Books with author Kitty Scharf

The Wonder Stories are the perfect way to improve the reading comprehension of reluctant readers and those who are reading below grade level. The engaging stories will appeal to all age groups and will instantly capture the reader’s attention with “I Wonder…” questions such as: “Do fish sleep?” “What is an Echo?” and “What is a sonic boom?” These high-interest questions motivate the student to read further and discover the surprising answers. Following each story, comprehension activities focus on the following basic skills: finding the main idea, finding a fact, locating an answer, inference, vocabulary, reading for details, word analysis, and more!

Knowing how to measure time in terms of days, weeks, months and years is an important life skill. Calendars, part of Remedia's Publications' Time Concepts Series, provides abundant practice in this skill. Students will have a great time as they learn to recognize the names of the months and their association to the seasons of the year. A variety of creative activities help students learn the days of the week, months of the year, abbreviations, number of days in each month, holiday dates, season, and more! So help your students get off to a good start with this fun and essential basic-skills book. Enjoy!

Spice up your basic math program! This fun and effective book develops math reasoning and computation skills through the use of real-life shopping situations. From peanut butter to paper towels, nearly everything you might shop for in a grocery store can be found on the colorful fold-out price list that generates over 500 math word problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division! Students will have a great time as they refer to the price list to figure costs, total sales tickets, apply coupons, and more! Help your students understand the practical reasons for learning math as they âshop❠their way to math success with this motivating and solidly-conceived book.

Purposeful listening! This 24-lesson learning unit is packed with artistic, hands-on activities designed to improve fine motor skills, visual perception, following directions, and more. Students follow short written directions to complete the creative illustrations. “Connect the dots from 1 to 5.” “Draw a patch over one of the pirate’s eyes.”Visual subjects range from “a horse wearing a hat and boots” to “a bunny rabbit gardener.”

This activity-packed book is a great way to improve reading, writing, and research skills while teaching general knowledge and fascinating facts about the United States. Reading Comprehension: Students read a simple presentation of information about each state and then answer specific questions designed to improve reading comprehension. Skills include reading for details, locating information, and finding facts. Writing Skills get perfected as students complete bonus writing activities for every state! Research Skills get a workout as students "look-up" key information in an encyclopedia or on the Internet to help them complete the "Research the Facts" activities. Also included: United States outline maps; list of states, capitals, and abbreviations; a capitals and abbreviations test page; addresses where students can write to receive information about each state; a letter format which may be addressed to request information from a state; and more!

Pump up those language skills! The 42 lessons and review exercises in this book focus on all aspects of verb usage - from “recognizing action verbs” and “identifying different verb tenses,” to “irregular verbs” and “adding ‘d’ or ‘ed’ to create past tense.” As students work their way through these comprehensive exercises, they will master the use of verbs as language-builders.

Success in all areas of mathematics starts with a solid knowledge of the basic facts. This book provides concentrated practice of basic division facts to help students reach mastery level. Timed Math Drills: Division provides step-by-step practice in addition that starts with whole-page calculations using the same, single addend (1 thru 9), progresses to calculations using two different addends, and then to all-inclusive, mixed addends. The goal is to achieve mastery at the highest possible accuracy level in the lowest possible time. A chart is included on which each student's progress can be recorded. Award forms are included to validate students' achievements.

Over 50 Real & Fictional Maps for Hands-on ExploringUnderstanding and creating maps. This book presents 52 actual and fictional maps to demonstrate that there is more to mapping than fold-up road maps and spinning globes. Park maps, property maps, street maps, regional maps, state maps, country maps, world maps, and more are presented. By the time students complete the exercises found here, they will know how to use accurate directional words and indicators, and will be adept at interpreting the information given on different types of maps. They will be able to recognize picture symbols used on maps, identify routes from place to place, and effectively use a map grid. Students will have fun while learning a practical life skill.

Fluency is a key component of reading comprehension, and these ready-to-use activities provide plenty of practice in both speed and comprehension. 14 short, high-interest stories will capture students' attention while they race the clock to improve their reading speed. After reading students show their comprehension through short-answer questions and cloze sentences. Turn the stories into timed reading exercises to get students to read at a faster pace! Students can read the story then record the amount of time it took them to read, or set a time limit and track how far they got. End-of-line word counts make it quick and easy to figure the number of words read. A great way to improve reading confidence as well as overall comprehension! 48 pages.

Each of the stories in this book emphasizes three to six words - all nouns found most commonly in beginning readers. Following each story are seven activities including: Questions relating to the content of the story. Complete-the-sentence exercises. Sequencing. "Yes/No" inquiries and a "Follow Directions" task. Once young students master basic sight words, reading becomes an enjoyable endeavor rather than a dutiful task.

Help your students develop important survival skills while improving their reading, writing, and vocabulary! To use a computer successfully, it's necessary to understand basic computer terminology. Computer Words presents 50 essential computer words and phrases in a "user-friendly" format. The clever activities offer repeated use of computer words, in different contexts, to reinforce retention of the words and their definitions. These fun, easy-to-use activities are a great way to help students become more confident and independent while working on a computer!