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: “What are hiccups?” “What is a tornado?” and “What is a mirage?” 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!

Pump up those language skills! Each of the 40 lessons in this book focuses on the use of adjectives and adverbs. Subjects covered include defining, classifying, recognizing, and using adjectives and adverbs. As students progress through “adjectives after the verb,” “adjectives formed from nouns,” “adverbs formed from adjectives,” and more, students master an understanding of these language-builders. At the conclusion of the book is a comprehensive review exercise.

Young readers will have a great time as they complete the 43 activities designed to improve reading, handwriting, comprehension, and fine motor skills! Each delightful lesson includes an easy-to-read mini-story followed by simple writing and comprehension activities. As a reward for completing each lesson, students are invited to color the story's lively illustration. Great for building reading confidence!

Boost language skills to new heights with this step-by-step, practice-packed book! The sequential, easy-to-do activities will guide your students through important concepts, one-by-one, while the illustrations are sure to keep interest soaring. Part of the Skill Booster Series, this flexible book is superb as an introduction or review. Its specific focus allows repeated practice and is a terrific way to help students prepare for standardized tests. In addition, it can be incorporated into both skill-based and whole-language programs. You will find this book an effective teaching tool for many age and ability levels.

Get your young readers off to a great start! Students read kid-friendly stories then answer comprehension questions that challenge them to find facts, read for details, learn new vocabulary words, and improve their writing skills! Fine motor skills get a workout when students color the delightful illustrations. Great for building reading confidence!

Help your students develop important survival skills while improving their reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary! This practical book is filled with easy-to-use activities that focus on essential vocabulary and real-life situations to help students become more confident and independent. Key words are introduced, then reinforced through step-by-step exercises emphasizing word pronunciation, definitions, spelling, handwriting, problem solving, and more! A terrific way to help your students acquire vital life skills!

Putting the punch in punctuation!Each of the 33 lessons in this book focuses on a specific use of a particular kind of punctuation. The multiple uses for periods, questions marks, commas, exclamation points, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, semicolons, and hyphens are covered. As students progress, they learn to master the art of ending punctuation, using apostrophes for the possessive, how to accurately use commas when noting city/state, and much more. At the conclusion of the book are seven review exercises and a glossary of all the punctuation rules covered.

Help your students develop important survival skills while improving their reading, writing, spelling and vocabulary! This practical book is filled with easy-to-use activities that focus on essential vocabulary and real-life situations to help students become more confident and independent. Key words are introduced, then reinforced through step-by-step exercises emphasizing word pronunciation, definitions, spelling, handwriting, problem solving, and more! A terrific way to help your students acquire vital life skills!

Who founded Mexico City? What did Sandy Koufax do? What is in Iceland? People throughout history and places around the world can be found in this attention-grabbing, 96-page book. Reluctant readers of all ages and those reading below grade level are sure to have fun while they improve their reading skills with Famous People, Places, and Events. Eighty-eight intriguing short stories, guaranteed to hold the reader's attention, are followed by questions designed to reinforce specific reading skills.The basic skills focused on are: finding main ideas, detecting sequences, finding facts, locating answers, vocabulary and word analysis, making inferences, and more!To assist a variety of students, this sequential book is arranged according to the difficulty of each story's reading level. The first group of stories have a reading level of 1.8-2.5. The next group of stories have a reading level of 2.5-3.0. The final group of stories range between 3.0-3.8. These reading levels have been carefully achieved through the use of controlled vocabulary, simple sentence structure, and appropriate illustrations.

Get your young readers off to a great start! Students read kid-friendly stories then answer comprehension questions that challenge them to find facts, read for details, learn new vocabulary words, and improve their writing skills! Fine motor skills get a workout when students color the delightful illustrations. Great for building reading confidence!

Pump up those language skills! Each of the 41 lessons in this book focuses on the use of nouns and pronouns. Subjects covered include recognizing nouns and pronouns, common and proper nouns, singular and plural cases, possessive tense, I and Me, and much more. As students progress, they learn to master an understanding of these language-builders. At the conclusion of the book is a three-page comprehensive review exercise and a glossary of the noun rules covered.