Books published by publisher Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

Inspire students to explore real-world science topics with Science Lessons and Investigations! The 12 robust science units present important science concepts, supporting Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in life, earth, and physical science. Each unit guides students in exploring a science concept following the 5E model: Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Extend. The variety of activities helps to build on students' prior knowledge and experience and helps them apply their understanding of the science concept in a creative way. Science Lessons and Investigations provides you with teaching support and comprehensive science units that include: Concept engagement activity that sparks students' interest and engages prior knowledge by introducing each topic with questions and discussion. (Engage) Exploration activity that helps students explore the concept through hands-on investigation. (Explore) Reading selections, real-life visuals, and vocabulary review to help students develop understanding. (Explain) Comprehension activities incorporating higher-order thinking to help students show and apply what they have learned. (Evaluate) Writing prompts and hands-on activities* to help students apply and extend their understanding. (Extend) *The hands-on activities may include science experiments, STEM challenges, art projects, or other cross-curricular activities. Topics covered in Science Lessons and Investigations grade 3 include: Life Science Plant and Animal Life Cycles Nature and Nurture Adaptations Organisms in a Changing Environment Group and Social Behavior Fossils of Ancestors Earth Science Weather Climate Natural Processes and Hazards Physical Science Changes in Movement Predicting Motion from Patterns Magnetic Forces Includes answer key for vocabulary and comprehension activities. Ideal for the classroom and homeschooling.

Provide young children a path to academic success with Top Student! This colorful activity book provides hundreds of creative and fun activities and practice pages that motivate young children to learn important reading, writing, and math skills!Top Student activities provide practice of the most important skills for each grade level, as well as opportunities for critical thinking and creativity. Colorful and creative practice pages and hands-on activities provide engaging practice to keep children motivated to learn! Core subject areas and topics include: -Alphabet letters and sounds-Early writing-Early reading-Reading comprehension-Numbers and counting-Shapes, colors, and patterns-Sorting and matching-Opposites-Science-Mindful moments-STEM-Geography-Social and emotional learning-Computer scienceThese robust workbooks also include: -Reward stickers-Informational posters-Mindful moments meditations and activities with downloadable audio**Mindful moments with audio help children incorporate reflection and meditation into their academic life.Includes answer key.

Comprehensive but not complicated! Math Fundamentals helps your sixth graders navigate the new math. Math Models and analysis questions, plenty of skill practice, and real-world problems guide students in thinking through and solving problems. To help you target instruction, each unit clearly lists the standards information, mathematical practices, and skills covered. Within a unit, math lessons are presented simply. Every math lesson includes: A Math Models reference page that shows students strategies for solving problems, Skill practice pages that progress in difficulty, and culminating problem-solving task that leads students through the process of solving a real-life problem. Focus: Math Problems, Math Skills, Real-World Problem Solving

The Civil War had a profound effect on American history. Your students will acquire an understanding of this period of U.S. history as they complete the many engaging and informative projects in The American Civil War. You get information pages, maps, a timeline, arts and crafts projects, reading and writing connections, and evaluation forms. The teacher pages feature step-by-step project directions and photographs of the completed projects.The topics presented are:-Introduction to the American Civil War-Slavery in America-Leaders of the War-Major Battles-A Soldier's Life-Women During the War-War TechnologyFront cover bullets:-Historical background facts-Timeline and maps-Arts and crafts projects-Reading and writing connections-Evaluation formsThis resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.

Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this focused approach! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals provides you tools to target the reading skills and strategies with which students need the most help. The 35 skill-based units include fiction and nonfiction texts, a variety of practice activities, and a unit review.The comprehensive units guide students to develop a deep understanding of each skill, strategy, and genre introduced with a simple teach, practice, and assess approach. Ample reading experiences and varied response formats help to improve students overall comprehension and test-taking skills. Fourth Grade Comprehension Activities for Nonfiction Texts - Main Idea and Details- Text Features and Visual Information- Description- Cause and Effect- Compare and Contrast- Sequence- Problem and Solution- Predict- Vocabulary- Summarize- Make Inferences- Author s Purpose- Text StructureFourth Grade Comprehension Activities for Fiction Texts- Character- Setting- Plot- Theme- Point of View- Predict- Vocabulary- Visual Information- Summarize- Make Inferences- Cause and Effect- Compare and Contrast- Foreshadowing- Idioms Nonfiction genre studies include expository nonfiction, persuasive nonfiction, narrative nonfiction, and descriptive nonfiction. Fiction genre studies include historical fiction, realistic fiction, and mystery.Use Reading Comprehension Fundamentals as a core standards-aligned reading resource or select the units that align with your curriculum and with your students needs.Better together! Reading Comprehension Fundamentals complements the skill practice presented in Daily Reading Comprehension.

