Capture the interest of eager learners and reluctant learners alike with this humor-filled workbook guaranteed to put a grin on students' and teachers' faces. These skill-based activities revolve around a set of comical characters who get involved in silly and absurd situations. Students solve comical comprehension questions. Some stories lead up to a surprise ending adding to the enjoyment! Each funny, one-page story is accompanied by several questions to test comprehension. Some stories lead up to a surprise ending adding to the enjoyment. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-12

Capture the interest of eager learners and reluctant learners alike with these humor-filled workbooks guaranteed to put a grin on students' and teachers' faces. These skill-based activities revolve around a set of comical characters who get involved in silly and absurd situations. Zany illustrations with humorous captions keep kids smiling, while solid practice activities teach important basic skills. The amusing characters have been given wacky and unusual names that are repeated often in all four books, giving lots of practice with certain letter group sounds. Creative Writing: Clever story-starters and comical characters invite students to use their imaginations - and pencil - to add to the humor.

Pump up those language skills! Each of the 41 lessons in this book focuses on the use of nouns and pronouns. Subjects covered include recognizing nouns and pronouns, common and proper nouns, singular and plural cases, possessive tense, I and Me, and much more. As students progress, they learn to master an understanding of these language-builders. At the conclusion of the book is a three-page comprehensive review exercise and a glossary of the noun rules covered.

Putting the punch in punctuation! Each of the 33 lessons in this book focuses on a specific use of a particular kind of punctuation. The multiple uses for periods, questions marks, commas, exclamation points, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, semicolons, and hyphens are covered. As students progress, they learn to master the art of ending punctuation, using apostrophes for the possessive, how to accurately use commas when noting city/state, and much more. At the conclusion of the book are seven review exercises and a glossary of all the punctuation rules covered.

Pump up those language skills! The 42 lessons and review exercises in this book focus on all aspects of verb usage - from “recognizing action verbs” and “identifying different verb tenses,” to “irregular verbs” and “adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to create past tense.” As students work their way through these comprehensive exercises, they will master the use of verbs as language-builders.

Pump up those language skills! Each of the 40 lessons in this book focuses on the use of adjectives and adverbs. Subjects covered include defining, classifying, recognizing, and using adjectives and adverbs. As students progress through “adjectives after the verb,” “adjectives formed from nouns,” “adverbs formed from adjectives,” and more, students master an understanding of these language-builders. At the conclusion of the book is a comprehensive review exercise.

Improving handwriting! Students who have difficulty with cursive writing will find the alternative approach of this lesson unit especially helpful. By eliminating some of the loops found on capital letters, the activities here provide the simplification necessary to promote good handwriting. These extra loops are not necessary to letter recognition, they are simply pleasing to the eye. To further assist students, the practice exercises featured here are highly sequential. For example, students are not expected to write words containing letters they have not first practiced individually.

Capitalize on capitalization! Each of the 31 lessons and review exercises in this learning unit focuses on a specific use for capital letters. The “why” and “when” of capitalizing is extensively covered. Among the rules taught are “days of the week,” “people and pets,” “titles,” “greetings,” “direct quotations,” “poetry,” and so much more. As students progress, they learn to master the fine art of accurate capitalization.

Students of all ages will have a great time using the large, colorful U.S. map (included) to guide them as they travel across the country via hypothetical situations. From Alaska to West Virginia, and Seattle to Boston, students follow directions and pinpoint locations in a series of clever activities designed to improve reading, critical thinking, social studies, and map skills. Delightful, hands-on exercises focus on direction, position, distance, and comparison. State abbreviations, nicknames, products, industry, zip codes, and time zones are also introduced. In addition, some activities include the use of charts which contain facts about specific states or geographic regions. Together, these activities provide a wonderful opportunity for students to read and analyze information, draw conclusions, and SEE the USA!

Each of the stories in this book emphasizes three to six words - all nouns found most commonly in beginning readers. Following each story are seven activities including: Questions relating to the content of the story. Complete-the-sentence exercises. Sequencing. "Yes/No" inquiries and a "Follow Directions" task. Once young students master basic sight words, reading becomes an enjoyable endeavor rather than a dutiful task. 40-page book includes an Answer Key.

