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With 21 “fill-in-the-blank” stories about telling ghost stories, playing truth or dare, starting pillow fights, and more, Sleepover Party Mad Libs is sure to keep you entertained all night long.

Play alone, in a group or in your sleeping bag.

Mad Libs are a fun family activity recommended for ages 8 tand up.

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320 pages

PreK / Ages 3-4

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Set includes two-word phrases

50 each 8" x 2"

Helps build student confidence.

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Match It!

Spelling is a fun and easy way to learn this essential skill.

Recommended for ages 4+ years.

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Set includes 20 puzzle sets.

Recommended for ages 4+ years.

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Set includes 20 puzzle sets.

Recommended for ages 4+ years.

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counting, comparing, and writing numbers to 100 addition and subtraction facts to 20

addition and subtraction word problems beginning place value and mental math shapes, money, time, and measurements

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A classic word game with a twist!

Kids will love thinking up words to stump their opponent, or taking their best guess to win it all!

Includes one Hangman game board with erasable whiteboard, self-storing dry-erase marker and eraser.

No loose pieces - ideal for travel!

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16 inch hand puppet, use for creative play, science stories, art and movement and more!

Recommended for ages 3 and up for ease of use.

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Children learn over 260 sight words as they read aloud and make decisions.

Very cute game for children ages 6 and up.

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The Latina Christiana & Prima Latina Flashcards, Fourth Edition work with Prima Latina and Latina Christiana.

The Latina Christiana & Prima Latina Flashcards, Fourth Edition are pre-cut and cover the vocabulary (Latin, lesson number, and any derivative, on one side; English on the other), Latin sayings (Latin and lesson number on one side, English on the other), and grammar forms (cue word, lesson number, and form name on one side; Latin forms on the other). Note that for the lesson number on the vocabulary cards, the Latina Christiana lesson number is listed first, followed by the Prima Latina lesson number in parentheses, e.g. “1 (PL 4).”

Individual flashcards are 3.5 x 2.5 inches.

About Latina Christiana: Latina Christiana is, quite simply, the best grammar-based Latin course available for beginning students. Cheryl Lowe’s clear explanations, easy instructions, and step-by-step approach have led thousands of teachers and students to declare, “I love Latin!” Each lesson consists of a grammar form, ten vocabulary words, and English derivatives to help build vocabulary and a Latin saying that teaches students about their Christian and classical heritage. Five review lessons help ensure that your student has mastered the material.

About Prima Latina: Are you looking for a gentle introduction to Latin and a course that prepares your young student for a more advanced study of the language? Prima Latina is specifically designed for students and teachers with no Latin background. This course was developed for children in 1st-4th grades who are still becoming familiar with English grammar and wish to learn Latin at a slower pace and learn English grammar in the process. Its goal is to teach and reinforce an understanding of the basic parts of speech while introducing Latin. It benefits the student by teaching him half of the vocabulary in Latina Christiana and grounding him in the fundamental concepts of English grammar, the key to Latin study.

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Cheryl Lowe’s clear explanations, easy instructions, and step-by-step approach in the Latina Christiana Complete Set have led thousands of teachers and students to declare, “I love Latin!” With the help of this course, you are sure to love Latin too!

.Latina Christiana is, quite simply, the best grammar-based Latin course available for beginning students. Cheryl Lowe’s clear explanations, easy instructions, and step-by-step approach have led thousands of teachers and students to declare, “I love Latin!” Each lesson consists of a grammar form, ten vocabulary words, and English derivatives to help build vocabulary and a Latin saying that teaches students about their Christian and classical heritage.

Five review lessons help ensure that your student has mastered the material. Each lesson consists of a grammar form, ten vocabulary words, and English derivatives to help build vocabulary and a Latin saying that teaches students about their Christian and classical heritage. Five review lessons help ensure that your student has mastered the material. Exercises reinforce memory work and teach grammar in incremental steps through simple translation. Grammar coverage includes 1st-2nd declension nouns, 1st-2nd conjugation verbs, 1st-2nd declension adjectives, the irregular verb to be, and 1st-2nd person pronouns.

Teacher Manual

• Complete copy of Student Book with overlaid answers
• Detailed weekly lesson plans
• Comprehensive teaching instructions
• Grammar overview
• Recitation schedule
• Background information on Latin sayings & Roman history
• Tests, quizzes, & keys

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Create dynamic learning opportunities in the classroom or at home with the Smart Start: Read and Write Activity Book from Evan-Moor. First graders will enjoy the colorful workbook pages, themed activities, reward stickers, and audio elements of these engaging lessons

From Evan Moore

 128 pages

.First graders complete one lesson per week, which each one themed according to an alphabet letter and a matching animal character, such as “Andy the Ant” and “Jackie the Jaguar.” Using the included answer keys, students can check their own work easily for independent learning.

