Students read the hilarious "newspaper articles" from the Bovine City Daily News, then answer who, what, when, where, & why questions designed to test comprehension. These laugh-out-loud stories can be used with individuals or small groups to help improve comprehension skills. Simply download, print, cut, and play! These will be a favorite with reluctant and struggling readers as well as those performing on grade level. Skill Reinforcement Features: - 75 Task Cards / Stories & Questions - Reinforcement of Basic 5 W's Concepts - 50- to 75-Word Reading Passages - Reading Level 3-5 - Answer Key

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.

Help your students develop important writing skills with this fun and delightfully illustrated book. Easy Sentence Writing will inspire students to develop sentence-writing skills. Four formats add variety as they write original sentences, create sentences from pictures, form sentences from a word bank and more.

The step-by-step lessons in this book will result in a complete understanding of the makeup of paragraphs and their importance in the writing process. The lessons begin with identifying information in a single-topic paragraph. They expand to identifying and writing ideas that belong in multiple paragraphs. Further exercises include picking out information that does not keep to the main idea of a given paragraph, organizing topics in logical order, and writing original, two- and three-paragraph stories about suggested topics. Plentiful practice reinforces comprehension and mastery of this important writing skill, which will lead students to creating organized and meaningful compositions. Clever illustrations and high-interest subject matter add to the effectiveness of this comprehensive teaching aid.

With this step-by-step book, students will learn how to tell the difference between fragments and complete sentences, how to turn fragments into complete sentences, and how to write descriptive sentences using adjectives and adverbs. Combining short, related sentences is also covered, as well as capitalization and appropriate end punctuation. The lessons are sequential, beginning with identifying complete sentences, progressing to putting sentence parts together, and finally writing original sentences. A challenge activity on each page offers students an opportunity to expand on their understanding of the skills they have learned. While gaining competency in sentence development, students will also enhance their comprehension, vocabulary, handwriting, and spelling skills as they work through the various activities in Writing Sentences. An effective teaching aid for a wide range of ability levels!

Storytellers will become great story writers as they practice the step-by-step techniques of the writing process in this highly motivating book. Clearly-stated examples and clever illustrations introduce each essential element of creating writing that gradually leads to the composition of an original, interesting, and properly-developed story. The lessons include: writing descriptive sentences, combining short choppy sentences, avoiding rambling sentences, punctuation, paragraphs and topic sentences, logical order, writing dialog, choosing a topic, selecting a title, organizing ideas, writing the story, proofreading.

As the second volume in the series, this book takes Word Association learning up one notch on the difficulty scale. Each of the 24 fully illustrated lessons features four images and eight words. Students are asked to associate two words with each picture. Example: What two words would go with the image of a windmill – uniform, gnaw, dam, badge, turn, stars, blow, and/or space? This book is an effective tool for teaching reading writing, vocabulary, and penmanship. Of course, creatively coloring in the 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.

The step-by-step lessons in this book will result in a complete understanding of the makeup and development of a paragraph. From learning the format, to identifying sentences that do not belong in a given paragraph, to writing a paragraph prompted by leading questions, to understanding the significance of a topic sentence, and maintaining sentence order within a paragraph, students advance to writing their own paragraph about a variety of suggested ideas. Clearly-stated examples and plentiful practice reinforce comprehension and retention of paragraph development skills. Clever illustrations and high-interest subject matter add to the effectiveness of this comprehensive teaching aid.

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.

Building early comprehension skills!Presented with context clues and a word list, students are challenged to complete brief stories. Example: “Horns. Has. Goat… Tim ___ a goat. His goat has ____. The ___ likes corn. Who has a goat?”Each of the 43 exercises found in this book features three or four words and a delightful illustration of the story. Reading and writing skills are enhanced while students get plenty of practice with comprehension, spelling, and thinking. Coloring the accompanying picture is a fun way to hone fine motor skills.

Build Basic Skills the hands-on way!Young readers will have a great time as they complete the 43 activities designed to improve reading, handwriting, comprehension, and fine motor skills! Each delightful lesson includes an easy-to-read mini-story followed by simple writing and comprehension activities. As a reward for completing each lesson, students are invited to color the story's lively illustration. Great for building reading confidence!

Building early comprehension skills!Presented with context clues and a word list, students are challenged to complete brief stories.Example: Cleared - Good – The - Cooked… “Mrs. Rodrigues ___ dinner. Her family enjoyed the ___ food. Jose ___ the table. Juanita washed ___ dishes. Who cleared the table?”Each of the 43 exercises found in this book features four words and a delightful illustration of the story. Reading and writing skills are enhanced while students get plenty of practice with comprehension, spelling, and thinking. Coloring the accompanying picture is a fun way to hone fine motor skills.

Build Basic Skills the hands-on way!Young readers will have a great time as they complete the 43 activities designed to improve reading, handwriting, comprehension, and fine motor skills! Each delightful lesson includes an easy-to-read mini-story followed by simple writing and comprehension activities. As a reward for completing each lesson, students are invited to color the story's lively illustration. Great for building reading confidence!