Author: Nikki Campo
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Keywords: literacy, centers, based, center, learning, year, resources, teaching, manage, establish, guide, photographs, photos, shows, organize, routines
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2008-04-01
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0545007984
ISBN-13: 9780545007986

This unique resource is packed with full-color photographs to show you how to make your literacy centers the best they can be. The photographs make it easy to understand how to set up and organize centers for poetry, listening, writing, independent reading, the ABCs, and lots more. Plus, you’ll find management tips and activity ideas to help you create centers packed with learning opportunities. For use with Grades K–2.

Authors:Elizabeth Van Tine, Lee Shirley, Cooper Camille, Barb
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Keywords: grades, studies, social, super
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 0439050081
ISBN-13: 9780439050081

Quick & Easy Activities, Games, and ManipulativesYou’ll find fabulous and fun mapping, timeline, and report writing ideas that will make social studies the highlight of your students’ day. This great resource is jam-packed with classroom-tested, creative, hands-on activities such as wondercircles, the export game, fold-up maps, paper-chain timelines, and a lot of other mapping, timeline and report writing ideas.

Author: Karen Kellaher
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Keywords: books, punctuation, mini, grammar, amp, skills, independently, build, interactive, read, practice, students
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2009-02-01
List price: $11.99
ISBN-10: 0439453410
ISBN-13: 9780439453417

Kids will flip for these versatile, interactive mini-books that teach grammar and punctuation rules-and help them become better readers and writers. Each humorous mini-book introduces a specific concept: subjects and predicates, run-ons, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, contractions-and demonstrates its use in context. As they read, kids apply what they learn by completing practice items throughout the book. And the "Show What You Know!" page makes a handy assessment tool. Great for independent work, centers, day starters or homework. For use with Grades 2Ð4.

Author: Judith Dodge
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Keywords: assessments, pinpoint, students, needs, prep, learners, easy, formative, differentiated, classroom, quick, low
Number of Pages: 96
Published: 2009-03-01
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0545087422
ISBN-13: 9780545087421

This collection of quick, flexible, informal assessments helps teachers take a snapshot of student learning--at any time during a lesson or unit of study, in any curriculum area. Students’ responses give teachers a clear picture of what students know and what they need help with, what material to reteach or extend, and how to pace instruction. Designed to engage a range of learning styles and skills, the assessments come with an easy step-by-step plan, grade-level modifications, tiering tips, and student samples. Also includes 17 ready-to-print assessment forms on a CD. For use with Grad

Author: Scholastic
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Keywords: workbook, grade, comprehension, reading, success, scholastic
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $4.99
ISBN-10: 043944490X
ISBN-13: 9780439444903

Fun practice!Practicing skills has never been so easy! This ready-to-use resource includes more than 40 fun practice pages. The simple directions and fun exercises make them perfect for kids to use independently in school or as homework.

Authors:Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey,
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Keywords: teaching, framework, strategies, release, gradual, instruction, scaffolded, writing
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2007-04-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0439696496
ISBN-13: 9780439696494

Fisher and Frey share six research-based strategies that support every developing writer. They present each strategy within a scaffolded framework of lessons that begin with teacher-directed instruction and support students as they learn to use the stra

Author: Judy Lynch
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources (Teaching
Keywords: families, grades, word, teaching, lessons, easy
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1999-01-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0590685708
ISBN-13: 9780590685702

Hands-on Lessons That Build Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Spelling, Reading, and Writing SkillsWith these systematic lessons students will learn to make links between phonemic awareness and phonics. Children manipulate their own reproducible letters to make words having high-frequency word patterns and then sort these for common word patterns, and write more words using the sounds they have just practiced. Perfect for small group practice.