Elementary category: 2214 books

Specifically designed for K-3 teachers, this accessible guide describes ways to use informational text creatively and effectively in both reading and writing instruction. The book presents lessons, read-alouds, and activities that motivate students to engage with a wide variety of exemplary texts....

Students love the stage! Improve Grade 1 students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful reading practice for performance. You'll motivate students with these easy-to-implement reader's theater scripts that also build students' knowledge through grade-level content. Book includes 12 original...

Today's students need to know how to locate, comprehend, evaluate, and use online information efficiently and effectively. This widely used teacher guide and course text provides a framework for maximizing students' critical, creative use of the Web in grades 3-8. Research-based strategies for instruction...

Build motivation for reading and students' comprehension with standard-based, targeted activities that guides your second graders toward reading success. Read and Succeed: Comprehension Level 2 delivers 65 high-interest informational and literary texts with focused, standards-based activities that...

Why does Alexander have such a bad day? Students will learn to analyze Alexander's terrible day through the rigorous and engaging lessons and activities in this instructional guide for literature. These appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support College...

Create confident readers and build students' comprehension with standard-based, targeted activities that guide your fifth graders toward reading success. Read and Succeed: Comprehension Level 5 provides 65 high-interest informational and literary texts with focused, standards-based activities that...

Build motivation for reading and students' comprehension with standard-based, targeted activities that guide your fourth graders toward reading success. Read and Succeed: Comprehension Level 4 delivers 65 high-interest informational and literary texts with focused, standards-based activities that...

Filled with current, practical, and useful information for professionals and individuals, this second edition of An ADHD Primer summarizes the literature concerning ADHD across the lifespan.  It offers a better understanding of the disorder by addressing the potential causes of ADHD, the developmental...

Expand fourth grade students' knowledge base and prepare them for Next Generation Assessments by incorporating these engaging, rigorous practice exercises into their daily learning. Higher-level questions, multi-step problems, and higher-order thinking skills required on these tests will take a lot...

Spotlight on Writing offers teachers a wide variety of topics and activities to stimulate, engage, challenge, entertain and extend all pupils’ writing skills. This extremely practical resource provides busy teachers and teaching assistants with a collection of worksheets that can be used...

If your classroom is a zoo, it's time to join in the fun! A collection of songs about favorite zoo animals set to familiar tunes.

This book presents practitioners with exciting ways in which to deliver the foundation stage curriculum to young children through play in well-planned areas of provision. The author promotes good early years practice in accordance with "Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage", drawing...

This new addition to the bestselling 100 Ideas series offers a range of fun and creative homework activities to support and enhance learning in a range of curriculum areas. Perfect for NQTs and more experienced teachers looking for alternative ideas and inspiration for setting homework, this book...

The provisions of the 1988 Education Reform Act have given many schools the turnover and responsibilities of a medium-sized business. The Act is certainly the most important educational legislation since 1944 and local management is the key issue, requiring schools to undertake specialist functions,...