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  • Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 2

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Feb. 5, 2019)
    What do children love? Minecraft! What will make them love writing? Learning vocabulary, adjectives and adverbs, and sentence structure with Minecraft!Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 2 features video game characters and concepts to encourage second grade writing practice. With Steve, Alex, zombies, creepers, and villagers to inspire them, young Minecrafters will be eager to fill the pages with their own words.Colorful art and engaging prompts invite kids to expand their vocabulary, practice proper grammar and capitalization, and write for different purposes and audiences. Each game-themed writing activity is designed to reinforce classroom learning and help kids meet the National Common Core language arts standards. Kids will get to express their creativity and writing skills with lessons in:vocabulary developmentadding detail with adjectives and adverbspast, present, and future tense structuresentence and paragraph structurepre-writing strategies and idea buildingInformational, opinion, and narrative writingReinforce classroom learning and help them meet the National Common Core language arts standards with this kid-friendly tool. Writing for Minecrafters is the best way to get all kids excited about writing.
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  • Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 4

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Sept. 10, 2019)
    With Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 4, learning time feels more like game time!Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 4 features well-loved video game characters and concepts to encourage fourth grade writing practice. With Steve, Alex, zombies, creepers, and villagers to inspire them, young Minecrafters will be eager to fill the pages with their own words. Colorful art and engaging prompts invite kids to expand their vocabulary, practice proper grammar and capitalization, and write for different purposes and audiences. Each game-themed writing activity is designed to reinforce classroom learning and help kids meet the National Common Core language arts standards. Kids will get to express their creativity and writing skills with lessons in: Vocabulary development Adding detail with adjectives and adverbs Past, present, and future tense structure Sentence and paragraph structure Pre-writing strategies and idea building Informational, opinion, and narrative writing Reinforce classroom learning and help them meet the National Common Core language arts standards with this kid-friendly tool. Writing for Minecrafters is the best way to get all kids excited about writing. This educational series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO.
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  • Math Facts for Minecrafters: Addition and Subtraction

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Hardcover (Sky Pony, Nov. 21, 2017)
    This kid-friendly workbook features Minecraft video game characters to reinforce the development of first and second grade math skills laid out in the national Common Core State Standards. Learning math facts can be a challenge, but livening them up with colorfully-illustrated pages filled with blast potions, emeralds, zombie pigmen and other items found all across the Overworld can enagage even the most reluctant of students. The curriculum-based content covered here includes lessons in:• Addition and Subtraction tables and reference charts• Addition and Subtraction up to 20• Hundreds of sets to choose from for daily practice• And so much more!Learners of all levels will enjoy this exciting, skill-building math adventure. Perfect for Minecrafters who learn at all paces, Math Facts for Minecrafters is as fun as it is educational—and is just what your little learner needs to get ahead academically!This educational series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO.
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  • Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 1

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Paperback (Sky Pony, March 5, 2019)
    What is more fun than playing Minecraft. For most boys and girls, not much. So, why not use their love for their favorite game to teach them to write. Learning can be fun when it feels like a game!Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 1 features well-loved video game characters and concepts to encourage first grade writing practice. With Steve, Alex, zombies, creepers, and villagers to inspire them, young Minecrafters will be eager to fill the pages with their own words. Colorful art and engaging prompts invite kids to expand their vocabulary, practice proper grammar and capitalization, and write full sentences and paragraphs.Kids will get to express their creativity and writing skills with lessons in:vocabulary developmentadding detail with adjectives and adverbspast, present, and future tense structuregrammar and sentence structurepre-writing strategies and idea buildingInformational, opinion, and narrative writingReinforce classroom learning and help them meet the National Common Core language arts standards with this kid-friendly tool. Writing for Minecrafters is the best way to get all kids excited about writing.
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  • The Big Book of Math for Minecrafters: Adventures in Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, & Division

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Sept. 25, 2018)
    Boys and girls, what can make learning math fun? Learning it with Minecraft! Almost 400 pages of questions and lessons.This kid-friendly workbook features well-loved video game characters and concepts to reinforce the development of first through fourth grade math skills laid out in the national Common Core State Standards. Colorfully illustrated puzzles and high-interest, engaging word problems use beloved items from the Overworld like diamond swords, suits of armor, zombies, and magical potions to encourage math practice in even the most reluctant of students. The curriculum-based content covered here includes lessons in:Geometric shapesTelling timeCounting moneyWord problemsUnderstanding fractions and place valuesMultiplication and division up to one hundredAnd so much more!Skip to the pages that suit your child’s needs and learning style or start at the beginning and advance page by page—it’s up to you! As the workbook progresses, the problems become more challenging so that learners of all levels can enjoy an exciting, skill-building math adventure.The Big Book of Math for Minecrafters is as fun as it is educational. It's just what your little learner needs to get ahead academically!
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  • Unofficial STEM Challenges for Minecrafters: Grades 3–4

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Sept. 18, 2018)
    Kids love Minecraft! Here they are taught STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) using the game they love!This problem-solving workbook challenges young Minecrafters to apply their natural creativity and reasoning skills to real-world situations. Science, technology, engineering, and math come to life on the pages of each colorfully-illustrated lesson. This book:Allows young gamers to engineer solutions, crack codes, and stretch their brains in fun and exciting waysSupports STEM education initiatives and builds twenty-first century learning skillsKids will dive eagerly into this unique, colorful, kid-friendly offline learning adventureWhether it’s designing a new mob, evaluating natural resources, engineering a mine cart, or using the binary alphabet to crack a code, third and fourth graders will discover new ways to stretch their brains, build their confidence, and satisfy their appetite for hands-on learning.
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  • Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 3

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Sept. 10, 2019)
    Children love Minecraft. And with Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 3, learning feels more like game time. They will learn from the characters and concepts they love!Writing for Minecrafters: Grade 3 features well-loved video game characters and concepts to encourage third grade writing practice. With Steve, Alex, zombies, creepers, and villagers to inspire them, young Minecrafters will be eager to fill the pages with their own words. Colorful art and engaging prompts invite kids to expand their vocabulary, practice proper grammar and capitalization, and write for different purposes and audiences. Each game-themed writing activity is designed to reinforce classroom learning and help kids meet the National Common Core language arts standards.Kids will get to express their creativity and writing skills with lessons in:Vocabulary developmentAdding detail with adjectives and adverbsPast, present, and future tense structureSentence and paragraph structurePre-writing strategies and idea buildingInformational, opinion, and narrative writingReinforce classroom learning and help them meet the National Common Core language arts standards with this kid-friendly tool. Writing for Minecrafters is the best way to get all kids excited about writing.This educational series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO.
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  • Unofficial STEM Challenges for Minecrafters: Grades 1–2

    Sky Pony Press, Amanda Brack

    Paperback (Sky Pony, Sept. 18, 2018)
    Every boy and girl needs to learn to love STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math), and there is no better way than to let them learn through the game they love…Minecraft!Give kids the academic advantage with STEM Challenges for Minecrafters: Grades 1–2. This problem-solving workbook challenges young Minecrafters to apply their natural creativity and reasoning skills to real-world situations. Science, technology, engineering, and math come to life on the pages of each colorfully illustrated lesson. This book:Allows young gamers to engineer solutions, crack codes, and stretch their brains in fun and exciting waysSupports STEM education initiatives and builds twenty-first-century learning skillsEncourages kids to dive eagerly into this unique, colorful, kid-friendly offline learning adventureWhether it’s breaking codes, deciphering maps, designing buildings, or engineering a Redstone trap, first and second graders will discover new ways to stretch their brains, build their confidence, and satisfy their appetite for hands-on learning.
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