Middle & Upper Grades

The standards-based critical thinking activities develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills children need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping children understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, making conclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary. Students read and analyze short literature passages and stories that include fiction and nonfiction genres. Then they answer multiple-choice and short-response questions, citing sentence evidence to support their answers. Reading level 6+. 246 pages.

What does it take to get hired• Learn what you need to know about getting a job before you dive into the workforce. Whether you are getting ready to attend college, or plan to get to work right after school, you'll need to know about:

• Pursuing a career path
• What employers are looking for
• What employers are not looking for
• The interview process
• Work ethic and other soft skills
• What you need to do to be considered for the position you want.

Don't get caught off guard! Go into the hiring process with confidence. Avoid the pitfalls that keep people out of the jobs of their dreams for years. Author Carole Marsh is an expert as both an employer and entrepreneur. Her straightforward, no-nonsense approach brings in insights from her own experiences and those of her colleagues in order to help teens achieve career success.

WOULD YOU HIRE THIS PERSON?: A Look at Getting Hired (or not!)...From the Point of View of Your (Possible!) Future Employer is part of the highly-anticipated Careers Curriculum series, a line of educational materials designed to prepare students for the "real world" of work, starting in middle school, then high school and beyond. The Careers Curriculum is very much in demand among parents, educators, teenagers and young adults, both in and out of school.

Such realistic scenarios - I got nervous reading them! I wanted the person to get the job, but, gee...I can see why some would not!

These Superheroes make learning parts of speech dramatic and exciting! Each colorful 11" x 17" poster features a clear definition and an example. Includes a four-page teacher guide with reproducibles. 8 pieces.

These double-sided mats simplify representing three-dimensional solids by providing a framework for drawing rectangular prisms and compound shapes in either centimeters or inches. The mats can be used to help solve volume measurement problems and to illustrate solutions. Dry-erase markers not included. Mats measure 9” x 12” and are made of tough, flexible plastic.

The perfect addition to any language arts curriculum! Content in each book is specifically designed to practice and assess learning from the lessons in the Interactive Notebooks. No extra prep work is needed. Practice activities and assessments include all necessary reading passages.

• Content in each book is specifically designed to practice and assess learning from the lessons in the INBs.
• Students practice and master their knowledge of sentence types, parts of speech, and punctuation rules with a variety of activities.

Engaging photos highlight building blocks for developing strong character and a caring classroom community. Includes a two-page teacher guide. 8 pieces, 11" x 17" each.

Provides students with tools to pinpoint areas of strengths and weaknesses and strategies to improve their writing in six key areas: Ideas and Content, Organization, Voice, Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Conventions. Includes Six-traits rubrics with clear, understandable language; Expository, persuasive, and narrative writing workshops; Practice writing prompts, and more. 144 pages.

Start off with an in-depth study of both the muscular and skeletal systems. Then, investigate the organs of the five senses, along with the respiratory system! Using simplified language and vocabulary, you can explore the major organs of four body systems and how they work to keep us alive and healthy. Reading passages, student activities, and 6 mini posters are included. Reading Level 3-4. Human Body Big Book includes (all 3 books combined). 170 pages and 18 mini posters.

Players plot points and move along the lines as they try to arrange five pawns in a row. Understanding of important algebraic concepts grows through play. The basic game and its variations—Capture, Refuge, Hide and Seek, and Treasure Chest—provide intriguing settings for developing competence in graphing and making vector-like moves on the coordinate plane. 2-4 players.

These striking posters make it simple to teach students about Earth's structure, plate tectonics, the water cycle, and weathering and erosion. Package includes 4 posters, 4 reproducible activity sheets, and a teacher's guide.