Provide children a path to academic success! Top Student provides hundreds of activities and practice pages to keep children challenged and excited as they strengthen their skills across all curriculum areas. Top Student activities provide practice of the most important skills for each grade level, as well as opportunities for critical thinking and creativity. Colorful and creative practice pages and hands-on activities provide engaging practice to keep children motivated to learn! Core subject areas and topics include: Grammar and punctuation Spelling and vocabulary Reading Writing Math Computer science Science STEM Social studies Mindful moments Social and emotional learning These robust workbooks also include: Reward stickers Informational posters Mindful moments meditations and activities with downloadable audio* Information and activities about a variety of countries, cultures, and global communities *Mindful moments with audio help children incorporate reflection and meditation into their academic life. Includes answer key.

Read and Understand Poetry, Grades 3 4 contains 26 poem selections organized around these engaging themes:-Through the Eyes of a Child-Nature s Mysteries-Poetic Forms-North, South, East, West-Fanciful Fun-Stories in VerseIncluded are poems by such well-known poets as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Rachel Field, Lewis Carroll, and Pat Mora.The first follow-up activity emulates the format students are likely to encounter on standardized language arts tests.Item content covers:-literal comprehension-sequence-word meaning-context clues & inferences-main idea and detailsThis resource contains teacher support pages, reproducible student pages, and an answer key.

Help your eighth grade students learn how to understand, respond to, and enjoy what they read!Daily Reading Comprehension presents students with direct instruction and practice of the comprehension strategies and skills they need to become strong and successful readers. 150 original fiction and nonfiction passages with comprehension items help you engage students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of texts. Reproducible pages, included in the teacher s edition, provide visual tools for students to help them apply reading skills to the passages they read. And because activities are presented in an exam format, students practice important test-taking skills while they strengthen comprehension.What s new in the revised edition?-Visual aid comprehension pages. The reproducible pages provide students with a visual tool to help them apply reading skills and strategies to daily passages.-Constructed response questions. Standards-aligned questions replace multiple-choice questions.Note: The fiction and nonfiction passages are the same.30 weeks of instruction cover the following reading skills and strategies:Skills:-Theme-Evaluate Evidence-Character and Setting-Main Idea and Details-Visual Information-Author s Purpose-Prediction-Make Inferences-Cause and Effect-Compare and Contrast-Nonfiction Text Feautures-SequenceStrategies:-Monitor Comprehension-Make Connections-Visualization-Organization-Determine Important Information-Ask Questions You ll love Daily Reading Comprehension because it...-provides students with direct instruction and practice of reading skills and strategies.-supports struggling and reluctant readers.-integrates easily into any language program and any classroom.-works great for test prep.-is correlated to current standards.Engage your students in reading, thinking about, and responding to a variety of passages and texts with Daily Reading Comprehension!

When you want to give your sixth graders the ability to spell some of the trickiest words they'll encounter, the Evan-Moor Building Spelling Skills, Grade 7 Teacher's Edition is the smart choice. Our spelling workbook for grade six includes homophones, blends, compound words, words with silent letters and easily confused spellings, giving student s confidence when they encounter such words. We offer 540 spelling words aimed at gr. 7 students, providing a full school year of work for kids.Gaining Confidence in Spelling - Our spelling workbook is sure to give sixth graders plenty of confidence in spelling, reading and writing, as they learn the meaning of the words they're also learning to spellTeacher Reproducible Pages - By using practice pages, tracking forms and topic-based spelling exercises, teachers can make sure the kids are staying on track through the lessons30 Weekly Lessons - Each weekly spelling word list contains 18 words, yielding a total of 540 spelling words over the 30 weeks of listsDictation Sentences - Grade six students will be able to have more success with comprehending each week's spelling words because we include three dictation sentences with each word on the listExtra Spelling Activities - We've included crossword puzzles, missing word games and editing activities to help the students have more fun while learning their spelling list words

