Going Green, Grades 3-5


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Standards-based lessons to encourage students to take care of the environment by adapting the way they live and do things, beginning in the classroom. Each unit includes suggestions and adaptations to help ELL students and students in RTI (response to intervention) programs keep pace with the rest of the class.




Ready, Set, Go Green!, Grades 4 - 5


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On your mark, get set, go green! --Did you know that every person in the United States creates about five pounds of trash a day? Did you know that recycling one ton of paper can save 17 trees? Did you know that people in North America use more water than any other people on Earth? If not, then welcome to Ready, Set, Go Green! --Environmental awareness is everywhere in the media today. It is a huge concern for many adults, and will soon impact children as well. Ready, Set, Go Green! explains current environmental topics in a way that students will understand. The goal is to increase students' sensitivity and concern about the environment while encouraging them to have fun at the same time. This book is filled with interesting facts and figures, fun activity pages, quick and easy tips, and engaging project ideas.




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The Common Core Companion: Booster Lessons, Grades 3-5


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Skill-building through potent instruction, day by day In these much-anticipated sequels to The Common Core Companion, Janiel Wagstaff and Leslie Blauman provide a collection of connected lessons and formative writing assessments that bring Monday-to-Friday clarity to the task of integrating reading and writing with ELA standards. In each volume, the 50+ lessons are divided into fi ve, week-long learning sequences addressing key literacygoals. A best-practice glossary, If/Then charts, unit-planning calendars, and other tools round out these essential references, both in book and online. Follow each sequence and week by week, you’ll build the instructional potency to help students achieve a year’s worth of growth as you integrate: Writing Narratives with Identifying Sensory Words in Text Research with Identifying Topic and Details Opinion Writing with Close Reading for Text Evidence Comparing and Contrasting with Publishing Using Digital Tools Informative Writing with Use of Text Features




Spectrum Grade 5


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Spectrum(R) Grade Specific for Grade 5 includes focused practice for reading, language arts, and math mastery. Skills include grammar and usage, parts of speech and sentence types, vocabulary acquisition and usage, fractions and decimals, perimeter, area and volume, classifying geometric figures, preparing for algebra, and graphing on the coordinate plane. --Each Spectrum(R) Grade Specific workbook includes a writer's guide and step-by-step instructions, helping children with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. Children in grades 1 to 6 will find lessons and exercises that help them progress through increasingly difficult subject matter. Aligned to current state standards, Spectrum is your childÕs path to language arts and math mastery.




Revised MTB Grade 3 Term 5


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Spectrum Reading Workbook, Grade 5


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Strong reading skills are the basis of school success, and Spectrum Reading for grade 5 will help children triumph over language arts and beyond. This standards-based workbook uses engaging text to support understanding key ideas, details, knowledge integration, summarization, and theme. --Spectrum Reading will help your child improve their reading habits and strengthen their ability to understand and analyze text. This best-selling series is a favorite of parents and teachers because it is carefully designed to be both effective and engagingÑthe perfect building blocks for a lifetime of learning.




Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms: English Language Arts, Grades 3-5


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Make every student fluent in the language of learning. Language has always been the center of English Language Arts, but with most states adopting CCSS, the focus on language and literacy across the content areas is required. Today it’s more essential than ever that English language learners and proficient English learners have the supports to access and achieve the language of school. The Common Core and ELD standards provide pathways to academic success through academic language. Using an integrated Curricular Framework, districts, schools and professional learning communities can: Design and implement thematic units for learning Draw from content and language standards to set targets for all students Examine standards-centered materials for academic language Collaborate in planning instruction and assessment within and across lessons Consider linguistic and cultural resources of the students Create differentiated content and language objectives Delve deeply into instructional strategies involving academic language Reflect on teaching and learning With dynamic classrooms and units of learning, this book gives you a streamlined path for designing and implementing curriculum that leads to student mastery of academic language—the key to school success. "These volumes are packed with practical ideas that will help all teachers attend to language within their classrooms from the discourse level to word/phrase levels. This is a road map for teaching Common Core content in language rich classrooms, and hence a resource every teacher needs within arm’s reach! It’s all here and clearly presented; this is pure gold for everyone who teaches students to speak, listen, read and write in school, with special attention to English language learners." —Tim Boals, Executive Director of WIDA




Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs (Grades 3-5)


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The purpose of Making Math Accessible to Students With Special Needs is to support everyone involved in mathematics education to become confident and competent with mathematics instruction and assessment so that 99% of students will be able to access enrolled grade-level mathematics. This resource is designed to actively engage readers through reflections and tasks in each chapter and can be used as a self-study professional development or as a group book study. Sample answers to tasks and reflections are found in the appendix, along with additional supports.