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ABOUT WILL YOU SIGN HERE, JOHN HANCOCK?

Little-known facts are highlighted in this fun book about this historical figure, by Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz. “The book is a most enjoyable view of history . . . The delightful illustrations exactly suit the times and the extraordinary character of John Hancock.”—The Horn Book

Everyone knows that John Hancock was one of the first signers of the Declaration of Independence. But not many know that he signed his name so large to show how mad he was about how the colonists had been treated.

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Reinforce geography concepts, such as location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region, with World Geography Puzzles: Countries of the World. The units profile selected countries and then give students an opportunity to reinforce their knowledge by completing a variety of fun and challenging puzzles like crosswords, word searches, hidden messages, and more. Each country profile includes basic information such as capital, population, and type of government. It also offers descriptions of what makes each country unique, such as landmarks and physical features, industries, wildlife, and historical importance.

These activities can be used as supplements to classroom or homeschool units focused on certain countries, or they can be a fun addition to any geography or social studies lesson. Students will enjoy learning about the countries of the world while completing these fun puzzle units.

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Strengthen students’ knowledge of basic math operations, fractions, decimals, geometry, algebra, metrics, and more! Mathematics Puzzles is a fun homeschool or classroom supplement that presents math skills reinforcement in crosswords, word searches, hidden number puzzles, and hidden message puzzles. Quizzes and answer keys are also included.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

In this 4th grade workbook, fifteen lessons are included in seven units, which cover all regions found in the United States. Covering the scope of human interactions through history, students will learn about the Northeast Region, the Southeast Region, the North Central Region, the Rocky Mountain Region, the Southwest Region, and the Pacific Region.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series.

Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

In this 6th grade workbook, sixteen lessons are included in five units, which cover basic geography principles, ancient civilizations, early Western civilizations (Greece & Rome), the Eastern hemisphere, and the Western hemisphere. Covering the scope of human interactions through history, students will learn about the Roman Empire, Greek city-states, the Pax Romana, lines of latitude, the building of the Panama Canal, and more.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices. Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images.

Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

In this 3rd grade workbook, sixteen lessons are included in six units, which cover basic information on various types of communities. Covering the scope of human interactions through history, students will learn about American Indian communities, suburban communities, cities, people and places, and more.

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series. Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices.

Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included. 

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Integrate history, geography, culture, economics, civics, and government, with Houghton-Mifflin-Harcourt's Core Skills: Social Studies workbook series.

Students will practice map and geography skills and work with charts and other graphic devices.

Lessons feature short paragraphs and an abundance of graphics (including photos, charts, and maps); students read the paragraph and answer the question that's often based upon the included images. Chapter checkups provide multiple-choice exercises and an open-ended "thinking and writing" question that review the previous chapters. Unit skill builders and unit tests are also included.

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Algebra is part of the Middle/Upper Grades Math Series, which provides students in middle school, junior high, and high school with instruction and practice in the fundamentals of math so they can transition to higher-order math concepts with confidence. Clear explanations, numerous practice exercises, and frequent reviews provide students with the tools for success in mastering algebra. Topics covered include variables & exponents, square roots & radicals, polynomials, linear & quadratic equations and rectangular coordinate systems. Correlated to current national, state, and provincial standards

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This resource book for middle and upper grade math teachers provides quick, daily warm-ups to prepare students for upcoming lessons. The Fractions and Decimals Quick Starts resource book for fourth to ninth grades reinforces skills students have learned with fractions and decimals. Teachers can use this Mark Twain resource book for daily warm-ups and test review. Each page includes two to four quick starts, and the quick starts get progressively more challenging to keep up with students’ skill development. Fractions & Decimals Quick Starts is part of the Quick Starts series, which provides students in grades 4-8 with quick review activities that start the day's lesson off right and help students practice and review math concepts they have learned in class. Each page features two to four quick starts that can be cut apart and used separately. The entire page may also be used as a whole-class or individual assignment. Concepts covered include fractional parts, equivalents, math operations with fractions and decimals, least common multiple, greatest common factor, and comparing.

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Mark Twain’s Statistics and Probability resource book for fifth to twelfth grades provides opportunities for students to organize and interpret data. From predicting an event to conducting surveys and analyzing test scores, this resource book for math teachers helps students understand how these concepts are applied in real-world scenarios. Probability & Statistics is part of the Middle/Upper Grades Math Series, which provides students in middle school, junior high, and high school with instruction and practice in the fundamentals of math so they can transition to higher-order math concepts with confidence. Clear explanations, numerous practice exercises, and frequent reviews provide students with the tools for success in mastering probability and statistics.

