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The Language Mechanic is an effective, comprehensive program that uses fun examples and logical reasons to eliminate the confusion students often feel while learning the rules of language mechanics. Methods Each activity demonstrates and reinforces why following the logical rule is important. Lessons begin with a "grabber”—a humorous miscommunication that results when a rule is broken. Examples are followed by an explanation of the specific rule, the logic behind it, then guided and independent practice exercises. Teaching Support Includes presentation and reinforcement suggestions, answers, a glossary, and a compare/contrast organizer. 184 pages. Grades 4-7. From The Critical Thinking Company. Learn More

Magnify your mind! Young scientists can investigate everything from cells to crystals with this 95-piece microscope. The set includes all the tools kids need to create their own specimen slides and view them at up to 600x magnification.

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This entertaining approach to the human body engages young, inquisitive learners, while the depth of material gets older students ready for tests. Join Kevin and his friends Marko and Bailey for an enlightening adventure to explore the skeletal, nervous, muscular, circulatory, urinary, respiratory, and digestive systems along with the five senses. Clear explanations, beautiful science models, and amusing animations make this DVD perfect for the classroom and home. Meets the National Science Education Standards. Grades 4th - 8th Total running time: Approx. 52 minutes

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Travel back in time to early United States history! This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to delve into the excitement of explorers, battles, land expansion, famous ships, and founding fathers while learning to write with the Structure and Style® writing method. Offering a full year of instruction for students in grades 6–8, these lessons cover all nine IEW Units. Vocabulary cards, literature suggestions, and access to helpful PDF downloads are also included. Purchase the Teacher’s Manual and Student Book together and save!

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Travel back in time to early United States history! This theme-based writing curriculum allows students to delve into the excitement of explorers, battles, land expansion, famous ships, and founding fathers while learning to write with the Structure and Style® writing method. Offering a full year of instruction for students in grades 6–8, these lessons cover all nine IEW Units. Vocabulary cards, literature suggestions, and access to helpful PDF downloads are also included.

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The Elegant Essay: Building Blocks for Analytical Writing. Now in its third edition, The Elegant Essay walks high school students through the entire essay-building process. The student book includes instruction, practice exercises, modeling, and grade sheets. The separate teacher's manual provides a sample schedule, grading helps, and lesson-by-lesson instructions regarding how to teach the material and includes sample models and answers. After practicing the elements of an essay, students apply all they have learned by completing two essay assignments: a descriptive and a persuasive essay. With clear explanations and practice exercises, The Elegant Essay is an excellent extension and refinement of IEW Unit 8. Consumable. Contains Christian Content. From Institute For Excellence in Writing (IEW.) Learn More

Billy and Blaze are lost. This book is part of the classic Billy and Blaze series for young readers. Sensitive drawings and easy-to-read words capture the warmth and special understanding between a boy and his horse. Ages 5-8. Learn More

Billy's younger neighbor, Tommy, loves to ride Blaze. But he wants a pony of his own--a real one, not just another toy pony. Then one glorious day, with a little help from Billy and Blaze, Tommy finds the gray spotted pony of his dreams. Ages 5-8. Paperback. 32 pages. Learn More

Explore Africa's heritage and regional diversity through map activities, review questions, and a time line, An answer key is included. Softcover 96 pages. Recommended for grades 5-8+ Learn More

Practice math facts anywhere with this engaging handheld game. • Quizzes students on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, decimals and percents, either randomly or sequentially • Features 8 skill levels in each category to keep students challenged • Switches to full-function calculator mode with the touch of a button • Provides instant feedback with lights and sound • Allows students to view equations both horizontally and vertically on the LCD screen • Features silent mode for quiet classroom practice • Requires 2 AA batteries, not included • Grades 1+. From Educational Insights. Learn More

Follow the Roberston family, a pioneer family living on a farm in 1840 in the backwoods, as they take you through a year of their lives. Learn how to tell time by the sun, finger spin, make butter, and much more! Wonderful stories and drawings tell about the sights, sounds, and smells of cornhusking bees, making maple syrup, or sheep shearing. A delightful blend of fact and historical fiction. Paperback. Learn More

This reproducible study guide is recommended for grades 6th-8th. Suggested activities include comprehension questions, vocabulary, author and background information and more. Biblical references are given. From Progeny Press. Learn More

This reproducible study guide is recommended for grades 4th-6th. Suggested activities include comprehension questions, vocabulary, author and background information and more. Biblical references are given. From Progeny Press. Learn More

This reproducible study guide is recommended for grades 6th-8th. Suggested activities include comprehension questions, vocabulary, author and background information and more. Biblical references are given. By Progeny Press. Learn More

This reproducible study guide is recommended for grades 5th-8th. Suggested activities include comprehension questions, vocabulary, author and background information and more. Biblical references given. From Progeny Press. Learn More

Pocketful of Pinecones: Nature Study With the Gentle Art of Learning : A Story for Mother CultureKaren Andreola, renowned interpreter of the Charlotte Mason method of education, has written a unique sort of book in the homeschool world. Pocketful of Pinecones is a teacher's guide the nature study cleverly disguised as a heartwarming story written in the form of a mother s diary. Woven into the story are more than 100 examples of what to look for on a nature walk, Latin names for the living things to observed by the characters, study questions, and nature poems and verses. Also includes: A supplement of selected quotations by Miss Charlotte Mason, An annotated list of books with a nature theme-both fiction and non-fiction, Nostalgic pencil drawings. Pocketful of Pinecones is a story about Carol. Carol is on her feet a lot-industriously caring for her family and pours out her secret worries, hopes, joys, and disappointments in her diary. Carol's story continues in the sequel; Lessons at Blackberry Inn. Learn More

