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.

Success in all areas of mathematics starts with a solid knowledge of the basic facts. This book provides concentrated practice of basic multiplication facts to help students reach mastery level. Timed Math Drills: Multiplication provides step-by-step practice in addition that starts with whole-page calculations using the same, single addend (1 thru 9), progresses to calculations using two different addends, and then to all-inclusive, mixed addends. The goal is to achieve mastery at the highest possible accuracy level in the lowest possible time. A chart is included on which each student's progress can be recorded. Award forms are included to validate students' achievements.

Crossword math! Students will get plenty of practice multiplying and dividing by working the 20 crossword-style puzzles and more than 250 word problems in this learning unit. Students enter their numeric answers into the puzzles. Only with correct calculations can each activity be completed. The result? Students are motivated to check their work. Math difficulty progresses with each worksheet and includes such questions as: “The zoo is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., 7 days a week. How many hours is it open in a week?”Themes for the high-interest word puzzles range from A Day at the Zoo to Grocery Shopping. An Answer Key is included.

Learning basic math! Each of the 24 lessons in the learning unit features a “number line” of 1-10, 1-15, or 1-20. Students are challenged to use these graphic tools to figure out fundamental addition and subtraction problems. “9 + 1 = ?” “10 – 3 = ?” “12 + 7 = ?”Using the number line to count out the answers is a great way to start building a solid foundation of basic math.

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.

The lessons in this unit are based on essential vocabulary associated with plants, including trees, flowers, fungi, and vegetables. - From Flower to Fruit - How Mushrooms Grow - Which part of the vegetable do we eat? - Seeds, Leaves, Stems, Roots As students progress through the 27 exercises featured, they become familiar with 150 plant words by practicing basic skills in reading, comprehension, spelling, and writing. Reinforcement activities range from completing sentences through context clues, matching words and definitions, endings, sentence writing, labeling, categorizing, and much more. A separate Plant Vocabulary page is included.

Free-time fun in 15 minutes or less! Each of the 24 creative yet challenging crossword puzzles in this unit focuses on vocabulary acquisition. Twelve words are featured with each puzzle. Clues challenge students to identify the appropriate word to complete the phrase. Example: What comes next? Tuesday, Wednesday, ______. Crawl, Walk, _____. Toe, Foot, _____. Comprehension skills are given a great workout with these activities.

Build and improve your students' vocabulary with each of the 24 lessons in this learning unit. Activities introduce and then reinforces 6 to 12 words each. Students are challenged to finish sentences and answer clues using words from the list provided. Both picture clues and cloze procedure are utilized to create an effective program for developing vocabulary in content. Words range from “hammock” and “chopsticks” to “explode” and “lantern.”

Word play makes reading fun. The 25 lessons in this unit use all sorts of word challenges to excite students into improving their reading, comprehension, and thinking skills. Synonyms (chef/cook), homonyms (sow/sew), rhyming words (park/lark), flip-flop words (wed/dew), and compound words (bookmark / airplane) are all featured. Context clues and definitions are presented, but there are no word lists. So, students must come up with the solutions to these creative puzzles on their own. Example: Write a rhyming word for each old word that matches the meaning. “Old word: Hedge. Meaning: Border. New word?” “Old word: Date. Meaning: Part of a fence. New word?”

These fun, 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 winter. Each story introduces vocabulary words to know and is followed by comprehension questions. 18 Additional Activities Cover: - counting - following directions - critical thinking skills - alphabetizing - finding details - vocabulary - math word problems - grammar - comprehension - map reading - bar graph - addition and subtraction - drawing solutions - thinking skills

Improve the speed and accuracy of beginning learners with these addition drills! Easy-to-read practice drills with fewer equations per page cover facts 0-9 and feature 36 single-digit equations per drill. Each page features horizontal and vertical versions of the equations. Contents Include: - 36 Drill Pages - Award Certificate - Progress Chart

These step-by-step activities present information in short, manageable chunks so learners can isolate and master one concept before moving on to the next. A variety of imaginative, hands-on activities to help student learn basic counting skills. The 20 exercises in this book use number sequencing, fun illustrations, number match-ups, and dot-to-dots as a fun, engaging way to teach counting from 1 to 30. Activities Include: - Number Sequencing - Write How Many - Number Match-Up - Number Sets - Dot-to-Dots