New Releases by Susan Green

Many students have difficulty reading geography textbooks. Students often struggle with the organization of the textbooks, the complexity of the information presented, the concept load, and the unfamiliar vocabulary. In addition to problems presented by the texts, students themselves often have limited comprehension and reading skills.Reading Geography provides texts developed for these students. Each book in the series presents the infomation students need to be successful, through short, concise readings that are written well below grade level. A consistent format is used to allow students to understand the organizational structure of each lesson and of the unit. Charts, diagrams, and graphic organizers are incorporated to help make complex geography concepts more accessible to students. Each reading also includes an appropriate reading strategy to help student conprehension.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept a real world connection activity helpful review questions to check for understanding The Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials.Reading Geography Grade 7 small-group set includes:Teacher''s Guide (1 copy) Unit 1: The Five Themes of Geography(4 copies) Unit 2: Patterns in Physical Geography(4 copies) Unit 3: Natural Resources(4 copies) Note: Four copies of each unit (consumable student workbooks) and one teacher guide are included in the small-group set. To order a class set (25 copies of each unit and one teacher guide) please phone customer service at 1-800-667-9673.

Based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, 2004Lessons in this unit:Types of Natural Resources Patterns in Distribution Technology and Natural Resources Technology and Fossil Fuels Sustainable Development Economic Importance of Natural Resources Reading Geography is written specifically for geography students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of textbooks. Each consumable unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions

Based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, 2004Lessons in this unit:Where Landforms Come From World Landform Patterns River Systems Climate Patterns Natural Phenomena Natural Vegetation Patterns Types of Agriculture Commercial Agriculture Reading Geography is written specifically for geography students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of textbooks. Each consumable unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions

The Reading Geography: Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials. Designed to save you time, this guide will help you individualize and enhance instruction for your diverse learners.The Teacher''s Guide includes:suggestions on how to use this program practical ideas for using reading strategies practical ideas for using graphic organizers blackline masters a section on vocabulary and concept development unit tests

Starting with just a few basic principles of probability and the distribution of energy, this book takes students on a trip into the inner workings of the molecular world, from probability to Gibbs'' energy and beyond, following a logical, step-by-step progression of ideas.

Based on the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum, 2004Lessons in this unit:Immigration and New France The Red River Rebellion Treaties and the Indian Act Settlement of the West The Canadian Pacific Railway The North-West Rebellion The Yukon Gold Rush Immigration on the Prairies The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Each 32-page unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions

The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Each 32-page unit in the series is concise, focused, and written below grade-level. Students are encouraged to jot notes in the margin, and underline or highlight important information within the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions

The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Through short, concise readings that are well below grade-level, the series presents the information students need to be successful. A consistent format is used to allow students to understand the organizational structure of each lesson and of the unit. Charts, diagrams, and graphic organizers are incorporated to help make complex history concepts more accessible to students. Each lesson also scaffolds students by introducing an appropriate reading strategy for the text. The Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials.The Reading History series, Grade 7 set includes:* Teacher''s Guide (1 copy);* Unit 1: New France (4 copies); * Unit 2: British North America (4 copies); and* Unit 3: Conflict and Change (4 copies). Note: Four copies of each unit (consumable student workbooks) and one teacher guide are included in the set.

The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Through short, concise readings that are well below grade-level, the series presents the information students need to be successful.A consistent format is used to allow students to understand the organizational structure of each lesson and of the unit. Charts, diagrams, and graphic organizers are incorporated to help make complex history concepts more accessible to students. Each lesson also scaffolds students by introducing an appropriate reading strategy for the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions The Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials.The Reading History series, Grade 7 set includes:Teacher''s Guide (1 copy) Unit 1: New France (4 copies) Unit 2: British North America (4 copies) Unit 3: Conflict and Change (4 copies) Note: Four copies of each unit (consumable student workbooks) and one teacher guide are included in the set.

The Reading History series is written specifically for history students who struggle with the high reading level and concept overload of history textbooks. Through short, concise readings that are well below grade-level, the series presents the information students need to be successful.A consistent format is used to allow students to understand the organizational structure of each lesson and of the unit. Charts, diagrams, and graphic organizers are incorporated to help make complex history concepts more accessible to students. Each lesson also scaffolds students by introducing an appropriate reading strategy for the text.Each lesson includes:a reading strategy to help students navigate the text a think-aloud that models the reading strategy a brief summary of the key concept helpful review questions The Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials.The Reading History series, Grade 7 set includes:Teacher''s Guide (1 copy) Unit 1: New France (4 copies) Unit 2: British North America (4 copies) Unit 3: Conflict and Change (4 copies) Note: Four copies of each unit (consumable student workbooks) and one teacher guide are included in the set.

The Reading History: Teacher''s Guide provides just the right amount of easy-to-use grade-level support materials. Designed to save you time, this guide will help you individualize and enhance instruction for your diverse learners.The Teacher''s Guide includes:suggestions on how to use this program practical ideas for using reading strategies practical ideas for using graphic organizers blackline masters a section on vocabulary and concept development unit tests

All the technical articles on all kinds of folding tops for horse drawn vehicles. Very detailed and illustrated.

Pssst! It''s True! This is the best book on FASHION you''ll ever read! Are you dying to be trendy? Would you kill to be cool? Warning! Fashion can give you blisters and break your ribs; it might even be the death of you. Which dancer was strangled by her own scarf and why did King George wear a corset? Why did women want bigger bums, and what do you do with a codpiece? Read this book to find out about the victims of fashion crazes through the ages: the silly, the scary and the suffocated. Roll your eyes at these freaky fads and toe-crunching trends

First reader. 4-6 yrs.

A collection of graded readers for beginning reading students.