This creatively illustrated, 25-lesson book breaks down into parts such objects as an hourglass, a tambourine, and a fire hydrant. After reading bulleted explanation points, students are challenged to label up to five different aspects of the item.What part of a comic strip is the “punch line” anyway?Reading, comprehension, writing, spelling, and penmanship are all practiced.

Figurative language gets a workout with this unit! While similes compare different things using the words AS, LIKE, or THAN, metaphors make the same comparison without the use of these words. Example: The sunlight was like a shower of gold on the garden. The sunlight was a shower of gold on the garden. The activities in this unit not only teach students to differentiate between similes and metaphors, they demonstrate that such comparison language is an excellent way to add color and interest to writing and conversation. The 27 lessons featured progress in difficulty and utilize techniques including creating original phrases, using them in sentences, and understanding what they mean when used as comparisons.

Knowing how to measure time in terms of days, weeks, months and years is an important life skill. Students will have a great time as they learn to recognize the names of the months and their association to the seasons of the year. A variety of creative activities help students learn the days of the week, months of the year, abbreviations, number of days in each month, holiday dates, season, and more! So help your students get off to a good start with this fun and essential basic-skills book. Enjoy!

The future looks brighter for students who use these activities to develop valuable life and survival skills! 160 essential survival signs and symbols vocabulary words are introduced in context and then reinforced in motivating exercises that emphasize word pronunciations and definitions. Interesting stories and real life activities improve problem solving and writing skills. As students work their way through the exercises, they will gain knowledge that will allow them to become more confident and independent in the real world. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-12 Contents Include: - Safety Words - Mobility Words - Restriction Words - Information Words - Review - Answer Key

Let's go shopping! The 216 shopping mall vocabulary words introduced in this unit will prepare students for the real world. Words are introduced in context and then reinforced in motivating exercises that emphasize word pronunciations and definitions. Interesting stories and real life activities improve problem solving and writing skills. As students work their way through the exercises, they will gain knowledge that will allow them to become more confident and independent when out shopping at a mall or department store. Reading Level 3-4 | Interest Level 4-12 Skills Covered Include: - Apply information - Choose the correct word - Expand vocabulary - Understand meaning of words and ideas - Use context clues - Develop life/survival skills - Apply math to real-life situations - Use dictionary and glossary skills - Analyze information - Classify information - Make decisions/choices - Determine alphabetical order - Use logic to solve problems - Spell correctly - Understand consumer information - Develop consumer skills - Understand long vowel sounds This 48-page unit includes an answer key.

Reinforce your Spanish lessons with this 24-lesson unit! Get the ball rolling with functional and pleasurable activities focusing on 120 familiar nouns. Examples: Bear = el oso. Moon = el verano. August = Agusto. Word Categories Include: - Animals - At the Restaurant - Tools - The Beach - Nature - People - The Months - Transportation - Sports - Shapes - The Countryside Word/picture association, verbal skills, visual perception, word pronunciation, and sound blending are all used so students can begin to read, write, and speak Spanish. Creative illustrations are used to convey meaning. A glossary at the back of the book gives translations and pronunciations.

Build a Spanish vocabulary! Each of the 120 black-and-white flash cards in this set boasts an imaginative image of a single object and the noun it depicts. Both the English and the Spanish word, along with its pronunciation, are posted on every card. Word Categories Include: - Numbers - Colors - Parts of the Body - Clothes - Food - Outside the House - Inside the House - At School Intended for either English-speaking or Spanish-speaking students, these teaching tools provide a wonderful way to practice word recognition and pronunciation. You (or your students) may wish to add color to the line drawings and laminate the cards for durability.

Reinforce your Spanish lessons with this 24-lesson unit! Get the ball rolling with functional and pleasurable activities focusing on 120 familiar nouns. Examples: Hand = el coco. Jacket = la chaqueta. Eraser = la goma. Word Categories Include: - Numbers - Colors - Parts of the Body - Clothes - Food - Outside the House - Inside the House - At School Word/picture association, verbal skills, visual perception, word pronunciation, and sound blending are all used so students can begin to read, write, and speak Spanish. The words are grouped by categories ranging from “parts of the body” and “clothes,” to “food” and “at school.” Creative illustrations are used to convey meaning. A glossary at the back of the book gives translations and pronunciations.

Build a Spanish vocabulary! Each of the 120 black-and-white flash cards in this set boasts an imaginative image of a single object and the noun it depicts. Both the English and the Spanish word, along with its pronunciation, are posted on every card. Word Categories Include: - Animals - At the Restaurant - Tools - The Beach - Nature - People - The Months - Transportation - Sports - Shapes - The Countryside Intended for either English-speaking or Spanish-speaking students, these teaching tools provide a wonderful way to practice word recognition and pronunciation. You (or your students) may wish to add color to the line drawings and laminate the cards for durability.

A springboard for comprehension! The 20 cloze procedure lessons in this book will help students not only gain a greater understanding of concepts, but will assist in expanding their vocabulary.Questions follow each cloze paragraph exercise - thus insuring that students have a broad understanding of the story by incorporating thinking skills as well as recall activities. The questions involve inference, prediction, and relationship.Of course, creative content choice keeps it all interesting with subjects ranging from “dolphins” to “lightening” and “magical mold” to “the Loch Ness monster.”

A springboard for comprehension! The 20 cloze procedure lessons in this book will help students not only gain a greater understanding of concepts, but will assist in expanding their vocabulary.Questions follow each cloze paragraph exercise - thus insuring students have a broad understanding of the story by incorporating thinking skills as well as recall activities. The questions involve inference, prediction, and relationship.Of course, creative content choice keeps it all interesting with subjects ranging from “helicopters” to “the saltiest lake” and “Houdini the great escape artist” to “close encounters.”

