Explicit Phonics, fluency, and comprehension are key building blocks in the Reading Mastery Programme Unlike other reading programmes that treat learning as an activity to be watched from the sidelines, Reading Mastery Plus gives students the skills and the clear, explicit instruction and guidance they need to master the fundamentals of reading. Oral language, phonemic word analysis, vocabulary building, fluency, and comprehension are fundamental throughout the programme. As students learn key decoding skills, these skills are applied to help students develop comprehension skills and strategies, so they get the most benefit out of the material they are reading.

An understanding of language arts concepts is key to strong communication skillsÑthe foundation of success across disciplines. Spectrum Language Arts for grade 2 provides focused practice and creative activities to help your child master sentences, parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation. --This comprehensive workbook doesnÕt stop with focused practiceÐit encourages children to explore their creative sides by challenging them with thought-provoking writing projects. Aligned to current state standards, Spectrum Language Arts for grade 2 includes an answer key and a supplemental WriterÕs Guide to reinforce grammar and language arts concepts. With the help of Spectrum, your child will build the language arts skills necessary for a lifetime of success.

A seasoned elementary teacher shares her strategies in this amazing, super-practical guide. You ll find everything you need to set up your classroom for maximum learning, prepare dynamite lessons, create an effective classroom management plan . . . and so much more! From getting ready for the first day to staying on target through June, this must-have book will be your companion for years to come. For use with Grades K-4."

A step-by-step program that shows parents, simply and clearly, how to teach their child to read in just 20 minutes a day.

From the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a vital work revealing that the secret to mastery is already within you. Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitors to surpass them in brilliance, and explode established patterns from within. Study the behaviors of Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Leonardo da Vinci and the nine contemporary Masters interviewed for this book. The bestseller author of The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and The 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene has spent a lifetime studying the laws of power. Now, he shares the secret path to greatness. With this seminal text as a guide, readers will learn how to unlock the passion within and become masters.

This engaging and clearly written textbook/reference provides a must-have introduction to the rapidly emerging interdisciplinary field of data science. It focuses on the principles fundamental to becoming a good data scientist and the key skills needed to build systems for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data. The Data Science Design Manual is a source of practical insights that highlights what really matters in analyzing data, and provides an intuitive understanding of how these core concepts can be used. The book does not emphasize any particular programming language or suite of data-analysis tools, focusing instead on high-level discussion of important design principles. This easy-to-read text ideally serves the needs of undergraduate and early graduate students embarking on an “Introduction to Data Science” course. It reveals how this discipline sits at the intersection of statistics, computer science, and machine learning, with a distinct heft and character of its own. Practitioners in these and related fields will find this book perfect for self-study as well. Additional learning tools: Contains “War Stories,” offering perspectives on how data science applies in the real world Includes “Homework Problems,” providing a wide range of exercises and projects for self-study Provides a complete set of lecture slides and online video lectures at www.data-manual.com Provides “Take-Home Lessons,” emphasizing the big-picture concepts to learn from each chapter Recommends exciting “Kaggle Challenges” from the online platform Kaggle Highlights “False Starts,” revealing the subtle reasons why certain approaches fail Offers examples taken from the data science television show “The Quant Shop” (www.quant-shop.com)

Reading Mastery Signature Edition, Reading Presentation Book A, Grade 2 Reading Mastery® Signature Edition offers a highly explicit, systematic approach to teaching reading that has proven successful in a wide range of schools, classrooms, and districts. Benefits: Systematic and sustained instruction teaches students important concepts and efficient strategies thoroughly and effectively. Teacher modeling, guided practice, and cumulative review are central to the program and ensure that all students make significant progress. Highly specified lessons and consistent presentation techniques allow lessons to flow smoothly and teachers to respond immediately to student needs. The comprehensive assessment system starts with placement and includes ongoing testing to monitor progress and guide movement through the program. A substantial body of independent research shows that, with Reading Mastery®, teachers can expect mastery, success, and results. The Reading Strand: Addresses all five essential components of reading-phonemic awareness, phonics and word analysis, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension Provides spelling instruction to help students make the connection between encoding and decoding Develops decoding, word recognition, and comprehension skills that transfer to other subject areas The Literature Strand: Supports the Reading Strand by offering a variety of literary forms and text structures Provides multiple opportunities for students to practice vocabulary and comprehension strategies and write for authentic purposes Gives opportunities for students to read at independent levels