Books with author Linda Armstrong

Math Connections to the Real World for grades 5 to 8 increases students’ ability to effectively apply math skills in real-world scenarios. Aligned to current state standards, this supplement offers students the opportunity to combine math and language arts skills to successfully solve everyday problems and communicate answers.Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including math, science, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

The Common Core Language Arts Workouts: Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening, and Language Skills Practice series for grades 6 through 8 is designed to help teachers and parents meet the challenges set forth by the Common Core State Standards. Filled with skills practice, critical thinking tasks, and creative exercises, some are practice exercises, while others pose creative or analytical challenges. These workouts make great warm-up or assessment exercises. They can be used to set the stage and teach the content covered by the standards or to assess what students have learned after the content has been taught. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Centered around Common Core State Standards, Common Core: Elements of Literature is designed to help students understand such complex elements of literature as irony and symbolism. Practice pages, student charts, graphic organizers, research challenges, discussion starters, writing prompts, games, group activities, and recommended reading lists enable students to practice: Pinpointing character, setting, plot, and theme; uncovering common symbols in fiction; detecting similes, metaphors, and other figures of speech; spotting verbal, situational, and dramatic irony; and recognizing allegory, parody, and satire.Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

Facilitate a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Analogies: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource reinforces reasoning and logic skills through analogies in language arts, science, geography, health, art, music, and math. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Foster a love of language with students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Synonyms and Antonyms: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource helps students recognize and comprehend words in the context of “similar and opposite” to expand vocabulary for better reading and writing skills. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Connect students in grades 4–6 with science using Physical Science: Daily Skill Builders. This 96-page book features two short, reproducible activities per page and includes enough lessons for an entire school year. It covers topics such as simple machines and alternative energy sources, understanding the behavior and uses of electricity, and framing scientific questions and recognizing scientific evidence. Activities allow for differentiated instruction and can be used as warm-ups, homework assignments, and extra practice. The book is perfect for review and practice and supports NSE and Common Core State Standards.

The Science Vocabulary Quick Starts resource book for fourth to ninth grades helps students review vocabulary to become skilled in using science terms in and out of the classroom. This science resource book provides a quick start for the day's lesson, and helps students build and maintain a powerful science vocabulary. Each page features two to four quick starts.Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Connect students in grades 4 and up with science using Jumpstarters for Science Vocabulary: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom! This 48-page resource reinforces information that students have learned in a variety of science areas, including general, life, earth, atmospheric, space, and physical sciences. It includes five warm-ups per reproducible page, answer keys, and suggestions for use.

Seven kids, Thor's hammer and a whole lot of Valkyries are the only things standing against the end of the world . . .When thirteen-year-olds Matt Thorsen and Fen and Laurie Brekke - modern descendents of Thor and Loki - discovered they were destined to take the places of the Norse gods in an epic battle against the apocalypse, they thought they knew how things would play out. Gather the other descendents, defeat a giant serpent and save the world. No problem, right?But their journey grinds to a halt when their friend Baldwin is poisoned. Matt, Fen and Laurie must travel to the murky Underworld to try and save him before they can continue with their quest to find Thor's hammer. Ahead lie colossal monsters and legendary battles . . . Will Matt and the other descendents do enough to become heroes in their own right?Authors K.L. Armstrong and M.A. Marr return to Blackwell in the epic sequel to Loki's Wolves with more explosive action, adventure and larger-than-life Norse legends.