New Releases by Pamela Chanko

Make every minute of reading count. Kids and parents can join superstar pup Rubble and his crew in this fun, read-together phonics adventure. Includes five stories and five activities. This motivating compilation of simple stories makes it fun and easy to reinforce must-know phonics skills.

Set the stage for reading success with these entertaining no-prep activity pages! Kids read, sort, and write words related to key word families. Along the way, they boost a network of essential literacy skills. These playful reproducible pages are no-prep and perfect for seatwork, centers, or send-home.

Young learners will love these super-fun activities they can do all by themselves! Kids read, sort, and write words with short vowels, long vowels, blends, digraphs, and more. Along the way, they boost a network of essential literacy skills. These playful reproducible pages are no-prep and perfect for seatwork, centers, or send-home.

Learn about the different types of sharks in the ocean and how they grow up.

Babies and toddlers can learn about things that go and wave bye-bye to the colorful vehicles in this board book. Full color.

A story about the techniques and importance of hand washing.

A rabbit, deer, and other animals give each other the message that spring is coming.

"Introduces the reader to wacky roadside attractions"--

Companion poems, read-aloud nonfiction stories, and simple step-by-steps will have your young learners building listening skills and following directions--while they create fun art projects!

A fun-to-make-and-eat, no-cook recipe, a companion poem, and a read-aloud nonfiction story for every month of the school year. Builds literacy and promotes healthy eating!

Introduce children to a yearful of inspiring Americans as you teach key reading skills! This colorful flip chart includes lively poems and age-perfect bios on the people they need to know: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Squanto, Betsy Ross, Johnny Appleseed, Susan B. Anthony, Cesar Chavez, and many more. Perfect for shared reading and whole-class learning! For use with Grades K-2.

These rib-tickling word family plays will delight children and help them become confident, fluent readers. Each play gives children plenty of practice reading a group of words from the same word family--words that share the same sound and spelling pattern. Learning to recognize these families of words helps children decode with ease so they can focus on comprehension. Easy-to-read text in large type builds reading confidence! Each play targets a key phonogram Research shows that recognizing and using word families helps children develop phonemic awareness of rhyming words, increase sight word vocabulary, and improve decoding & spelling skills Engaging plays invite repeated readings that help boost fluency skills such as reading rate, automaticity, and expression Reinforces vocabulary and listening skills Perfect for Readers Theater

Engaging reproducible plays that target and teach key phonics skills--and get kids eager to read.

Engaging Lessons and Activities That Help Students Expand and Enrich Their Vocabulary to Become Better Readers and Writers

Engaging Activities that Build Early Reading Comprehension Skills, Expand Vocabulary, and Help Children Explore the Themes in These Popular Books

A brief biography of Betsy Ross describes how, according to some accounts, she helped design and then sew the first American flag.

Enrich center time with easy make-and-store kits! These 30 skill-building games and activities help kids practice working with the key word families that will help them become successful readers. Each box can be assembled with readily available materials and includes reproducible labels, easy-to-read student directions, and reproducible game boards and worksheets. Connects to district, state, and national language arts standards. For use with Grades K-2.

Contains ten student story books with plots that teach parts of speech, proper use of commas, quotation marks, and other concepts of grammar. Teaching guide contains lessons, reproducible student worksheets, and other activities.

Learning to follow directions helps students succeed in all aspects of school: classwork, homework, tests, and more. This fun-filled series is packed with a variety of engaging reproducibles that give kids the practice they need to follow oral and written directions with accuracy. For use with Grade PreK.

Is the Arctic a cold and lonely place to live? See who has made this environment their home.

Photographs and simple text present the variety of animals that can be found in the ocean.

Dozens of instant and irresistible ideas and activities from creative teachers across the country.

Shows various kinds of baby animals learning to do such things as run, climb, groom, and hunt.

Simple text and photographs present the many different kinds of scientists, including doctors, astronomers, and zoologists.

Simple text and photographs introduce different kinds of boats and how they are propelled through the water by sails, oars, motors, etc.

Simple text and photographs explore the people in a school community, including teachers, children, librarians, nurses, and bus drivers.