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A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series(TM) features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! Ancient Latin and Greek live on in the words we speak every day. Introduce your students to the fun and challenge of word genealogy with Word
Support students who have not yet mastered basic phonics skills using Bridging Phonics for Middle-Grade Students for grades 5 and up. This 112-page book includes reproducible activities that cover skills such as using the dictionary, consonant and vowel sounds, blends, digraphs, silent letters, syllabication, prefixes and suffixes, and compound words. The book also includes a complete answer key and extension suggestions for teachers.
Sharpen fifth graders' critical-thinking skills with these brain-teasing activities. Parents, students, and teachers will love these fun challenges, puzzles, and logical thinking pages. They're a great way to practice higher-order thinking skills.
Sharpen fifth graders' critical-thinking skills with these brain-teasing activities. Parents, students, and teachers will love these fun challenges, puzzles, and logical thinking pages. They're a great way to practice higher-order thinking skills.
Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using Confusing Science Terms. This 80-page book helps students differentiate between confused word pairs or triples and perplexing science terminology. The book includes terms from the areas of physical, life, earth, and space science. It encourages students to use a science vocabulary journal to construct their own meanings for confusing terms, write sentences using the terms, and create visual representations for them. Students increase their knowledge and understanding of science concepts through vocabulary building while improving science literacy. This book includes decoding activities and alternative methods of instruction, such as hands-on and small-group activities, games, and journaling, which allow for differentiated instruction. The book supports National Science Education Standards.
Mehrigul, 14, is a Uyghur, a tribal group scorned by the Chinese communist regime. Against obstacles that include her embittered father and her obligations to their farm, she has three weeks to make the baskets that will help her family and give her some hope for the future.
Sharpen fifth graders' critical-thinking skills with these brain-teasing activities. Parents, students, and teachers will love these fun challenges, puzzles, and logical thinking pages. They're a great way to practice higher-order thinking skills.
DescriptionIn "Fruit of the Vine," we meet Justin, a sensitive, introspective boy whose physical features and personality make him a convenient target for many of his cruel peers. One night, he wakes to find himself on a mysterious island, which is inhabited by a horde of bizarre creatures. Despite his desperation to find out where he is and, more importantly, how to get home, he becomes involved in the plight of Irvino, a beast who is ostracized on this island much in the way that Justin is in his own world. The story ends with a twist as Justin, in helping Irvino, ends up helping himself by making a lifelong friend out of Irvino. In essence, the protagonist of ""Fruit of the Vine"" saves himself by saving his savior, but not in typical fashion. "Fruit of the Vine" is unique from other books in the fantasy genre in that it is meant not only for the grade school-aged fantasy reader, but also for anyone interested in the topic of bullies, and how altruistic qualities can develop in children. About the AuthorEllen Weisberg, 43, is a research scientist working in the field of leukemia. Her literary publications include the young adult novel, "Gathering Roses" (Chipmunkapublishing, 2007 Ellen has also co-authored and illustrated several children's geography books in collaboration with her husband, Ken Yoffe, 42, a pediatrician. Their geography series includes "All Across Canada" (Chipmunkapublishing, 2008), and "All Across China" (Chipmunkapublishing, 2009). Ellen and Ken are members of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). They and their daughter, Emily, live in Nashua, NH.
