Reference Books

<p>This handy dictionary is three-hole punched to fit into a binder for easy access and portability at home or at school. Features clear, concise definitions of the words students need to know&mdash;more than 20,000 entries. Easy-to-read page design. Includes special sections on basic English grammar, abbreviations, 10 general spelling rules and 10 rules for forming plurals.</p>

<p>Smart notebook style is three-hole punched to fit into a binder for easy portability and access. Authoritative and up-to-date, it features 50,000 synonyms and antonyms. Easy-to-read page design and simple-to-use alphabetical organization for quick look-ups. Also includes a brief history of the English language.</p>

<p>Build a foundation and focus on what matters most for readiness. This 96-page comprehensive supplement contains standards-aligned, reproducible activities designed to focus on critical skills and concepts that meet the Common Core State Standards. Each page includes 16 problems to be completed during a four-day period. The exercises are arranged in a continuous spiral so that concepts are repeated weekly. An assessment for the fifth day is provided for evaluating students&#39; understanding of the concepts practiced throughout the week. Also included are a Common Core State Standards alignment matrix and an answer key.</p>

<p>Offers complete grade-specific resources to teach to the Common Core State Standards. Each set contains the original Complete Common Core State Standards Kit, which includes two-sided cards with the standards on one side and the corresponding &quot;I Can&quot; statement on the other; the Daily Standards Pocket Chart to efficiently display the standards in the classroom; and Common Core-aligned workbooks for language arts and math. Each age-appropriate set also includes additional resources to maximize standards-based learning!</p>

<p>School stops for summer&hellip;learning never should! The award-winning workbook series is aligned to Common Core State Standards and was developed to help parents support their children academically year-round. Recommended by teachers. In only 15 minutes a day, the activities help children keep skills sharp and feel confident for the coming school year. Each workbook is divided into three sections which correspond to the three months of traditional summer vacation. Sections begin with a goal-setting activity, a word list, and information for parents about the fitness and character development activities located throughout the section. Extension activities also encourage outdoor learning, science experiments, and social studies exercises. With bonus flash cards and a colorful award certificate, it is all you need for learning fun all summer long!</p>

<p>Alphabetical list of cities and towns in the U.S. with detailed zip code maps of principal cities. Features updated area code directory with cross reference by city and state. Latest postal rates for domestic and foreign mail, plus UPS information.</p>

<p>Handy reference contains more than 13,000 main entries and over 1,000 full-color photos and drawings. Entries include word histories as well as word detective, vocabulary builder and spelling notes. Appendix features a thesaurus as well as phonics, spelling, measurement and geography sections.</p>

<p>Easy-to-use reference expands children&#39;s vocabularies. Over 4,000 main entries, with more than 36,000 synonyms to help add precision and color to writing. Hundreds of word group and antonym features.</p>

<p>An up-to-date dictionary and thesaurus in one user-friendly volume. Offers a convenient way to examine dictionary entries and research corresponding synonyms at the same time. The dictionary contains 70,000 entries, and the thesaurus contains 150,000 synonyms, all alphabetically arranged to correlate with the dictionary entries on the same page.</p>

<p>400,000 entries with 10,000 new words and tenses. Full color with 4,000 photographs and illustrations. Updated guidance on usage from the renowned Usage Panel, and new notes on regionalisms and language variation and change. Revised biographical and geographical entries as well as up-to-date charts and tables for topics such as world currencies and chemical elements. Thousands of updated etymologies, a fully revised Appendix of Indo-European Roots, and a new Appendix of Semitic Roots. Thumb indexed.</p>

<p>A comprehensive dictionary of medical language. Over 45,000 clearly worded, well-researched items with thousands of definitions revised to reflect recent changes in research and practice. Includes more than 90 easy-to-understand, labeled illustrations and tables. More than 1,000 new words have been added, reflecting new tests (immunoblot), treatments (photodynamic therapy), diseases (SARS), procedures and disorders. Commonly prescribed and over-the-counter medications are included. The vocabulary of HMOs and managed care is covered as well.</p>

