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In Science Lessons and Investigations, first graders get to study and observe a variety of topics over the course of 14 comprehensive science units. As they build upon prior knowledge and experience, students will gain a better understanding of important science concepts. This resource helps teachers guide young learners through each unit and provides inspired ideas for hands-on activities and experiments.

Core subject areas and topics include:

Life Science:
How Do Animals Use Their Body Parts?
What Parts Do Plants Have and What Do They Do?
How Do Body Parts Help Animals Grow and Survive?
Do Animals Have Babies?
Do Plants Have Babies?
Are Young Animals and Plants Exactly Like Their Parents?
Do Animals from the Same Species Always Look the Same?
Do All Roses Look the Same?

Earth Science:
Can We Predict Patterns for the Sun, Moon, and Stars?
Can We Predict the Pattern of the Seasons?

Physical Science:
What Happens When Materials Vibrate?
What Happens When There Is No Light?
Where Do Shadows Come From?
How Do We Communicate Over Long Distances?

This teacher's edition for Science Lessons and Investigations comes with useful resources and materials for getting second graders excited about science. Over the course of 14 comprehensive units, students will discover thrilling facts about plants, animals, the Earth, and more. Plus, they'll get to learn how to apply science topics in real life through a series of hands-on investigative activities in the classroom.

Core subject areas and topics include:

Life Science:
What Do Plants Need to Grow?
How Do Animals Help Plants?
How Do Animals Pollinate Plants?
How Many Things Live in One Place?

Earth Science:
How and When Does Earth Change?
How Do Wind and Water Change the Shape of the Land?
How Do Maps Show Land and Bodies of Water?
Where Is Water on Earth?

Physical Science:
What Is Matter?
What's the Best Material to Use?
What Can These Pieces Make?
What Happens When You Heat or Cool Something?

Science:
How Does Reducing, Reusing, and Recycling Help Earth?
What Do Scientists Study?

Science Lessons and Investigations includes 12 units, each of which follows the 5E model: Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Extend. This gives students a hands-on opportunity to delve into each scientific topic and apply their understanding in a creative way. This teacher's edition includes an answer key for vocabulary and comprehension activities, making it ideal for the classroom and homeschooling.

Core subject areas and topics 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

Make your way through 13 engaging science units when you use Evan-Moor's Science Lessons and Investigations for fourth grade. Students will love the hands-on approach they get from its 5E model: Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Extend. With materials like an answer key for vocabulary and comprehension activities, it's easy to help students apply their understanding in a classroom or homeschool setting.

Core subject areas and topics include:

Life Science:
Plant Life Structures
Animal Life Structures
Human Life Structures

Earth Science:
Erosion and Weathering
Patterns in Earth's Crust
Natural Disasters
Human Impact on Land

Physical Science:
Waves as Patterns of Motion
The Nature of Energy
Light Energy
Sound Energy
Heat Energy
Electrical Energy

Evan-Moor's Science Lessons and Investigations is designed to take a hands-on approach to scientific topics. Fifth graders will appreciate that each of the 14 units utilize the 5E model: Engage, Explore, Explain, Evaluate, and Extend. This teacher's edition also includes answer keys for vocabulary and comprehension activities along with other helpful tools for guiding students through the lessons.

Core subject areas and topics include:

Life Science:
Healthy Ecosystems
Energy in the Food Chain
Nutrients for Survival
Recycling Energy in Food Webs

Earth Science:
Patterns on Earth
The Stars
Gravity
Earth's Spheres
Water from All Its Sources
Protecting Our Planet

Physical Science:
Tiny Particles of Matter
Conservation of Matter
Identifying Matter by Properties
Making New Substances

Use Science Lessons and Investigations to introduce sixth graders to fascinating real-world scientific topics while building upon existing knowledge. Students enjoy the interactive aspects of the 14 units, including hands-on activities like science experiments, art projects, and STEM challenges. This teacher's edition includes all the resources educators need, including answer keys for vocabulary and comprehension activities.

Core subject areas and topics include:

Life Science:
Cells and Life
Making and Processing Food
Inheriting Traits
Biodiversity
The History of Life

Earth Science:
A Tilt for All Seasons
Dynamic Earth
History Through Geology
Water's Role on Earth
Weather and Climate

Physical Science:
Thermal Energy on the Move
Matter and Its Interactions
Predicting Motion from Forces
Wave Behavior

Foster your first grader's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice.

