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Instructional Resources
Early to Read
Interest Level K-6 • Reading Level K-3
Beginning readers experience all the excitement of reading while gaining solid
proficiency in basic reading skills. Early to Read builds competency in comprehension, word analysis, study and vocabulary skills. This program utilizes multi-media
consisting of audio compact discs, colour story cards and reproducible student
activity pages. The self-directing/self-correcting lessons employ professional
narrators who maintain a positive approach as they direct students in reading the
story, completing exercises and checking answers. Children work through exercises
immediately evaluating their own responses. Attractively illustrated four-colour
story cards convey the message that reading is an exciting and enjoyable activity.
Student activity books include puzzles, games, and enjoyable activities that teach
basic comprehension and word skills.
Unit #
Reading
Level
1
Readiness
2
1.0 - 1.5
3
1.5 - 1.9
4
2.0 - 2.5
Standards Mastered
Word Skills Developed
Sequencing; recognizing
main idea; drawing conclusions; context clues
Main idea; identifying
speaker; sequencing;
drawing conclusions
Supporting ideas;
drawing conclusions;
verifying a statement;
inferences
Cause and effect; finding
specific information; tone,
feeling, humour;
summarizing
Readiness skills;
capital and small letters;
initial consonant sounds
Readiness skills; alphabetical
order; long and short vowel
sounds; rhyming elements
initial consonant blends;
final consonant sounds;
common plurals;
synonyms and antonyms
Medial consonant sounds;
variant sounds of C, G and S;
R-controlled vowels;
phonetic rules
The Teacher’s Manual contains complete directions for implementing the program
quickly and effectively. It includes story synopses, description of each lesson,
objectives, answers for all exercises and suggestions for follow-up activities.
Complete Program includes: Five 15-minute lessons per unit, 20 audio CD’s, 80
four-colour story cards (4 reading cards per lesson), 80-page reproducible Student
Activity Workbook, 20-page Teacher’s Guide with answer keys, and 4 CD-ROM’s
(1 for each Unit) containing reproducible student activity pages in PDF format.
MR #052576 Early to Read - Complete Program
$ 839.95
Language Puzzle Lab
Interest Level K-6
These puzzles teach important language skills and provide “tons of fun.” Each of
the 12 colour coded reversible sets contain 20-30 puzzles. Most puzzles measure
81/2” x 4” and all are made of durable puzzle board. Bags for storing each puzzle
are provided. Includes the 12 puzzles listed below:
Prefix-Suffix Puzzles
Instruction increases skills of reading, writing
and verbal vocabulary.
Blends Puzzles
Relates important phonetic element of
consonant blends.
Abbreviation Puzzles
An effective tool for recognizing the
relationship between words and abbreviations.
Comparison of Adjective Puzzles
Introduces positive, comparative and
superlative forms of a given adjective.
Consonant Puzzles
Demonstrates recognition of consonants
and their associated sounds within words.
Singular-Plural Puzzles
Visually reinforces the difference between
single objects and two or more of the same.
Vowel Combination Puzzles
Employs an identical format to introduce
commonly encountered vowel combinations.
Contraction Puzzles
Interesting approach assists
comprehension of rules for
creating contractions,
reinforcing correct usage.
Compound Puzzles
Enables knowledge of source
of compound words.
Syllable Puzzles
An ideal introduction into syllabication.
Learning the Alphabet and
Consonant Blends
Provides a unique and pleasurable learning
experience for children. These fun-filled
programs utilize songs, poems, picture charts,
and reproducible activity sheets to incorporate
enjoyment in to your phonics instruction.
Learning the Alphabet includes: 1 CD,
Mastered
26 picture charts—one for each letter of the Standards
•Auditory discrimination
alphabet, 24 blackline reproducible activity
•Identifying initial sounds
sheets and teacher’s guide.
•Letter recognition
•Listening and folowing directions
Learning the Consonant Blends includes:
1 CD, 23 picture charts, 23 blackline reproducible activity sheets and teacher’s
guide. Taught in this set are the blends: sk, sl, sm, sn, sp, st, sw, bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, br,
cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, and tr. Digraphs include: ch, sh, th, and wh.
MR #045894 Learning the Alphabet
$ 43.95
MR #045896 Learning the Consonant Blends
$ 43.95
MR #052579 Learning the Alphabet and Consonant Blends Package$ 85.95
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Rhyming Puzzles I
Promotes visual and auditory association while
encouraging discrimination of rhyming words.
Rhyming Puzzles II
Additional enhancement of learning
capabilities; an interesting tool that is
also meant for enjoyment.
MR #052581
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Prefix-Suffix Puzzles
$ 25.95
Blends Puzzles
$ 25.95
Abbreviation Puzzles
$ 25.95
Comparison of Adjective Puzzles
$ 25.95
Consonant Puzzles
$ 25.95
Singular-Plural Puzzles
$ 25.95
Vowel Combination Puzzles
$ 25.95
Contraction Puzzles
$ 25.95
Compound Puzzles
$ 25.95
Syllable Puzzles
$ 23.95
Rhyming Puzzles I
$ 25.95
Rhyming Puzzles II
$ 25.95
LANGUAGE PUZZLE LAB (complete set of 12) $ 289.95
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Standards Mastered
Reading Step by Step
•Reading comprehension
•Recalling facts & details
•Word Recognition
•Analyzing characters, Speelling
•Interpreting text, Phonemic awareness
•Vocabulary development, Fluency
Methodical Development of Decoding and Comprehension Skills
Interest Level K-6 (Remedial Level 4-6) • Reading Level K-3
Comprehensive and expertly paced instruction are systematically used to develop
auditory discrimination, auditory motor, visual motor, and auditory memory
skills. Appealing illustrations and large print are combined with dramatization,
dialogue, music and sound effects. Self-directing, self-correcting lessons enable
independent and small group learning.
Unit 1: Readiness
Strengthens the foundation for ready. Teaches: left-to-right progression; visual
discrimination of letters, symbols, and two-and three-letter words, categorizing
words; associating meaning with recognition; words with opposite meanings; and
beginning use of context clues.
Unit 2: Letter Sounds
Skills taught include: Letter sounds and decoding reinforcement; consonants in
initial position; discriminating consonant sounds using rhyming words; discriminating initial, medial, and final consonant sounds; consonant blends; consonant
digraphs and diphthongs; and long and short vowel sounds.
Unit 3: Comprehension
Covers: beginning comprehension with identifying unknown words using pictures
and context clues; locating the main idea; categorizing phrases; sequencing; new
word meanings; recognizing details in a story; building imagery, generalizing from
given facts; recognizing cause and effect; drawing conclusions; recognizing story
structure; and grasping implied ideas.
Each UNIT includes 6 audio CD’s, a CD-ROM of student activity pages in PDF format, and a reproducible
student activity book with Teacher’s Guide and answer keys.
MR #035015
MR #035016
MR #035017
MR #035018
Unit 1: Readiness
Unit 2: Letter Sounds
Unit 3: Comprehension
COMPLETE SET (3 units)
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$ 329.95
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Sound It!
Auditory Training in the Sounds of the Consonants and Vowels
Interest Level K-6 (Remedial 4-6) • Reading Level K-3
Mastered
Sound it! Develops auditory discrimina- Standards
•Decoding, Classifying, Categorizing
tion of the sounds of the consonants and
•Auditory discrimination, Spelling
•Blending, Vocabulary
vowels and builds a strong foundation
•Phonemic awareness
for listening, speaking and reading skills.
•Recognizing long/short vowel sounds
Non-readers will find success while train•Fluency
ing with specific consonants or vowels in
isolation and in words. Acquaints children with the sounds of the letters, provide
ear-training in sound differences and give practice using the correct sounds of
standard English. Activities include games, listening exercise, and riddles. Especially useful for individual and small group learning.
Unit 1: Consonants
Provides practice in recognizing the sounds of the consonants in the initial, medial and
final positions. Includes 6 audio CD’s, one CD-ROM of student activity pages in PDF
format, and reproducible student activity book with Teacher’s guide and answer keys.
Unit 2: Vowels
Introduces the long and short vowel sounds and the common digraphs and diphthongs.
Includes 6 audio CD’s, one CD_ROM of student activity pages in PDF format, and
reproducible student activity book with Teacher’s guide and answer keys.
MR #045888 Unit 1: Consonants
MR #045889 Unit 2: Vowels
MR #045890 COMPLETE SET (both units)
$ 329.95
$ 329.95
$ 649.95 SPECIAL $ 449.95
Vowels to the Rescue
Swim through the sea of fun
phonics instruction. This
comprehensive 12-lesson, 6
audio CD program covers
long and short sounds of the
vowels. Students can work independently while the audio
provides an external support
system enabling discrimination of the vowel sounds.
Lessons teach students to use
vowel letters to build words.
Students also gain practice
with vowel diagraphs and
phonograms. Lively introductions, dramatizations and
Standards Mastered
humorous characters heighten
•Recognizing short/long vowels
interest. These self-directing/self•Phonemic awareness, Sequencing
•Understanding words in context, Main idea
correcting lessons employ skill•Auditory discrimination, Word Recognition
building games, rhymes, puzzles
•Fluency, Detail, Parts of speech
and secret messages.
Includes 12-lessons, 6 audio compact discs, 36 reproducible student activity
sheets, teacher’s guide with answer keys and and a CD-ROM of student activity
sheets in PDF format. Entire program is provided in a sturdy vinyl binder.
Consonants on Parade
MR #035019 Vowels to the Rescue
MR #045884 Consonants on Parade
$ 329.95 SPECIAL $ 249.95
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The Consonants and their
sounds are on parade as students improve visual and aural
recognition of all consonant
letters. Students can work
independently, while the audio
provides an external support
system enabling increased
recognition and recall of the
consonants and their sounds.
Exercises are grouped around
a specific consonant for better
recognition. Games, rhymes,
puzzles, secret messages,
engaging illustrations, dramaStandards Mastered
tizations and humorous characters
•Recognizing consonants
heighten interest.
•Phonemic awareness, Sequencing
•Understanding Words in Context, Main Idea
This comprehensive, 12-lesson
•Auditory discrimination, Word Recognition
program includes 6 audio compact
•Fluency, Detail, Parts of speech
discs, 36 reproducible student
activity worksheets, teacher’s guide with answer keys and a CD-ROM of student
activity sheets in PDF format. Entire program is provided in a sturdy vinyl binder.
$ 249.95 SPECIAL $ 249.95
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EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES!
• Tools for the Teacher
• Easy Marking™ Answer Key
• Colour Overhead Transparencies
• Great for Regular or Remedial Education
• Reproducible Worksheets & Activities
• High-Interest / Low Vocabulary
• Based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
• Curriculum based activities
• Economical BIG BOOKS
• Assessment Rubrics
Force & Motion Series
EACH RESOURCE CONTAINS:
Grades 5-8 • READING LEVEL 3-4
60 pages each and 6 colour transparencies
Forces are at work all around us. Discover what a force
is, and different kinds of forces that work on contact
and at a distance. We use simple language and vocabulary to make this invisible world easy for students to
“see” and understand. Examine how forces “add up”
to create the total force of an object, and reinforce
concepts and extend learning with sample problems.
Students will learn about balanced and unbalanced
forces, weight and gravity, magnetic and electrostatic
forces, and much more. Written for remedial students
in grades 5 to 8. Reading passages, activities for before
and after reading, and overhead transparencies make
both teaching and learning a breeze. Crossword, Word
Search and Comprehension Quiz included.
Before You Teach
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Teacher Guide
Our resource has been created for ease of use by both
TEACHERS and STUDENTS alike.
Introduction
through creative and evaluative short-answer questions,
research, and extension activities.
P
rovide your students an
insight into the science of
the atmosphere and the effects of
humanities actions on the Earth
system. Global warming is an
important topic for students to
understand scientifically. It has become
a frequent topic in the news and civic discussions.
Students need to acquire a scientific understanding of the role
of human activities with regards to changes in the atmosphere
in order to make informed decisions about products and
lifestyle choices that affect the Earth system. A scientific
perspective on climate change will also help students separate
fact from fiction in popular accounts of global warming.
Teacher Guide
Information and tools
for the teacher presented
with clear instructions
and colourful graphics.
Including:
• Assessment Rubric
• Comprehension Quiz
• Word Searches
• Vocabulary Lists
Writing Tasks are included to further develop students’ thinking
skills and understanding of the concepts. The Assessment
Rubric (page 4) is a useful tool for evaluating students’ responses
to many of the activities in our resource. The Comprehension
Quiz (page 48) can be used for either a follow-up review or
assessment at the completion of the unit.
PICTURE CUES
Our resource contains three main types of pages, each with a
different purpose and use. A Picture Cue at the top of each page
shows, at a glance, what the page is for.
Teacher Guide
• Information and tools for the teacher
How Is Our Resource
Student Handouts
• Reproducible worksheets and activities
Before You
Teach
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STUDENT HANDOUTS
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Reading passages and activities (in the form of reproducible
worksheets) make up the majority of our resource. The reading
passages present important grade-appropriate information and
concepts related to the topic. Included in each passage are one
or more embedded questions that ensure students are actually
reading and understanding the content.
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Easy Marking™ Answer Key
• Answers for student activities
EASY MARKING™ ANSWER KEY
Marking students’ worksheets is fast and easy with this
Answer Key. Answers are listed in columns – just line
Our resource is an effective tool for any SOCIAL STUDIES PROGRAM.
up the column with its corresponding worksheet, as
shown, and see how every question matches up with its
Bloom’s Taxonomy* forFor each reading passage there are BEFORE YOU READ
answer!
activities and AFTER YOU READ activities. As with the reading
Reading Comprehension
LEVEL 6
passages, the related activities are written using a remedial level
NAME:
Every question matches
up with its answer!
Before You Read
Evaluation
Greenhouse Gases: Water Vapor
The activities in our resource engage andofbuild
the full
language.
• students’
The BEFORE YOU READ activities prepare students
range of thinking skills that are essential for
LEVEL 5
reading by setting a purpose for reading. They Synthesis
reading comprehension and understanding offor
important
background knowledge and experience, and
social studies concepts. Based on the six levelsstimulate
of thinking
students to make connections between what they
LEVEL 4
in Bloom’s Taxonomy, and using language at aguide
remedial
Analysis
know and what they will learn. Important concepts and
level, information and questions are given that
challenge
vocabulary from the reading passage are also presented.
students to not only recall what they have read, but move
LEVEL 3
• The through
AFTER YOU READ activities check students’
Application
beyond this to understand the text and concepts
of the concepts presented in the reading
higher-order thinking. By using higher-order comprehension
skills of
passage and extend their learning. Students are asked
LEVEL 2
application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation,
students
to give thoughtful consideration of the reading passage
Comprehension
become active readers, drawing more meaning from
the text, attaining a greater understanding of concepts,
LEVEL 1
5
and applying and extending their learning
Knowledge
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sophisticated ways.
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1. Write each word beside its meaning.
vapor
process
poles
evaporate
shrink
ice caps
albedo effect
cycle
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a)
a series of events that happens over and over again
b)
the solid sheets of ice covering the North and South
poles of Earth
c)
an activity in nature that is always going on
d)
the effect of reflecting radiation from the Sun on the
f)
a material in the gaseous state
1.
a) cycle
b) ice caps
poles
albedo effect
average temperature of Earth
g)
to change from a liquid to a gas
h)
to lose material and become smaller
State of Water
Our resource, therefore, is an effective tool for any Social
Studies program. Whether it is used in whole or in
part, or adapted to meet individual student needs, our
resource provides teachers with essential information and
questions to ask, inspiring students’ interest, creativity, and
promoting meaningful learning.
they shrink
1.
burning coal, oil,
wood, natural gas
1.
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a) TRUE
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respiration
b) FALSE
b) FALSE
c) TRUE
c) TRUE
d) TRUE
2.
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decay
volcanic eruption
breathing
e) FALSE
burning coal in a
power plant
2.
growth of trees
e) FALSE
evaporate
f) TRUE
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photosynthesis
A
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ocean animals
forming shells
2.
negative feedback
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a) 3
3.
2.
example responses
include:
liquid: rain, ocean
water, water from the
tap, river water
solid: ice, snow, hail
gas: water vapor
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a) the movement
of sediment from
one place to
another
b) The climate
change due to
global warming
is melting the
polar ice caps.
The change in
the albedo effect
would lead to yet
more warming
and more
melting of ice
caps
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b) 1
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c) 4
d) 2
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the rocks melt
and erupt from
volcanoes, releasing
carbon dioxide back
into the atmosphere
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Global Warming: Causes CC5769
gas
d) TRUE
vapor
h) shrink
Examples
liquid
solid
a) TRUE
driving a car
process
the land at the top and bottom of Earth’s axis
e)
2. Fill in the chart below with examples of water in each of its states.
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BLOOM’S TAXONOMY:
6 LEVELS OF THINKING
*Bloom’s Taxonomy is a widely used tool by educators for classifying
learning objectives, and is based on the work of Benjamin Bloom.
