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Macbeth
SKU: 4085
$9.95Oxford School Shakespeare. Designed specifically for students unfamiliar with Shakespeare's rich literary legacy, these authoritative, full-text editions present Shakespeare's sometimes-intimidating language in a way that is easy to read and engaging. Feature detailed introductions with notes on the characters and an overview of the action, complete unabridged text with corresponding notes alongside for easy reference, as well as plot summaries at the beginning of each scene which helps students keep up with the plot. Difficult words are explained and obscure expressions are paraphrased as they occur. Also includes attractive line drawings to illustrate the notes and text. Paperback. 6 3/4 x 8 1/2. Learn More -
Reading Comprehension Book 2 + TE
SKU: 4092
$22.48Reading Comprehension Book 2 includes 31 selections in the following 7 subject areas. A sample passage title is given for each subject area: Social StudiesA Wall of Names ScienceHow to Make a Thermometer Philosophy, Logic, and LanguageClimatic Clues Combined SubjectsHow Weather Affects Travel MathReading a Thermometer LiteratureDemeter and Persephone The ArtsDaedalus: A Cunning Artist In each lesson, the presentation of the passage consistently follows the same 7-step format: About the Passageintroduces the selection to the reader and activates prior knowledge Reason for Readingexplains the reading skill emphasized The Selectionthematically organized selections across subject matter. Thinking it Overlists two to three broad questions to be answered in writing Studying the Passageasks questions about the main idea, facts, and sequence, and asks students to draw conclusions, make assumptions, and interpret. Using the Wordsencourages students to use new vocabulary words in a paragraph Writing about Ithas students answer questions about the contents of the selection and offer their interpretation or opinion Skills Addressed Story recall Sequencing Identifying facts Drawing conclusions Vocabulary development Main idea Extending thoughts in writing Inference. Includes teacher's edition/answer key. Learn More -
Reading Comprehension Book 3 + TE
SKU: 4093
$22.48Reading Comprehension Book 3 includes 31 selections in the following 7 subject areas. A sample passage title is given for each subject area: Social StudiesFirst Ladies ScienceEclipses Philosophy, Logic, and LanguageThe Giving Trees Combined SubjectsAmelia Earhart MathTree Rings Tell a Story LiteratureA House Made From Trees The ArtsA Great Musician In each lesson, the presentation of the passage consistently follows the same 7-step format: About the Passageintroduces the selection to the reader and activates prior knowledge Reason for Readingexplains the reading skill emphasized The Selectionthematically organized selections across subject matter. Thinking it Overlists two to three broad questions to be answered in writing Studying the Passageasks questions about the main idea, facts, and sequence, and asks students to draw conclusions, make assumptions, and interpret. Using the Wordsencourages students to use new vocabulary words in a paragraph Writing about Ithas students answer questions about the contents of the selection and offer their interpretation or opinion Skills Addressed Story recall Sequencing Identifying facts Drawing conclusions Vocabulary development Main idea Extending thoughts in writing Inference. Includes Teacher's Edition/Answer Key. Learn More -
Reading Comprehension Book 4+TE
SKU: 4097
$22.48Reading Comprehension Book 4 includes 31 selections in the following 7 subject areas. A sample passage title is given for each subject area: Social StudiesHarriet Tubman ScienceThe Water Cycle Philosophy, Logic, and LanguageWriting on Stone Combined SubjectsBreaking the Sound Barrier MathWhy We Have a Seven-Day Week LiteratureThe Palm Tree of the Iroquois The ArtsMichelangelo In each lesson, the presentation of the passage consistently follows the same 7-step format: About the Passageintroduces the selection to the reader and activates prior knowledge Reason for Readingexplains the reading skill emphasized The Selectionthematically organized selections across subject matter. Thinking it Overlists two to three broad questions to be answered in writing Studying the Passageasks questions about the main idea, facts, and sequence, and asks students to draw conclusions, make assumptions, and interpret. Using the Wordsencourages students to use new vocabulary words in a paragraph Writing about Ithas students answer questions about the contents of the selection and offer their interpretation or opinion Skills Addressed Story recall Sequencing Identifying facts Drawing conclusions Vocabulary development Main idea Extending thoughts in writing Inference. Includes Teacher's Edition/Answer Key. Learn More -
Reading Comprehension Book 5+TE
SKU: 4098
