Is listening better than talking? Is nonverbal behavior important?Social Skills Lessons to Improve Everyday Relationships! Real-life scenarios and sticky social situations challenge students to learn about themselves and the consequences of behaviors such as: losing their temper, bullying, feeling awkward around others, not making eye contact, talking too much, and more. They also learn the value of being a good friend, first impressions, apologizing, compromising, and tone of voice. Teens and ‘Experts’ offer helpful advice through text messages and keep things light-hearted and non-threatening. A great way to improve students’ everyday social skills! STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES: • Locate Information • Summarize • Generalize • Compare & Contrast • Cause & Effect • Form Opinions • Draw Conclusions • Main Idea • Make Inferences • Use Context Clues • Sequence • Determine Author’s Viewpoint • Analyze, Evaluate & ApplyTopics include: • How can I make friends and be a good friend? • What should I do if I have a crush? • How can I be a better listener? • What should I do about losing my temper? • Why should I be the one who apologizes? • How can I make a good impression on others? • Why is it good to ask for help? • How can I get over feeling awkward with others? Reading Level: Grades 3-4 Interest Level: Grades 6-12

Being Safe - Taking Care of Yourself Is last week’s pasta safe to eat? How do I help someone who is choking?Living a safe life is more than just knowing first aid … but the last thing on a teen’s mind is the inherent danger in certain situations. Paying attention, thinking ahead, and making good decisions can be challenging for most teens. These relevant and engaging lessons highlight everyday safety situations in a non-threatening and easy-reading style. What does it mean if I’m light-headed while hiking? Is it heatstroke? What should I do in case of a fire? How can I help a friend who drinks too much and passes out… Should I call 911? What should I say?These relevant lessons teach students how to keep themselves and others safe and take more responsibility for their own well-being. It’s empowering to know that you’re not helpless and are prepared for an emergency. For teens, the information and friendly advice found in this book can mean the difference between them taking action or doing nothing at all. STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES: • Locate Information • Summarize • Generalize • Compare & Contrast • Cause & Effect • Form Opinions • Draw Conclusions • Main Idea • Make Inferences • Use Context Clues • Sequence • Determine Author’s Viewpoint • Analyze, Evaluate & Apply Topics Include: • What does that sign mean? Should I pay attention to it? • How do I know if I’m dehydrated? Do I have heatstroke? • We’re at a party, my friend is acting weird. What should I do? • When should I call 911 and what should I say? • What should I have in a first aid kit and how do I use it? • What should I do in case of a fire or natural disaster? • How do I know when having fun becomes risky business? • How can I make sure I’m safe in the water? Reading Level: Grades 3-4 Interest Level: Grades 6-12

A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN MAY! ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH! Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading skills. This lesson-a-day series is sure to become a classroom favorite! Ideal for bell work, enrichment, remediation and review. INCLUDES STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES: Stories are followed by skill-specific comprehension activities. Questions are clearly labeled with the standard/skill that it meets. LOCATE AN ANSWER DRAW CONCLUSIONS CAUSE & EFFECT FACT OR OPINION FIND FACTS MAKE INFERENCES SEQUENCE EVENTS FIND THE MAIN IDEA COMPARE & CONTRAST USE CONTEXT CLUES TO FIND MEANING All captivating events happened in the last 20 years! This is a growing series that will eventually include the entire school year. Reading Level: Gr 3 - 4 Interest Level: Gr 5 - 12 MORE DETAILS: This 21st Century Daily Comprehension resource is an all-new version of our popular Daily Comprehension series. A high-interest, nonfiction story has been chosen for each day of the month. The stories are a combination of historical, scientific, record-breaking, sports, and pop culture events that happened on that particular day. All of the stories are about events that occurred during the 21st Century. Care was taken to choose topics that appeal to a wide-range of interests. Students will learn some serious and some fun facts while improving their reading skills. A page of skill-based questions follows each story. Comprehension skills include: facts, locating the answer, cause and effect, fact or opinion, sequence, main idea, conclusion, inference, context, and comparison. INCLUDES: 67 pages Answer Key