The variety of fun and creative activities in this series will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy. Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:
• Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges
• Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
• Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)

The 100+ activities are organized around these 1st grade themes:
• Animals: Cats and Dogs; Giraffes and Elephants
• Plants: Trees and Flowers; Fruits and Vegetables
• Transportation: Cars, Trucks, and Buses; Planes and Trains
• Places: The Playground and the Beach; Home and School

Grade 1 activities include puzzles, word problems, drawings, and matching that involve critical thinking skills such as:
• Analyze
• Solve
• Reason
• Decode
• Create, and more!

Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Use Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking for enrichment at home and help your child become a confident problem solver!
Includes answer key.

Foster your kindergartner's critical thinking skills and see confidence soar! Children are naturally inquisitive from infancy, yet creative and problem-solving skills need to be nurtured as children grow. Like reading and math skills, critical thinking skills require practice.

The variety of fun and creative activities in this series will challenge your child to use higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom's Taxonomy. Every page provides a new and interesting activity that will help your child:
• Think outside the box and use higher-order thinking skills through open-ended questions and challenges
• Tap into his or her creativity with art projects and hands-on activities
• Become a better learner by practicing critical thinking skills in cross-curricular activities (based on science, math, social studies, and language arts content)

The 100+ activities are organized around these kindergarten themes:
• Animals: Cats and Dogs; Insects
• Transportation: Bikes, Trikes, and Wagons; Cars, Trucks, and Buses
• Plants: Flowers; Trees
• Places: Oceans and Deserts; Mountains and Plains

Kindergarten activities include tracing, counting, dot-to-dot, and drawings that involve critical thinking skills such as:
• Analyze
• Solve
• Identify
• Differentiate
• Create, and more!

Plus, each page lists the critical thinking skill(s) so that you know what your child is practicing. Use Skill Sharpeners: Critical Thinking for enrichment at home and help your child become a confident problem solver!
Includes answer key.

Skill Sharpeners Reading series contains engaging full-color stories that are followed by activity pages that practice a variety of reading skills. Skill Sharpeners Reading is designed to help your child improve their reading skills.

Build your first grader's understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging reading selections, activities, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards.

The simple hands-on activities help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way. Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following first grade topics:

Physical Science
• Sound
• Light
• Shadows
• Technology

Life Science
• Leaves
• Animals and Eggs
• Mothers and Babies
• Birds
• Insects

Space and Earth Science
• Night Sky
• Our Sun
• Seasons
• Environment and Ecology Science
• Uses of Wood
• Earth Materials
• Recycling

Engineering and Design
• Tools

Ideal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:
• provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills
• offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world
• is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards
• includes an answer key

Build your second grader's understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Engaging reading selections, activities, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards.

The simple hands-on activities help your child understand and retain science concepts in a memorable way. Each lesson includes reading selections and activities that focus on one science concept, covering the following second grade topics:

Physical Science
• Matter
• Changes in Matter
• Forces and Motion
• Forces at Play

Life Science
• My Body
• Body Parts
• Animal Life Cycles
• Plants
• Habitats

Space and Earth Science
• Space
• The Sun
• Weather
• Earth's Systems
• Geology
• Water and Ice

Science and Engineering
• Science
• Engineering

Ideal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:
• provides practice of reading comprehension, vocabulary, and writing skills
• offers striking photography and scientific illustrations to help children connect science to the real world
• is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards
• includes an answer key

Build your preschooler's understanding of physical, life, and earth science with this full-color activity book! Songs, rhymes, and hands-on projects will motivate your child to learn science concepts that are based on the most current science standards. Each lesson focuses on one science concept and provides engaging activities to help young students learn basic science concepts.

PreK topics cover:

Physical Science
• Colors
• Shapes
• Sizes
• Textures
• Wheels
• Sounds
• Motion

Life Science
• Living or Nonliving?
• Basic Needs
• My Five Senses
• Plant Parts
• Plant Parts We Eat
• Animal Parts
• Animal Babies
• Animal Homes

Earth Science
• Land
• Rocks
• Water
• Day and Night
• Weather

Ideal for practice at home and classroom enrichment, Skill Sharpeners: Science:
• helps children learn science concepts in a memorable way through songs and rhymes
• provides practice of reading readiness skills
• offers striking photography to help children connect science to the real world
• is based on Next Generation Science Standards and state science standards
• includes an answer key

It has been proven that children benefit immensely when parents take an active role in their education. Skill Sharpeners Spell & Write provides grade-specific practice designed to keep written language skills sharp.

