Just the facts please!The 23 lessons in this unit are designed to provide a variety of sources from which students extract factual information. The practical yet interesting formats encourage students to analyze signs, product packaging, advertisements, diagrams, receipts, and more. Example: Smith’s Bicycle Shop displays a “Store Hours” sign in the window. “How many hours longer is the shop open on Friday than Saturday?”From money math and word problems, to shoe sizes and calendar questions, student will develop the thinking skills of analysis, comprehension, and application. They will also use language and math skills in practical, everyday situations.

Putting basic logic into practice! Because logic is the basis for all reasoning skills, it is important to teach it in as many different formats as possible. The 24 lessons in this unit involve the basic skills of language, math, and visual perception. Students must analyze each problem, evaluate possible solutions, and follow sequential steps to arrive at a conclusion. Example: Choose the ending that is most logical: “My bike has a flat tire, so: A) I need a new bike. B) I should fix the tire. C) I’ll ride it anyway.”The sequential activities featured here will most certainly help young learners develop critical thinking skills.

Putting knowledge to work. Comprehension implies the understanding of information and the ability to see basic relationships. The 26 lessons in this unit provide plenty of practice in areas that emphasize comprehension. Students are involved in interpreting verbal and visual communications (A dinosaur “size chart” is provided. “How long was the Tyrannosaurus?”), making comparisons (Using the Table of Contents provided: “Which chapter is shorter?”), and finding relationships with the “big picture” (Using the map of the Lone Star Camp: “Where does the trail from the cabin lead?”). The sequential activities featured here are sure to develop critical thinking skills.

Informed thinking! “Knowledge” is defined by Bloom’s Taxonomy as “the obtaining and recall of information.” As such, it is an important step in building effective thinking and problem solving skills. When students are able to absorb information or easily recall it, their ability to effectively think and reason is expanded.The 26 lessons in this unit provide plenty of practice in areas that emphasize knowledge.Classifying shapes and words: (“Things you put air in: beach ball, saw, tires, skis…”), analyzing images: (“If the sentence is a FACT you can prove by the picture, write FACT on the line.”), distinguishing real from make-believe (“Mr. Bibble sent his nephew a monkey that could make a banana cream pie.”) are just some of the exercises featured.

Exercising thinking skills! “What would you do if…?” Posed with numerous real-life dilemmas, students are encouraged to use forethought and complete sentences to reach and express their own decisions. Four quandary situations are presented in each of the 25 lessons in this learning unit. Three involve what may be considered “real life” problems. The fourth activity is of a humorous nature. Reading Level 3-4

Each lesson in this book is ingeniously housed in an illustration of a rocket ship. Exercises are designed to help students memorize multiplying and dividing by 0, 1, 2, 3 … and up to 9. A single number is positioned in the ship’s capsule. The numbers that it needs to be multiplied by or divided by are listed down the body of the ship on the left. A student’s answers are filled into the spaces on the right. In all, there are 17 ready-made “Blast Off!” worksheets included. Blank rockets and 19 pages of additional math problems are also featured so teachers can customize their lessons. A Reward Certificate is included for those students who successfully complete the lesson unit.

Promote thinking!The 23 lessons in this unit take a variety of approaches to identifying similarities and differences. Picture puzzles reinforce visual discrimination. Word search activities promote single-word and short-phrase analysis.Examples: - Find at least 10 ways in which these pictures are different. - What makes these words similar: duck, chicken, turkey?Difficulty peaks with finding the similarities and differences in sentences. These step-by-step activities are sure to improve thinking and logic skills. And, because they seem more like games than work, students will have loads of fun while they learn.

This book makes introducing children to vocabulary's A, E, I, O, U's a snap.Designed specifically for learning the basic beginning skills of vowel sounds, this starter book features 28 pages of fancifully illustrated activities. Visual word games and vowel tracing will instill the familiarity needed to encourage reading success.

This 20-lesson unit is designed to help teachers evaluate students’ ability to understand and appropriately respond to verbal information. The exercises may also be used to assist in the development of listening and following direction skills. “How would you feel if a bull was chasing you?” “Is a potato a fruit?” “Wink your eye!”For those students who find verbal response difficult, or to add an element of fun, picture response cards have been included.

