Language Arts

Engage students in complex literary strategies as they dive into exploring rich pairs of fiction and nonfiction texts. Authored by Lori Oczkus and Timothy Rasinski, this resource includes 12 units across the four content areas of language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Each unit incorporates close reading, paired fiction and nonfiction text passages, text-dependent questions, comparing and contrasting text, and hands-on activities to unify each week's worth of lessons. Differentiation and reciprocal teaching strategies and assessment options are also included within each unit to tailor to multiple intelligences and monitor students' progress. Aligned to McREL and Common Core State Standards, this essential resource prepares middle school students for college and career.

Action-packed games build reading and vocabulary skills! Players match picture to picture or picture to Fun Fact cards to win. Realistic dinosaur images, interesting facts, and extra challenges present tons of fun for everyone. Ideal for school, home, and on the go. Includes 54 Game Cards and 2 Activity Cards. Individual and Group Play. 56 cards, 3⅛" x 5¼".

Master reading teacher Jan Richardson skillfully addresses all the factors that make or break guided reading lessons: support for striving readers, strategies for reaching ELLs, making home-school connections, and more. This resource-rich book includes planning and instructional tools, prompts, discussion starters, intervention suggestions, as well as an online resource bank with dozens of downloadable record-keeping, assessment and reference forms, lesson plan templates, and more than 40 short videos showing Jan modeling key parts of guided reading lessons for every stage. The Guided Reading Teacher's Companion is a handy flip-chart guide with prompts, discussion starters, and teaching points for use during guided reading to inform your next step forward. 336 pages.

Start your day off right with quick, high-interest activities that provide students with purposeful and accessible understanding in reading, writing and language skills, or mathematics. Designed to be flexible enough for daily or weekly use, choose from various topics organized into themed units. Challenge students to learn and practice a variety of skills and strategies to help them succeed in the classroom and beyond. The Let's Get This Day Started series is a quick and easy way to enhance students' proficiency in the content areas throughout the school year.

Use word searches, crosswords and matching activities to gain knowledge of spelling patterns and tricky words. Each set contains 25 cards. Self correcting. For use with the Smart Tray® (sold separately).

Here's a new fun way to lead children on the road to literacy! Colorful mats and word tiles make learning and practicing phonics fun. Start building a foundation for academic success with the Learning Mats: Short Vowels kit. The kit helps children practice these key reading skills:

• Identify short-vowel sounds and words
• Distinguish the short-vowel sound in words
• Develop automaticity (fluency) in reading words with short vowels
• Write words with short vowels
• Associate short-vowel sounds with common spellings for the five major vowels
• Develop vocabulary

Includes:

• 10 two-sided mats
• 60 word tiles
• Wipe-off marker(s)
• Activity guide

Strong writing skills help children soar! Clear, concise communication benefits kids throughout school and into adulthood. Spectrum® Writing for grade 8 guides blossoming writers through the writing, proofreading, and editing process to create a strong foundation essential for school success.

Spectrum Writing for grade 8 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write sentences, personal stories, descriptions, how-to instructions, reports, opinions, and more. Spectrum Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer's Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success.

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Features:

• Answer Key

Vocabulary includes areas in social media, technology, and entertainment. More than 150,000 word choices include synonyms, antonyms, related words, and idiomatic phrases. Brief definitions of shared meanings and a usage example for every synonym that today's students will find relatable. Hardcover. 896 pages.

Our Pacon® Multi-Program Handwriting Papers offer rulings that conform to both the Zaner-Bloser™ and D'Nealian™ handwriting programs. Bright tablet paper ruled both sides with red baselines, blue dotted midlines and blue headlines. Recyclable. Ruling: 1/2" (long way) Dotted Midline: 1/4" Skip Space: 1/4"

Add the fun of game play to literacy centers with dominoes.

• Supports hands-on explorations of phonics and word building
• Features the most often used consonants and twenty– seven 2– and 3– letter short vowel word families so children can build hundreds of words
• Includes 84 dominoes in 6 bright colors, Activity Guide and sturdy plastic storage jar with lid
• Grades 1+

Grade-specific reproducible resources include mini-lessons focused on specific genres. Multiple levels of each passage for quick and easy differentiation. Critical thinking and text-dependent questions for each set of passages. Includes graphic organizers. 136 pages.

Finding text evidence is a very important skill all students are expected to master. This collection of ready-to-use task cards can help! Each card features high-interest short passages with five comprehension questions that prompt students to identify and effectively cite text evidence across a variety of genres. Also includes comprehension-helper cards that provide kid-friendly definitions, tips, and examples to help students master reading skills. Includes box with 120 cards.