Each of the 12 units in Spell & Write, Grade 1 is introduced by a story that establishes the unit theme and features some of the eight spelling words. Students are then presented with eight activity pages that provide meaningful spelling and writing practice, centering on the unit's theme.

Activities may include practice with:
• grammar and punctuation rules
• vocabulary exercises
• creative writing
• and much more

Each unit ends with a Test Your Skills assessment page. Students take a spelling test, edit a sentence, and answer questions about the skills presented in the unit.

Skills Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards. Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills.

Activities incorporate geography concepts such as:
• Earth's weather
• Places and regions
• Habitats, environments, and physical systems
• Human activities and cultures
• Uses of geography

Includes answer key.

Skills Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards. Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills. Includes answer key. The kindergarten title incorporates geography concepts and themes into basic skill practice and includes hands-on activities and art projects.

Kindergarten activities include:
• Counting
• Vocabulary
• Writing
• Patterns
• Comparing

Activities incorporate geography concepts such as:
• Map skills
• Landforms and bodies of water
• Continents and Oceans
• Habitats

Skills Sharpeners: Geography engages your child in exploring the world while learning important map skills and geography concepts. The cross-curricular activities integrate the most current geography standards. Each geography topic includes nonfiction reading selections, comprehension questions, vocabulary practice, writing prompts, and authentic activities that bring the concepts to life. These activities invite your child to be creative while using higher-order thinking skills. Includes answer key. The PreK title incorporates geography concepts and themes into basic skill practice and includes hands-on activities and art projects.

PreK activities include:
• Counting
• Vocabulary
• Writing
• Patterns
• Comparing

Activities incorporate geography concepts such as:
• Map skills
• Landforms and bodies of water
• Continents and Oceans
• Habitats

Use Skill Sharpeners: Geography for enrichment at home and help your child learn important map skills and geography concepts!

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook provides you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that first graders enjoy, such as bugs, families, and food. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for first grade include:
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Adverbs
• Prepositions

Punctuation concepts for first grade include:
• End punctuation
• Use of apostrophes
• Use of commas
• Use of colons
• Book titles
• Abbreviations

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook provides you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that second graders enjoy, such as travel, parades, and beaches. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for second grade include:
• Plural nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Adverbs
• Prepositions

Punctuation concepts for second grade include:
• End punctuation
• Use of apostrophes
• Use of commas
• Use of colons
• Book titles
• Abbreviations
• Quotation marks
• Compound sentences

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook provides you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that third graders enjoy, such as superheroes, pets, and astronauts. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for grade 3 include:
• Singular and plural nouns
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Singular pronouns
• Verb tenses
• Subject-verb agreement
• Sentence fragments
• Subordinating conjunctions

Punctuation concepts for grade 3 include:
• End punctuation
• Comma usage
• Apostrophes
• Colons in a business letter
• Use of quotation marks

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook provides you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that fourth graders enjoy, such as sports, outer space, and ships. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for grade 4 include:
• Singular and plural nouns
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Singular pronouns
• Verb tenses
• Subject-verb agreement
• Sentence fragments
• Subordinating conjunctions

Punctuation concepts for grade 4 include:
• End punctuation
• Use of commas
• Apostrophes
• Use of quotation marks
• Titles

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook provides you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that fifth graders enjoy, such as sports, science, and outdoors. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for grade 5 include:
• Singular and plural nouns
• Adjectives and adverbs
• Singular pronouns
• Verb tenses
• Subject-verb agreement
• Sentence fragments
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Prepositions

Punctuation concepts for grade 5 include:
• End punctuation
• Use of commas
• Apostrophes
• Use of quotation marks
• Use of semicolons

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook provides you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that sixth graders enjoy, such as ancient civilizations, superheroes, and gaming. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for grade 6 include:
• Noun phrases
• Verb phrases
• Proper and comparative adjectives
• Intensive pronouns
• Complex sentences
• Modifying adverbs
• Subordinating conjunctions
• Prepositions

