This book contain just what they need to get started: trait-foc
For primary-grade teachers who want to weave the traits into their writing program but are unsure where to begin, help has arrived! This book contain just what they need to get started: trait-focused
Three seasoned teachers share ways to teach early learners to read and write informational texts. Their step-by-step mini-lessons demonstrate how to help children distinguish between fiction and nonf
Provides clear answers to the most frequently asked questions about literacy instruction. Literacy coaches and administrators will also find the book an indispensable resource for professional develo
Build early reading and writing skills—and teach about neighborhoods and communities—with these reproducible nonfiction books that kids help write and illustrate! Just photocopy the book
