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Best Selling Books by Betsy Franco

Betsy Franco is the author of Family Photo and Other Family Stories (2008), Mexico (1993), Funny Fairy Tale Math (2011), Understanding Geometry (2006), 100 Riddle Poems for Pocket Charts (2001).

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Family Photo and Other Family Stories

release date: Sep 01, 2008
Family Photo and Other Family Stories
There's fun for everyone when these families get together to bake a cake, visit grandma's farm, take a family photo and welcome a new baby.

Mexico

release date: Jan 01, 1993
Mexico
This unit is a springboard into the study of other cultures. Cross-curricular activities are included which expand children's awareness of the culture.

Funny Fairy Tale Math

release date: Jan 01, 2011
Funny Fairy Tale Math
These engaging takes on familiar fairy tales will tickle kids’ funny bones and motivate them to practice key math skills! Each hilarious tale includes reproducible word problems that reinforce addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, measurement, money, and more! A great way to connect reading and math and meet national and state math standards! For use with Grades 3–4.

Understanding Geometry

release date: Jan 01, 2006
Understanding Geometry
- Develops skills through activities, literature-based problem solving, and writing- Introduces and reinforces concepts - Presents ideas visually and concretely - Supports a variety of learning styles - Works in whole-class and small groups

100 Riddle Poems for Pocket Charts

release date: Oct 01, 2001
100 Riddle Poems for Pocket Charts
Great for Shared Reading! Reading Is Fun! Learn together! 50 instant guessing games that teach reading, phonics, word families, and more! Perfect for share reading or circle time!

Exploring Patterns in Math and Beyond

release date: Oct 01, 1999
Exploring Patterns in Math and Beyond
Math can be fun with this collection of 25 colorful and easy, teacher-tested patterns including shape quilt, teddy bears, veggie prints and more.

Guess Me Poems and Puzzles Alphabet

release date: Feb 01, 2003
Guess Me Poems and Puzzles Alphabet
Help kids learn their ABC's with these adorable, reproducible guess-and-solve mini-books -- one for each letter of the alphabet! These playful, rhyming riddles invite children to learn the sound and formation of letters A to Z. First, kids read the riddle inside, then they put together the jigsaw puzzle to see and read the answer. Includes extension activities and word banks for each letter. Great for individual or small group learning!

Nigeria

release date: Jan 01, 1993

Creepy Crawlies

release date: Mar 01, 2000
Creepy Crawlies
Highlighted through several themes, Franco presents more than 30 perfect poems with instant activities to enrich lessons, build literacy, and celebrate the joy of the written word. Illustrations.

Whatever the Weather

release date: Feb 08, 2001
Whatever the Weather
Easy to read poems. Great for teaching key weather topics such as clouds, temperature, rainfall, and seasons.

Unfolding Mathematics with Unit Origami

release date: Apr 14, 2003
Unfolding Mathematics with Unit Origami
Unfolding Mathematics With Unit Origami At last-an origami book designed specifically for mathematics classrooms! Origami books are typically written by origami experts and aimed at origami enthusiasts. This art form lends itself wonderfully to teaching mathematicsbut it's been up to you to find ways to do it. Now comes Unfolding Mathematics with Unit Origami, designed especially for algebra and geometry students in high school or middle school. Its elegant illustrations and detailed folding and assembly instructions enable you and your students to create beautiful and intriguing three-dimensional origami models. Its 16 absorbing activitiesall in blackline master formhave been carefully prepared in order of increasing difficulty of both folds and mathematical concepts. Through origami folding sequences, basic mathematical ideas reveal themselves: algebraic and angle relationships and different types of symmetry in two and three dimensions will engage your students'interest in new ways. You can choose activities from anywhere in the book, but if you move from front to back you'll cover an amazingly broad range of mathematical topics. And while the book's purpose is to teach mathematics, it also introduces students to the art of origami and contributions made to that art by noted origami experts, such as Tomoko Fus, Kunihiko Kasahara, David Masunaga, and Robert Neale. Most activities can be done in one class period and offer opportunities for group work, journal writing, and projects. Autobiographical vignettes by origami artists introduce students to origami culture and prompt students to discuss their own experiences with origami. The overview explains how you can best use this book in your classroom, including methods for assessing student work. Every activity gives you teaching ideas and strategies, as well as suggestions for extensions of the activity. There's also a glossary of terms and a list of recommended readings.

201 Thematic Riddle Poems to Build Literacy

release date: May 01, 2000
201 Thematic Riddle Poems to Build Literacy
Dazzle and delight young learners every day with this huge collection of ready-to-go riddle poems correlated with your favorite themes: colors, bugs, food, seasons, transportation, community helpers, farm animals, and dozens more! Just copy one of the four-line poems onto your chart pad or dry-erase board, or pop them in your pocket chart for a collaborative guessing game that builds essential reading and oral literacy skills. Includes loads of instant activities. Learning together has never been so much fun! For use with Grades PreK-2.

Answers and notes : books 1-4

release date: Jan 01, 1999

Counting Our Way to the 100th Day!

release date: Jan 01, 2004

My Pinkie Finger

release date: Jan 01, 2001
My Pinkie Finger
A child describes some of the ways that show how much he has grown.

Beto y Pedro

release date: Jan 01, 1994
Beto y Pedro
Although one is in a wheelchair, best friends Bo and Peter participate in the same physical activities.

Going to Grandma's Farm (Dot Book)

release date: Jan 01, 2003
Going to Grandma's Farm (Dot Book)
While traveling to visit Grandma on her farm, a family from the city uses various modes of transportation.
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