A LESSON-A-DAY FOR EVERY DAY IN JANUARY! ENGAGING READING COMPREHENSION LESSONS FOR EVERY DAY OF THE MONTH! Featuring celebrities, inventors, sports, scientific discoveries, dramatic events and more… this series is sure to give you an unending supply of relevant and intriguing daily reading lessons. Each high-Interest passage is followed by a full page of skill-specific comprehension activities designed to sharpen essential reading skills. This lesson-a-day series is sure to become a classroom favorite! Ideal for bell work, enrichment, remediation and review. INCLUDES STANDARDS-BASED READING & WRITING ACTIVITIES: Stories are followed by skill-specific comprehension activities. Questions are clearly labeled with the standard/skill that it meets. LOCATE AN ANSWER DRAW CONCLUSIONS CAUSE & EFFECT FACT OR OPINION FIND FACTS MAKE INFERENCES SEQUENCE EVENTS FIND THE MAIN IDEA COMPARE & CONTRAST USE CONTEXT CLUES TO FIND MEANING All captivating events happened in the last 20 years! This is a growing series that will eventually include the entire school year. Reading Level: Gr 3 - 4 Interest Level: Gr 5 - 12 MORE DETAILS: This 21st Century Daily Comprehension resource is an all-new version of our popular Daily Comprehension series. A high-interest, nonfiction story has been chosen for each day of the month. The stories are a combination of historical, scientific, record-breaking, sports, and pop culture events that happened on that particular day. All of the stories are about events that occurred during the 21st Century. Care was taken to choose topics that appeal to a wide-range of interests. Students will learn some serious and some fun facts while improving their reading skills. A page of skill-based questions follows each story. Comprehension skills include: facts, locating the answer, cause and effect, fact or opinion, sequence, main idea, conclusion, inference, context, and comparison. Total Pages 68 Pages Answer Key Included

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 69 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 73 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 80 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 4-6 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. This Newberry Medal winner is a story of a special friendship between Jess Aarons and the new girl in town, Leslie Burke. One day tragedy strikes and Jess’ world is changed forever. Novel by Katherine Paterson. Reproducible chapter questions, plus comprehension questions, a story summary, author biography, creative and cross curricular activities, complete with answer key. 77 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 5-8 Interest Level: 4-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. While many skills reinforce a student’s ability to comprehend what he or she reads (sequencing, cause and effect, finding details, using context clues), two skills are vital. They are: discerning main ideas and summarizing the text. Students who can master these two essential skills develop into sophisticated readers. 54 pages. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Student Directives, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. The Student Directives contain the main ideas in each chapter. They provide the students, working individually or in groups, with a framework for developing their summaries. Student Directives can also be used as group discussions. The Chapter Vocabulary includes definitions of keywords from each chapter. To save time, students need only to copy, not look up, definitions. A Chapter Summary for each chapter is included for teacher use and knowledge. Throughout the guide Skill Pages and Tests are provided for to build an increased understanding of the book and to review student’s knowledge.

Grade Level: 6-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. At the Challenging Level, we focus on a variety of reading strategies that help students construct meaning from their experience with literature as well as make connections between their reading and the rest of their lives. The strategies reflect the demands of each literature selection. In these study guides, we will focus on beginning a book, setting and mood, irony, plot structure, foreshadowing and flashback, characterization, forming hypotheses, evaluating a book, plot conflict, point of view, inferencing, rereading, theme, narration, and the genre of dystopias. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Journal and Discussion Topics, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. Other features include Strategy Pages to increase students’ understanding of strategies to enhance their comprehension of literature; Testing at the end of each chapter grouping, and Writer’s Forum for students’ to write in a variety of genres relating to the text. This 201-page teaching guide includes an answer key.

Grade Level: 9-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. At the Challenging Level, we focus on a variety of reading strategies that help students construct meaning from their experience with literature as well as make connections between their reading and the rest of their lives. The strategies reflect the demands of each literature selection. In these study guides, we will focus on beginning a book, setting and mood, irony, plot structure, foreshadowing and flashback, characterization, forming hypotheses, evaluating a book, plot conflict, point of view, inferencing, rereading, theme, narration, and the genre of dystopias. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Journal and Discussion Topics, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. Other features include Strategy Pages to increase students’ understanding of strategies to enhance their comprehension of literature; Testing at the end of each chapter grouping, and Writer’s Forum for students’ to write in a variety of genres relating to the text. This 75-page teaching guide includes an answer key.

Grade Level: 6-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is designed to develop a student’s appreciation for good literature and to improve reading comprehension. At the Challenging Level, we focus on a variety of reading strategies that help students construct meaning from their experience with literature as well as make connections between their reading and the rest of their lives. The strategies reflect the demands of each literature selection. In these study guides, we will focus on beginning a book, setting and mood, irony, plot structure, foreshadowing and flashback, characterization, forming hypotheses, evaluating a book, plot conflict, point of view, inferencing, rereading, theme, narration, and the genre of dystopias. Each chapter analysis is organized into three basic elements: Journal and Discussion Topics, Chapter Vocabulary, and Chapter Summary. Other features include Strategy Pages to increase students’ understanding of strategies to enhance their comprehension of literature; Testing at the end of each chapter grouping, and Writer’s Forum for students’ to write in a variety of genres relating to the text. This 91-page teaching guide includes an answer key.

