Host of NBC's The Tonight Show and three-time #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jimmy Fallon returns with this sweet and spirited Christmas picture book. Just 5 more sleeps 'til Christmas! Can you believe it's here? I know that Santa's coming soon 'cause I've been good all year. Everyone who grew up celebrating Christmas remembers the excitement that built up to the most magical day of the year. But why not make the last week until Christmas more fun by counting how many sleeps until the arrival of Santa and his reindeer? Accompanied by the beautiful and energetic artwork of Rich Deas, enjoy the humor of Jimmy Fallon as he prepares readers for the most exciting week of the year in this new holiday tradition for your family—5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas.

Host of NBC's The Tonight Show and #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jimmy Fallon returns with this exciting countdown to Halloween picture book. It’s 5 more sleeps ‘til Halloween! That spooky time of year. Where all of the ghosts are wide awake As nighttime’s drawing near. The excitement leading up to spooky season has been enjoyed by so many for so long. Filled with costumes, candy, and big scares! But why not make the last few days before Halloween even more exciting by counting how many sleeps until trick-or-treat night? Paired with the eerie artwork of Rich Deas, fans will enjoy the humor of Jimmy Fallon as he prepares readers for the most spinetingling week of the year—5 More Sleeps ‘til Halloween.

Someone or somethingis haunting the local cemetery. Strange creaking noses, flashing lights, and a floating body have been heard and seen. Casey Smith, girl reporter and urban-legend debunker, sets out to prove there is no such thing as a ghost. She needs a little help from Toni Velez, Real News's photographer with a 'tude. But Toni is not her usual sassy self. She's withdrawn, even shaky. Could Toni be afraid of a few spooky graves? Get Real!

Fast-paced, practical, and innovative, this text for pre-service and in-service teachers features clear, easily accessible lessons and professional development activities to improve the delivery of academic language/literacy education across the content areas in junior/middle school and high school classrooms. Numerous hands-on tools and techniques demonstrate the effectiveness of content-area instruction for students in a wide variety of school settings, particularly English language learners, struggling readers, and other special populations of students. Based on a strong professional development model the authors have been instrumental in designing, Academic Language/Literacy Strategies for Adolescents addresses: motivation attributes of academic language vocabulary: theory and practice reading skills development grammar and writing. A wealth of charts, graphs, and lesson plans give clear examples of academic language/literacy strategies in action. The appendices – a key component of the practical applications developed in the text – include a glossary, exemplary lessons that address key content areas, and a Grammar Handbook. In this era of increased accountability, coupled with rapid demographic change and challenges to traditional curricula and pedagogical methods, educators will find this book to be a great resource.

Learn to master all the skills using ASP.NET's powerful features and to handle databases like a pro. The first chapters get off to a fast start with instruction on building multi-page applications. This book is designed for C# developers who want to learn how to develop professional web applications with Microsoft's ASP.NET 2.0.

The realization dawns on a couple of kids in Salem, Massachusetts that they are being called to supernatural duty. But they're unable to reveal this to anyone, and it takes a while for them to even find each other and be able to talk freely about the strange things that they've experienced. It's early fall in the year 1998, and Salem is crowded with tourists. As Halloween approaches, the crowds grow denser...but Tammy Woods and Rama Patil are preoccupied with trying to figure out what's happening to just themselves...and how it will affect their future.

If you're looking for a book that covers all the basic reading skills, you have just found it. They're all here: following directions, sequencing, vocabulary development, getting the main idea, drawing conclusions, and more.All topics are presented in a highly creative manner which requires thinking on the part of your students. We have made the activities highly independent in nature, plus provided you with an answer key.