Help students become world savvy with this bulletin board set that features the seven continents. Includes color-coded fact cards and photographs of animals and places that students can match with each continent, a complete world map, and an activity guide. For use with Grades 25.

In a dark vision of the near future, twelve boys and twelve girls are forced to appear in a live TV show called the Hunger Games. There is only one rule: kill or be killed. When sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen steps forward to take her sister's place in the games, she sees it as a death sentence. But Katniss has been close to death before. For her, survival is second nature.

From Vlad the Impaler to Attila the Hun — the most heinous moments in history are exposed in these highly illustrated biographies of the most villainous tyrants who have walked the earth.

Features: — Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension; — Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative; — New center-spread sidebar feature presenting material in a fun, creative way; — Excellent age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects; — Important Words glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary; — Resources section encourages independent study; — Index makes navigating subject matter easy.

Features: — Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension; — Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative; — New center-spread sidebar feature presenting material in a fun, creative way; — Excellent age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects; — Important Words glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary; — Resources section encourages independent study; — Index makes navigating subject matter easy.

Features: — Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension; — Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative; — New center-spread sidebar feature presenting material in a fun, creative way; — Excellent age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects; — Important Words glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary; — Resources section encourages independent study; — Index makes navigating subject matter easy.

In 1939, the start of the Second World War, Sophie becomes a messenger for a Resistance group in Northern France. But as the German invaders overwhelm the British forces on the French coast, Sophie finds herself more deeply involved with the Resistance — in a dangerous plan to save a young Scottish soldier...

Tiddler tells the tallest tales in the ocean, so who will believe him when he really gets caught in a net? Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's magical story is accompanied by a fun-filled audio CD: includes full story with music, Tiddler's Underwater Exploring Game, the Tiddler Song (plus instrumental version) and a readalong version of the story with musical page.

Brighten up your wall with this colorful, 30-foot-long alphabet and number frieze that you can use to teach the alphabet, numbers, counting, handwriting, and more! Includes an activity guide For use with Grades 2–5.

Brighten up your wall with this colorful, 30-foot-long alphabet and number frieze that you can use to teach the alphabet, numbers, counting, handwriting, and more! Includes an activity guide.

Everyone wants to give their special friend Clifford a special birthday present. But the blow-up ball gets blown up, the pinata gets smashed, the sweater is too small, and the beauty parlor gift certificate just didn't seem exactly right. Finally, Clifford gets the best present of all — his family there to celebrate with him.

Books are available in paperback editions and as reinforced library bindings — either one is a perfect grown up format for preschoolers who have just graduated from board books. Bright green and blue branding clearly identifies the entire Rookie Preschool line; each level of Rookie books will each carry its own distinctive color pattern. Each Rookie Learn About book focuses on a high-interest preschool topic. Each Rookie Learn About book also includes 1 of 5 essential curriculum themes as a secondary learning topic: self; home/family; neighborhood; wider world; readiness concepts. At the end of each book is a parent note with suggested activites linked to the story and its theme.

The Battle of Britain — when the RAF fought the Luftwaffe for control of the skies above the English Channel. The decisive battle at Alamein, where the British 'Eighth Army' destroyed the German forces in Egypt. D-Day — the Allied invasion of France, when 130,000 men were landed on the Normandy beaches under enemy fire.

Beloved poet David L. Harrison has teamed up with fluency expert Timothy Rasinki and Gay Fawcett to create this fun and motivating resource for helping students develop fluency and comprehension. Forty poems written for two voices engage middle-grade students in reading and rereading with a purpose. The companion activities focus on key comprehension skills, including visualizing, summarizing, synthesizing, predicting, and inferring. Complete with lesson ideas and routines for using the poems, this collection will be a welcome addition to any teacher's bookshelf. For use with Grades 4-6.

Pocket chart features 10 see-through plastic pockets.

Research shows that rehearsing and reading plays offers students the repeated reading practice they need to become confident and fluent readers. These short and engaging plays, keyed to holiday and seasonal events around the year, will motivate students to read and practice their lines and to experiment with key aspects of fluent reading, such as phrasing, pacing, and expression. Includes tips for building fluency, a student self-assessment checklist, and background information and extension activities for each play. For use with Grades 23.

«A vividly illustrated bedtime story that shows how the unconditional love of a mother can be tested through the relentless questions of her little boy. FORMAT: Paperback book and CD/ «But Mama, but Mama, what if I were a super smelly skunk, and I smelled so bad that my name was Stinky Face?» A mother's unconditional love is truly tested in this warm and reassuring tale. The imaginative son turns himself into a meat-eating dinosaur, a swamp creature, and much more before being satisfied that no matter how stinky he is or how slimy of a creature he could possibly be, he is loved and nothing will change that.»

Students memorize key grammar and usage rules with this collection of 20 engaging songs set to familiar tunes such as London Bridge and Old MacDonald. Includes hands-on activities and content-area connections that help students apply and extend what they've learned for each song. Topics covered: parts of speech, kinds of sentences, subject and predicate agreement, and more. For use with Grades 3-6.

This fun filled Christmas countdown board book helps provide simple activities to celebrate the birth of Jesus. The weeks that lead up to Christmas are an exciting magical time for young children. But the wait for December 25th can seem almost endless. MY FIRST READ AND LEARN COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS channels a young child's anticipation into simple activities to celebrate the birth of Jesus.