Books published by publisher Continental Press

Visit the Amazon rain forest to learn about these large parrots and their life in the tree canopy. Photo-realistic.Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable prices. We publish programs in a variety of subject areas, including: -Early Literacy -Phonics -Language Skills -Reading Comprehension -Vocabulary -Content Reading in Geography, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies -Mathematics -State Testing

All the animals cross the river to escape the fire, but not the proud cheetah. He braves the river to save another animal. A pourquoi tale perfect for a folktale unit. After the Last Page… Did you ever wonder why some animals have spots or long fur, why the giraffe's neck is so long, or why the sun can only be seen during the day? Through time, people have tried to explain different elements in nature by telling stories. A story that explains ''why'' is called a pourquoi tale. Read other pourquoi tales and then write one for something you are wondering about. Here is a list to get started: Why Mosquitos Buzz in Peoples Ears: A West-African Tale by Verna Aardema Her Seven Brothers by Paul Goble How Music Came to the World by Hal Ober How the First Rainbow Was Made by Ruth Robbins How Animals Got Their Colors: Animal Myths From Around the World by Michael Rosen and John Clementson Seedling books help beginning readers grow through engaging stories and kid-friendly photos and artwork. Best for reading at the earliest stages, these books use clear print, ample spacing, limited vocabulary, and simple story lines to help children practice word building, improve fluency, and garner a love for reading. Seedling has an established reputation both in the classroom and at home as one of the best book collections for young readers.

An adaptation of an Aesop's Fable. The smallest but mightiest wins the day when an ant bites the man who has captured the pigeon.Seedling books help beginning readers grow through engaging stories and kid-friendly photos and artwork. Best for reading at the earliest stages, these books use clear print, ample spacing, limited vocabulary, and simple story lines to help children practice word building, improve fluency, and garner a love for reading. Seedling has an established reputation both in the classroom and at home as one of the best book collections for young readers.

Finish Line Comprehension Skills: Making Inferences is designed to provide additional practice in basic comprehension skills and strategies. In Part I, each major skill is presented through a variety of approaches. Each approach is addressed separately with a teaching lesson that explains it and walks students through a sample question and answer. Part II refers students to the introductory pages in Part I for help and then gives ample practice in each approach to the skill. Most of the passages have been written on a sixth- or seventh-grade level of difficulty. Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable prices. We publish programs in a variety of subject areas, including: -Early Literacy -Phonics -Language Skills -Reading Comprehension -Vocabulary -Content Reading in Geography, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies -Mathematics -State TestingA teachers guide or answer key is sold separately. Visit continentalpress.com for details.

Ling teaches her friends how to make and decorate lanterns so that they can all be a part of her traditional Chinese New Year celebration, The Festival of Lights. Learn how to make a lantern. Activities that can extend this book into other areas of the curriculum or into the home are endless. Here are just a few ideas. Have fun! -Make up new rules to a game-Write a song-Spend some time on a craft-Create your own Chinese lantern following the directions in this book. What you need to create Chinese lanterns: -Paper-Markers, crayons, or paints-Paper plate-Scissors-Stapler, tape, glue-Mini flashlight (optional) -Ribbons and beads (optional) Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable prices. We publish programs in a variety of subject areas, including: -Early Literacy -Phonics -Language Skills -Reading Comprehension -Vocabulary -Content Reading in Geography, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies -Mathematics -State Testing

Language Patterns & Usage offers reinforcement and review of essential skills such as identifying parts of speech, sentence structure, capitalization, and more. Carefully paced lessons help grade 2 students master and retain English. Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable prices. We publish programs in a variety of subject areas, including: -Early Literacy -Phonics -Language Skills -Reading Comprehension -Vocabulary -Content Reading in Geography, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies -Mathematics -State Testing

Just what every child dreams of: a day with a special person who plays, reads and makes everything he wants. Activities that can extend this book into other areas of the curriculum or into the home are endless. Here are just a few ideas. Have fun! -Write a thank-you note to a grandparent.-Read and write poetry about grandparents. -Visit a retirement home and make a new friend. -Make a list of what you need to pack in an overnight bag for a stay at grandma's house. -Chart special names for grandparents, e.g., yaya, nonna, abuelita, and granny. Count the various countries that are represented by the names. Seedling books help beginning readers grow through engaging stories and kid-friendly photos and artwork. Best for reading at the earliest stages, these books use clear print, ample spacing, limited vocabulary, and simple story lines to help children practice word building, improve fluency, and garner a love for reading. Seedling has an established reputation both in the classroom and at home as one of the best book collections for young readers.