Vocabulary
albedo effect
gas
atmosphere
positive feedback
greenhouse gases
carbon cycle
radiation
methane
carbon dioxide
chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
residence time
microbes
respiration
negative feedback
stratosphere
decay
nitrous oxide
synthetic
evaporate
ozone
troposphere
fertilizer
ozone layer
water cycle
fossil fuels
photosynthesis
water vapor
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Chapters Eleven and Twelve
Part A
1. Complete the paragraph by filling in each black with the correct
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word from the chapter.
1.
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1.
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1.
a) The coffin contained folded ____________________ and articles of clothing.
a) blankets
Answers will vary
b) Peter gave the baby some drops to make sure that she remained ____________________ .
2.
Answers will vary
EASY MARKING™
ANSWER KEY
Marking students’
worksheets is fast and
easy with our Answer
Key. Answers are listed
Every question matches up with its answer!
in columns – just line
up the column with its corresponding worksheet,
as shown, and see how every question matches up
with its answer!
e) Uncle Henrik was going to take them in his boat across the sea to ____________________ .
d) Inge
f) Annemarie realized that the Rosens had not left everything behind them in
Copenhagen, for they still had their ____________________ .
e) Sweden
f) pride
Vocabulary
a) sweater
c) Ellen
be clear in the
sentence
a) She crawled to
the house
b) She made up a
picnic basket for
Annemarie to take
j) story
2.
k) dangerous
Get the big picture about Space. From our solar
system, galaxies and the universe, to space travel and
technology, we’ve got it covered. Our resources have
information and fascinating facts for students in
grades 5 to 8. Learn about the Earth, Moon, Comets,
Stars and Constellations. Budding astronomers will
be thrilled to learn about the Milky Way Galaxy,
Black Holes and Gravity, Nebulae, and even Quasars!
Imagine being on the crew of a shuttle mission to the
International Space Station. Simplified language and
vocabulary are used to teach these concepts and more,
including gravity, planetary orbits, the lunar cycle, and
the speed of light. Reading passages, student activities
and overhead transparencies included.
l) blueberry
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Answers will vary
m) business-like
n) Ingeborg
o) rustling
4.
p) soldiers
q) dogs
5.
Vocabulary
The way they conducted themselves
1. a
6.
Number the Stars RH2506
e) Papa
e) This person would probably be back home worrying.
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BEST
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SELL
3.
For comfort
4.
2.
a) 4C
b) 4 A
Answers will vary
2. c
d) sea
d) Annemarie knew that Mrs. Rosen was very frightened of this.
f) The shape lying on the earth was?
h) cheese
i) bread
Answers will vary
b) food
The meaning of
b) Each person was given a small packet containing what?
the word should
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Answers will vary
2.
Papa
a) What did Mrs. Johansen give to the baby’s mother that
All sentences will
belonged to Kirsti?
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e) Henrik
f) Annemarie
g) apple
3.
2. Use the words in the list to answer each question.
1.
d) package
Peter’s attempt
at encouraging
Annemarie by reminding her of their
past relationship
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c) 4:30
2.
c) Henrik
d) Annemarie noticed that Peter was now calling her mother, “____________________”.
c) Who promised Annemarie that she would come back
someday?
1.
a) Johansen
b) ankle
b) quiet
c) Peter gave Mr. Rosen a package to give to ____________________ .
Ellen Mamasweater foodsea
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EZ
Space & Beyond Series
NAME:
After You Read
BEST
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f) Mama
Possible answer:
Mama’s presence
was unaccounted
for
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5.
Answers will vary
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c) 4C
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Other Forms of Potential Energy
W
e have read that things gain
potential energy when they are
raised above the ground. The force
of gravity creates this kind of potential
energy. Other forces can give us potential
energy, too, by “pulling” on things. The force
pulling a stretched spring or rubber band
back together creates potential energy. This
is called elastic potential energy.
NAME:
Before You Read
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Electrical charges create potential energy.
Plus and minus (or opposite) electrical
charges attract each other. If two objects
with opposite charges are held apart, an electrostatic force pulls them together. This
“pulling” creates potential energy.
Other Forms of Potential Energy
Student Handouts
Chapter Activities:
For each chapter
there are Before
You Read activities
and After You
Read activities.
If the north and south poles of two magnets are held apart, a magnetic
force
pulls from
themeach word or words on the left to its meaning on the right.
1. Draw
a line
together. This “pulling” also creates potential energy.
Use a dictionary to help you.
Another kind of potential energy we use every day is chemical energy. This is energy
stored in chemical bonds. It can be released by a chemical reaction. Chemical
potential
nuclear
energy is stored in many places. Batteries store chemical energy that can be changed into
electrical energy.
photosynthesis
Food molecules store chemical energy. Our bodies can change this chemical energy into
thermal energy and kinetic energy. Plants turn sunlight into chemical energy and store it in
food by the process called photosynthesis.
Fuels also store chemical energy. Some common fuels are firewood, coal,
oil, and natural
nonrenewable
gas. The energy in all these fuels came from the sun and was stored there by plants. Coal,
oil, and gas are called fossil fuels. These fuels come from plants that lived
millionsenergy
of years
potential
ago. Over the years, the remains of the plants became buried deep in the earth. There,
they were changed into coal, oil, and gas by heat and pressure.
fossil fuels
a)
b)
energy that is stored and can be used later
energy that comes from large atoms splitting into
smaller atoms
c)
how plants store chemical energy in food molecules
d)
coal, oil, and natural gas
e)
an energy source that will be gone when it is used up
Name one kind of potential energy that people use. Tell
two things this energy can be used for.
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2. Circle T if the statement is TRUE or F if it is FALSE.
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a) CC4506
A stretched rubber band has kinetic energy.
T
F
Matter & Energy Series
b) Firewood is a renewable energy source.
T
F
c) Batteries store chemical energy.
T
F
d) Nuclear power plants make electricity from fossil fuels.
T
F
e) Hydroelectric power is a nonrenewable energy source.
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Energy CC4506
Writing Tasks, Graphic Organizers
and Hands-on Activities are included to further
develop students’ critical thinking and writing
skills, and analysis of the text.
Fishbone Organizer
Setting
Resolution
Main Idea
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Problem
Characters
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OVERHEAD
TRANSPARENCIES
Colourful overhead
tranparencies are
included in every
book. Each can also
be downloaded to use on
a computerized projection
system for teacher-led activities and/or photocopied
for use as student worksheets.
Killer Whale
34 mph
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Motion CC4509
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Greyhound
39 mph
Pronghorn Antelope
61 mph
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Grizzly Bear
30 mph
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Animal Speeds
Human
27 mph
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Cheetah
65 mph
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This is science made easy! You don’t have to be a rocket
scientist to understand matter and energy. We present
important concepts in an easy-to-understand way with
simple language and vocabulary. Discover what matter
is, and isn’t. Learn about solids, liquids and gases,
properties and changes in matter, and the difference
between a mixture and a solution. Then, explore
the invisible world of atoms and molecules. Young
scientists will be thrilled to learn why they are mostly
empty space! Then on to the periodic table of elements
followed by a study of energy. These resources are
jam-packed with experiments, reading passages, and
activities all for students in grades 5 to 8. Overhead
transparencies and answer key included in each book.
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Properties of Matter
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$16.99
Human Body Series
BEST
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SELL
Our combined resource includes all the required fundamentals for teaching the Human Body. We take your
students through a fascinating study of the human
body with current information written for remedial
students in grades 5 to 8. We start off with an in-depth
study of both the muscular and skeletal systems. Then
we investigate the organs of the five senses, along with
the respiratory system! We also look inside the kidneys
and intestines, and then how a tiny sperm and egg
cell can grow into a baby. Using simplified language
and vocabulary we then explore the major organs of
four body systems and how they work to keep us alive
and healthy. Reading passages, student activities, and
overhead transparencies all included.
MR #048286
MR #048287
MR #048288
MR #048289
Cells, Skeletal & Muscular
$16.99
Senses, Nervous & Respiratory$16.99
Circulatory, Digestive & Reproductive$16.99
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
BEST
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SELL
World Conflict Series 1
These resources extensively cover the first and second
world wars. World War I was to be the war that would
end all wars. But by 1939, the world was at war again
and over 200 countries were involved. Learn about the
background and causes that led to these wars, and why
each raged on for years. Discover who the major players were. Reviews and strategies of the major battles,
methods and weapons of war, and final outcomes are
all explored. Written to grade and using simplified
language and vocabulary, social studies concepts are
presented in a way that makes them more accessible
to students and easier to understand. Comprised of
reading passages, student activities and overhead transparencies, these resources can be used effectively for
whole-class, small group and independent work.
MR #048291 World War I
$16.99
MR #048292 World War II
$16.99
MR #048293 BIG BOOK (both combined)$25.99
BIG BOOK: I ncludes both books combined (90 total pages) with
12 colour overhead transparencies.
Ecology & The Environment Series
World Connections Series
Explore all that brings the world together with the
impacts of Globalization. These resources starts out
with a look at the debates and issues surrounding Culture, Society and Globalization, and how civil matters
and lifestyle choices are affected. Find out the effects
of economic matters and choices with Economy and
Globalization. Finally, become aware of the problems
caused by technology and how it helps people function
by discovering the process of Technology and Globalization. With these resources, students will be able to
make informed decisions that influence their lives and
the people around them, and learn the fundamental
concepts of globalization. Complete with reading passages, student activities and overhead transparencies,
our combined resource gives a detailed understanding
of how the world connects.
MR #052623
MR #052624
MR #052625
MR #052626
Culture, Society & Globalization$16.99
Economy & Globalization
$16.99
Technology & Globalization $16.99
Here is everything you need for an exciting study
of the natural world. Animal life, plant life, and the
environment as a whole are all explored. Students
will learn: How do we classify animals? What is the
difference between warm-blooded and cold-blooded
animals? Next, we look at cells, the building blocks
of life. Learn about the structures and functions of
animal and plant cells, and single-celled vs. multicellular organisms. Then on to a study of biotic and
abiotic ecosystems, including producers, consumers
and decomposers – what’s the difference between
them? All concepts and vocabulary are presented in a
way that makes it accessible to students and easier to
understand. Comprised of reading passages, comprehension questions, hands-on activities and overhead
transparencies. Each resource is 60 pages and contains
6 transparencies.
MR #048270 Ecosystems
$16.99
MR #048271 Classification & Adaptation
$16.99
MR #048272 Cells
$16.99
MR #048273 BIG BOOK (all 3 combined)$33.99
Your students will gain a concrete understanding of the
causes and outcomes of the Korean War sometimes called
The Forgotten War and the controversial Vietnam War
where over 1.4 million military personnel were killed
and with an estimated civilian fatality of over 2 million.
Using simplified language and vocabulary we explore the
key events and their significance, methods and weapons
of warfare along with our countries mass media and
opposition of the war. This ready-to-use resource is
written using simplified language and vocabulary while
being presented in a way that is easier for students to
understand.
MR #048295 Korean War
$16.99
MR #048296 Vietnam War
$16.99
BIG BOOK: I ncludes both books combined (112 pages) with
These resources extensively cover the Gulf War (19901991) and the Iraq War (2003-Present). Written in
simplified language, students will learn about the
background of the region, the origins of each conflict,
and the parties involved. The beginnings of each war,
their progression, the outcomes and their significance
to the world today are all explored. Find out why Iraq
remains a country in turmoil and why strong and
conflicting feelings about the war linger in the United
States. Using simplified vocabulary and written in a
way that makes it easier for students to understand,
these resources provide ready-to-use information and
activities. Packed with reading passages, comprehension questions, hands-on activities, crossword puzzles,
word searches, comprehension quizzes and overhead
transparencies, these resources can be used effectively
for whole class, small group and independent work.
MR #048298 Persian Gulf War (1990–1991) $16.99
MR #048300 Iraq War (2003–Present)
$16.99
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
North American Governments Series
World Continents Series
Take a trip to Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, or even
Antarctica! Using the Five Themes of Geography,
students will discover far away places and exotic
lands. Learn what makes each continent unique,
from the wilds of Australia’s Outback to the ancient
Egyptian pyramids in Africa. Learn about the mistral
winds in France, and the busy subways of Hong
Kong. Our resources present Geography concepts in
simple language and vocabulary that makes learning a
breeze. Save time with our information passages and
ready-to-use activities for independent, small group
or whole class learning. Includes 12 color overhead
transparency maps, 12 blackline student maps, Crossword, Word Search and Final Quiz. No hassles at the
airport – guaranteed – since you won’t even leave your
classroom!
MR #048303 North America
$18.99
MR #048304 South America $18.99
BIG BOOK: Includes both books combined (170 pages) with
MR #048305
MR #048306
MR #048307
MR #048308
MR #048309
Europe Africa
Asia
Australia
Antarctica
$18.99
$18.99
$18.99
$18.99
$18.99
Here is everything you need to know about the
three very different Governments in North America.
Students will learn: What is government and why do
we need it? What kinds of governments exist in the
world today? How are governments elected? Using
simple vocabulary and language, our resources clearly
explain the structures and functions of different levels
of government.
MR #048311
MR #048310
MR #048312
MR #048313
Canadian Government
$16.99
American Government
$16.99
Mexican Government
$16.99
World Governments Series
Compare all types of Governments as well as historical
and present world electoral systems and reform. Find
out the differences between the Presidential and Parliamentary system along with discovering the power of
Capitalistic and Communistic Governments.
MR #048314
MR #048315
MR #048316
MR #049414
World Political Leaders
$16.99
World Electoral Processes
$16.99
Capitalism vs. Communism $16.99
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Principles & Standards of Math Series
Global Warming Series
BEST
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What is causing Global Warming? What are the
effects? What can we do to stop or reduce Global
Warming? We take a critical look from a scientific
perspective that will help students separate fact from
fiction in popular accounts in order to make informed
decisions about products and lifestyle choices that
affect the Earth system. We also look at rising sea
levels and altered patterns of weather and agriculture
which are cited as direct consequences of Global
Warming. Finally we look at creative ways to reduce
human consumption and output, all in an effort to
help clean up our planet. Our ready-to-use resource
is written using simplified language and vocabulary
which are presented in a way that is easier for students
to understand. Comprised of reading passages, student
activities, color overhead transparencies, Crossword,
Word Search and Comprehension Quiz.
MR #049406 Global Warming: Causes
$16.99
$16.99
MR #049407 Global Warming: Effects
MR #049408 Global Warming: Reduction $16.99
BIG BOOK: Includes all 3 books combined (170 pages) with
Carbon Footprint Series
Learn how you can improve the planet by identifying your carbon footprint. If students only knew the
causes and looming effects of global climate change,
they may think of it as something for them to worry
about. In these resources, students learn about how
they can help slow the rate at which our planet is
changing by becoming a part of the worldwide effort
to reduce the planet’s carbon footprint. Students will
learn about their own, their school’s, and finally their
community’s carbon footprint, by determining the
causes of climate change through carbon dioxide that
is released by human activities. Students will then be
able to calculate the extent to which changes in their
lifestyles can reduce their footprint. They can then
extend this base of understanding to similar changes in
their school and their community.
MR #052601
MR #052602
MR #052603
MR #052604
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint$16.99
Reducing Your School’s C.F.
$16.99
Reducing Your Community’s C.F.$16.99
Grades PK-2, 3-5, 6-8
These resources meet the five
strands of math concepts addressed by the NCTM standards
and encourages students to
learn and review the concepts
in unique ways. Included are
challenging problem-solving
tasks which will push the
boundaries of critical thought
and demonstrate to students the importance of
mathematical problems in Number & Operations,
Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis & Probability
and Algebra using real world situations. The pages of
these resources contain a variety in terms of levels of
difficulty and content so as to provide students with
a variety of differentiated learning opportunities. The
task sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity
for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained
are assessment and standards rubrics, review sheets,
overhead transparencies and bonus work sheets.
Grades PK-2
MR #052605
MR #052606
MR #052607
MR #052608
MR #052609
MR #052610
Number & Operations
$9.99
Algebra
$9.99
Geometry
$9.99
Measurement
$9.99
Data Analysis & Probability
$9.99
Grades 3-5
MR #052611
MR #052612
MR #052613
MR #052614
MR #052615
MR #052616
Number & Operations
$9.99
Algebra
$9.99
Geometry
$9.99
Measurement
$9.99
$9.99
Grades 6-8
MR #052617
MR #052618
MR #052619
MR #052620
MR #052621
MR #052622
Number & Operations
$9.99
Algebra
$9.99
Geometry
$9.99
Measurement
$9.99
$9.99
Managing Our Waste Series
What is waste? Where does it come from? What are we
doing to clean it all up? These are essential questions
for challenging times. Our Waste Management series
takes a critical look at how we create and manage our
waste, and what we can do to live in more environmentally friendly ways. Written for remedial students
in grades 5 to 8, our resources examine important
facts and issues such as: natural resources, pre- and
post-consumer waste, landfills, incinerators, smog, oil
spills and space junk. Also covered are waste prevention, recycling and conservation. Also, empower your
students with success stories about waste management
from across the globe. Reading passages, comprehension questions, hands-on activities and overhead
transparencies are all provided.
