Don't have students just memorize vocabulary words ... give them the tools they need to understand and apply the words Help your students learn 144 new words with the focused daily practice in A Word a Day, Grade 5. Activities such as identifying attributes, making personal connections, and completing graphic organizers give students multiple exposures to the words, helping them to develop the vocabulary they need to be successful on assessments and in the classroom. Examples of vocabulary words presented in Grade 5: * navigate, phenomenon, quagmire * quintessential, ravenous, rebellious * inundate, correspond, aspire * vicinity, tumultuous, vulnerable

The Daily 5, Second Edition retains the core literacy components that made the first edition one of the most widely read books in education and enhances these practices based on years of further experience in classrooms and compelling new brain research. The Daily 5 provides a way for any teacher to structure literacy (and now math) time to increase student independence and allow for individualized attention in small groups and one-on-one. Teachers and schools implementing the Daily 5 will do the following: Spend less time on classroom management and more time teaching Help students develop independence, stamina, and accountability Provide students with abundant time for practicing reading, writing, and math Increase the time teachers spend with students one-on-one and in small groups Improve schoolwide achievement and success in literacy and math. The Daily 5, Second Edition gives teachers everything they need to launch and sustain the Daily 5, including materials and setup, model behaviors, detailed lesson plans, specific tips for implementing each component, and solutions to common challenges. By following this simple and proven structure, teachers can move from a harried classroom toward one that hums with productive and engaged learners. What's new in the second edition: Detailed launch plans for the first three weeks Full color photos, figures, and charts Increased flexibility regarding when and how to introduce each Daily 5 choice New chapter on differentiating instruction by age and stamina Ideas about how to integrate the Daily 5 with the CAFE assessment system New chapter on the Math Daily 3 structure

Don't have students just memorize vocabulary words ... give them the tools they need to understand and apply the words Help your students learn 144 new words with the focused daily practice in A Word a Day, Grade 4. Activities such as identifying attributes, making personal connections, and completing graphic organizers give students multiple exposures to the words, helping them to develop the vocabulary they need to be successful on assessments and in the classroom. Examples of vocabulary words presented in Grade 4: * obligation, command, compete * dilemma, resource, random * spontaneous, lackadaisical, treacherous * drenched, massive, predicament

Increase student fluency levels through repeated reading of traditional poems, songs, reader's theater, and monologues. Based on Dr. Timothy Rasinski's important fluency research, these books are ideal for ELL students. Two CD's are included: an Audio CD with recordings of the songs, and a Teacher Resource CD with the songs presented in PowerPoint for whole class participation.

Use these fully interactive products to teach students important skills in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. The self-correcting activities work on ALL brands of interactive whiteboards. The PC/Mac CD provides 180 to 270 ready-to-edit sentences per grade. In addition, thousands more sentences and paragraphs can be created and saved. The book format makes it easy for teachers to see the entire scope of the product at a glance and to copy pages as needed for individual work.

Oh Yeah? Proof It! enhances a student’s understanding of the importance of proofreading. Presented as a school newspaper, the student has the opportunity to edit a variety of newspaper articles, including school news, play reviews, advertisements, and even comics! The variety of activities not only helps the student identify mistakes in written text, but also allows the student to become more confident in his or her own writing, reinforcing essential grammar, spelling and other language arts skills. A complete answer key is provided for the student or teacher to check their work. Oh Yeah? Proof It! provides the student an opportunity to grow their language arts skills, all while being Editor-In-Chief!