Contains adaptable activities and games designed to help teachers develop supplemental language and reading curriculum which compliments any prereading program.
Presents a nontraditional approach to early literacy intervention, discussing cognitive processes in proficient children and strategies for helping low-achieving children develop reading skill and independence.
insider business jargon-- raw, serious and sometimes funny business and deal terms from an entrepreneur's diary that you won't get from school or a dictionary
Presents a guide for high school graduates to increase their vocabulary, and provides two hundred and fifty defined vocabulary words, along with example sentences, word origins, and more.
Explains the source of various sayings and expressions from the American frontier, as well as how they are used today. Includes such sayings as "cut and dried" and "apple of one's eye.".