Books with author C. Mahoney

Get out and play. Life isn’t all about work. It is supposed to be fun. Remember when you were a kid and you played Hide and Seek? Well, I have a little secret to share with you. Come closer. Shhh. Listen. You. Can. Still. Play. Millions of people all over the world are playing every day. Millions. Not thousands. Not hundreds. Millions. Adults and kids. Men getting off from work and women on their lunch break. Retired folks and families with kids in tow. And you are missing out on all of the fun. The game is on. Now. Today. Get out and play this game called geocaching.

This book will help you on that first day of school as you introduce school and classroom rules, teacher expectations, appropriate student behavior, and how to respond to problems or needs. Over 100 questions to help you and your students find success this year, like: How do I get good grades in our class? What are three safety rules for the playground? What can I do to help someone who is hurt? Why do we raise our hand in class? Why do we stand in line? What are we allowed to wear to school? What if I really need to use the restroom? What will happen if I forget my homework? How does school improve my imagination and creativity? How can I help keep the classroom clean and organized? What should I do if I feel like I am going to throw up? What should I do if I see trash on the ground? What should I do if I hear the fire alarm? What do I already know about respect?

This is NOT your traditional, boring collection of “I already did that” and “I don’t want to do this.” The problems in this workbook are new, blending the world of the Gifted and fourth grade (where I taught for twenty years). Over 100 pages of math and writing that will help your child get ready for next year: Four Operations Math Challenge (Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing) Multiplication Chart Madness Brainteasers to challenge your mind Toothpick Problem-solving Quotient Spinner Game Exponent HangSpider (hangman) Expanded Form and Word Name (three and four-digit numbers) Least Common Multiple Mania Multiplication (single-digit) Writing Dialogue Evaluate: Which is better? Descriptive Writing Persuasive Writing Graphic Organizers and more…

This activity book is filled with 100 challenging brainteasers. How many squares? How many triangles? How many circles? You’ll have to account for those that overlap, or are shaded, or are combined with others. Be ready to have lots of fun as you count and examine, recount and try to figure out just how many squares, triangles or circles there are in each design. And, if you would like the other book in this series…Geometric Puzzles to scratch your brain (Logic Games for Kids) volume 1Geometric Puzzles to scratch your brain (Logic Games for Kids) volume 2

This workbook contains 127 printable pages to help your students finish out the year and get ready for next year: addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, identifying and estimating, hangman, word searches, word puzzles, Tic-Tac-Toe, story writing, opinions, wildlife and nature, describing, dialogue, weather, what is missing, informational text, spelling, unscramble, arrays, fractions, similes, synonyms, prefixes and suffixes, order, antonyms, nouns, coins, compare and contrast, Venn Diagrams, area and perimeter, asking questions, fact vs opinion, and more.If you want more activities for the summer, then take a look at these summer workbooks:Summer Workbook: Third gradeSummer Workbook: Fourth gradeSummer Workbook: Fifth gradeSummer: Increasing NUMBER PowerSummer: Increasing WORD PowerSummer Critical Thinking Challenges (5th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (6th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (7th Grade) Summer Critical Thinking Challenges (8th Grade) Summer Fun with BrainteasersSummer Fun with Compound WordsSummer Fun with ElephantsSummer Fun with GeometrySummer Fun with MonkeysSummer Fun with MultiplicationSummer Fun with WordsSummer Fun Writing Personal LettersSummer Math – FractionsSummer Math Challenge: Third gradeSummer Math Challenge: Fourth gradeSummer Math Challenge: Fifth gradeSummer Wildlife Writing: 75 Writing Prompts to Engage the Mind about WildlifeSummer Writing - 4th gradeSummer Writing - 5th gradeSummer Writing - 150 Writing PromptsSummer Math and Writing: Third GradeSummer Math and Writing: Fourth Grade

Explore wildlife photography as I wander down a trail at the Great Dismal Swamp. Learn about the brightly colored ailanthus webworm moth and its web-building larvae, the caterpillar. Marvel at the purple and fluorescent green eyes of the yellow deer fly. Notice the orchard orbweaver spider that sits in the center of its web, and the green meadow katydids and field grasshoppers resting on leaves, and spiders hiding on the underside of leaves, and leaf beetles devouring giant leaves. Find the crane fly hiding in the dark and the brightly colored leaf hoppers sitting out in the open. Inspect the wings of a gorgeous blue butterfly. See a scary tick waiting to catch a ride, a crab spider waiting for an insect to land too close, a brown leaf-footed bug and wheel bugs and a predatory wasp and trees and flowers and so much more. Enjoy my wildlife photography that will make your children say “Wow!” They will ask you lots of questions as you read aloud with them on the porch or in the living room. Enjoy the questions they ask and help them find the answers. If you are a parent who wants to encourage questioning and wonder, then this is the book for you. It will make your child want to go outside and explore the incredible biodiversity that lives outside.

