Pre-School

TEC61237 - Totally for Two’s, grade PreSchool. Engage your 2-year-olds in playful learning with this one-stop resource. Develops social, emotional, cognitive & physical development of your little ones. Hand selected from the best toddler ideas in The Mailbox® magazine, 128 pages.  Price $18.95

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CTP2265 - Getting Ready to Read, grades PreK-1. Addresses the phonological needs of preschool students, emergent readers, English-language learners & other students who have limited exposure to oral language. Includes 40 independent center activities that help students learn to analyze & apply the 5 levels of phonemic awareness, rhythm, rhyme, parts of a word, sequence of sounds, separation of sounds & manipulation of sounds in isolation before applying the levels to written language, 144 pages. Price $19.99

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CD104302 - Giant Book of Preschool Activities, grades PreK-K.  Contains 6 books from the “It’s Time” series & provides practice for all of the important skills & functions needed for development in early childhood. Hundreds of activities, practically impossible to run out of practices for social, motor, memory, auditory & other important skills. Contains 500+ activities for movement, rhyming, centers, circles, counting & games. Supports NAEYC standards, 304 pages. Price $25.99

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TEC61166 - The Best of The Mailbox®, grade PreK.  One of our most popular best sellers is a compilation of our subscribers' best teacher-tested ideas. Take advantage of bulletin boards, art activities, centers & many more creative & practical timesaving ideas, 192 pages.  Price: $22.95

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TEC61077 - Arts & Crafts, grade PreK. These lively books put hundreds of arts-&-crafts projects at your fingertips. Featuring the very best teacher-tested arts-&-crafts ideas from The Mailbox^® magazine, these full-color treasuries are chock-full of arts & crafts for every season of the year, 112 pages.  Price $16.95

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TEC61091 - Bulletin Boards & Displays, grade PreK. Spot- light all that students have learned using the 60+ creative & practical ideas for student-centered displays & seasonal bulletin boards. Follow the simple directions & color illustrations to transform a classroom in minutes, 144 pages. Price: $19.95

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TEC61181 - Seasonal Storytime, grades PreK-K.  Organized by season, this book gives you 200 fun, cross-curricular activities based on 50 popular books. Patterns & reproducibles are included. A timeless resource, 128 pages.  Price: $18.95

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TEC61202 - Everything Seasonal & Holiday, grades PreK-K. You'll get the kid-fun seasonal & holiday tools you need with this all reproducible resource, 160+ items, including mats & cards, quick seasonal crafts, fold-&-go booklets, practice pages & more, 176 pages. Price $19.95

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TEC61225 - Big Book of Patterns, grades PreK-K.  Enhance bulletin boards, centers, parent communications & much more with 350+ ready-to-go patterns. Offering a mix of popular holiday, seasonal & subject-area themes, all patterns are grouped by topic & arranged alphabetically for quick reference & ease of use. Includes bonus online materials. All clip art images are available to download, 208 pages. Price: $17.95

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TEC61236 - Hooray for Holidays & Seasonal Celebrations®, PreK-K.  Celebrating special days during the year has never been easier than with this amazingly organized resource. Complete with activities, teacher tools, songs, snacks, crafts, tips & games, it allows kids to have fun learning & celebrating all at the same time. Includes bonus online materials, 128 pages. Price $18.95

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KE804011 - Learning the Basics, The Brainy Bunch Kids, grades PreK-1.  Meet Eli, Jada, Yuuto & Zoe, friends starring in 12 colorful pullout storybooks that focus on important themes for early childhood education, such as colors, shapes, alphabet, pets & many more. A full-color teacher’s guide, 12-page pullout story- book & 6–8 reproducible pages that offer fun comprehension activities, patterns, art projects & more. A complete early child- hood resource with over 170 teaching ideas & 90 reproducible pages, 320 pages. Price: $29.99

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KE804033 - Participation Stories, grades PreK-1. Reach auditory, kinesthetic & visual learners with storytelling. Includes everything teachers need to present the selected stories in 3 different ways, traditional, participation & prop.  Includes traditional tales, folk tales, original tales, tales from other countries & tales in rhyme. Sidebars on each page connect stories to basic language concepts. Supports NCTE a& NAEYC standards, 64 pages. Price: $10.99

