New Releases by Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Focused instruction on important nonfiction writing forms!Nonfiction Writing provides 16 units of instruction and practice activities. Each unit focuses on a specific nonfiction writing form and includes guided lessons and accompanying student pages that target skills essential to that writing form. The units are grouped into three sections: expository, persuasive, and narrative writing.

Strengthen your grade 4 students'' comprehension and vocabulary skills The 25 engaging reading selections in Read and Understand with Leveled Texts, Grade 4 are leveled according to Lexile(R) criteria, so you can easily match texts to students'' abilities. Reading selections cover reading levels 570-860 and are accompanied by follow-up activities for comprehension, vocabulary, and other reading skills. Skills covered in grade 4 include: Recalling Information Inferring/Drawing Conclusions Critical/Creative Thinking Organizing Information Synonyms/Antonyms Writing/Personal Narrative ... and more

Strengthen vocabulary skills and raise test scores Vocabulary Fundamentals, Grade 2 provides scaffolded practice on the essential vocabulary skills your students need for academic success. The 42 skill units in grade 2 cover: - compound words - synonyms & antonyms - homophones - homographs - prefixes & suffixes

Common Core Top Pick for Reading Literature and Informational TextKey Ideas and DetailsCraft and StructureRange of Reading and Level of Text ComplexityDaily instruction on the reading strategies and comprehension skills your students need to improve reading comprehension and raise test scores!Engage your students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of passages and texts! Daily Reading Comprehension, Grade 6 presents your students with the reading strategies and comprehension skills they need to become strong and successful readers.

Everyday Literacy: Listening and Speaking, Grade PreK helps you support receptive and expressive language development in your early reading program with fun, focused daily lessons.

Help your grade 1 students explore standards-based science concepts and vocabulary using 150 daily lessons A variety of rich resources including vocabulary practice, hands-on science activities, and comprehension tests in multiple-choice format help you successfully introduce students to earth, life, and physical science concepts. 30 weeks of instruction covers many standards-based science topics.

Take It to Your Seat: Writing Centers, Grades 3-4 contains everything you need for 13 centers. Center activities provide practice in the writing process. These centers are ideal for small-group and individual practice. Skills include editing sentences and paragraphs and writing: - lists - captions - synonyms - stories - science notes - thank-you notes - expanded sentences - descriptive adjectives - descriptive paragraphs - cinquain, name, and alphabet poems

Skill Sharpeners Math, Grade 3 provides practice for the following mathematics skills: - read, write, and compare numbers to 10,000 - addition and subtraction facts to 18 - two- and three-digit addition and subtraction with and without regrouping - multiplication and division facts to 81 - multipy a two- and three-digit number by a one-digit number with and without regrouping - division with and without remainders - value of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, dollar bills - solve word problems - tell time to the minute - identify fractions--1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 3/4, 2/3, 1/6, 1/8 - read and create graphs - measure to the nearest half inch - geometry--basic shapes, symmetry, perimeter

Skill Sharpeners Math, Kindergarten provides practice for the following mathematics skills: - read numbers to 20 - write numbers to 10 - count objects - add and subtract numbers to 10 - add and subtract doubles to 20 - sizes and numbers - identify and continue patterns - give the value of a set of pennies - recognize pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters - solve simple word problems - identify basic shapes

Help children improve their reading skills with this engaging full-color workbook! Skill Sharpeners Reading contains colorful stories followed by activity pages that practice a variety of reading skills. Ideal for home and classroom use.

Each of the 12 units in Spell & Write, Grade 2 is introduced by a story that establishes the unit theme and features some of the ten spelling words. Students are then presented with eight activity pages that provide meaningful spelling and writing practice, centering on the unit''s theme. Activities may include practice with: - grammar and punctuation rules - vocabulary exercises - creative writing - and much more Each unit ends with a Test Your Skills assessment page. Students take a spelling test, edit a sentence, and answer questions about the skills presented in the unit.

Skill Sharpeners Reading, Grade 2 provides 15 motivating stories. For example: - "Peanut Butter" - "The Case of the Missing Apples" - "The Ugly Duckling" - "Elephants" - "A Visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium" Activity pages include: - comprehension questions - a vocabulary exercise - a sequencing activity for every story Other skills addressed include the following: - word families - phonetic elements - synonyms & antonyms - alphabetical order - contractions

Resource for bilingual, two-way immersion, and dual-language classrooms. The same stories and activities are presented in both languages. Activities focus on the essential skills of comprehension, vocabulary, phonics, and fluency.

There''s a lot to know about the United States: history-making events, fascinating people, and amazing sites. U.S. facts & fun presents factual stories and fun activities ...

Contains 12 portable and self-contained centers that students can use to practice their language and phonics skills.

While being engaged in fun activities, your children will be practicing important age-appropriate skills such as visual discrimination, sequencing, small muscle coordination, following directions, reading comprehension, and critical and creative thinking. The activities in The Never-Bored Kid Book, Ages 8 and 9 are organized around 20 age-appropriate themes: marsupials hearts frogs primates whales knights dogs Japan princess designs Little Red Riding Hood helicopters foxes rabbits robots barn fun chickens lions little books ducks sports

Learning centers are a motivating way for students to practice important skills. The activities in Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers reinforce literacy skills with full-color centers that contain directions, task cards, and record forms.