Phonics & Reading

Spectrum Reading for Grade 2 includes focused practice for reading comprehension including fiction and non-fiction passages, main idea and story structure, integration of knowledge and ideas, and key ideas and details. Spectrum® Reading workbooks contain focused practice for reading comprehension, including letters and sounds, word recognition, integration of knowledge and ideas, key ideas and details, main idea, story structure, theme, and summarization. Each lesson features an illustrated story followed by exercise in comprehension. A variety of fiction and nonfiction reading passages combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. A complete answer key is included. Learn More

Spectrum Reading for Grade 1 includes focused practice for reading comprehension such as letters and sounds, word recognition, integration of knowledge and ideas, and key ideas and details. Spectrum® Reading workbooks contain focused practice for reading comprehension, including letters and sounds, word recognition, integration of knowledge and ideas, key ideas and details, main idea, story structure, theme, and summarization. Each lesson features an illustrated story followed by exercise in comprehension. A variety of fiction and nonfiction reading passages combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success. A complete answer key is included. Learn More

Spectrum Phonics Readiness. Instructs children how to recognize letters and their order, understand beginning and ending sounds, determine long vowel sounds, and follow simple directions, this book features full-color, perforated pages; a variety of activities, including matching and coloring; and practice and preparation for grades to come. Softcover. 128 pages. Pre-School.

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Reinforce your kindergartner’s new skills with Spectrum Phonics. With the progressive lessons in this workbook, your child will strengthen reading skills involving letter recognition, consonant and short vowel sounds, and ABC order. The Spectrum® Phonics series provides your child with skill-building exercises that focus on phonics, structural analysis, and dictionary skills. Phonics for grades K–2 guides students progressively through letter sounds, blends, and pairs and how they combine to form words. Word Study and Phonics for grades 3–6 includes lessons in decoding as well as vocabulary comprehension, spelling, word relationships, figurative language, and even foreign words. Unique exercises will keep children engaged, and complete answer keys will help you gauge their understanding of the way words work. Learn More

Reinforce your child’s second-grade skills with Spectrum Phonics. With the progressive lessons in this workbook, your child will strengthen reading skills involving blends, hard and soft consonants, long and short vowel sounds, and vowel pairs. The Spectrum® Phonics series provides your child with skill-building exercises that focus on phonics, structural analysis, and dictionary skills. Phonics for grades K–2 guides students progressively through letter sounds, blends, and pairs and how they combine to form words. Word Study and Phonics for grades 3–6 includes lessons in decoding as well as vocabulary comprehension, spelling, word relationships, figurative language, and even foreign words. Unique exercises will keep children engaged, and complete answer keys will help you gauge their understanding of the way words work. Learn More

Reinforce your child’s first-grade skills with Spectrum Phonics. With the progressive lessons in this workbook, your child will strengthen reading skills involving ending sounds, consonant pairs, long and short vowel sounds, and vowel pairs. The Spectrum® Phonics series provides your child with skill-building exercises that focus on phonics, structural analysis, and dictionary skills. Phonics for grades K–2 guides students progressively through letter sounds, blends, and pairs and how they combine to form words. Word Study and Phonics for grades 3–6 includes lessons in decoding as well as vocabulary comprehension, spelling, word relationships, figurative language, and even foreign words. Unique exercises will keep children engaged, and complete answer keys will help you gauge their understanding of the way words work. Learn More

Spectrum's Complete Learning + Videos Grade 6 Workbook will help your child navigate through fourth grade and give you the tools you need to make sure your child learns everything they need to know for future math, reading, and language arts success.This innovative sixth grade workbook features lessons and activities that focus on math, reading, and language arts, as well as instructional videos to help strengthen skills needed for future academic success. Each chapter features chapter introductions that focus on the what, why, and how of each lesson, with standards-based drills and skill practice.

A QR code is available to scan after each lesson, linking to a free video that reinforces each topic—a great tool for visual learners. Parents love using this workbook for added practice from home, and teachers love to incorporate the reading, ELA, and math book into hands-on lesson plans and activities—tracking student progress with the answer key in the back of the 6th grade workbook.

