New Releases by Isabelle McCoy

Give your students the tools they need to write a great research paper with this handbook from The Literacy Essential Series. How to Write a Great Research Paper guides students step-by-step through the research process. Each step is carefully explained, and the handbook includes helpful practice activities, as well as appropriate examples taken from research papers written by middle school students. Don’t let the process of writing a research paper overwhelm your students—watch them become confident writers and thinkers with this new edition of How to Write a Great Research Paper.

Where in the United States are we? Increase students'' interest, knowledge, and awareness of geography using Hands-On Geography for grades 3–5. This book features hands-on activities that emphasize the five themes of geography published in Guidelines for Geographic Education: location, place, human-environment interaction, movement, and regions. The book includes map skills; geography activities; lessons on reading and creating charts, graphs, and diagrams; rubrics; organizers; and an answer key. This 128-page book supports National Geography Standards.

Explore life in Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Cuba, Peru, Chile, Spain, the United Kingdom, Norway, Iraq, Afghanistan, Ghana, and Morocco through art projects, recipes, flags, maps, language studies, geographical information, and more. Supports NCSS and National Geography standards

Reinforce students knowledge of U.S. states! Included are readings, exercises, and activities on regions, state facts, history, topographical features, population, plus much more. Perforated, reproducible pages.

Workbooks in the Skill Builders* series give students extra practice in basic skills through fun and challenging exercises. Critical thinking sections provide an extra challenge for all students, including accelerated students who want to refresh their knowledge of basic skills. Reproducible.

Covers 30+ countries grouped by continent. Each continent or region is introduced with a map and an overview of its physical geography. Further activities are based on the country''s flag, capital, languages, etc.

"Students study 30 countries, grouped by continent, using maps, charts, graphs, puzzles, and hands-on activities. A skills test, glossary of geographical terms, and an answer key are included"--Publisher''s web site.

Science fair projects and research activities: a comprehensive guide to students and teachers.

Presents ideas for social studies fair projects, instructions on how to perform project research, examples of research papers, and reproducible materials and forms.

Teaches students to learn and use basic proofreading techniques.