If you are looking for a book to get children thinking and wondering about optical illusions and hidden words and interesting images, then this is it. Discover the error. Figure out which direction to look. Find the hidden arrows. Look at the black and the white. Gaze into the distance. Figure out which is the front and which is the back. Find the companions. Investigate the secret message within corporate logos. See the not-so-obvious face. Explain the 3-D effect. Discover the numbers. Recognize the triangles. Notice the wolves. Understand the wavy lines. Follow the line. See the shape that is not there. Discover the hidden faces. Count the cubes. Uncover the secret word. Find the elephants. Notice the Native American. Lots of fun puzzles and challenges to keep your favorite youngster curious and inquisitive. Check out the other books in this series: Optical Illusions and Secret Messages (2nd grade)Optical Illusions and Secret Messages (4th grade)Optical Illusions and Secret Messages (5th grade)

This workbook contains 39 printable pages to help your students add and subtract two, three and four-digit problems. You will find a progression from simple to complex: from two digits to three digits to four digits; from no regrouping to regrouping; from one zero to two zeros to three zeros; from a zero in the ones place to the tens place to the hundreds place; from two numbers to three numbers to four numbers in a column. Lessons are organized from easy to hard so that you can focus on skill set each day. /a>And students learn dozens of interesting facts about butterflies, like: Did you know that butterflies have four wings, not two? Did you know that a male moth can smell a female from 6 ½ miles away? Did you know that caterpillars live for just a few weeks or a month before they reach full size and are ready to transform into a butterfly? Did you know that butterflies do not grow larger? If you see a tiny butterfly, it won’t get any bigger no matter how much it eats. Did you know that most butterflies live for only two to four weeks?And every page has an answer key so you don’t have to make one.Common Core Standards: 2.NBT.B.5 and 3.NBT.A.2 and 4.NBT.A.4If you are interested in more addition, then take a look at these workbooks:Addition within 1000Addition & Place ValueFirst Day of School - Addition & Subtraction GamesInsect AdditionHalloween Addition & SubtractionAddition Tic-Tac-ToeAdd & Subtract within 1000Adding is so much funI can add (Addition within 1000)

100 pages of Math and Language Arts activities for the summer. 100 pages of thinking and evaluating and writing that will help your child master next year’s Common Core Standards. 100 pages of brainstorming and word puzzles and geometry challenges and spinner games and tic-tac-toe. 100 pages of unscrambling and describing, clocks and coins, adding and subtracting, blends and A-B-C order, describing and rhymes. 100 pages! If you are looking for a workbook that your child will want to complete, then this is it. If you are looking for a workbook with twenty years of teaching experience behind it, then this is it. If you are looking for a workbook that will prepare your child for fifth grade, then this is it. And if you would like more, take a look at the others in this series at Amazon: Summer Fun: Get Ready for Second GradeSummer Fun: Get Ready for Third GradeSummer Fun: Get Ready for Fourth GradeSummer Fun: Get Ready for Fifth Grade

Explore wildlife in this book of nature photography as I wander through the trails at the Great Dismal Swamp. You will find photos of grasshoppers and bees and spiders and beetles and caterpillars and butterflies and wasps and and flies and flowers and lizards and snakes and trees and leaves and berries and more wildlife that will make your children say “Wow!” Your child will love my photos as you read aloud with them on the porch or in the living room or just before bedtime. Take a walk with me as I wander along a trail in search of wildlife. If you are a parent who wants to encourage questioning and wonder, then this is the book for you. It will make your child want to go outside and explore.

This workbook contains 99 printable worksheets to engage your students in exploring the cultures of European countries. Students explore Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland. They will search online for each country’s national flag, coat of arms, coins, postage stamps, national anthem, ethnic food, local music, clothing styles, historical events, famous citizens, the national leader, the capitol, the population, the size, and more. Students will use and improve critical thinking skills as they search online for answers, compare and contrast, describe, analyze and evaluate. If you want your students to become independent learners, then this workbook is a tool that you must have. This workbook is a part of a series of seventeen workbooks designed for grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 called “Internet Research Projects for Middle School” exploring over 100 countries. If you like this one, then check out the others in this series: Exploring South America - Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, UruguayExploring South America - Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, VenezuelaExploring the Middle East - Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, YemenExploring the Middle East - Israel, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, TurkeyExploring Central America - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, PanamaExploring the Caribbean - Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Trinidad and TobagoExploring Europe - Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Spain, SwitzerlandExploring Europe - England, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Scotland, SwedenExploring Europe - Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Romania, UkraineExploring Europe - Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Iceland, the Netherlands, RussiaExploring Asia - Afghanistan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and AustraliaExploring Asia - Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, VietnamExploring Asia - China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, TaiwanExploring Africa - Chad, the Congo, Mali, Niger, Sudan, UgandaExploring Africa - Cameroon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra LeoneExploring Africa - Angola, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, ZimbabweExploring Africa - Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, Somalia

No more stress. No more boredom. No more waiting and wondering if there is something interesting and fun to do. This workbook has over 150 pages to help your students get ready for third grade: word puzzles, geometrical brainteasers, creative writing prompts, hypothetical situations, cryptic license plates, mazes, number challenges, Boggle, picture puzzlers, word searches, and so much more. Get your students ready for the challenges of third grade standards by using pages dedicated to nouns, verbs, adjectives, compound words, multiplication, geometry, describing, narrative, comparing, acrostic writing, dialogue, similes, analogies, and more. Perfect for the end of year and the summer. Take a Look Inside to see a few pages from this workbook.And if you want more, then here are the others in this series:No Stress Summer: Get Ready for Third GradeNo Stress Summer: Get Ready for Fourth GradeNo Stress Summer: Get Ready for Fifth Grade