Best Selling Books by Jennifer Prior

Use environmental print to boost early readers'' focus on fluency and comprehension skills. Environmental-print activities involving reading and rereading, meaning making, and writing are included.

Use this assessment to test your students'' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures of a literature passage! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Use this assessment to test your students'' understanding of the key ideas, details, and text structures of a literature passage! Students will also be assessed on their ability to evaluate and draw reasonable conclusions about the text.

Explore the Grand Canyon! Learn how it formed, what it reveals about the Earth’s history, and how this famous landmark has shaped U.S. culture.

Discover the thriving range of cultures in Western Europe! This social studies book describes the great food, world-famous art, and complex history of Western Europe. From the fashion of France to the Highland Games of Scotland to the chocolatiers of Belgium, Western Europe is a fascinating place. This teacher-approved book provides students with opportunities to explore the lives of people from Western Europe, including the history of indigenous peoples in the region. The book covers the geography, history, economics, and civics of Western Europe in an easy-to-use way. With a glossary and index, key discussion questions, and other engaging features, this book brings the wonders of Western Europe to life for students.

Explore the unique and resolute region of Eastern Europe! This Primary Source Reader details the diverse cultures and traditions of people in Eastern Europe. Includes meaningful activities and text features to build social studies skills.

Dive into the icy waters of the polar regions! This social studies book describes the climate, wildlife, and people found in Earth’s most frigid environments. The polar regions are lands of timeless tradition and snow-covered beauty. This teacher-approved book provides students with the chance to understand life in the polar regions, including the history of indigenous peoples in the regions. The book covers the geography, history, economics, and civics of the Arctic and Antarctic Circles in an easy-to-use way. With a glossary and index, key discussion questions, and other helpful features, this book brings the icy wonders of the polar regions to life for students.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Let''s take a spin in the fascinating world of cars! In this engaging nonfiction title, readers learn about cars of all kinds--from the Model T roadster to electronic cars--through automobile history, the innovative way automobiles changed the way people travel, and the parts cars need in order to work properly to ensure automobile safety and keep pollution down. With detailed images and diagrams, informational text, and compelling facts, readers will want to learn everything they can about cars!

Build third graders'' conceptual knowledge and help them prepare for the STAAR Mathematics test through higher-level thinking problems and graphical representations from TIME For Kids. This resource provides practice problems across a wide range of question formats, including multistep problems, analytical charts and graphs, and griddable questions designed to demonstrate student understanding. With regular practice, test-taking anxiety can be reduced and students can build the following skills: express understanding of concepts, showcase mathematical thinking, generalize mathematical concepts, apply formulas and theories learned in the classroom to real-world problems, build problem-solving strategies, use multiple mathematics tools, and reflect on mathematical concepts learned. This must-have resource is perfect to help promote the use of skills needed for success in the 21st century.

Take a tour of the world''s most fascinating landmarks! The Gateway Arch, Big Ben, the Pyramids of Giza, and the Sydney Opera House are just a few of the landmarks that students will learn about in this high-interest book. This nonfiction math book combines math and literacy skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject area content. The full-color images, engaging sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning arithmetic concepts relevant and fun. Text features include a table of contents, glossary, and index to increase understanding of math and reading concepts. An in-depth problem-solving section provides additional learning and practice opportunities while challenging students'' higher-order thinking skills.

Use the effective strategies in this book to engage families of PreK-2 learners in practices that build early-literacy skills in their children. This resource illustrates effective ways to get families involved at school to build strong family-school partnerships, and shows teachers how to help parents use these strategies at home. This resource includes more than 30 reproducible family letters in English and Spanish, ideas and materials for take-home backpack activities, and family literacy workshops. This resource supports the Common Core State Standards. 160 pp. + Resource CD