Thursday, November 29, 2007

Christmas eBooks

Christmas Themes for the Early Years

from Ready-Ed Publications
RED8002 (Primary, Intermediate)

Provides teachers with a host of ideas for Christmas art and craft activities and tree decorations, as well as detailing recipes for simple Christmas cooking that children can in be involved in at school or at home. Contains a number of relevant links to online activities so that students can experience an Internet Christmas!


The Story of Santa Claus

from Gallopade International
GAL2151X (Early Childhood, Primary, Intermediate)

The Holiday Readers combine reading and activities in a kid-friendly format. Written at a 2-3 grade level, the clear, readable style easily captures and maintains kids' interest.

Grades: K - 4

Friday, November 23, 2007

eBooks for December

December Monthly Idea Book

from Scholastic
SCH0439503809 (Primary, Intermediate, Middle School)

Celebrate the holiday season with the many ideas found in the December Idea Book! This book has dozens of fun, creative patterns and activities for these holidays and topics: Holiday Time, Customs and Traditions, Christmas in Mexico, Italy, Sweden and Holland, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa 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


December - I'm Done! What's Next? Activities

from Practice & LearnRight Publications
PLR1012 (Primary, Intermediate)

This 32 page book contains 16 pages of full color activity cards (4 per page for a total of 64 activities) involving a wide variety of skills and monthly activities. Plus 16 pages of teacher ideas, activity sheets and art patterns.

Grades: K - 5


December Daily Journal Writing Prompts

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3129 (Primary)

Give young writers plenty of practice with Daily Journal Writing Prompts. These valuable resources include ready-to-use journal starters, along with special holiday topics for each month. Word banks are provided to help introduce seasonal vocabulary, and topical prompts give students plenty of writing practice throughout the month.

Grades: K - 2


Daily Discoveries for December: Thematic Learning Activities for Every Day

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10465 (Primary, Intermediate, Middle School)

This creative book in the popular Daily Discoveries series contains another month full of special days for students to celebrate in the classroom. They include: Reindeer Mania Day, Winter Weather Day, Human Rights Day, It's a Small World Day, and of course Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and New Year's Eve Day. Use the activities in your regular curriculum for a shot of adrenalin in language arts, social studies, writing, math, science and health, music and drama, etc. Your students will eagerly look forward to each new day when you give them something to celebrate! Also included are reproducible patterns for writing assignments and art projects as well as lists of correlated books and bulletin board ideas.

Grades: K - 6


Theme Pockets, December

from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
EMC0595 (Primary)

With the Theme Pockets series, you can enliven every month of the year with fun, exciting learning projects that students can proudly present in a unique book format. Each of the 12 titles has three engaging themes with lots of writing and art.

Grades: 1 - 3


Daily Comprehension: December

from Remedia Publications
REM1104 (Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A lesson a day for the entire school year! Each 60-page book offers a different non-fiction story for each day of the month, which was chosen because of its particular significance on that date. These high-interest low-vocabulary stories are followed by hands-on activities designed to improve overall reading comprehension while focusing on specific skills. Best of all, you will never run out of usable activites again! High-interest format.

Grades: 5 - 12

Saturday, November 17, 2007

Daily Warm-ups for Writing

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

from Creative Teaching Press
CTP2221 (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


Daily Writing Warm-Ups: A Systematic Approach to Writing Practice (Grades 5-6)

from Creative Teaching Press
CTP2222 (Intermediate, Middle School)

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: 5 - 6


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Saturday, November 03, 2007

eBooks for November

November Monthly Idea Book

from Scholastic
(Primary, Intermediate, Middle School)

Harvest a bounty of ideas this autumn with the November Idea Book! This book has dozens of fun, creative patterns and activities for these holidays and topics: Thanksgiving, Children's Book Week, Harvest Celebrations, Woodsy Animals, Election Time, States and Capitals, Working with Parents 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


November - I'm Done! What's Next? Activities

from Practice & LearnRight Publications
(Primary, Intermediate)

This 32 page book contains 16 pages of full color activity cards (4 per page for a total of 64 activities) involving a wide variety of skills and monthly activities. Plus 16 pages of teacher ideas, activity sheets and art patterns.
Grades: K - 5

November Daily Journal Writing Prompts

from Teacher Created Resources
(Primary)

Give young writers plenty of practice with Daily Journal Writing Prompts. These valuable resources include ready-to-use journal starters, along with special holiday topics for each month. Word banks are provided to help introduce seasonal vocabulary, and topical prompts give students plenty of writing practice throughout the month.
Grades: K - 2

Daily Discoveries for November: Thematic Learning Activities for Every Day

from Teaching and Learning Company
(Primary, Intermediate, Middle School)

In this creative book, which is another in the popular Daily Discoveries series, you'll find reasons to celebrate every day of November in your classroom. Special days include: National Sandwich Day, American Art Day, Math Madness Day, Children's Book Day, Mickey Mouse's Birthday, Family Day and many more. The fun activities can be plugged into your regular curriculum: language arts, social studies, writing, math, science and health, music and drama, physical fitness, art, etc. Your students will look forward to every day of the month when they realize that it's a day for celebration! Included are fun patterns for writing assignments and art projects as well as lists of correlated books and bulletin board ideas.
Grades: K - 6

Daily Comprehension: November

from Remedia Publications
(Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

A lesson a day for the entire school year! Each 60-page book offers a different non-fiction story for each day of the month, which was chosen because of its particular significance on that date. These high-interest low-vocabulary stories are followed by hands-on activities designed to improve overall reading comprehension while focusing on specific skills. Best of all, you will never run out of usable activites again! High-interest format.
Grades: 5 - 12

Theme Pockets, November

from Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
(Primary)

With the Theme Pockets series, you can enliven every month of the year with fun, exciting learning projects that students can proudly present in a unique book format. Each of the 12 titles has three engaging themes with lots of writing and art.
Grades: 1 - 3