MR #048317 At The Source
$16.99
MR #048318 Prevention, Recycling & Conservation$16.99
MR #048319 The Global View
$16.99
BIG BOOK: Includes all 3 books combined (170 pages) with
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Global Water Series
Water is essential for life on Earth. How has climate
change affected the water we drink, the oceans we
fish and the lakes and streams we enjoy? Conserving
these valuable resources by focusing our attention on
protecting and respecting our fresh and ocean water
is paramount. We look at the changes and locations
of the Earth’s water and how human activity and
climate change is affecting the purity and quantity as
well as the health facing plant and animal life in fresh
and marine water ecosystems. These ready-to-use
resources are written using simplified language and
vocabulary which are presented in a way that is easier
for students to understand. Comprised of reading
passages, Graphic Organizers, student activities, color
overhead transparencies, Crossword, Word Search and
Comprehension Quiz.
MR #049410
MR #049411
MR #049412
MR #049413
Fresh Water Resources
$16.99
Ocean Water Resources
$16.99
Waterway Habitat Resources $16.99
Word Families Series
Grades PK-1 • READING LEVEL K-1
Increase vocabulary, sight word recognition and
comprehension as you help your students identify
the correct pronunciation of short and long vowel
phonograms (word families) using real life pictures as
an aid. We also highlight the “Dolch” high frequency
words which encourage beginning reading skills. As
students begin to read and understand more about the
onset and rhyme connection found in word families,
they will begin to think of words as not only a series of
individual letters and sounds, but as easily recognizable segments or chunks of language. Reproducible
work sheets include, rhyming, writing, poetry, cloze
sentences, riddles and chunking.
MR #048364 Word Families: Short Vowels $16.99
MR #048365 Word Families: Long Vowels $16.99
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Literature Kits™
Reading Skills Series
Become a master reader. These resources allows
students to advance their reading skills through three
major elements. Students begin by gaining an understanding of the written text with Reading Comprehension, designed to emphasize several reading skills, such
as the main idea, context clues, drawing conclusions,
making inferences, and sequencing. Students will
then gain the ability to not only understand what
they have read, but how to build upon that knowledge
independently with Critical Thinking, by encouraging independent thinking, organization skills, asking
questions, and problem-solving. Finally, students will
engage in the tools to understanding elementarylevel literature, such as characterization, setting, plot,
theme, point of view, symbolism, and irony, with
Literary Devices. Complete with reading passages,
student activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz, and overhead transparencies.
MR #048370
MR #048371
MR #048372
MR #048373
$16.99
Literary Devices
$16.99
Critical Thinking
$16.99
Writing Skills Series
Designed to make the writing process logical and easy
to learn. We offer clear and concise instruction in the
drafting and revision phases to assist your students in
creating outstanding book reports. We also take the
fear out of writing essays while giving your students
the tools to comprehensively express their point of
view. The learning objectives are based on Bloom’s
Taxonomy and you can use this material to supplement your present writing program or for independent
student work. Also included is a detailed implementation guide, student assessment rubric, word puzzles
and comprehension quiz. The overhead transparencies
are graphic organizers and will assist the introduction
of the skill focus and in guiding your students through
their successful writing process.
MR #048355
MR #048356
MR #048357
MR #048358
How to Write a Paragraph
$16.99
How to Write a Book Report $16.99
How to Write an Essay
$16.99
Reading Response Forms Series
Sight & Picture Words Series
Grades PK-1 • READING LEVEL PK-1
Increase sight word recognition, vocabulary and
comprehension as you help your students identify 130
sight words and 120 common nouns using real life
pictures as an aid. Picture associations will aid young
readers in developing anchor words to increase their
oral and written language. Sight words are words that
must become automatically recognized by the reader
because they are often not pronounced or spelled in
regular ways. We also include the 100 high-frequency
words that make almost 50 percent of everything
that we read as adults, because having a bank of high
frequency words is essential to building fluent reading
skills. Reproducible work sheets include: mixed up
words, boxed words, writing, cloze sentences, stories
and puzzles. Overhead transparencies and a comprehension quiz are also included.
MR #048367 High Frequency Sight Words $16.99
MR #048368 High Frequency Picture Words$16.99
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Students will eagerly share their impressions about
literature with these unique skill based Reading
Response Forms. Each book in the series contains
36 work sheets that are engaging, purposeful and
graded appropriately. Encourage all students to think
more about what they read and confidently share
their observations and opinions. Each worksheet
focuses on one of the following skills based on Bloom’s
Taxonomy: knowledge, comprehension, application,
analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Also included is a
detailed implementation guide, selection of hands-on
activities, student assessment rubric, word puzzles and
comprehension quiz. The six overhead transparencies
will assist the introduction of the skill focus and in
guiding your students through the thought process to
complete an introductory sheet. These materials may
supplement your present reading program or be used
for independent student work.
MR #048360
MR #048361
MR #048362
MR #048363
Grades 1-2
$16.99
Grades 3-4
$16.99
Grades 5-6
$16.99
Grades 1-8
50-100 pages each plus 3 transparencies
Each Literature Kits™ resource:
• is written to grade
• is curriculum based
$14.99
• is based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
each
• contains an Assessment Rubric
• contains 3 full colour overhead transparencies
These terrific resources contain Chapter Activities in
the form of reproducible worksheets. For each chapter
or group of chapters there are Before You Read and
After You Read activities. Writing Tasks and Graphic
Organizers are also included to further develop students’ critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis
of the text. Assessment Rubrics are provided as a
useful tool for evaluating students’ responses to the
Writing Tasks and Graphic Organizers.
An Easy Marking™ Answer Key is provided with each
resource. Marking students’ worksheets is fast and easy
with the Answer Key. Answers in the Answer Key are
listed in columns that line up with the corresponding
worksheet. It’s that simple!
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Literature Kits™
$14.99
each
Babe
Because of Winn-Dixie
Black Beauty
Bridge to Terabithia
Bud, Not Buddy
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlotte’s Web
Cheaper by the Dozen
Curious George
Dear Mr. Henshaw
Egypt Game
Family Under the Bridge
Frindle
Giver
Graveyard Book
Great Gilly Hopkins
Hatchet
Higher Power of Lucky
Holes
Hoot
Island of the Blue Dolphins
James and the Giant Peach
Kira-Kira
Loser
M.C. Higgins, the Great
Matilda
Miracle Worker
Mouse and the Motorcycle
Number the Stars
Owls in the Family
Paper Bag Princess
Ramona Quimby, Age 8
Red Pony
Romeo and Juliet
Sarah, Plain and Tall
Shiloh
Sign of the Beaver
Single Shard
Stone Soup, by Marcia Brown
Summer of the Swans
Tale of Despereaux
Treasure Island
Underground to Canada
Very Hungry Caterpillar
Where the Wild Things Are
Whipping Boy
MIND RESOURCES
GRADES
3-4
3-4
5-6
5-6
5-6
3-4
3-4
7-8
1-2
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3-4
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Bring the Classics to Life
INTEREST LEVEL 4 - 12
Grade 1 Reading Level
White Fang Jack London
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Kate Douglas Wiggins
Little Women Louisa May Alcott
Swiss Family Robinson Johann Wyss
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving
Heidi Johanna Spyri
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling
A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens
LEVEL 1—COMPLETE SET (1 each of 10 titles)
Each of these 50 novels have been adapted into 10 short chapters that will
excite the reluctant reader as well as the enthusiastic one. The integrity
of the original classic has been retained and carefully rewritten to specific
reading levels allowing consistent progression for developmental reading
improvement. Key words are defined and used in context. Activity questions included after each chapter require the student to recall specific details, sequence the events, and draw inferences from story context, develop
another name for the chapter, and choose the main idea. The books may
be used on a consumable basis or reproduced for multiple usage.
BOOK (WORKBOOK)
• Divided into 10 short reading chapters
• Written using McGraw-Hill’s Core Vocabulary
• Measured by the Fry Readability Formula
• Includes 100 comprehension questions that test for main idea, critical
thinking, inference, recalling details and sequencing
• 60 vocabulary exercises in modified Cloze format
• New vocabulary defined and used in context prior to each chapter
• Includes answer keys for comprehension and vocabulary exercises • Contains 72 pages with exciting illustrations.
AUDIO CD
Each audio CD includes a word-for-word reading directly from the chapter
pages. Expertly paced narration, background music, and sound effects keep
interest high while students follow along, and then pause to work on the
activities at the end of each chapter.
Black Beauty Anna Sewell
Tom Sawyer Mark Twain
The Call of the Wild Jack London
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Howard Pyle
The Price and the Pauper Mark Twain
Man Without a Country Edward Everett Hale
The Hunchback of Notre Dame Victor Hugo
Silas Marner George Eliot
Around the World in Eighty Days Jules Verne
Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe
Red Badge of Courage Stephen Crane
Kidnapped Robert Louis Stevenson
Invisible Man H.G. Wells
The Man in the Iron Mask Alexandre Dumas
The War of the Worlds H.G. Wells
Sea Wolf Jack London
Oliver Twist Charles Dickens
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson
Time Machine H.G. Wells
Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Jules Verne
The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper
From the Earth to the Moon Jules Verne
David Copperfield Charles Dickens
The Pioneers James Feimore Cooper
The Picture of Dorian Gray Oscar Wilde
BRING THE CLASSICS TO LIFE
Complete Book Package
(1 each of the 50 books)
MR #048720 Complete Book Package
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READING LEVEL 1 - 5
Metropolis Thea von Harbou
Hound of the Baskervilles Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Kim Rudyard Kipling
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
A Journey to the Center of the Earth Jules Verne
Ivanhoe Sir Walter Scott
Last of the Mohicans James Fenimore Cooper
Moby Dick Herman Melville
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas
A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens
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BOOK
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Streamlined Shakespeare
Peggy L. Anderson / Judith D. Anderson
READING LEVEL 4
Now editors Peggy and Judith
Anderson have made it possible
for struggling readers to enjoy
the works of one of the greatest authors of all time. Their
Streamlined Shakespeare has
been designed for schools that
seek to adapt the traditional
curriculum to meet the needs
of all students. It can be used remedially in the special
education classroom and adaptively for regular education settings. This has been accomplished with a unique
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CLOZE Vocabulary Workbooks
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Skill-Based Story Cards
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Biographies
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Inclusion Strategies That Work!
Research-Based Methods for the Classroom
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Toby J. Karten
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David A. Sousa
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Worksheets Don’t Grow Dendrites
Differentiated Instructional Strategies
20 Instructional Strategies That Engage the Brain
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Marcia L. Tate
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All
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Gayle H. Gregory • Carolyn Chapman
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Activities for the Differentiated Classroom
Classroom Reproducible Activity Books
Gayle H. Gregory, Carolyn Chapman
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Read, Think, and Write About It
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matching, fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions.
BOOK 1 UNITS:
BOOK 2 UNITS:
• Food
• Weather
• Health & Nutrition
• Sports
• Travel
• Contracts
• Shopping
• Jobs
• School
• Banking
• Home
• Budgeting
MR #054086 Real-World Math 1
MR #054087 Real-World Math 2
MR #054088 Real-World Math 1 & 2
$ 109.95
$ 109.95
$ 209.95
Mystery Clues
Motivating Reading Activities
This 100-page reproducible book features 40
attention-holding mystery stories for students to read
and solve. As students complete these activities, they
develop essential reading skills, including problem
solving and drawing conclusions.
SOLVING MYSTERIES—Students must use clues,
their imaginations, and thinking skills to solve each of
the mysteries. Every mystery begins with a paragraph
that sets the scene. A list of clues provides more information. Graphic organizers help students organize
their thoughts and then answer questions.
BENEFITS—Mysteries make these stories fun, while
the need for logic and critical thinking makes them
educationally sound.
Book includes 60 reproducible worksheets and an
answer key.
MR #054093 Mystery Clues
$ 79.95
Real-World Complete Series
Teach struggling students practical, real-world skills
they can apply to reading, vocabulary, writing, and
math. Includes the Real-World Math (above) plus the
Real-World Language Arts Series (right).
Real-World Complete Set
Set of 8 books includes:
• Real-World Math 1 & 2
• Real-World Reading 1 & 2
• Real-World Vocabulary 1 & 2
• Real-World Writing 1 & 2
MR #054089 Real-World Complete Series$ 829.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Real-World Language Arts Series
Real-World Vocabulary 1 & 2, Real-World Writing 1 & 2, and Real-World Reading 1 & 2
MR #054085 Real-World Language Arts Series (all 6 books) $ 619.95
Real-World Writing
Real-World Vocabulary
Real-World Reading
Builds Everyday Reading Skills
Teach strategies for reading many different types of
print found in the real world. Students learn survival
reading techniques along with key vocabulary words
for a variety of everyday texts, such as menus, labels,
maps, bills, credit card statements, and job applications. Activity sheets include realistic graphics of each
type of text to provide “real-life” reading practice.
plan that provides ideas for helping students become
familiar with a particular type of print. Both prereading and comprehension strategies are introduced along
with key vocabulary words.
ACTIVITIES—Multiple activity sheets follow each
lesson, allowing for extensive individual practice in
reading and understanding the texts covered. Several
ideas for fun and unique extension activities are also
included.
ASSESSMENTS—Unit assessments test students’’
ability to read and interpret each type of text. Questions include matching, multiple choice, true/false,
and short answer.
BOOKS INCLUDE:
• Lesson Plans
• Parent Letters
• Reproducible Activity Sheets
• Extension Activities
• Assessments
• An Answer Key
• CD with printable PDF of all reproducible activities and assessments
BOOK 1 TOPICS—Over 150 pages that cover Menus
and Recipes, Labels, Instructions, Maps, DrivingRelated Items, and Schedules.
BOOK 2 TOPICS—Over 170 pages that cover Phone
Books; Newspapers; Catalogs; Mail and Postal Forms;
Bills, Statements, and Invoices; Web Sites and E-Mail;
and Applications and Other Forms.
MR #054076 Real-World Reading 1
$ 109.95
MR #054077 Real-World Reading 2
$ 109.95
MR #054078 Real-World Reading 1 & 2 $ 209.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Make vocabulary relevant to every day life and effectively boost
comprehension skills.
Students learn vocabulary related to day-to-day experiences, including reading a map, reading a prescription
label, understanding financial documents, shopping,
reading a menu, and more. Activity sheets include
realistic print found in everyday life.
lesson plan, allowing for extensive practice. Activity
sheets feature realistic graphics that are identical to
print seen in the real world.
learning with multiple choice, short answer, matching,
fill-in-the-blank, and true/false questions.
BOOKS INCLUDE:
• Lesson Plans
• Parent Letters
• Assessments
• An Answer Key
BOOK 1 UNITS:
• Road Signs and Maps
• Health and Nutrition
• Finances
• Doctor Visits and Medicine
• The Workplace
• Shopping
BOOK 2 UNITS:
• Jobs
• Hobbies and Recreation
• Menus and Recipes
• Forms, Applications, and Contracts
• Communication and Technology
• Weather
MR #054079 Real-World Vocabulary 1
$ 109.95
MR #054080 Real-World Vocabulary 2
$ 109.95
MR #054081 Real-World Vocabulary 1&2 $ 209.95
Builds Everyday Writing Skills
Newly revised, Real-World Writing has been expanded
to two reproducible books full of everyday writing activities. Students practice basic writing skills and learn
strategies for dealing with writing found in day-to-day
life, including how to complete job applications, compose e-mails, create cover letters and resumes, write
thank-you notes, keep a journal, maintain a blog, and
draft reports. Activity sheets use realistic print found
in everyday life.
lesson plan, allowing for extensive individual practice.
Activity sheets feature realistic graphics that are identical to print seen in the real world.
learning. Includes matching, short answer, multiple
choice, true/false, and fill-in-the-blank questions.
BOOKS INCLUDE:
• Lesson Plans
• Parent Letters
• Assessments
• An Answer Key
BOOK 1 UNITS:
• Business Letters
• Personal Letters
• Banking Forms
• Lists
• Job Applications, Resumes, and Cover Letters
• Notes, Outlines, and Reports
• Forms, Applications, and Contracts
BOOK 2 UNITS:
• Signs, Classified Ads, and Flyers
• E-mails, Blogs, and Text Messages
• Memos, Faxes, and Messages
• Schedules and Calendars
• Journals
• Greeting Cards and Thank-You Notes
MR #054082 Real-World Writing 1
MR #054083 Real-World Writing 2
MR #054084 Real-World Writing 1 & 2
MIND RESOURCES
$ 109.95
$ 109.95
$ 209.95
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Language Arts Warm-Ups
Reading Comprehension Cards
INTEREST LEVEL 1–12 • READING LEVEL 1.8–4
Short Reading Passages and Real-World Topics
Even struggling readers will this program engaging with
its real-world topics, short passages, multiple choice
questions, and illustrations that serve as visual cues.
