Easy games, poems, mini-books, reproducible, and memorization strategies for kids of all learning styles.

Brain-Compatible Activities for Mathematics, Grades 4–5 provides brain-friendly, ready-to-use mathematics lessons for the classroom. Teachers will find step-by-step guidance and all the necessary reproducible materials for mathematics instruction that involves group work, reflection, movement, and visualization. Through activities such as Scuba Division, Party Planners, Sunken Treasure, and Parachute Drop, intermediate learners will enjoy developing skills connected with multiplication and division, fractions and decimals, geometry and measurement, algebra, data analysis, and more. Aligned with NCTM standards and focal points, the instructional strategies enhance motivation and content retention, while addressing individual intelligences. Also included is instruction to: Promote writing as an important learning tool Use concrete models to make concepts meaningful Connect mathematical ideas to the real world Incorporate graphic organizers to help students organize their thinking Deepen and revitalize instruction using Sousa’s proven brain-compatible approach for helping every student develop self-confidence in mathematics!

Make developing basic math skills fun and painless With this great collection of over 125 easy-to-use games, puzzles, and activities, teachers and parents can help kids comprehend fundamental math concepts, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place value, fractions, and more. All games and puzzles use easy-to-find household items such as paper and pencil, playing cards, coins, and dice. The activities also help children develop problem-solving skills, such as testing hypotheses, creating strategies, and organizing information, as well as spatial relations skills, part-to-whole skills, and memory. Michael Schiro, EdD (Chestnut Hill, MA), is an associate professor at the School of Education at Boston College. He is the author of several books on teaching and learning math and is a frequent presenter at local and national math conferences.

American History topics such as Colonial America, the Pilgrims, Paul Revere's ride, are the springboards for math problems including, estimation, measurement activities, and more! For use with Grades 4-8.

More than 20 games, puzzles and learning activities for American history.

Eight full-color reproductions of art masterpieces provide an electrifying focus on events in American history: the Trail of Tears, Crossing the Delaware, the Civil War, the First Thanksgiving, Paul Revere's Ride, Pioneers, the Underground Railroad, and Immigration. Each teaching unit includes an exploration of the painting, historical information, and a reproducible U.S.A. Yesterday newspaper and other activities.

Contains scripts for ten plays on different aspects of American history plus follow-up teaching activities.

O'Connell provides a practical guide to teaching math for understanding and clarity.