Books in CPH Teaching Resource series

Give beginning readers and second language learners the support they need with these adorable little books in both English and Spanish. Written to correlate with Guided Reading Level A, the simple, predictable stories feature high-frequency words, rhyming, repetition, and helpful illustrations on topics kids love, such as birthdays, pets, and friendship.

Build word power with these 24 ready-to-reproduce, 3-page lessons. Each lesson includes research-based activities that tap students' prior knowledge for greater understanding and give them multiple encounters with new words so they really remember them. Lesson topics include synonyms, antonyms, compound words, content area vocabulary related to key science and social studies topics, and much more. Watch reading skills soar! For use with Grade 2.

No cutting or stapling—just fold and they're ready to use! These adorable reproducible books give emergent readers plenty of practice reading and writing each of the top 100 sight words. Each mini-book teaches one high-frequency word and features an engaging rhyming poem that kids complete, then a word search to reinforce learning. Plus, teaching tips and extension activities! For use with Grades K-2.

Give second language learners the support they need to boost comprehension skills, expand vocabulary, and learn important important concepts about nonfiction topics such as neighborhood and community, families, transportation, animal homes, plants and seeds, weather, and more. The little books in this collection feature high frequency words, rhyming, repetition, predictability, and supportive illustrations that encourage young children to become successful, independent, and fluent readers.

Research shows that literacy—the ability to listen, speak, read, and write - begins developing long before children enter elementary school. This book helps early childhood educators nurture that development. It begins with an argument for offering children literacy-rich activities and creating an environment for carrying out those activities. It then focuses on enjoyable and effective ways to build essential skills, such as oral language and phonemic awareness, and create dramatic play areas, book nooks, writing centers, and other literacy-rich spaces. Includes photographs, student work, and straight talk about kids and learning, Literacy and the Youngest Learner is destined to become a classic. For use with Grades PreK-K.

A snip here and a clip there help Bible studies unfold. While telling the Bible story, the teacher makes quick cuts in a piece of paper. This technique combines familiar stories and an impressive visual aid that helps capture the attention and stimulate imagination. Patterns and directions are provided for cutouts for the ten Old and ten New Testament stories. Most require only a piece of paper and scissors .

Build a caring classroom environment with this BIG, laminated flip chart featuring 25 adorable songs! Display this sturdy, bright resource all year long to enliven and enrich circle time with songs about sharing, friendship, special days, and more. Includes companion CD for sing-along fun. Plus, teaching pages with instant activities and strategies. For use with Grades PreK-1.

Puzzles are a great way to stretch a childs mind. The wide variety of puzzles offered in this resource will help you motivate students to think creatively, expand logical thinking skills, reinforce math and reading skills, and most important, build on Bible literacy. Developed for students in grades four through six, these puzzles can supplement any religion curriculum and give students additional exposure to Gods Word after their other work is completed. Each activity includes a brief Bible connection to one of Jesus parables, directions, a code puzzle, a drawing activity, and a short writing activity. Each puzzle solution is a Bible verse, building, and reinforcing language and problem-solving skills. Adult Bible classes might find the puzzles an interesting change of pace in their lessons as well. Parables included are: The Wise and Fool Builders The Mustard Seed The Lost Coin Unmerciful Servant The Good Samaritan The Pearl of Great Price Workers in the Vineyard

Geared for children in preschool through the early elementary grades, this book contains 44 familiar stories of faith taken from the Bible and paired with science activities that are sure to capture attention and get results. Each activity uses materials that you can find around the house and are safe for children, with the guidance of an adult. Each lesson includes a Bible story and spiritual lesson, a materials list, step-by-step directions and an explanation of the science concept. Although intended for young children, children of all ages will enjoy the science activities. For older elementary age children, see the companion book, Make It, Shake It, Mix It Up.

Trait expert Ruth Culham has created a diverse set of papers grades 3-5, assessed and annotated them, and designed an interactive whiteboard CD of exemplars so teachers and students can use them as the focus of trait-based writing instruction. The papers are highlighted by key quality for each trait, making it easy for writers to see what works and what doesn't by simply pressing the color-coded buttons at the bottom of each projected paper on the white board. Can be used with overhead projectors as well.