Science Vocabulary Building, Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Connect students in grades 5–8 with science using Science Vocabulary Building. This 80-page book reinforces commonly used science words, builds science vocabulary, and increases students' readability levels. This comprehensive classroom supplement includes alphabetized word lists that provide pronunciations, syllabications, definitions, and context sentences for high-utility science words. Activities allow for differentiated instruction and can be used as warm-ups, homework assignments, and extra practice. The book supports National Science Education Standards.




Science Vocabulary Building, Grades 3 - 5


Book Description

Connect students in grades 3–5 with science using Science Vocabulary Building. This 80-page book reinforces commonly used science words, builds science vocabulary, and increases students' readability levels. This comprehensive classroom supplement includes alphabetized word lists that provide pronunciations, syllabications, definitions, and context sentences for high-utility science words. Activities allow for differentiated instruction and can be used as warm-ups, homework assignments, and extra practice. The book supports National Science Education Standards.




100+ Science Experiments for School and Home, Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Presents a collection of individual experiments, demonstrations, and whole-class projects along with a standards matrix highlighting the National Science Education Standards covered by the activities.




Writing, Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Write on! Write with students in grades 5 and up using Writing: Fundamentals for the Middle-School Classroom. This 128-page book helps students learn how to express themselves through writing. It provides open-ended lessons of personal writing, descriptive writing, short stories, poetry, and reports. This excellent classroom supplement also includes chapters arranged in order of increasing difficulty and activities that allow students to choose their own writing topics. It supports NCTE and IRA standards.




Interactive Notebook: Physical Science, Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with the Mark Twain Interactive Notebook: Physical Science for fifth to eighth grades. This interactive notebook includes 29 lessons in these three units of study: -matter -forces and motion -energy This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.




American Popular Music, Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Make music come alive for students in grades 5 and up with American Popular Music! This 96-page book explores how the roots of American music began and developed. From European musical traditions in the seventeenth century to African American music today, this book uncovers a foundation and appreciation of AmericaÕs music. It features genres such as ragtime, blues, Dixieland, swing, big band, musical theater, folk, country western, rock and roll, disco, funk, punk, rap, alternative, and contemporary Christian.




Map Reading Skills, Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Provides lessons and activities to help students with their map reading skills.




U.S. Presidents: Past & Present, Grades 5 - 8


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Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using U.S. Presidents: Past and Present! This 160-page book provides a historical background on each of the U.S. presidents. Students read about the president's early life, his career before becoming president, his presidency, and his life after leaving office. The book reinforces reading through the Points to Ponder short-answer questions and encourages research into related topics with the Explore History section. It also includes introductory material on presidential candidates and campaigns, as well as fun facts about presidential firsts.




Music: 450 A.D. to 1995 A.D., Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Bring history to life for students in grades 5 and up using Music 450 A.D. to 1995 A.D. This 80-page book allows students to explore the worldwide development of music from the Middle Ages to modern day! The book covers topics such as troubadours, the Renaissance, the Baroque period, Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, 20th-century jazz, and rock and roll. The book presents and reinforces information through fun reading passages and a variety of reproducible activities. It also includes a time line, biographical sketches, and a complete answer key.




Fractions, Decimals, & Percentages, Grades 5 - 8


Book Description

Full of activities and visual models, Fractions, Decimals, & Percentages is a fantastic lesson supplement when helping to clarify the principles behind the function of fractions, decimals, and percentages. Its 3 comprehensive units include learning about equivalent fractions, improper fractions, understanding place value, changing fractions to decimals, and finding the percent of a number, and much more! A full answer key is also included. ; Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.