Amazing Facts About Mammals, Grades 5 - 8

Amazing Facts About Mammals, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Blattner
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580377440

Connect students in grades 4 and up with science using Amazing Facts about Animals. This 128-page book features creatures from North and South America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the ocean, and the farm. The book includes puzzles, logic problems, myth busters, and scientific mysteries to pique student interest. It also includes reproducibles and answer keys.

Lessons in Writing, Grades 5 - 8

Lessons in Writing, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Myers
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580377610

Write on! Write with students in grades 5 and up using Lessons in Writing. This 80-page book can be taught in any order to meet student or curricular needs. The activities in this book cover similes, metaphors, alliteration, rhyme, personification, irony, paradox, acronyms, and onomatopoeia. The book supports NCTE standards and is based on the idea that prewriting, incubation, production, and revision are important parts of the writing process. The persuasive essay section helps students practice for standardized tests.

Writing a Persuasive Essay, Grades 5 - 8

Writing a Persuasive Essay, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Myers
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2008-09-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580377459

Write on! Write with students in grades 5 and up using Writing a Persuasive Essay. This 80-page book breaks down persuasive writing into manageable steps such as choosing a subject, analyzing, defining terms, gathering information and organizing. Also covers supporting an argument, reviewing and writing the essay, revising, and finalizing. Clear information and examples teach students how to complete each step. The book also includes information for teachers and parents and tips for evaluating student responses.

Algebra, Grades 5 - 8

Algebra, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Blattner
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2009-02-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580378269

Teach algebra using Algebra for grades 5 and up. This 112-page book covers topics such as the real number system, variables, polynomials, equations, exponents, radicals, roots, and quadratic equations. The book presents and reinforces information through captivating reading passages and a variety of reproducible activities, such as quizzes and fill-in-the-blank sentences. The book also includes complete answer keys.

Statistics & Probability, Grades 5 - 8

Statistics & Probability, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Shireman
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2009-02-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580378277

Students in grades 5 and up enjoy using Statistics and Probability! This 80-page book covers topics such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, and correlation. This reproducible workbook includes hands-on experiments, activities, explanations, and reviews.

Sound, Grades 5 - 8

Sound, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Logan
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2003-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580378722

Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using Sound. This 80-page book includes subject-specific concepts and terminology, inquiry-based activities, challenge questions, extension activities, assessments, curriculum resources, a bibliography, and materials lists. It supports National Science Education Standards, NCTM standards, and Standards for Technological Literacy.

Life Skills, Grades 5 - 8

Life Skills, Grades 5 - 8
Author:
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2010-08-06
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580378676

Guide students in grades 5 and up toward a healthy lifestyle, both physically and financially, using Life Skills: Preparing Students for the Future. This 128-page book covers topics such as work ethic, nutrition, exercise, sexually transmitted diseases, drugs, and preparing financially for the future. Graphic organizers, self inventories, puzzles, real-life situations, and cloze activities provide creative opportunities for students to assess their own lifestyles and make good choices for the future.

World Geography, Grades 5 - 8

World Geography, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Stange
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2008-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580377939

Give students in grades 5 and up an understanding of geography and the world in which they live using World Geography! In this 128-page captivating resource, students focus on seven geographic areas using the five themes of geography: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and region. The book includes questions, writing and research activities, map-labeling activities, more than 30 political and physical maps, diagrams, detailed artwork, and a complete answer key.

Rocks & Minerals, Grades 5 - 8

Rocks & Minerals, Grades 5 - 8
Author: La Verne Logan
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2002-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580372198

Provides hands-on inquiry activities and curriculum resources for teaching students in grades five through eight about rocks and minerals.

Electricity & Magnetism, Grades 5 - 8

Electricity & Magnetism, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Beaver
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2002-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580378706

Connect students in grades 5 and up with science using Electricity and Magnetism. This 80-page book covers topics such as static charges, magnetic fields, understanding a compass, lighting a bulb, and circuits. It contains subject-specific concepts and terminology, inquiry-based activities, challenge questions, extension activities, assessments, curriculum resources, a bibliography, and materials lists. The book supports National Science Education Standards, NCTM standards, and Standards for Technological Literacy.