Teaching Guides

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Basic Principles of Economics

How do goods get to the store? This discover-focused series answers that question by taking readers on a journey of what happens to products before the store. From the creation of materials, through production, to the shipping dock, and onto store shelves, these fact-filled titles… View →

 
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Compound Words Scavenger Hunt

 
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Fantasy Football

Fantasy Football is a trend that is reaching classrooms across the country as teachers search for lessons that go beyond traditional textbooks and worksheets to tap students’ interests. Empirical data show that classroom fantasy-sports programs help improve grades and test scores.… View →

 
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Go Green! Clean Air

Non-fiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The Go Green! series provides excellent opportunities for teachers and librarians to Identify parts of the book that set the stage for View →

 
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How Can I Help During COVID-19?

Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

 
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How Has COVID-19 Changed Our World?

Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

 
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Library Skills - Teaching Guide

Understanding how to explore and use all of the features a library has to offer are valuable skills. Teaching children at an early age how a library works can significantly impact future academic success. View →

 
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Pandemics and COVID-19

Asking and answering questions about difficult topics will help children gain an informed understanding of the current pandemic and its effects. View →

 
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Simple Machines - Teaching Guide

 
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Simple Measurement

Knowing how to tell time on a digital and analog clock is an important elementary skill. Additionally, some minutes on the clock can be expressed in different ways (i.e., quarter after two and two fifteen). Giving children practice with both types of clocks is a good way to teach them… View →

 
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Sound Box® Books Teacher Guide

 
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The Life Cycle of a Clown Fish

Nonfiction books provide a great deal of information beyond the actual text (i.e., illustrations, chapter titles, headings, key vocabulary words, etc.). The LIFE CYCLES teaching guides provide engaging opportunities for teachers and… View →