Sunday, January 20, 2008

Great deal on Mac Software

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Spanish Resources

25 Spanish Emergent Reader Mini-Books

from Scholastic
SCH0439051770 (Primary)

Easy-to-make reproducible books to promote literacy.

Grades: K - 1


25 Spanish Plays for Emergent Readers

from Scholastic
SCH0439105463 (Primary)

A delightful collection of short, simple plays on themes kids adore - pets, dinosaurs, space, losing a tooth, making new friends, going to school, and many more. These lively plays include rhymes, repetition, and predictable language to bolster reading and oral language skills. All in Spanish!

Grades: K - 1


Reading Success Mini-Books: Sight Words in Spanish

from Scholastic
SCH043914115X (Early Childhood,Primary)

Twenty interactive mini-books that help every child get a great start In reading.

Grades: PK - 2


25 Spanish Science Mini-Books For Emergent Readers

from Scholastic
SCH0439153433 (Primary)

Build literacy with easy and adorable reproducible mini-books on favorite science topics.

Grades: K - 1

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Valentine's Day eBooks

February Daily Journal Writing Prompts

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3131 (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

Reading, Language & Math Activities: Winter

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3889

These quick and easy-to-implement seasonal activities provide students with fun-filled learning experiences. The activities are related to a variety of winter themes and holidays such as snow, Kwanzaa, Christmas, Valentine's Day, and the 100th day of school. Reading and language activities include mini-books, letter matches, word play, vocabulary-builders, and comprehension stories. Math activities include seasonal subtraction, measuring mittens, and sorting hearts.

Grades: K - 2

Holiday Brain Teasers

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3351 (Intermediate)

Encourage vocabulary usage, deductive reasoning, and problem-solving skills with holiday-themed activities.

Grades: 3 - 5

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Websites for Education

Must-See Websites for Parents & Kids

from Shell Education
SED50474 (Primary, Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

Search the web using this handy reference directory of over 800 reputable websites! You'll find useful and informative sites with less searching and fewer keystrokes with this list of websites categorized by specific content areas. Fun ideas and suggestions for activities are included along with descriptions of internet terms. Use short descriptions of each website to cut down on web searching time and locate those hard-to-find informational web pages.
Highlights include:
Family management ideas
Travel and family activities
Family trees, photo storing and sharing
Health and safety tips
Zip file including links to listed websites
Grades: K - 12


Must-See Websites for Busy Teachers

from Shell Education
SED50475 (Primary, Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

Teach your students how to gather useful information quickly and efficiently with this directory of over 800 reputable websites categorized by specific content areas. A handy reference directory, this guide also includes fun ideas and suggestions for activities to increase online proficiency and enhance the online experience. Plus, expand students' internet vocabulary with descriptions of internet terms, while minimizing lengthy searches using short descriptions of each website. Your students will revel in their newfound ability to expose hard-to-find informational web pages!
Highlights include:
Education laws and standards affecting education, teachers, and students
Lesson plans, test practice, and teacher resources
Classroom management suggestions
References for special education
Zip file including links to listed websites
Grades: K - 12


Best Websites for Kids

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR2000 (Primary, Intermediate, Middle School, High School)

Hop on the Internet and see what's out there! Explore a wide variety of top quality Web Sites.

Grades: K - 12


Developing Web Pages for Educators, 2nd Edition

from Teacher Created Resources
TCR3880 (Early Childhood, Primary, Intermediate, Middle School, High School, Staff Room)

Imagine the excitement of sharing news from your classroom with parents, your community, and the world! This informative book provides step by step directions for creating Web pages and includes several samples of pages from actual schools and classrooms.

Grades: K - 12

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Friday, January 11, 2008

Four Square Writing eBooks

Writing Workouts That Work: By the authors of Four Square Writing

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10471 (Primary, Intermediate, Middle School)

Build your classroom into a winning team of writers. This manual of writing strategies and focused practice items will be all you need to coach young writers to become more confident authors. Everything you need is in one place: explanations of successful writing techniques, writing samples to discuss as a group and practice pages for small groups or independent work.

