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Our proven Spectrum Test Prep grade 3 features up-to-date content reflecting national standards including nonfiction reading activities. This 144 page workbook for children ages 8 to 9 helps them learn how to follow directions, understand test formats, use effective strategies to avoid common mistakes, and budget their time wisely. This workbook includes: Actual test questions in Reading, Language Arts, and Math; Actual test questions in Science and Social Studies; Tips for clearer writing, including combining sentences; Tips on test preparation; Strategies and techniques for answering different kinds of questions; Full-length practice tests; Complete answer key. Our best-selling Spectrum Test Prep series for grades 1 to 8 boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests!

Our proven Spectrum Reading grade 1 workbook features 160 pages of engaging, lively passages in curriculum content areas. Recently updated to current national reading standards, including more nonfiction reading passages and activities. This workbook for children ages 6 to 7 contains proven instructional methods for developing reading proficiency. Reading skills include: •Consonant and vowel sounds •Sequencing •Rhyming words •Predicting outcomes •Matching words and pictures •Opposites Our best-selling Spectrum Reading series features grade-appropriate workbooks for Preschool to 6. Developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods that provide targeted practice in reading fundamentals to ensure successful learning!

Total Basic Skills provides preschoolers with the key to total school success! This 352 page workbook features 4 core subjects that provide in-depth practice in essential skills. With easy-to-understand directions this workbook also features fun, interactive games in addition to a complete answer key. Skills include: •Reading comprehension •Numbers, math operations, and problem solving •Phonics, vocabulary, and spelling •Writing and grammar

Our proven Spectrum Language Arts grade 6 workbook features 184 pages of fundamentals in grammar and sentence structure. Recently updated to current national standards, including tips for clearer writing, proofreading activities, and combining sentences. This workbook for children ages 11 to 12 includes exercises that reinforce mechanics and punctuation to assist in developing proficiency. Language Arts skills include: •Gerunds •Colons and semicolons •Double negative •Writer’s guide Our best-selling Spectrum Language Arts series features age-appropriate workbooks for Kindergarten to grade 6. Developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods that provide targeted practice in language arts fundamentals to ensure successful learning!

Our proven Spectrum Writing grade 4 workbook features 152 pages of writing fundamentals. Recently updated to current national standards, including revised sequencing for smooth transition between skills, along with new nonfiction activities. This workbook for children ages 9 to 10 includes activities that reinforce topics to ensure writing proficiency. Writing skills include: •Types of writing •Descriptive writing •Persuasive writing •Writing process •Writing to inform Our best-selling Spectrum Writing series features age-appropriate workbooks for Preschool to grade 8. Developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods that provide targeted practice in vocabulary fundamentals to ensure successful learning!

Help is here! Beginning Manuscript Handwriting Homework Helper provides children in kindergarten with extra help developing important handwriting skills. Packed full of fun-to-do activities and appealing art, children will have fun completing the pages while learning important handwriting skills at the same time. Answer keys are included where needed. Reproducible. Our cost-effective Homework Helpers are a must-have! They provide help for students who need extra practice with basic skills, for the accelerated student who enjoys an extra challenge, and for the young learner who is developing basic concepts and readiness skills. They also help boost self-confidence and reinforce basic skills with activities that are geared to the specific grade level. Collect all 48 titles for preschool to grade 3 including alphabet, numbers, shapes, phonics, math, reading comprehension, and much more!

Designed by leading experts in the field of science education, this hands-on science workbook provides aspiring scientists, in fifth and sixth grade, the tools they need to become actively involved with science. Science Essentials leads children through the processes of observation and experimentation, prediction and drawing conclusions. It covers all the essential science topics like the scientific method, the animal kingdom, the human body, genetics, animal and plant cells, plants, food chains and webs, environment, geology, meteorology, the solar system, elements, electricity, sound, and simple and compound machines. Step-by-step lessons and hands-on experiments are provided in an exciting and easy-to-follow way. A periodic table of the elements poster with stickers of the individual elements are included. Science Essentials is the most complete book that offers: • Challenging and motivating science investigations. • Hands-on approach to science learning. • Complete directions and examples to encourage independent study. • Vivid, full-color illustrations to spark the learner's interest. • An answer key to measure student performance.

Help is here! Manuscript Handwriting Homework Helper provides children in second grade extra practice with manuscript handwriting. Packed full of fun-to-do activities and appealing art, children will have fun completing the pages while learning manuscript handwriting skills at the same time. Answer keys are included where needed. Reproducible. Our cost-effective Homework Helpers are a must-have! They provide help for students who need extra practice with basic skills, for the accelerated student who enjoys the extra challenge, and for the young learner who is developing basic concepts and readiness skills. They also help boost self-confidence and reinforce basic skills with activities that are geared to the specific grade level. Collect all 48 titles for preschool to grade 3 including alphabet, numbers, shapes, phonics, math, reading comprehension, and much more!

Brighter Child English & Grammar provides children in grade 6 with necessary grammar instruction. Offering 80 pages of full-color activities, easy-to-follow directions, and complete answer key, children will have fun learning sentence structure, punctuation, usage and more! Features activities that teach: •Nouns & verbs •Subject/verb agreement •Irregular verbs •Direct & indirect objects •Pronouns •Pronoun/antecedent agreement •Appositives •Parallel structure •Adjectives & adverbs •Punctuation •Contractions & apostrophes •Italics & capitalization •Root words •Suffixes & prefixes •Types of analogies •Similes & metaphors •Writing letters •Writing poetry The popular Brighter Child Workbook series offers a full complement of instruction, activities, and information in 51 subject-specific workbooks. Encompassing preschool to grade 6, this series covers key subjects including basic skills, English & grammar, math, phonics, reading, science, and Spanish. This series is helping prepare children by giving them a solid foundation in key skills necessary for success in the classroom!

Our proven Spectrum Science grade 6 workbook features 176 pages of fundamentals in science learning. Developed to current national science standards, covering all aspects of sixth grade science education. This workbook for children ages 11 to 12 includes exercises that reinforce science skills across the different science areas. Science skills include: • Observational Science • Atomic Structure • Heredity • Earth's History • Space Technology • Natural Hazards • Cultural Contributions to Science Our best-selling Spectrum Science series features age-appropriate workbooks for grade 3 to grade 8. Developed with the latest standards-based teaching methods that provide targeted practice in science fundamentals to ensure successful learning!

The little cars are ready to race. Count them all before they zoom away! Count the sporty cars as they speed through a counting adventure! The tactile cars make counting fun and easy. At the turn of each page, a bright car disappears from the action-packed racing scene until only one remains. A surprise pop-up ending reveals all ten cars racing together again! The whimsical, rhyming text will appeal to new and emerging readers. Counting is fun with the books in this series! Each book features a lively, rhyming tale that encourages young readers to count to ten. The text also reinforces early reading development. Plus, the fun illustrations, 3-D characters, and pop-up add a tactile touch to learning numbers.

Our proven Spectrum Test Prep grade 1 features up-to-date content reflecting national standards including nonfiction reading activities. This 112 page workbook for children ages 6 to 7 helps them learn how to follow directions, understand test formats, use effective strategies to avoid common mistakes, and budget their time wisely. This workbook includes: •Actual test questions in Reading, Language Arts, and Math •Tips for clearer writing, including combining sentences •Tips on test preparation •Strategies and techniques for answering different kinds of questions •Full-length practice tests •Complete answer key Our best-selling Spectrum Test Prep series for grades 1 to 8 boosts confidence and helps learners improve test scores by offering children the preparation they need for standardized tests!