$22.48Reading Comprehension Book 5 includes 31 selections in the following 7 subject areas. A sample passage title is given for each subject area: Social StudiesAn Inuit Tradition ScienceMarie Curie Philosophy, Logic, and LanguageProbability and Chance Combined SubjectsWhat It Takes to Fly MathMath in Music LiteratureHaiku The ArtsMusic in Our Lives In each lesson, the presentation of the passage consistently follows the same 7-step format: About the Passageintroduces the selection to the reader and activates prior knowledge Reason for Readingexplains the reading skill emphasized The Selectionthematically organized selections across subject matter. Thinking it Overlists two to three broad questions to be answered in writing Studying the Passageasks questions about the main idea, facts, and sequence, and asks students to draw conclusions, make assumptions, and interpret. Using the Wordsencourages students to use new vocabulary words in a paragraph Writing about Ithas students answer questions about the contents of the selection and offer their interpretation or opinion Skills Addressed Story recall Sequencing Identifying facts Drawing conclusions Vocabulary development Main idea Extending thoughts in writing Inference. Includes Teacher's Edition/Answer Key. Learn More -
Reading Comprehension Book 6+TE
SKU: 4099
$22.48Reading Comprehension Book 6 includes 31 selections in the following 7 subject areas. A sample passage title is given for each subject area: Social StudiesOur Basic American Right ScienceThe Biggest River Philosophy, Logic, and LanguageThe Power of Words Combined SubjectsCommunication Through the Arts MathMathematics in Art LiteratureDesert Treasure The ArtsThe Art of Ancient Egypt In each lesson, the presentation of the passage consistently follows the same 7-step format: About the Passageintroduces the selection to the reader and activates prior knowledge Reason for Readingexplains the reading skill emphasized The Selectionthematically organized selections across subject matter. Thinking it Overlists two to three broad questions to be answered in writing Studying the Passageasks questions about the main idea, facts, and sequence, and asks students to draw conclusions, make assumptions, and interpret. Using the Wordsencourages students to use new vocabulary words in a paragraph Writing about Ithas students answer questions about the contents of the selection and offer their interpretation or opinion Skills Addressed Story recall Sequencing Identifying facts Drawing conclusions Vocabulary development Main idea Extending thoughts in writing Inference. Includes Teacher's Edition/Answer Key. Learn More -
Beginner's Balance
SKU: 4100
$17.99Let the Three Bear Family® weigh in with this simple see-saw balance! A visually engaging and tactile way to introduce mass and measurement, this set includes 10 bear counters and a multilingual Activity Guide. Balance arm snaps into place, and sliding compensator clips calibrate for easy use. Measures 15.75" x 4". Ages 3-8. From Learning Resources. Learn More -
Three Bear Family Counters
SKU: 4107
$29.49This adorable set of plastic bears comes in three sizes, three weights and six colors. Not only will your little ones enjoy playing with these bears, but learn size recognition, counting and sorting. Bears are also proportionally weighted and can be used on a balance for measurement discoveries. This 96-piece Rainbow Set contains 24 Papa, 24 Mama and 48 Baby Bear counters in six colors. Packaged in a reusable storage container. Ages 3+ Learn More -
Training Children in Godliness
SKU: 4125
$11.75This book provides parents and other adults with a discussion on training children in Christian values. Its primary purpose is to sharpen the skills and understanding of those individuals who have a burden to guide youngsters in the path of righteousness. The five chapters of this text are entitled: “How to Influence Children in Godliness,” “The Deceitfulness of the Heart,” “How to Instruct Children for Eternity,” “Teaching Children to Be Happy,” and “Teaching Children the Royal Law.” By Christian Liberty Press. Softcover, 138 pages. Learn More -
Building Spelling Skills 1, Second Edition
SKU: 4128
$12.85Christian values, uplifting quotes, and reminders to pray for help or thankfulness are noteworthy elements of this spelling workbook. Phonics principles presented instruct children how to spell words with short and long vowel sounds, double consonants, special blends, digraphs oo and or, diphthongs, word endings, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words.
Word bank exercises, crosswords, fill-in-the-blank, writing practice, rhyming exercises, and other fun activities are included, helping children gain familiarity with how words and sentences are constructed. Test sheets are included at the back of the book. Teacher-Parent help is required. This second edition features updated fonts and other minor aesthetic changes; two-tone pages don't distract from the content.
This course builds a student’s spelling ability through the use of phonics rules. It instructs the student to spell with the use of short and long vowel sounds, double consonants, special blends, digraphs oo and or, diphthongs, word endings, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words.
Test sheets are included at the back of the book. With 36 units and 5 lessons per unit, the text is designed to be used daily over a 36 week period.
Grade 1. 127 pages. Published by Christian Liberty Press.
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Building Spelling Skills 3, Second Edition
SKU: 4130
$12.85Christian values, uplifting quotes, and reminders to pray for help or thankfulness are noteworthy elements of this spelling workbook. Phonics principles presented instruct children how to spell words with beginning consonant sounds, consonant blends, consonant digraphs, vowel digraphs, diphthongs ou and ow; words with ar and or; word endings; words with er, ir, and ur; and diphthongs oi and oy.