<p>Handy office dictionary features over 70,000 entries, 3,000 new words and over 400 illustrations.</p>

<p>Designed expressly for speakers and writers in the Americas, this concise dictionary has been revised to include the most current computer, telecommunications and Internet vocabulary in both English and Spanish. Featuring American English and Latin American Spanish, it contains 70,000 entries, with more than 120,000 meanings. It also includes handy guides to irregular verbs, pronunciation, and peoples and places of the world.</p>

<p>This invaluable resource reflects up-to-the-the-minute developments in all areas of vocabulary, from Internet technology to current events. 65,000 age-appropriate definitions are used in sample sentences for context. Full-color design with more than 2,000 photographs, drawings and diagrams. Hundreds of fascinating and informative feature notes. New table lists entries with Usage and Synonym notes.</p>

<p>Updated edition based on Webster&#39;s New College dictionary. Contains over 60,000 entries with clear, concise definitions and more than 1,200 new words and senses. Updated biographical and geographical entries. Includes fascinating word histories and regional expressions. Synonym, abbreviation and acronym lists.</p>

<p>The complete reference library for home, school or office. Features three handy reference books including a dictionary with 60,000 definitions, a thesaurus with 35,000 synonyms and New Essential Writer&#39;s Companion, a 298-page style guide to assist you with any written communication. Includes slipcase to keep books organized.</p>

<p>Organized alphabetically for easy look-up. Synonyms and antonyms. Examples of usage given for all 35,000 synonyms.</p>

<p>The official dictionary of The Associated Press Stylebook, a dominant force in the school market, and a favorite of newsrooms and copy editors nationwide, its user-friendly qualities and standard for clarity have distinguished it as the trusted name for over fifty years. A clear and accessible defining style, compelling feature notes, full-page tables and charts, hundreds of drawings that complement the definitions, and authoritative guidance on usage and style points make this the perfect dictionary for use at school, the office, and at home. Completely revised and updated, it features more than 160,000 entries, over 600 illustrations, and 25 charts and tables. About 5,000 new entries and senses have been added, including terms from the areas of arts and sports, science and medicine, computers and the Internet, food, business, politics, and law (examples include biodefense, cage match, celebutante, derecho, deleverage, hashtag, stevia, and webinar). It also includes extensive coverage of 12,000 Americanisms (words, phrases, and senses coined by an American or first used in the United States). Hardcover, thumb-indexed.</p>

<p>Fully revised and updated, this dictionary will help you understand and communicate your medical needs when it matters the most. Written by doctors and the experts at WebMD, this edition offers 8,500 entries, including 500 new terms, a vitamin appendix, and a companion website to give you access to medical language.</p>

<p>New and fully updated edition. Provides a quick check of the spellings and definitions for people on the go. Features over 35,000 definitions. Includes pronunciations, syllable divisions and inflected forms for all headwords. Detailed punctuation guide lists basic rules with example sentences. Reference section contains tables for weights and measures, metric prefixes, metric conversions and the states of the U.S.</p>

<p>Features more than 225,000 definitions and over 42,000 usage examples. Includes newly added words and meanings across a variety of fields, including technology, entertainment, health, science and society. Special sections include: A Handbook of Style, Foreign Words &amp; Phrases, Biographical Names and Geographical Names. Includes an electronic version of the dictionary and a free one-year online subscription.</p>

<p>This innovative volume is the ultimate language resource. The features of a dictionary&mdash;meanings, pronunciations and usage guidance&mdash;are combined with the synonym and antonym features of a thesaurus in a fully integrated whole. Thesaurus entries, which are printed in blue and appear just below the dictionary entries, provided synonyms for every defined meaning, making it easier than ever to find the &quot;right&quot; words to express your ideas. 67,000 clearly written dictionary definitions. 140,000 synonyms and antonyms.</p>

<p>The newest edition of one of America&#39;s best-selling dictionaries covers core vocabulary with new words added from a variety of fields. More then 70,000 updated definitions, pronunciations, word origins and synonym lists as well as abundant usage examples.</p>

