Books published by publisher Creative Teaching Press

Stained Glass Coloring Book Flower DesignsBeautiful stained glass coloring book featuring 44 gorgeous floral-themed stained glass window motifs. Create your own works of art with these enticing patterns including roses, sunflowers, tulips, lilies, and many more intricate designs. Carefully chosen designs will provide hours of fun, stress relief, creativity, and relaxation. Full page designs are printed single side on high-quality pure white paper. Relax and unwind as you color these stunning flower designs. This adult coloring book features: • 44 unique, stained glass designs • Each page is printed on a single side making them easy to remove for display • Each page is professionally composed to provide the highest quality • Perfect for anyone who enjoys art, stained glass, flowers, nature, creative relaxation • Each page is 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches • Printed on bright white paper, 60 pound stock. Order your copy today. Makes a wonderful gift.

Written by popular children's author Rozanne Lanczak Williams, each book in this delightful collection introduces a different form of writing. These engaging tales use fun-loving characters to motivate and encourage young readers to want to write on their own. At the end of each book, a ""Your Turn to Write"" page provides entertaining activities designed to build K-2 writing skills. Children simply follow the example of characters in the story to create posters, journal entries, stories, friendly letters, and more! Great for ESL/ELL! Little Monster Becomes an Author emphasizes the writing process writing concept.

Great for teachers and parents alike! The exercises in this book--called "Minutes"--provide practice in every key area of middle-grade math instruction, including basic multiplication and division facts, graphing, problem solving, measurement, fractions, and more. Each "Minute" consists of 10 classroom-tested problems of varying degrees of difficulty to be completed in one minute. Teachers can use the book in a variety of ways such as bell-work, review, assessment, or homework.

The national standards require that students beginning at fouth grade use their knowledge of prefixes and suffixes to determine the meaning of wrods. Each of the 30 units in this resource includes a word list, vocabulary sort cards, review game cards, and a vocabulary quiz. Students will learn over 300 vocabulary words and become more comfortable dissecting words and defining their parts.

Experts are raving about this "must-have" resource for primary teachers that includes dozens of fun activities to help children listen to language and play with sounds. Activity cards can be cut out and laminated to create a handy reference file of fun ideas. A wide selection of reproducibles (picture cards, word cards, and manipulatives) is included.

Meet Reed Ferguson, Denver's wittiest new detective."I was halfway through the first chapter when I did something I rarely do - I laughed out loud. From that point on, I was hooked." ~Amazon ReviewThis Doesn’t Happen In The Movies (A Reed Ferguson Mystery #1)When a beautiful, rich woman walks into Reed’s office and hires him to find her dead husband, Reed can’t believe he scored his first case, but this femme fatale is full of secrets. As the lies pile up, and her story keeps changing, she soon becomes a suspect rather than a client.Reel Estate Rip-off (A Reed Ferguson Mystery #2)A real estate agent who didn’t like cycling or heights dies after riding off a cliff in the Colorado mountains, and the police label it suicide. Is a killer on the loose? Someone is determined to keep the details of the death hidden, and searching for the truth might cost Reed his life.The Maltese Felon (A Reed Ferguson Mystery #3)When a client begs Reed to find the prize-winning Maltese show dog stolen from her back yard, Reed suspects he may be channeling Ace Ventura: Pet Detective rather than his hero, Humphrey Bogart. It sounds like a simple case, but when a ransom drop goes awry, and more valuable dogs go missing, Reed discover man's best friend can attract some decidedly unfriendly characters.Elvis And The Sports Card Cheat (A Reed Ferguson Mystery Short Story)Perry Rawlings, an Elvis impersonator discovers his prize Mickey Mantle baseball card stolen. Can Reed track down the culprit?____________________________________________________Surprisingly fresh and fun to read! —Amazon ReviewerThese stories have substance and wit in all the right places. Great writing that brings the characters to life. Don't pass them up. —Amazon ReviewerWhat a hoot! Each of the stories was filled with twists and turns intertwined with suspense and laughter. I thoroughly enjoy the series and look forward to more of Detective Reed. —Amazon ReviewerThese books are so funny I laugh out loud! —Amazon ReviewerWhen I started with the first one I could not put them down! —Amazon ReviewerBest noir detective since Sam Spade. —Amazon ReviewerIf you love Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Alan Lee, you'll love this series.

Why would a man with no problems and five million dollars in the bank disappear?I should have run when Amanda Ghering walked into my detective agency looking like a femme fatale from a film noir. But I didn’t. Instead, I took the job—and my first real case—tracking down her husband Peter, who disappeared without a trace three weeks ago. As beautiful and wealthy as she is dark and dangerous, Amanda’s convinced he’s been murdered. But who could have wanted him dead?Before long, it’s clear there’s more to this case than meets the eye. But what? As Amanda’s story keeps changing, someone is out there who’ll do anything to stop me from finding out what happened to Peter.And time is running out for both of us."I was halfway through the first chapter when I did something I rarely do - I laughed out loud. From that point on, I was hooked." ~Amazon ReviewIf you love Robert B. Parker, Robert Crais, Harlan Coben, and Alan Lee, you'll love this series.Scroll up and one-click to get your copy today!

Using word searches, hidden messages, analogies, anagrams, and creative puzzles, students will learn about history while they apply critical-thinking skills. This resource provides students with opportunities to organize and analyze information and to draw conclusions. Extension activities promote practical, informative, narrative, and expository writing skills to help meet the standards.