Every themed unit follows a similar format and includes: Alphabet stories: Introduce two-word family patterns and include an audio read-aloud option.

Spell It! activities: Focus on writing and vocabulary.

Write It! activities: Provide practice reading and writing simple sentences.

Read It! activities: Provide reading and reading comprehension practice.

Find It! activities: Provide fun word searches around the word families of the week.

Let’s Review! activities: This simple review activity helps you evaluate your child’s understanding of word families and provides additional practice.

Core subject areas and topics include:

Writing and reading simple words and sentences

Identifying word family patterns

Reading comprehension

Vocabulary

Following directions

Fine motor skills

Features and benefits:

Accelerate your child’s reading progress: 20 easy-to-follow weekly lessons build alphabet awareness and develop reading readiness skills.

Creative and fun lessons: Keep your child entertained while learning.

Reward stickers: Motivate your child to complete the activities. Audio stories: Provide an option to listen to the audio story with your child.

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Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder remains an all-time American classic about life on the frontier. The first book in the beloved Little House series begins in 1871 in a log cabin on the edge of the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Four year old Laura, her Pa, her Ma, her sisters Mary and Carrie, and their dog, Jack all live happily together in the little house. Life as a pioneer is not always easy, especially when preparing for the long Wisconsin winter. But there is also joy and fun as Laura and her family celebrate Christmas, plant crops every spring, harvest in the autumn, and make trips into town. This heartwarming story will introduce students to America’s frontier history through the eyes of a young girl growing up in the safe, warm, and love-filled little house. Our Little House in the Big Woods Student Guide trains students to become active readers by providing in-depth word studies that help students build vocabulary as well as comprehension questions to teach students to identify important concepts and compose clear, concise answers to questions.

The Little House in the Big Woods Student Guide consists of lessons for the 13 chapters of Little House in the Big Woods, each containing spelling words, vocabulary work, comprehension questions, and questions for discussion. The answers can be found in the Little House in the Big Woods Teacher Guide (sold separately.#1337)

Recommended for grade 2

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Homer Price by Robert McCloskey#12754 tells the story of a boy living in Centerburg, Ohio. Along with a cast of unforgettable characters, Homer gets caught in some outrageous situations that include comic books, unstoppable doughnut machines, a better mouse trap, and even robbery! The Homer Price Student Guide trains students to become active readers by providing in-depth word studies that help students build vocabulary as well as comprehension questions to teach students to identify important concepts and compose clear, concise answers to questions. 

The Homer Price Student Guide consists of lessons for the 6 chapters of Homer Price, each containing reading notes, vocabulary work, comprehension questions, quotations, questions for discussion, and enrichment activities. The appendix includes a biographical sketch of the author, a create your own comic strip page, and adapted versions of “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Pied Piper of Hamelin.” The answers are contained in the Homer Price Teacher Guide #4410.

50 pages

Grade 4

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This follow-up to StoryTime Treasures will continue to increase your child’s vocabulary, reading comprehension, and grammar skills through the study of seven more classic readers. Books to be read along with More StoryTime Treasures include Billy and Blaze, Blaze and the Forest Fire, The Story About Ping, Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie, Stone Soup, The Little House, Miss Rumphius. Recommended for first grade. Learn More

The Door in the Wall Student Guide consists of literature guidelines and lessons for the 10 chapters of The Door in the Wall each containing reading notes, vocabulary, comprehension questions, quotations, discussion questions, and enrichment activities. The appendix includes “Hope is the Thing with Feathers ” by Emily Dickinson and “Untitled” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The answers can be found in The Door in the Wall Teacher Guide.#1131 Learn More

In her own courageous voice, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her, and life does not get any easier when her father remarries. Adeline and her siblings are subjected to the disdain of her stepmother, while her stepbrother and stepsister are spoiled with gifts and attention. Although Adeline wins prizes at school, they are not enough to compensate for what she really yearns for -- the love and understanding of her family. Like the classic Cinderella story, this powerful memoir is a moving story of resilience and hope. Learn More

Recommended for grades 9-12

100% Unique Content! No overlaps in matching Teacher Guide #7687 and Student Packet.

