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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about weather. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

This unit of imaginary correspondence between animals will delight your young readers as they build their reading comprehension skills! Example: Howl N. Dog has eight puppies and every time they start to go to sleep, Ted E. Bear begins to growl in the nearby woods. “…My puppies cry all night because they are afraid that you are coming to gobble them up!” writes Ms. Dog to Mr. Bear in a letter. “I carried a bag of walnuts to the edge of the woods as a gift for you,” concludes Ms. Dog. “You may gobble up all the walnuts. Please don’t growl.” In addition to 24 reading and comprehension exercises, students are encouraged to respond to some of the letters, create cards for others, and even draw a comic strip.

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about cowboys. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about deserts and desert animals. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

These high-interest, comprehensive, and easy-to-use activities will introduce students to police officers, firemen, nurses, doctors, teachers, librarians, and more! Activities focus entirely on building basic skills and cover the following subject areas: reading, writing, language, creative and critical thinking, science, social studies, and more! Students will read 12 short stories all about community helpers. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by a comprehension question. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - context clues - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - graphing - drawing solutions - thinking skills - and more!

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.

A real comprehension builder! Written information, graphics, and learning activities focusing on more than 70 different animals can be found in this 24-lesson unit. Each worksheet features three creatures. Students match a written description with pictures, then answer related questions. Additional research activities are suggested. Example: Partridge - Panda - Pike I am very rare. I live in the bamboo forest of southern China. I have a white, chubby body. My legs, ears, and shoulders are black. I have black patches around each eye. What is my name?” As students learn facts about a wide variety animals, they will enhance their reading and comprehension skills. Two overall review pages are included and can be used as pre/post tests.

From “Columbus Day” to “Christmas” and “American Indian Day” to “Cinco de Mayo,” annual holidays and special days are highlighted in the 27 fascinating word search puzzles found in this book. Students will be challenged to find each of the six words presented in the letter grid. Example: “Halloween: Goblin. Cat. Trick. Treat….”As they work the puzzles, students will expand their knowledge base, vocabulary, and spelling skills.