A collection of teacher-tested ideas compiled from the primary, intermediate and pre-K editions of The mailbox magazine.

100 ready-to-use graphic organizers that help elementary students learn Graphic organizers are a powerful metacognitive teaching and learning tool and this book features 100 graphic organizers for teachers in grades K-5—double the number of any other book on the market. These graphic organizers can be used as before learning, during learning, or after learning activities, and support students' learning in the major content areas: English language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics. Teachers can use each graphic organizer as-is or customize for their own classroom's unique needs. Tips for classroom implementation and information on how the tool supports learning A Difficulty Dial that indicates the complexity of each graphic organizer Two Student Samples demonstrating how the organizer may be used with younger and older students This book gives teachers in grades K-5 a powerful way to help students understand relationships between facts, terms, and ideas.

To strengthen students' math skills with reproducibles from Teacher's helper magazine with background information for teachers, class projects, literature links, awards, patterns, and ideas for math manipulatives and games.

Contains grades 2-3 level teaching units for 10 holiday books. Units are cross-curricular and emphasize the development of critical thinking, reading, vocabulary, and creative writing skills.

Contains forms for all aspects of elementary school teaching, including calendars, class schedules, attendance and grade reports, lesson plan sheets, substitute information forms, portfolio assessments, reading contracts, progress reports, parent/teacher conference forms, and classroom celebration forms.