This instructional guide for literature covers five different "If You Give?" books to offer challenging activities and lessons as children learn to analyze each story. These rigorous, cross-curricular lessons and activities work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to comprehend complex literature and help them understand the significance of each story. This resource is packed with tools to teach students how to analyze story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions and more. Book is designed for children in kindergarten through third-grade.
Two-sided, laminated wall calendar offers full-color photos of U.S. monuments and a convenient, write-on/wipe-off surface. Deadlines, appointments and reminders are easy to add or change. Simply erase and write. Both sides include three monument photos and 12 months of dated planning on both sides. One side has a vertical format, and the other side has a horizontal format. Both sides have unruled daily blocks. Daily blocks on the vertical side measure 1" x 1-1/8", and the horizontal side features 1" x 1-3/4" daily blocks. Dated planning ranges 12 months from January to December. Wall calendar also includes self-adhesive hangers and a water-soluble marker. Paper is made with a high percentage of post-consumer recycled fiber.
Let your students learn and explore physical science with this 10-book set. Organized sections teach students how sound moves, how light makes a rainbow, how heat moves and more. Vibrant images are paired with easy-to-read text to keep students engaged from cover to cover. Titles include I Spy; Tell Me About It; Solid or Liquid?; Nature Made; Here Comes the Sun; How Sound Moves; Message Received; Light Makes a Rainbow; Shadows; How Heat Moves. Set is designed for kindergarten to first-grade.
Explore the fun and quirky ways in which the crayons quit with this instructional guide for literature. Students will love analyzing the crayons' struggles and complaints by completing age-appropriate, rigorous yet fun activities and lessons. Readers will enjoy figuring out how Duncan convinces his crayons to come back to work. Analyzing story elements in multiple ways, text-based vocabulary practice and determining meaning through text-dependent questions are just a few of the many skills students will walk away with after interacting with the cross-curricular lessons and activities. Written to support this playful, well-known book, each activity and lesson work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend literature while using their imagination. Instructional guide is designed for students attending kindergarten to third-grade.
Spark laughter and learning with this fun card game called Spellominoes. Build words by using onsets (word beginnings), rimes (word endings), blends and digraphs. Expand spelling and vocabulary skills. Versatile cards adapt to growing abilities for endless rounds of learning fun and mastery. You can play and learn anywhere with these 3-1/8" x 5-1/4" cards so they are great for school, home, childcare and travel. Durable, no-see-through cards are two-sided. They are ideal for teaching children ages 6 and up.
Science Resource Book for second-grade is a fun way to teach and reinforce effective note-taking for students. Students become a part of the learning process with activities about plant and animal needs, life cycles, matter, sound, the moon, the water cycle and more. This book will guide you through setting up, creating and maintaining interactive notebooks for skill-retention in the classroom. Students are encouraged to personalize interactive notebooks to fit their specific learning needs by creating fun, colorful pages for each topic. With this note-taking process, students will learn organization, color-coding, summarizing and other important skills while creating personalized portfolios of their individual learning that they can reference throughout the year. Aligned to meet current state standards, the 96-page book offers lesson plans to keep the process focused. Reproducibles are included to create notebook pages on a variety of topics.
Six, colorful, wooden gears of varying sizes fit together as a flat puzzle but also rotate and stack to make sculptural towers. Each gear is labeled with its color name in English on one side and Spanish, German and French on the other, making this a fun, teaching tool. The puzzle includes a wooden tray for display and storage. The Gear Stacker Puzzle is made from eco-friendly rubberwood with child-safe stains and recommended for children ages 2 and up.
Seven-pocket chart features a bold, solid color to help young learners stay focused on your displayed items. Seven transparent pockets with open tops allow you to quickly insert and remove materials as needed. Its lightweight construction hangs from sturdy, metal grommets for simple attachment and removal. The durable design holds up through daily use to keep your items displayed all year long.
Perpetual Calendar features a dry-erase surface and thumb dials to roll the month and daily dates to their correct positions. Simply fill in your appointments, project deadlines and reminders instead the time-consuming dates each month. One-month-at-a-time format includes unruled daily blocks, Sunday through Saturday scheduling and a large unruled notes area on the right side. Cork strip at the bottom offers a convenient spot to pin messages and other notes. Frame is made of aluminum. Calendar also includes mounting hardware.