Daily Life in a Plains Indian Village 1868
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Grade 4-7-This oversized volume offers many details on the Plains Indians in the 1860s, presented in an attractive and inviting format. Each double-page spread covers one aspect of daily life, such as setting up a tipi or preparing for battle. The author presents short paragraphs of fascinating information accompanied by visuals that explain even more than the text. Full-color and black-and-white illustrations include maps, historical photographs, and paintings, but the majority are photo reenactments featuring Native Americans wearing and using authentic items and demonstrating the ways of their ancestors. A useful glossary, a time line, and a list of museums and historical sites to visit conclude the volume. In spite of a layout that is occasionally confusing, this would make an interesting addition to any collection.

Student Atlas
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Presents world and regional maps, a gazetteer, and information about the earth's physical features. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

KIDS DISCOVER EXPLORERS
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KIDS DISCOVER brings award-winning non-fiction to children of ages 6 and up, providing them with lively prose, beautiful photography, and rich illustrations that they'll love!

Exploring: A Human Urge
Cabeza de Vaca and the Children of the Sun
Cook's Last Voyage
Burke and Wills in the Australian Outback
Exploration Equipment
Annie Smith Peck on Top of the World
Matthew Henson to the Pole!
Mike Collins to the Moon!

National Geographic Map Essentials: A comprehensive map skills program
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isbn# 0-7922-9013-5

Map Skills for Today Book 3: Exploring Geographic Regions of the United States (A Weekly Reader Skills Book Grade 3) (Paperback)
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America in the Time of Columbus: From Earliest Times to 1590 (America in the Time Of...) $4.00 each includes shipping or 3 or more $3.00 each includes shipping
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Exploration and Conquest: The Americas After Columbus: 1500-1620 (The American Story)
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This ambitious sequel to the Maestros' The Discovery of the Americas begins with a revisionist summation of Christopher Columbus's famous feats: the explorer "was not the first to discover the Americas. But his voyages led to the European exploration of the New World." The book covers more than 130 years of exploration, presenting brief overviews of Magellan, Cortes, Pizarro, Hudson, Drake, Champlain et al. Betsy Maestro also discusses the effects of these incursions on native peoples; she touches upon the African slave trade, the decimation of the Aztec civilization and the general failure of Europeans to honor their agreements with Native Americans. While the writing is clear, the range of information may be too broad for the reader to absorb easily. Each topic receives only a paragraph or two, and important concepts are often reduced to a single sentence. More satisfying is the watercolor-and-pencil art, which vividly depicts the explorers and their exploits. Giulio Maestro captures the essence of his settings-the midnight blues of a nighttime sky at sea, the earthy yellows and browns of the American Southwest, the green, tiered mountains of Central America. Appendixes contain a table of dates; lists of explorers not mentioned in the text; useful summaries; and a list of Native American "contributions to the world." Ages 6-up.

ATLAS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
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The Atlas of American History is great tool for any young scholar. With over 80 colorful maps that illustrate key events and eras this atlas covers periods from the first Americans through life in the United States today. This fun enlightening book also includes chronologies, graphs, charts, and photos.
• Tables of facts about states

• 80 pages including detailed index, paperback, 8" x 10"

• Organized by important periods of American history

isbn#0528845004

EXPLORERS OF NORTH AMERICA
by Bredan January
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Describes the activities of explorers in North America from 1000 to 1804 including Leif Ericsson, Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot, and Lewis and Clark.

Literature Library Volume1 grades 2-3
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includes a thematic unit for each of the following books
Bread and Jam for Frances
Little House in the Big Woods
Miss Rumphius
The Little Island
Tips for teachers

Spelling Grade 3 Reproducibles
over 40 reproducible activities that would compliment any spelling unit

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This spelling book provides a basis for a fun and exciting spelling curriculum in your classroom. Each Word List has been carefully selected to focus on a specific spelling element that third grade students would encounter in their reading and writing.In addition to the Word List and activity on each worksheet, students are encouraged to make a list of "special words" that they would like to learn to spell. Each lesson also suggests a "writing" activity that complements the page and is intendedto encourage student writing. "Extensions" pages provide exercises that require the students to build more words based on the spelling patterns of the previously studied Word Lists.

My First Little Readers
25 Reproducible Mini-books that give kids a great start in reading

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hese little books, written to go with Guided Reading Level A, are just right for beginning readers! The simple, stories on favorite topics such as birthdays, pets, friendships, and favorite foods include high-frequency words, rhyming, repetition, and supportive illustrations.

