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!

Practice. Practice! This 24-lesson teaching unit is packed with 600 sequential computation problems and 48 word problems. The exercises provide oodles of practice doing all sorts of subtraction from “54 – 12” to “4000 – 2733.” The two story problems included at the bottom of each worksheets are sure to keep students on their toes. Example: “When the snack stand opened, there were 2,000 candy bars. 637 candy bars were sold. How many candy bars were left?” This book is the second in a series after Math Practice: Addition.

This 26-lesson teaching unit is packed with 520 sequential computation problems and 53 word problems. The exercises provide oodles of practice doing all sorts of addition and subtraction from “92 + 6” and “57 – 5” to more difficult math like “902 – 703.” The two story problems included at the bottom of each worksheet are sure to keep students on their toes. Example: “In six month a car dealer sold 725 cars. He also sold 113 pick-ups. How many sold in all?”This book is the third in a series after Math Practice: Addition and Math Practice: Subtraction.

Crossword math! Students will get plenty of practice adding and subtracting by working the 20 crossword-style puzzles and more than 250 word problems in this learning unit. Students enter their numeric answers into the puzzles. Only with correct calculations can each activity be completed. The result? Students are motivated to check their work. Math difficulty progresses with each worksheet and includes such questions as: “The temperature was 48-degrees on March 31. On April 1st it was 70-degrees. How many degrees warmer was in on April 1st?”Themes for the high-interest word puzzles range from Gone Fishing’ to Family Vacation. An Answer Key is included.

Accuracy is the key to this popular addition and subtraction unit! Students check each math problem for accuracy, then complete specific tasks depending on whether or not the problem was done correctly. Tasks include math riddles, puzzles, word problems and more!

Riddle me this! “What do you call an unsolved puzzle from long ago?” To solve this and other riddles in this 24-lesson learning unit, students must first solve a series of addition and subtraction computations. With correct numeric answers, children can crack the letter code provided and answer the riddle. Math difficulty peaks with adding and subtracting double-digits. An Answer Key is included

Snip. Snip! Color, cut, and paste to improve eye-hand coordination. Students will get loads of practice honing their fine motor skills with the 24 creative cutting activities in this book. Whether using a scissors to divide a picture into pieces before pasting it back together or snipping out images of fish to be pasted into a fishbowl, children are sure to have fun while learning.

Improve eye-hand coordination and executing verbal directions. Students will use pencil and paper - as well as scissors and glue - to complete the 22 creatively illustrated lessons in this unit. Activities include cutting and pasting pieces of a pictures together, connecting the dots to create an image, finishing incomplete drawings, making it through mazes, and tracing shapes. Even young students are sure to improve their fine motor skills.

Money sense! This introduction to money helps students identify coins and their values as well as count coins. “Color the nickels silver.” “Draw a line to match the head of each coin with its tail.” A quarter, two dimes and a nickel are pictured. “How much do you have?”What students learned is put to practice “buying” items using their coins. “Cut out the coins and use them to buy a 26-cent ice cream cone, a 9-cent piece of candy, and a 16-cent pretzel.” In all, there are 25 worksheets in this basic skills learning unit.

“Solve the problem! Color the answers.” The exercises found here will improve math and motor skills. Basic addition computations have been incorporated into bold illustrations. One drawing graces each of the 25 lessons in this learning unit. After solving the 9 to 12 computation problems in a given exercise, students are directed to color the answers as well as the rest of the image. Visual subjects range from a “turtle” to a “pirate.” Math difficulty is focused on adding single digits.

It's time to rhyme! This illustrated workbook of learning puzzles will assist students with the basic beginner skills needed to master rhyming words. Imaginative, hands-on activities are featured to help students adequately learn, clearly identify, and creatively write rhyming words. Whether helping Mr. Frog cross his pond by writing a rhyming word for each word on his lily pad path or coloring each "High in the Sky" kite that boast a pair of rhyming words, this book is one teaching tool sure to capture the interest and imagination of young students.In all, there are 21 fun-filled learning exercises including Search and Rhyme, Color a Rhyme, Sentence Rhymes, Picture Rhymes, and Crossword Rhymes.

From “biggest” to “smallest” and “shortest” to “longest,” the 19 lessons in this book will develop students’ size comparison skills from good, to better, to the best! Children will have loads of fun tracing, coloring, and comparing everything from “snakes” and “worms” to “jump ropes” and “shoe laces.” Example: “The road to the city is long. The road to the ocean is longer. The road to the forest is longest.” Color the shortest road blue.Sizes include small, tall, little, long, and large. A pre/post test is included.

Take phonics up a notch! This creatively illustrated book brings an understanding of blends home to children who are just beginning to learn to read. Image association is used to help children create words using blends. Tracing words further emphasizes the lessons. Coloring exercises using images that represent blend words offer children an artistic outlet. In all, there are 32 different blend activities. Phonemic awareness is an essential component to reading success and this book gives students plenty of practice.

Build that vocabulary! This creatively illustrated 24-lesson book helps young readers match words with images. While they practice writing the four words featured in each exercise, they begin vital construction of their foundation vocabulary. From “bear” and “butcher” to “tree” and “teeth,” the words and activities in this book are sure to boost reading comprehension and spelling skills. Of course, coloring the large, single-item drawings is all part of the fun.

Fortifying a fundamental skill.The 24 illustrated lessons in this book present students with eight word clues that need to be matched with accompanying pictures. Sound (ch, sm, pl), word (star, butter, chalk), phrase (“Sharp as a ___.” “Forest is to tree as desert is to ____.”), and numbered syllable (“2 syllable,” “3 syllable”) clues are presented. The image solutions need to be cut and pasted into place.Example: “Dry as a ___.” “Flat as a ___.” “Light as a ___.” are among the clues presented. Images of a bird, a stack of pancakes, a pig, a bone, and a bumblebee are featured. Which image goes with the phrase?Of course, creative coloring is all part of the fun.

Analysis and arrangement.The 24 illustrated lessons in this book ask students to read words and phrases, then cut and paste the pictures that belongs with them. Eight words are featured on each worksheet, spotlighting all sorts of creatures and objects from “fawn” and “February” to “Snow White” and “skeleton.”Example: “Judge,” “referee,” and “scientist” are among the words presented. Images of a microphone, a whistle, a gavel, a microscope, and paint brushes are featured. Which image goes with which word?Of course, creative coloring is all part of the fun.

Identifying things that “belong together.” With each of the 20 lessons in this unit, students are challenged to cut out lively drawings to use as answers to basic reasoning questions. Example: “Which of these things do we see in the sky?”The fun puzzles here use word/image association, reading, and following directions to develop better critical thinking, vocabulary, and reading comprehension skills.

An introduction to basic shapes! The tracing, coloring, drawing, and cut-and-paste activities found in this 20-lesson unit will introduce young learners to basic shapes as well as the words that describe them. Creative illustrations make learning about circles, squares, rectangles, and ovals even more fun and visually informative.

Improve attention span! The 23 visual activities in this popular unit are designed to increase students’ concentration and attention to details. One exercise, for example, includes two versions of a picture – each depicting two boys fishing on a riverbank. Students are challenged to find 10 differences between the drawings. The game-like exercises found here range from hidden objects and memory graphics to word pyramids and categorizations. Children are sure to have loads of fun while stimulating their thinking skills.

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.