<p>Completely up-to-date dictionary features over 32,000 entries, 600 full-color illustrations and 250 word history paragraphs. Special sections on geography and U.S. presidents.</p>

<p>An attractive, affordable reference set including The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, and Merriam-Webster&rsquo;s Vocabulary Builder.</p>

<p>Revised edition has more than 70,000 entries including thousands of new words and 1,000 illustrations, many revised. Abundant word history paragraphs, synonym paragraphs and example sentences. Updated to reflect groundbreaking Merriam-Webster&#39;s 11th edition Collegiate&reg; Dictionary.</p>

<p>Two essential language references integrated into one handy volume. Nearly 60,000 dictionary entries. More than 13,500 thesaurus entries including extensive synonym and antonym lists. Nearly 500 new thesaurus entries added to cover new vocabulary. Dictionary and thesaurus entries combined alphabetically. Clear and concise word guidance including abundant example phrases. Based on the best-selling Merriam-Webster&rsquo;s Collegiate&reg; Dictionary.</p>

<p>Revised edition has more than 100,000 entries and nearly 1,000 illustrations, many brand new. Includes example sentences&mdash;more than 15,000 usage examples. 200 word history and 530 synonym paragraphs clarify meaning. Updated to reflect Merriam-Webster&#39;s 11th edition Collegiate&reg; Dictionary.</p>

<p>Over 157,000 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic phrases and related and contrasted words. Brief definitions describe shared meanings. Abundant usage examples aid word selection. Thumb-notched edition.</p>

<p>A bilingual, bidirectional guide to Spanish and American English with extensive coverage of Latin-American Spanish. More than 80,000 entries and 100,000 translations. Includes sections on grammar in both Spanish and English and Sample Correspondence. Abundant word-use examples.</p>

<p>An all-purpose thesaurus at an attractive price. More than 150,000 word choices, including synonyms, antonyms, related words and idiomatic phrases. Abundant usage examples. Alphabetically organized for ease of use. Brief definitions describe shared meanings.</p>

<p>Written for children in grades K&ndash;2, ages 5&ndash;7. Introduces 3,000 words using 1,000 entries with hundreds of captivating illustrations by Ruth Heller. Full sentences are used to discuss definitions, common phrases, and usage examples in age-appropriate language to show how words are used in context. Teaches basic dictionary skills: alphabetization, spelling, parts of speech, letter sounds, use of synonyms and antonyms, word histories, homographs and homophones. Packed with jokes, poems, and popular stories to foster and develop a child&rsquo;s language skills.</p>

<p>Updated atlas contains maps of every U.S. state, and each map is 35% larger than the average atlas version. Plus, it features a 350-plus city-details inset, national park maps and a comprehensive, unabridged index. Road construction projects and updates are located conveniently above each map. Mileage chart shows distances and driving times between 77 North American cities and national parks. Paperback, spiral-bound.</p>

<p>Updated North American atlas contains maps of every U.S. state, every Canadian province, an overview map of Mexico and detailed inset maps of over 350 cities and 20 U.S. national parks. Highlighted road construction projects and updates are located conveniently above each map. Mileage chart shows distances and driving times between 90 North American cities and national parks. Paperback.</p>

<p>Oversized, laminated flip chart with easy-to-learn songs set to your favorite tunes for each letter of the alphabet. Use to teach phonemic awareness, letter recognition, and more! Includes instant lesson plans.</p>

<p>Alliterative animal storybooks build phonemic awareness and teach every letter of the alphabet. Each book includes a story, a hide-and-seek picture page and a rhyming poem to ensure kids get lots of practice with every letter, laying the foundation for reading success. Set includes 26 storybooks, one 128-page teaching guide and a sturdy storage box.</p>

<p>Get children on the road to reading success with this collection of storybooks. Includes a great teaching guide filled with tips to enrich your guided reading. Teach key skills with this collection of engaging informational books.</p>

