If you're looking for a powerful tool to enhance your students' research efforts, then this is the resource for you! Using a respected model of group investigation as a guide, this book provides proved, ready-to-use ways to help your children stay focused, meet deadlines and complete their required assignments.

From Character Sketcher to Plot Person, ready-to-use reproducible role sheets to make your literature circle discussions exciting, informative and fun! Also promotes writing, listening and cooperative learning skills, fosters individual assessment and facilitates reading success. Preselected lists of student books, guidelines for getting started, observation charts and more.

With practical step-by-step instructions and complete lessons that include sample texts and graphic organizers, it is no mystery figuring out how easily these nonfiction literacy lessons can enhance your curriculum. By constructing and deconstructing paragraphs using common nonfiction text types, nonfiction readers learn how to become better writers, and nonfiction writers learn how to become better readers.

Students of all ages appreciate choices and enjoy variety. This book is chock-full of all kinds of creative activities to help them succeed in the language arts classroom: independent work menus, various book responses, menus and task sheets, project sheets and activity boards and much more. An Appendix is also provided with samples of various writing genres.

Help students explore the wonders of science with the mind-stretching activities in this series. Each book includes a number of special features, with fun, easy-to-prepare activities that cover topics from the three main branches of science: physical science, earth science, and life science. Clear, step-by-step instructions foster independent learning; guided questions help develop observation and critical thinking skills; fascinating facts and extension activities enrich learning. In addition, background information and teaching tips are provided in the Activity Guide at the back of the book to help you maximize students' understanding of scientific concepts.

Help students explore the wonders of science with the mind-stretching activities in this series. Each book includes a number of special features, with fun, easy-to-prepare activities that cover topics from the three main branches of science: physical science, earth science, and life science. Clear, step-by-step instructions foster independent learning; guided questions help develop observation and critical thinking skills; fascinating facts and extension activities enrich learning. In addition, background information and teaching tips are provided in the Activity Guide at the back of the book to help you maximize students' understanding of scientific concepts.

Help students explore the wonders of science with the mind-stretching activities in this series. Each book includes a number of special features, with fun, easy-to-prepare activities that cover topics from the three main branches of science: physical science, earth science, and life science. Clear, step-by-step instructions foster independent learning; guided questions help develop observation and critical thinking skills; fascinating facts and extension activities enrich learning. In addition, background information and teaching tips are provided in the Activity Guide at the back of the book to help you maximize students' understanding of scientific concepts.

The perfect lifesaver for anytime you need to save the day! A rich resource that supports a wide range of content areas and curricular materials. Each of 10 chapters provides complete instructions and materials for a full day of organized, engaging, theme-based activities. Keep one on your desk as a resource for substitute teachers--and for you to turn to anytime a field trip gets rained out or a school assembly is cancelled at the last minute.

Bring the world into your classroom with this one-of-a-kind resource that covers teaching strategies for everything from current events to historical fiction to the seven continents. These strategies have been classroom-tested and are designed to encourage higher-level thinking as students play games, complete puzzles, keep a Geography notebook, have debates and construct life-size historical figures. Assessment forms and student achievement certificates are also included.