Unique cards are arranged into two levels, providing
a total of 400 fiction and nonfiction reading passages.
The program reinforces 10 reading comprehension skills
and is appropriate to use with groups or individuals.
Includes suggested activities and answer keys.
TWO LEVELS—Levels 1 and 2 each contain 200
reading passages. Passages in Level 1 range from 1.0 to
2.9 Spache readability. Level 2 passages range from 2.5
to 4.0 Spache readability. Each level is divided into two
full-colour boxes and features five skills per box. The
passages within each skill progress in difficulty.
SKILLS WITHIN EACH LEVEL—Each level features
20 passages and questions for the following skills: Context Clues, Cause and Effect, Details, Main Idea, Sotry
Elements, Sequencing, Prediction Outcomes, Draing
Conclusions, Summarizing, and Fact and Opinion.
Daily Warm-Up Activities
Written for struggling learners in middle school and
high school, these spiral-bound books provide multiple
opportunities to develop and practice key language arts
skills and concepts. The series is designed to supplement any language arts curriculum. The reproducible
activities, 180 per book, include definitions and
examples.
MR #054138
MR #054139
MR #054140
MR #054141
MR #054142
MR #054143
MR #054144
MR #054145
Proofreading
$ 29.95
Grammar and Spelling
$ 29.95
Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots $ 29.95
Commonly Confused Words $ 29.95
Idioms
$ 29.95
Idioms 2
$ 29.95
Vocabulary
$ 29.95
Lang. Arts Warm-Ups (set of 7) $ 199.95
MR #054099 Reading Cards Level 1
$ 79.95
MR #054100 Reading Cards Level 2
$ 79.95
MR #054101 Reading Cards Levels 1 & 2$ 153.95
Reading Comprehension Practice
INTEREST LEVEL 1–12 • READING LEVEL 1.8–4
Short Reading Passages and Real-World Topics
Engage struggling readers with these high-interest
fiction and nonfiction reading activities. Based on the
popular Reading Comprehension Cards, these books offer
the same stories in an easy-to-use, reproducible format.
Each book includes 100 short reading passages followed
by reading comprehension questions that address core
reading skills. For each of the 10 core skills, 10 passages
are included. The passages are written at a 1.0 to 4.0
Spache reading level, and the passages gradually increase
in difficulty from book to book.
FEATURES:
• 4 Reproducible Books
• 100 Activity Sheets per Book
• Answer Keys
SKILLS INCLUDE:
• Context Clues
• Sequencing
• Cause and Effect
• Predicting Outcomes
• Details
• Drawing Conclusions
• Main Idea
• Summarizing
• Story Elements
• Fact and Opinion
MR #054094
MR #054095
MR #054096
MR #054097
MR #054098
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Reading Comp. Practice 1 $ 47.95
Reading Comp. (set of 4) $ 184.95
MIND RESOURCES
Basic Grammar Series Books
Focus on One Grammar Skill at a Time
Reinforce key grammar concepts and skills with these
Basic Grammar Series Books. Based on the popular Basic
Grammar Series, these books offer the same activity
sheets but allow teachers to target one skill at a time.
Lesson strategies for teaching the concepts are provided
and include suggestions for “hands-on” activities to
reach students with different learning styles. Multiple
activity sheets allow for repeated practice and reinforcement of skills. Assessments are provided in standardizedtest format.
• 40-68 Pages Per Book
• Lesson Plan Ideas
• Assessments
• Answer Keys
MR #054118
MR #054119
MR #054120
MR #054121
MR #054122
MR #054123
MR #054124
MR #054125
MR #054126
MR #054127
MR #054128
Pronouns
$ 16.95
Prefixes, Suffixes, Contractions $ 16.95
Special Words & Abbreviations $ 16.95
Adjectives
$ 16.95
Capitalization
$ 16.95
Word Usage
$ 16.95
Verbs
$ 16.95
Nouns
$ 16.95
Punctuation
$ 16.95
Sentence Basics
$ 16.95
Basic Grammar Series (set of 10)$ 164.95
Basic Reading Series
Multisensory Program
Capture students’ attention while addressing essential
basic reading comprehension skills. Each of the three
books in the series features over 100 activities that
utilize multiple instructional modalities, making the
program effective for students with different learning
styles.
BOOK 1—approximate reading level 1.0-2.0, introduces and simplifies ten basic reading skills.
BOOK 2—approximate reading level 2.0-2.5, builds
on and reinforces skills introduced in Book 1.
BOOK 3—has a reading level of approximately 3.0.
Higher-level thinking and reading skills are addressed
but not taught as individual skills.
All three books include topics and activities that are
appropriate for middle and high school students struggling with reading.
UNITS
• Context Clues
• Fact and Opinion
• Drawing Conclusions
• Sequencing (Book 3
• Cause and Effect
only)
• Summarizing
• Main Idea (Books 1
• Details
and 2 only)
• Fiction and Nonfiction • Predicting Outcomes
• Story Elements
ACTIVITIES—The multisensory program provides
teaching strategies and practice activities that help
teachers make the most of their students’ reading
instruction. Each unit has teaching instruction pages
with directions for introducing and applying each skill.
Numerous follow-up activity sheets provide students
with multiple opportunities for practicing critical reading comprehension skills. The activities are appropriate
for individual, small-group, and whole-class instruction.
The activities progress in difficulty while maintaining
a low reading level, remaining short in length, and
continuing to use simple vocabulary. Both fiction and
nonfiction passages feature high-interest, “real-world”
topics and visual aids such as charts and time lines.
CORRELATIONS CHART—Teachers can use the
correlations chart to quickly reference specific skills or
to tie certain activities to other curriculum areas.
REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT—Reflect and Review
activities cover several previously taught skills, showing
students how skills are interrelated and how they build
upon one another. Two assessments in test-preparation
format are included at the end of each unit, and
comprehensive final assessments are provided at the
end of each book.
EACH BOOK INCLUDES—Reproducible Activities
tied to National Reading Standards, Teacher Instruction Pages, Reflect and Review Activities, a Correlations Chart, a Progress Chart, Assessments, and an
Answer Key.
MR #054102
MR #054103
MR #054104
MR #054105
Basic Reading Series Book 1 $ 95.95
Basic Reading Series (set of 3) $ 279.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Basic Series—Complete Program
Basic Reading Series (3 books), Basic Vocabulary Series (3 books), Basic Grammar Series (2 books), and Basic Writing Series (3 books)
MR #054117 Basic Series—Complete Program (all 11 books) $ 939.95
Basic Grammar Series
Basic Vocabulary Series
INTEREST LEVEL 2–10 • READING LEVEL 2.5–4.5
Develops Language Skills with 400 Words
Use this engaging series to teach basic vocabulary
words with reproducible activities, which improve students’ reading skills. Throughout this two-book series
(150-180 pages each), students read and learn specific
vocabulary words. Reproducible activities, often with
illustrations, are presented in multiple formats to help
students with different learning styles. Each book
features age-appropriate activities. Written for students
who need to practice their reading skills.
BOOK 1—Includes seven units. Covers basic vocabulary words with activities written at a low reading level
(between 2.5-3.5). The first unit, Vocabulary Words,
includes lessons on the most basic “real-world” words
that students encounter. The six remaining units are
Context Clues, Compound Words, Synonyms and
Antonyms, Homophones, Multiple Meanings, and
Base Words.
BOOK 2—Includes six units, with activities and
vocabulary words at a higher reading level (about
3.5-4.5) than those presented in book 1. The six units
include: Context Clues, Compound Words, Synonyms
and Antonyms, Homophones and Homographs, Multiple Meanings, and Base Words/Suffixes/Prefixes.
PROGRESS CHARTS—Each of the units in the
books include a progress chart, listing all of the words
covered in the unit. Charts provide a tool for teachers
to track students’ progress in acquiring and correctly
using vocabulary words addressed in each unit.
ASSESSMENTS—Every unit, except the first unit
called Vocabulary Words in book one, concludes with
an assessment sheet. Assessments measure students’
mastery of vocabulary words and skills by the end of
each unit.
EACH BOOK INCLUDES Over 100 reproducible
activity sheets, a Word List with useful page references
of all words covered, a Parent or Guardian Letter, an
Answer Key, and more.
MR #054106 Basic Vocab. Series Book 1
$ 83.95
$ 83.95
MR #054107 Basic Vocab. Series Book 2
MR #054108 Basic Vocab. Series (set of 3) $ 164.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Multisensory Program
This series incorporates essential grammar skills in
three leveled books, each including more than 200
activities. The program offers a variety of activities in order to help students fully master each skill.
Worksheets have been designed to address the major
learning modalities (visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic). Each of the three books is leveled, beginning
with the most basic grammar skills in Book 1 and
gradually increasing the difficulty level in Books 2 and
3. The reading level also increases from 1.0 to 3.0.
OVERVIEW—All three books are organized in the
same manner, making the program easy to use. Each
book contains a correlations chart featuring skill objectives so that teachers can easily reference specific skills
pertinent to their students’ needs. Each book contains
8-13 units. The beginning of each unit includes a
teacher page complete with instructions for motivating
the students, as well as suggested activities to use in
class and to take home. Also included is a parent letter
that explains the unit students will be studying and
offers suggested home activities that will reinforce
the skill. The skill activities offer varied learning opportunities, with approximately 25 different activities
per unit. Each book also includes unit reviews and
assessments in addition to final assessments.
ACTIVITIES—Each student in the class will benefit
from the varied learning opportunities offered through
the skill activities. Most units contain approximately
25 different activities, including matching, fill-in-theblank, cut-and-paste, and coloring activities. Many
units also contain activities that allow students to
practice proofing various materials.
REVIEW—At the end of each unit is a Reflect and Review activity that focuses on the skills currently being
covered, as well as a previously taught skill. Through
this type of practice format, students will begin to see
how skills are interrelated, building on each other.
ASSESSMENTS—Each unit concludes with multiple
assessments in test-preparation format. Each book
concludes with final assessments to determine student
progress.
EACH BOOK INCLUDES—Over 200 Activities
with a variety of opportunities for practicing each skill,
Reflect and Review Practice, Assessments, and Answer
Keys.
MR #054109
MR #054110
MR #054111
MR #054112
Basic Grammar Series Book 1 $ 95.95
Basic Grammar Series (set of 3)$ 279.95
Basic Writing Series
A Step-by-Step Program
Teach students the writing process using the simple,
sequential steps in this complete program. The activities progress in difficulty from the first book to the
third. The series begins with writing letters and words,
moves to writing one and then two paragraphs, and
finally leads to writing several paragraphs in a specific
format. The books feature various writing prompts to
motivate beginning and struggling writers. Students
learn to organize their thoughts and understand the
writing process while building writing confidence.
OVERVIEW—In six units, each book teaches students
to write using the “Think, Organize, Write” method,
which incorporates the use of graphic organizers. This
method helps students organize and visualize their
writing, encouraging successful writing habits. The
editing process is taught as an integral part of the program and emphasized through lessons and checklists.
BOOK 1—“Think, Organize, Write” is introduced.
By the time the students complete the last unit,
they will be able to “think” of a topic and main idea,
“organize” their ideas, and put their ideas together to
“write” a paragraph. Covers letters of the alphabet, everyday vocabulary words, sentence writing, and simple
paragraph writing.
BOOK 2—Units begin with an idea inventory so
students can reference words or phrases to help with
brainstorming. The units continue with a review of
one-paragraph writing and then progress to writing
two paragraphs about general topics. In final practice
activities, students learn to put their own ideas together and use descriptive words to make their writing
more interesting.
BOOK 3—Units begin with an idea inventory before
moving to the three-paragraph process. The main
focus of this book is to teach students three types of
writing: descriptive, narrative, and how-to.
ASSESSMENTS—Progress charts, scoring rubrics,
and student writing checklists are provided to help the
teacher assess students’ progress and determine which
skills need to be reviewed.
EACH BOOK INCLUDES—Over 150 reproducible
Activities, Teacher Instruction Pages, Assessments, a
Parent or Guardian Letter, Templates for Activities,
and Games.
MR #054113
MR #054114
MR #054115
MR #054116
Basic Writing Series Book 1 $ 83.95
Basic Writing Series (set of 3)$ 249.95
MIND RESOURCES
135
Tracking Down Parts of Speech Software
Tracking Down Parts of Speech
High-Interest Interactive Game
HOW THE GAME WORKS—Players roll the die to
move around the detective-themed game board. As each
player lands on a space, he or she draws a card and reads
the sentence on the card aloud. Then, the player identifies the appropriate part of speech based on the game
board square he or she landed on: noun, verb, adjective,
or adverb. The Teacher’s Guide includes multiple activity sheets on each part of speech in the game.
Includes: Game Board, 60 full-color Draw Cards,
Teacher’s Guide, Game Die, and 6 Playing Pieces.
Name: ____________________________________________ Date: ______________________________
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3
4
Expository Writing —Teach It!
Elements of Expository Writing: Ordering Steps (First, Then, Later, Finally)
Instructions: Expository writing is the process of writing steps or points. An
expository paragraph begins with a topic sentence (hook), then it transitions
into steps or points and ends with a conclusion sentence (clincher). Look at the
pictures below. Then, write “first,” “then,” “later,” or “finally” on the line.
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MR #054148 Tracking Down Parts of Speech $ 29.95
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Instructions: Finally, use the pictures to tell a friend what happens when a caterpillar
becomes a butterfly. Use transition words.
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R E P R O D U C I B L E
Teach It, Write It, Test It
Prepares Students for Standardized Test Success
Engage students and help them build the necessary
skills for writing success on standardized tests with
these step-by-step activities. This five-section book
teaches Descriptive, Narrative, and Expository writing
with “hands-on” practice.
TEACH IT—Essential components of paragraphs are
broken down into teachable parts in the Descriptive,
Narrative, and Expository sections. The Teach It pages
explain each component in a variety of ways.
WRITE IT—Students are then given multiple chances
to practice the skills they have learned with the activities on the Write It pages. Includes practice with
capitalization, punctuation, and word-usage skills.
TEST IT—Finally, the Test It pages offer opportunities for “real-world” practice. This section exposes students to paragraphs, tests, and writing prompts similar
in format to those used on most standardized tests.
MR #054169 Teach It, Write It, Test It
High-Interest Interactive Software Program
This program, based on the popular board game of the
same name, guides students to solve 10 mystery cases
while they learn, locate, and identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Each case begins with an audio introduction. Then, students practice one or more parts of
speech. An assessment helps teacher determine students’
mastery. Teacher options allow for many adaptations. A
tutorial helps remind students about each part of speech
and its critical components.
System Requirements: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista or
Mac 9.2, OS X (PowerPC)
MR #054149 Tracking Down Software
$ 29.95
Graphic Organizers for Language Arts
Supplements any Language Arts Curriculum
Each of these 61
reproducible graphic
organizers can be used to
supplement any existing
curriculum in language
arts classes. Teacher
notes, including teaching
tips and discussion questions, are included for
each graphic organizer.
Based on National Council of Teachers of English
standards, these graphic
organizers cover vocabulary, literature, setting,
plot, character, the writing
process, grammar, mechanics, and applying language
arts. Graphic organizers
include Venn diagrams, charts, tables, and more. Ten
generic graphic organizer templates are also included.
MR #054150 Graphic Organizers for LA
$ 59.95
$ 89.95
Verb It Up! Bingo
Teaches Future, Present, and Past Tenses
In this fun game, students
look at illustrations of action verbs and use the correct verb tense to describe
a given situation. Covers
24 basic verbs (regular
and irregular) and
requires students to
practice subject-verb
agreement. Improves
grammar, syntax
skills, vocabulary, and
more. Includes 6 Bingo
Boards, 192 Bingo
Chips, 24 Draw Cards, and a
Teacher’s Guide.
MR #054146 Verb It Up! Bingo
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Word Bank Journal
$ 22.95
MIND RESOURCES
High Interest Writing Prompts
Invite students to respond to the 100 high-interest
writing prompts in this consumable journal, written
by Jennifer Howell. Interesting, “real-world” topics
make writing in this journal appealing to students.
PROMPTS—The first 90 prompts feature sentence
starters, and the final 10 prompts are written as questions for students to answer. As an adaptive feature for
struggling writers, each prompt features a word bank
with words that might be used in responding to the
prompt. Students are not required to use the words in
the word bank but instead may use these words to help
generate writing ideas.
MR #054154 Word Bank Journal
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
$ 20.95
Basic Paragraph Practice Series
Writing Step by Step
Give students a fool-proof strategy for writing paragraphs with this complete writing program by PCI’s
Kristina Swann. When faced with a standardizedtest prompt, journal topic, or essay question, many
students have difficulty deciding what to write, how
much to write, and what order to write in. Use this
process to help.
STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS—Students using a graphic
organizer, students write a five-sentence paragraph,
including a topic sentence, three detail sentences, and
a concluding sentence. Each sentence goes in its own
box so that students can be sure to include all the
parts. The last step is to rewrite the five sentences in
paragraph form.
