Books with author Steve Mark

Another classic picture book lesson bundle from Portable Gifted and Talented:Hands-on literacy, critical thinking, cross-curricular, creative and visual – best practices for your 21st Century primary advanced and gifted groups and Common Core State Standards referenced. This lesson bundle is great for kindergarten and 1st grade and would be a great extension activity for larger groups in 2nd grade.Level: KG and 1st advanced or gifted; 2nd whole groupTime: four hours and moreCritical Thinking Questions: Inferences and more--appropriately challenging for your advanced groups.The Last Pig: Cross-curricular math and logic game. Who can pen the last pig?What George Could Have Done: Analysis of plot and character with inferences.What is in the Crate? Challenging creative fluency and flexibility along with mathematical reasoning and vocabulary.The Mystery Crate: Interactive and fun . . . Students guess what their classmates have chosen to put in the crate—guided by a questioning process which narrows possibilities in a logical manner.Which Girl? A footprint mystery requiring logic and attention to details.Classroom Shoe Mystery: Students trace and design their shoeprints, mix up the shoes, and apply their work to determine which of their classmates are wearing the same pair of shoes today.Ham the Chimp: Historical primary source analysis appropriate for primary grades as students learn a bit about early space exploration.With this download, printable activity sheets included, and a quick trip to the library for Curious George Gets a Medal, you’ll be ready to start teaching today!

At age 10, Steve Martin got a job selling guidebooks at the newly opened Disneyland. In the decade that followed, he worked in Disney's magic shop, print shop, and theater, and developed his own magic/comedy act. By age 20, studying poetry and philosophy on the side, he was performing a dozen times a week, most often at the Disney rival, Knott's Berry Farm. Obsession is a substitute for talent, he has said, and Steve Martin's focus and daring his sheer tenacity are truly stunning. He writes about making the very tough decision to sacrifice everything not original in his act, and about lucking into a job writing for The Smothers Brothers Show. He writes about mentors, girlfriends, his complex relationship with his parents and sister, and about some of his great peers in comedy Dan Aykroyd, Lorne Michaels, Carl Reiner, Johnny Carson. He writes about fear, anxiety and loneliness. And he writes about how he figured out what worked on stage. This book is a memoir, but it is also an illuminating guidebook to stand up from one of our two or three greatest comedians. Though Martin is reticent about his personal life, he is also stunningly deft, and manages to give readers a feeling of intimacy and candor. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs collected by Martin, this book is instantly compelling visually and a spectacularly good read.

The Final War is coming. When weapons technology advances faster than empathy there is only one destination, an extinction event. Can we survive RESET? Elaine McGee is a junior high school science teacher. She’s been going through tough times recently. Then the spaceship arrived. Chiro rules eighty percent of the universe. He’s ruthless, crafty and sadistic. Can he finally crush the rebel areas of the outer spiral arms? Math Professor Lawrence Chu may have solved an unsolvable problem. If true, the rebels will have a formidable new weapon. And it all started with an argument about a kiss. Before the History Department at the University of Centrum Kath there was the Math Department and the Numeracy Committee. Find out how it started with this prequel. No experience necessary. Discover IMPROBABLES now before your planet self-destructs. (currently a 63.82% probability). Words your mother won't like? Definitely. Imaginary Sex? Of course. Satirical Viewpoints? Overwhelmingly. This book description conforms to the exception made for FACTION (Facts Told as Fiction) in accordance with Section 183.17 of the Charter of the History Department at the University of Centrum Kath, the largest repository of knowledge and learning in the universe.

Jay wakes up in a strange bed with a young lady that's not his wife risking his status as a paladin. To make matters worse, he and his friends are asked to protect a princess which leads to an adventure across their kingdom and empire. They sail the ocean, find and serve an enchanter, fight undead, and even serve an unexpected monarch to bond and fight, but can they survive. An empire spanning adventure that even crosses the most mysterious terrain of the human heart.

Why does Oklahoma have that panhandle? Did someone make a mistake? We are so familiar with the map of the United States that our state borders seem as much a part of nature as mountains and rivers. Even the oddities—the entire state of Maryland(!)—have become so engrained that our map might as well be a giant jigsaw puzzle designed by Divine Providence. But that's where the real mystery begins. Every edge of the familiar wooden jigsaw pieces of our childhood represents a revealing moment of history and of, well, humans drawing lines in the sand. How the States Got Their Shapes is the first book to tackle why our state lines are where they are. Here are the stories behind the stories, right down to the tiny northward jog at the eastern end of Tennessee and the teeny-tiny (and little known) parts of Delaware that are not attached to Delaware but to New Jersey. How the States Got Their Shapes examines: Why West Virginia has a finger creeping up the side of Pennsylvania Why Michigan has an upper peninsula that isn't attached to Michigan Why some Hawaiian islands are not Hawaii Why Texas and California are so outsized, especially when so many Midwestern states are nearly identical in size Packed with fun oddities and trivia, this entertaining guide also reveals the major fault lines of American history, from ideological intrigues and religious intolerance to major territorial acquisitions. Adding the fresh lens of local geographic disputes, military skirmishes, and land grabs, Mark Stein shows how the seemingly haphazard puzzle pieces of our nation fit together perfectly.