Science taps into a kid's natural curiosity—help your child explore fascinating facts and compelling passages with a workbook that generates interest and teaches key concepts. Spectrum® Science for grade 6 introduces, reviews, and reinforces the skills your child needs to thrive in this subject.

Cultivate a love for science by providing standards-based practice that captures children's attention. Spectrum Science for grade 6 provides interesting informational text and fascinating facts about thermodynamics, biological adaptation, and geological disturbances.

When children develop a solid understanding of science, they're preparing for success. Spectrum Science for grades 3-8 improves scientific literacy and inquiry skills with an exciting exploration of natural, earth, life, and applied sciences. With the help of this best-selling series, your little scientist can discover and appreciate our extraordinary world!

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Guided Reading for third and fourth grades strengthens foundational reading skills with high-interest topics in a leveled reader format.

The Guided Reading: Visualize resource book for third and fourth grades features 36 readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. Filled with charts and photos, it enhances group lessons with informational text about flight, storms, sports, Egypt, coral, and more.

Guided Reading: Visualize provides you with a comprehensive guided reading resource. This book includes:

• discussion guides
• prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features
• leveled readers with intriguing topics
• graphic organizers and an observation sheet

Separated into three readability levels, informational readers capture students' attention with appealing topics, graphic charts, colorful photos, and detailed maps. Students are encouraged to apply guided reading strategies to the text and complete writing prompts to reflect on what they learned.

The Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for first to sixth grades includes everything you need for guided reading organization. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes 8 books, focusing on the following reading comprehension strategies:

• Connect
• Infer
• Question
• Summarize
• Analyze
• Determine Importance
• Synthesize
• Visualize

Each nonfiction reader contains short nonfiction texts, vocabulary banks, photographs, charts, and maps.

Facilitate a smooth transition from arithmetic to algebra for students in grades 7 and up using Helping Students Understand Algebra.

This 128-page math book includes step-by-step instructions with these resources:

• examples
• practice problems using the concepts
• real-life applications
• a list of symbols and terms
• tips
• answer keys

The book supports NCTM standards and includes chapters on these topics:

• number systems
• properties of numbers
• exponents and expressions
• roots and radicals
• algebraic expressions
• graphing
• functions

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How to Teach Art to Children has it all-background information, literature resources, and concise step-by-step directions for 96 art projects that will help your students learn about the elements of art and then use the elements in the styles of famous artists.

This book is divided into two parts:

• Part one: Learning about the elements of art
• Part two: Using the elements of art

Teacher information pages provide:

• a definition of each art element
• a list of literature references
• fine art examples that demonstrate the element

Each project and concept is supported by:

• easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions
• a complete list of materials needed
• reproducible patterns

Implement the math workshop method with this math resource for fifth grade.

Math Workshop for fifth grade provides complete small-group math instruction for these important topics:

• expressions
• exponents
• operations with decimals and fractions
• volume
• the coordinate plane

Simple and easy-to-use, this resource for fifth grade math teachers complements any curriculum.

Like reading and writing workshops, math workshop is an instructional model that combines whole-group lessons with leveled guided math groups and independent practice. It allows teachers to give students direct, leveled instruction while providing opportunities for practice and skill review. Math Workshop for third grade simplifies the workshop method with a comprehensive introduction and over 25 step-by-step lessons. This teacher resource for fifth grade math also includes these helpful features:

• comprehensive lesson plans
• leveled practice pages
• hands-on activities for every lesson

The Math Workshop series for kindergarten through fifth grades gives teachers everything they need to implement the math workshop method. Each book contains 28 complete lessons, a thorough introduction, and reproducible game templates. Each lesson begins with an essential question, a warm-up activity, and a whole-group lesson. It is followed by three leveled small-group lessons and a short assessment. Lessons are rounded out with a practice worksheet for each small group and an activity to practice the skill. Teachers are also provided with math talk questions and a math journal prompt to extend learning. The Math Workshop series gives teachers the flexible tools needed to begin small-group math instruction.