aids and devices

Guide to teaching social studies in the elementary classroom by enriching the curriculum with notable children's books.

An instructional guide for James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier's novel "My brother Sam is dead" that provides close reading tasks, text-based vocabulary practice, cross-curricular activities, text-dependent questions, reader response writing prompts, and more.

Presents guidance and tools for teaching fifth through ninth graders how to write responsively on fiction and nonfiction, providing lessons, activities, and assessments.

Presents a reproducible resource packet on ancient civilizations for the fifth and up Social Studies classroom, and contains background information, map activities, games and more on ancient China, India, Africa, and Mesopotamia.

A collection of thirty-five math and literature classroom activities for teachers based on the Sir Cumference math adventure series by Cindy Neuschwander.

A guide to using portfolios in the classroom, providing a framework educators may use to help them make decisions about the various issues they face when using portfolios in an educational setting. Includes activities and worksheets.

A practical guide that encourages students to critically research, analyze, and comprehend the material that they read and use that information in a variety of ways without copying.

Presents a collection of reproducible activity pages for the kindergarten and first-grade classroom to help children learn to follow directions.

Provides ideas for teachers on how to implement lessons about the election process and how it works in the United States for students in grades kindergarten through second.