Effective reading and comprehension building exercises.After reading about “blue jeans,” “peanuts,” “putting on shoes,” “flying saucers,” and more, students are challenged with a series of True/False statements.All 25 lessons in this illustrated book encourage young readers to absorb what they read so they have the information needed to determine if the follow-up statements ring true or false. 28-page book includes answer key. Reading Level 4 | Interest Level 4-8

The lions and tiger and bears in this book will help any youngster master special vowel sounds - ew, au-aw, oo-oo, ow-ou, oi-oy, and r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur). Specifically designed for students who have been introduced to special vowels but still need further practice, this 46-page book is packed with interactive exercises. There is a flower-eating ostrich ready to teach "ew" words such as "crew" and "few." The lion's cage is filled with "ow" words like "frown" and "cowboy" that need to be placed into sentences. There are even word-carrying monkeys perched in a tree that screech to be identified as "oy" friendly - oh "joy." Phonemic awareness is an essential component to reading success and this book gives students plenty of practice.

The circus theme of this book makes mastering short vowels a big top adventure filled with clowns juggling rhyming word balls, tightrope walkers boasting short-vowel words on their shirts, and flag-topped tents waiting to be filled with the short-voweled answers to riddles. There is even a lion tamer ready to teach students their short A, E, I, O, U's. Specifically designed for the student who has been introduced to short vowels but still needs further practice, this 46-page book is packed with interactive exercises. Phonemic awareness is an essential component to reading success and this book gives students plenty of practice.

The sports theme of this book makes learning long vowels a slam dunk, hole-in-one, and home run experience. Specifically designed for students who have been introduced to long vowels but still need further practice with their ai, ay, ea, ey, ie, oa, oe, ow and magic e's, this 53-page book is packed with interactive exercises. There are boxing gloves waiting to be filled with rhyming long-voweled words, skateboards needing picture/word association, and bowling pins and ice skates requiring long vowel word identification. Phonemic awareness is an essential component to reading success and this book gives students plenty of practice.

Making sense of the written word.After reading a story about “directing air traffic” or finishing a description about “horse saddles,” students are asked to use the information they have learned. What part is the girth anyway?Creative illustrations are a part of this learning process. For example, a list of mythical characters including a “centaur” are first defined. Then pupils are asked to identify the corresponding image. Can you figure out which creature is a “griffin?”Without a doubt, the 30 illustrated activities included in this book provide an intriguing way to boost comprehension skills.

Boost test scores to new heights with this practice-packed book!The fun, easy-to-do lessons will guide your students through important skills, one-by-one, while the appealing illustrations are sure to keep interest soaring. Part of the Score Booster Series, this comprehensive, teacher-designed workbook is loaded with high-interest lessons that focus on many of the essential skills students are required to know on standardized tests. Easy to incorporate into the daily curriculum, these high-interest activities are sure to improve the reading, math, and language skills of even the most reluctant learner. 144-page book includes an answer key.

Using object classification activities to exercising important thinking skills! Example: The category is Food. Think of an object in this category that begins with each letter of the alphabet.As students create categories using words and pictures, they develop analysis, discrimination, comparison, and logical thinking skills.The 22 lesson pages featured here pose classification problems - first on a simple, concrete level and then progress to more abstract activities. With these step-by-step exercises, children are sure to give their logic and thinking muscles a good workout.

Boost test scores to new heights with this practice-packed book!The fun, easy-to-do lessons will guide your students through important skills, one-by-one, while the appealing illustrations are sure to keep interest soaring. Part of the Score Booster Series, this comprehensive, teacher-designed workbook is loaded with high-interest lessons that focus on many of the essential skills students are required to know on standardized tests. Easy to incorporate into the daily curriculum, these high-interest activities are sure to improve the reading, math, and language skills of even the most reluctant learner. 144-page book includes an answer key.