Engage students at every comprehension level with Guided Reading for fifth and sixth grades.

Make lesson planning easier with Guided Reading: Visualize for fifth and sixth grades. This resource includes 36 leveled readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The readers engage students with text about oceans, caves, unexplained mysteries, and more.

Create an effective comprehensive guided reading program with Ready to Go Guided Reading: Visualize. This reading comprehension resource book offers informational text for students at various reading levels and includes:

• discussion guides
• prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features
• leveled readers with intriguing topics
• graphic organizers and an observation sheet

The readers are separated by below-, on-, and above-level comprehension skills and feature call-out boxes so students can apply guided reading strategies to the texts. Each reader addresses captivating topics and includes a writing prompt so students can reflect on what they learned.

The Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for first to sixth grades includes everything you need for guided reading organization. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes 8 books, focusing on the following reading comprehension strategies:

• Connect
• Infer
• Question
• Summarize
• Analyze
• Determine Importance
• Synthesize
• Visualize

Each nonfiction reader contains short nonfiction texts, vocabulary banks, photographs, charts, and maps.

Language Arts 4 Today for fifth grade provides 40 weeks of daily activities to strengthen ELA skills.

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

• vocabulary
• grammar
• fluency
• comprehensions
• writing

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

Language Arts 4 Today: Daily Skill Practice for fifth grade provides 40 weeks of learning activities for each day of the week. This language arts 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 language arts 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

Parents are eager to help their children learn, but teaching young children complicated scientific and mathematical concepts can be intimidating. Simple STEAM helps parents realize they don't need to be engineers or scientists to support STEAM learning.

• Help children explore STEAM concepts with fun and engaging activities
• Discover STEAM learning opportunities in everyday activities and experiences
• Prepare children for kindergarten
• Build crucial 21st century learning skills, including collaboration, communication, creativity and problem solving, curiosity, and critical thinking

Help students improve foundational reading skills at every level with Guided Reading for first and second grades.

The Guided Reading: Synthesize resource book for first and second grades features 36 readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. Filled with photos and charts, this nonfiction resource features informational text about caves, soccer, Hawaii, and more.

Ready to Go Guided Reading: Synthesize is an effective guided reading resource for first and second grades. This reading comprehension resource book includes:

• discussion guides
• prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features
• leveled readers with high-interest topics
• graphic organizers and an observation sheet

The readers are separated into below-, on-, and above-level reading skills. This reading comprehension resource contains callout boxes to direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts, such as scanning for meaning or word work. Each reader concludes with a writing prompt so students can show what they learned.

The Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for first to sixth grades includes everything you need for guided reading organization. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes 8 books, focusing on the following reading comprehension strategies:

• Connect
• Infer
• Question
• Summarize
• Analyze
• Determine Importance
• Synthesize
• Visualize

Each nonfiction reader contains short nonfiction texts, vocabulary banks, photographs, charts, and maps.

• Exercises designed to target ALL reading standards as required by TEKS
• Critical thinking and reading analysis lessons aligned to the more rigorous new STAAR exams
• Skill-building guided warm-ups Practice exams

Tackle the new tests with warm-ups and practice tests that prepare students for the types of questions and passages they'll see in the new exams, including: strategies that strengthen comprehension and critical thinking skills; longer practice tests that build stamina and enable teachers to monitor and assess progress; and new question formats including 2-part questions, short answer, checklists with multiple correct answers, multiple choice, and more.

Present basic information about the complex human body without overwhelming students in grades 5 and up with medical jargon!

Understanding the Human Body makes the study of the human body even more fascinating with Far Out Facts, fun tidbits of information that will keep students on their toes.

The 80-page science resource book includes a number of websites that provide students the opportunity to further explore various body systems or concepts identified in the activities.

This book supports National Science Education Standards.

WHY USE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS?

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.

• 3 levels of nonfiction reading selections on the same topic
• Text-based comprehension questions (multiple choice and open-ended)
• Words to Know lists with vocabulary for each reading selection
• Visual literacy page to enrich learning and support focused discussions
• Text-based writing prompt and a writing form
• Graphic organizers

• Social Studies: Our President; Harriet Tubman; The Statue of Liberty; Veterans Day; Lakes
• Science/Health: Exercise; Food Chains; Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Mathematics: Estimating Cost; Metric Measurements; Fractions
• Technology: Learning at the Computer; Curiosity Rover
• The Arts: Native American Weaving; Photography; Kristi Yamaguchi; Ansel Adams

Help students develop foundational reading skills with a high-interest guided reading program for students at various reading levels.

Guided Reading: Analyze for third and fourth grades includes 36 nonfiction readers—six sets of two each for below-, on-, and above-level student readers. The readers in this reading comprehension resource book feature informational text about nocturnal animals, movies, Australia, space, and more.

Ready to Go Guided Reading: Analyze provides everything you need to complete comprehensive guided reading lesson plans including:

• discussion guides
• prompts to encourage students to work with the text
• leveled readers with intriguing topics
• graphic organizers and an observation sheet

Separated into three readability levels, these informational readers capture students' attention with graphic charts, high-interest topics, colorful photos, and detailed maps. Students are encouraged to apply guided reading strategies to the text and respond to a writing prompt at the end of each reader.

The Ready to Go: Guided Reading series for first to sixth grades includes everything you need for guided reading organization. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. Each grade span includes 8 books, focusing on the following reading comprehension strategies:

• Connect
• Infer
• Question
• Summarize
• Analyze
• Determine Importance
• Synthesize
• Visualize

Each nonfiction reader contains short nonfiction texts, vocabulary banks, photographs, charts, and maps.

Strong writing skills help children soar! Clear, concise communication benefits kids throughout school and into adulthood. Spectrum® Writing for grade 3 guides blossoming writers through the writing, proofreading, and editing process to create a strong foundation essential for school success.

Spectrum Writing for grade 3 guides students through each step of the writing process as they write sentences, personal stories, descriptions, how-to instructions, reports, opinions, and more. Spectrum Writing workbooks guide students as they write for a variety of purposes, including writing to tell a story, writing to provide information, and writing to state an opinion. Lessons support current state standards. Step-by-step instructions help with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. A Writer's Handbook reinforces grammar and language skills, and a complete Answer Key is included. Engaging, open-ended writing projects combined with standards-based learning make these workbooks an essential resource for school success.

Spectrum, the best-selling workbook series, is proud to provide quality educational materials that support your students' learning achievement and success.

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• Answer Key

Science taps into a kid's natural curiosity—help your child explore fascinating facts and compelling passages with a workbook that generates interest and teaches key concepts. Spectrum® Science for grade 8 introduces, reviews, and reinforces the skills your child needs to thrive in this subject.

Cultivate a love for science by providing standards-based practice that captures children's attention. Spectrum Science for grade 8 provides interesting informational text and fascinating facts about the nature of light, the detection of distant planets, and internal combustion engines.

When children develop a solid understanding of science, they're preparing for success. Spectrum Science for grades 3-8 improves scientific literacy and inquiry skills with an exciting exploration of natural, earth, life, and applied sciences. With the help of this best-selling series, your little scientist can discover and appreciate our extraordinary world!

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• Answer Key