Where does food come from? How many plants do we eat? Using hands on activities, young readers will develop critical thinking skills as they gain a better understanding of the plants we eat.

Finding Voice, written by Nancy Dean with Natalie Danaher, is a foundational book for elementary students and teachers that addresses close reading of complex text through understanding and practicing the elements of voice. The book is a collection of classroom lessons that cover the tools authors use to shape voice and meaning: diction, detail, imagery, figurative language, and tone. Every voice lesson includes a quotation selected from a wide range...

Offers a teacher guide to the nonfiction Orca Footprints series which provides information about planet and resource sustainability. Extends information on the fourteen titles in the series and ways to build units with activities that engage student learning.

Today's early literacy programs are more demanding than ever. No longer is it sufficient to teach letters, letter sounds, sight words, and simple texts in kindergarten through second grade. Children are expected to read and comprehend texts in a variety of genres with increasing complexity. Then they must integrate the ideas and concepts from those texts into their own writing. Two Books are Better Than One: Reading and Writing (and Talking and Drawing)...

"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs show early fluent readers some of the physics principles that make bicycles work as they do. Includes activity, glossary, and index." --

Contains a collection of lesson plans that address key reading skills for students in grades three to five and allow teachers to differentiate literacy instruction. Includes activities and additional resources.

Two sets of animal friends compete in a pancake contest, illustrating how to use "there," "they're," and "their" correctly in a sentence.

Explains basic physics concepts through examples involving trampolines. Discusses energy, Hooke's law, and Newton's third law. Includes a glossary, index, and resources for further information.

Presents a guide for elementary teachers on how to introduce and instruct their students on the writing of comparison papers.

When Mae and her brothers and sisters accidentally leave Earth in a Martian spaceship, they have to figure out how to get back home. Throughout the story capitalized letters are used to help readers learn their proper use.