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Readers around the world know and love Laura, the little girl born in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and raised in covered wagons and on wide open prairies. Now Little House fans can learn more about "Half-pint" in this, the first picture book biography book of Laura Ingalls Wilder. With a simple, glowing text by noted historian and Little House scholar William Anderson, and glorious paintings by Dan Andreasen, Pioneer Girl is a very special portrait of a writer whose classic books and poineer adventures have made her one of the most popular literary figures in America. This picture-book biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder tells the remarkable story of the pioneer girl who would one day immortalize her adventures in the beloved Little House books. Written in simple, glowing text by noted Little House scholar William Anderson, and illustrated with glorious paintings by artist Dan Andreasen, this wonderful first biography captures the very essence of the little girl called ‘Half-pint,' whose classic books and pioneer adventures have made her one of the most popular literary figures in America. This picture-book biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder tells the remarkable story of the pioneer girl who would one day immortalize her adventures in the beloved Little House books. Written in simple, glowing text by noted Little House scholar William Anderson, and illustrated with glorious paintings by artist Dan Andreasen, this wonderful first biography captures the very essence of the little girl called ‘Half-pint,’ whose classic books and pioneer adventures have made her one of the most popular literary figures in America. Learn More

Physical Science for grades 5 to 12 is designed to aid in the review and practice of physical science topics. Physical Science covers topics such as scientific measurement, force and energy, matter, atoms and elements, magnetism, and electricity. The book includes realistic diagrams and engaging activities to support practice in all areas of physical science.

 

Grades 5 - High School. From Carson-Dellosa.

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These spelling dictionaries are indispensable resources for writers of all ages and abilities. Based on studies of spelling and vocabulary and the author’s research, these handy reference books contain the most frequently used and misspelled words for students at these grade levels. Unlike most beginning dictionaries, these are designed to be useable and reliable, to build research and writing skills, and to help teachers promote independent learning in a classroom setting. Skills Addressed • Spelling • Dictionary and reference skills • Homonyms • High-frequency words • Commonly confused words • Overused words • Content area vocabulary • Writing and word choice. Grades 6-8 Learn More

Each of the Analogies books consist of three parts.

Part 1 provides information on analogies and how to solve them. This instructional material is written in clear, conversational English with a minimum of technical terms and makes mastery of analogy techniques manageable for students. Topics include the "bridge sentence," words with more than one meaning, two-step analogies, and various analogy types. There are also warm-up exercises for the students, which are followed up with helpful answers and explanations.

Part 2 presents hundreds of analogies organized into three groups. Each group is broken down into units, with each unit consisting of twenty problems. There are fifteen units in Analogies 1 and Analogies 2, and twenty units in Analogies 3.

Part 3 contains vocabulary groups of one hundred words each, with the alphabetized and defined words representing some of the most difficult ones in the corresponding analogy group. There are three vocabulary groups in Books 1 and 2, and four in Book 3.

Grades 11-12.

See also #5237 Analogies 3 - 8 Vocabulary and 4 Analogy Quizzes

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This tested series helps students become confident, expressive writers. Students are guided through the writing process from initial idea to final edited and published narrative. The program provides models to follow and students are encouraged to be creative. Features: fundamental of story writing, all stages of the writing process from planning to publishing. Book 2 begins with a review of capitalization and basic punctuation and then works on the nuts and bolts of sentence and paragraph writing. Later chapters focus on character and setting development and the use of creative, interesting details. Dialogue and point of view are introduced, and editing and publishing are also covered. Students develop longer, more detailed stories than they did in Book 1. Grades2-3. Softcover. Teacher's guide available. From Educator's Publishing Service. Learn More

Build six awesome bots that move without any batteries or electricity. The secret behind these fascinating machines is one of the oldest power sources in the world: wind! A full-color manual guides you in assembling six models one at a time from over 130 pieces.

Build a big-wheel tricycle, quadruped, soaring machine, drilling monster, walking robot, and even a wind-powered yacht. To make them all go, the kit also includes the pieces to build a hand-powered wind generator. As you build and experiment, you will learn about how gears transmit power and torque. Also learn about wind as a power-generating technology — past, present, and future.

• Easy, snap-together assembly requires no glue
• Step-by-step, illustrated instructions
• 6-in-1 engineering kit: build six wind-powered models and a handheld wind generator.
• Start cranking the generator and watch them go!
• Learn about gear ratios and wind-power technology.
• No batteries or electricity required

Ages 8+

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This is an informative book on one of the earth's most devastating, yet fascinating, natural disasters. Learn about the origins of earthquakes and how scientists classify them, and see the extent of damage these destructive forces have caused worldwide over the years. Earth's surface is formed by gigantic, slowly moving plates of solid rock. When these plates lurch past one another with sudden large bursts of energy, one of the most awesome forces of nature is unleashed -- a major earthquake. About 3,000 earthquakes are recorded every day on our planet. Most are too small to notice, but when a powerful one hits, it can be very destructive. Acclaimed science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution on a new, updated edition of his much admired book about the forces that shake and shape Earth. Grades 3-7. Learn More