Best Selling Books by Cindy Barden

Write on! Write with students in grades 4 and up using Jumpstarters for Writing: Short Daily Warm-Ups for the Classroom. This 48-page resource covers the building blocks of great nonfiction, fiction, and poetry writing.

This packet, which focuses on poems and prose, provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance a reading program. The comprehension activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading skills, and an assessment rubric helps you track progress in achieving those skills. The various levels available allows you to select the one most appropriate for an individual student or class.

Welcome to the fascinating world of ancient Greece—the land of city-states, powerful gods and goddesses, myths, and philosophy. Explore the glory that was Greece, the civilization where the Olympics began, and the birthplace of democracy. The activities in this book provide insight into the history, religion, customs, culture, mythology, art, life, and beliefs of ancient Greece. The eight full-color transparencies at the back of the book (print books) or the included PowerPoint slides (eBooks) can be used alone or with specific activities listed in the table of contents. For a print book with the PowerPoint presentation instead of transparencies, please see MP8819.

Milliken's Reading Well! series provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program. Reading materials and styles of writing include realistic fiction, biography, poetry, fantasy, informational articles, myths, legends, tall tales, and plays or skits. The comprehension activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading skills. A list of comprehension skills for all grade levels is included on the Reading Comprehension Chart on page 1. A variety of assessment rubrics helps you track progress in achieving those skills. Each book in the series is sequential, allowing students to build on skills previously learned. The various levels available allows you to select the one most appropriate for an individual student or class.

This packet provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program. The activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to practice their sequencing skills by ordering the events in a story, giving directions, and more. A list of comprehension skills for all grade levels is included and a variety of assessment rubrics helps you track progress in achieving those skills. Answer key is included.

This packet provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program. The activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to practice summarizing stories, writing titles, organizing information, making comparisons, and more. A list of comprehension skills for all grade levels is included and a variety of assessment rubrics helps you track progress in achieving those skills. Answer key is included.

Write on! Write with students in grades 4 and up using Student Booster: Writing Facts and Opinions. This 32-page book helps students write news articles, headlines, directions, editorials, and reviews.

This packet provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance your reading program. The activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to use context to learn and use words. A list of comprehension skills for all grade levels is included and a variety of assessment rubrics helps you track progress in achieving those skills. Answer key is included.

This packet, which focuses on reading comprehension, provides teachers and parents with a wide variety of activities to use at home or in the classroom to enhance a reading program. The comprehension activities have been selected to provide opportunities for students to practice a variety of reading skills, and an assessment rubric helps you track progress in achieving those skills. The various levels available allows you to select the one most appropriate for an individual student or class.

Write on! Write with students in grades 4 and up using Student Booster: Writing Reports. This 32-page book gives students a step-by-step approach to writing reports on any topic.

Teach students the language of maps and watch them discover the world! This packet presents the basics of reading specialty maps, and much more! Following directions today will prepare your students for travel!

Make math matter to students in grades 5 and up using Math Skills Mind Benders! This 128-page book reinforces mathematical skills with brainteasers, puzzles, games, pictures, and stories. The book includes activities that are labeled with the skills they address and the grade levels they target. Topics include place value, operations, fractions, decimals, percents, problem solving, logic, consumer math, algebra, geometry, data analysis, and probability. Aligned to the Common Core State Standards and NCTM standards.

Students will learn fascinating facts about Presidents Cleveland, Harrison, and McKinley, as well as significant events during their lives and terms. Use this creative resource to support your lessons and bring these important historical figures to life.

Students will learn fascinating facts about Presidents Tyler, Polk, and Taylor, as well as significant events during their lives and terms. Use this creative resource to support your lessons and bring these important historical figures to life.

Students will learn fascinating facts about Presidents T. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson, as well as significant events during their lives and terms. Use this creative resource to support your lessons and bring these important historical figures to life.

GRADES 4–12: This 64-page social studies workbook helps students to increase their knowledge of the U.S. Constitution, its amendments, and how it affects them today. FEATURES: A great way to start the day's lesson or as review for test prep, this government resource book features two to four quick starts that can be cut apart and used separately, or the entire page can also be used as a whole-class or individual assignment. INCLUDES: This resource book for social studies includes daily mini-activities to help enhance learning for students. With fill-in-the-blank, short answer, and true/false questions, concepts covered in this workbook include the Constitution of the United States, the Preamble, the Articles (including the three branches of government, the Amendments in the Bill of Rights, and Amendments XI through XXVII). WHY MARK TWAIN MEDIA: Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.