The standards-based critical thinking activities of Reading Detective develop the analysis, synthesis, and vocabulary skills students need for exceptional reading comprehension. The activities are especially effective at helping students understand more challenging reading concepts such as drawing inferences, making conclusions, determining cause-and-effect, and using context clues to define vocabulary.
With engaging inquiry-based investigations, large, full-color diagrams and illustrations, and real-world connections, students enjoy and retain key physical science concepts. This Middle School textbook includes motion and force, motion and energy, electricity, sound and light, matter, atoms, and many other topics. Landscape “one-concept” page spreads and full-color graphics enhance learning and retention.
Adding fresh and simulating content to the tried-and-tested syllabus and methodology that have made it so popular,New Sky will continue to satisfy users of this hugely successful course. With its songs, raps, games, puzzles and stories, New Sky is the perfect course for young teenagers. New Sky will give your students the motivation to learn and the confidence to succeed in English.
Here's a brief time out that EVERYONE in your family will enjoy: disconnect from the Net, put away your digital toys, and get ready for some good old-fashioned fun. Even 20 minutes a day can be rejuvenating for you and a great way to connect with your children. In "101 Offline Activities You Can Do With Your Child," you'll find activities that tap the most advanced microprocessor -- the one behind the ears. Best of all, you can do most of the activities with little or no preparation!
What Your Child Needs to Know About Sex (and When): A Straight-Talking Guide for Parents
A straight-talking guide for modern parents about how and when to talk to their young children about sex and sexuality, from a professor of human sexuality and former director of New York City public schools health education.