Vocabulary-building is emphasized through contextual exercises as well as a lesson dealing with word meanings. Word-bank, crossword, fill-in-the-blank, and other exercises are included, helping children gain familiarity with how words and sentences are constructed. Test sheets are included at the back of the book. Teacher-Parent help is required. This second edition features updated fonts and other minor aesthetic changes; two-tone pages don't distract from the content.
This course groups words by various phonetic features (including review material from previous Building Spelling Skills courses). It also seeks to build vocabulary. Students learn how to spell words with beginning consonant sounds, blends, and digraphs; vowel digraphs; and diphthongs.
131 pages. Grade 3. Published by Chrisian Liberty Press.
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Building Spelling Skills 4, Second Edition
SKU: 4131
$12.85Christian values, uplifting quotes, and reminders to pray for help or thankfulness are noteworthy elements of this spelling workbook. Phonics principles presented instruct children how to spell words with suffixes -tion and -ion, silent e words, word endings, words with ch sounds, spelling the three sounds of wh and ch, con-sonant digraphs with f and ph, prefixes, compound words, irregular spellings, and names of time and measurement. Use of the apostrophe is also covered.
Vocabulary-building is emphasized through contextual exercises as well as a lesson dealing with word meanings. Word-bank, crossword, fill-in-the-blank, and other exercises are included, helping children gain familiarity with how words and sentences are constructed. Test sheets are included at the back of the book. Teacher-Parent help is required. This second edition features updated fonts and other minor aesthetic changes; two-tone pages don't distract from the content.
This course uses various categories (such as plurals, consonant digraphs, prefixes, and suffixes) to present lists of words with similar characteristics.
Grade 4. 127 pages. Published by Christian Liberty Press.
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Building Spelling Skills 5, Second Edition
SKU: 4132
$12.85This course presents spelling words in groups according to various domains of knowledge. Domains include (but are not limited to) world and U.S. geography, astronomy, anatomy, health, law, economics, music, buildings, and animals. Grade 5. Softcover, 132 pages. Published by Christian Liberty Press. Learn More -
Building Spelling Skills 6, Second Edition
SKU: 4133
$12.85Students who study this workbook will be better prepared to spell words that have difficult sounds or difficult endings. This book also provides instruction in key suffixes and English, Latin and Greek prefixes. Later units in the course teach students how to discriminate between synonyms and how to change accents.
Christian values, uplifting quotes, and reminders to pray for help or thankfulness are noteworthy elements of this spelling workbook. Phonics principles focus on vowel sounds, er, sk, k, and sh sounds.
Vocabulary-building is emphasized through contextual exercises as well as a lesson dealing with word meanings. Word-bank, crossword, fill-in-the-blank, and other exercises are included, helping children gain familiarity with how words and sentences are constructed. Test sheets are included at the back of the book. Teacher-Parent help is required. This second edition features updated fonts and other minor aesthetic changes; two-tone pages don't distract from the content.
Grade: 6th Workbook, 127 pages . Published by Christian Liberty Press
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Building Spelling Skills 7, Second Edition
SKU: 4134
$12.85This course is dedicated exclusively to word building with prefixes and suffixes. The third lesson (of five) for a given week exposes the student to more in-depth information about that week’s words. The fourth lesson of each week challenges the student to demonstrate understanding by using the words in sentences. Grade 7. 136 pages. Published by Christian Liberty Press. Learn More -
Building Spelling Skills 8, Second Edition
SKU: 4135
$12.85This course teaches many of the most important root words from foundational languages such as Latin, French, Greek, Spanish, American Indian, and Dutch. The exercises in the workbook include matching words to their definitions, root words or origins, and using the words in sentences. Published by Christian Liberty Press. Learn More -
Dress Up Painted Lady Butterfly Wings
SKU: 4136
$9.99Look what just fluttered in! Little ones can pretend to be a Painted Lady Butterfly with these enchanting child-size wings! Realistic and colorful, these wings will make any dress-up day extra fun. Kids will love flying around the house or yard.
Let Imagination Soar
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Building Spelling Skills: Book 3, Second Edition - Answer Key
SKU: 4140
$6.45Use with Building Spelling Skills 3. Includes answers and teacher helps. Softcover. Published by Chirstian Liberty Press. Recommended for 3rd grade. Learn More -
Focus On Elementary Biology Student Text (3rd Edition)
SKU: 4153
$75.00The Focus On Elementary Textbooks (3rd Edition) cover a single-subject area for any one of the 5 core disciplines (chemistry, biology, physics, geology, and astronomy). There are 12 chapters in each textbook. Chapters are kept short to help students master content efficiently. Ideal as an introductory textbook. Subjects and grade levels are purchased separately.
Elementary Biology gives kids an introduction to the essential elements in biology. Learning real terms and concepts, Elementary Biology students start to put their questions into a useful framework for understanding science.
