Based on proven research from the National Reading Panel along with contributions from a team of authors, "Treasures" provides first grade teachers and pupils with the instruction, differentiation, engaging literature and hands-on materials that will meet the needs of all pupils and provide ample opportunities for success. Rich, accessible literature builds reading skills and strategies in oral language, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing to develop a strong foundation and a lifetime love of reading. "Treasures" includes new features and strategies designed to reach every pupil at every level, and promotes mastery of oral language, vocabulary, comprehension and writing skills.
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A cautionary Cold War tale (first told by Dr. Seuss back in 1984), The Butter Battle Book still has a lot to teach about intolerance and how tit-for-tat violence can quickly get out of hand. Explaining the very serious differences between the Zooks and the Yooks, a Zook grandpa tells his grandchild the unspeakable truth: "It's high time that you knew of the terribly horrible thing that Zooks do. In every Zook house and every Zook town every Zook eats his bread with the butter side down!" He then recalls his days with the Zook-Watching Border Patrol, as he gave any Zook who dared come close "a twitch with my tough-tufted prickley Snick-Berry Switch." But when the Zooks fought back, the switches gave way to Triple-Sling Jiggers, then Jigger-Rock Snatchems--even a Kick-a-Poo Kid that was "loaded with powerful Poo-a-Doo Powder and ants' eggs and bees' legs and dried-fried clam chowder."
With lots of fun and more-than-fair digs at the runaway spending and one-upmanship of U.S.-Soviet days, The Butter Battle Book makes a chuckle-filled read whether you're old enough to get the historical references or not. (And with all the Bitsy Big-Boy Boomeroos still in service, this book's message is far from obsolete.) (Ages 4 to 8)
"Literature: The Reader's Choice" is the first research-based high school language arts program to combine outstanding literature with innovative active learning designed to bring students to a new level of REAL Success! An inquiry-based "Big Ideas" approach organizes, motivates, and guides students' learning, while innovative color-coded highlighting pairs text passages with questions to prompt students to read actively. Key reading skills and key literary elements introduced, practiced, and assessed with every selection help students read, analyze, and comprehend a wide variety of texts, including nonfiction. Reading Age: High School students
This has to be the most comprehensive guide to Argentina ever written. It's over 1,000 pages, covering the country from top to toe. Over 2,500 locations are profiled - mountains, rivers, preserves, villages, historic sites, cities. What to see and do, where to stay and eat and when to visit. From each main center, you are offered a selection of excursions. Includes thousands of e-mail addresses and useful websites. 24 color maps detail every section of the country. There are also well over 100 street plans for every town of any significance in the country.
