Books with author Mary Rosenberg

Give students that extra boost they need to acquire important concepts in specific areas of math. The goal of these "how to" books is to provide the information and practice necessary to master the math skills established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Each book is divided into units containing concepts, rules, terms, and formulas, followed by corresponding practice pages.

Help students write focused and detailed responses to any prompt! Veteran teacher Mary Rose provides lessons, activities, and tips for weaving writing test preparation into everyday lessons. Students will learn quick strategies for identifying the form of writing a prompt requires and how to use simple graphic organizers to organize their thoughts before writing. Mary also covers how to craft a strong opening, a coherent body with relevant details, and an effective conclusion. Includes dozens of ready-to-use prompts. For use with Grades 3 & Up.

Two days before Indiana Bamboo's eleventh birthday, Paradise Pets, her favorite store in the small town of River Creek, is robbed. All the animals are missing, from her beloved Maurice the Brown Bear to Princess Penelope, the puppy she's been coveting, and Indiana is on the case! She teams up with her best friend, Jamie, and her new friend, Tom, to search for clues. The kids tangle with the petnappers all over town, but all is nearly lost when Indiana suspects that Tom is a no-good double-crosser who's in cahoots with the bad guys. Just when things couldn't get worse, Indiana overhears the petnappers at Stefano Stefano's Ice Cream Parlor plotting to make the animals disappear forever. There's no time to lose, but how can Indiana foil their evil plan and rescue the animals before it's too late? Prior to publication, Indiana Bamboo was the winner of the Tennessee Mountain Writers Excalibur Award, a one-time award for a first-time novelist. The novel was also selected as the New Voices in Children's Literature: Tassy Walden Awards Middle Grade Honor Book. Children will love reading the adventures of the brave, bright, funny Indiana Bamboo and her friends as they search for the stolen animals in the small town of River Creek.

This collection of weekly homework sheets is designed to give students practice in key writing skills and conventions of print. Students review correct usage of commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks, rules of capitalization, spelling tricks, subject-verb agreement, proper word choice, and more. Homework sheets include quick refresher tips on grammar and usage so parents can support their kids as they do their homework. A great way to strengthen the home-school connection! For use with Grades 3–6.

With these lessons, you've got what you need to teach students to write effectively and raise their test scores. Easy, sequential lessons mirror the kind of writing students will be asked to do on the tests. Through fun writing prompts such as memorable haircuts and how to eat an Oreo cookie, students learn to craft a five-paragraph essay, organize a story, write an effective expository piece, add elaborations, master persuasive writing, and more. For use with Grades 3-6.

Whether you are a student of religious learning, a fan of Harry Potter or just someone who likes to consider the important questions of life this book is for you! Moshe Rosenberg, a rabbi and educator, uses Jewish tradition and Harry Potter as the twin prisms through which to examine everything from friendship to free choice, prejudice to prophecy and rule-breaking to repentance. Along the way he demonstrates how popular literature like Harry Potter can be used to teach timeless, ethical concerns, from coping with loss to affirming human dignity in ourselves and others.

The book explores what the Cyber World really means to our kids. We will see that the Cyber World opens up the real risk of our kids experiencing or causing cyberbullying. We will see the extent of the problem, and sadly, the ramifications on our children and society from this horrible epidemic. Ultimately, Parents will come to appreciate that there are things that can be done to prevent and correct cyberbullying if it involves children or others.This clearly written and informative book will help parents learn more about the Cyber World in which our children live. In doing so, parents will come to better know what some of the risks are to our children, why they exist, and what needs to be done.This book is designed to help everyone see cyberbullying as harassment in the modern age, and ultimately, how to protect our children.

Bitty is a canary whose courage more than makes up for his diminutive size. Of course, as a miner bird who detects deadly gas leaks in a West Virginia coal mine during the Depression, he is used to facing danger. Tired of perilous working conditions, he escapes and hops a coal train to the state capital to seek help in improving the plights of miners and their canaries. In the tradition of E.B. White, George Selden, and Beverly Cleary's Ralph S. Mouse, Madelyn Rosenberg has written a singular novel full of unforgettable characters.

Help students succeed on state writing assessments with this collection of weekly homework sheets that give them practice with “on demand” writing. Students learn how to respond to a prompt, write an attention-grabbing introduction, spice up their essay with lively verbs, descriptive adjectives, and figurative language, and more. Homework sheets include a note to parents that explains the skill being studied, lists related standards, provides samples of student work, and offers instructions on how to help their child complete the assignment. A great way to strengthen the home-school connection! For use with Grades 3-5.

Give students that extra boost they need to acquire important concepts in specific areas of math. The goal of these "how to" books is to provide the information and practice necessary to master the math skills established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Each book is divided into units containing concepts, rules, terms, and formulas, followed by corresponding practice pages.

What kind of a nanny wears a motorcycle jacket, mirrored sunglasses, and a straw hat with flowers on top? When ten-year-old Ali and eight-year-old Jake find out that an odd woman who calls herself Nanny X is going to care for them, they're worried. They see her speak into a diaper. Even weirder, the diaper actually seems to be answering her. Everything begins to make sense when the kids discover Nanny X's secret identity. It turns out that Ali, Jake, and their toddler sister are in for a wild ride as they help Nanny X with a mysterious mission.

What kind of a nanny wears a motorcycle jacket, mirrored sunglasses, and a straw hat with flowers on top? When ten-year-old Ali and eight-year-old Jake find out that an odd woman who calls herself Nanny X is going to care for them, they're worried. They see her speak into a diaper. Even weirder, the diaper actually seems to be answering her. Everything begins to make sense when the kids discover Nanny X's secret identity. It turns out that Ali, Jake, and their toddler sister are in for a wild ride as they help Nanny X with a mysterious mission.