MARVELOUS MATH WORD PROBLEM MINI-BOOKS
12 Reproducible Mini-Books Filled with engaging word problems that kids complete to build essential math skills
grades 2-3

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Book Description
12 Reproducible Mini-Books Filled With Engaging Word Problems That Kids Complete to Build Essential Math Skills
Motivates math learners!
Kids will love solving word problems in their own irresistible math mini-books! Each mini-book focuses on an essential skill such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, time, and money. On every page, kids will find an engaging, illustrated word problem and space to show their work. Problems are specially designed for this age group and provide the support kids need to work independently.

includes:
patterns and skip counting
addition
subtraction
time
money
one hundred and place value
number sense
measurement
tallying and graphing
shapes and geometry
multiplication and division
fractions

Follow-the-Directions Draw & Write Activities: Step-by-Step Directions and Writing Prompts That Guide Children to Draw Pictures and Write Stories About Them
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Help kids learn to follow directions and build fine-motor skills with 35 reproducible draw & write activities that they can complete independently! Each activity features step-by-step directions for drawing adorable pictures, plus creative writing prompts that motivate kids to write about their drawings. Great for instant homework or centers!

The Best of Dr. Jean Reading and Writing
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For those who love Dr. Jean, you won't be disappointed. Easy to navigate and easy to make/ideas. Includes theme based activities that take only moments to get ready and uses items a teacher usually has on hand!

Learning With Nursery Rhymes
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Nursery rhymes come to us from many lands, handed down from generation to generation. Reciting nursery rhymes helps young leaners develop phonemic awareness, learn numbers and letter, practice beginning reading and math skills, and connect literature to real experiences. This must-have resource presents 12 popular rhymes and provides ideas and props for teaching language arts and math concepts and skills using the rhymes. Format is consistent for each rhyme:1. the illustrated rhyme2. teacher resource page(s) that tell how to use the rhyme to teach language, math, and (where appropriate) science concepts3.

Up to 9 reproducible pages to use in teaching the lessons - headbands, puppets, picture and word cards, manipulatives, and more.Here is a list of the 12 nursery rhymes included and examples of reproducibles that go with the activities:1. Little Robin Redbreast -- headbands, picture cards to retell rhyme2. The Noble Duke of York -- soldier puzzle, soldier counters3. Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake -- picture sequencing, record sheet for measuring4. This Little Piggie -- finger puppets, picture cards to sequence5. Ride a Cock-Horse -- storyboard with 3-D figures, patterns for rings & bells to count and sort6. Hickory Dickory Dock -- a little book of new verses, pattern for "Where Did He Run?" class book7. Brow Bender, Eye Peeper -- form for a picture dictionary of "people who do something" (adding er), pattern of child to use in pointing to parts8. Twinkle, Twinkle -- starry night puzzle, spinning star cut and paste project9. Humpty Dumpty -- picture card to build a rhyming wall, figures for counting10. Old Mother Hubbard -- dog headband, bear/bare worksheet11. Little Boy Blue -- storyboard with 3-D figures, sheep and cows for counting12. Hey Diddle Diddle -- picture cards, little wheel book with moving cowFun, instructive illustrations throughout. All 112 pages perforated for easy removal.

The Mailbox Superbook, Grade 1:
Your Complete Resource for an Entire Year of First-Grade Success
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This book contains 320 pages of the most amazing bulletin boards, classroom management, arts and crafts, games, Language Arts, Writing, Literature, Math, Social Studies, Science and Health, Holidays and Seasonal Ideas. This book is a complete guide for the whole year. It contains everything that you need in one BIG book.

isbn 1562343505

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Frank Schaffer Notes
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Inspire your students to love literature with these new Literature Notes titles. From picture books to novels, these colorful additions to our popular series boast some of today's classroom favorites. Each Literature Notes folder is packed with a synopsis of the story, an author biography, and cross-curricular activities for writing, math, social studies, and science. You'll also find creative bulletin board ideas, and delightful art projects.

ISBN10: 0867342218

The Best of Mailbox, Kindergarten
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isbn #1562343505

Making Words by Patricia Cunningham
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An innovative, developmental approach to teaching phonics and spelling. Contains lessons in which students select letters to build short and long words. Effective tools for strengthening spelling and phonics skills. Making Words is a multilevel book that explores words and letter patterns while increasing vocabularies.

