Encourage students in grades 4 and up to improve their research skills and test scores using Note Taking. This 48-page book helps students develop strategies for effective note-taking from textbooks, novels, research, online resources, and classroom lectures. It illustrates techniques such as Venn diagrams, webs, tables, lists, summaries, scanning, note cards, and cause and effect. The book also includes teacher ideas for note-taking activities, references, and answer keys.

Lessons detailing how to read, write, discuss, research, remember, and listen to information from nonfiction sources give students the meaningful practice they need to master nonfiction comprehension skills. Strategies are correlated to McREL s Standards.

Make learning fun with Constitutional Puzzlers for grades 4 and up! This 96-page book enhances students' understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizens as outlined in the founding documents of the United States: the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. These fun puzzles and games cover national, state, and local levels and expand students’ knowledge of the U.S. government and Constitution.

Write on! Write with students in grades 4 and up using Student Booster: Writing Facts and Opinions. This 32-page book helps students write news articles, headlines, directions, editorials, and reviews. Activities include distinguishing facts from opinions, using active verbs, and evaluating advertisements. The book includes an end-of-book review and answer key.

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!

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

Write on! Write with students in grades 4 and up using Student Booster: Personal Writing. This 32-page book teaches students about journal entries, autobiographies, anecdotes, lists, and letters. Activities include setting goals, looking at points of view, exploring relationships, and describing feelings. The book includes an end-of-book review and answer key.

Write on! Write with students in grades 4 and up using Student Booster: Writing Description. This 32-page book helps students write descriptions of people, places, things, and abstract ideas through the use of adjectives and lively verbs. Students compare and contrast people; explore idioms, similes, and metaphors; and test their powers of observation. The book includes an end-of-book review and answer key.

Facilitate a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Analogies: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource reinforces reasoning and logic skills through analogies in language arts, science, geography, health, art, music, and math. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Connect students in grades 4 and up with science using Learning about Atoms. This 48-page book covers topics such as the development of the theory of the atom, atomic structure, the periodic table, isotopes, and researching famous scientists. Students have the opportunity to create a slide show presentation about elements while using process skills to observe, classify, analyze, debate, design, and report. The book includes vocabulary, crossword puzzles, a quiz show review game, a unit test, and answer keys.