Reading Tutor, Grades 4 - 8


Book Description

Make reading fun for students in grades 4 and up using Reading Tutor: Sports! This 48-page book captures readers' enthusiasm with interesting, age-appropriate stories and activities relating to sports. The book includes activities that reinforce difficult comprehension skills and improve reading levels. It is great for use in the classroom and at home!




Reading Tutor, Grades 4 - 8


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Make reading fun for students in grades 4 and up using Reading Tutor: Biographies! This 48-page book captures readers' enthusiasm with interesting, age-appropriate biographies and activities relating to biographies. The book includes activities that reinforce difficult comprehension skills and improve reading levels. It is great for use in the classroom and at home!




Teaching Reading in Middle School


Book Description

Get the "big picture" of teaching reading in the middle school, including research, as well as the practical details you need to help every stydent become a better reader. Veteran teacher Laura Robb shares how to: teach reading strategies across the curriculum, present mini-lessons that deepen students' knowledge of how specific reading strategies work; help kids apply the strategies through guided practice; support struggling readers with a plan of action that improves their reading motivation; and much more.




Dear Mr. Henshaw


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Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Children’s Book Beverly Cleary’s timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw. After his parents separate, Leigh Botts moves to a new town with his mother. Struggling to make friends and deal with his anger toward his absent father, Leigh loses himself in a class assignment in which he must write to his favorite author. When Mr. Henshaw responds, the two form an unexpected friendship that will change Leigh’s life forever. From the beloved author of the Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse series comes an epistolary novel about how to navigate and heal from life’s growing pains.




Jumpstarters for Figurative Language, Grades 4 - 8


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Facilitate a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Figurative Language: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers dictionary imagery, similes, metaphors, adages, idioms, clichés, personification, allusions, symbolism, hyperboles, and synecdoche. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.




Jumpstarters for Fractions & Decimals, Grades 4 - 8


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Make math matter for students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Fractions and Decimals: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers fractional parts, equivalent fractions, improper fractions, mathematical operations, place value, comparing/ordering, and converting fractions to decimals. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.




Everyday Art for the Classroom Teacher, Grades 4 - 8


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Bring creativity into the classroom using Everyday Art for the Classroom Teacher for grades 4 and up! This 144-page resource features short, easy activities designed for a busy classroom. The book includes more than 110 seasonal arts-and-crafts projects and activities, and most of the projects require only standard school supplies. Projects include creating class election tags, a color wheel, a dreidel, holiday tetrahedrons, and stained glass butterflies. This book is a perfect addition to any hands-on class.




Jumpstarters for Language Arts, Grades 4 - 8


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Short warm-up exercises cover compound words, root words, prefixes, and suffixes. Five warm-ups per reproducible page. Includes answer keys and suggestions for use.




Jumpstarters for U.S. Government, Grades 4 - 8


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Guide students in grades 4 and up through the government using Jumpstarters for the U.S. Government: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers the historical, functional, and even theoretical aspects of the government. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.




Jumpstarters for Vocabulary Building, Grades 4 - 8


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Advance student vocabulary using Jumpstarters for Vocabulary: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom for grades 4 and up! This 48-page resource covers dictionary skills, confusing words, homophones, antonyms, synonyms, words from mythology, and foreign words and phrases. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.