What's your favorite sport? In My Favorite Sport: Cricket students will learn all about the sport of gymnastics. Each My Favorite Sport book includes engaging nonfiction text about the sport, the equipment, and the skills needed to play the game.

"Learn all about the sport of cricket!"--Back cover

Oscar and Olivia are watching the Olympics. Find out what each country’s flag looks like and what sport each country is good at.

As the game of cricket grows in popularity in countries like North America, many moms are finding themselves on the side of cricket fields happy to support their kids in this activity but not understanding what they are watching. Cricket - A mom's guide to her kids' favorite sport will elevate you to rock star status when you can communicate your understanding of the game with them. From "appeals" to "yorkers" you'll soon be speaking the same language.

Evidence-Based Writing for grade 1 offers 64 pages of writing practice and prompts. It is aligned with current state standards and includes a writing rubric, a student writing checklist, a five-page writing process practice packet, and pages of writing prompts to encourage higher-level thinking and thoughtful writing. Each writing prompt is paired with a graphic organizer to help students plan, research, and prewrite. Specific writing types taught are opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, narrative, and research writing. Grade 1 writing prompts include national parks, favorite toys, trees, meal choices, and playground games. --The Applying the Standards: Evidence-Based Writing series emphasizes the readingÐwriting connection by requiring students to read and use facts from literary and informational texts. This is a series of six 64-page books for students in kindergarten to grade 5. Various writing skills are taught in correlated activities such as prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing writing. Of particular emphasis throughout the series are current state standards and the teaching of evidence-based writing.