REAL-WORLD TOPICS—Each reproducible book
presents captivating topics in 100 high-interest
prompts, including the following:
• Who are your favorite musicians?
• What cities would you like to visit?
• What are your favorite things to wear?
• What foods would you be least likely to try?
• Think about your best friend. Why is he or she
your best friend?
MR #054151 Basic Paragraph Practice
$ 66.95
MR #054152 More Paragraph Practice
$ 66.95
MR #054153 Basic Paragraph Practice Set$ 129.95
Multi-Paragraph Practice
Writing Step by Step
Prepare students to write multi-paragraph essays using
the lessons and reproducible graphic organizers in this
book. Similar in format to Basic Paragraph Practice
and More Basic Paragraph Practice, Multi-Paragraph
Practice features graphic organizers that provide a
step-by-step process of writing support. Includes lesson plans, 90 real-world writing topics, reproducible
graphic organizers, and writing checklists.
STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS—Through a series of lessons, examples, and practice activities, students learn
to write the key parts of essays: introductory paragraphs, body paragraphs, and concluding paragraphs.
After they learn and practice the three key parts of
essays, students move on to practice writing three-,
four-, and five-paragraph essays. A graphic organizer
gives students a visual framework to support them as
they organize ideas into separate paragraphs and use
elaboration strategies to develop and practice writing
multi-paragraph essays.
PARAGRAPH PRACTICE SERIES—Includes all
three books: Basic Paragraph Practice, More Basic
Paragraph Practice, and Multi-Paragraph Practice.
MR #054155 Multi-Paragraph Practice
$ 66.95
MR #054156 Paragraph Practice Series $ 194.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Deluxe Banking
Real-Life Banking
Revised and updated, real-world banking program
teaches students every aspect of maintaining a checking account. Students practice activities related to
checking accounts, including choosing a PIN, writing
checks, making deposits, withdrawing money from an
ATM, making purchases with a debit card, paying bills
online, maintaining a check register, and reconciling a
checkbook.
The program simulates three months of real-life
banking practice with everyday financial transactions,
including paying bills, purchasing groceries, obtaining
cash for unexpected expenses, paying for recreation
and leisure activities, and buying gifts for friends and
family.
Features:
• Reproducible Book
• Teaching Suggestions
• 160 Reproducible Activity Sheets
• 2 Levels to Meet Student Needs
• Answer Key
• CD with Full-Color PDF of Reproducibles
Deluxe Banking Level 1—Designed for students who
need support with completing banking transactions.
Answer cues are provided so that students know what
to write in each portion of a check or deposit slip.
Deluxe Banking Level 2—Features the same banking
scenarios as Level 1 but without answer cues. Students
learn to complete basic financial transactions independently.
Check Packets are sold separately to enable students
to complete the activities with realistic banking documents. Each Check Packet includes 2 check pads with
checks and deposit slips, a check register, an ID card, a
debit/ATM card, and a wallet.
Deluxe Banking Set includes: Deluxe Banking book
and a set of 10 Check Packets.
MR #054182 Deluxe Banking Book
$ 123.95
MR #054180 Check Packets (set of 10)
173.95
MR #054184 Deluxe Banking Set
289.95
Banking for Nonreaders
INTEREST LEVEL 6–12 • READING LEVEL (nonreaders)
Real-Life Banking with Symbols
Designed to help students with limited or no reading
skills learn basic banking transactions to prepare for
life in the real world. SymbolStix symbols by News-2You support the text and allow struggling readers to
read and understand the clear and simple text.
Students set up checking accounts and then practice
writing checks, making deposits, withdrawing money
from an ATM, making purchases with a debit card,
maintaining a check register, and reviewing monthly
balances on bank statements. Each banking activity relates to a real-life scenario, for example, students earn
money by helping a neighbor clean her garage and
then deposit that into a bank account or they pay for a
birthday gift for a friend with a debit/ATM card.
Features:
• Reproducible Book
• 320 Reproducible Activity Sheets
• Answer Key
• CD with Full-Color PDF of Reproducibles
Level 1—Designed for students with limited reading
and limited writing abilities. Tracing font is included
on all checks, deposit slips, and check registers for
students who need significant writing support.
Level 2—Designed for students with limited reading
abilities. The same stories that appear in Level 1 are
also included in Level 2, and the symbol support
continues. This level does not feature the tracing font
of Level 1; instead, answer cues are provided to help
students complete each transaction independently.
Banking for Nonreaders Set includes: Banking for
Nonreaders book and a set of 10 Check Packets.
MR #054179 Bank for Nonreaders Book $ 119.95
173.95
MR #054181 Banking for Nonreaders Set 289.95
Additional Check Packets
For use with Deluxe Banking or Banking for Nonreaders.
MIND RESOURCES
$ 173.95
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Coupon Math Series
Money Math
Teaches Real-Life Shopping Skills
Revised in 2010, Money Math, helps students of all
ages, including those with limited or no reading skills,
practice basic math skills within the context of budgeting and shopping. This program includes three titles:
Grocery Store Money Math, Super Store Money Math,
and Drug Store Money Math.
HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS—Students use
realistic store flyers to find the prices of 48 items in each
book. This hands-on approach helps students learn
how to use sales flyers found in stores, newspapers, and
the mail. The illustrated sales flyers and activity sheets
offer practice in budgeting and determining the correct
amount of money to take to the store. The lessons focus
on basic addition skills and cover various shopping lists
of two, three, four, and five store products.
FEATURES—The flyers and worksheets feature realistic
photographs. Each title offers worksheets in two levels
for students with varying math abilities. The Money
Math reproducible book series is comprised of:
• 10 Eight-Page Store Flyers per Book
• 96 Reproducibles per Book
• Progress Chart
• Answer Key
The level 1 worksheets have the prices filled in for
students who need maximum support. The level 2
worksheets require students to find the correct prices
before solving the math problems.
MR #054171
MR #054172
MR #054173
MR #054174
Money Math—Grocery Store $ 95.95
Money Math—Super Store $ 95.95
Money Math—Drug Store
$ 95.95
Money Math Series (set of 3)$279.95
Money Math Digital Books
DIGITAL BOOKS—Editable PDFs of the complete
books provided on a Win/Mac CD.
MR #054175
MR #054176
MR #054177
MR #054178
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Money Math CD—Grocery Store $ 95.95
Money Math CD—Super Store $ 95.95
Money Math CD—Drug Store
$ 95.95
Money Math CD Series (set of 3)$279.95
MIND RESOURCES
With Realistic, Full-Colour Coupons
Offer students “hands-on” math practice using
realistic coupons and coupon mailers to solve addition,
subtraction, and multiplication problems. This series
works well for struggling learners and students with
learning differences in middle school and up.
Students make real-world purchasing decisions, compare prices of similar products and services at different
stores, use coupons to make purchases, and calculate
the benefits of using them versus not using them.
FEATURES—
• 100+ Activity Sheets per Book
• Reproducible Coupons
• Full-Colour Coupon Flyers
• Book 2 also includes Coupon Mailers
BOOK 1—Covers five units with activities that use
coupons to solve addition and subtraction problems.
Includes over 100 activity sheets with:
• assessments
• review pages
• reproducible coupons
• extension activity suggestions.
• three copies of a full-colour, 16-page coupon flyer
BOOK 2—A higher level that covers activities that
use coupons and coupon mailers to solve addition
and subtraction as well as multiplication problems.
Includes over 100 activity sheets with:
• assessments
• examples and guided practice pages to model new
skills
• adaptive worksheets in each unit for students who
need structured steps laid out to complete problems
• reproducible coupons and coupon mailers
• three copies of a full-colour, 8-page coupon flyer
• 10 coupon mailers
• extension activity suggestions.
COUPON FLYERS AND MAILERS—Each book
includes full-color, realistic coupon flyers for solving
“real-world” problems and extension activities. Book 2
also includes coupon mailers.
The activities are ideal for individual, partner, or small
group work to reinforce number operation problems
with multiple steps.
MR #054185 Coupon Math—Book 1
$ 93.95
MR #054186 Coupon Math—Book 2
$ 93.95
MR #054187 Coupon Math Set (2 books) $ 185.95
Additional Coupon Flyers available:
MR #054188 Flyers (3-pack) for Book 1
MR #054189 Flyers (3-pack) for Book 2
$ 20.95
$ 20.95
Shopping at the Mall
Builds Critical-Thinking Skills
Build students’ money-math skills with this unique
board game. Students practice real-world addition
skills and differentiate between regular and sale prices.
Game board resembles a real mall with 20 stores.
HOW IT WORKS—Players review their illustrated
shopping lists with 3–6 items, locate stores where
items are sold, and spin to buy the items at regular or
sale prices. Players then add prices to see how much
they spent.
INCLUDES—Game Board, Spinner, 6 Playing Pieces,
and Teacher’s Guide with 24 reproducible shopping lists.
MR #054190 Shopping at the Mall
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
$ 63.95
Time Families Game
Basic Menu Math Game
Basic Menu Math
Real-World Addition Practice
Basic Menu Math combines basic math skills with the
fun and excitement of dining out, providing ‘real-life’
practice ordering from menus and figuring the cost of
meals. The Basic Menu Math programs provide hours
of fun while improving independent math, basic reading, and sight-reading skills. Engaging visuals make
this popular program easy to use with individuals who
have limited or no reading skills.
Each program has either traditional menus, as those
used in sit-down restaurants, or menu order boards as
posted in fast food and cafeteria restaurants. Students
‘order’ from the realistic menus and write the price of
the food item on a corresponding worksheet. They
then total the items to determine the price of their
meals. Large type and simple illustrations make this
program suitable for individuals with varying reading
abilities.
The complete set of Basic Menu Math consists of the
following three books. Each book includes:
• six 11- by 25-inch laminated Menu Order Boards
• Teacher’s Book with instructions
• Answer Key
• 96 reproducible worksheets
Offers Hands-On Practice
Give students a hands-on way to practice adding food
prices. The draw cards present math problems, with
and without regrouping. All food prices in the game
are different than those in the print program above,
giving students additional math practice.
HOW IT WORKS—The colourful game board
features Fast Food, Restaurant, and Cafeteria squares.
Players land on a square and select a corresponding
draw card, which shows a meal such as a burger and
fires along with prices for the items. Players then find
the corresponding math problem in their game worksheet and do the math.
INCLUDES—Game Board, 60 Addition Draw Cards,
6 Playing Pieces, Teacher’s Guide, and Reproducible
Worksheets.
MR #054198 Basic Menu Math Game
$ 79.95
Hands-On Program Teaches Time-Telling
Make learning the basics of time-telling easy with
these unique board games that teach digital and analog
time. Four colourful boards focus on the hour, quarter
hour, and half hour.
HOW IT WORKS—Visual learners see the shaded
portion of the clock that represents elapsed time;
auditory learners hear and say the names of the times
shown; and kinesthetic learners enjoy moving the hour
hand on the central clock.
THREE LEVELS—Each of the four games provides
three levels of play that allow students with different
abilities to learn how to tell time. In Level I, players
start at 12:00 and work their way around the board,
name the time and setting the central clock to match.
In Levels II and III, players use draw cards with both
analog and digital times to match.
INCLUDES—4 Game Boards, 96 Draw Cards, 4 Dice,
24 Playing Pieces, and Teacher’s Guide.
MR #054204 Time Families Game
$ 174.95
FAST FOOD MENU MATH—Features two restaurants: Biggie Burger and Chicken Basket.
MR #054191 Fast Food Basic Menu Math $ 95.95
RESTAURANT MENU MATH—Features two restaurants: American Caf, and Around the World.
MR #054192 Restaurant Basic Menu Math $ 95.95
CAFETERIA MENU MATH—Features one restaurant, Mom’s Cafeteria.
MR #054193 Cafeteria Basic Menu Math
$ 95.95
MR #054194 Basic Menu Math (set of 3) $ 279.95
Extra Menus available (come in packages of 6 menus):
MR #054195 Extra Menus—Fast Food (6) $ 39.95
MR #054196 Extra Menus—Restaurant (6)$ 39.95
MR #054197 Extra Menus—Cafeteria (6) $ 39.95
Basic Menu Math Software
Fun, Interactive Menus
Based on the best-selling Basic Menu Math Programs,
this easy-to-use software allows student to practice and
reinforce basic math skills using a variety of virtual
restaurant menus. Audio prompts and colourful graphics cue players. Ideal for students with limited or no
reading skills.
HOW IT WORKS—Upon entering a restaurant, a
worksheet appears on the screen. The names of the
menu areas are read aloud, and the student selects the
first food or drink item. When the correct item is chosen, an icon of the food appears with price choices. The
student clicks on the correct price. When all items are
filled in, three total amounts appear. The student then
adds the prices and clicks on the correct total price.
Features two restaurants, two fast food restaurants,
and one cafeteria.
System Requirements: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista or
Mac OS 9.2, OS X (Power PC)
MR #054199 Basic Menu Math Software $ 144.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Time Families Worksheets
Time-Telling Activity Sheets
Reinforce telling time to the hour, quarter-hour, and
half-hour in both analog and digital formats. Students
learn to associate the name of basic time elements with
the way each family points. The worksheets cover the
O’Clock Family, the Fifteen Family, the Thirty Family,
and the Forty-Five Family. Each section of the book is
divided into three formats: Match the Clock, Write the
Time, and Draw the Hands.
The program provides great practice for students who
need extra help with the basics of time-telling.
Includes 96 reproducible worksheets and Teacher’s
instructions.
MR #054205 Time Families Worksheets
MIND RESOURCES
$ 69.95
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Solving Word Problems with Pictures
Provides a Step-by-Step Process
Give students a foolproof strategy for solving word
problems with this complete math program. The
addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
problems are presented in 155 high-interest, “real-life”
stories. While solving the basic problems in this 160page, reproducible book, students learn and practice
a simple, six-step process that can be used to attack
any word problem. Stories are written at a low reading
level to accommodate beginning and struggling readers
and are appropriate for students of all ages.
FEATURES FOUR LEVELS—As students progress
through each level, new challenges appear. Level 1
begins with the most basic problems, which contain no
extraneous information to distract students. In Level
2, students identify the distractor in each problem
and choose the correct operation from two choices. In
Level 3, students choose the correct operation to solve
each problem from four choices. In Level 4, students
solve problems in a standardized test format.
STUDENTS VISUALIZE THE MATH—Students
visualize and draw a picture to represent each problem.
Creating a visual representation of the word problem
helps students clearly understand what the problem
is about. When students understand what a word
problem is about, they can plan an appropriate way
to solve it.
INCLUDES—A 160-page Book with Instructions,
Practice Problems, 155 Word Problems, a Math Keywords page, and an Answer Key.
MR #054206 Solving Word Problems
$ 79.95
Meaningful Math
Word Problems in the Real World
• 160 Activity Sheets
• Teaching Instructions
• Answer Key
Help students master problem-solving skills through
real-world applications with this series of reproducible
activities. Students are exposed to examples of how
math is encountered in everyday life, whether it is
figuring out how much to tip in a restaurant or what
amount they can save on an item during a department
store sale. At the same time, students practice solving
word problems correctly using addition, subtraction,
multiplication, division, decimals, percents, and sales
tax. Each activity page includes an image of a sign, web
page, menu, receipt, newspaper clipping, or other item
that can be seen in real life. Students will solve math
word problems based on the real-life image.
ONE- and TWO-STEP PROBLEMS—Many math
word problems must be solved using two or more
steps. In this program, students ease into solving twostep problems. Two-step problems are broken into two
separate questions on one worksheet. Students must
use the answer to the first question to solve the second
problem. This method guides students who struggle
with math and makes the two-step problems easy to
understand and solve.
FOUR LEVELS—In Levels 1 and 2, students must
solve one-step problems and choose the correct
answer from a list of provided answers. In Level
3, students must solve two-step problems and
choose the correct answer from a list of provided
answers. In Level 4, students must figure out if
the problems are one-step or two-step problems,
and then solve the problems and write the answers.
MR #054233 Meaningful Math
140
$ 79.95
MIND RESOURCES
Basic Math Warm-Ups
Word Problems for Nonreaders
Math Probmes with Symbols
Help students with limited or no reading skills solve
basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems based on life in the real world. The
activity sheets are illustrated to allow visual learners to
understand how math works in everyday life.
FEATURES—
• PDF with Colour Images
• 150 Reproducible Activities Sheets per Book
• Progress Chart
• Answer Keys
• CD with Printable PDF
THREE BOOKS—Each book focuses on specific
math skills: addition, subtraction, or multiplication
and division.
TWO LEVELS—As a support for nonreaders and
struggling readers, the activity sheets are presented
in two formats. The first level includes SymbolStix
symbols by News-2-You for nonreaders. SymbolStix
allows nonreaders to read and understand the clear and
simple word problems. The second level, for students
who can read, features easy-to-understand sentences
without symbols. Both levels include visual representations of the math problems.
INCLUDES—Each book includes 150 reproducible
activity sheets; a printable full-color PDF of the entire
book; clear and simple teacher instructions; a progress
chart; and an answer key.
