Improve vocabulary and writing. Each of the 24 “word-building” lessons in this book features up to 18 words, a word-search letter grid, and three filing categories for students to complete. Exercise themes range from “Bon Voyage” and “Be Prepared,” to “Try These Terms” to “Vacation Time.” Students are challenged to find and circle the given words in the letter grid, then categorize the words under three headings. Example: “Write each word below the correct ‘Vacation Time’ category: Places to Visit. Places to Eat. Places to Shop.”This lesson unit is a strong way for a child to have fun and expand his/her vocabulary at the same time.

Improve vocabulary and writing! Each of the 24 “word-building” lessons in this book features eight words , a word-search letter grid, and three riddles. Exercise themes range from “Farm Animals” and “Furniture,” to “Sweet Treats” and “Transportation.” Students are challenged to find and circle the given words in the letter grid and then answer each riddle using one of the words. Example:“Bicycle. Boat. Bus. I move on a track. What am I?”This lesson unit is a stupendous way for a child to have fun and expand his/her vocabulary at the same time.

The wonderful, ready-to-color illustrations featured in this popular classic tale is sure to bring the story to life for your students! The story is followed by three skill-based activity pages and 15 comprehension questions to stimulate an "After You Read" discussion. A great way to pair enjoyment with learning! Contents Include: - Classic Tale - Illustrations for Coloring - Skill-Based Activities - Discussion Questions - Answer Key Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 2-5

The 20 lessons in this book utilize fill-in-the-blank activities, writing words and sentences, and creative coloring to teach a solid understanding of basic nouns and pronouns. Concepts covered include “Persons, Places, and Things,” “Proper Nouns,” “He, She, It, They,” and much more. The use of creative graphics makes learning fun and fascinating.

An impressive introduction. Creatively illustrated and jam-packed with fun yet fundamental grammar activities, the 24 lessons in this book are designed to instill a basic understanding of verbs. Students are challenged to identify action verbs, finish sentences, use present tense verbs, and much more. The use of word graphics makes learning fun and easy. A pre/post test is included.

An impressive introduction. Creatively illustrated and jam-packed with fun yet fundamental grammar activities, the 24 lessons in this book are designed to instill a basic understanding of nouns and pronouns. Students are challenged to identify nouns, finish sentences, circle pronouns, play with proper names, and much more. The use of word graphics makes learning fun and easy. A pre/post test is included.

From “Labor Day” to “Groundhog Day” and “Chinese New Year” to “Earth Day,” annual holidays and special days are highlighted in the 27 fascinating crossword puzzles found in this book. Students will be challenged to find the appropriate word to finish a myriad of sentences. Each exercise spotlights six words related to a given holiday. As students work the puzzles, they will expand their knowledge base, vocabulary, and spelling skills.

Using new words. The activities in this 28-lesson unit give students practice in finding new word meanings and alternate words to use in place of tired, repetitive ones. Examples: - Where would a BROOCH be worn? - Which is a kind of tree FUR or FIR? Each exercise requires the use of the dictionary. When completed, students should be able to replace worn-out words with more precise synonyms. They will know how to find alternate words in the dictionary, better understand multiple meanings, and maybe even discover a fascination for unusual words, their origin, and meanings.

Grab your students' attention with these spelling activities all about animals! Some students learn to spell through visualization while others make use of phonetic elements of a word. Since these words and groups contain no common phonetic elements, this unit is best suited to your visual learners. This unit contains eight lessons that include practice and activity pages for each word list. 96 Spelling Words Include: - woodchuck - giraffe - kangaroo - sparrow - porpoise - penguin - hoot - squeak - growl - walrus - and more! Contents Include: - Suggestions for Use - 8 Lessons - 12 Spelling Words per Lesson - Games - Writing Activities - and more! Animal Themes Include: - Land Animals - Animal Sounds - Water Creatures - Insects - Birds