This very simple photographic book invites the reader to predict and test theories of magnetic forces on common objects. Very interactive.Seedling books help beginning readers grow through engaging stories and kid-friendly photos and artwork. Best for reading at the earliest stages, these books use clear print, ample spacing, limited vocabulary, and simple story lines to help children practice word building, improve fluency, and garner a love for reading. Seedling has an established reputation both in the classroom and at home as one of the best book collections for young readers.

Phonics and Word Study is designed to help students develop the skills necessary for independence in reading. Level F begins with review activities for the maintenance of skills generally taught in the first five grades. The book emphasizes variant vowel sounds and vowel spellings. It also includes consonants, consonant blends, and consonant digraphs. The book also deals with contractions, compound words, plurals, possessives, prefixes, suffixes, base words, and root words. Additional skills concern changes made to root words before adding suffixes, and dictionary skills such as alphabetical order, guide words, entry words, syllabication, the pronunciation key, the schwa, primary and secondary accents, respellings, multiple meanings, homographs, and homophones. Continental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable prices. We publish programs in a variety of subject areas, including: -Early Literacy -Phonics -Language Skills -Reading Comprehension -Vocabulary -Content Reading in Geography, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies -Mathematics -State TestingA teachers guide or answer key is sold separately. Visit continentalpress.com for details.

A frog follows a boy home after a romp around the pond. An easy read using very basic vocabulary. Clear illustrations convey the story. Activities that can extend this book into other areas of the curriculum or into the home are endless. Here are just a few ideas. Have fun! -Collect tadpoles. Keep a diary of their growth. -Have a long jump. Measure each jump in inches. -How many frog legs are on page 8? Count by two's. -Hop like a frog for one minute. Take your pulse following this exercise. Seedling books help beginning readers grow through engaging stories and kid-friendly photos and artwork. Best for reading at the earliest stages, these books use clear print, ample spacing, limited vocabulary, and simple story lines to help children practice word building, improve fluency, and garner a love for reading. Seedling has an established reputation both in the classroom and at home as one of the best book collections for young readers.

All those first words children write - Mom, Dad, zoo - are in print and in Nick's handwriting. Photographs capture functional settings for beginning writers. Activities that can extend this book into other areas of the curriculum or into the home are endless. Here are just a few ideas. Have fun! -Write a letter to a parent, sibling, friend or Santa. -Write on the sidewalk or playground with chalk. -Provide a personal dictionary to record words that are important to each child's writing. -Write a book entitled I Can Count, I Can Add or I can Make Patterns, using math concepts. -Explore various writing instruments (rocks, berries, pencils, quill feathers). -Bake cookies in letter shapes or use gelatin to cut out letters. Seedling books help beginning readers grow through engaging stories and kid-friendly photos and artwork. Best for reading at the earliest stages, these books use clear print, ample spacing, limited vocabulary, and simple story lines to help children practice word building, improve fluency, and garner a love for reading. Seedling has an established reputation both in the classroom and at home as one of the best book collections for young readers.

Here's the ideal resource for those under-performing readers in grades 3-8! Journey into Reading provides contextual support for vocabulary and word skills, combined with high-interest articles in full-color layouts. Each lesson emphasizes a specific reading skill: Literal skills, Recognizing the main idea, Recalling details, Determining the sequence of events, Identifying cause-and-effect relationships, Inferential skills, Comparing and contrasting, Making inferences and drawing conclusions, Telling fact from opinion, PredictingContinental Press has expanded its product offerings to support students in key curriculum areas and at many levels of learning. We offer exceptional materials for students, parents, teachers, and administrators at fair and affordable prices. We publish programs in a variety of subject areas, including: -Early Literacy -Phonics -Language Skills -Reading Comprehension -Vocabulary -Content Reading in Geography, Mathematics, Science, & Social Studies -Mathematics -State TestingA teachers guide or answer key is sold separately. Visit continentalpress.com for details.