100 Word-Building Pyramid Puzzles

100 Word-Building Pyramid Puzzles
Author: Immacula A. Rhodes
Publisher: Scholastic Teaching Resources
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780545208222

Presents a collection of reproducible activities to help students develop reading, vocabulary, and spelling skills.

Science Vocabulary Building, Grades 5 - 8

Science Vocabulary Building, Grades 5 - 8
Author: Schyrlet Cameron
Publisher: Mark Twain Media
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2009-02-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580378382

Connect students in grades 5–8 with science using Science Vocabulary Building. This 80-page book reinforces commonly used science words, builds science vocabulary, and increases students' readability levels. This comprehensive classroom supplement includes alphabetized word lists that provide pronunciations, syllabications, definitions, and context sentences for high-utility science words. Activities allow for differentiated instruction and can be used as warm-ups, homework assignments, and extra practice. The book supports National Science Education Standards.

Words at Work

Words at Work
Author: David Horner
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1996-11-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780521438728

Words at Work is a powerful resource for learners who want to expand their vocabulary in order to use English more effectively in a general Business English context. The 17 task-based units cover a range of essential topics, from Company organisation and Advertising to Finance and Information systems. The introduction unit on learning vocabulary successfully gives learners good ideas on techniques for remembering more words. The index also provides a way in to the specific vocabulary area they want to focus on. Words at Work is accompanied by a listening cassette. Every unit contains at least one listening task and one pronunciation task, to give learners the opportunity to hear and practise the vocabulary as well as see it. Words at Work is completely self-contained, with an answer key, tapescripts and an index with phonetic transcriptions, and can be used by learners working on their own.

Eureka!

Eureka!
Author: Walker Royce
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1600379443

"[This book] illuminates the communications power as well as the amusement potential of the English language. Instead of highlighting all the hairball rules of English, [the author] leads us through a mentally invigorating workout of English usage - good and bad."--P. [4] of cover.

Poems for Word Study

Poems for Word Study
Author: Timothy Rasinski
Publisher: Shell Education
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2006-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 142589254X

Co-authored by fluency expert, Timothy Rasinski, this resource aids in teaching literacy skills through poetry with word study activities based on poems that develop phonics, phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and spelling skills.

Spectrum Spelling, Grade 5

Spectrum Spelling, Grade 5
Author: Spectrum
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2014-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1483811794

Give your fifth grader a fun-filled way to build and reinforce spelling skills. Spectrum Spelling for grade 5 provides progressive lessons in prefixes, suffixes, vowel combinations, variant consonants, rhyming words, and irregular plural nouns. This exciting language arts workbook encourages children to explore spelling with brainteasers, puzzles, and more! --DonÕt let your childÕs spelling skills depend on spellcheck and autocorrect. Make sure they have the knowledge and skills to choose, apply, and spell words with confidenceÐand without assistance from digital sources. Complete with a spellerÕs dictionary, a proofreaderÕs guide, and an answer key, Spectrum Spelling offers the perfect way to help children strengthen this important language arts skill.

St. Nicholas

St. Nicholas
Author: Mary Mapes Dodge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 602
Release: 1891
Genre: Children's literature
ISBN:

Investigation of "preselected Winners" Sweepstakes Promotions

Investigation of
Author: United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business. Subcommittee on Activities of Regulatory Agencies
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1432
Release: 1970
Genre: Competition
ISBN:

Investigates use of sweepstake promotions, their fairness to both contestants and small businesses, possibility of fraud (including mail fraud), and impact of promotional mailings on postal system. Includes results of evaluation of contests conducted, and examples of promotional materials, v.1; Includes responses to committee questionnaire on sweepstakes practices from companies using sweepstakes promotions, v.2.