Books with author Rosemary Mason

In this follow-up to the best-selling Week-by-Week Homework for Building Reading Comprehension and Fluency, Mary Rose has selected short passages perfect for second and third graders. Kids take these home with the companion comprehension activity and practice reading with the support of a grown-up. Includes easy parent tips. The results are phenomenal! Teachers, parents, and students alike rave about this simple, effective way to boost reading skills. Great for building the home-school connection. For use with Grades 2-3.

A must-have resource packed with surefire tips, handy checklists, and dozens of reproducible pages to ensure a successful day when the teacher is out. Helps teachers plan for a short- or long-term absence. Helps substitute teachers manage their day effectively, keeping students on-task and engaged with easy learning games and plenty of activities for every subject! For grades 3-5.

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.

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.

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.

When a little boy knocks on the door of his grandpa’s shed, he never knows what adventures are in store. Will they build a racing car, or battle a scary dragon, or fl oat away in a hot-air balloon? Adventures with Grandpa is a delightful romp through the secret worlds that grandparents create with their grandchildren. A delightful companion to Mastnak's bestseller, Dancing with Grandma.

When a little boy knocks on the door of his grandpa's shed, he never knows what adventures are in store It's full of this and that.Forgetten things.Things he wants to save. It like a magic cave! Will they build a racing car? Or battle a scary dragon? Or float away in a hot air balloon? This is a delightful romp through the secret worlds that grandparents create with their grandchildren.

A beautiful new picture book that captures the special and playful bond between grandmothers and their granddaughters When little Anya dresses up, she and her Grandma dance their way around the house. This enchanting story full of warmth and joy captures those precious, playful moments that bond children and their grandparents. A beautiful full color postcard is included in the back of the book for granddaughters to take off and mail to their own grandma.

A must-have resource packed with surefire tips, handy checklists, and dozens of reproducible pages to ensure a successful day when the teacher is out. Helps teachers plan for a short- or long-term absence. Helps substitute teachers manage their day effectively, keeping students on-task and engaged with easy learning games and plenty of activities for every subject! For grades K-2.

Age 4 – 7 has been identified as the crucial period in the life of a child upon which a strong foundation for kids to learn mathematics is built. The objective of this book therefore, is to arouse, build and sustain the interest of kids in mathematics.Modern techniques and methodologies are employed to help the child understand in a simple and precise way the simple art of addition, subtraction and ordering of numbers based on their value i.e either greater than or less than.Addition, subtraction, ordering of numbers and how to determine and recognize a number that is greater or less than another in value were presented in an easy to understand and very engaging manner; and they are suitable for kids between the ages of 4 – 7. This book is also suitably adapted for Nursery and primary schools and it can be used for kids who are home schooled or by parents who desire to help their kids in understanding the basic addition, subtraction and ordering mathematical principles. A prominent feature of the book is that they contain numerous examples and exercises which serve as adequate practice for kids.The book also contains well-tailored word problems suited for kids within the age bracket. Most students find mathematical word problems very difficult to tackle. We have carefully interlaced mathematical word problems with the principles taught in the book inorder to help kids develop a strong mental capacity for solving mathematical word problems sharply, quickly and accurately. This will help to train the kids to solve mathematical word problems To achieve this, many varied mathematical word problems are included throughout the bookIdeal for kids between the ages of 4+