THE MAILBOX MAGAZINE PAST ISSUES
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Each magazine includes reproducibles, bulletin board ideas, arts and crafts activities, reading skills roundup, ideas for meeting the special needs of individual students, learning centers, ideas and tips for teaching students to write, management tips for teachers, activities and tips from real teachers and so much more. Specific issues and features are as follows:

OCT/NOV 1999
spiders, perserverance, turkeys, math favorites, oceans and continents, book bistro, brushing up on adjectives, Catwings

DEC/JAN 1999-2000 primary
teddy bears, mittens, isreal, matter, free-time activities, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, free time activities, MLK Jr.

DEC/JAN 2003-2004 intermediate
taking aim at adjectives, shaping smooth sentences, dive into idioms, literature topic: family, figuring out factors and multiples, getting to the root of square roots, fiddling around with force and motion, mad about maps, body basics

THE MAILBOX MAGAZINE JUNE/JULY ISSUES
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Each magazine includes reproducibles, bulletin board ideas, arts and crafts activities, reading skills roundup, ideas for meeting the special needs of individual students, learning centers, ideas and tips for teaching students to write, management tips for teachers, activities and tips from real teachers and so much more. Specific issues and features are as follows:

June/July 1999
baseball, using patricia polacco's books, end of the year math, marbles, take it to the bank (math activities), hats off you yor state, Boxcar children mystery series

June/July 2002
everyday math, decoding strategies, shells, ocean, books that take you places, contraction cafe, Shark Lay: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark, cool and creamy calculations, tabletop community

June/July 2004
camp capers (gearing up for summer with kid-pleasing literacy ideas), Mr. Putter and Tabby books, r-controlled vowels, On the Case with Cam Jansen, watermelon, investigating historic landmarks, multiplication and division,

THE MAILBOX MAGAZINE AUGUST/SEPTEMBER ISSUES
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Each magazine includes reproducibles, bulletin board ideas, arts and crafts activities, reading skills roundup, ideas for meeting the special needs of individual students, learning centers, ideas and tips for teaching students to write, management tips for teachers, activities and tips from real teachers and so much more. Specific issues and features are as follows:

Aug/Sept 1998 primary
first day activities, self-esteem, friendship, pairing students up for cooperative learning, spelling success, monarch butterflies, monkeying around with math and literature

Aug/Sept 1999 -primary
literature from the Black Lagoon (suggestions for using Mike thaler's books in the classroom), starting the day with math, apples, classroom pets, magnets, The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates, Open House,

August/September 1999 - intermediate
turn spelling into everyone's favorite subject, scientific method, back to school math, help students develop characters and setting with a group writing activity, have fun teaching history, Trouble River,

Aug/Sept 2000 primary
family, sunflowers, graphs, five senses, back to school, build a class community, Marvin Redpost

Aug/Sept 2001 primary
friendship, writing, portfolios, ABC books, set the stage for great handwriting, Judy Moody, boot-scootin' sentence activities, math patterns, grandparents

Aug/Sept 2002 primary
trees, Arthur the Aardvark, place value, back-to-school, selecting writing topics, recipe for word wall success, Third Grade Pet by Judy Cox, regrouping, tribute to trees, name-related ideas, recognizing student birthdays

THE MAILBOX MAGAZINE APRIL/MAY ISSUES
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THE MAILBOX MAGAZINE APRIL/MAY ISSUES
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Each magazine includes reproducibles, bulletin board ideas, arts and crafts activities, reading skills roundup, ideas for meeting the special needs of individual students, learning centers, ideas and tips for teaching students to write, management tips for teachers, activities and tips from real teachers and so much more. Specific issues and features are as follows:

April/May 2005
Lorax, oasis of information (non-fiction) antonyms, synonyms, cause and effect, character traits, math for spring, plane figures, habitats, butterflies

April/May 2004
editing, Chester's Way, report writing, Donovan's Word Jar, calculator skills, telling time, heads or tails (probability), flowering plants, bees

April/May 2002
reptiles, trickster tales, quotation marks, McBroom the Rainmaker, basic facts, measurement, ladybugs, publishing

April/May 2001
seeds, dictionary skills, eggs, cinderella tour, probability, investigate your state, The Plant the Ate Dirty Socks

April/May 2000
Earth Day, fractions, water cycle, teaching with poetry, jelly beans, Hellen Keller, king of beasts

April/May 1999
ponds, bunnies, jungle of geometry, speaking skills, Arnold Lobel, pocketful of science, shape safari

April/May 1998
jelly-bean jamboree: sweet ways to learn colors, spring treasures, happy hands (handprint projects), Mary, Mary, How Does Your Garden grow?, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Bursting into Bloom (flower-themed activities)