Punctuation concepts for grade 6 include:
• End punctuation
• Use of commas
• Use of apostrophes
• Use of quotation marks
• Use of semicolons
• Titles of books, movies, and TV shows

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook and Dolch Sight Word list provide you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that kindergarteners enjoy, such as dinosaurs, pirates, and toys. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for kindergarten include:
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Adverbs
• Prepositions
• Interjections

Punctuation concepts for grade kindergarten include:
• Upper- and lowercase letters
• Periods
• Question marks
• Exclamation points

Additional skill practice:
• Letter formation
• Sight words
• Simple sentences
• Counting
• Word recognition
• Comprehension

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Help children improve their writing while learning important grammar and punctuation rules. These colorful activity books make language skill practice fun!

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation provides visually engaging reading selections, activities, and word games that will motivate your child to practice and learn essential grammar and punctuation skills. Plus, a Language Handbook and Dolch Sight Word list provide you with a quick reference of the concepts covered.

The activity book is organized into 15 theme-based units around topics that preschoolers enjoy, such as animals, families, and birthdays. Each unit focuses on a grammar concept and punctuation concept, and includes:
• A reading selection – A short fiction or nonfiction text engages children and presents the concept or skill in context.
• Rule boxes – Grammar and punctuation rules are made simple with a short explanation, and clear examples help to teach the skill.
• Colorful practice activities – A variety of activities include fun illustrations to motivate your child to practice the grammar and punctuation skills.
• Riddles and word games – Your child will use critical thinking skills while applying the targeted grammar or punctuation skill in a fun format!
• Writing practice – The "Write It Right!" page encourages your child to use the skills in context, which further promotes understanding.
• Review page – The short review activity is a great way to check your child's understanding.

The grammar concepts for PreK include:
• Nouns
• Adjectives
• Verbs
• Pronouns
• Adverbs
• Prepositions

Punctuation concepts for grade PreK include:
• Upper- and lowercase letters
• Periods
• Question marks
• Exclamation points

Additional skill practice:
• Letter formation
• Sight words
• Simple sentences
• Counting
• Word recognition

Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation engages your child in learning important grammar and punctuation rules. It's ideal for enrichment at home and in the classroom, for homeschooling, and for English language learning.

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Grammar and Punctuation Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching important language rules
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn grammar and punctuation rules
• Extension activities that include graphic organizers, additional writing activities, and hands-on learning

Provide engaging math practice and see children's math and problem-solving skills improve with Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books! The colorful theme-based activities create enjoyable learning experiences for children and improve their math fluency, number sense, and reasoning skills.

Completely updated to reflect grade-level standards, the new Skill Sharpeners: Math books are ideal for enrichment, for review, and to help students master "must-know" skills such as:
• addition
• subtraction
• place value
• multiplication
• fractions
• geometry
• logical thinking
• algebra and more

Each grade level incorporates the perfect amount of math skill practice and includes word problems that challenge children to apply their understanding. Engaging theme-based units capture children's interest with colorful visuals to help them solve problems.

Each title includes:
• Rigorous math skill practice that reflects current standards
• New themed units that present math practice in a fun, colorful format
• A downloadable teaching guide that provides teaching tips and support for struggling children
• A "Test Your Skills" page at the end of each unit that lets students review the skills practiced in that unit
• New math completion certificates (grades PreK–2) that give young children a sense of accomplishment
• All-new artwork that engages children with age-appropriate illustrations

Skill Sharpeners: Math, grade 1 provides practice for the following skills:
• count within 100
• add and subtract within 20
• add and subtract two-digit numbers
• solve simple word problems
• compare two-digit numbers
• compose numbers with tens and ones
• count by 2s, 5s, and 10s
• write number words
• use addition strategies (regrouping)
• tell time to the hour and half-hour
• identify equal shares
• identify two- and three-dimensional shapes
• read a graph and represent data on a graph
• identify and extend patterns
• determine the value of coins
• measure length

Each title includes an answer key.

These activity books help children understand and master important math skills needed to form a strong math foundation and are ideal for at-home practice, homeschooling, and the classroom!