A springboard for comprehension!The 20 cloze procedure lessons in this book will help students not only gain a greater understanding of concepts, but will assist in expanding their vocabulary.Questions follow each cloze paragraph exercise - thus insuring students have a broad understanding of the story by incorporating thinking skills as well as recall activities. The questions involve inference, prediction, and relationship.Of course, creative content choice keeps it all interesting with subjects ranging from “popcorn” and “crickets” to “redwood forests” and “Frisbee facts.”

A springboard for comprehension!The 20 cloze procedure lessons in this book will help students not only gain a greater understanding of concepts, but will assist in expanding their vocabulary.Questions follow each cloze paragraph exercise - thus insuring students have a broad understanding of the story by incorporating thinking skills as well as recall activities. The questions involve inference, prediction, and relationship.Of course, creative content choice keeps it all interesting with subjects ranging from “the button king” to “the cuckoo bird” and “customs changing” to “man-eating piranha fish.”

A successful reader needs a strong foundation of sight word recognition. These practical activities are perfect for students who have been introduced to essential sight words, but still need additional practice to help them reach mastery levels. The purpose of these activities is to give students practice exercises using the most common sight words. The activities are based on the Dolch vocabulary list. The difficulty level increases gradually as students progress through the activities. A list of the 220 sight words used in the unit is provided. The list of words are divided into five sections: A, B, C, D, and E. The activity pages are designated A, B, C, etc. to indicate the list for which they provide practice. Contents Include: - 52 Sight Word Activities - 12 Review Activities - 7 Tests - Skills Chart - Answer Key - 78 Pages

Do your students battle with spelling and pronunciation? Are multi-syllable words threatening? Is reading a struggle? Don’t let your students face these problems unarmed! Take aim with this secret weapon! Divide and Conquer The study of phonics helps students divide words into small parts to conquer reading problems. This unit offers a specialized and unique phonics program that targets the most problematic English language sounds. By using four general rules for dividing words, your students will learn to decode difficult words quickly and easily. A variety of hands-on worksheets are included to provide a rapid review of skills and improve reading, spelling and pronunciation performance. These versatile activities can be presented by an instructor or used independently by the student. These skill-building activities are helpful for: - Older students who have not yet reached mastery levels - Middle school through adult students who have a reading or learning disability - Good students who are laborious readers - Anyone interested in enhancing their pronunciation, spelling, and reading skills - English as a second language students (ESL)

Help students reach mastery level with 248 high frequency words. Based on the Dolch List, this research-based set of flash cards will help students become better and more fluent readers. This set features 220 sight words plus 28 colorful photo noun cards. This combination allows students to make phrases and sentences, laying the foundation for fluency in reading. Words are divided into 5 color-coded word lists, making it easy for readers to tackle essential words in small, manageable doses. Great for one-on-one or small group practice. Contents Include: - 220 Sight Words with Sentences - 28 Photo Cards with Sentences - 40 Hands-On Activities - Complete List of Color-Coded Sight Words - Bonus Activity Suggestions

Reinforce your Spanish lessons with this 24-lesson unit that also include 120 flash cards! Get the ball rolling with functional and pleasurable activities focusing on 120 familiar nouns. Examples: Bear = el oso. Moon = el verano. August = Agusto. Word/picture association, verbal skills, visual perception, word pronunciation, and sound blending are all used so students can begin to read, write, and speak Spanish. The words are grouped by categories ranging from “animals” and “tools,” to “nature” and “sports.” Creative illustrations are used to convey meaning. Each of the 120 black-and-white flash cards boasts an imaginative image of a single object and the noun it depicts. Both the English and the Spanish word, along with its pronunciation, are posted on every card. Word Categories Include: - Animals - At the Restaurant - Tools - The Beach - Nature - People - The Months - Transportation - Sports - Shapes - The Countryside

Reinforce your Spanish lessons with this 24-lesson unit that also include 120 flash cards! Get the ball rolling with functional and pleasurable activities focusing on 120 familiar nouns. Examples: Bear = el oso. Moon = el verano. August = Agusto. Word/picture association, verbal skills, visual perception, word pronunciation, and sound blending are all used so students can begin to read, write, and speak Spanish. Word Categories Include: - Numbers - Colors - Parts of the Body - Clothes - Food - Outside the House - Inside the House - At School Each of the 120 black-and-white flash cards boasts an imaginative image of a single object on the front, and the noun it depicts on the back. Both the English and the Spanish word - along with its pronunciation - are posted on every card.

Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Comprehension Quickies! Very short, easy-to-read paragraphs are followed by comprehension activities that require students to pay attention to details, understand the content, know word definitions, draw conclusions, write complete-sentence answers, and more.These quick, non-threatening reading activities are terrific for: students of all ages, students with short attention spans, students who have difficulty reading longer passages, students reading below grade level, anxious and reluctant readers, ESL students, Inclusion, daily enrichment and review.

"Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Comprehension Quickies! Very short, easy-to-read paragraphs are followed by comprehension activities that require students to pay attention to details, understand the content, know word definitions, draw conclusions, write complete-sentence answers, and more. These quick, non-threatening reading activities are terrific for: students of all ages, students with short attention spans, students who have difficulty reading longer passages, students reading below grade level, anxious and reluctant readers, ESL students, Inclusion, daily enrichment and review."