THE MAILBOX MAGAZINE FEB/MAR ISSUES
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Each magazine includes reproducibles, bulletin board ideas, arts and crafts activities, reading skills roundup, ideas for meeting the special needs of individual students, learning centers, ideas and tips for teaching students to write, management tips for teachers, activities and tips from real teachers and so much more. Specific issues and features are as follows:

Feb/Mar 2003
chocolate-themed math, kites, vocabulary, fractions, fairy tales, women's history month, Parachuting Hamsters and Andy Russell by Dadid Adler, president's day, black history, oobleck, 10 terrific ideas for testing

Feb/Mar 2000
solar system, black history month, once upon a letter, The Chocolate Touch, 'tis the season for Hearts, Courageous Characters, Leap Year, March Math, Native Americans of the Plains

Feb/Mar 1999
dental health, underground railroad, vietnam, capitalization, punctuation,

Feb/Mar 1998
pen-pal ideas, Angela Shelf-Medearis, numeral cafe, Kenya, food pyramidm safari adventure

Feb/Mar 1995
friendship, self-esteem, abraham lincoln, george washington, human heart, china, parts of speech, Eloise Greenfield, estimation, Juliet Fisher and the Foolproof Plan

Feb/March 1991
dental health, nutrition, antonyms and synonyms, Little House in the Big Woods, Money,

Feb/Mar 1990
rainbows, healthy hearts, black history month, poetry, place value, rainy day activities, Mufaro's Beautiful daughters, shoebox science

The Mailbox Bookbag
The Teacher's Idea Magazine for Children's Literature
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These magazines are an outstanding resource for all grade level teachers. While each has specific features for the month, they all include: Units for Chapter Books and Novels, Seasonal Selections, Motivation Station, Book Hooks, Bulletin Boards for Books, Beyond Book Reports (creative ways for students to share about books), Our Readers Write about Books and Such, and much more. Specific magazines include:


Aug/Sept 1998-
Amber Brown is Not a Crayon, Lyddie, 17 Rootin'-Tootin' Readin' Ideas, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Reader's Club, Cowboy Books, Katherine Paterson

Dec.Jan 1998-99 -
Celebrating Gifts from the Heart, The Stories Julian Tells, Circle of Gold, The Fear Place, Folktales, Storytelling, Joanne Ryder


Feb/Mar 1999 -
The Chalk Box Kid, Art and Literature, Bookmaking, Patricia C McKissack, Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing, Yolanda's Genius

April/May 1999 -
My Father's Dragon, April Fools, Mexico, Walter Dean Myers, Humorous Books to Tickle Your Funny Bone, Great Graphic Organizers, Call it Courage, Me, Mop and the Moondance Kid

June/July 1999
End Your Year with a Summer Reading Camp. Books for Backyard Environmentalist, Skylark, The Cuckoo Kid, Tuck Everlasting, Dick King-Smith

August/September 1999
Foster Friendships with Inspiring Books, Connect Math and Literature, Clyde Robert, Bulla, A Lion to Guard Us, Frindle, Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World

October/November 2002
Measurement, Westward Expansion, Character Analysis, Jane Yolen, Who Stole the Wizard of Oz?, Dear Mr. Henshaw, Bud, Not Buddy, The Pumpkin Runner

The Spice of Life: A Cross Curricular Approach to Food and Cookery for Children from Five to Eleven

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"The Spice of Life" introduces topics which lead children to a greater awareness of food: its history, the science involved in cooking, geographical and multicultural aspects, and the excitement of making and enjoying different recipes. Chapters include seasonal cooking, sugar and spice, healthy lunchboxes, school cafes, eco-cooking and holidays.

Sounds Like This: First Steps in Phonics, Linking Sounds With Letter Shapes



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"Sounds Like This" introduces numerous inspiring and colorful ideas to introduce and reinforce the teaching of phonics to young children.

isbn# 09478826x

Display for All Seasons: A Thematic Approach to Teaching With Children from Five to Nine



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"Display for All Seasons" contains 53 seasonal topics - each accompanied by an illustrated idea for displaying the children's work and relevant material. Included are suggestions for observation, discussion, science, language work, art and craft, books, poems, and music.

isbn# 0947882049

Words With Wings



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"Words with Wings" is a collection of writing ideas for children aged five to eleven to enrich their language skills. Many forms and contexts are introduced, including invitations, recipes, letters, posters, prayers, books, poetry and diaries.

isbn# 0947882154

Art of Science: Activities and Creative



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"The Art of Science" presents an invaluable collection of effective and simple activities together with associated creative ideas to introduce and reinforce the teaching of science to children 5-9.

isbn# 0947882111

Starting With Me: Topic Ideas for the Teaching of History, Geography and Religious Education

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Starting with Me is a collection of topics which encourage children to become aware of themselves, their families, and friends, their own communities, and their place in the wider world. The topics aim to develop in children a sense of history, a geographical awareness, and an appreciation of their own and other peoples' faiths.

isbn# 0947882189

Month-By-Month Phonics for Second Grade by Patricia Cunningham

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This resource offers monthly activities, lessons, and word lists to help second grade students become better readers and writers. Students will learn to spell commonly-misspelled words and use spelling patterns.