Grade Level: 9-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is a teaching guide that was designed to help students develop an appreciation for literature, to improve reading comprehension, and to introduce students to the techniques of literary criticism that reflect our best understanding of how to make meaning from text. Each guide in the series features an award-winning novel and uses a focus on strategic reading in its introduction of a wide range of critical reading skills and literature elements, as well as opportunities for writing in a variety of genres. Each literature teaching guide for the Hunger Games trilogy is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and includes strategic reading lessons that focus on both the individual volume and the series. There are over 50 separate strategies in the series for deeper understanding and meaning. In addition to lessons that focus on the standard elements of literature (plot, characterization, setting and mood, theme, diction, style, and narration), students are provided with the Choice Analysis Tool to help them gain a deep understanding of motivation in a complex and terrorized society. They are also offered the opportunity to use historical documents (e.g., the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) as well as other works of literature and poetry to contextualize the trilogy. Each book also includes Writer’s Forums that guide students in writing while using the books in the series as a backdrop. A vocabulary feature in the final volume provides word study ideas for the entire series. This 112-page teaching guide includes an answer key.

Grade Level: 1-3 Basic subtraction operations for subtraction facts through 10. Systematic, first diagnosing skill levels, then practice, periodic review, and testing. Beginning Assessment and Final Assessment Tests provide measurement tool. Beginning subtraction skills. An answer key is included in this 40-page book.

Grade Level: 3-5 The Straight Forward Math Series has been designed for parents and teachers to use with their students. It is a simple, straight forward way to teach multiplication facts 0-10. This book features a beginning assessment test, drill pages that work on one fact at a time, review sheets, and more. Multiplication drills are presented vertically and horizontally. An answer key is included in this 40-page book.

Grade Level: 9-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is a teaching guide that was designed to help students develop an appreciation for literature, to improve reading comprehension, and to introduce students to the techniques of literary criticism that reflect our best understanding of how to make meaning from text. Each guide in the series features an award-winning novel and uses a focus on strategic reading in its introduction of a wide range of critical reading skills and literature elements, as well as opportunities for writing in a variety of genres. Each literature teaching guide for the Hunger Games trilogy is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and includes strategic reading lessons that focus on both the individual volume and the series. There are over 50 separate strategies in the series for deeper understanding and meaning. In addition to lessons that focus on the standard elements of literature (plot, characterization, setting and mood, theme, diction, style, and narration), students are provided with the Choice Analysis Tool to help them gain a deep understanding of motivation in a complex and terrorized society. They are also offered the opportunity to use historical documents (e.g., the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) as well as other works of literature and poetry to contextualize the trilogy. Each book also includes Writer’s Forums that guide students in writing while using the books in the series as a backdrop. A vocabulary feature in the final volume provides word study ideas for the entire series. This 112-page teaching guide includes an answer key.

Grade Level: 1-3 Basic addition operations for addition facts through 10. Systematic, first diagnosing skill levels, then practice, periodic review, and testing. Beginning Assessment and Final Assessment Tests provide measurement tool. Beginning addition skills. An answer key is included in this 40-page book.

Grade Level: 9-12 This is a teaching guide, not a full version of the book. The Discovering Literature Series is a teaching guide that was designed to help students develop an appreciation for literature, to improve reading comprehension, and to introduce students to the techniques of literacy criticism that reflect our best understanding of how to make meaning from text. Each guide in the series features an award-winning novel and uses a focus on strategic reading in its introduction of a wide range of critical reading skills and literature elements, as well as opportunities for writing in a variety of genres. Each literature teaching guide for the Hunger Games trilogy is aligned to the Common Core State Standards and includes strategic reading lessons that focus on both the individual volume and the series. There are over 50 separate strategies in the series for deeper understanding and meaning. In addition to lessons that focus on the standard elements of literature (plot, characterization, setting and mood, theme, diction, style, and narration), students are provided with the Choice Analysis Tool to help them gain a deep understanding of motivation in a complex and terrorized society. They are also offered the opportunity to use historical documents (e.g., the Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence) as well as other works of literature and poetry to contextualize the trilogy. Each book also includes Writer’s Forums that guide students in writing while using the books in the series as a backdrop. A vocabulary feature in the final volume provides word study ideas for the entire series. This 112-page teaching guide includes an answer key.

Grade Level: 3-5 Basic division operations for division facts through 10. Systematic, first diagnosing skill levels, then practice, periodic review, and testing. Beginning Assessment and Final Assessment Tests provide measurement tool. Beginning division skills. An answer key is included in this 40-page book.