Daily Phonics, Grade 3 helps struggling readers and English learners develop the phonics skills necessary to become proficient, on-grade-level readers. Students first learn basic phonics skills typically mastered in grades 1 and 2, and then they progress to skills taught in grade 3. Lessons and activities are designed with age-appropriate formats that respect the older learner.The 32 weekly units in grade 3 cover:Initial and Final Consonants: b, f, r, k, m, p, d, l, nInitial and Final Consonants: s, t, v, h, w, j, y, q, x, zShort Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, uCVC WordsLong Vowel Sounds: a, e, i, o, uCVCe WordsSyllabicationVowel Sounds of ySounds of c and gInitial Consonant Blends: cl, fl, gl, pl, br, dr, gr, tr, sk, sl, sp, sw, spl, strFinal Consonant Blends: ft, lt, nt, st, ld, nd, mp, nkConsonant Digraphs: ch, sh, th, whConsonant Digraphs: ph, gh, ck, ngVariant Spellings: dge, tchSilent Consonants: k, w, b, h, lLong Vowel Digraphs: ai, ayLong Vowel Digraphs: ee, ea, ey, ieLong Vowel Patterns: ie, ighLong Vowel Digraphs: oa, oe, owLong Vowel Digraphs: ew, ueShort Vowel Digraphs: ea, ouThe Sounds of ooVariant Vowel Digraphs: au, awDiphthongs: ou, oiR-Controlled Vowels: ar, or, er, ir, urR-Controlled Vowels: air, are, earPlural Noun Endings: s, es, iesIrregular Plural Nouns Inflectional Verb Endings: -ed, -ing, -s, -esContractionsPrefixes: dis-, re-, un-Suffixes: -ful, -less, -er, -ly

Having success with reading and writing often involves sixth graders gaining confidence in vocabulary, grammar and spelling skills. The Evan-Moor Skill Sharpeners Spell & Write, Grade 6+ Activity Book helps kids develop skills and confidence in their writing lessons, allowing them to feel more confidence in all areas of the classroom now and in their future school years. Each of the 12 themed units in the grade six grammar workbook will introduce punctuation and vocabulary rules that kids can use consistently in all areas of school. Gr. 6 and older students will also have fun with the creative writing activities we've included.144 Pages of Lessons - We've included a large variety in the lessons, ensuring students can stay engagedVocabulary Exercises - Sharpening grammar and vocabulary skills is especially important as sixth graders begin preparations for middle school and high schoolFun Writing Activities - Kids can easily apply the vocabulary, grammar and punctuation skills they're gaining through the creative writing lessons included in the workbookAssessment Pages - Grade six and older students can review what they've learned in each unit through assessment testsGaining Confidence - As they hone their reading, spelling and grammar skills, kids will gain more confidence in all aspects of writing

Help your homeschooled grade three student make strides in reading and writing skills when you employ the Evan-Moor Skill Sharpeners Grammar and Punctuation Grade 3, Full-Color Activity Book. Our supplemental workbook focuses on grammar and punctuation concepts, yielding benefits in reading and writing. Third-graders will learn about subject and verb agreement, sentence fragments and use of quotation marks in our grammar workbook. Each of the 15 units in this punctuation workbook focuses on a particular theme that will appeal to gr. 3 students, such as superheroes or pets.Introducing Punctuation Rules - Third-graders will learn how to properly apply commas, apostrophes, quotation marks and end-of-sentence punctuationBasic Grammar Concepts - The grade three grammar ideas introduced in our homeschooling workbook include use of singular and plural nouns, subject and verb agreement, verb tenses and subordinating conjunctionsFull-Color Pages - Throughout the grammar activity book, you'll find fun illustrations that drive home the concepts and keep children engagedEnhancing Reading and Writing Skills - By improving their understanding of grammar and punctuation, young students will have more success with reading and writing in the classroomFun Themes - Our homeschool workbook includes 15 different units, each of which have a theme that will appeal to kids, including superheroes, pets and astronauts