Grades 6-8

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Every student can become a great debater! In If They Can Argue Well, They Can Write Well, the key concepts of argumentation, critical thinking, and meeting academic standards align in a single, engaging format. Packed with practical, hands-on activities, this collection teaches students to argue effectively, research information, think critically, and write persuasively. Also included is an in-depth discussion on online research that emphasizes the timely skill of evaluating the validity of...

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This collection of motivating and fun activities is aligned with sixth grade Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice. It’s perfect for reinforcing specific skills in students with varying skill levels. Engaging activities make learning more fun! Easy-to-read tables clearly define each standard and are paired with supporting content.

Item #: IP4575 -

A teaching team is a group of teachers assigned to a common group of students for a designated period of time. This book examines 12 essential components of productive middle school teams. Each chapter demonstrates a high-impact team strategy and provides an activity for helping teams to implement the strategy.

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Students will practice and grow their reading comprehension and critical thinking skills with this engaging workbook. They will practice identifying main ideas and supporting details, summarizing, predicting outcomes, recognizing an author’s point of view, and evaluating conclusions.

Item #: IP1213 -

Warm up your classes with inspiring, humorous, and insightful quotes! A fascinating quote can ignite the mind, and this handy collection provides 55 such quotes. The quotes have been specifically chosen to wake up the brain and grab students with an important idea to carry through the day. Every quote is accompanied by short activities that engage students with the idea in the quote, and they are also great for warm-ups, advisory lessons, or character education classes.

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This book helps to wake up students’ brains with its entertaining, topic-oriented puzzles riddles, logic problems, and brain teasers. Sharpen critical thinking and problem solving skills while reinforcing information.

Item #: IP4031 -

How many rings does Jupiter have? Will people live in outer space one day? Earth & Space Science answers the questions that 6-8 graders are curious about. Students will have fun as they learn the coolest facts about Earth and space—and they will sharpen their skills as they do so!

Item #: IP4370 -

Motivate learning in your classroom with excitement about crime scene investigation. CSI in the Classroom is a step-by-step handbook that shows you how to plan a smashing CSI unit for any subject area. The forms, guides, schedules, and planning tools you will need are included in the handbook. Use real forensics to do a real investigation and address a host of cross-curricular academic skills. Your students will gather evidence, analyze it, and follow it to solve a crime.

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Tailor-made for eighth grade students, this daily practice book helps students of all skill levels practice and retain their math skills. This daily practice series helps your student retain their skills so they won’t lose them! There are five problems per day, every day for 36 weeks. The practice activities are set up in a spiraling scope and sequence so that students practice skills at regular intervals. Each week’s problems are based on a grade-level appropriate topic so that each time a...

Item #: IP6132 -

Tailor-made for seventh grade students, this daily practice book helps students of all skill levels practice and retain their math skills. This daily practice series helps your student retain their skills so they won’t lose them! There are five problems per day, every day for 36 weeks. The practice activities are set up in a spiraling scope and sequence so that students practice skills at regular intervals. Each week’s problems are based on a grade-level appropriate topic so that each time a...

Item #: IP1404 -

This book helps to wake up students’ brains with its entertaining, topic-oriented puzzles, riddles, logic problems, and brain teasers. Sharpen critical thinking and problem solving skills while reinforcing information about the greatest triumphs, tragedies, surprises, and changes in U.S. History.

Item #: IP4032 -

This workbook applies principles of physical science to real-world activities and adventures, allowing students to practice their skills as they follow along with the stories. Students will review forces of energy as they apply to roller coasters and use the formula for finding power to discover how much energy is needed to cook a turkey dinner, among other tasks!