When Jake arrives at the fair, he heads straight for the cotton candy, but the machine gets stuck and Jake unknowingly trails pink, sticky strands behind him, eventually blanketing the entire fairgrounds.

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through this reader's theater script. Engage students through reader's theater to make learning fun while building knowledge about the Texas State Fair.

Twelve-year-old Fiona's attitude about having to help her parents clean out her newly deceased grandmother's home changes when she discovers that there may be a treasure hidden in the clutter.

Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. Engage students through Reader's Theater to make learning fun while building knowledge of Texas history and the significant people, events, and places that make Texas what it is today. Improve vocabulary and comprehension with repeated practice and performance of the scripts along with TEKS-based activities in the lesson plans, which include word study, comprehension questions, and extension activities. Make your classroom a Reader's Theater classroom today!

When Jake accidentally unlatches every gate in the row of pens at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, chaos ensues but with a bit of ingenuity, Jake finds a way to make things right.

When "the dumbest boys in Texas" both fall in love with the granddaughter of their new employer, they shirk their duties to fight over the beautiful Starla until Granny Gert threatens to sic Mad Dog on them.

When an old friend of the family arrives to make their sad home his own, the lives of Janine, her mother, and her sickly brother are changed when Mr. Lunas encourages her to use hidden courage to make vital changes in her family.

Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Language Arts for grades 3-5 offers teachers everything they need to create a student-centered learning environment based on choice. This book provides five different types of menus that students can use to select exciting products that they will develop so teachers can assess what has been learned-instead of using a traditional worksheet format. Topics addressed include genres, popular novels, and mechanics. Differentiating Instruction With Menus for the Inclusive Classroom: Language Arts provides numerous types of leveled menus that lower and on-level elementary-aged students can use to demonstrate learning through a method of their choice. Menus with similar formats but geared towards varying ability levels allow teachers to differentiate easily. Using the creative and challenging choices found in Three Shape menus, Tic-Tac-Toe menus, List menus, 2-5-8 menus, and Game Show menus, students will look forward to sharing their newfound knowledge throughout the year. Also included are specific guidelines for products, rubrics for assessing student products, and teacher introduction pages for each menu. This is a must-have for any teacher wanting to differentiate for a wide range of learners! Grades 3-5

One summer, Jay reads so many books that he turns into a giant, and only when he begins to tell all the stories he has read does he turn back into a normal eight-year-old boy.

Writers' League of Texas Teddy Children's Book Award 2007 winner, short works 2008 Storytelling World Resource Award winner As her Grandpa naps on the sofa, Lizzie minds the family antique store. When the extravagantly rich Mrs. Bradley Larchmont III enters the shop and begins a buying spree, she refuses to leave without bargaining for an unexpected item . . . Lizzie's Grandpa! As the stakes rise, Lizzie imagines all of the fabulous things she could buy with the money she is offered. But what fun would a sailboat, an ice cream parlor, or an amusement park be without Grandpa? Readers will enjoy the clever play between gray tones and vivid color that illustrates Lizzie's growing conflict. This farcical storyline, coupled with vibrant paintings, ultimately stresses the importance of family and friendship over material possessions and selfish, money-driven desires.