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Math Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching math
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn in different modalities
• Extension activities that include math journals and problem solving
• Visual aids to help children understand difficult math strategies

Provide engaging math practice and see children's math and problem-solving skills improve with Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books! The colorful theme-based activities create enjoyable learning experiences for children and improve their math fluency, number sense, and reasoning skills.

Completely updated to reflect grade-level standards, the new Skill Sharpeners: Math books are ideal for enrichment, for review, and to help students master "must-know" skills such as:
• addition
• subtraction
• place value
• multiplication
• fractions
• geometry
• logical thinking
• algebra and more

Each grade level incorporates the perfect amount of math skill practice and includes word problems that challenge children to apply their understanding. Engaging theme-based units capture children's interest with colorful visuals to help them solve problems.

Each title includes:
• Rigorous math skill practice that reflects current standards
• New themed units that present math practice in a fun, colorful format
• A downloadable teaching guide that provides teaching tips and support for struggling children
• A "Test Your Skills" page at the end of each unit that lets students review the skills practiced in that unit
• New math completion certificates (grades PreK–2) that give young children a sense of accomplishment
• All-new artwork that engages children with age-appropriate illustrations

Skill Sharpeners: Math, grade 2 provides practice for the following skills:
• count within 1,000
• add and subtract within 100
• recognize the relationship between addition and subtraction
• identify hundreds, ten, and ones
• count by 1s and 2s within 1,000
• compare and sequence three-digit numbers
• solve multi-step word problems
• tell time to the half-hour
• tell time to the nearest 5 minutes
• calculate amounts with coins and bills
• measure length using centimeters and inches
• divide shapes into equal shares
• read a bar graph
• identify attributes of two- and three-dimensional shapes

Each title includes an answer key.

These activity books help children understand and master important math skills needed to form a strong math foundation and are ideal for at-home practice, homeschooling, and the classroom!

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Math Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching math
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn in different modalities
• Extension activities that include math journals and problem solving
• Visual aids to help children understand difficult math strategies3.

Provide engaging math practice and see children's math and problem-solving skills improve with Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books! The colorful theme-based activities create enjoyable learning experiences for children and improve their math fluency, number sense, and reasoning skills.

Completely updated to reflect grade-level standards, the new Skill Sharpeners: Math books are ideal for enrichment, for review, and to help students master "must-know" skills such as:
• addition
• subtraction
• place value
• multiplication
• fractions
• geometry
• logical thinking
• algebra and more

Each grade level incorporates the perfect amount of math skill practice and includes word problems that challenge children to apply their understanding. Engaging theme-based units capture children's interest with colorful visuals to help them solve problems.

Each title includes:
• Rigorous math skill practice that reflects current standards
• New themed units that present math practice in a fun, colorful format
• A downloadable teaching guide that provides teaching tips and support for struggling children
• A "Test Your Skills" page at the end of each unit that lets students review the skills practiced in that unit
• All-new artwork that engages children with age-appropriate illustrations

Skill Sharpeners: Math, grade 3 provides practice for the following skills:
• addition and subtraction with regrouping
• write numbers in expanded form
• divide within 100
• even and odd numbers
• solve multi-step word problems
• add and subtract within 1,000
• count by 5s, 10s, 100s, and 1,000s
• compare and sequence numbers to 10,000
• multiply using arrays
• tell time to the nearest minute
• determine the value of money
• measurement
• graphing
• identify fractions
• perimeter and area
• identify attributes of quadrilaterals

Each title includes an answer key.

These activity books help children understand and master important math skills needed to form a strong math foundation and are ideal for at-home practice, homeschooling, and the classroom!

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Math Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching math
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn in different modalities
• Extension activities that include math journals and problem solving
• Visual aids to help children understand difficult math strategies

Provide engaging math practice and see children's math and problem-solving skills improve with Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books! The colorful theme-based activities create enjoyable learning experiences for children and improve their math fluency, number sense, and reasoning skills.

Completely updated to reflect grade-level standards, the new Skill Sharpeners: Math books are ideal for enrichment, for review, and to help students master "must-know" skills such as:
• addition
• subtraction
• place value
• multiplication
• fractions
• geometry
• logical thinking
• algebra and more

Each grade level incorporates the perfect amount of math skill practice and includes word problems that challenge children to apply their understanding. Engaging theme-based units capture children's interest with colorful visuals to help them solve problems.