Students learn about•cells
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•photosynthesis
•plant growth
•protozoa
•butterflies
•frogs. Each chapter also comes with an accompanying laboratory experiment. This is where kids get to really learn real science. The Elementary Biology experiments help kids learn the first step of the scientific method – making good observations. -
Creating Fiction
SKU: 4155
$20.00Creating Fiction is for those students who love to write fiction. It presents 17 elements of short story writing with detailed and explicit explanations and directions. It also has these exercises written by high school students. It shows students how to write short stories and how to submit them to publishers. These are very sophisticated exercises and should be attempted only by serious young writers. Each of the exercises in this level has, in the index, a student's paper based on it just as it was handed in to the teacher. There is an 18th exercise that asks students to use the 17 skills in the writing of a short story. Creating Fiction is for those students who love to write fiction. It presents 17 elements of short story writing with detailed and explicit explanations and directions. It also has these exercises written by high school students. It shows students how to write short stories and how to submit them to publishers. These are very sophisticated exercises and should be attempted only by serious young writers. Each of the exercises in this level has, in the index, a student's paper based on it just as it was handed in to the teacher. There is an 18th exercise that asks students to use the 17 skills in the writing of a short story. To be used after completing Writing Strands Level 7. Learn More -
Animals of the USA Activity Book
SKU: 4157
$9.99Author: Claire Saunders
Illustrator: Bethany LordGames in Animals of the USA include matching the animal to its home state, counting the bald eagles, and a manatee memory game. Interesting wildlife facts are embedded throughout the book, meaning that readers will absorb educational information as they play.
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Eyewitness Dinosaur
SKU: 4161
$9.99Be an eyewitness to the prehistoric beasts that once ruled the earth and find out how ancient fossils and footprints can reveal their awesome world. From their evolution to their extinction, see what dinosaur skin was like, find out how a fossil can show if a dinosaur was a carnivore or herbivore, study claws and tails and how they were used and more in this latest edition of an Eyewitness favorite. For over 25 years, DK's Eyewitness books have been the most trusted nonfiction series in classrooms, libraries, and homes around the world. In summer 2014 this award-winning series will get a fresh new look both inside and out. The introduction of paperback editions, eye-catching jackets, and updated interiors ensure that the Eyewitness series will continue to be relevant in the ever-changing world of education and remain the go-to source for homework help, research projects, reluctant readers, ESL students, and, as always, to satisfy the minds of curious kids. Supports the Common Core State Standards. Learn More -
Billy Budd, Sailor and Selected Tales (Oxford World's Classics)
SKU: 4177
$8.95Billy Budd is among the greatest of Melville's works and, in its richness and ambiguity, among the most problematic. Outwardly a compelling narrative of events aboard a British man-of-war during the turmoil of the Napoleonic Wars, Billy Budd, Sailor is a nautical recasting of the Fall, a parable of good and evil, a meditation on justice and political governance, and a searching portrait of three extraordinary men. In this edition are also eight shorter tales, reprinted from the most authoritative recent editions and are supplemented by a penetrating introduction and full notes. Learn More -
Early Reading Comprehension Book A + TE
SKU: 4179
$21.08This popular series offers nonfiction reading passages with comprehension questions on a variety of subjects for students in second grade through junior high school and beyond. Topics and questions prepare students for standardized tests and provide valuable practice in nonfiction reading comprehension. The entire Reading Comprehension series is particularly useful in a classroom that has students of varying reading abilities. Themes such as Great Americans and What Do You Think? reappear in each book, with the exact focus of the passage changing according to the level of the material. Early Reading Comprehension Four illustrated workbooks contain stories, brief articles, and poems in seven subject areas: general topics, social studies, science, logical thinking, mathematics, literature, and the arts. The variety of the selections gives students practice in reading about a wide range of subjects. Skills Addressed Story elements Literal comprehension questions Recalling the main idea and details Sequencing Matching vocabulary words with meanings Writing in response to reading passages Book A is for Grade 2. Answer Key is included. Learn More -
Early Reading Comprehension Book B + TE
SKU: 4180
$21.08This popular series offers nonfiction reading passages with comprehension questions on a variety of subjects for students in second grade through junior high school and beyond. Topics and questions prepare students for standardized tests and provide valuable practice in nonfiction reading comprehension. The entire Reading Comprehension series is particularly useful in a classroom that has students of varying reading abilities. Themes such as Great Americans and What Do You Think? reappear in each book, with the exact focus of the passage changing according to the level of the material. Early Reading Comprehension Four illustrated workbooks contain stories, brief articles, and poems in seven subject areas: general topics, social studies, science, logical thinking, mathematics, literature, and the arts. The variety of the selections gives students practice in reading about a wide range of subjects. Skills Addressed Story elements Literal comprehension questions Recalling the main idea and details Sequencing Matching vocabulary words with meanings Writing in response to reading passages Book B is for Grades 2-3. Answer Key is included. Learn More