Books with author Wendy Conklin

This nonfiction science reader will help fifth grade students gain science content knowledge while building their reading comprehension and literacy skills. This purposefully leveled text features hands-on, challenging science experiments and full-color images. Students will learn all about DNA, genes, chromosomes, cloning, and much more through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Important text features like a glossary and index will improve students close reading skills.

Eliminate summer learning loss with this easy-to-use resource for parents. Keeping the skills your child learned in second grade sharp while on break from school will help his or her third grade year get off to a great start. This standards-based tool provides 9 weeks of engaging and relevant lessons that support content learning in social studies, writing, reading, science, math, and art. This resource makes summer learning fun by incorporating everyday family activities that are easy for parents to implement. This standards-based resource also addresses shifts in Common Core and other state standards, and the parental-support tools will help parents prepare their children for academic success.

Help develop students' higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) with approaches that are practical and researched based. Teachers will gain a better understanding of higher-order thinking skills with concrete examples of what it looks like in each of the content areas. Strategies are also presented for differentiating higher-order thinking skills and how to develop them in English language learners. This resource also includes techniques for effective classroom management, assessment, and information to aid in backwards planning.About Shell Education Rachelle Cracchiolo started the company with a friend and fellow teacher. Both were eager to share their ideas and passion for education with other classroom leaders. What began as a hobby, selling lesson plans to local stores, became a part-time job after a full day of teaching, and eventually blossomed into Teacher Created Materials. The story continued in 2004 with the launch of Shell Education and the introduction of professional resources and classroom application books designed to support Teacher Created Materials curriculum resources. Today, Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education are two of the most recognized names in educational publishing around the world.

Eliminate summer learning loss with this easy-to-use resource for parents. Keeping the skills your child learned in third grade sharp while on break from school will help his or her fourth grade year get off to a great start. This standards-based tool provides 9 weeks of engaging and relevant lessons that support content learning in social studies, writing, reading, science, math, and art. This resource makes summer learning fun by incorporating everyday family activities that are easy for parents to implement. This standards-based resource also addresses shifts in Common Core and other state standards, and the parental-support tools will help parents prepare their children for academic success.

This high-interest nonfiction reader will help students gain science content knowledge while building their literacy skills and reading comprehension. This appropriately leveled text features hands-on, simple science experiments and full-color images and graphics. Fourth grade students will learn all about the rock cycle through this engaging text that supports STEM education and is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards.

What makes someone a "superstar"? If anyone ever earned that title, it is Leonardo da Vinci. He not only painted, he also designed architecture, created maps, and dreamed up countless machines that ended up getting built hundreds of years later. Learn all about this 16th century superstar with this biography! Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide prompt students to connect back to the text. The Think Link and Dig Deeper sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

Bring the history of Florida to life through intriguing primary source documents! The Finding Florida: Exploration and Its Legacy nonfiction reader provides social studies content that is aligned to state standards. Used in the classroom or at home, this valuable book includes age-appropriate images and text features, such as headings, glossary, and an index. Explore Florida's rich history with this resource that builds vocabulary as it teaches history, geography, and other social studies topics.

Imagine you live in Pompeii in the year 79. There are rumblings, followed by a terrible explosion that darkens the city of Pompeii for 18 hours. Experience the terror of that momentous volcanic eruption from the point of view of a barber who lived and worked in Pompeii. Developed by Timothy Rasinski and featuring TIME content, this book includes essential text features like an index, captions, glossary, and table of contents. The intriguing sidebars, fascinating images, and detailed Reader's Guide prompt students to connect back to the text. The Think Link and Dig Deeper sections develop students' higher-order thinking skills. The Check It Out! section includes suggested books, videos, and websites for further reading. Aligned with state standards, this title features complex and rigorous content appropriate for students preparing for college and career readiness.

Explore the rich history of the Seminole tribe with this informational text that builds literacy skills while diving into social studies content and vocabulary around the tribe's culture, customs, and conflicts. This engaging book includes stunning images as well as text features such as headings, sidebars, a glossary, an index, and a "Your Turn" activity, and is aligned to national and state standards.

The Seminoles of Florida: Culture, Customs, and Conflict nonfiction reader provides a rich background of the Seminole tribe. This informational text gives students a deeper understanding of past events with primary source documents that feature images of Floridian artifacts. Build literacy and subject content knowledge with this rigorous reader that explores history, geography, and other strands of social studies. This e-Book features stunning images as well as text features, such as sidebars, headings, glossary, and index, to increase student academic vocabulary. Aligned to Florida state standards for Social Studies and English Language Arts, WIDA, and the NCSS/C3 Framework, this text readies students for college and career readiness.

Help develop students' higher-order thinking skills (HOTS) with approaches that are practical and researched based. Teachers will gain a better understanding of higher-order thinking skills with concrete examples of what it looks like in each of the content areas. Strategies are also presented for differentiating higher-order thinking skills and how to develop them in English language learners. This resource also includes techniques for effective classroom management, assessment, and information to aid in backwards planning.