The wonderful, ready-to-color illustrations featured in this popular classic tale is sure to bring the story to life for your students! The story is followed by three skill-based activity pages and 15 comprehension questions to stimulate an "After You Read" discussion. A great way to pair enjoyment with learning! Contents Include: - Classic Tale - Illustrations for Coloring - Skill-Based Activities - Discussion Questions - Answer Key Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 2-5

Compare and Contrast | Find Facts | Research | Analysis This unit features 23 blank graphic organizers that prompt students to research various types of animals. Students are prompted find specific information on a topic in print or digital resources and complete the chart accordingly. Each chart is followed by comprehension questions that ask students to use the information they've documented in the chart to compare and contrast or state facts. Skills Covered Include: - Locate Facts - Interpret Information - Compare & Contrast - Draw Conclusions - Research Example: Topic: Reptiles / Turtles Chart: Complete the chart answering the size, habitat, food, and physical characteristics. Comprehension Questions: Which of these turtles is the largest? What is the main difference between a tortoise and the other two turtles?

Grab your students' attention with this fun, thematic unit about bugs and insects! This unit includes 24 activities that use insects to reinforce other skills in all subjects such as reading, writing, language, math, and much more! Skills Covered Include: - Vocabulary - Cause & Effects - Critical Thinking - Cooperative Learning - Comprehension - Graphing - Sequencing - Following Directions - Visual Discrimination - Math - Categorizing - and more!

Teach students how to organize and classify information in easy-to-manage steps! These beginning outlining lessons will prepare students for the writing process by introducing titles, main topics, sub-topics, details, using an outline to write a report, and outlining a story. The 24 lessons will give students plenty of practice with all the basic aspects of outlining. With the skills taught in this unit, students will be better equipped to use an outline to help them write a story or report.

Packed with informative short stories, comprehension questions, and various research activities, this 23-lesson book provides valuable practice in the specific reading skill that emphasizes inference comprehension.The stories lack some facts that the reader must infer from the text in order to detect certain details. Questions following each story test student’s ability to recognize information that is implied but not directly given. 28-page book includes an answer key. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-12

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!

Being able to determine main ideas is crucial to writing book reports, outlining, reading social studies and science materials, and general reading comprehension. That is why the lessons in this unit are so important.The 26 exercises in found here have been designed to help develop a thinking process for finding the main idea. Students begin by finding topics in sentences, then identify the main idea in a sentence. From here they move on to finding the focus of a paragraph, writing the main idea, and finally coming up with summary sentences for books. 28-page book includes an answer key. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-8

Critical reading, thinking, and understanding are required in order to answer the questions that follow each of the short articles in this 25-lesson book.Some of the questions call for factual answers found in the text. Other questions are based on the reader’s ability to apply logic, make inferences, recognize cause and effect, draw conclusions, and use reason to come up with answers. Clever illustrations pertaining to the topics are sometimes part of the comprehension process. 32-page book includes an answer key. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-8

Reading for comprehension. Packed with informative short stories, comprehension questions, and various research activities, this 23-lesson book provides valuable practice with the reading skills needed to locate specific information in written text. Each fact-based story is followed by questions that require students to locate the information in the story and give precise answers. Subjects covered range from “The Stars in the Sky” and “Amazons,” to “Komodo Dragons” and “Going Bananas.” 28-page book includes an answer key. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-12

Help students organize and summarize information with these short, easy-to-read passages, guided activities, and story webs. This 32-page book offers lots of practice identifying the main idea, summarizing stories, writing supporting sentences, and more. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-8

“Get the ball rolling!” The more than 200 activities in this book will encourage students to enhance their writing and conversation with colorful idioms and proverbs. “Actions speak louder than words!” To prove it, this unit is packed with enlightening exercises requiring students to explain meanings in their own words. So “use your head.” There’s nothing “fishy” about this book’s approach. It will simply teach students that dynamic word descriptions are “at the tip of their tongues.” Remember to “never look a gift horse in the mouth!” Included is a separate list of idioms not presented in the lessons. It can be used to design additional teaching activities.