The grade-level practice is built around 10 fun themes.Each theme ends with an assessment with some questions presented in standardized test format. ContentsGone to the Dogs (Unit 1) – 3Number & Operations: Writing & Counting Numbers 0-1 0; One-to-One Correspondence; Number Words to Ten; More, Less; Larger, SmallerMeasurement: Nonstandard Measurement (Length)Data Analysis & Probability: Reading … Read more
The five themes of geography are described on pages 2 and 3. The themes are also identified on all student worksheets throughout the unit. Africa is divided into seven sections.Introducing Africa – page 7Water and Landforms – page 11Geographic Regions – page 15Political Divisions – page 25Africa’s Resources – page 39African Animals – page 47The … Read more
SchedulingThe one-a-day format is flexible enough to fit into your daily schedule in many ways. Consider any of the following:• Introduce a new word each morning as part of your opening activities or other daily language activities.• Present a new word as a warm-up activity before beginning reading and language arts instruction.• Conduct activities as … Read more
Making the Books• Copy the pages of the book.• Cut the pages in half to create the little book pages.• Create a cover using two laminated half sheets of construction paper, poster paper, or fabric. Some of the books include a title page that can easily be used as the front cover. Others include the … Read more
ANIMALS – CLASSIFICATIONThere are a million or so different animals in the animal kingdom. Scientists classify animals in the following way:Phylum: Each phylum is broken down into classes.Class: Classes are divided into orders.Order: Orders are divided into families.Family: Families are divided into genera.Genus: Genera are divided into species.Species Look at the classification of a dog … Read more
Author(s) Carol Kaplan and Sandi Becker MUSICOnce the children become familiar with the different songs for the opera, begin to explain that each song has a function and a special classification that applies to songs in all operas. Certain songs in “Three Piggy Opera” illustrate particular musical forms in opera. The children will enjoy learning … Read more
Materials Needed:• TREND symmetrical Classic Accents®• Scissors or paper cutter• White construction paper• Glue sticks• Crayons, markers, or colored pencils Directions:During a math unit on symmetry, use this fun and artistic project to help students understand the meaning of symmetry. Select Classic Accents® that are symmetrical in design. Several different designs will allow students a … Read more
Back-to-School Class Quilt(Use T-10906 Puzzle Pieces CLASSIC ACCENTS® Variety Pack)Create unity with a classroom quilt. Invite students to write interesting facts about themselves on their “quilt block” puzzle pieces. Mount student photos in the middle of each quilt block. Piece together to enjoy year-round. Math Word Wall(Use T-10906 Puzzle Pieces CLASSIC ACCENTS® Variety Pack)Encourage long-term … Read more
Reproducible Patterns – June Patterns These patterns can be used for so many activities! They make great bulletin board art and can be increased or decreased in size on your handy copy machine. Copy them onto transparency film for use on your overhead projector. Project the patterns onto white paper and trace right on the … Read more
Reproducible Patterns – May Patterns These patterns can be used for so many activities! They make great bulletin board art and can be increased or decreased in size on your handy copy machine. Copy them onto transparency film for use on your overhead projector. Project the patterns onto white paper and trace right onto the … Read more
Reproducible Patterns – April Patterns These patterns can be used for so many activities! They make great bulletin board art and can be increased or decreased in size on your handy copy machine. Copy them onto transparency film for use on your overhead projector. Project the patterns onto white paper and trace right onto the … Read more
More March Reproducible Patterns These patterns can be used for so many activities! They make great bulletin board art and can be increased or decreased in size on your handy copy machine. Copy them onto transparency film for use on your overhead projector. Project the patterns onto white paper and trace right onto the paper … Read more
Study a world map. Use the map to answer the questions. Darken the circle by your answer choice. Which continent is located below 60° S? On which continent is the United States located? Which continent is an island? To travel directly from South America to Europe, which direction must you go? Through which of these … Read more
Vocabulary-Building Bookmark PURPOSETo help students figure out unfamiliar words by using context Learning new words is exciting to many students. To promote vocabulary development during reading, we encourage students to use the word’s context—or the text that surrounds it—to arrive at the word’s meaning. The vocabulary-building bookmark helps them do that. MATERIALSIndividual copies of the … Read more
Joplin left home when he was just fourteen, determined to make a living in music. He traveled the Midwest, playing the piano at saloons and clubs. When he was twenty-five, Joplin settled in St. Louis where he started to develop a type of music called “ragtime.” From there he moved to Sedalia, Missouri, where he … Read more
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Choosing the rightTeach your student(s) how to use a variety of reference materials. Make sure you work with these: atlas, almanac, dictionary, biographical dictionary and other specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, indexes, magazines, newspapers, thesaurus, yearbook, the Internet, movies, filmstrips, videotapes, and CDs.Finding information in the libraryHelp your student(s) learn the way around a library. Include these … Read more
Without a firm grip on the skills and strategies of the reading process, students are lost in a sea of information. Today, millions of Americans teeter on the brink of functional illiteracy without the tools necessary to handle basic reading requirements. Filling out job applications, reading menus or maps, weeding out extraneous information, comprehending the … Read more
Land Ho!A topic sentence can appear anywhere in a paragraph. The topic sentence is often the first sentence of a paragraph. Placing the topic sentence at the beginning of a paragraph is very effective because it helps to quickly focus the reader’s thoughts on the main idea of the paragraph. Therefore, the reader will be … Read more
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