Grades: 2 - 6


Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 7-9

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10448 (Middle School, High School)

This book in the popular Four Square series provides a personal coach for students to help them write. Included are 13 themed units designed to meet the interests and abilities of writers in grades 7-9. Each unit brings the prewriting through art, word association, questions, poetry, planning and composition of prose. The exercises will help students learn to be less fearful of writing assignments and actually make them fun! The topics are personal ones young writers will enjoy: themselves, their families and friends, their favorite places to go and things to do, etc.

Grades: 7 - 9


Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 4-6

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10447 (Intermediate, Middle School)

This book in the popular Four Square series provides a personal coach for students to help them write. Included are 13 themed units designed to meet the interests and abilities of writers in grades 4-6. Each unit brings the prewriting through art, word association, questions, poetry, planning and composition of prose. The exercises will help students learn to be less fearful of writing assignments and actually make them fun! The topics are personal ones young writers will enjoy: themselves, their families and friends, their favorite places to go and things to do, etc.

Grades: 4 - 6


Four Square: The Personal Writing Coach for Grades 1-3

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10446 (Primary)

This book in the popular Four Square series provides a personal coach for students to help them write. Included are 13 themed units designed to meet the interests and abilities of writers in grades 1-3. Each unit brings the prewriting through art, word association, questions, poetry, planning and composition of prose. The exercises will help students learn to be less fearful of writing assignments and actually make them fun! The topics are personal ones young writers will enjoy: themselves, their families and friends, their favorite places to go and things to do, etc.

Grades: 1 - 3


Four Square: The Total Writing Classroom for Grades 5-9

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10334 (Intermediate, Middle School)

At last! A companion activity book to the immensely popular Four Square Writing Method.

Chock-full of projects and ideas that are tailor-made to work with the Four Square Writing Method, this volume includes age-appropriate activities designed to: take advantage of the language-learning connection and help students use what they know to learn new things; introduce ideas for a total writing classroom including management tools and techniques; provide mini lessons, warm-ups and other projects for writing experiences which also address some of the more troublesome student writing habits; improve compositions with examples and exercises drawn from actual student work and classroom experiences!

Grades: 5 - 9


Four Square: The Total Writing Classroom for Grades 1-4

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10333 (Primary, Intermediate)

At last! A companion activity book to the immensely popular Four Square Writing Method.

Chock-full of projects and ideas that are tailor-made to work with the Four Square Writing Method, this volume includes age-appropriate activities designed to: take advantage of the language-learning connection and help students use what they know to learn new things; introduce ideas for a total writing classroom including management tools and techniques; provide mini lessons, warm-ups and other projects for writing experiences which also address some of the more troublesome student writing habits; improve compositions with examples and exercises drawn from actual student work and classroom experiences!

Grades: 1 - 4


Four Square Writing Method for Grades 7-9

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10190 (Middle School, High School)

Teach writing skills using this innovative new approach that has been proven to work in classrooms. The Four Square method can be used with all forms of writing and will fit any reading or language arts program. Great for content area writing.

Grades: 7 - 9


Four Square Writing Method for Grades 4-6

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10189 (Intermediate, Middle School)

Teach writing skills using this innovative new approach that has been proven to work in classrooms. The Four Square method can be used with all forms of writing and will fit any reading or language arts program. Great for content area writing.

Grades: 4 - 6


Four Square Writing Method for Grades 1-3

from Teaching and Learning Company
TLC10188 (Primary)

Teach writing skills using this innovative new approach that has been proven to work in classrooms. The Four Square method can be used with all forms of writing and will fit any reading or language arts program. Great for content area writing.

Grades: 1 - 3

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Money

Money (Gr. 3-4)

from Remedia Publications
REM0536B (Primary)

Activities include identifying coins, learning their value, counting coins, matching coins to prices, different ways of showing an amount, and simple addition of money. Also includes making change and word problems. This book is ideal for introductory-level teaching or enrichment!

Grades: 1 - 2