MR #054207
MR #054208
MR #054209
MR #054210
Word Problems—Addtion
$ 92.95
Word Problems—Subtraction $ 92.95
Word Problems—Mult. & Div. $ 92.95
Word Problems (set of 3) $ 269.95
Reinforces Basic Math Skills
• 180 Warm-Ups per Book
• Answer Keys
Provide quick math practice and review opportunities
for struggling learners with these warm-up activities.
Based on the popular Basic Math Practice books ,
Basic Math Warm-Ups offers repeated daily practice in
the basic foundation of math concepts development,
as identified by the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics.
FEATURES—Each book features 180 warm-ups,
one for each day of the school year, which cover all of
the objectives for each skill. Each reproducible page
covers only one skill at a time so that students who
are already struggling will not be overwhelmed. The
activities are appropriate for students of varying ability
levels and learning styles. The easy-to-use books can
be used for a variety of purposes in addition to warmups, such as mini-lessons, review activities, and quick
homework assignments.
MR #054211
MR #054212
MR #054214
MR #054215
MR #054216
MR #054452
Number Concepts
$ 32.95
Number Operations
$ 32.95
Tables, Graphs & Charts
$ 32.95
Rounding, Estimation
$ 32.95
Fractions, Decimals, Percents$ 32.95
Basic Math Warm-Ups (set of 5)$ 159.95
Basic Math Assessments
Reproducible Activities
• 5 Reproducbile Books
• Pre- and Post -Assessments
• Correlations
• Progress Charts
Reinforce critical basic math skills with these supplements in test-prep format. Pre- and post-assessments
focus on testing the skills covered in the Basic Math
Practice and Basic Math Warm-Ups.
FEATURES—Two leveled pre-assessments and two
leveled post-assessments are provided for specific skills.
Level A and Level B offer a variety of problems on the
same skill. Each book contains benchmark assessments
to allow the teacher to assess students in previously
learned skills. Also includes correlations and progress
charts.
MR #054225
MR #054226
MR #054228
MR #054229
MR #054230
MR #054454
Number Concepts
$ 49.95
Number Operations
$ 49.95
$ 49.95
$ 49.95
Complete Set (set of 5)
$ 239.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Basic Picture Math Software
Basic Picture Math
Basic Math Practice
Reproducible Activities
These five reproducible books offer a total of over 750
activity sheets that give multiple opportunities for
skills practice and application, including real-world
problems. The illustrated activity sheets are designed
with only a few problems per sheet. The activities
are appropriate for students of varying ability levels
and learning styles. Each unit in the books concludes
with an assessment in test-prep format. Use of visuals
throughout helps students convert the concrete to the
abstract. Activities are appropriate for students of varying ability levels and learning styles.
EACH BOOK INCLUDES—Over 100 reproducible
Activity Sheets, Parent/Guardian Letter, Teaching Instructions, Research and Standards, a Progress Chart,
Assessments, Answer Keys, and more.
MR #054218
MR #054219
MR #054221
MR #054222
MR #054223
MR #054453
Number Concepts
$ 79.95
Number Operations
$ 79.95
$ 79.95
$ 79.95
Basic Math Practice (set of 5)$ 389.95
Concepts Come to Life with Visuals
• 120 Activity Sheets per Book
• Covers 10 Skills per Book
• Real-World Connections
• Progress Charts
• Assessments
• Answer Keys
Help struggling learners and nonreaders improve basic
math skills with these easy-to-use activity sheets. This
program uses realistic illustrations of everyday objects
to teach and reinforce beginning math concepts.
Each worksheet includes one line of simple directions
followed by an example to help students visualize and
understand the given task. This recently expanded program, which meets NCTM standards, now includes
three leveled books focused on the same basic skills.
BOOKS IN 3 LEVELS:
Level 1—Covers skills focused on numbers 0–10.
COVERS 10 SKILLS AND CONCEPTS—Each book
gives students practice in the following skills:
• Numbers & Number
• Measurement
Words (0-10)
• Money
• Counting
• Shapes & Patterns
• Ordering & Comparing • Fractions
• Addition
• Graphing
• Subtraction
FEATURES—Simple directions and visuals help
students understand the concepts presented. The activity sheets offer a slow progression of skills and extra
practice in different formats. Each unit has ten activity
sheets and two Real-World Connections sheets, which
provide practice on the given skill in a real-life setting.
Multiple choice pre- and post-assessments and a final
assessment for all skills are also included.
MR #054234
MR #054235
MR #054236
MR #054237
Basic Picture Math—Level 1 $ 79.95
Basic Picture Math (set of 3)$ 237.95
Teaches Basic Math Concepts
• CD-ROM (Mac/Win) with Instruction Booklet
Like the popular print version, Basic Picture Math
software helps beginning, struggling, and nonreaders
improve basic math skills. The three levels of the program feature easily recognizable, realistic visuals and
simple, easy-to-understand auditory directions to assist
nonreaders. The software is designed to supplement
any basic math curriculum.
3 LEVELS—Level 1 teaches and reinforces the most
basic math skills. Levels 2 and 3 introduce more challenging concepts. Each level is divided into units that
cover skills taught in the print program. Every unit
begins with a clear explanation of the concept. Students then complete a variety of interactive problems
to practice and master the skill covered in that unit.
Because the skills taught are so basic, the units are best
used sequentially.
LEVEL 1 COVERS
• Number Recognition (0-10)
• Counting (1-10)
• Ordinal Numbers
• Greater Than/Less Than
• 2-D Shapes and Patterns
LEVEL 2 COVERS
• Numbers and Counting (11-20)
• 3-D Shapes and Patterns
• Graphs
• Addition Facts to 10
• Subtraction Facts From 10
LEVEL 3 COVERS
• Numbers and Skip Counting to 100
• Money
• Addition Facts to 18
• Subtraction Facts From 18
• Fractions
• Measurement
ASSESSMENTS—An assessment is provided at the end
of each unit so that teachers can assess students’ progress
and mastery. A final assessment containing questions
from each unit is provided at the end of each level.
System Requirements: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista,
or Mac OS 9.2, OS X
MR #054238
MR #054239
MR #054240
MR #054241
Basic Picture Math—Level 1$ 109.95
Basic Picture Math (set of 3)$ 319.95
Graphic Organizers for Math
Based on NCTM Standards
• 58 Reproducible Graphic Organizers
• Teacher’s Notes
This graphic organizer resource can be used to
supplement any existing curriculum in math classes.
Teacher’s notes with teaching tips and discussion
questions are included for each graphic organizer.
Based on NCTM standards, the graphic organizers
cover numbers, operations, measurement, probability,
problem solving, algebra, geometry, representation,
and more. Book includes charts, tables, flow charts,
Venn diagrams, and more. Also includes 16 generic
graphic organizer templates.
MR #054242 Graphic Organizers for Math $ 59.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
MIND RESOURCES
141
Pre-Algebra Warm-Ups
Prepares Students for High-Stakes Tests
• 4 Reproducible Student Books
• 180 Questions per Book
• Easy-to-Read Activities
• Answer Keys
Designed for struggling learners in middle school and
high school, these books provide multiple opportunities to develop and practice key pre-algebra skill. The
open-ended questions use the same vocabulary and
wording found on state and national tests.
FOUR BOOKS—Together, the books provide 700+
review and practice problems for the complete prealgebra curriculum. Each book’s questions cover the
major objectives and skills that make up the National
Council of Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM) strands.
MR #054259
MR #054260
MR #054261
MR #054263
MR #054455
Number Sense & Operations $ 39.95
Algebra
$ 39.95
Geometry
$ 39.95
Data, Statistics & Probability $ 39.95
Pre-Algebra Warm-Ups (set of 4)$ 156.95
Pre-Algebra Curriculum
A Complete, Slower-Paced Course
• 1 Reproducible Teacher’s Guide per Semester
• Lesson Plans
• Multiple Worksheets
• Quizzes and Tests
• 3 Consumable Student Tests per Semester
The pacing is slower, but the scop and sequence of
the course remains the same as a regular pre-algebra
course.
Pre-Algebra Curriculum is divided into two semesters
to teach a full year’s curriculum of pre-algebra. Written for middle school and high school students with
learning differences, the content’s reading level has
been kept at 3.0–5.0 without sacrificing academic
mathematics content.
Mathematics vocabulary essential to problem solving is
defined and set in bold type in the Student Text. The
complete curriculum includes three Student Texts per
semester (for a total of six) and one Teacher’s Guide
per semester.
STUDENT TEXTS—Include both easy-to-read
lessons and pages for reinforcement. Each lesson is
typically presented in two pages, and two worksheets
follow the lesson. Extra practice sheets are included at
the end of each Student Text. Students have the opportunity to learn, practice, and then review essential
skills using multiple worksheets. Problems can be
worked directly in the Student Text, which eliminates
the need to transfer information. Word problems that
focus on real-world skills are provided on most sheets.
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MIND RESOURCES
SEMESTER 1—
• Numbers & Number Sense
• Operations
• Estimation, Algebra & Patters
SEMESTER 2—
• Measurement & Introduction to Geometry
• Geometry
• Data Analysis & Statistics
TEACHER’S GUIDE—Complements the Student
Texts, with identical lessons and at least one worksheet
per lesson. Tips and guides are included to help the
teacher instruct in the most efficient and understandable way. Each unit provides quizzes and tests to
help assess mastery of skills. The answer key for each
lesson, quiz test, and student text practice sheet is
provided at the end of each unit.
COMPLIES WITH STANDARDS—Carefully
written to comply with the national standards and
objectives. The program helps prepare students for
standardized tests and can be used in self-contained
and inclusive settings.
COMPLETE SETS—1 of each Student Text and a
Teacher’s Guide.
CLASSROOM SETS—10 of each Student Text and a
Teacher’s Guide.
Semester 1 Student Texts
MR #054249 Numbers & Number Sense $ 23.95
MR #054250 Operations
$ 23.95
MR #054251 Estimation, Algebra, Patterns $ 23.95
MR #054252 Semester 1 Teacher’s Guide $ 89.95
MR #054253 Semester 1 Complete Set $ 159.95
MR #054458 Semester 1 Classroom Set $ 799.95
Semester 2 Student Texts
MR #054254 Measurement, Intro.Geometry$ 23.95
MR #054255 Geometry
$ 23.95
MR #054256 Data Analysis & Statistics
$ 23.95
MR #054257 Semester 2 Teacher’s Guide $ 89.95
MR #054258 Semester 2 Complete Set $ 159.95
MR #054459 Semester 2 Classroom Set $ 799.95
MR #054460 Semester 1 & 2 Classroom Set$ 1,499.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Graphic Organizers for Science
Meets NSTA Standards
• 53 Reproducible Graphic Organizaers
• Teacher’s Notes
This 100-page resource can be used to supplement
any existing curriculum in science classes. Teacher
notes, with teaching tips and discussion questions, are
included for each graphic organizer. Based on National
Science Teachers Association standards, these graphic
organizers cover scientific inquiry, physical science,
life science, earth and space science, science and technology, and more. Graphic organizers include Venn
diagrams, charts, tables, flow charts, and more. Eight
generic graphic organizer templates are also included.
Math Munchers for the 21st Century
INTEREST LEVEL K–8 • READING LEVEL K–8
Fun Software with Interactive Math Activities
• Software and Resource Discs (Win/Mac compatible)
• Teacher’s Guide with Detailed Game Play Instructions
• Correlated to Math Standards
Delight students with a trip through the Mata Matica
system to explore planets full of math facts with the
Muncher. On his quest for knowledge, the Muncher
dodges Troggles, with the assistance of Cookie, an
intergalactic tourist. Math Munchers for the 21st
Century uses engaging animation to drill and challenge
students’ math skills.
This revised version focuses on three main skill areas
outlined by the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM). Students maneuver through
the system, practicing three major objectives for
Grades K-5:
• Numbers—number identification, number vocabulary, place values, decimals, fractions
• Operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division
• Number Functions—patterns, classification, fact
families, multiples, factors
Student progress is rewarded with entertaining
animated vignettes, and high scores are stored in the
Math Munchers Hall of Fame. Teacher options allow
for individualized play and adaptation. Skills can be
activated or deactivated for focused practice. Class and
individual progress are tracked throughout the game.
The Resource Disk includes extension activity ideas,
extended research and standards, and correlations in
PDF format. Software is appropriate for use in a lab
setting or for individual practice.
Requirements: Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Mac OS X
MR #054291 Graphic Organizers for Science $ 59.95
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MR #054271 Math Munchers for 21st Century $ 109.95
Getting Along with People
Algebra Warm-Ups
INTEREST LEVEL 6–12 • READING LEVEL 4
Addresses NCTM Standards
• 4 Reproducible Student Books
• 180 Questions per Book
• Easy-to-Read Activities
• Answer Keys
Prepares struggling algebra learns for state and
national tests. All of the 180 questions use wording
found on standardized tests.
COMPLIES WITH STANDARDS—As a set, these
four books provide 700+ questions that cover the algebra curriculum as well as standards set by the National
Council of Teacher of Mathematics (NCTM).
MR #054265
MR #054266
MR #054268
MR #054269
MR #054456
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Number Sense & Operations $ 39.95
Algebra
$ 39.95
Geometry
$ 39.95
Data, Statistics & Probability $ 39.95
Algebra Warm-Ups (set of 5)$ 156.95
Series Feature 75 Different Stories
These fully illustrated, 56-page readers feature adolescent
and young adult characters who demonstrate how to
handle various social-skills situations The three readers
each contain 25 two-page stories that are easy to read.
SCHOOL READER—Covers following school rules,
talking in a nice way to classmates and teachers, not
talking during class, and more.
WORK READER—Covers following workplace rules,
using acceptable social greetings, working with substitute supervisors, continuing to work when supervisor
leaves work area, and more.
HOME READER—Covers leaving people who are mad
alone, knocking on closed bathroom doors, not acting
bossy to roommates, taking a bath every day, and more.
COMPLETE PROGRAM INCLUDES—3 Readers,
3 Workbooks, and 3 Answer Keys.
MR #054320
MR #054321
MR #054322
MR #054323
Complete Program
$ 123.95
Additional School Readers (3)$ 56.95
Additional Work Readers (3) $ 56.95
Additional Home Readers (3) $ 56.95
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Elementary Study Skills
Know Your Body
High-Interest Science Curriculum
Know Your Body helps struggling readers and students
with learning differences understand the major systems of the human body. This comprehensive science
program includes five reproducible books with easyto-read chapters and diagrams that address important
characteristics, functions, and health issues related
to each of the body’s systems. Completely updated,
the lessons have been aligned with National Science
Teachers Association (NSTA) strands and objectives
to help students master concepts tested on high-stakes
assessments.
LOW READING LEVEL—Each book covers two
related systems of the human body. Short, easy-tounderstand lessons cover basic facts about each part of
a particular system. Written at a 3.0 - 5.0 reading level,
the chapters feature key vocabulary words and prereading questions to help students prepare for reading
and make connections to their own lives. Simple
diagrams throughout the text enhance understanding.
WIDE VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES—Following each
chapter are three reproducible activity sheets that
reinforce students’ comprehension of the text and key
vocabulary words. Includes multiple-choice, matching,
categorization, and fill-in-the-blank activities.
ASSESSMENTS—Quizzes, lesson tests, and unit tests
are all provided to help assess students’ understanding of key concepts and vocabulary. Two different
forms of assessment are included for each quiz and
test: multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank. Teachers
can choose the type of assessment that best fits their
students’ needs or use one form as a pre-test and the
other as a posttest.
EACH BOOK INCLUDES—Objectives, Vocabulary
Lists, Student Lessons, Activity Sheets, Assessments,
an Answer Key, and a List of Resources.
MR #054292
MR #054293
MR #054294
MR #054295
MR #054296
MR #054297
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5 Senses & Nervous System $ 63.95
Circulatory & Respiratory
$ 63.95
Digestive & Excretory
$ 63.95
Endocrine & Reproductive $ 63.95
Skeletal & Muscular
$ 63.95
Know Your Body (set of 5) $ 309.95
MIND RESOURCES
Economics
For Students Reading Below Grade Level
• 80-page Student Workbook
• 150-page Reproducible Teacher’s Guide
This unique program was designed for students who
need help learning the concepts covered in basic economics courses. This standards-based program appeals
to struggling readers in high school, ESL, and adult
literacy classes. The low reading level; sophisticated
page layout; and age-appropriate, up-to-date, visuals
make Economics accessible to students with limited
reading skills.
STUDENT WORKBOOK—The full-color student
workbook includes 7 easy-to-read chapters. Each
features lists of vocabulary words; full-color photographs; and full-color visual aids, such as maps and
charts. A Section Review exercise appears at the end
of each section, and a Chapter Checkup at the end of
each chapter gives students an opportunity to further
review the chapter. Economics focuses on the U.S. free
enterprise system. Students will read about the basics
of the production and consumption of goods and
services; supply and demand; types of businesses and
market structures; the global economy, and the role of
financial institutions. Also includes a chapter called,
“How Economics Affects You.”