<p>Build a caring classroom environment with this big, laminated flip chart featuring 25 songs! Bright, sturdy resource can be displayed all year to enrich circle time with songs about sharing, friendship, special days and more. Includes companion CD for sing-along fun, plus teaching pages with instant activites and strategies.</p>

<p>Kids climb to new heights in reading and writing with these engaging, reproducible word building games. Kids read clues on each rung, then change and rearrange letters to create words until they reach the top. All the while, they&#39;re boosting decoding and spelling skills, broadening vocabulary, and becoming better, more fluent readers.</p>

<p>Short, simple and engaging, these cloze stories give children the repeated practice they need to master 100 key sight words. Children use a word bank and text and picture clues to fill in missing words that give each story meaning. A word search provides further practice in reading and spelling target words. Great for independent learning or homework.</p>

<p>Each storybook features engaging illustrations that support simple and predictable text designed to build young readers&rsquo; confidence. Audio read-aloud and text highlighting&mdash;plus downloadable PDFs of each mini-book. A companion guide includes teaching strategies, activities, quick assessments, and reproducible versions of the mini-books.</p>

<p>Boost key reading skills and cultural literacy with this big collection of classics that are &ldquo;just right&rdquo; for young learners. Each storybook features lively, easy-to-read text paired with supportive illustrations, making them perfect for independent or guided reading. Includes 75, 16-page books (five copies of 15 titles), standards-based reproducibles, graphic organizers, 112-page teaching guide, mini-book versions of all 15 tales and a sturdy storage box.</p>

<p>Students will love these read-aloud stories that teach parts of speech, the proper use of commas and quotation marks and more. A great way to help every child learn, meet the language arts standards and become a strong, confident writer. Includes ten 16-page storybooks, 120-page teaching guide, reproducibles, mini-book versions of each story and a sturdy storage box.</p>

<p>Boost students&#39; nonfiction skills and their vocabularies with these super-engaging readers, packed with fascinating facts and photos! The books include a table of contents, three short chapters, diagrams, captions, a glossary, comprehension questions and more. Comes with a complete teaching guide.</p>

<p>Teach reading and science simultaneously with this super set of exciting books that correlate with guided reading levels A&ndash;D. Inside the sturdy red tub, you&rsquo;ll find six copies of 24 photo-filled titles (six of each reading levels A-D) for a total of 144 books. Includes a great teaching guide filled with tips to enrich your guided reading practice and skill-building reproducibles. A great addition to all Pre K-1 classrooms.</p>

<p>Help students learn how to read better with the powerful technique that makes the reading process come alive for kids. Think aloud as you read from a novel, a textbook, or any other kind of book and watch your students become confident, fluent readers! Model predicting, inferring, visualizing, summarizing, making connections to real life and more. Finally, students can &quot;see&quot; what good readers do and apply it to there own reading process.</p>

<p>Tap into the power of picture books to help teach key literary elements. This complete toolkit includes eight high-interest picture books, hand picked by literature experts to facilitate a dynamic way of teaching of setting, point of view, plot, characterization, theme, foreshadowing, flashback and figurative language. Includes a companion teaching guide for each picture book, a colorful poster for each literary element, recommendations for meeting common core state standards and a copy of the professional resource, Using Picture Books to Teach 8 Essential Literary Elements.</p>

<p>Little Leveled Readers are not too easy or too hard, but just right! That&#39;s because they&#39;ve been carefully evaluated by a reading specialist to correlate with Guided Reading Levels. This step-by-step, book-by-book program guides children through the early stages of reading. Inside each set you&#39;ll find 75 storybooks (five copies of 15 titles) on topics children love, which makes them perfect for group learning. Includes Level A Set, Level B Set, Level C Set and Level D Set. Also includes a mini-teaching guide and storage box for each set.</p>

