New Releases by School Specialty Publishing

In this busy world of faculty meetings, planning sessions, changing curriculum, and volunteer activities, who has time to get everything done? Fast Ideas for Busy Teachersprovides you with hundreds of activities that fit right into your hectic schedule. You''ll find exciting ideas for every subject in the curriculum, plus special projects for special days. You''ll find quick tips for managing your classroom, including getting organized, getting to know your students, implementing behavior management strategies, and preparing for substitutes. With little or no preparation, you will be able to add a little something "extra" to your everyday teaching without adding the extra stress. Fast Ideas for Busy Teachers was written with you in mind, so pick a page, get an idea, and enjoy!

Reviews initial and final consonants, short and long vowels and consonant blends.

Grammar concepts come to life in this book that challenges students to use their imaginations as they build language skills. Packed with both written and oral activities, Grammar Made Simple includes reproducible activities and hundreds of creative ideas for teaching sentences, parts of speech, usage, capitalization, and punctuation. Ideal for individual, partner, group, and whole class learning!

Each page has a caption that teaches the child about the pictured topic. As children learn new facts and develop their vocabulary, adults share in the experience by helping them read the captions.

Strategies and activities designed to teach writing to upper-elementary and middle grade students.

Lessons and activities using sports themes to develop skills in reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, spelling, writing and thinking.

These entertaining stories allow beginning readers to develop a vocabulary of high-frequency words and to familiarize themselves with key letter patterns (phonograms) and phonics concepts. Colorful stickers reinforce word meaning and reading comprehension. These books are based on the highly respected McGraw-Hill curriculum that is used in thousands of classrooms around the country.

Each book in this series features easy-to-follow instructions and creates an enjoyable reading environment that helps children build vocabulary and reading comprehension skills. All books feature an answer key and a reward certificate.

The purpose of Oral Language is to provide thirty-six weeks of daily lessons to review, introduce, and maintain punctuation, capitalization, and usage skills within a "whole language" format. Each week''s lessons are centered around a topic. Students will apply these skills in daily lessons using sentences which give general knowledge while motivating them to learn more about the topic. It is the intent of this program that students have the opportunity to practice proof-reading skills under the direction of their teacher and ultimately utilize these skills within their own writing.

The purpose of Oral Language is to provide thirty-six weeks of daily lessons to review, introduce, and maintain punctuation, capitalization, and usage skills within a "whole language" format. Each week''s lessons are centered around a topic. Students will apply these skills in daily lessons using sentences which give general knowledge while motivating them to learn more about the topic. It is the intent of this program that students have the opportunity to practice proof-reading skills under the direction of their teacher and ultimately utilize these skills within their own writing.

Bright life-like butterflies help recognize any occasion. Suitable for any age. Thirty-six 8 1/2" x 11" certificates per pack.

Kids love stickers! And they will love these fun and colorful stickers.

Children learn important concepts such as letters, numbers, colors, shapes, reading, and math with the help of the popular Baby Looney Tunes "TM" and Animaniacs "TM" characters. Reward certificate included.

A collection of poems by writers ranging from William Blake and Henry W. Longfellow to Emily Dickinson and Robert L. Stevenson, arranged by topics such as "The Seasons," "Nursery Rhymes," and "Lullabies and Cradle Songs."

Amusing characters lead children through fun activities that are easy to complete and enable children to feel successful. Parents read the instructions to the child, then check the work as it is completed. Fun activities make children look forward to learning time!

Enjoy building basic skills with Home Workbooks! Filled with age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games, this teacher-approved book is perfect for extra practice at home or school and during travel or school breaks. Children will love the 140 full-color stickers included in each book! An incentive chart is also provided to help parents or teachers track the progress of young learners.