Motivate and engage students in grade K with Language Arts Activities Using Colorful Cut-Outs(tm). This 112-page book is filled with skills-based, interactive language arts activities that are fun to use and easy to prepare. It includes more than 40 activities that focus on recognizing the alphabet, using uppercase and lowercase letters, writing letters, identifying rhyming words and high-frequency words, and answering comprehension questions. The book also includes leveled activities, a skills matrix, an assessment matrix, and reproducible cutouts and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Motivate and engage students in grade 3 with Language Arts Activities Using Colorful Cut-OutsTM. This 112-page book is filled with skills-based, interactive language arts activities that are fun to use and easy to prepare. It includes more than 40 activities that focus on verb tenses, analogies, prefixes and suffixes, alphabetical order, and parts of speech. The book also includes leveled activities, a skills matrix, an assessment matrix, and reproducible cutouts and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Motivate and engage students in grade K with Language Arts Activities Using Colorful Cut-OutsTM. This 112-page book is filled with skills-based, interactive language arts activities that are fun to use and easy to prepare. It includes more than 40 activities that focus on recognizing the alphabet, using uppercase and lowercase letters, writing letters, identifying rhyming words and high-frequency words, and answering comprehension questions. The book also includes leveled activities, a skills matrix, an assessment matrix, and reproducible cutouts and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Motivate and engage students in grade 2 with Language Arts Activities Using Colorful Cut-OutsTM. This 112-page book is filled with skills-based, interactive language arts activities that are fun to use and easy to prepare. It includes more than 40 activities that focus on punctuation, prefixes and suffixes, synonyms and antonyms, and alphabetical order. The book also includes leveled activities, a skills matrix, an assessment matrix, and reproducible cutouts and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

Motivate and engage students in grade 1 with Language Arts Activities Using Colorful Cut-OutsTM. This 112-page book is filled with skills-based, interactive language arts activities that are fun to use and easy to prepare. It includes more than 40 activities that focus on rhyming words, vowels, blends, and digraphs. The book also includes leveled activities, a skills matrix, an assessment matrix, and reproducible cutouts and aligns with state, national, and Canadian provincial standards.

The Daily 5, Second Edition retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new brain research. The Daily 5 provides a way for any teacher to structure literacy (and now math) time to increase student independence and allow for individualized attention in small groups and one-on-one. Teachers and schools implementing the Daily 5 will do the following: Spend less time on classroom management and more time teaching Help students develop independence, stamina, and accountability Provide students with abundant time for practicing reading, writing, and math Increase the time teachers spend with students one-on-one and in small groups Improve schoolwide achievement and success in literacy and math. The Daily 5, Second Edition gives teachers everything they need to launch and sustain the Daily 5, including materials and setup, model behaviors, detailed lesson plans, specific tips for implementing each component, and solutions to common challenges. By following this simple and proven structure, teachers can move from a harried classroom toward one that hums with productive and engaged learners. What's new in the second edition: Detailed launch plans for the first three weeks Full color photos, figures, and charts Increased flexibility regarding when and how to introduce each Daily 5 choice New chapter on differentiating instruction by age and stamina Ideas about how to integrate the Daily 5 with the CAFE assessment system New chapter on the Math Daily 3 structure

Basic language arts and math readiness skill games designed to be cut out and assembled.

Vashti believes that she cannot draw, but her art teacher's encouragement leads her to change her mind and she goes on to encourage another student who feels the same as she had.