Boost language skills to new heights with this step-by-step, practice-packed book! The sequential, easy-to-do activities will guide your students through important concepts, one-by-one, while the illustrations are sure to keep interest soaring. Part of the Skill Booster Series, this flexible book is superb as an introduction or review. Its specific focus allows repeated practice and is a terrific way to help students prepare for standardized tests. In addition, it can be incorporated into both skill-based and whole-language programs. You will find this book an effective teaching tool for many age and ability levels.

Improve attention span! The 25 highly visual activities in this popular unit are designed to increase students’ concentration and attention to details. One exercise, for example, pictures a very messy bedroom. Students are directed to find hidden objects within the illustration. The puzzle-style exercises found here range from hidden word messages and mazes to word scrambles and hidden object graphics. Children are sure to have loads of fun while stimulating their thinking skills.

Encourage students to become active participants, rather than passive readers! Each of the four stories in this unit breaks at appropriate places so the student can interact and respond through: - predicting outcomes - anticipating events - recording feelings - drawing details - writing dialogue - illustrating scenes - giving opinions As students read each fictional story, they are given opportunities to respond literally, inferentially, creatively, and cognitively. Students will be working on vocabulary, comprehension, grammar, creative writing, and more!

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about cowboys. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about weather. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about deserts and desert animals. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities will introduce students to police officers, firemen, nurses, doctors, teachers, librarians, and more! Activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about community helpers. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

A real comprehension builder! Written information, graphics, and learning activities focusing on more than 70 different animals can be found in this 24-lesson unit. Each worksheet features three creatures. Students match a written description with pictures, then answer related questions. Additional research activities are suggested. Example: Partridge - Panda - Pike I am very rare. I live in the bamboo forest of southern China. I have a white, chubby body. My legs, ears, and shoulders are black. I have black patches around each eye. What is my name?” As students learn facts about a wide variety animals, they will enhance their reading and comprehension skills. Two overall review pages are included and can be used as pre/post tests.

This unit of imaginary correspondence between animals will delight your young readers as they build their reading comprehension skills! Example: Howl N. Dog has eight puppies and every time they start to go to sleep, Ted E. Bear begins to growl in the nearby woods. “…My puppies cry all night because they are afraid that you are coming to gobble them up!” writes Ms. Dog to Mr. Bear in a letter. “I carried a bag of walnuts to the edge of the woods as a gift for you,” concludes Ms. Dog. “You may gobble up all the walnuts. Please don’t growl.” In addition to 24 reading and comprehension exercises, students are encouraged to respond to some of the letters, create cards for others, and even draw a comic strip.

Using a variety of teaching tools, each of the 24 lessons found in this book highlights four to six words. After using the words to complete a short paragraph on subjects ranging from “earthworms” to “fingerprints,” students are challenged with a second task. Following directions, they complete crossword puzzles, practice telling time, connect-the-dots, tackle word searches, and much more.

Improve test-taking! The more than 100 illustrated “direction” exercises in this book begin at a basic level of reading and follow one- and two-step instructions using pictures and words. When mastered, the completed exercises are analyzed to determine if the directions were actually followed. This activity promotes higher level thinking skills and increases students’ ability to check and edit their own work. From here, students are challenged to match completed exercises with given directions. In all, this 24-lesson learning unit helps to enhance proofreading abilities.

These fun, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! 23 Activities Cover: - March - April - May - St. Patrick's Day - Weather - Baseball - Easter - Mother's Day - Memorial Day - and more!

Time to review! The 24 lessons in this book work to reinforce and review the use of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns. Examples: - Circle each noun that names a person. - Write action verbs to complete the sentences. - Write the noun that the pronoun used stands for. Each worksheet focuses on an important topic including “Sharing,” “Stay Safe,” “Citizenship,” and many more. At the conclusion of the book are four cleverly comprised review exercises.

Phonics fun and learning in 24 crossword puzzles! Each exercise in this book is designed to teach a different vowel sound from "Short a as in Hat" to "oo</> as in Boot." The word clues encourage improved reading and spelling skills. The puzzles promote verbal awareness. Phonemic awareness is an essential component to reading success and this book gives students plenty of practice.

The lessons in this unit are based on essential vocabulary associated with plants, including trees, flowers, fungi, and vegetables. - From Flower to Fruit - How Mushrooms Grow - Which part of the vegetable do we eat? - Seeds, Leaves, Stems, Roots As students progress through the 27 exercises featured, they become familiar with 150 plant words by practicing basic skills in reading, comprehension, spelling, and writing. Reinforcement activities range from completing sentences through context clues, matching words and definitions, endings, sentence writing, labeling, categorizing, and much more. A separate Plant Vocabulary page is included.

The essential vocabulary pertaining to the solar system, galaxies, and the universe, as well as vocabulary associated with space exploration are covered in this unit. Example: The planets turn on this axis, or ___, as they travel around the sun. As students progress through the 26 exercises featured, they gain practical knowledge about these fields of science. Simultaneously, they become familiar with 75 “space” words by practicing basic skills in reading, comprehension, word definition, spelling, and writing. Reinforcement activities range from writing definitions, matching, completing sentences through context clues, sentence writing, identifying syllables, puzzles, and much more. A separate Space Vocabulary page is included.

Free-time fun in 15 minutes or less! Each of the 24 creative yet challenging crossword puzzles in this unit focuses on vocabulary acquisition. Twelve words are featured with each puzzle. Clues challenge students to identify the appropriate word to complete the phrase. Example: What comes next? Tuesday, Wednesday, ______. Crawl, Walk, _____. Toe, Foot, _____. Comprehension skills are given a great workout with these activities.

Free-time fun in 15 minutes or less! Each of the 24 creative yet challenging crossword puzzles in this unit focus on “picture” clues and “word” answers. Twelve image words are featured with each puzzle. Students are challenged to match the appropriate word with one of the small drawings. Image words range from pelican and pagoda to whistle and wagon. Reasoning and comprehension skills are given a great workout with these activities.

Grab your students' attention with these spelling activities all about transportation! Some students learn to spell through visualization while others make use of phonetic elements of a word. Since these words and groups contain no common phonetic elements, this unit is best suited to your visual learners. This unit contains eight lessons that include practice and activity pages for each word list. 96 Spelling Words Include: - railroad - engine - carriage - spacecraft - avenue - sidewalk - skateboard - missile - launch - submarine - compass - float - harbor - anchor - and more! Contents Include: - Suggestions for Use - 8 Lessons - 12 Spelling Words per Lesson - Games - Writing Activities - and more! Transportation Themes Include: - Land Transportation - Air Transportation - Water Transportation

The wonderful, ready-to-color illustrations featured in this popular classic tale is sure to bring the story to life for your students! The story is followed by three skill-based activity pages and 15 comprehension questions to stimulate an "After You Read" discussion. A great way to pair enjoyment with learning! Contents Include: - Classic Tale - Illustrations for Coloring - Skill-Based Activities - Discussion Questions - Answer Key Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 2-5