Each title includes:
• Rigorous math skill practice that reflects current standards
• New themed units that present math practice in a fun, colorful format
• A downloadable teaching guide that provides teaching tips and support for struggling children
• A "Test Your Skills" page at the end of each unit that lets students review the skills practiced in that unit
• All-new artwork that engages children with age-appropriate illustrations

Skill Sharpeners: Math, grade 4 provides practice for the following skills:
• add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit numbers
• divide with remainders
• add and subtract decimals
• compose and decompose numbers
• analyze and extend patterns
• time intervals
• logical thinking
• convert measurement
• estimate weight, length, capacity, and time
• round large numbers
• compare decimals
• compare and sequence numbers to 10,000
• describe shapes by types of lines and angles
• find factors and multiples

Each title includes an answer key.

These activity books help children understand and master important math skills needed to form a strong math foundation and are ideal for at-home practice, homeschooling, and the classroom!

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Math Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching math
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn in different modalities
• Extension activities that include math journals and problem solving
• Visual aids to help children understand difficult math strategies

Provide engaging math practice and see children's math and problem-solving skills improve with Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books! The colorful theme-based activities create enjoyable learning experiences for children and improve their math fluency, number sense, and reasoning skills.

Completely updated to reflect grade-level standards, the new Skill Sharpeners: Math books are ideal for enrichment, for review, and to help students master "must-know" skills such as:
• addition
• subtraction
• place value
• multiplication
• fractions
• geometry
• logical thinking
• algebra and more

Each grade level incorporates the perfect amount of math skill practice and includes word problems that challenge children to apply their understanding. Engaging theme-based units capture children's interest with colorful visuals to help them solve problems.

Each title includes:
• Rigorous math skill practice that reflects current standards
• New themed units that present math practice in a fun, colorful format
• A downloadable teaching guide that provides teaching tips and support for struggling children
• A "Test Your Skills" page at the end of each unit that lets students review the skills practiced in that unit
• All-new artwork that engages children with age-appropriate illustrations

Skill Sharpeners: Math, grade 5 provides practice for the following skills:
• add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit numbers
• multiply by powers of 10
• generate number patterns
• analyze, generate, and use number patterns
• determine perimeter, area, and volume
• graph points on a coordinate grid
• identify equivalent fractions
• add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals
• use order of operations
• analyze three-dimensional figures

Each title includes an answer key.

These activity books help children understand and master important math skills needed to form a strong math foundation and are ideal for at-home practice, homeschooling, and the classroom!

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Math Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching math
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn in different modalities
• Extension activities that include math journals and problem solving
• Visual aids to help children understand difficult math strategies

Provide engaging math practice and see children's math and problem-solving skills improve with Skill Sharpeners: Math activity books! The colorful theme-based activities create enjoyable learning experiences for children and improve their math fluency, number sense, and reasoning skills.

Completely updated to reflect grade-level standards, the new Skill Sharpeners: Math books are ideal for enrichment, for review, and to help students master "must-know" skills such as:
• addition
• subtraction
• place value
• multiplication
• fractions
• geometry
• logical thinking
• algebra and more

Each title includes:
• Rigorous math skill practice that reflects current standards
• New themed units that present math practice in a colorful, fun format
• A downloadable teaching guide that provides teaching tips and support for struggling children
• A "Test Your Skills" page at the end of each unit that lets students review the skills practiced in that unit
• All-new artwork that engages children with age-appropriate illustrations

Skill Sharpeners: Math, grade 6 provides practice for the following skills:
• use positive and negative numbers
• calculate and use rates and ratios
• solve equations with exponents and variables
• add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions and mixed numbers
• add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals
• calculate with percentages
• graph points on a coordinate grid
• calculate volume
• calculate surface area
• represent three-dimensional figures with nets
• read, create, and interpret bar, circle, and line graphs, and histograms
• find measures of center

Each title includes an answer key.

These activity books help children understand and master important math skills needed to form a strong math foundation and are ideal for at-home practice, homeschooling, and the classroom!

Every Skill Sharpeners workbook now includes a free downloadable Teaching Guide! Skill Sharpeners: Math Teaching Guides include:
• How to Use directions for teaching math
• Sample pacing guide to complete lessons and activities
• Teaching suggestions for helping children learn in different modalities
• Extension activities that include math journals and problem solving
• Visual aids to help children understand difficult math strategies