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Enhance lessons with this resource book for pre-algebra that simplifies concepts to help students learn. Pre-Algebra is part of the Middle/Upper Grades Math Series, which provides students in middle school, junior high, and high school with instruction and practice in the fundamentals of math so they can transition to higher-order math concepts with confidence. Clear explanations, numerous practice exercises, and frequent reviews provide students with the tools for success in mastering pre-algebra. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

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Using Primary Sources to Meet Common Core State Standards is designed to help students learn how to analyze, interpret, and evaluate primary sources. The activities in the book are aligned with the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts (ELA). Some of the ELA literacy skills covered are making inferences, summarizing text, citing evidence, and analyzing the connection between primary and secondary sources on the same topic. Topics covered include: The Charters of Freedom, The Civil War and The Great Depression. Learn More

Project-Based Learning Tasks for Common Core State Standards is designed to help middle-school students use research skills, teamwork, communication, and critical thinking to solve real-life problems. Includes a Common Core State Standards matrix. Learn More

Algebra Quick Starts for seventh to twelfth grades provides skill practice for real numbers, quadratic equations, and more. This algebra resource book is ideal for daily warm-ups, test reviews, and learning centers. Each page of this Mark Twain Math resource book includes two to four quick starts.

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The drawing activities in Write about Me by Elsie Wilmerding help children bridge the gap between thinking and talking about an idea and writing about it.

Children build their writing skills as they develop ideas that have personal meaning to them.

The book features large spaces for drawing, student-centric illustrations, thematic word banks, and steps that lead young writers to add details to their writing and make content area connections.

Features

• Focuses on the student and his or her immediate surroundings and interests (family, favorites, neighborhood, school)

• Encourages the use of pictures to spark ideas for writing

• Encourages students to expand upon their pictures through writing

• Promotes use of detail and description in writing through word banks

• Leads up to writing stories with the basic Beginning-Middle-End format

• Coordinates with common introductory science unit about the senses

• Coordinates with common introductory social studies unit

"All about Me"About Just Write: Help students become confident, expressive writers

. This classroom-tested resource guides students through the writing process from initial idea to final edited and published narrative.

See also #3904 Teachers Guide for Write About Me #2312 and Write About My World #2313

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180 Days of Social Studies for Third Grade provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' social studies content-area literacy.

The quick, diagnostic-based activities support the C3 Framework and allow busy teachers to cover social studies content daily.

Through these weekly units, grade 3 students will analyze and evaluate primary source documents, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their social studies knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.

Each week will assess students' knowledge of grade-level social studies content, and focuses on a grade-level topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and history.

. With these daily worksheets, students will increase their social studies knowledge in no time!

Recommended for grade 3 and up.

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180 Days of Social Studies for Sixth Grade provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' social studies content-area literacy.

The quick, diagnostic-based activities support the C3 Framework and allow busy teachers to cover social studies content daily.

Through these weekly units, grade 6 students will analyze and evaluate primary source documents, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their social studies knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.

Each week will assess students' knowledge of grade-level social studies content, and focuses on a grade-level topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and history.

This 6th grade workbook helps teachers meet the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and state standards in their classrooms. With these daily worksheets, students will increase their social studie

Recommended for grade 6 and up.

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180 Days of Social Studies for Second Grade provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' social studies content-area literacy.

The quick, diagnostic-based activities support the C3 Framework and allow busy teachers to cover social studies content daily.

Through these weekly units, grade 2 students will analyze and evaluate primary source documents, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their social studies knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.

Each week will assess students' knowledge of grade-level social studies content, and focuses on a grade-level topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and history.

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180 Days of Social Studies for Kindergarten provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' social studies content-area literacy.

The quick, diagnostic-based activities support the C3 Framework and allow busy teachers to cover social studies content daily.

Through these weekly units, grade K students will analyze and evaluate primary source documents, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their social studies knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.

Each week will assess students' knowledge of grade-level social studies content, and focuses on a grade-level topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and history.

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180 Days of Social Studies for Fourth Grade provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' social studies content-area literacy.

The quick, diagnostic-based activities support the College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework and allow busy teachers to cover national standards-based social studies content daily.

Through these weekly units, grade 4 students will analyze and evaluate primary source documents, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their social studies knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.

Each week will assess students' knowledge of U.S. social studies content and focuses on a specific American social studies topic within one of the four disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and history.

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180 Days of Social Studies for First Grade provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' social studies content-area literacy.

The quick, diagnostic-based activities support the C3 Framework and allow busy teachers to cover social studies content daily.

Through these weekly units, grade 1 students will analyze and evaluate primary source documents, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their social studies knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.

Each week will assess students' knowledge of grade-level social studies content, and focuses on a grade-level topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and history.

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180 Days of Social Studies for Fifth Grade provides teachers and parents with 180 days of daily practice to build students' social studies content-area literacy.

The quick, diagnostic-based activities support the C3 Framework and allow busy teachers to cover social studies content daily.

Through these weekly units, grade 5 students will analyze and evaluate primary source documents, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their social studies knowledge, critical thinking, and reasoning skills.

Each week will assess students' knowledge of grade-level social studies content, and focuses on a grade-level topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: geography, economics, civics, and history.

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