Compare and Contrast | Find Facts | Research | Analysis This unit features 25 charts packed with facts about animals, history, mythology, science, famous people, holidays, and much more! Each chart is followed by comprehension questions about information found in that chart. Skills Covered Include: - Locate Facts - Interpret Information - Compare & Contrast - Draw Conclusions - Research Each activity page also includes an additional research activity that prompts students to use a print or digital source to find more information on the same topic. Have students use their research to update the original chart, create a new chart, or as writing prompt for an essay.

Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 28, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word searches, puzzles, and color coding to teach students to identify inferences. (“I have black and white fur. I live in the forest. Sometimes I smell bad. What am I?).Following directions are also covered. (Write the names of each creature pictured. “Fred is the biggest. Ned is bigger than Jed. One is named Ted. Jed is not the smallest.”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.

Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize word, image, and shape associations to make students aware of the similarities and differences between objects and word meanings. “See how the pictures are different. How many differences can you find?”) Analogies are also covered. (“Bite is to Dog as Sting is to ___: Bee, Hurt, Bear.”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.

Exercise thinking skills and build vocabulary! In each of the 24 lessons in this unit, student must first answer a series of random letter-placement clues. If their “logic” is correct, the letters spell a word. Students are then challenged to write an original sentence using the word. The vocabulary featured is at an easy level so that the focus is on thinking more than on word knowledge. Creative illustrations and coloring activities add to the fun of learning.

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.

Seeking out more information. From “Bodies of Water” to “Historical Events,” this book presents over 100 “social studies” topics for students to research. Each category presents a word search puzzle from which students choose a specific research topic. (“Transportation: Spirit of St. Louis. Hindenberg. Titanic. Orient Express…”) A series of statements follow, encouraging students to find specific information. (“It was built in the year ___ by ____.”)To put what they have learned to use, guidelines for the structure of a report are included.

Seeking out more information. From “Wild Felines” to “Prehistoric Creatures,” this book presents over 100 “animal” topics for students to research. Each category presents a word search puzzle from which students choose a specific research topic. (“Reptiles: Crocodile. Box Turtle. Iguana. Gecko….”) A series of statements follow, encouraging students to find specific information. (“Its enemies are ___.” “It protects itself by ___.”)To put what they have learned to use, guidelines for the structure of a report are included.

Structured practice in visual discrimination and perception! The 25 lessons in this unit take children a step beyond simply differentiating between “like” and “different” objects by requiring them to specify HOW two objects are similar and different. This extra step helps children begin to recognize and put into words the characteristics they observe.Visual clues are used for students to compare.Example: An image of a calendar and a drawing of a clock are shown. “How are these alike? How are they different?”

Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit.The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize a variety of activities to teach logic. (Read the clues and write down what Buster does on each day of the week listed. “Buster has a soccer game on Thursday. He has swim lessons 3 days before soccer…..”)Of course, reason is also covered. (“Mom asked Jill to stir the soup so it would not burn. What does Jill need to get?)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.

Teach the thinking process! Experts agree that when “thinking power” is improved, reading, comprehension, problem-solving, and writing abilities will follow suit. The 25, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize art, calendars, advertisements, signs, and more from which students draw solutions. (A playground is pictured. “Draw a red line to show one way to go from the swings to the pond.”) Finding facts are also covered. (A May calendar is shown. “What is the number of the first Monday?”)The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.

Fine tuning alphabetization! More challenging than Alphabetizing: Book 1, the 24 lessons found in this book include letter before, letter after, letter between, and ordering to the second and third letter. Imaginative illustrations make the exercises visually interesting. Example: A picture of a snow skier is presented with his clothing and equipment labeled. Students are asked to use 1st and 2nd alphabetizing to order the words. “Sweater. Pole. Bindings. Goggles….”Student are sure to enjoy learning and get plenty of practice with this essential skill.

Promote students' thinking skills with the 22 dictionary and writing activities in this book. Each exercise spotlights an associated group of science topics – from “layers of the earth” to “spiny skinned invertebrate animals” to “spheres in nature.” The “Webbing” technique used throughout the book involves writing each featured word in one of the ovals provided, counting syllables, alphabetizing the words, using the words to answer questions, writing definitions, using them in sentences, locating requested words/terms using an encyclopedia, and more.

Designed to give students practice reading and writing necessary beginning sight words, this unit incorporates skills of following directions, comprehension, application, logic, and reasoning. Difficulty increases as students move through the 30 activities. Appealing art and multiple skills are combined with the challenge of rebus sentences, picture keys, and a simple vocabulary to encourage meaningful use of color and number words. A Visual Approach to Improve: - Following Directions - Comprehension - Application - Reasoning - Sight Word Vocabulary These activities are intended for use after students have been introduced to the color and number word vocabulary.

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!

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!

Putting things in order! This lesson unit features 24, dinosaur-themed, jigsaw puzzle exercises. A short information-packed description of each extinct creature starts things off. Students then cut out the pieces of the accompanying puzzles and paste them together in sequential order. Finally, children are challenged to answer questions about each dinosaur using the information they read. Designed to improve visual perception, writing, vocabulary, fine motor, and sequencing skills, two dozen dinosaurs are spotlighted – from “anchicerotops” to “triceratops.” Fun is sure to be had by all.

Rhyming made real. This illustrated workbook is packed with fun and creative activities designed to help students adequately learn, clearly identify, and creatively write rhyming words. Each of the 24 exercises included is unique. - The Rhyming Crosswords provide clues: "It rhymes with hose. It is in the middle of your face." - Color Rhymes give children an artistic way to identify rhyming pairs whether those word pairs are perched on balloons or stuffed into the cherries of a piece of pie. - Picture Rhymes encourage students to match rhyming words with images. Below the picture of a Goat, for example, students are to place the words Float, Note, and Boat. This book is a truly inviting way to further a child's rhyming skills.

Solve and search! With this 26-lesson learning unit, students will solve multiplication and division problems while building on vocabulary and general knowledge. Each worksheet features 12 computations. Answers correspond to a letter in the accompanying code box. Once strung together, these letters form a word for a person, place, or thing. To conclude the lesson, students are charged with finding the topic in an encyclopedia, noting the volume and page number, and then writing several sentences on the subject. An Answer Key is included.

Putting things in order! This 21-lesson book is an outstanding introduction to sequential ordering. With each activity, students are challenged to cut out three or four related pictures and paste them in their logical order. Visual illustrations depict a wide range of activities from “a boy feeding his fish” and “girl diving into a pool” to “a young man flying a kite.” The final two exercises in this book are creative connect-the-dot drawings that test the sequential ordering of letters and numbers. Fun while learning is sure to be had by all.

Fundamental thinking skills. As students work through the 20 visual exercises in this book, they learn to classify everything from “ocean creatures” to “things that fly.” Matching and coloring activities give students further practice grouping similar and dissimilar objects. The creative illustrations featured make the learning fun.