Resource/Activity Books

Use these activities on their own or in addition to any Spanish program!

The exercises in this 128-page elementary Spanish resource book are presented in a range of formats designed to help students acquire basic Spanish vocabulary.

Vocabulary lists, reproducible storybooks, pronunciation key, and an answer key are all included.

Features:

• Answer Key

Interactive Notebook: Life Science enhances learning through personalized note-taking.

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with Interactive Notebook: Life Science for grades five through eight. This Mark Twain interactive notebook includes 29 lessons in these three units of study:

• structure of life
• classification of living organisms
• ecological communities

This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Math 4 Today for fifth grade provides 40 weeks of daily activities to strengthen math skills.

Math 4 Today: Daily Skill Practice for fifth grade contains reproducible activities designed to help students learn these math skills and concepts:

• graphing
• patterning
• measurement
• multiplying and dividing
• fractions and decimals

The Math 4 Today book for fifth grade aligns with current state standards.

Math 4 Today: Daily Skill Practice for fifth grade provides 40 weeks of learning activities for each day of the week. This math workbook for students only requires 10 minutes of review and practice each day, and it includes fluency activities, reproducible activities, and writing prompts. An assessment of the skills covered for the week is provided for the fifth day to help teachers easily monitor progress.

The 4 Today series is a comprehensive, quick, and easy-to-use math workbook. The reproducible activities review essential skills during a four-day period. On the fifth day, an assessment with related skills is provided. Each week begins with a Fluency Blast section to provide students with repeated, daily practice for essential skills. The format and style of the 4 Today books provide excellent practice for standardized tests. The series also includes a fluency-tracking reproducible, a standards alignment chart, tips for fostering a school-to-home connection, and an answer key.

How to Teach Art to Children has it all-background information, literature resources, and concise step-by-step directions for 96 art projects that will help your students learn about the elements of art and then use the elements in the styles of famous artists.

This book is divided into two parts:

• Part one: Learning about the elements of art
• Part two: Using the elements of art

Teacher information pages provide:

• a definition of each art element
• a list of literature references
• fine art examples that demonstrate the element

Each project and concept is supported by:

• easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions
• a complete list of materials needed
• reproducible patterns

Provide sixth grade students with 180 days of daily practice to build their knowledge of spelling rules, conventions, and patterns. Students gain regular practice with word study through these quick, diagnostic-based activities. This 6th grade spelling workbook features 20 word lists each week and worksheets thatare fun, engaging, and challenging for students. Ideal for after school, intervention, or homework, the word lists and activities are based on 10 years of classroom-tested experience. Activities include:

• Analogies
• Idioms and proverbs
• Sentence completions
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Turn the question around
• Prefixes, suffixes, and roots

Digital resources include assessment analysis tools. With this easy-to-use resource, teachers can easily add daily word study to their literacy block and help students boost their spelling and word study skills in a hurry!

This language arts tutorial book engages middle school students while they refine important skills.

Language Arts Tutor: Grammar, Capitalization, and Punctuation for fourth–eighth grades helps students master the following concepts:

• parts of speech
• capitalization
• punctuation

This Mark Twain language arts book uses stories, games, and riddles to appeal to students at various learning levels.

Language Arts Tutor: Grammar, Capitalization, and Punctuation focuses on one skill at a time to help students build proficiency and confidence. Each page includes clear definitions and examples to explain the concept being reinforced. Written for teachers, parents, families, and students, you can use this Mark Twain middle school book as a full unit of study or for individual lessons to supplement other books.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects, including math, science, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Interactive Notebooks are great for students!

• Building an Interactive Notebook helps students build organization skills as they take responsibility for their learning resources.
• The Interactive Notebook provides students with an outlet to apply the knowledge they gain in ways that express their own ideas and creativity.
• Guided writing activities incorporated into an Interactive Notebook help your students develop into independent, creative, reflective thinkers.
• And, once completed, an Interactive Notebook becomes a comprehensive and engaging review tool to help your students master content and prepare for tests.

Interactive Notebooks are great for teachers!

• You can easily customize your instruction.
• You direct the learning process and pace.
• You determine where to dig deeper...and when and where to add pizzazz!
• You choose which projects to use as instruction, which projects to use as reinforcement, which projects to use as independent practice, and which projects to use as assessments.
• You can supplement activities with your own texts and projects.
• And, you meet the unique needs of your students—in each and every year!

A true time-saver!

• Step-by-step teacher instructions
• Ready-to-use, reproducible pages
• Writing and reflection prompts
• Student letter
• Supply lists
• Rubric
• And more!

This book is reproducible and has 68 pages.