TEACHER’S GUIDE—The reproducible Teacher’s
Guide has 96 student worksheets that reinforce each
section of the Student Workbook. Students master
reading-comprehension skills while answering contentarea recall questions; researching significant people,
places, issues, and events; and expressing opinions
through writing. Worksheets include matching,
multiple-choice, true/false, crossword-puzzle, and
word search activities. Program also includes quizzes, a
final review, a final test, and complete answer keys.
CLASSROOM SET INCLUDES—10 Student Texts
and Teacher’s Guide
MR #054298 Economics—Student Workbook $ 25.95
MR #054299 Economics—Teacher’s Guide $ 79.95
$ 309.95
MR #054457 Economics Classroom Set
Improves Students’ Focus and Organization
• 2 Reproducbile Books
• Home-Connection
Activities
• 200+ Pages per Book
• Parent Letters
• Teacher Instructions
• Progress Checklists
• In-Class Activity Ideas
Encourage students in Grades 1–5 to improve their
study habits and develop responsibility with the skills
taught in this comprehensive program. Both books
focus on making positive school and home connections
to help students succeed in basic academics as well as
in daily life. The program is designed so that critical
study skills can be taught within the regular reading,
writing, and math curriculums.
The lessons provide a wide variety of activities and
worksheets that can be done in school or at home.
The activities can easily be modified to meet students’
individual needs. The books feature different ageappropriate lessons covering the following units:
• Organization
• Writing
• Listening
• Mathematics
• Reading
MR #054417 Grades 1-2
$ 89.95
MR #054418 Grades 3-5
$ 89.95
MR #054419 Elementary Study Skills Set of 2 $ 173.95
Science Word Bank Journal
Meets NSTA Standards
Reinforce key Earth and Space Science, Life Science,
and Physical Science concepts with these unique
journals. Each page includes a graphic organizer and a
writing prompt.
The graphic organizer allows students to visually
arrange important information they have learned.
The writing prompt directs students to give a written response to the topic. As an adaptive feature for
struggling learners, each prompt includes a word bank
to help students craft their response and review key
science vocabulary.
MR #054288 Earth and Space Science
MR #054289 Life Science
MR #054290 Physical Science
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
$ 20.95
$ 20.95
$ 20.95
PCI’s General Science Series
Meet National Science Education Standards
This General Science Series features engaging supplements for existing science curriculums. Key science concepts are presented in an easy-to-read format along with sophisticated photos and illustrations. The low reading level and high-interest visuals make the Student Texts and reproducible activity sheets appealing to struggling readers.
The standards-based programs are appropriate for on-level students, students with learning differences, and students and adults reading below grade level.
Components include full-color Student Texts, consumable Student Activity Journals, reproducible Teacher’s Books, and Transparency Packs. Classroom Sets of each title are
also available.
Student Activity Journals are now available for each title in the series and are part of this complete series set. The consumable journals reinforce the material and provide
content-area writing practice. Graphic organizers and writing prompts are included for each section of corresponding text, as well as every demonstration and lab.
SCIENCE CLASSROOM SET INCLUDES:
• 30 Student Texts (10 Each of 3 Titles)
• 30 Student Activity Journals (10 Each of 3 Titles)
• 1 each of 3 Teacher’s Books
• 1 each of 3 Transparency Packs
MR #054462 Science Classroom Set
$ 1,779.95
Earth and Space Science
• 92-page Student Text
• 210-page Reproducible Teacher’s Book
• Transparencies
• Consumable Student Activity Journal
Key life science concepts are presented in a visually
stimulating, easy-to-read format designed for struggling learners and students with learning differences.
Focuses on promoting a clear understanding of the
material.
TEN CHAPTERS—What is an Organism?, The Cell,
Classification, Heredity & Reproduction, Evolution,
Bacteria & Viruses, Protists & Fungi, Plants, Animals,
and The Human Body.
STUDENT TEXT—Covers important life science
concepts in clear, simple language. Full-color photos,
diagrams, and illustrations support the text. Key vocabulary terms are defined and highlighted in the text.
TEACHER’S BOOK—Includes reproducible activity
sheets, teacher demonstrations, lab activities, chapter
reviews, chapter tests, and answer keys.
STUDENT ACTIVITY JOURNAL—Reinforces
the material in the student text, demonstrations, and
labs. On each page, students use graphic organizers
to review what they have learned, then write a short
paragraph to respond to a prompt.
CLASSROOM SET INCLUDES—10 Student Texts,
10 Student Activity Journals, 1 Teacher’s Book and 1
Transparency Pack.
• Transparencies
Earth and Space Science is an abbreviated version of
a traditional basal program, written at a low reading
level. The low reading level combined with the sophisticated page layout and age-appropriate, up-to-date visuals make the program suitable for struggling readers.
NINE CHAPTERS—Three Layers of Earth, Minerals
and Rocks, Weathering/Erosion/Soil, The Atmosphere,
Water, Ecosystems, Pollution/Destruction, The Solar
System, and The Earth and It’s Moon.
STUDENT TEXT—Features nine easy-to-read
chapters. The text presents key earth and space science concepts in clear, simple language and includes
full-color photographs and illustrations to support
the text. Important vocabulary terms are defined and
highlighted when they appear in the text.
STUDENT ACTIVITY JOURNAL—Reinforces the
material in the Student Text, demonstrations, and
paragraph in response to a prompt.
Transparency Pack.
LIFE SCIENCE
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
Life Science
MR #054273
MR #054274
MR #054275
MR #054276
MR #054277
Student Text
Teacher’s Book
Student Activity Journal
Transparency Pack (10)
Classroom Set
$ 23.95
$ 95.95
$ 28.95
$ 32.95
$ 599.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
MR #054278
MR #054279
MR #054280
MR #054281
MR #054282
Student Text
Teacher’s Book
Classroom Set
$ 23.95
$ 95.95
$ 28.95
$ 32.95
$ 599.95
Physical Science
• Transparencies
Help struggling readers and students with learning
differences master the physical science topics.
NINE CHAPTERS—Matter, Describing Matter,
Motion and Forces, Work and Energy, Heat, Sound,
Light, Electricity, and Magnetism.
STUDENT TEXT—Presents critical physical science
lessons in an easy-to-read format. Includes full-colour
photographs, charts, and tables. Science vocabulary is
defined and highlighted throughout the text.
STUDENT ACTIVITY JOURNAL—Reinforces
the material in the student text, demonstrations, and
paragraph to respond to a prompt.
Transparency Pack.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
MR #054283
MR #054284
MR #054285
MR #054286
MR #054287
Student Text
Teacher’s Book
Classroom Set
MIND RESOURCES
$ 23.95
$ 95.95
$ 28.95
$ 32.95
$ 599.95
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Survival Signs Bingo
Covers 80 Full-Colour, Realistic Signs
Each Game Includes: 20 Bingo Boards, 40 Calling
Cards, and 180 Bingo Chips.
These Two games feature the 80 signs found in the
Survival Signs program. Very effective for individuals with limited or no reading skills, these signs make
learning easier for visual learners.
OUTDOOR BINGO GAME—Covers 40 survival signs
found on city streets, in parking lots, by bus stops, at
construction sites, near swimming pools, or schools, etc.
INDOOR BINGO GAME—Covers 40 survival signs
with information for restrooms, wheelchair accessibility,
general safety warnings, etc.
Survival Signs
Curriculum, Large Signs, Wall Posters, and Magnets
SURVIVAL SIGNS CURRICULUM BOOK—Give
students a step-by-step way to learn the meanings of
80 outdoor and indoor survival signs with this curriculum. Each survival sign is present in a two-page
teaching guide. The 170-page curriculum book includes discussion activities and charts for recording the
various community places where each sign is located.
An ideal tool for community-based instruction.
LARGE SURVIVAL SIGNS—The 40 double-sided survival signs posters display 80 signs that are found in the
community, inside schools, at work sites, and in other
buildings. The large (9” x 12”), full-colour signs feature
international survival symbols and illustrations to assist
visual learners. The posters are especially effective for
students who have limited or no reading skills. Each set
includes a reproducible pre- and post-assessment.
OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SIGNS—These 20 posters
cover 40 survival signs found on neighborhood and
city streets, in parking lots, by bus stops, on fences, at
construction sites, near pools or lakes, near schools or
work sites, and more. Includes Airport, Bus Stop, Do
Not Enter, Fire Station, High Voltage, No Parking,
One Way, Ped Xing, Railroad Crossing, Stop, Wrong
Way, Yield, and more.
INDOOR SURVIVAL SIGNS—These 20 posters
cover 40 survival signs in buildings, including signs for
restrooms, wheelchair accessibility, building smoking
policies, general safety warnings, notices to shoppers,
and more. Includes Accessible, Closed, Do Not Touch,
Elevator, Escalator, Exit, Fire Extinguisher, Food, No
Pets, Open, Restroom, Wet Floor, Women, and more.
SURVIVAL SIGNS WALL POSTERS—Two large
(24” x 36”) wall posters cover all 80 signs from the
Survival Signs Curriculum Book. The full-colour posters promote year-round learning.
MAGNETIC SURVIVAL SIGNS—Two sets of magnets
cover the 40 Outdoor and 40 Indoor survival signs. Each
set includes a magnetic board and activity suggestions.
MR #054300
MR #054302
MR #054303
MR #054304
MR #054301
$ 109.95
$ 63.95
$ 63.95
80 Signs (40 Outdoor + 40 Indoor)$ 125.95
Curriculum Book plus 80 Signs $ 229.95
MR #054305
MR #054306
MR #054307
MR #054308
2 Wall Posters
$ 29.95
40 Outdoor Magnetic Signs $ 29.95
40 Indoor Magnetic Signs
$ 29.95
80 Outdoor/Indoor Magnetic Signs$ 58.95
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Curriculum Book
40 Outdoor Signs
40 Indoor Signs
MIND RESOURCES
MR #054309 Outdoor Bingo
MR #054310 Indoor Bingo
MR #054311 Outdoor and Indoor Bingo
$ 63.95
$ 63.95
$ 125.95
Survival Signs Symbols Games
With 80 International Symbols
The Outdoor and Indoor Survival Signs Symbols
Games each teach 40 international survival signs symbols. The games allow students with limited reading
skills to build a functional understanding of survival
signs in the real world.
Players roll the die, move their playing piece in any
direction, and then answer one of the questions on
the question stand: “What do you see on this sign?,”
“What does this sign mean?,” or “Where might you
see this sign?”
MR #054313 Outdoor Game
$ 63.95
MR #054314 Indoor Game
$ 63.95
MR #054315 Outdoor and Indoor Games $ 125.95
Survival Signs Software
Covers 80 Outdoor and Indoor Signs
• CD-ROM with Instruction Booklet
Being able to identify various survival
signs at school and in the community
is one of the most basic needs of all
students. This program offers an
interactive format to help students
learn 40 outdoor and 40 indoor
signs. All of the signs feature colourful international symbols, which
makes learning easy for students who
are nonreaders and visual learners.
A narrated voice helps students:
• Learn the sign.
• Choose the correct sign from two or three choices.
• Match the sing when shown the international
symbols (but no words) and three answers.
System Requirements: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista,
or Mac OS 9.2, OS X
MR #054319 Survival Signs Software
$ 99.95
Survival Signs Worksheets
Survival Signs Activity Cards
Each Set Covers 40 Indoor or Outdoor Survival Signs
Offer students, especially visual learners and nonreaders, four unique ways to learn 40 indoor and 40
outdoor survival signs.
Help students recognize survival signs with international symbols and words, learn the definitions
of survival signs, recognize survival signs when only
the international symbols are shown, and loo for
key words or phrases when survival signs are shown
without international symbols as a helper. The cards
measure 8” x 5”.
MR #054316 80 Indoor Activity Cards
$ 63.95
MR #054317 80 Outdoor Activity Cards
$ 63.95
MR #054318 160 Cards (80 Indoor + 80 Outdoor) $ 125.95
Covers 80 Survival Signs
• 200 Reproducible Worksheets
These easy-to-follow worksheets give students written
practice in learning the functional meaning of the 80
outdoor and indoor Survival Signs. The large illustrations help participants with limited reading skills.
The survival signs are introduced in groups of five.
As students become familiar with the first group,
additional signs are added to the worksheet program.
After 10 signs have been covered, review worksheets
mix up the survival signs for more challenging practice. This teaching process is continued until all 80
signs have been taught and reviewed. The worksheets
require students to perform tasks such as Match the
sign, Circle the Sign, Circle the Word, and Complete
the Sign, Focusing on the picture symbols helps visual
learners and individuals with limited or no reading
skills understand the meaning of signs they see when
they are in the community.
MR #054312 Survival Signs Worksheets
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
$ 93.95
Choosing My Behavior
Taking Charge of My Behavior
Curriculum & Game Promote Positive Behavior
This curriculum and game focus on skills and behaviors common to secondary students in various realworld settings. These innovative tools promote good
behavior and provide the skills students need to choose
positive actions over inappropriate ones. Curriculum
and game can be used together or individually and are
beneficial to students who need intervention for managing their own behavior. Teaches common behaviors
that will help students build and maintain control of
themselves and interactions they have with others.
SKILLS COVERED—
• Units of focus for Curriculum and Game:
• Self-Esteem
• Respect and Consideration for Others
• Self-Control
• Conflict Resolution
• Managing Anger
• Dealing With Bullies
CURRICULUM—The 125-page guide contains the
above six units, each with objectives, strategies, and
resource ideas for the teacher to use with students.
Units and activities can be used in any order according
to the needs of students. Assessments, behavior logs,
and activity sheets are included in each unit. Includes
opportunities for open-ended group discussions. Scenarios throughout the curriculum allow for individual
responses.
GAME—The game focuses on the six skills listed
above. The colourful game board shows common
setting such as “at home,” “in class,” “in the cafeteria,”
and more. The Teacher’s Guide facilitates game play.
After the student rolls the 1-2-3 die and lands on a
setting, he or she rolls the standard die to determine
an area of focus within that setting. Each setting
contains three questions for each behavior area. The
game includes Teacher’s Guide, game board, 1-2-3 die,
standard die, 6 playing pieces, 14 behavior cards, and
2 wild cards.
INTEREST LEVEL K–5 • READING LEVEL nonreader–3
Curriculum and Games to Teach Appropriate Behavior
• 170-Page Curriculum Book
• Fold-Out Game Board and Playing Pieces
• Strategies for Preventing Specific Behaviors
• Quick Tips for Teachers
This unique program combines an elementary behavior curriculum with reproducible activity sheets, roleplays, and games for reinforcement. Features a fold-out
game board and game pieces for 5 different games.
Also includes adaptations for nonreaders.
FIVE UNITS—Each unit addresses common
classroom behavioral issues along with management
strategies for reinforcing positive behavior. Two sets
of cards are included for use with the game board and
components. Unit titles: Taking Time to Think: Dealing with Impulsive Behavior; Choosing to Learn: Increasing Motivation and On-Task Behavior; Choosing
What to Say: Dealing with Tattling, Complaining, and
Being Rude; Choosing to Follow Directions: Increasing
Compliant Behavior; and Choosing to Keep My Cool:
Dealing with Aggressive Behavior.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES—“Quick Tips for
Teachers” sheets offer suggestions for handling specific
behaviors. Discussion questions, simple role-plays,
and a variety of activities allow students to participate,
regardless of reading ability and learning style. Activity
sheets encourage students to participate in their own
behavior management.
MR #054402 Choosing My Behavior
$ 144.95
Workplace Role-Play Series
Simulates Authentic and Interesting Job Assignments
• 5 Workbook Modules
• Answers Keys
These role-play modules allow students to fully experience the workplace. In order to simulate a realistic
work site, the author worked with actual companies to
create entry-level employee tasks that can be accomplished in the classroom. Includes objectives, teaching
suggestions, actual job site samples, task overviews,
and specific task instructions.
HEALTH CARE—Use medical abbreviations, schedule appointments for patients, place purchase orders,
figure inventory.
RESTAURANT—Take orders, assign tables, order
supplies, size recipes up or down.
GROCERY STORE—Sort products by departments,
take bakery and deli orders, balance cash register.
BANKING—Interpret bank encoding, perform
routine teller transactions, proof transactions, prepare
a bank statement.
PARK DISTRICT—Schedule staff, write reports and
public service announcements, fill out maintenance
service requests.
Workplace Role-Play Series contains all 6 modules.
MR #054464
MR #054465
MR #054466
MR #054467
MR #054468
MR #054469
Health Care Module
$ 59.95
Restaurant Module
$ 59.95
Gorcery Store Module
$ 59.95
Banking Module
$ 59.95
Park District Module
$ 59.95
Workplace Role-Play Series $ 289.95
MR #054326 Taking Charge Curriculum
$ 63.95
MR #054327 Taking Charge Game
$ 79.95
MR #054328 Taking Charge Curr. & Game$ 139.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
MIND RESOURCES
147
Talk It Up! Bingo
Develops Vocabulary and Description Skills
Help students focus on eight different ways to describe
an object. Featuring 150 everyday objects, this game
promotes vocabulary development using key questions
such as ‘What can you do with it?” and ‘What goes
with it?” to promote vocabulary development. Two
spinners province questions at two difficulty levels
for students of varying ages and abilities. Each bingo
board features 25-objects in five categories: Clothing
and Grooming, Food, Household, School, and Community. Players take turns drawing category cards that
have easily identifiable pictures icons. A Players looks
at his or her bingo board, chooses an object in the
given category, and spins for a question.
