Quick tips to use in the classroom.

Reading and writing go hand in hand, as kids match pictures with words, cut and paste, and make their own fun-to-read thematic mini-dictionaries. Words are drawn from favorite themes, from transportation and farm animals to senses and seasons, with 15 interactive learning tools. Illustrations.

Behavior Management: Patience focuses on a problem behavior experienced by many young children. Activities provide suggestions for the teacher and/or parent on how to address these issues and how to teach children to manage their behavior effectively. Some role-playing activities included. This book also has easy-to-use behavior modification plans, original stories, and circle time songs.

Steve "Sneeze" Wyatt attempts to thwart his parents' plan to have him skip eighth grade, but he has bigger problems when his friends disapprove of his new list and Mrs. "Fierce" Pierce threatens to keep him from the Invention Convention.

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