352 pages

Grade 6 / Ages 11-12

Features: Answer Key

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Spectrum's Complete Learning + Videos Grade 5 Workbook will help your child navigate through fourth grade and give you the tools you need to make sure your child learns everything they need to know for future math, reading, and language arts success.

This innovative fifth grade workbook features lessons and activities that focus on math, reading, and language arts, as well as instructional videos to help strengthen skills needed for future academic success. Each chapter features chapter introductions that focus on the what, why, and how of each lesson, with standards-based drills and skill practice.

A QR code is available to scan after each lesson, linking to a free video that reinforces each topic—a great tool for visual learners. Parents love using this workbook for added practice from home, and teachers love to incorporate the reading, ELA, and math book into hands-on lesson plans and activities—tracking student progress with the answer key in the back of the 5th grade workbook. For more than 20 years, Spectrum® has provided solutions for parents and teachers who want to help their children get ahead and exceed learning goals. Spectrum supports your child’s educational journey every step of the way.

352 pages

Grade 5 / Ages 10-11

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Spectrum's Complete Learning + Videos Grade 4 Workbook will help your child navigate through fourth grade and give you the tools you need to make sure your child learns everything they need to know for future math, reading, and language arts success.

This innovative fourth grade workbook features lessons and activities that focus on math, reading, and language arts, as well as instructional videos to help strengthen skills needed for future academic success. Each chapter features chapter introductions that focus on the what, why, and how of each lesson, with standards-based drills and skill practice.

A QR code is available to scan after each lesson, linking to a free video that reinforces each topic—a great tool for visual learners. Parents love using this workbook for added practice from home, and teachers love to incorporate the reading, ELA, and math book into hands-on lesson plans and activities—tracking student progress with the answer key in the back of the 4th grade workbook.

352 pages

Grade 4 / Ages 9-10

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Space A NONFICTION COMPANION TO MAGIC TREE HOUSE #8: MIDNIGHT ON THE MOON By MARY POPE OSBORNE and WILL OSBORNE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA

Track the facts with Jack and Annie! When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #8: Midnight on the Moon, (#6632) , they had lots of questions. How did the universe begin? How long does it take to get to the moon? How hot is the sun? What does it feel like to be in space? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs.

Paperback | Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Feb 26, 2002 | 144 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 7-10 years

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 It all begins when Soft Rain’s teacher reads a letter stating that as of May 23, 1838, all Cherokee people are to leave their land and move to what many Cherokees called “the land of darkness”. . .the west.

Soft Rain is confident that her family will not have to move, because they have just planted corn for the next harvest but soon thereafter, soldiers arrive to take nine-year-old, Soft Rain, and her mother to walk the Trail of Tears, leaving the rest of her family behind.

Because Soft Rain knows some of the white man’s language, she soon learns that they must travel across rivers, valleys, and mountains. On the journey, she is forced to eat the white man’s food and sees many of her people die.

Her courage and hope are restored when she is reunited with her father, a leader on the Trail, chosen to bring her people safely to their new land.

Praise for Soft Rain: “An eye-opening introduction to this painful period of American history.”–Publisher’s Weekly

“The characters themselves transform a sorrowful story of adversity into a tale of human resilience.”–Kirkus Reviews

“This gentle child’s-eye view will move readers enormously.”–Jane Yolen

Middle Grade (Ages 8-12)

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Snakes and Other Reptiles A NONFICTION COMPANION TO MAGIC TREE HOUSE MERLIN MISSION #17: A CRAZY DAY WITH COBRAS (#6688) By MARY POPE OSBORNE and NATALIE POPE BOYCE Illustrated by SAL MURDOCCA.

The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system! Getting the facts behind the fiction has never looked better. Track the facts with Jack and Annie!!

When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House Merlin Mission #17: A Crazy Day with Cobras, they had lots of questions. Can snakes really be charmed? What reptile has the deadliest venom? What do Komodo dragons eat? How do you tell alligators and crocodiles apart? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the facts.