This student packet features multiple-level reproducibles that offer solutions based on the latest reading strategies.

This packet includes content-rich activity sheets, quizzes, and a final exam for direct student use.

44 + pages

• Prereading activities
• Vocabulary activities,
• Study guide
• Graphic Organizer
• Literary Analysis
• Writing Activities
• Critical and Creative thinking challenges
• Comprehension quizzes
• Unit test
• Answer key
• Scoring rubric

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Recommended for grades 6-8

100% Unique Content! No overlaps in matching Teacher Guide #10062 and Student Packet.

This student packet features multiple-level reproducibles that offer solutions based on the latest reading strategies.

This packet includes content-rich activity sheets, quizzes, and a final exam for direct student use.

44 + pages

• Prereading activities
• Vocabulary activities,
• Study guide
• Graphic Organizer
• Literary Analysis
• Writing Activities
• Critical and Creative thinking challenges
• Comprehension quizzes
• Unit test
• Answer key
• Scoring rubric

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While writing compositions with stylistic techniques and six of IEW’s nine structural units, students will get to know the workers who keep a community running smoothly—from firefighters and police officers to road crews and rescue workers. 

The purchaser receives access to a downloadable Teacher’s Manual e-book that supplies sample key word outlines, comprehension questions, and thorough instructions for activities

This Student Book contains assignments, instructions, engaging source texts, blank outlines, checklists, sample compositions, and clever vocabulary cards. A free, downloadable teacher's manual gives you tips for creatively teaching each lesson.

These lessons are designed to be used by an instructor who has been through the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style seminar, either live or on DVD.

Note: The Student Resource Packet is a necessary component of this course. This supplemental resource is included with your purchase as an e-book for you to download and print, or you may purchase it printed with a binder #7819

From Institute for Excellence in Writing 

Grades K-2

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This powerful and inspiring seminar will transform the way you teach writing to children (and perhaps your own writing as well)! You'll learn how to incrementally teach students to write with clear structure and compelling style. Begin with the basics—rewriting a paragraph—and continue all the way into advanced creative and essay writing. Learn how to nurture excellence in writing and thinking in students of any age

Whether your students are eager learners or reluctant writers, the award-winning Teaching Writing: Structure and Style video seminar will give you the tools you need to confidently teach your students to write well, think clearly, and express themselves eloquently and persuasively. Teachers or teaching parents of students in grades K–12 and beyond will learn how to effectively teach their students to outline and summarize, generate cohesive paragraphs, create stories ,produce reports and critiques, develop essays, translate their thoughts and ideas into writing, vary sentence structure, use interesting vocabulary, and add literary devices.</p>

This complete package includes twelve Forever Streaming* Videos : nine streaming videos of the entire Teaching Writing: Structure and Style teacher training course, providing instruction on the nine structural models and multiple stylistic techniques (14 hours total viewing time—may be watched all at once, or viewed one at a time throughout the school year) three streaming videos of sample Student Workshops at four different grade levels to help you with that first lesson

Premium Membership that allows you access to the following for one year from the date of activation: streaming video of the entire Teaching Writing: Structure and Style teacher training course streaming video of sample Student Workshops at four different grade levels to help you with that first lesson online Master Classes taught by Andrew Pudewa free access to our online the IEW Checklist Generator™ audio MP3 downloads of Andrew Pudewa’s most popular conference talks several PDF downloads content updated annually in July TWSS Seminar Workbook, which serves as the guide for the Teaching Writing: Structure and Style and contains charts, word lists, sample lesson plans, and more! *Forever Streaming is available from IEW.com as long as it is needed by the original purchaser. Nontransferable.

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Which President had a pet alligator? What is the state flower of California? Who was the first woman to appear on American currency? You'll find out in this patriotic puzzle book! Nearly 200 word searches are packed with interesting tidbits about every state and the District of Columbia as well as the life and times of the Presidents and First Ladies, from George and Martha Washington to Donald and Melania Trump. Don't worry if you get stumped, complete solutions are included.

Dover Original.

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Do you feel Discombobulated by the Plethora of Supercilious Gobbledygook? Fear not! eeBoo's 100 Great Words is packed with wild and interesting words to jazz up your daily lingo. Each flash card has a GREAT Word on the front and the definition with an example sentence on the back of the card. You will go from Taciturn to a Loquacious vocabulary Virtuoso in no time.

Features:

100 cards

Additional cards to add your own favorite great words!

Definitions, pronunciation, and example sentence

Cards: 2 7/8 x 4''

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