Most Popular Books by Betsy Franco

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.

Inspire kids to write and build literacy and with easy-to-make, keepsake mini-books they’ll love! Engaging page-by-page prompts invite kids to write and illustrate their own books across a variety of genres – autobiography, fairy tales, tall tales, letters, and more. Ideas for introducing and sharing each mini-book are included. For use with Grades 1-3.

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!

- 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

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!

Math can be fun with this collection of 25 colorful and easy, teacher-tested patterns including shape quilt, teddy bears, veggie prints and more.

Grade level: 1, 2, 3, e, p, t.

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.

Easy to read poems. Great for teaching key weather topics such as clouds, temperature, rainfall, and seasons.

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.

A child describes some of the ways that show how much he has grown.

While traveling to visit Grandma on her farm, a family from the city uses various modes of transportation.

Although one is in a wheelchair, best friends Bo and Peter participate in the same physical activities.

By solving questions related to beautiful textile designs, students discover that math and art are perfect partners.