Fifth Grade Parent Guide for Your Child's Success


Book Description

Get parents involved at home to increase student achievement. This helpful Parent Guide provides parents with strategies to reinforce what the teacher is doing in the fifth grade classroom and turn everyday actions into learning opportunities, encouraging children to practice important life skills.




Fifth Grade Parent Guide for Your Child's Success


Book Description

Get parents involved at home to increase student achievement. This helpful Parent Guide provides parents with strategies to reinforce what the teacher is doing in the fifth-grade classroom and turn everyday actions into learning opportunities, encouraging children to practice important life skills. *Quantity pricing available for schools only.




A Parents' Guide to 8th Grade


Book Description

This reader-friendly guide aimed at concerned parents will help with challenges such as the sometimes-difficult transition from elementary school to junior high, the effect of peer influence on a child's behavior, and the stress caused by competition and standardized tests.




President of the Whole Fifth Grade


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In this fun middle-grade novel from the author of The Kayla Chronicles, Brianna Justice has big dreams of following in her chef hero’s footsteps—and the first step is to become the president of her class. ​ Start counting your votes . . . and your friends. When Brianna Justice's hero, the famous celebrity chef Miss Delicious, speaks at her school and traces her own success back to being president of her fifth grade class, Brianna determines she must do the same. She just knows that becoming president of her class is the first step toward her own cupcake-baking empire! But when new student Jasmine Moon announces she is also running for president, Brianna learns that she may have more competition than she expected. Will Brianna be able to stick to her plan of working with her friends to win the election fairly? Or will she jump at the opportunity to steal votes from Jasmine by revealing an embarrassing secret? This hilarious, heartfelt novel will appeal to any reader with big dreams and the determination to achieve them.




Sixth Grade Parent Guide for Your Child's Success


Book Description

Increase student achievement by getting parents more involved through this Parent Guide. This helpful guide provides strategies to reinforce what children are learning in sixth grade and turn everyday actions into learning opportunities, encouraging children to practice important life skills and learn at home.




The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading (The Ordinary Parent's Guide)


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A plain-English guide to teaching phonics. Every parent can teach reading—no experts need apply! Too many parents watch their children struggle with early reading skills—and don't know how to help. Phonics programs are too often complicated, overpriced, gimmicky, and filled with obscure educationalese. The Ordinary Parent's Guide to Teaching Reading cuts through the confusion, giving parents a simple, direct, scripted guide to teaching reading—from short vowels through supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. This one book supplies parents with all the tools they need. Over the years of her teaching career, Jessie Wise has seen good reading instruction fall prey to trendy philosophies and political infighting. Now she has teamed with dynamic coauthor Sara Buffington to supply parents with a clear, direct phonics program—a program that gives them the know-how and confidence to take matters into their own hands.




The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core ELA, Grades K-5


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"A guide for parents hoping to prepare their children for the Common Core English Language requirements. Intended to help children in grads K-5"--




Fourth Grade Parent Guide for Your Child's Success


Book Description

With this helpful guide, get parents and teachers working together to increase student achievement. This Parent Guide shows parents how to easily reinforce what the teacher is doing in the fourth grade classroom and turn everyday actions into learning opportunities for their children.




The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core ELA, Grades 6-8


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Take the mystery out of Common Core ELA! If you are a parent struggling to understand the new Common Core English Language Arts standards for your child, you're not alone. Even though the Common Core ELA has been adopted by 45 states across the nation, if you're accustomed to traditional English courses, you may be having a hard time understanding what your kids are bringing home from school--and why. The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core ELA, Grades 6–8 can help. With easy-to-understand examples, comprehension tips, and practice exercises, this comprehensive guide will explain: What your child will be learning in 6th, 7th, and 8th grade The types of books and passages your child will be reading The new requirements and the rationale for reading nonfiction texts The focus on finding evidence and formulating arguments The reasoning behind the Common Core English Language Arts standards This valuable reference book will give you the confidence to help your kids meet the ELA expectations for their grade level, excel at school, and prepare for high school and beyond.




The Everything Parent's Guide To Children With Dyslexia


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Although dyslexia affects 10 to 15 percent of the U.S. population, only 5 out of every 100 dyslexics are recognized and receive assistance. If you're the parent of a child with dyslexia, this statistic can be disconcerting, especially when it comes to your child's academic performance and developing social skills. The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia gives you a complete understanding of what dyslexia is, how to identify the signs, and what you can do to help your child. This authoritative book seeks to alert parents to the special needs associated with this learning disability and offers practical suggestions for getting involved in the classroom. The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia shows you how to: Select the right treatment programs for your child Secure an IEP Choose a school and reduce homework struggles Develop your child's skills with the use of assistive technology Maintain open communication and offer support The Everything Parent's Guide to Children with Dyslexia is your first step in facing the challenges of dyslexia with a positive attitude.