Books with author Instructional Fair

Using the Media: Fact, Fiction, and Opinion presents middle school students with clues to discriminating among fact, fiction, and opinion in media messages. The readings challenge students intellectually, and the small-group activities help them make the connections between what they've learned from the readings and the media messages they encounter every day

Every Child Can Write Manuscript motivates students to develop legible handwriting by offering engaging practice, charming illustrations, and sequential skills. Clear, accurate handwriting will benefit students throughout their lives.This easy-to-use book introduces basic techniques that are standard to all handwriting programs. Students will gain confidence and competence as their writing progresses from letters to words to phrases to sentences. Plus, they will sharpen their spelling and vocabulary skills by practicing word categories, such as days of the week, weather, and sports.This book supports young writers with solid and dotted writing lines. The alphabet appears at the top of each age to reinforce letter sequence. Numbered arrows clearly identify the direction and order of the strokes used to form each letter. Most importantly, students will enjoy writing fun words and amusing sentences as they practice.

These activities make teaching algebra concepts - easy for you and enjoyable for your students! - Based on the NCTM Standards, this book offers - age-appropriate activities that teach the basics in - algebra: work with patterns, making generalizations, - understanding variables and equations, and finding - unknowns. Each concept is introduced concretely, - followed with other activities to take learning to the - symbolic level. Includes user-friendly guidelines - for developing algebraic thinking and understanding - at each grade level. Reproducible. 48 pp.-