New Releases by Jill Norris

The four seasons each have something to teach your young students and this unit is designed to help. It begins with ideas for a classroom environment that maintains some connection to the "Changing Seasons" theme throughout the year. Topics and activities include: What Causes the Seasons? (utilizing a globe, a lamp and a flashlight), Changing Seasons, The Seasons Where I Live, follow-up activities for the book, The Mare on the Hill by Thomas Locke, Poetry for All Seasons, Seasonal Paper Dolls, What is Autumn?, Autumn Where I Live, Autumn Math, Autumn Sorting and Patterning, Autumn Patterns, Once Upon a Leaf, Tasting Autumn (featuring follow-up activities for the poem, A Bowl of October by Helen Bevington), More Autumn Fun, What Is Winter?, Winter Where I Live, Mitten Math, Mitten Patterns, Mittens in Literature (featuring follow-up activities for two different mitten stories), Lost Mittens, Snow, Ice Pictures, What Is Spring?, My Recipe for Mud, Spring Where I Live, Seed Center Math, Spring Gardens, Flowers,for Patterning (with a variety of cut-out flower patterns), Parents and Babies, What Is Summer?, Summer Where I Live, Melon Math, Watermelon Patterns, The Shining Sun (an art activity), Fun in the Sun (finger play), and the Colors of the Year. Along with cut-out paper dolls with clothes and props for all four seasons, there is a full-color, two-sided pullout poster about Seasons Through the Year and Dressing for the Season. Teaching suggestions provided. Includes bibliography, and complete step-by-step instructions for all activities. All pages are reproducible and perforated for easy removal.

Introduces students to the various people and the roles they play in a community.

Reproducible pages for students to use in practicing reading various types of material at the shopping center.

Graphic Organizers are blueprints for success. They are scientifically proven to help students recall and understand facts, make connections between new concepts and their experiences, analyze and evaluate information, and document processes and concepts.