Game includes: 6 Bingo Boards, 24 Draw Cards, 175
Bingo Chips, 2 Spinners, and a Teacher’s Guide.
MR #054351 Talk It Up! Bingo
$ 63.95
What Is It? Games
Name It! Games
Hands-On Language Development
These popular games provide a fun way for students
to demonstrate whether words are being understood
and retained.
In each game, players name dozens of everyday words
in 24 different categories. Questions on the game
boards and draw cards ask players to name examples
of items, people, and concepts, such as clothes, community helpers, and weather.
Game includes: Game Board, 20 Draw Cards, Game Die,
6 Playing Pieces, and a Teacher’s Guide.
MR #054354 Name It! Game
MR #054355 Name It! 2 Game
MR #054356 Name It! Games (set of 2)
$ 63.95
$ 63.95
$ 125.95
Things in a House and Things in a Classroom
Promote oral-language development with these two
colourful board games. Each game covers 200 “WH”
questions about 40 common objects. Both games
increase student’s receptive and expressive language
skills.
To play the game, a student looks at the picture in
the square he or she landed on. The other players ask,
“What is it?” If the object is correctly identified, the
player gets to answer one of four additional “WH”
questions printed on the spinner.
The Teacher’s Guide includes suggested answers, a
score card, and reproducbible take-home study pages.
Each Game includes: Game Board, Spinner, 6 Playing
Pieces, Game Die, and a Teacher’s Guide.
MR #054357 What Is It?—Things in a House
$ 63.95
MR #054358 What Is It?—Things in a Classroom$ 63.95
$ 125.95
MR #054359 What Is It? Games (set of 2)
Conversation Start-Ups
Expands Language Skills Through Conversation
This game introduces students to social language and
develops conversation skills. Features 30 icons representing familiar topics such as school, family, and hobbies to help students begin and continue conversations.
Players share feelings, opinions, personal experiences,
and information. The other participants respond by
asking pertinent questions and making comments.
The game, with three levels of game play, stresses the
basics of conversation as players respond appropriately
to a particular topic by asking a question or making a
comment. There are no right or wrong answers since
the focus is on building oral-language skills. Teacher’s
Guide includes, cues, prompts, and sample dialogues.
During each player’s turn, other students have an opportunity to participate, which encourages players to
maintain their focus and interest during game play.
Game includes: Game Board, Spinner, 6 Playing
Pieces, Game Die, Teacher’s Guide and Study Sheets.
MR #054352 Conversation Start-Ups
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$ 79.95
MIND RESOURCES
Five Senses Bingo
Enhances Expressive Language Skills
Guide students to describe objects according to how
they look, smell, taste, feel, and sound with this engaging bingo game. Features 150 illustrations of common
objects. The 30 objects for each sense generate a wide
variety of descriptors to help build students’ vocabulary.
The game combines aspects of a board game and a bingo
game. Each of the six bingo boards ha a different set of
25 illustrated objects. The bingo boards who objects
such as a mountain for Sight, a campfire for smell, a
pickle for Taste, a feather for Touch, and a jet for Sound.
Game includes: 6 Bingo Boards, 192 Bingo Chips,
Spinner, Teacher’s Guide, Reproducible Study Sheets,
and Assessment Checklists.
MR #054353 Five Senses Bingo
$ 59.95
Things People Do
Builds Life and Language Skills
This easy-to-play game builds expressive language
skills and life skills by engaging students in discussions
about everyday activities. Features 30 illustrations of a
person completing a particular task. Also covers safety
precautions.
To play the game, a student lands on a square and
identifies the activity illustrated. The student then
spins to answer one of four questions. To cue students
who struggle with reading, the spinner has a corresponding icon for each question.
Game includes: Game Board, 6 Playing Pieces, Game
Die, Spinner, Study Sheets, and a Teacher’s Guide.
MR #054360 Things People Do
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
$ 79.95
PCI Photo Library
240 Photo Cards and Labels
• 4 Sets of Large (7” x 6”) Photo Cards
• 240 Photo Cards in total
• Teaching Instruction Guide
• Assessment Tool
The PCI Photo Library includes four sets of photo cards
in everyday categories. Students solve these colourful, real-life pictures of fresh produce, prepared foods,
kitchen items, and bathroom items. The large, detailed
photographs provide classroom and ELL teachers and
speech-language pathologists with valuable tools for
building expressive communication skills.
The cards work perfectly in both one-on-one sessions
and small-group settings. The most common use will
involve students identifying and pronouncing the name
of each object as the cards are displayed one by one.
Students can also look for similarities and differences,
group the cards in categories, and discuss their own
personal experiences.
Each Set includes: 40 or 80 large (7” x 6”) full-colour
photo cards and an instruction guide with teaching
ideas and an assessment.
MR #054361
MR #054362
MR #054363
MR #054364
MR #054365
PCI Photo Bingo
Builds Expressive Language Skills
Features the most common food and household items
from the PCI Photo Library. Students will love the
full-colour, realistic photos of Fresh Produce, Prepared
Foods, Kitchen Items, and Bathroom Items. Student
practice communication skills and build their vocabulary as they play the games. The photos make it easy
for students to identify and describe nine items on
each bingo board.
To play the game, the bingo caller holds up a calling
card without saying the name of the item pictured
on it. Each student who has the item raises his or
her hand and takes a turn pronouncing the name of
the item and stating one fact about it. For example,
“Refrigerator – A refrigerator keeps food cold.” Each
student should give a different fact.
Game includes: 20 Bingo Boards, 40 Bingo Calling Cards,
180 Bingo Chips, Bingo Matching Mat, Instruction Guide,
and Reproducible Checklists.
Fresh Product (80 cards)
$ 63.95
Prepared Foods (80 cards) $ 63.95
Kitchen Items (40 cards)
$ 63.95
Bathroom Items (40 cards) $ 63.95
Photo Library (240 cards) $ 249.95
MR #054366
MR #054367
MR #054368
MR #054369
MR #054370
Classroom Rewards
Fun, Age-Appropriate Incentives
• 3 Packs of Fun Rewards
• 100–200+ Items per Pack
Motivate students with stimulating extrinsic rewards.
Teachers use these tangible reinforcers while playing
games, asking questions, building class cooperation,
redirecting behavior, and showing students appreciation. Students enjoy receiving, collecting, and trading
these fun manipulatives.
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Photo Bingo—Fresh Produce $ 54.95
Photo Bingo—Prepared Foods$ 54.95
Photo Bingo—Kitchen Items $ 54.95
Photo Bingo—Bathroom Items$ 54.95
Photo Bingo Set (4 games) $ 209.95
STARTER REWARDS PACK (Grades 1–5)—Over
100 rewards, including a variety of finger puppets,
mini-cars, animals, jack sets, bendable clowns, sports
puzzle games, space hologram stickers, glow wooly
animals, and more.
JUMBO REWARDS PACK (Grades 1–5)—Contains
the same rewards as in the Starter Pack plus 125 additional items. Includes a variety of mini-lizards, ‘60s
pencils, tops, butterfly stickers, sports finger puppets,
shape rulers, friendship rings, troll rings, butterfly
clips, mini sports erasers, smile stickers, wall climbers,
and more.
MEGA REWARDS PACK (Grades 6–8)—Over
200 manipulatives and prizes, including ball and
cup games, small magnifiers, smiley face necklaces,
notepads, wild bounce galls, high bounce galls, min
sports erasers, mini dino erasers, crazy eye patches, gator squirts, wall climbers, power bead bracelets, flower
bead bracelets, glow creatures, butterfly clips, yo-yos,
friendship rings, wild animal maze puzzles, braided
keychains, and more.
NOTE: Items subject to change due to availability. Items may vary.
MR #054414 Rewards—Starter Pack
$ 59.95
MR #054415 Rewards—Jumbo Pack
$ 119.95
MR #054416 Rewards—Mega Pack
$ 99.95
MIND RESOURCES
149
Real-World Social Skills
INTEREST LEVEL K–5 • READING LEVEL 2–3
Teaches Appropriate Social Interactions
• 150-page Book
• Reproducibles
• Lesson Plans
• Parent Letters
• Mini-Posters
• Lists of Adaptations
This program covers everyday social situations
and issues that students
encounter in school and
at home. The complete
curriculum includes lessons, interactive group
and partner activities,
role-plays, and reproducible activity sheets that
help students learn positive behaviors. Can be
used for small or large
groups.
TWELVE UNITS—
Each unit focuses on
a different social skill
and includes a variety of
suggested activities and reproducible sheets. The units
can be taught in any order. Unit titles:
• Basic Social Skills
• Responsibility
• Understanding Feelings • Perseverance
• Respect
• Cooperation
• Accepting Differences
• Friendship
• Compassion
• Dealing With Bullies
• Honesty
• Conflict Resolution
FEATURES—Each unit begins with an illustrated
mini-poster that reinforces the featured social skill.
An overview of the unit follows and includes lists of
suggested children’s books and other resources that
address the social skill. Activities include discussion
starters and interactive simulations of real-world situations. Reproducible sheets reinforce these activities.
Also includes progress chart and correlations chart.
MR #054399 Real-World Social Skills
$ 109.95
You’re On Your Own
Teaches Students How to Live Independently
This comprehensive consumer education curriculum that has all the
elements needed to simulate living in the real world after high school.
The program motivates students to apply their knowledge and skills in
a role-play situation that can last for a semester or an entire year. The
program includes 100 real-life activities that teach responsibilities and
competencies that help students live independently and successfully.
You’re On Your Own activities focus on everyday
scenarios that help students develop a clear understanding of the steps they will need to take and
the decisions they will need to make to set up
and manage their households after finishing high
school. For example, as part of the simulation,
students find apartments and jobs, open bank
accounts, furnish their apartments, purchase
used cars, pay monthly bills, maintain budgets,
manage checking and savings accounts, shop
for groceries, buy new clothes, and do laundry.
ACTIVITIES—For each activity there is a
teacher page and a worksheet for the students
to complete. The teacher page explains what
to prepare for each activity. Some teacher
pages include brief mini-lessons to help introduce new topics and skills, such as calculating
interest and preparing for interviews. Most
activities require minimal student-teacher
interaction so students gain an understanding of truly living on their own.
REALISTIC FORMS—In order to
make the experience as authentic as possible,
realistic forms have been included. For example,
students practice filling out tax forms, reading
and paying monthly bills, completing credit card
applications, and preparing budgets.
CHECK PACKETS—Contain 75 realistic
checks, an ID card, 24 deposit slips, a check
register, and a deluxe checkbook wallet. (sold in
packages of 5 packets)
PROGRAM INCLUDES—
• Student Activities Book with reproducible forms
• Worksheets and quizzes
• Teacher’s Book
• Tracking charts
• Answer key
• 100 colored folders
• Preprinted folder labels
• A large (18” x 22”) map of Westwood
• 2 Garcia’s Grocery Store Booklets
• 2 Great Deals Discount Store Booklets
• 2 Westwood Mall Booklets
• 1 Employment Agency Booklet
• 1 Westwood Apartment Guide Booklet
• A sturdy storage box
MR #054395 You’re On Your Own Program$ 459.95
Real-World Social Skills Game
INTEREST LEVEL K–5 • READING LEVEL 2–3
Reinforces Social Skills Through Game Play
Like the Real-World Social Skills curriculum, this game
features more of the everyday social situations and
issues that students encounter. This game covers the
same 12 social skills as Real-World Social Skills.
The game board has 12 circular spaces, each representing a social skill. Twelve draw cards correspond to each
space. Four “wild cards” add an element of surprise to
the game. A player draws a card and the teacher reads
a question or preseents a role-play situation from the
Teacher’s Guide. The student responds and places the
draw card on the correct space. Game play continues
until each draw card is chosen or until the teacher
concludes the game.
TEACHER’S GUIDE—With 40 questions for each
social skill, plus “wild card” questions. Questions are
leveled for basic and higher-level play. Also includes
alternatives to game play.
Game includes: Game Board, 16 Draw Cards, Game
Die, 6 Playing Pieces, and the Teacher’s Guide.
MR #054400 Real-World Social Skills Game $ 79.95
Real-World Social Skills Set includes both the Real-World Social
Skills Curriculum and the Real-World Social Skills Game.
It’s Up To Me
A Self-Monitoring Behavior Program
This behavior program allows students with special
needs to become active participants in their own
behavior-management plan. It challenges students
to improve their behavior at school, at home and
while in the community.
Teachers can choose behavioral objectives
from the 165 reproducible monthly charting
sheets in the Teacher’s Book. Each student
is given a Participant Book and is asked to
choose one of six full-colour motivational
covers. Students chart their own behavior
daily. Every objective has a visual cue to assist
students with limited or no reading skills. The
program encourages students to take complete
responsibility for their daily actions.
PROGRAM INCLUDES—Teacher’s Book
with instructions, 165 reproducible objective
sheets, and 6 Participant Books.
MR #054324 It’s Up To Me—Program
$ 79.95
MR #054325 Additional Participant Books (6) $ 69.95
MR #054401 Real-World Social Skills Set $ 187.95
150
MIND RESOURCES
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
Let’s Talk About Life Skills
INTEREST LEVEL 3–12 • READING
LEVEL (nonreaders)
800 Discussion
Questions and 800
Practice Activities.
Let’s Talk About Life
Skills is based on the
recently updated series
of board games, PCI Life
Skills Series for Today’s
World. With these two
easy-to-use books, teachers
can teach and reinforce
meaningful, contemporary life skills to prepare students for success in life. This high-interest, real-world
content can be used for group instruction with groups
of any size or for one-on-one instruction.
Each topic features 80 questions, each with suggested
answers; a note section, with background information
to be shared with the students; and a practice activity.
For example, a group might be asked, “What helps you
calm down when you’re angry?” All participants would
learn additional ways to calm down from their peers.
This interactive discussion format promotes expressive communication skills along with the social skills
related to working with a group.
VOLUME 1—Includes topics: Behavior, Community,
Basic Information, Money & Time, and Survival Signs.
VOLUME 2—Includes topics: Saftey, Social Skills,
Health & Nutrition, Career, and Shopping & Cooking.
MR #057206 Life Skills—Book 1
$ 129.95
MR #057207 Life Skills—Book 2
$ 129.95
MR #057208 Life Skills Set (Books 1 & 2) $ 258.95
Building Your Future
A Complete Transition Curriculum
• 250-page Book
• Reproducible Activities
• Checklists
• Ideas for Individual Projects
Help students with learning differences prepare for
the transition from school to life after school with
this comprehensive curriculum. Written for middle
school and high school students and adults.
The program is divided into 11 units. Each
unit includes key vocabulary to target what
students need to know in order to fully comprehend what they are reading. Also includes
checklists, additional information, activity
sheets for students to complete, and ideas for
individual projects.
Featured topics include determining interests;
understanding IEPs; exploring careers; understanding what college is really like; completing
a job application; choosing personal references;
interviewing; understanding paychecks and job
benefits; being a good employee; leaving a job;
and understanding banking and budgeting;
UNIT TITLES—
• Getting to Know Yourself • Starting a New Job
• Self-Determination
• Employer Expectations
• Exploring Career Options • Leaving a Job
• Post-Secondary Options • Entrepreneurship
• Establishing Goals
• Managing Your Money
• Applying for a Job
MR #054394 Building Your Future
$ 99.95
FAX 877-585-2992 (TOLL FREE)
First Job Experience
Creates a Classroom Work Environment
• Dozens of Reproducible Handouts
• Specific Work Guidelines
This unique and innovative program is based on the
concept that there is no occupational training that
can compare with authentic work experience. When
involved in actual work tasks that require accountability, students can learn at an optimum level. First
Job Experience simulates a realistic work site that is
compatible with typical school schedules.
The program consists of two components: Students
Working and Training (S.W.A.T.) and Target Skills.
This program is perfect for School-to-Work classrooms
and other vocational settings. It features a complete
set of reproducibles that cover everything from Job Requests to Job Assignments. Detailed instructions that
offer step-by-step guidelines for every aspect of the
program make this a valuable and exciting experience
for both teachers and students.
S.W.A.T. MODULE—Presents a format for providing
actual work experience in the classroom. Guidelines
are given for in-house jobs (students perform for the
school) and outside jobs (students perform for local
employers). Students are held accountable for work
and must maintain realistic job performance levels.
TARGET SKILLS MODULE—This reproducible
section includes 36 specific work guidelines with
accompanying discussion starters. Target skills are
highlighted each day prior to students starting their
assigned classroom jobs.
MR #054398 First Job Experience
$ 79.95
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