Books with author Linda Ward Beech

When children start to color in these mandalas, magic happens. Suddenly, they quiet down, become deeply drawn into the images, and produce wonderful art. The reason: all the patterns are evenly distributed around a center to create a feeling of balance and harmony that no youngster can resist. Kids will enjoy exercising their creativity by choosing the colors they like, inspired by the different shapes and forms.

Forty high-interest passages are paired with graphic organizers to help all kids easily learn how to find the main idea, understand cause and effect, compare and contrast, sequence events, and more. The ready-to-use Notebook files on CD contain companion activities that make it easy to model these essential reading comprehension skills on your SMART Board. Following your lead, students can draw, move, highlight, and underline key text right on the board. A surefire way to engage even the most reluctant learners and build the reading comprehension skills all students need to succeed! For use with Grades 6–8.