**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** This Open eBook allows you to copy and paste text and certain images into a word processing program. You can also enable the Typewriter function and type directly onto the page. Learn more! Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension   The national standards require that students beginning at fourth grade know common Greek and Latin...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Using Classic Literature to Teach 40 Literary Terms This resource book draws on classic literature to illustrate the use of 40 basic literary terms. Divided into sections on figurative language, poetic language, and literary techniques, the book covers hyperbole, metaphor, irony, imagery, dialect, plot, alliteration, onomatopoeia, allusion, conflict, and lots more! The first page of...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Great for Test-Prep Practice! Help sharpen your students' skills in following both written and oral directions -- important skills for preparing for standardized tests. Students will solve riddles, color pages, find hidden objects, and draw step-by-step pictures while following written directions. Students will listen to directions that are read aloud or taped while following oral...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Playing with Sounds to Strengthen Beginning Reading Skills Experts are raving about this "must-have" resource for primary teachers that includes dozens of fun activities to help children listen to language and play with sounds. Activity cards can be cut out and laminated to create a handy reference file of fun ideas. A wide selection of...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** A Systematic Approach to Writing Practice This resource book has daily practice lessons designed around a spiraling scope and sequence format to support and reinforce writing skills. This highly structured resource book contains practice with standards-based writing skills, application of skills through authentic writing exercises, and formative assessments after every nine lessons.

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** This Open eBook allows you to copy and paste text and certain images into a word processing program. You can also enable the Typewriter function and type directly onto the page. Learn more! Teaching Vocabulary to Improve Reading Comprehension   The national standards require that students beginning at fourth grade use their knowledge of prefixes...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Building Skills by Exploring Maps Maps hold the promise of an adventure. And children really want to know how to read them. At the same time, they still need a lot of practice with the basic map skills of using latitude and longitude, locating places on a grid, estimating distances using scale, using indexes, and...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Poems, Art Projects, & Activity Ideas for Creating Student Scrapbooks This book includes reproducibles, monthly writing templates, decorative writing paper, monthly photo or writing frames, holiday/seasonal poems and songs, activity ideas for each month, monthly handprint ideas, literature links, and scrapbook layout page ideas.

** THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT ** Knowledge of letter-sound relationships is the basic building block of literacy learning. With this set of Sound-spelling Cards you will be equipped to effectively teach sound-spellings (phonics), word structure, and conventional spelling. Sound-spelling instruction, or phonics, attaches previously learned sounds to specific letters and letter combinations and spelling patterns. With an understanding of...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** 20 Standards-Based Cootie Catchers Using a new twist on the origami fortune tellers, this Cootie Catchers book provides a fun and unique approach to practicing and reviewing standards-based vocabulary content and academic language. Features 20 reproducible cootie catchers perfect for portable practice, differentiated instruction, classroom center activities, enrichment assignments when regular class work is completed,...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** 20 Standards-Based Cootie Catchers Using a new twist on the origami fortune tellers, this Cootie Catchers book provides a fun and unique approach to practicing and reviewing standards-based math content and academic language. Features 20 reproducible cootie catchers perfect for portable practice, differentiated instruction, classroom center activities, enrichment assignments when regular class work is completed,...

**THIS IS A DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT!** Basic Writing Skills for Young Authors This resource provides help with the basics of beginning writing--helping students learn to organize what they want to say, discover vocabulary to say it, and use structure to write it. Each skill is introduced at the oral level so students can readily formulate their ideas before trying to write...