First Grade Essentials


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Engage your child in active learning with First Grade Essentials. This workbook covers these skills: -vocabulary -consonant and vowel sounds -addition -subtraction -counting money -telling time Packed with fun practice pages, this workbook helps first graders develop skills for success in today’s classroom. Help your child learn how to apply classroom learning to everyday life with First Grade Essentials. This workbook encourages children to have fun while learning key skills in these areas: -basic skills -reading -math Filled with grade-appropriate activities and practice, First Grade Essentials offers opportunities for active learning and supports the skills children need to think critically and communicate effectively. By focusing on important school skills, the Essentials series for prekindergarten to second grades helps build a strong foundation for your child’s success, this year and the next. Each practice page features a “One Step Further” activity to help your child apply the skill to real-world experiences. The books also include fun puzzles and mazes in a bonus “Games and Activities” section. Essentials is a complete resource to help your child develop twenty-first century skills!




Teaching First Grade


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A mentor teacher shares insights, strategies and lessons for teaching reading, writing and math--and laying the foundation for learning success.




First Grade Technology Curriculum


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Used world-wide as a definitive technology curriculum, this six-volume series (Fourth Edition, 2011) is the all-in-one solution to running an effective, efficient, and fun technology program whether you re the lab specialist, IT coordinator, classroom teacher, or homeschooler. It is the choice of hundreds of school districts across the country, private schools nationwide and teachers around the world. Each volume includes step-by-step directions for a year's worth of projects, samples, grading rubrics, reproducibles, wall posters, teaching ideas and hundreds of online connections to access enrichment material and updates from a working technology lab. Aligned with ISTE national technology standards, the curriculum follows a tested timeline of which skill to introduce when, starting with mouse skills, keyboarding, computer basics, and internet/Web 2.0 tools in Kindergarten/First; MS Word, Publisher, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Earth, internet research, email and Photoshop in Second/Fifth. Each activity is integrated with classroom units in history, science, math, literature, reading, writing, critical thinking and more. Whether you're an experienced tech teacher or brand new to the job, you'll appreciate the hundreds of embedded links that enable you to stay on top of current technology thinking and get help from active technology teachers using the program. Extras include wall posters to explain basic concepts, suggestions for keyboarding standards, discussion of how to integrate Web 2.0 tools into the classroom curriculum and the dozens of online websites to support classroom subjects.




How to Start First Grade


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It's back to school for Steve! Will his first day of first grade be ruined by the new kid? A hilarious Step 2 reader about self-confidence and friendship! Steve is so excited to start first grade with all his buddies from kindergarten! But then a new kid joins the class, and, boy, is she impressive! Hannah is from Alaska, and she's really cool. Even her show-and-tell is way more exciting than Steve's. But exaggerating to make himself seem cooler just lands Steve in the principal's office. Will he get into worse trouble, or can he maybe make a new friend? This book is a perfect follow-up to How to Start Kindergarten and a great choice for any kid getting ready to go back to school. Emergent readers will see themselves in this very relatable series. And when they're ready, they can read about the zany antics of Steve and his older brother, Will, in How Not to Start Third Grade, How Not to Babysit Your Brother, and How Not to Run for Class President (Step 3 books). Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.




First Grade Us History: The First Americans


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First graders use their imaginations a lot so it's best to introduce visual learning. This book is a complement to your child's traditional school textbook. Since it is composed of bold images laid out in an easy-to-understand format, it will definitely attract and keep the attention. Don't forget to grab a copy of this book today!




Starring First Grade


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The first grade is getting ready to put on a play for the whole school. Everyone wants a part in "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." The teacher picks Paul to be the troll, Danny to be the biggest goat, and Jim to be one of the trees. But Jim wants to be a troll, not a tree. So Jim interrupts the rehearsals and acts bossy to his classmates. Finally it is the day of the big play. But Paul has stage fright. Can Jim find a way to help his friend and save the play?




1st Grade American History: Early Pilgrims of America


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Did you know that children are more photographic than they are textual? Science says so; therefore, it important to use the right resources that would tap their interest. With that, a good tool to use when teaching about history is a picture book. Picture books illustrate what words fail to create pictures. They are engaging and are a highly relaxing approach to learning. Buy a copy today!




First Grade Takes a Test


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Who's the smartest person in the first grade? When the teacher hands out a test, everybody can't wait to find out. But only lucky Anna Maria does well enough to move to a special class. Is getting the best grade all that matters?




First Grade Skills


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Build essential skills while having fun with Home Workbooks! Now updated with fun, colorful pages and engaging art, each book measures 7" x 9.25" and is filled with 64 pages of age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games. These teacher-approved books are perfect for home, school, summer breaks, and road trips! Skills covered include beginning reading and phonics, beginning writing, one- and two-digit addition and subtraction, graphing and measurement, and more! An incentive chart and 140 full-color stickers are also included to help parents or teachers track student progress. Home Workbooks are available for prekindergarten through grade 3 students, and feature titles in a wide variety of skill areas to suit any need.




First Grade, Here I Come!


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Follows a child through all the big first grade moments.