Best Selling Books by Bob Krech

Prejudice can be defined in more ways than one

For each featured title, you''ll find a book summary, as well as an easy-to-read list of primary content standards. This book also includes: related math vocabulary to share with students; suggestions for sharing each story; step-by-step activities to reinforce key math skills and concepts; reproducible charts, activities, patterns, and games; suggestions for connecting to other areas of the curriculum; and additional resources for learning more.

Andrea''s life is pretty close to perfect-she''s the leading scorer on her soccer team, has great friends, and can''t wait to start a new school year. Then her parents ruin everything by announcing that the family is moving to Scotland for a whole year! When Andrea gets there, she has to deal with a haunted castle, her stuttering problem, and some tough new soccer friends-who might not accept that the boy she is crushing on plays for a rival team. It''s a perfect middle-grade tale of friendship, sports, and first love.

Life had been good to Karen and Bob Krech. They had traveled the world as overseas teachers. They were blessed with a strong marriage, a nice house, great jobs, and a happy, healthy two-year old son. Was God a part of their lives? Some. But with the birth of their daughter, a micro preemie weighing less than a pound, He reentered their lives in a very big way.

"Mad lib" -style worksheets give kids a fun way to practice solving word problems. Skills covered include multiplication, division, measurement, algebra, probability, and more.

Lessons designed to introduce students to geometry and measurement concepts, particularly to reteach and reach struggling learners.

20 step-by-step lessons and 80 word problems to help students master the proven Singapore bar modeling method and boost their test scores!

"Tackle word problems using the Sinapore Method"--Cover

20 step-by-step lessons and 80 word problems to help students master the proven Singapore bar modeling method and boost their test scores!

20 step-by-step lessons and 80 word problems to help students master the proven Singapore bar modeling method and boost their test scores!

These ""mad lib""-style worksheets are instant math motivators! Each hilarious fill-in story gives kids a fun way to practice solving word problems and build an understanding of algebraic concepts. Skill topics correlate to the NCTM standards and include creating and analyzing repeating and growing patterns, representing patterns with drawings and graphs; using variables; expressions; formulas; equations; and properties. Perfect for partner and small-group learning, day starters, or homework. For use with Grades 4-6.

"Tackle word problems using the Sinapore Method"--Cover

These ""mad lib"" worksheets are instant math motivators! Each hilarious fill-in story gives kids a fun way to practice solving word problems and build automaticity in multiplication and division facts. Skill topics correlate to the NCTM standards and include multi-step problems with multiplication and division. Perfect for partner and small-group learning, day starters, or homework. For use with Grades 2-4.

Lessons designed to introduce students to algebra concepts, particularly to reteach and reach struggling learners.

Quick daily math problems that give students practice in addition and subtraction, place value, measurement, time, shapes, and more.

Lessons designed to introduce students to data analysis and probability concepts, particularly to reteach and reach struggling learners.

Quick daily math problems that give students practice in addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, fractions, area, perimeter, and more

Fun-filled games will help children learn about where names come from as wellas build reading, spelling, and math skills--and so much more.

Quick daily math problems that give students practice in algebra, decimals, fractions, data analysis, volume, graphing, and more

Some students may have difficulty grasping math concepts the first time they are taught. When this happens, teachers will need to use different approaches to reteach and reach these struggling learners. This book can help! Every lesson begins with a problem designed to pique students'' interest. Employing an arsenal of various instructional approaches that use manipulatives, games, practice pages, literature connections, and more, lessons ensure that students master fractions and decimals. A surefire way to help every student make the grade! For use with Grades 4-6.

Great for grades 2-3! Each book in this terrific new series is packed with teacher-tested ideas and activities that teach important reading, writing, grammar, spelling, or listening skills and correlate with the Language Arts Standards. Includes tips for working with second language learners; assessment ideas; and writing, art, music, and movement connections for kids of all learning styles. You’ll also find reproducible graphs, charts, graphic organizers, games, mini-books, easy-to-make manipulatives, and much more! For use with Grades 2-3.

Quick daily math problems that give students practice in ratios, proportions, rational numbers, algebra, surface area, volume, statistics, probability, and more.

Help build students'' problem-solving skills with super strategies for solving any math word problem. Each strategy is clearly explained and comes with practice problems that utilize the specific strategy. Students can then hone their newly acquired skill with 100 word problems on grade-specific math concepts. Great for meeting the NCTM standards!

These ""mad lib""-style worksheets are instant math motivators! Each hilarious fill-in story gives kids a fun way to practice solving word problems. Skill topics correlate to the NCTM standards and include one-, two-, three, and four-digit multiplication and division; multiplication with landmark numbers such as 10 and 100; multiplication with money, decimals, and fractions; division with and without remainders; and division with money and simple fractions. Perfect for partner and small-group learning, day starters, or homework. For use with Grades 4–6.

Some students may have difficulty grasping math concepts the first time they are taught. When this happens, teachers will need to use different approaches to reteach and reach these struggling learners. This book can help! Every lesson begins with a problem designed to pique students'' interest. Employing an arsenal of various instructional approaches that use manipulatives, games, practice pages, literature connections, and more, lessons ensure that students master addition and subtraction. A surefire way to help every student make the grade! For use with Grades 2-4.

Quick daily math problems that give students practice in addition and subtraction, place value, measurement, time, shapes, and more.

Hand-On Educational Activities & Materials

From September to June and all through the summer, here are "fresh & fun" ideas for teaching favorite monthly topics! These creative collections of terrific, teacher-tested activities, games, and manipulatives will boost learning in math, reading, writing, social studies, and art for kids of all learning styles. Includes calendar activities, pocket chart poems, a read-aloud play, collaborative banner, songs, math storymats, mini-books, art projects, graphic organizers, book links, computer connections, and a big, colorful poetry poster complete with week-by-week teaching activities! For use with Grades K-2.

Great for grades 2-3! Each book in this terrific new series is packed with teacher-tested ideas and activities that teach important reading, writing, grammar, spelling, or listening skills and correlate with the Language Arts Standards. Includes tips for working with second language learners; assessment ideas; and writing, art, music, and movement connections for kids of all learning styles. You’ll also find reproducible graphs, charts, graphic organizers, games, mini-books, easy-to-make manipulatives, and much more! For use with Grades 2-3.

Quick daily math problems that give students practice in multiplication and division, fractions, area, perimeter, angles, algebraic thinking, and more

These ""mad lib"" worksheets are instant math motivators! Each hilarious fill-in story gives kids a fun way to practice solving word problems and lays a foundation for more complex algebraic concepts later on. Skill topics correlate with the NCTM standards and include repeating and growing patterns, missing addends, using variables, expressions, and functions. Perfect for partner and small-group learning, day starters, or homework. For use with Grades 2-3.

These ""mad lib"" worksheets are instant math motivators! Each hilarious fill-in story gives kids a fun way to practice solving word problems and build time and measurement skills. Skill topics correlate to the NCTM standards and include standard and metric length, perimeter, area, weight, liquid measures, and time to the hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour (including elapsed time) Perfect for partner and small-group learning, day starters, or homework. For use with Grades 2–3.

Please look at Best-Ever Activities for Grades 2-3: Measurement (0-439-29647-1) to get Subtitle, Summary and Selling Points. One blurb will be used for all 5 in the series.

Hand-On Educational Activities & Materials

Lessons designed to introduce students to the concept of fractions and decimals, particularly to reteach and reach struggling learners.