<p>Teach and reinforce the multiplication facts from 1 to 12 with easy to make, easy to use learning wheels. All types of learners will love this engaging and hands-on way to practice and master key facts--independently! Students turn a wheel to find and solve each multiplication fact. To check themselves, they simply lift a flap along the way to reveal the answers. Also includes wheels for practicing mixed facts, quiz sheets and more.</p>

<p>Fifty, two-page activities to help students build skills in place value, computation and fluency, logic and critical thinking, solving word problems, interpreting data, and more. Students will quickly learn how to follow the routine and jumpstart their learning at the beginning of the day&mdash;or any time. A great way to prepare students for standardized tests and meet the Common Core State Standards.</p>

<p>Fifty, two-page activities to help students build skills in vocabulary, grammar, spelling, writing, reading comprehension and fluency, handwriting, and more. Students will quickly learn how to follow the routine and jumpstart their learning at the beginning of the day&mdash;or any time. A great way to prepare students for standardized tests and meet the Common Core State Standards.</p>

<p>Learning the alphabet is super-fun with these easy-to-read informational books on kids&rsquo; favorite topics: Aa/Apples, Bb/Bears, Cc/Cars, and 23 more! Inside the sturdy storage box, you&rsquo;ll find six copies of 26 photo-filled, alliterative titles&mdash;one for each letter from A to Z&mdash;for a total of 156 books. Includes a big teaching guide filled with how-to&rsquo;s and reproducibles to effectively teach the shape and sound of each letter while laying the foundation for reading success. A great resource for all PreK-1 classrooms. Meets the Core Standards.</p>

<p>Building phonemic awareness is a joy with this BIG, laminated flip chart featuring 20 well-loved nursery rhymes! Teachers can turn to this sturdy, colorful resource every day to teach rhymes and word families, beginning and ending sounds, early reading skills and more. Includes instant and engaging questions to build key phonemic awareness skills. Nursery rhymes include: Humpty Dumpty; Little Jack Horner; Little Boy Blue; Little Bo Peep; Hey Diddle Diddle, Pat-a-Cake; Old Mother Hubbard; Hickory Dickory Dock; The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Twinkle Twinkle; Mary Had a Little Lamb; Itsy Bitsy Spider; Little Miss Muffet; Hot Cross Buns; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Baa Baa, Black Sheep; The Crooked Man; This Little Piggy; A Song of Sixpence; Old King Cole.</p>

<p>Classic nursery rhymes help young readers build phonemic awareness and early reading skills. Sixty beautifully illustrated nursery rhyme readers (five each of 12 titles) are just right for little learners. Also includes a big teaching guide filled with lessons, activities and reproducibles. A must-have resource!</p>

<p>Unlock the door to reading success with this super set of read-aloud storybooks. Teach key phonics skills like short and long vowels, vowel pairs, blends, diagraphs and more. Each engaging story features ways to get kids involved with a phonics riddle and motivating phonics cheer. Comes with 120 page teaching guide and storage box.</p>

<p>Boost students&#39; nonfiction skills and vocabularies with super-engaging readers, packed with fascinating facts and photos! Includes six copies of each 16-page title. Each book has short chapters, diagrams, maps, captions, a glossary, comprehension questions and more. Includes 24-page teaching guide and storage unit.</p>

<p>Jumpstart reading success! Introduce and reinforce the sight words with this must-have library. Each tale presents high-frequency words in a predictable format. Includes books and a sturdy storage box. 128-page teaching guide features activites, reproducible practice pages, easy assessment forms and mini-book versions of all tales.</p>

<p>Teach the top 100 sight words. Each of the 25 story books teaches four sight words and has instant activities to help commit words to memory. Box set includes 25 colorful 16-page 8 x 10 books and 144-page teacher&#39;s guide with lessons.</p>

<p>Children will master early reading skills with this huge collection of sing-along songs set to favorite tunes! These songs introduce the building blocks of reading success&mdash;alphabet, phonics, and word families. Kids will have a blast as they sing songs that teach phonemic awareness, letter recognition, short and long vowels, blends and digraphs and rhyming words.</p>

