Friday, October 19, 2007

Timesavers For Teachers

Math Timesavers

from TimesaversForTeachers.com
(Primary, Intermediate, Middle School)

Math Timesavers is a 90 page, quality collection of difficult-to-find, often-used forms, masters and reproducible sheets for your math program. Math Timesavers has them all (K-8). They are visually attractive, professionally designed and ready for your class. Math Timesavers will help improve personal efficiency, organization, quality of lessons and appearance of your class handouts, forms and worksheets. Don't re-invent the wheel by creating your own… use Math Timesavers!

Grades: K - 8


Classroom Awards, Certificates, and Passes

from TimesaversForTeachers.com
(Primary, Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

Every student deserves some form of recognition for good attitude, hard work, academic excellence and outstanding performance. Classroom Awards, Certificates and Passes contains 73 colorful and visually attractive pages that make it possible for teachers of all levels to recognize and reward students, without having to design the pages from scratch. There are two versions to choose from.

Grades: K - 12


Just Teach It!

from TimesaversForTeachers.com
(Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

What do you teach near the end of the school year when the weather is hot, students are restless, and summer vacation is desperately anticipated by all? Just Teach It! is a 31 page unit that helps teachers and students end their academic year with a bang. Every student gets to research, prepare and teach their classmates a lesson, skill or an activity that they do well. Clear instructions, well organized information and detailed evaluation sheets are included. Just Teach It! can be used in any Grade 3 - 12 classroom where writing, research and oral presentations take place. Students love and engage in activities that let them do what they always want to do - interact, talk, share, and tell others about themselves, their hobbies, interests and abilities.

Grades: 3 - 12

Friday, October 12, 2007

Puzzles and Mazes

Grammar Puzzles & Mazes

from Scholastic
(Intermediate, Middle School)

More than 30 mega-fun, reproducible puzzles and mazes that teach and review key grammar skills for grades 4-8!

Grades: 4 - 8


Punctuation Puzzles and Mazes

from Scholastic
(Intermediate, Middle School)

More than 30 high-interest, reproducible puzzles and mazes that teach and review key punctuation and capitalization rules.

Grades: 4 - 8


Spelling Puzzles & Mazes

from Scholastic
SCH0439051878 (Intermediate, Middle School)

More than 30 super-fun, reproducible puzzles and mazes that teach and review key spelling rules for grades 48!

Grades: 4 - 8

Saturday, October 06, 2007

Halloween eBooks

With Halloween just a couple of weeks away, I thought I would highlight a few of the educational ebooks available on Keybookshop.com with that theme. There are other resources with fall themes available, stop by and find what

Halloween Friends Basic Skills Learning Cards

from Giggly Games
(Early Childhood, Primary)

Giggly Games Halloween Friends Basic Skills Learning Cards Ebook contains 7 sets of basic skill flashcards. The sets included are to teach numbers, number words, shapes, shape words, color, color words, and the alphabet. Every page is included in both full-color and black/white. An activity page is included that contains a variety of fun and educational usage instructions.
Grades: PK - 1



Halloween 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



Halloween Thematic Unit

from Teacher Created Resources
(Primary)

Halloween Thematic Unit is based on the following pieces of literature: Corduroy's Halloween, The Biggest Pumpkin Ever, Arthur's Halloween. This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.
Grades: 1 - 3



Happy Halloween!

from Hollister Kids
(Primary, Intermediate, Middle School)

If your community celebrates Halloween, you won't want to miss this cute elementary look at this colorful holiday. The learning package uses games, fun facts, newspaper activities and cartoons to teach young children and challenge their imagination. A special page of safety activities will get them ready to be safe as well as happy on Halloween.
Grades: 1 - 6



Halloween

from Comp Ed Inc.
(Primary, Intermediate)

The Halloween Unit is a fun and informative unit. It describes the history, customs, trick or treating, food, and the many decorations. The unit includes worksheets: criss cross, unscramble the words, and other activity sheets.
Grades: 2 - 5

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

October Ideas

October Monthly Idea Book

from Scholastic

Primary, Intermediate, Middle School

This October will be filled will lots of treats and no tricks with the October Idea Book! This book has dozens of fun, creative patterns and activities for these holidays and topics: Halloween, Fire Safety, Columbus Day, Spiders, Dinosaurs, Whooooo Me?, Masks, Skeletons and much more! Includes activities and ideas that integrate with any curriculum along with motivational awards, bookmarks, open-ended games, paper bag puppets, crafts and bulletin board patterns.

Grades: PK - 6

Monday, October 01, 2007

September 2007 Top Ten Titles

Keybookshop.com has announced the Top Ten Titles for September 2007. The list, plus a description of each title can be found at Top Ten Titles at Keybookshop.

The Top Ten:
1. Skill By Skill Comprehension Practice (RL 1-3)
2. Map Skills Grade 4
3. Great Grammar Skill Builders
4. Printing Practice
5. Ready-to-Go Management Kit for Teaching Genre
6. Reading Pals: Alphabet Recognition
7. Skill Sharpeners Math, Pre-K
8. Writing Basics Series: Writing Sentences
9. Getting a Grip on Grammar
10. Algebra Readiness Guided Practice Book Grds 6-9

Stop by and get a closer look at these and thousands of other educational ebook titles.