creative activities and seat work

Describes thirteen projects for intermediate-level students in the areas of language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science that incorporate the use of the "Inspiration" visual thinking and learning software application; and includes a CD-ROM with templates and project samples.

A guide to teaching Carole Marsh's "The Mystery on Alaska's Iditarod Trail," featuring trivia, historical facts, and other information to help teachers become experts on the Iditarod race, Alaska, dogsleds, and snow; activity ideas with reproducible worksheets; curriculum connections; and additional comments from the author.

Offers information and advice to teachers on how to use Carole Marsh's "The Mystery on the Underground Railroad" in the classroom, including additional facts related to the topic, comments from the author, curriculum connections, and activity ideas with reproducible worksheets.

Presents eleven lesson plans for use with the "New York Facts and Factivities!" CD-ROM, covering such topics as the state's economy, politics, and history and the significance of its geographic location.

Contains simple hands-on book reports that teach students in grades three through six explore the nonfiction genre.

Provides tools for teaching prekindergarten through first grade, including craft patterns; rest activities such as stories, fingerplays, rhymes, and songs; and annotated book lists, arranged in nearly fifty seasonal themes.

Explains for grades four and up how memory works and how and when to review information for the best recall, discussing such strategies as mnemonics and presenting several reproducible review games.

A guide for teachers of grades 1-5 that explains how varied grouping can support both instruction and students' social and emotional growth, and provides practical instructions for creating several types of learning groups and assessing their progress.

Presents twenty ready-to-use reproducible role sheets for use with student-centered book discussion groups in grades one through three, and includes advice on how to set up literature circles, as well as other reference aids.

"Kids can combine a love for LEGO with learning STEAM topics (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) in this . . . [activity book presenting] 20 step-by-step projects that range from beginner projects, such as a geoboard and DIY slime, to more challenging projects, such as a bird feeder and balloon racer"--Provided by publisher.