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"The alphabet has 26 letters--21 of them are consonants. They can be combined with vowels to build words. Let's discover what some of the less frequent consonants can do"--Provided by publisher.

"Consonants can team up to do many things. Some blend their sounds together. Some make new sounds. These consonant blends and digraphs can be used to build simple words we use everyday. Let's learn what these consonant teams can do"--Provided by publisher.

"Vowel teams can make both long and complex vowel sounds. The special complex vowel teams can be spelled many different ways. They can be used to build common words we use everyday. Let's discover what these complex vowels can do"--Provided by publisher.

"Vowels can say their names: A-E-I-O-U. These vowel sounds can be spelled many different ways, including vowel teams. Discover how these short vowels and vowel teams can be used to build words"--Provided by publisher.

"Vowels can say their names: A-E-I-O-U. These vowel sounds can be spelled many different ways, including vowel teams. Discover how these long vowels and vowel teams can be used to build words"--Provided by publisher.

"[A reader in which] the Cat steals things from houses in Hollywood. He steals from movie stars and nobody can stop him. Or can they? Natalie is a movie star. Nathan is her stand-in. Nathan doesall Natalie's stunts in the movie. But when Natalie and Nathan see The Cat driving away from Zak Wakeman's Hollywood home, they both go after him"--Publisher provided.

Kim and Andy volunteer to drive a delivery truck to Lyon when the regular driver gets injured; but when Andy finds something strange taped to the underside of the truck, things get very dangerous.

Describes a basic approach to learning through writing in content areas, with ideas about how to frame and focus various types of writing tasks and their components; and addresses different genres and reviews the writing process as used in subjects other than English.

Provides daily lessons, monthly units, and resources for a year-long, fourth grade reading and writing curriculum; and includes a DVD.

A guide for writing that provides fourteen explained lessons and a detailed description of the process used by author Lester Laminack to compose his picture book, "Saturdays and Teacakes," and explains how to read from a writer's perspective.