Monday, December 11, 2006

November 2006 Top Ten Titles

Winter Idea Book

from Scholastic
(Early Childhood, Primary)
Winter patterns, crafts, activities and ideas for the elementary classroom! Dozens of open-ended activities! Celebrate all of the Winter holidays plus a special chapter for the sport of basketball! All reproducible!
Grades: PK - 6

Biggie Patterns: Seasons & Holidays

from Scholastic
(Early Childhood, Primary)
You'll turn to this giant bank of clip art to jazz up just about anything - all year long! Simply photocopy the ready-to-use, full-page patterns and use them for decoration anywhere, for any purpose - report covers, invitations, announcements, letters home, or coloring pages. Includes irresistible patterns of pumpkins, snowflakes, valentines, birthday cakes, and more. Plus tons of ideas and tips for use!
Grades: PK - 3

Thanksgiving Activities

from Teacher Created Resources
(Early Childhood, Primary, Intermediate)
Children of all ages have fun preparing for holidays with creative activities and projects. For use at school, in clubs, and at home.
Grades: PK - 6

Write-and-Learn Number Practice Pages

from Scholastic
(Early Childhood, Primary)
Help kids learn how to write and recognize the numbers 1-30! Packed with cut-and-paste counters, tracing and writing activities, and more, these fun-to-do reproducibles give kids the independent practice they really need. A great way to lay the foundation for math success!
Grades: PK - 1

Clip Art for Phonics

from Scholastic
(Early Childhood, Primary)
Contains hundreds of cute and clever illustrations in the style made famous by Teacher's Friend. Every letter of the alphabet is represented including consonants, beginning sounds and short and long vowel sounds. Make your own flash cards, gameboards or matching activity using the many delightful phonetic illustrations!
Grades: PK - 3

100 Write-and-Learn Sight Word Practice Pages

from Scholastic
(Primary)
Watch confidence soar as children master 100 sight words - the words most commonly encountered in any text. Children read more fluently, write with greater ease, and spell more accurately when they know these high-frequency words! These fun, ready-to-go practice pages let kids trace, copy, manipulate, cut and paste, and write each sight word on their own. Features words from the Dolch Word List, a commonly recognized core of sight words. Also includes games and extension activities.
Grades: K - 2

100 Write-and-Learn Sight Word Practice Pages

Little Kids . . . Cut
from Scholastic
(Early Childhood, Primary)
All Reproducible! Large, scissor skill patterns for developing fine motor skills! Also includes: easy to cut and make seasonal craft projects, a scissor skills assessment chart, completion certificates, and much more.
Grades: PK - 1

Little Kids . . . Count

from Scholastic
(Early Childhood, Primary)
All Reproducible! Counting 1-20 patterns and projects for developing beginning math skills! Also includes: fun, counting patterns and worksheets to reinforce math readiness skills, a counting skills assessment chart, completion certificates, and much more.
Grades: PK - 1

Daily Writing Warm-Ups: A Systematic Approach to Writing Practice (Grades 3-4)

from Creative Teaching Press
(Primary, Intermediate)
This resource book has daily practice lessons designed around a spiraling scope and sequence format to support and reinforce writing skills. This highly structured, 128-page resource book contains practice with standards-based writing skills; application of skills through authentic writing exercises, and formative assessments after every nine lessons.
Grades: 3 - 4

Thanksgiving Research Project Pack

from Hands of a Child
(Primary, Intermediate)
Our Research Project Packs present a great way for students to learn the tools needed to find information. While working through the activities in this unit students will learn the answers to these 10 questions:
• Define Thanksgiving Vocabulary Words
• Who were the Pilgrims?
• Map the voyage of the Pilgrims.
• Research what the Pilgrims went through for each season in their first year.
• Create a Timeline of the year before the first Thanksgiving through the changes the holiday went through.
• Compare the first thanksgiving menu to your thanksgiving menu.
• When does Thanksgiving occur?
• What are you thankful for and why?
• What are some characteristics we should be thankful for in others and ourselves?
• What are some of the symbols of Thanksgiving? Research their meanings.
Grades: 2 - 6