With the evolving technologies available to educators and the increased importance of including technologies in the classroom, it is critical for instructors to understand how to successfully utilize these emerging technologies within their curriculum. To ensure they are prepared, further study on the best practices and challenges of…

A little imagination, a little drama, a little mystery. Using the guided inquiry model in this updated, second edition, students become detectives at Information Headquarters. They solve a mystery-and enhance their problem-solving and literacy skills. Middle school is a crucial time in the development of problem-solving, critical-thinking, and…

This workbook provides practice for children in spelling 54 words found in spelling and reading texts for second grade, words that research has shown to be most frequently misspelled or misused at the elementary level. The workbook is designed to reach the different learning strengths of children through a process of seeing, hearing, tracing, and…

This workbook provides practice for children in spelling 81 words found in spelling and reading texts for third grade, words that research has shown to be most frequently misspelled or misused at the elementary level. The workbook is designed to reach the different learning strengths of children through a process of seeing, hearing, tracing, and…

This workbook provides practice for children in spelling 96 words found in spelling and reading texts for fourth grade, words that research has shown to be most frequently misspelled or misused at the elementary level. The workbook is designed to reach the different learning strengths of children through a process of seeing, hearing, tracing, and…

This workbook provides practice for children in spelling 102 words found in spelling and reading texts for fifth grade, words that research has shown to be most frequently misspelled or misused at the elementary level. The workbook is designed to reach the different learning strengths of children through a process of seeing, hearing, tracing, and…

This workbook provides practice for children in spelling 102 words found in spelling and reading texts for sixth grade, words that research has shown to be most frequently misspelled or misused at the elementary level. The workbook is designed to reach the different learning strengths of children through a process of seeing, hearing, tracing, and…

A profusely illustrated student instruction booklet contains step-by-step directions and diagrams for learning four basic casting techniques. Separate sections cover basic spin-casting, spinning, bait-casting, and fly-casting. Each section details recommended equipment (reel, rod, line, plug, tackle, lures, leaders, flies), describes specific…

Over 30 elementary activities for developing dictionary skills are provided. A wide variety of formats is used, including pictionaries, connect the dots, word searches, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and riddles to help children practice skills such as sounds, alphabetical order, prefixes, parts of speech, phonetic pronunciation, and guide words.…

Designed for use with the text "Greek and Roman Myths," this junior high school learning activity packet introduces students to mythology and examines the influence of myths on contemporary culture. Over 20 exercises, tagged to specific readings in the text, cover identification of the major gods, the Prometheus myth, the Atlas myth,…

This workbook provides practice, for children at the first grade level, in spelling 52 basic sight words and high-interest words which are found in primers and preprimers and relate to the child's immediate world. Throughout the workbook letter practice pages precede word practice pages. Special sentence pages that offer the child opportunities to…

An art activity introduces intermediate grade and middle school students to optical illusions. Students practice drawing geometric shapes such as cubes, cylinders, cones, and pyramids, then combine these shapes to create the illusion of their choice. Graphic outlines for each shape are provided. This document is one of a collection of materials…

Intended for student use at home as a supplement to schoolwork or at school as a phonics text, this workbook presents two- and three-letter blends. Each consonant blend is taught in a lesson of one to three pages. The pages provide practice in recognizing the blend sound in a word using picture clues, using a blend to complete words, and choosing…

Intended for student use at home as a supplement to schoolwork or at school as a phonics text, this workbook presents initial consonant sounds in order of difficulty. The lesson for each sound is four pages in length. The first page consists of an illustration showing familiar objects; students are asked to circle the objects whose names begin…

Intended for student use at home as a supplement to schoolwork or at school as a phonics text, this workbook is a follow-up to "Initial Consonants." The first part of the workbook provides practice for consonants at the end of words. Most letters are given a four-page lesson. On the first page, students are asked to look at pictures, name them,…