New Releases by Pamela Marx

Nine Easy-to-Do Plays: Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter Holidays, Valentine¿s Day, Community, Environment, Native American¿NEW, America¿NEW, History¿NEW

A wide-ranging collection of maths activities to get the reader thinking about geometry, symmetry, topology, maths history, number properties, probability, ratios, puzzles and games. Suggested level: primary, intermediate, junior secondary.

Introduce students to each part of the Constitution by means of two-page activity sheets: a "Read-and-Answer" page that prompts them to find answers as they scour the Constitution's articles and amendments, and a "Take Another Look" page that helps students develop the skills of thinking citizens through activities such as debating important issues, researching today's leaders, and more. A final "You Be the Judge" chapter poses three legal cases relating to different parts of the Constitution. After students write their opinions, they read the Supreme Court's decision on a similar case. The full text of the Constitution is included. Grades 5-9. Suggested resources. Answer key. Good Year Books. 91 pages.

Does homemade onion soup sound good? How about stuffed mushrooms, black bean salad, chicken with sweet orange sauce, or chocolate banana cream pie? You can make tempting, tasty food quickly and easily. Better Than Take-Out (& Faster, Too) is filled with recipes for appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes and deserts that are so fast you can make them any time. And the recipes are so good, you can serve them to company.What do you do when you come home from work, the kids are screaming and there's no dinner planned? Better Than Take-Out (& Faster, Too) also shows you how to cook as you are, how to make a good dinner that your family will like, out of whatever you have in the house. It offers dozens of tips to make food preparation quicker. Once you try some of these time-saving techniques and cook-as-you-are dinners you will always be able to whip up a delicious, healthy meal.

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

In the year 3000, you are the first archaeologist to dig up a parking meter - describe the find in your daily log book. More than 60 similarly creative writing exercises, each comprising a teacher page and a reproducible student handout, build skills in nonfiction (such as personal narrative, biography, opinion, informational writing, and business letters), fiction (including descriptive writing, character, point of view, the narrator's voice, and flashbacks and foreshadowing), and poetry. The book includes indexes of authors cited and skills addressed. Grades 6-8. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 153 pages.

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

Educational resource for teachers, parents and kids!

Contains nine thematic units for the upper elementary grades with activities for all aspects of the curriculum.

Put a museum in your classroom! This invaluable resource shows you how to create thematic, hands-on discovery tables on any subject, in small spaces, and at little or no cost. Includes 9 complete tables.