These fun writing exercises will improve students’ understanding of the writing process along with their language arts skills. This engaging reinforcement workbook includes reproducible practice and application work pages, evaluation rubrics for teacher and students, student writing prompts, writing skills tests, and an answer key. Unit topics include using commas, narrative writing, expository writing, writing a persuasive essay, writing a vignette, using adjectives and adverbs, and more! Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

These fun writing exercises will improve studentsÕ understanding of the writing process along with their language arts skills. This engaging reinforcement workbook includes reproducible practice and application work pages, evaluation rubrics for teacher and students, student writing prompts, writing skills tests, and an answer key. Unit topics include using commas, narrative writing, expository writing, writing a persuasive essay, writing a vignette, using adjectives and adverbs, and more! Aligned with Common Core State Standards. --Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

Get your GPS going with students in grades 5–8 using Map Reading Skills! The activities in this 80-page book provide students with ample opportunities to practice and apply map skills. Map and diagram exercises and hands-on activities reinforce skills. This book includes reproducible maps and a special section on GPS and its uses, and it highlights essential vocabulary in bold. The book aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Compare the US government to governments from around the world. While the text is supported with appropriate questions and activities for each level, the bonus content supplies essay options, puzzles, logic problems, and whiteboard resources. World Governments promotes content literacy, leveled reading, critical thinking, an understanding of technology, individual and small-group instruction, and more. Section topics include types of world governments, an examination of each continent, ratings and rankings, the United Nations, International Law, and more! It also supports NCSS standards. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

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.

This comprehensive handbook shows teachers how to build a foundation for writing with effective lessons that are the key to powerful writing workshops. Writing Anchors demonstrates how to create a supportive classroom, model writing experiences, and create enthusiasm for writing among students. The practical lessons explore the major elements of writing, with explicit strategies for teaching the major forms of writing: Informational writingdetailed descriptions of ways to take and organize notes, use text features, and create reports that have voice; Poetry and personal writing language choice, imagery, using the senses, and finding the personal pulse of the writer; Narrativeextends writing skills with lessons on story sequence, problem solving, and character development. The lessons form "metacognitive anchors" that build an understanding of the elements of powerful writing. Each lesson comes with an anchor cue card that prompts students to apply their growing understandings independently in writing workshops and in assessing their own writing. In addition, the book provides more than thirty effective tools that are ready to copy and use in the classroomwriting checklists, rubrics for assessment, graphic organizers, note-taking grids, semantic maps, story maps, tips for proofing, and student examples collected from grade 27 classrooms. "

Make algebra equations easy for students in grades 7 and up using Algebra II Practice! This 128-page book is geared toward students who struggle in algebra II and covers the concepts of inequalities, linear equations, polynomial products and factors, rational expressions, roots, radicals, complex numbers, quadratic equations and functions, and variations. The book supports NCTM standards and includes clear instructions, examples, practice problems, definitions, problem-solving strategies, an assessment section, answer keys, and references.

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Make math matter to students in all grades using Math Tutor: Pre-Algebra Skills! This 80-page book provides step-by-step instructions of the most common math concepts and includes practice exercises, reviews, and vocabulary definitions. The book covers factoring, positive and negative numbers, order of operations, variables, exponents, and formulas such as perimeter, area, and volume. It aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.