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Tips for Teachers: Helping Students Improve Academic and Social Skills is a collection of tips, strategies, and activities designed to boost student success in many learning-related skills. It covers such topics as student engagement, increased retention of concepts, emotional coping skills, differentiated instruction, authentic assessment, classroom management informed by brain-based learning principles, research and study skills, life skills for success, and teaching to gender differences....

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English Language Arts: Tips for Teachers is an idea-packed handbook for teachers of all content areas looking to integrate language arts and literacy instruction into the classroom and is ideal for assessing every strand of language arts and literacy. It pulls together a wealth of assistance for instruction in reading, writing, researching, speaking, listening, thinking, arguing, podcasting, and project planning. An excellent tool for strengthening any college- and career-readiness curriculum,...

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This collection of puzzles, games, and cooperative learning activities now includes a full-color printable CD of game boards, cards, and resources! Just print the ones you choose. All activities are correlated to middle school math skills identified by the NCTM. Use them for lesson starters, review, specific skill lessons, or practice. How exciting to find activities that appeal to the middle school student's sense of fun, emphasize the problem-solving strategies students need, and are truly...

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Brimming with ideas that engage students in active learning, Teaching the Scientific Method is focused on building foundations in the principles of scientific inquiry. In addition to classroom ideas for each step of the scientific method, the book also contains hands-on activities, demonstrations, assessments and evaluations, reproducible activities, and planning resources for teachers. From creative demonstrations to sample experiments, this complete and easily adaptable resource will be a...

Item #: IP6152 -

Invite students at school or home to join in on brain-stretching escapades filled with humor and intrigue. They'll pursue all sorts of clever problems and solve engaging dilemmas while they apply basic skills and deepen reasoning abilities. With high-interest subjects and great visual appeal, this series of delightful learning adventures supports Common Core Standards, as well as other state, national, and local standards.

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Build the foundation of students’ essential science skills with this workbook for grades 6-8. The creative activities engage students’ critical thinking skills while providing an fun platform to learn, practice, and grow their science skills!

Item #: IP4004 -

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.

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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.

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This workbook helps students learn, practice, and reinforce their pre-algebra skills. It takes them on an adventure alongside a set of campers; while they explore together, students will practice their skills, including how to evaluate and simplify mathematical expressions, solve equations with rational numbers, and graph equations with two variables.

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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!

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The Dr. Birdley series developed by Nevin Katz, a talented middle and high school science teacher and cartoonist, makes science content accessible and interesting to a wide range of students. Mr. Katz has created a cartoon personality, Dr. Birdley, who introduces students to key science concepts and vocabulary. In addition to the cartoons, the book includes reproducible student activity pages, background information, study questions, graphic organizers, and quizzes.