Author: Deborah White Broadwater
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580372015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99

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Reproducible activities are designed to teach students look up the meaning of the vocabulary word and write a sentence to go with the word so that to enrich their vocabulary.

Author: Laura Robb
Publisher: Corwin Press
ISBN: 1071820443
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Use these lessons to build developing readers’ skill and desire to read, read, read! This book will be your guide as you support middle grade students who are reading two or more years below grade level. The lessons enlarge students’ vocabulary and background knowledge and engage them in meaningful discussions and writing about their reading. As students’ reading skill and desire to read increases, you’ll watch them complete more independent reading and ramp up their reading volume—the practice they need to improve! Guided Practice for Reading Growth provides all you need to get started. Laura Robb and poet David L. Harrison have collaborated to design twenty-four powerful reading lessons using original poems and short texts that interest your students and encourage them to think deeply. The opening chapters offer background knowledge for the lessons and teaching tips, then the bulk of this book consists of lessons—with full texts and suggested videos provided. Guided practice lessons are the instructional piece that can move developing readers forward by building their self-confidence and the reading expertise needed to read to learn and for pleasure. This unique book shows you how to: · Build students’ background knowledge by watching and discussing videos. · Use the poems to improve reading and to improve fluency through practice and performance. · Invite students to write about their reading and increase comprehension and recall. · Ask partners to discuss before, during, and after reading as meaningful talk enlarges students’ analytical thinking and understanding. · Design your own lessons for students with extra texts by David L. Harrison in the appendix. Use this book to develop students’ self-confidence and the reading skill they require to become lifelong, joyful readers!

Author: American Heritage Dictionaries
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0547487681
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 131

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“A book that will appeal to word lovers as well as parents hoping to boost their kids’ verbal test scores.” —Booklist More is expected of middle schoolers—more reading, more writing, more independent learning. Achieving success in this more challenging world requires knowing many more words. 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know helps students in grades 6 to 8 (ages 11-14) to express themselves with distinction and get the most out of school. The 100 words are varied and interesting, ranging from verbs like muster and replenish to nouns like havoc and restitution to adjectives like apprehensive and imperious. Knowing these words enables students to express themselves with greater clarity and subtlety. Each word has a definition and a pronunciation and appears with at least one quotation—a moving or dramatic passage—taken from a book that middle schoolers are assigned in the classroom or enjoy reading on their own. Both classic and contemporary works of fiction and nonfiction are represented. Among the authors are young adult favorites and award-winners such as Kate Di Camillo, Russell Freedman, Neil Gaiman, E.L. Konigsberg, Lois Lowry, Walter Dean Myers, Katherine Paterson, J. K. Rowling, and Gary Soto. Readers can see for themselves that the words are used by the very best writers in the very best books. It stands to reason that they will see them again and again in higher grades and throughout their lives. 100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know helps students to gain useful knowledge and prepares them to step into a broader world.

Author: Gary Raham
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580372961
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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Connect students in grades 4 and up with science using Jumpstarters for Science: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom. This 48-page resource covers matter and energy, living things, ecosystems and habitats, astronomy and space sciences, earth materials, and ancient life. The book includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Author: Erin Cobb
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
ISBN: 1483851001
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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The I’m Lovin’ Lit Practice & Assess: Vocabulary book for grades 4–8 is the perfect addition to any language arts or word study curriculum and covers both the Greek and Latin roots of English words and prefixes and suffixes. Students will practice and master important language skills with a variety of activities. With this book, teachers can actively gauge their students' understanding with post-lesson assessments while also being confident that each student has mastered essential vocabulary skills. The I’m Lovin’ Lit series features comprehensive lessons and activities that are created to reach a variety of learning styles. Targeted for upper elementary and middle-school students, this series offers teachers an essential tool to help them teach engaging subject matter with confidence. Designed to work with an existing curriculum, I’m Lovin’ Lit includes comprehensive lessons and activities.

Author: Cindy Barden
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580377424
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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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.

Author: Anne L. Steele
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580377378
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Make math matter for students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Math Word Problems: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom. This 48-page resource covers measurement, money, perimeter and area, simple interest, and probability. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Author: Cindy Barden
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580377157
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Facilitate a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Root Words, Prefixes, and Suffixes: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource covers prefixes with negative meanings, prefixes denoting numbers, root words, suffixes, and words with both prefixes and suffixes. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Author: Barbara R. Sandall
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580377769
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Facilitate a smooth transition from arithmetic to algebra for students in grades 7 and up using Helping Students Understand Algebra. This 128-page book includes step-by-step instructions with examples, practice problems using the concepts, real-life applications, a list of symbols and terms, tips, and answer keys. The book supports NCTM standards and includes chapters on topics such as number systems, properties of numbers, exponents and expressions, roots and radicals, algebraic expressions, graphing, and functions.

Author: Myrl Shireman
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
ISBN: 1580377009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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Connect students in grades 4–6 with science using Introducing Physical Science. This 128-page book helps students who struggle with the basic concepts of physical science. The activities cover topics such as graphing and interpreting graphed data, the use of scientific instruments to collect data, buoyancy, sound vibrations, temperature, gravity, and magnetism. To supplement reading, the book includes specific directions that make multisyllabic words easier to understand and pronounce. The reading exercises are perfect for use at school and home, and the book supports National Science Education Standards.