New Releases by Jill Norris

Activities in this book are a valuable resource for children.

Take fun, exciting literature projects, store them in labeled construction paper pockets, add a charming cover, and Voila, Literature Pockets! You couldn''t find a more impressive way to create portfolios to display what students have learned in their literature studies. Twelve pockets -- the history of the Caldecott Medal and eleven medal-winning illustrators and their books. There are art and writing projects for each award-winning book.

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

Bulletin boards are an important part of your classroom environment. They can make a room inviting, provide important information, display student''s work, and reinforce learning. Seasonal Bulletin Boards gives you step-by-step directions, a colored picture of the finished product, full-color letters for the captions, and coloful cutouts to enhance the boards.Here are some example of the charming boards for each season: Fall If I Were a Native American: a line of chidren in buckskin pants holds student projects A Harvest of Excellence: student work spills from a huge cornucopia Winter Hand-in-Hand for a Better Land: celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.''s birthday with this tribute to cooperation and diversity Gung Hay Fat Choy: a giant dragon announces the Chinese New Year Spring Eggs-citing!: student writing hatches from an egg Flying High: soaring kites frame student work Summer Fishing for Good Work: an angler fishes for good work Yum! What Good Work: parading ants surround a picnic

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.

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.

This book has 36 weekly sections. Each week''s problems center on a theme. Monday through Thursday contain a one-or two-step word problem. Friday''s format is more extensive and may require multiple steps. Answer key in back.

14 to 17 stories charmingly illustrated in full color. Each story is followed by activity pages to practice comprehension, vocabulary, and other reading skills. Includes 16 pages of practice cards printed on card stock and an answer key. 144 pp. plus 16 pp. practice cards each.

How to Make Web Pages with Your Class includes suggestions for planning, creating, and using a Web site. The thirty-one sample Web pages include: purpose of the page, suggestions for making the page, ideas for using the page for classroom instruction, specific helpful hints for creating the page. Design your own home page and then add linking pages that provide: community history, calendar, school background, extracurricular activities, student portfolios, special events, online newsletters, homework hotline. As a part of your Web page, do projects online: daily weather reports, student spotlights, science experiments, math problems, community surveys, classroom journals, patterned writing, cyber pen-pal exchanges.

One Hand Tied Behind Us creates a vivid portrait of strong women who envisaged freedoms for which we are still fighting today. It is based on interviews with the last surviving suffragists & those who witnessed their work, & on diaries, biographies, etc.

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

Each of the 122 experiments in Science Experiments for Young Learners is presented in a 2-page lesson format. 1. The teacher resource page with: - materials list - step-by-step easy-to-follow directions for doing the experiment - a "Making Connections" section that suggests ways to help students apply new science understandings to their everyday lives 2. Reproducible student record sheet or activity sheet. The experiments are presented in groupings by science category: - Physical Science--properties and objects of materials, position and motion of objects, light, heat, electricity, and magnetism - Life Science--characteristics of organisms, life cycles of organisms, organisms and their environments - Earth and Space Science--properties of earth materials, objects in the sky, changes in the earth and sky - Science and Technology--abilities of technological design

"More read and understand Grade 1 is a resource book containing stories and practice materials for a wide spectrum of reading skills."--Page 2 of cover.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Consists of activities in 6 areas that are designed to teach students how to locate information on the World Wide Web.

25 lessons that help students practice mathematic concepts while they learn and use computer tools.

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

This book contains 20 stories of familiar How to activities, each told in four or six brief segments, that your students can cut and paste into a logical sequence.Each of the 20 stories is illustrated with line art of a fuzzy bear doing fun things like washing his dog, painting a fence or eating a pizza. The stories are written in simple sentences using pictures to illustrate difficult vocabulary.

Successfully tested in classrooms and computer lab settings, these books provide students practice in important subject-area skills, while they learn and use the computer and keyboard tools. Now with nine titles, including three utilizing the World Wide Web.Help students learn to write a report using a bookmarked site on the WWW.

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!

Teach language arts and math concepts using 12 popular rhymes. Includes illustrated rhymes, headbands, puppets, picture and word cards, reproducibles, and manipulatives.

Use the stories in this book to facilitate the discussion of important topics in the area of personal and social values, virtues, and responsibilities.