This powerful classroom toolkit provides a variety of additional resources to help you make the most of the Write Source - SkillsBook Practice for essential mechanics, usage, and grammar skills (SkillsBook Teacher's Edition also included.)- Assessment Book Copymasters for a pretest, interim tests, and posttests to help prepare students for stare assessments- Overhead Transparencies Graphic orga…
Can learning about punctuation really be fun? You bet--in Elsa Knight Bruno's Punctuation Celebration, featuring illustrations by Jenny Whitehead. Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker's shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This…
Turn heat energy into mechanical energy. Make a thermometer. Use gravity to cut an ice cube in two. Find out why popcorn pops and how a hammer generates heat. Formerly a little in Robert W. Rood's popular Physics for Kids series, this new edition brings thermodynamic principles to life with even more imaginative hands-on activities for home or school that will captivate children ages 8 and up. …
The history of America at sea is presented through the travels of Seabird, an ivory gull carved by a cabin boy. The story presents three generations of sailing families in America. Traveling all over the globe, students will delight in this story of sailing, whaling, ships and ship building, while they learn world geography and so much more!
The New York Times bestseller that celebrates the dreams, acceptance, and love that parents have for their children . . . now and forever. This is the perfect heartfelt gift for kids of all ages, plus a great choice for baby showers, birthdays, graduations, and other new beginnings! From brave and bold to creative and clever, Emily Winfield Martin's rhythmic rhyme expresses all the loving th…
#1 New York Times best-selling author Alison McGhee tells the tale of a child's first rite of passage - from the crib to the big bed. Ross MacDonald's glowing illustrations will comfort, amuse, and inspire toddlers and even their parents as they take this first big step together.
In Sammy and His Shepherd, veteran children’s writer Susan Hunt takes youngsters on a delightful trip through Psalm 23 from the point of view of a sheep named Sammy. Sammy lives happily under the care of his faithful shepherd. But one day he meets a sheep from another flock, one who lives in misery because her shepherd is not so caring. Eventually, to the delight of both of them, Sammy’s…
Not Everyone is afraid of the dark. Some are afraid of the Light. In The Lightlings, Dr. R.C. Sproul weaves an allegorical tale that captures the essence of the biblical story of redemption in a manner that will fascinate and delight children. A rade of tiny beings known as lightlings are a picture of humanity as they pass through all the stages of the biblical drama - creation, fall, and red…
Since the first temptation, Satan has aimed to cast doubt on God’s Word. Our children and grandchildren need to be prepared for this. In this allegorical tale, theologian, pastor, and author Dr. R.C. Sproul continues his life’s work of making deep biblical truths clear and understandable to students of all ages. The Knight’s Map is the story of a knight who undertakes a perilous journey f…
Davey The Donkey was never chosen to do anything - until the day he found himself carrying the King. After that, he felt proud of himself-until he saw what the King had to carry. Respected theologian, author, and educator R.C. Sproul offers a unique take on the passion of Jesus Christ to teach young children the essential message of the gospel - that the Lord bore our sins when He went to Ca…