<p>Liven up lessons with this book and CD that take full advantage of the SMART Board&#39;s interactive features. Students can easily draw, move, highlight, and underline text right on the board. Step-by-step mini-lessons in the book correspond to the Notebook files on the CD.</p>

<p>Essential for teachers and subs alike, this bright, durable two-pocket folder helps organize ideas and offer new ones. A booklet inside has reproducible pages, forms, reports, and patterns. Also includes tips, suggestions, a reading list and more. A great way to plan for days a teacher is out of the classroom and provide substitute teachers with all of the information they need.</p>

<p>A comprehensive resource for reading instruction, this three-ring binder is packed with classroom-tested lessons and strategies. Help students activate prior knowledge, monitor comprehension, make inferences, write in response to fiction and nonfiction texts and more. Contains rubrics, graphic organizers, assessments, 65 step-by-step strategy lessons, transparencies, reproducible practice pages and much more.</p>

<p>Help students understand the inner workings of the human body with these easy-to-make manipulatives. Reproducible patterns and easy step-by-step instructions help students construct bone and stomach books, a spinal column out of cardboard and string, paper models of the major organs, systems of the human body and more! Includes background information, facts about drugs, nicotine and alcohol, plus resource list.</p>

<p>Teaching writing just got easier and more effective thanks to these ingenius &quot;crates&quot;. Writing expert Ruth Culham gives you grade-perfect picture books with in-depth lessons to help teach the six traits of writing&mdash;ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency and conventions. Kit includes six picture books, a professional book, six teaching guides, posters, stickers and a sturdy box with six hanging folders to keep it all organized.</p>

<p>Dozens of fun, attention-getting practice pages to help students become more confident writers and readers. Provides repeated practice needed to hone essential grammar, usage and mechanics skills. Topics include parts of speech, punctuation, overused words and more. Flexible and easy to use&mdash;for homework or in school. Also a great way to boost vocabularies!</p>

<p>Share the real-life stories of 16 must-know people with these easy 8-page bios written just for young learners. Kids will read about historical and modern figures. Comes with a complete teaching guide filled with graphic organizers and age-perfect reproducibles. A great way to teach early reading and social studies together.</p>

<p>Research shows that students need multiple encounters with a new word before they know it well enough to comprehend it in text. These easy and engaging card games are tailor-made to support students in this process, help them &ldquo;own&rdquo; hundreds of new words, and increase their reading, writing, and oral vocabularies. Games are fully reproducible and perfect for partner, small group, and whole class use. Includes game variations and ideas for differentiated learning.</p>

<p>Expand kids&#39; vocabularies with storybooks that teach 200+ essential words in the context of charming stories. Relies on the latest research, with age-perfect definitions and hands-on activities, to stimulate learning and ensure retetnion. Includes teaching guide filled with easy lessons, fun worksheets and reproducible version of the storybooks. Help every child in your class become a better reader, writer and speaker.</p>

<p>Help kids become better readers, writers, and spellers with these lively tales that teach the top 16 word families! Each book reinforces a different word family via a lively story and fun follow-up activities. Includes 80 books and a big teaching guide filled with lessons, reproducibles, assessment sheets, and more. A must-have collection for every K-2 classroom.</p>

<p>Build important phonics skills by introducing children to 25 different word families! Engaging stories effectively teach students word families and common spelling patterns to help them become confident readers, spellers and writers. Set includes 25 storybooks, a 128-page teaching guide and a sturdy storage box.</p>

<p>&quot;Step-by-step lessons to help you model the three types of writing students must master to meet the Common Core Standards: Opinion/Argument, Informative/Explanatory, Narrative. The lessons help students identify the key features and purpose of each text type and support them as they practice writing in each of these forms. Includes reproducible guided and independent writing frames and student self-assessment checklists!</p>