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TCR3688 - Skill Builders for Young Learners: Beginning Reading, grades PreK-1. Reinforce math & reading-readiness skills while preparing young students for a standards-based education. These adorably illustrated, easy-to-use activity pages can be completed with crayons, pencils, glue & scissors, 96 pages. Price $12.99

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TCR2602 - Big & Easy Patterns: Holidays & Seasons, grades PreK-6.  Lots of patterns are presented for each of the 4 seasons & their corresponding holidays. The book also includes teacher-tested ideas for using the patterns, 244 pages. Price $17.99

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Kindergarten

CTP6732 - Reading, grade K.  Designed to help master critical concepts, boost achievement & build confidence in reading. Includes Ultimate Advantage Quiz Cards. Features a snapshot review of each workbook’s key concepts in a fun game format for independent or small-group play. Ffeature an easy-to-use extension of workbook activities. Young learner get the ultimate learning advantage by: Preparing for the year ahead with curriculum-based activities that meet national & state standards, Practicing during the year with clear directions that enable learners to work independently, Reinforce key skills with high-interest activities & motivating features to reinforce learning & reward progress, 120 pages.  Price $9.99

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TCR8614 - Flipping Over Making Words, grade K. Teach emergent readers how to make words just by flipping pages in a flip book. Each lesson includes a flip book template & a word list as well as a variety of activities & reproducible worksheets.  Topics include: Short/long vowels, Hard consonant blends, Double vowels, R-controlled vowels, Digraphs, Diphthongs, Silent letters, Common endings, 176 pages. Price $17.99

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TEC61102 - Bulletin Boards & Displays, grade K.  Spotlight all that your students have learned using the 90+ creative & practical ideas for student-centered displays & seasonal bulletin boards. Just follow the simple directions & color illustrations to transform your classroom in minutes, 144 pages. Price: $19.95

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EMC3440 - Read & Understand with Leveled Texts, grade K. Help students develop reading skills.  Leveled reading selections & follow-up comprehension & vocabulary activities cover skills such as word families, recalling story details, matching text to pictures & more.  Price $19.99

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TEC61115 - Word Skills Fun, grades K-1.  Strengthen students' skills with phonics, vocabulary, spelling, word analysis & more with simple activities, reproducible practice pages & tear-out-&-use games & centers, 96 pages.  Price: $16.95

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TCR5971 - Ready-Set-Learn: Sight Words, grades K-1.  Fun- filled activities give children a head start on learning basic skills needed for success. Colorful stickers provide motivation. An incentive chart highlights the child's progress. A ribbon sticker rewards the child for a job well done. Choose from 56 titles that focus on alphabet, numbers, reading, math, mazes, puzzles, word games, printing, cursive writing & more, 7” x 9”, 64 pages. Price $2.99

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TCR2933 - Word Family Stories for Reading Comprehension, grades K-1. Introduce children to reading with very short, illustrated stories. Two+ words from the same word family are used in each story & they are underlined as clues for the beginning reader. Following each story are 2 multiple choice questions that reinforce comprehension as well as a simple writing exercise, 48 pages.  Price $8.99

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KE804051 - Get Ready, Read, grades K-2. Interactive resource systematically breaks down phonics & reduces the pace to help struggling readers comprehend early 1st words. Covers 150+ word families. Includes phonogram lists, clip art, word cards, plus phonemic awareness & decoding activities. Circle-time lessons introduce small groups of words with exercises, songs, games & learning aids. Activities & games provide follow-up practice. Supports NAEYC, NCTE & IRA standards, 240 pages.  Price $19.99

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TCR2481 - Word Walls Activities, grades K-3. Find out how to make word walls an integral part of your classroom. Then choose from dozens of games & activities to enhance literacy, 208 pages. Price $17.99