The 26 lessons in this book take students through a full range of exercises designed to further their dictionary skills. From identifying syllables, compound words and guide words, to comprehending multiple meanings, homonyms and abbreviations, the activities included here will help build a better understanding of the many uses of a dictionary. Exercises include alphabetization, finding definitions, spelling, determining parts of speech, and more.

Putting things in order! This lesson unit features 24 straight-edge jigsaw puzzles – each accompanied by sentence writing and picture coloring activities. The exercises are designed to improve visual perception, writing, vocabulary, fine motor, and sequencing skills. After cutting out the puzzle pieces, students paste them together in sequential order. Once completed, students are challenged to use the related vocabulary words in a sentence. This is a great book for visual learners!

Building writing confidence and give students are reason to write! Skills Covered Include: - Writing messages - Jotting down notes - Creating a sign or a poster - Writing a friendly letter, form letter, and a social note - Addressing an envelope - And more! All these activities are put to practice by the 29 lessons in this learning unit. Each of the motivating exercises boost vocabulary development, clarity, conciseness, order, and form. Best of all, students will have fun writing.

Learning a life skill! At a very young age, children encounter the need to follow verbal directions. As they grow, the directions become more complex. The 23 lessons in this unit use math, language, art, and listening skills - as well as reasoning, logic, and visualization - to develop critical thinking. The primary purpose of each activity is to focus on following directions. Example: Count all the members of your family - even your pets. How many feet are in your family?The activities featured begin at a fairly simple level and gradually become more difficult.

Appreciating other lands and cultures. The history, language, customs, and cultures of Greece, Holland, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria are all topics covered in this informative book. As students learn about these far off places and work the accompanying activities, they will build comprehension. The 30 illustrated exercises here enhance learning with information-packed stories about each country. The Greek history of the Olympic Games is covered, as is a recipe for German Potato Salad. There is even a lesson on the Holidays in Holland. Learning has never been so much fun.Reading Level 3

Crossword math! Students will get plenty of practice multiplying and dividing by working the 20 crossword-style puzzles and more than 250 computations in this learning unit. Difficulty progresses with each new worksheet from multiplying and dividing by one-digit factors and divisors to multiplying by two-digit factors and dividing by one-digit divisors with remainders. Students enter their computation answers into the puzzles. Only with correct calculations can each activity be completed. The result? Students are motivated to check their work. A final “Super Challenger” exercise tests the math skills practiced throughout the book. An Answer Key is included.

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.

Teach problem solving! The 24 lessons in this unit are designed to help students turn abstract problems into graphic, semi-concrete formats. This ability is an important step in the development of effective problem-solving techniques. Example: "Planted four rows of flowers. Six plants in each row." How many flowers? Draw a picture to show how to solve each problem.By creating a visual representation of the components of a problem, students can more easily perform necessary operations. They can also see the logic – or absence of logic – in their solutions. The sequential activities featured here will most certainly help young learners develop critical thinking skills.

Motivate reluctant writers! Five different formats are utilized in this 25-lesson unit to help stimulate creative writing:Story Starters:“I woke up in the morning and discovered I was 7 feet tall!”Topics with Corresponding Word Lists:“Use these words to write a story: beach, sand, buried…”Q&A:“Imagine you are the Statue of Liberty. What interesting things have you seen?”Visual Representation:“Write a story to tell what you think has happened in this picture.”News Story Completion:“Farmer Says Neighbors Are Aliens: Write a news story telling the who, what, where and when.”

Each of the 24 creative yet challenging crossword puzzles in this workbook put forth a number of riddles or rhymes. Twelve words are featured with each puzzle. Riddle and Rhyme clues challenge students to ponder the appropriate answer. Examples: Rhymes with Choke: Scared, Smoke, Donate... I direct a group of musicians: Puppets, Butcher, Conductor... Comprehension skills are given a great workout with these activities.

Learning their letters the fun way! This book is an inventive and inspiring vehicle for children to make their way through the alphabet. Each coloring exercise sports a different letter - literally from A to Z.Students are asked to distinguish upper case from lower case by use of color. Illustrations range from baseballs to gum balls and apples to grapes. Each object is monogrammed with an upper or lower case letter. A few summary puzzles are included, as is a connect-the-letters in order illustration on the final page.