Best Selling Books by Jill Norris

This hands-on resource book contains 23 reproducible stories and practice materials for a wide spectrum of reading skills. The stories vary in reading difficulty to be appropriate to meet the needs of emerging readers in the average first grade classroom. Each story is followed by four or five pages of activities for practicing reading skills. Each story consists of four half-page sheets, suitable for cutting apart to make little individual fully illustrated books. Page one contains a picture dictionary, illustrating words featured in the story.

31 lessons that help beginning readers and writers practice letter-sound associations while they learn and use computer tools.

Includes a list of special observances at the beginning of each month and a list of questions at the end of the book to increase awareness of historical events and to make connections between what happened in the past and what is going on today. Develops vocabulary, promotes discussion and provides topic or question for research for each day of the year.

How to Plan Your School Year is a must-have for first time teachers and will be a favorite resource for even the most experienced teachers. It is packed full of ways to organize your school year.There are so many ways for teachers to use this book, here are a few:Setting Up Your Room,space-saving storage ideas,bulletin boardsfull-color calendar months, dates & calendar add-ons; full-color cutout for 3 different job charts; patterns for 4 different welcome bulletin boards,reproducible name and desk tags, full-color passes.Planning Your Curriculum,introducing yourself and your classroom,first week of schoolteam building activities,complete first-day lesson plans for primary and intermediate grades.Classroom Management,rules,discipline techniques,rewards & consequences.Instructional Centers,organization tips,curriculum area centers,specific skill centers,four ready to go centers for both primary and intermediate grades.Cooperative Learning,techniques and trouble-shooting tips,two activities for primary and two for intermediate.Parent Communication,reproducibles galore,newsletter forms and notes,certificates and awards,tips for effective communication.Planning for a Substitute,substitute folder forms,complete one-day lesson plan for both primary and intermediate grades

The mythology of the American frontier comes to life again in Read & Understand, Tall Tales, Grades 3-4 which is populated by bigger-than-life heroes whose incredible exploits hold a timeless appeal for young readers, making them ideal focal points for learning and discussion.This volume features 22 two-to-three-page stories that vary in reading difficulty from beginning third through beginning fifth grade to meet a range of needs.Practice activities for every story include:a comprehension page,a vocabulary page.There are two pages for practice of skills such as, character analysis and figures of speech that include:similes,idioms,alliteration,sequence of events,quotation marks,parts of speech.These exercises challenge students to:recall details,draw conclusions,make inferences,make comparisons,consider word meanings

Long before Columbus came, they lived and thrived throughout the land. This cross-curricular unit teaches that the term Native Americans represents a diverse group. There are many different tribes and nations and each has its own unique traditions. It also shows that Native Americans are members of our modern, contemporary society. We study their past to understand their rich traditions. The unit begins with the classroom environment, providing a chart for learning the traditions of Native Americans from six different geographic regions of North America. Topics and activities explored include: The First Americans (a history), Map of Native American Groups, North Americans of the Northeastern Woodlands, Northeastern Natives (writing exercise), Wampum Math, My Wampum Patterns, An Iroquois False Face Mask (craft project), The Bowl Game, Native Americans of the Southeastern Woodlands, Southeastern Natives (writing exercise), Making a Gorget (craft project), The Hand Game, Making a Pouch, Pouch Pattern, Native Americans of the Plains, Plains Natives (writing exercise), The Talking Stick (craft project), Using Your Class Talking Stick, A Sioux Lunch Bag, Sioux Parfleche Pattern, Traveling with a Travois, Picture Writing, Native Americans of the Southwest, Southwest Natives (writing exercise), Good Luck Charms (craft project), Navajo Skin Bags, Coil Pots (make your own kitchen clay), a Corn Husk Shuttle, Native Americans of the Northwest Caost, Northwest Natives (writing exercise), a Whale Rattle (craft project), Whale Rattle Pattern, Totem Poles, Burden Baskets, Native Americans of the Far North, Natives of the Far North (writing exercise), Dream Catchers (craft project), Shinny (an outdoorgame), the Story Tellers, My Story Planner, and Depending on Natural Resources (writing exercise). Also features a full-color, two-sided pull-out poster about The Beginnings of Stories on one side and Recipes on the other. Teaching suggestions provided. Includes bibliography, and complete step-by-step instructions for all activities. All pages are reproducible and perforated for easy removal.

Fun learning activities you can recommend with confidence to parents. Each book in this series offers 56 or more simple activities to do with children throughout the day, centered on routine parent-child experiences.

Introduces students to the various people and the roles they play in a community.

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.

These craft books have complete, illustrated step-by-step directions.29 projects from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Cultural background and literature references with each project.

This book has eight complete classroom games. Your students will have fun as they actively practice standards-based skills.

This resource book is designed to help educators answer basic questions about the place of portfolios in their instructional program and to provide practical forms that will help them get started.

Contains 14 portable and self-contained centers that students can use to practice their language skills.

The twelve pockets in Literature Pockets, Nonfiction Grades 4-6+, incorporate literature and the Dewey Decimal System into meaningful activities. The first pocket presents the Dewey decimal system and includes activities for finding books in the library. The remaining 11 pockets present activities for various types of nonfiction as they are organized according to the Dewey Decimal System. The nonfiction subjects include: people religion and myths folklore language nature and animals mathematics science and technology arts, sports, and recreation poetry and plays history and travel biography.

In a Car, on Vacation... Learn on the Go "TM" Practice Books are packed with a variety of educational activities that encourage children to think and grow!