A young girl and her grandfather look for a barn owl night after night. Will a distinctive heart-shaped face appear at the window? Michael Foreman's lush, intimate paintings are a perfect companion to Nicola Davies's lyrical text featuring intriguing facts about a rare bird indeed.

This series gives students the opportunity to “travel” around the world and learn about other amazing countries and continents through food, culture, history, and famous people. From fascinating cultures to dramatic geography, this series gives students a breadth and depth of knowledge about incredible places across the globe.

Help students improve foundational reading skills at every level with Guided Reading for first and second grades. Strengthen comprehension skills with Guided Reading: Question for first and second grades. A simple way to enhance guided reading lesson plans, this resource book contains six sets of informational readers for students at different skill levels. It covers topics such as cultures, stars, and more. Ready to Go Guided Reading: Question is an effective reading program for first and second grades. This reading comprehension book includes: • discussion guides • prompts to encourage students to work with the text and text features • graphic organizers • leveled readers that cover high-interest topics The readers are separated into below-level, on-level, and above-level reading skills. The resource book features call-out boxes to direct students to apply guided reading strategies to the texts, such as scanning for meaning or word work. Each reader concludes with a writing prompt so students can show what they learned. Ready to Go: Guided Reading for grades one–six provides the elements you need for guided reading organization. Each 80-page book is essentially a guided reading set, containing 36 total readers, six discussion guides, and three reproducible pages. The series features four books for each grade span and focuses on the following comprehension strategies: • Infer • Question • Summarize • Connect The readers contain short nonfiction texts and text features such as call-out boxes, charts, maps, and photographs.

A quick and easy way to identify students' comprehension needs and monitor their progress! Each book provides 3 or more assessments targeting a specific comprehension strategy based on state standards. Select the assessments that match students' reading levels and document their comprehension progress throughout the year. Assessments accommodate on- and below-level readers. Ideal for Response to Intervention (RTI).

Easy-to-see 3" x 3" cards are great for classroom use and fit nicely into standard-size pocket charts or any other similar wall charts. Each card set includes 118-130 double-sided cards and comes in a convenient storage box with an activity guide.

Quick and quiet whole class participation made easy with Mini Dry Erase Answer Paddles. Great for review sessions, surveys, assessment and more! Non-ghosting dry erase surface with a rounded shape, an easy grip handle and smooth edges. Hardboard backing is warp and chip resistant. Class Pack of 12.

Quick, effective mini-lessons with fiction and nonfiction passages build close reading skills needed for the new assessments. Collaborative conversations for every activity build speaking and listening skills. Features include an annotation space alongside each reading passage, writing prompts to encourage students to develop evidence-based responses and graphic organizers to help students organize ideas and build understanding. 128 pages.

Deepen students' understanding and improve performance with cross-curricular practice that presents high-interest topics in a visual format. Students will learn to use a variety of nonfiction text features such as headings, diagrams, maps, sidebars, time lines and graphs. Made from durable card stock that's laminated, perfect for use in centers! 80 pages.

Guide students toward a healthy lifestyle, both physically and financially! This revised and expanded edition adds much more information on work ethic, nutrition, and exercise; updates the sections on sexually transmitted diseases and drugs; and includes completely new sections on 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. 128 pages.

These workbooks provide skill-specific remediation, testing tips, and focused practice thoroughly covering Common Core State Standards to help students achieve higher scores on standardized tests. Includes a pretest to help pinpoint problem areas or gaps in understanding, posttest to determine progress, and a variety of test item formats, including multiple-choice, short answer, and extended response. 144 pages.

The best way to organize, store, and protect classroom projects, portfolios, stickers, Ready Letters®, and more! Design features reinforced handles and a handy side index. Extra-strength box also provides space for standing or hanging files and side tabs to hold files in place. 10 1/4'' x 8'' x 12 3/8''.