<p>You&rsquo;ll find everything you need to teach the alphabet, from A to Z, in this all-in-one resource. Children will love reading along with the collection of interactive e-storybooks, which help build essential letter-recognition skills. The companion teaching guide includes a step-by-step routine for systematic instruction with quick assessments as well as reproducible mini-book versions of the e-storybooks and letter-formation practice pages. With watch-and-listen versions of all 26 e-storybooks, dozens of interactive whiteboard activities and downloadable PDFs, kids will be well on their way to reading success.</p>

<p>This set of books is perfect to have as reference materials in your library, to share with curriculum coordinators in your school or district, or for use in a class where a wide variety of differentiation is needed. Each Student Workbook includes two full-length Practice Tests per subject using a variety of questions to assess critical-thinking skills. Also featured are Test-Taking Strategies and Test-Anxiety Chapters. The Parent/Teacher Edition offers teaching tips, activities, Practice Test answers, Mathematic Reference Materials, Glossary of Terms, and Skills and Correlation Charts.</p>

<p>Develop fluent, confident readers! Each lesson includes a piece of nonfiction, short fiction, script, song, poem or riddle. Follow-up activities help readers with unfamiliar words and punctuation marks. Students also learn about stressed and enstressed syllables, breathing patterns in reading aloud, suffixes, prefixes, root words, inflection and reading with emotion. Fluency report cards help assess students&#39; rate of reading, accuracy and tone.</p>

<p>Start with 150 nonfiction reading passages about people, places, and events related to science, sports, history, and social studies. Follow them with multiple choice questions designed to reinforce reading comprehension skills ranging from basic recall to critical thinking. With daily practice, students will become confident readers who can demonstrate their comprehension skills on standardized tests. This book is correlated to the Common Core State Standards.</p>

<p>Quick, easy and effective activites support national and state reading standards and help students improve the skills that they need for success in testing. The warm-ups include fiction and nonfiction reading passages are followed by questions that are based on Bloom&#39;s Taxonomy to allow for higher-level thinking skills. Topics in this series: animals, biographies, history, science, current events, fairy tales/fables, historical fiction, contemporary fiction, fantasy, mystery/suspense/adventure.</p>

<p>Here&#39;s a way to teach the same grade-level content to students with varying reading skills. The same information is written at three different levels: below grade level, at grade level, and above grade level. All the students in your class can read the passage and have the information they need to respond to the same six questions that evaluate their comprehension of the subject matter. The curriculum topics for science, geography, history, and language arts are correlated to the McREL standards and benchmarks. The reading levels of the passages are calculated according to the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Formula.</p>

<p>Help students become fluent with engaging, exciting books they can read aloud. Each book has over 80 reading passages designed to engage students with humor, compelling plots and exciting new words. Genres include nursery rhymes, poetry, songs, tongue twisters, fairy tales and readers&#39; theater. A great way for students to practice and for teachers to assess fluency. Set includes 3 books, 96 pages and up: Grades 1-2, Grades 2-3 and Grades 4 and up.</p>

<p>Use exciting adventures to introduce students to the &quot;magic&quot; of science and watch their enthusiasm grow. All activities are based on sound scientific principles that help youngsters develop scientific awareness and appreciation. Complete lessons and objectives are included with each book.</p>

<p>Good writing is a process&mdash;help students learn it! Book includes practical, hands-on lesson plans for each writing trait: ideas and content, word choice, fluency, voice, organization, conventions and presentations. Each section is theme-based and includes student samples, reproducible student pages and identifying elements of each trait. Also included are technology resources and a section describing how each lesson pertains to the writing standards.</p>

<p>Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a different country? Find out as you travel through amazing countries and learn about cities, landscapes, people and cultures. Childrens&#39; journal entries and postcards add interest. Activities promote skills in geography, literacy and history. Each set includes six 32-page books.</p>

<p>Makes a great classroom or home activity as it offers a fun learning experience for teacher, parent and child. The dry erase, spiral bound format is durable and encourages repeat practice. It provides multiple activities to reinforce early educational objectives. Includes one washable, dry erase marker.</p>

<p>Dry erase spiral-bound book helps kids learn without permanent marking, so they can be reused again and again. Sturdy and easy to erase.</p>