Most Popular Books by Frank Schaffer Publications

Dot-to-Dot, Puzzles, and Games Homework Helper provides children in preschool to grade 1 with extra help in learning basic skills. Packed full of fun-to-do activities and appealing art, children will have fun completing the reproducible pages and learning basic skills at the same time. Answer keys are also included where needed. Our cost-effective Homework Helpers workbooks are a must-have! They provide help for students who need extra practice with basic skills, for the accelerated student who enjoys an extra challenge, and for the young learner who is developing basic concepts and readiness skills. They also help boost self-confidence and reinforce basic skills with activities that are geared to the specific grade level. Collect all 48 titles for preschool to grade 3 covering topics such as the alphabet, numbers, shapes, phonics, math, reading comprehension, and much more!

Summarizing is an essential reading comprehension skill in all subject areas. Using original poetry, stories, maps, non-fiction selections, and more, this book will guide students to write their own summaries.

Using a simple approach to help kids master the basics of the Spanish language, this workbook concentrates on sentence structure, vocabulary, pronunciation, and verbs. Packed with activities that teach sight-reading and translation skills. Reproducible. Consumable.

Comparing and contrasting are essential reading comprehension skills for all subject areas. Using a variety of skill activities, this book will guide students to gain a deeper understanding between the relationships linking comparisons and contrasts. --The high-interest lessons in the fantastic Spotlight on Reading series are supplemented with a variety of activities to make learning each skill fun! The exercises increase in difficulty as the book progresses, so the students practice more advanced skills as they work. With a variety of fun and instructional formats, teachers can provide direct instruction, reinforcement, and independent practice throughout the year. Each title in the series addressing essential skills at three different difficulty levels! Answer keys are also included.

Reading Comprehension Homework Helper provides children in second grade with extra help in learning important reading skills. Packed full of fun-to-do activities and appealing art, children will have fun completing the reproducible pages while learning reading comprehension skills at the same time. Answer keys are also included where needed. --Our cost-effective Homework Helpers workbooks are a must-have! They provide help for students who need extra practice with basic skills, for the accelerated student who enjoys an extra challenge, and for the young learner who is developing basic concepts and readiness skills. They also help boost self-confidence and reinforce basic skills with activities that are geared to the specific grade level. Collect all 48 titles for preschool to grade 3 covering topics such as the alphabet, numbers, shapes, phonics, math, reading comprehension, and much more!

Being able to identify the characters, their actions, the setting, the plot, and other important elements of a story deepens reading comprehension. In Story Elements, students read selections and complete exercises to learn more.

Explains the virtue of cooperation and how readers can practice it at home, in the community, and with each other.

Using a variety of fun and interesting formats, the activities in Inferring require students to draw logical conclusions based on prior knowledge and implied information. This important skill will help to strengthen their comprehension across all subject areas. --The high-interest lessons in the fantastic Spotlight on Reading series are supplemented with a variety of activities to make learning each skill fun! The exercises increase in difficulty as the book progresses, so the students practice more advanced skills as they work. With a variety of fun and instructional formats, teachers can provide direct instruction, reinforcement, and independent practice throughout the year. Each title in the series addressing essential skills at three different difficulty levels! Answer keys are also included.

Math Activities Homework Helper provides children in second grade with extra help in learning important math skills. Packed full of fun-to-do activities and appealing art, children will have fun completing the reproducible pages while learning math skills at the same time. Answer keys are also included where needed. --Our cost-effective Homework Helpers workbooks are a must-have! They provide help for students who need extra practice with basic skills, for the accelerated student who enjoys an extra challenge, and for the young learner who is developing basic concepts and readiness skills. They also help boost self-confidence and reinforce basic skills with activities that are geared to the specific grade level. Collect all 48 titles for preschool to grade 3 covering topics such as the alphabet, numbers, shapes, phonics, math, reading comprehension, and much more!

Summarizing is an essential reading comprehension skill in all subject areas. Using original poetry, stories, maps, non-fiction selections, and more, this book will guide students to write their own summaries.

Comparing and contrasting are essential reading comprehension skills for all subject areas. Help students understand compare and contrast using Spotlight on Reading: Compare & Contrast for grades 1Ð2. This 48-page book includes a variety of high-interest lessons and activities that make learning fun! The exercises increase in difficulty as the book progresses, so students practice more-advanced skills as they work. With a variety of formats, teachers can provide direct instruction, reinforcement, and independent practice throughout the year. This book is perfect for practice at home and school and includes an answer key. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards and Canadian provincial standards.

The activities and reading selections in Cause & Effect will guide students in making critical connections between actions and their effects, thus strengthening their comprehension throughout the curriculum.

Includes the newly recognized 8th intelligence! Students love to learn when taught with the theory of multiple intelligences. This theory rethinks how to best educate kids so as to meet their individual needs. Basic skills are more effectively acquired as all of a child's strengths are involved in the learning process. The 8 intelligences are used in activities for all curriculum areas -- from language arts and social studies to math and science. Background information on the 8 intelligences is provided, including theory on the new naturalist intelligence. Each unit includes creative teaching tips, activities for each of the 8 intelligences, and reproducible student worksheets. A truly useful teacher resource!

Activities on a variety of social studies topics allow students to practice applying social studies skills.

Contains a variety of hands-on projects and movement games appropriate to the summer season for 3 to 6 year olds.

Provides teachers and parents with skills to help children succeed on a variety of test formats.

Provides teachers and parents with skills to help children succeed on a variety of test formats.

Help children gain the fundamental skills necessary to achieve success with vocabulary, capitalization, grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Each grade-level appropriate book provides activities for a solid foundation.

Students cut, paste, trace, read, and write on their way to learning phonics. Lively characters ensure student interest. Motivating activities ensure student success! Word lists, fill-in sentences, and more provide practice with phonics.

Students cut, paste, trace, read, and write on their way to learning phonics. Lively characters ensure student interest. Motivating activities ensure student success! Students practice sight word recognition and reading comprehension by doing word puzzles and completing sentences that form a story.

These subject-specific workbooks are designed for students who need intervention or enrichment. Perforated pages, full-color illustrations, answer keys, and easy-to-follow directions allow children to master basic skills at home and at school.

Activities teach basic concepts in social studies and language arts. Includes biographical information on 20 famous black Americans.

Kids have fun while they learn! Fun, theme-based activities will have kids coming back for more! As they complete activities such as mazes, puzzles, and dot-to-dots, they'll be learning basic skills such as numbers and math, the alphabet, colors, shapes, and patterns. Plus, they'll be reinforcing visual discrimination, eye-hand coordination, and problem-solving skills at the same time. Learning has never been so fun!

Children learn as they draw! These early-learner books are a great way for any child to practice basic number and letter skills. Through simple, friendly art, children can "draw" fun pictures while identifying and sequencing numbers and letters. A fun and motivating way to learn!

Easy-to-use reproducibles make learning fun! Students' proofreading skills will skyrocket as they find and mark errors and rewrite a story! Ideal for reviewing basic proofreading skills.