Filled with up-to-date information, photos, illustrations, and fun tidbits from Jack and Annie, the Magic Tree House Fact Trackers are the perfect way for kids to find out more about the topics they discovered in their favorite Magic Tree House adventures. And teachers can use Fact Trackers alongside their Magic Tree House fiction companions to meet common core text pairing needs.

Paperback | Published by Random House Books for Young Readers Jan 11, 2011 | 128 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | 7-10 years

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Encourage strong reading and writing skills in young learners with the Kindergarten Smart Start Activity Book from Evan-Moor. With fun, colorful pages and themed activities, this workbook helps students strengthen core skills that they’ll use for the rest of their lives

Frpm Evan Moore

 128 Pages

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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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Ages 5 - 8

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Ages 5 - 8

Play your way to kindergarten-ready skills with these fun, quick activities!

This 121-piece set's hands-on activities help kids learn and retain lessons in sight words, vocabulary, rhyming, and other kindergarten language skills through fun, active play.

Plus, the built-in carrying case lets you take the learning on the go!

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6 Charts

Four 17" x 4"

Two 8.5" x 11"

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With 5 levels of play, this game is for everyone! After one of the 220 Dolch sight words is called out, use your swatter to swat the word on the matching fly. Collect the most flies and win! For 1–4 players. Swatters measure 9”L each. Includes • 110 Double-sided sight word flies, 4 Colorful swatters. Ages 5+. From Learning Resources. Learn More

Fast-paced games provide practice for 75 splat-tastic sight words! As the caller reads each sight word aloud, players scan the cards in front of them. If a player has a matching word, he or she says “SPLAT!” and flips the card over. The first player to flip over all of his or her cards wins. Three color-coded decks make it easy to adapt the game for one-on-one practice or multiple players.

For 2-6 players. Set of 225, 3½" x 2¼" cards.

Grades K-1.

Aligned with Common Core and State Standards. Supports requirements of Title I and other federally funded programs.

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Fast-paced games provide practice for 75 splat-tastic sight words! As the caller reads each sight word aloud, players scan the cards in front of them. If a player has a matching word, he or she says “SPLAT!” and flips the card over. The first player to flip over all of his or her cards wins. Three color-coded decks make it easy to adapt the game for one-on-one practice or multiple players.

For 2-6 players. Set of 225, 3.5 x 2.25 cards. Grades 1-2. Aligned with Common Core and State Standards. Supports requirements of Title I and other federally funded programs.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Scholastic 

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages 

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 7 years

Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 2 

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.5 x 0.75 x 11 inches

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Perfect for individualized learning! Sight Words in a Flash is a learning system that makes it easy for students to work at their own pace as they master sets of sight words. Encourage teachers to begin with our color-coded flash cards, then select additional components to enhance the learning experience and facilitate assessment. •UV-coated cards with rounded corners for durability; •Color-coded borders identify learning sets; •Predrilled holes for convenient storage on included sort-and-store rings (two rings per set); •Print-awareness outlines on back; •2-1/2 x 4" cards; •Set of 169. From Edupress. Learn More

Sight Words in a Flash is a learning system that makes it easy for students to work at their own pace as they master sets of sight words. Encourage teachers to begin with our color-coded flash cards, then select additional components to enhance the learning experience and facilitate assessment. •UV-coated cards with rounded corners for durability; •Color-coded borders identify learning sets; •Predrilled holes for convenient storage on included sort-and-store rings (two rings per set); •Print-awareness outlines on back; •2-1/2 x 4" cards; •Set of 169. From Edupress. Learn More

Sight Words in a Flash is a learning system that makes it easy for students to work at their own pace as they master sets of sight words. Encourage teachers to begin with our color-coded flash cards, then select additional components to enhance the learning experience and facilitate assessment. •UV-coated cards with rounded corners for durability; •Color-coded borders identify learning sets; •Predrilled holes for convenient storage on included sort-and-store rings (two rings per set); •Print-awareness outlines on back; •2-1/2 x 4" cards; •Set of 169. From Edupress. Learn More