It is a sequential guideline for the entire school year!

One-Minute Math Development Drill, Grades 1-2: Level A Subtraction

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Effective and motivating, these books challenge students in regular classroom settings as well as students in special education. The one-minute timed tests introduce one fact at a time, offering a systematic approach that allows students of all abilities to see their own daily improvement as they work toward the goal of mastery. Includes reproducible test pages with answer key, activity sheets, progress charts, a pretest and post- test, bulletin board patterns, games, awards, and a set of flash cards!

isbn 0764703935

OCTOBER MONTHLY IDEA BOOK PreK-3 Teacher's Friend NEW

OCTOBER MONTHLY IDEA BOOK PreK-3 Teacher's Friend NEW

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Teacher's Friend, Scholastic
Softcover, 144 pages
Grade PreK, K, 1, 2, 3
Reproducible
The 'original' monthly idea book - all pages are reproducible and open-ended for a variety of ages. Includes monthly activities, holiday ideas, patterns, crafts, games, awards, bulletin boards, puppets, and more. Topics include...
October
Autumn Activities
Whoooo Me
Dinosaurs
Spiders
Skeletons
Masks
Columbus Day
Fire Safety
Halloween

One-Minute Math: Developmental Drill (Level A Addition) by Frank Schaffer
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Effective and motivating, these books challenge students in regular classroom settings as well as students in special education. The one-minute timed tests introduce one fact at a time, offering a systematic approach that allows students of all abilities to see their own daily improvement as they work toward the goal of mastery. Includes reproducible test pages with answer key, activity sheets, progress charts, a pretest and post- test, bulletin board patterns, games, awards, and a set of flash cards!

isbn# 0764703919

Hands-On Math Around the Year
A Super-Creative Collection of Kid-Pleasing Activities That Build Essential Math Skills and Celebrate Favorite Themes From September to June
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Linked to the NCTM Standards!Kids will love doing math all year long with these fresh and creative teacher-tested math activities that build math skills! They'll make an Apple-Seed Counting Book, do a Twig Tally, design Seashell Patterns, create Flower Glyphs, and much more. Includes literature links, hands-on reproducibles, music and movement activities, easy art projects and lots more! Linked to the NCTM Standards.

isbn # 0590967258

Mixed Skills in Math: Grades 1-2
100 Reproducible Activities
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Revisit a variety of basic math concepts each day. Mixed Skills in Math allows students to maintain skills already learned with these brief, engaging exercises. Your first and second graders will review many essential math concepts including numbercomparison, addition and subtraction, ordinal numbers, place value, and more. Each light-hearted page contains practice of three math skills plus a bonus exercise that builds critical thinking.The skill level advances incrementally throughout the book, ensuring that your students are always being challenged.

Mixed Skills" keeps students' math skills sharp by continually reviewing key third and fourth grade objectives and using a spiral approach to education. This workbook is ideal for educators who want a varied daily mathematics practice without the hassle of having to create one themselves. I have used this workbook in my own classroom and have found it to be both convenient and effective. I highly recommend it!

isbn #1568228589

SYSTEMATIC SEQUENTIAL PHONICS THEY USE: For Beginning Readers of All Ages - by Patricia Cunningham
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Carson Dellosa SYSTEMATIC SEQUENTIAL PHONICS GR. 4-8+ FOUR-BLOCKS - 1 BookSKU:CD-2409This is a great resource to help beginning readers of any age learn phonics through Word Wall and Making Words activities!This is a great resource to help beginning readers of any age learn phonics through Word Wall and Making Words activities!208 pagesGrades 1 - 5.

This book is currently out of print.

On Solid Ground: Strategies for Teaching Reading K-3

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I purchased this book after attending Sharon's conference in Nashua, NH. It has been so influential in my teaching and positively effected the way I design my classroom each year. I rank this in the top 5 professional books that I have owned. My school recently purchased copies for all teachers so I am selling my personal one.

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