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KE847001 - 172 Cut-Up Letters & Words for Reading High-Frequency Words, grades K-3. These 144 word cards, 100 lowercase & uppercase letter cards help familiarize high- frequency words & teach how to use letters to make words. Sturdy card-stock pages cut apart for hands-on learning. Includes teaching suggestions, activity & game ideas, plus easy-to-assemble game pieces & spinners, where applicable. Supports NCTE & NAEYC standards, 24 pages. Price $8.99

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TCR0018 - Masterpiece of the Month, grades K-5.  Students learn about artistic concepts by looking at great works of art. Follow-up art activities using crayons, chalk, tempera paint & more reinforce learning, 96 pages.  Price $12.99

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TCR3138 - 101 Ways to Love a Book, grades K-6. Enjoy your favorite book long after you've finished reading it.  With art by Mary Engelbreit, this resource features exciting activities that allow readers to explore books through arts & crafts, research, school & community projects & creative writing assignments, 112 pages. Price $13.99

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TCR3074 - Informal Reading Assessments by Dr. Fry, grades K-8. Evaluate literacy needs using 22 assessments--oral reading, phonics, onset & rime, phoneme segmentation, letter & word recognition, comprehension, spelling & more. Dr. Fry is Professor of Education Emeritus at Rutgers University & is well known for his Instant Words & the Fry Readability Graph. He is a frequent speaker at reading conferences, 96 pages.  Price $13.99

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REM1076A - Build-A-Word: Word Families, grades K+. Photo flash cards are paired with color-coded, durable, plastic letter tiles to help see words, say words & build words. Includes early reading concepts & make hundreds of different words. Includes: 80 photo flash cards featuring 80 different word families. “Family” words are shown with the “onset” in red type & the “rime” in blue type, 75 two-sided letter tiles divided into 2 color-coded categories, activity book.  Price $39.99

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Grade 1

CTP6733 - Reading, grade 1.  Designed to help master critical concepts, boost achievement & build confidence in reading. Includes Ultimate Advantage Quiz Cards. Features a snapshot review of each workbook’s key concepts in a fun game format for independent or small-group play. Ffeature an easy-to-use extension of workbook activities. Young learner get the ultimate learning advantage by: Preparing for the year ahead with curriculum-based activities that meet national & state standards, Practicing during the year with clear directions that enable learners to work independently, Reinforce key skills with high-interest activities & motivating features to reinforce learning & reward progress, 120 pages.  Price $9.99

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TCR6221 - Reading & Writing, grade 1 with 2 CDs. Designed lessons based on the findings of leading educational researchers, a practical, teacher-tested system for preparing students to master the content that states require them to know. Straightforward lessons & activities to activate students' prior knowledge of a particular skill. Teach curriculum, confident that students are ready to learn. Lacking some skills, additional PAL Packets are available on the CDs. Parent-Assisted Learning activities help catch up with the rest of the class. The PAL activities are provided in both English & Spanish. Price $29.99

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CD104303 - Reading Comprehension & Skills, grade 1.  Develop reading skills, encourage vocabulary development & reinforce reading comprehension.  Included: grade-appropriate passages & stories on a variety of engaging subjects, reproducible & perforated skill practice pages, 1 certificate, 96 cut-apart flash cards, answer keys & an award certificate, 128 pages.  Price $16.99

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CD2200 - Reading Achievement, grade 1.  Reinforce reading skills & build high-level thinking skills . Includes: 200+ questions, 70 reproducible activity pages, 4 pretests in standardized test format, ready-to-use scoring box on each page & answer keys, 96 pages. Price $13.99

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RB904109 - Reading Success, grade 1.   Provide focused practice in areas such as comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, language & reasoning. grade-appropriate flash cards, completion chart & skills matrix are also provided. Meets NCTE standards, 128 pages. Price $9.95

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T16005 - Read & Write, grade 1.  Bursting with fun activities & easy directions, these standards-based books make it easy for kids to try new skills, practice & improve. Order of activities reflects curriculum scope & sequence. Fun ideas, interesting facts & jokes extend the learning fun. Includes an "About Me" page for the child to complete, plus helpful ideas for adults. Children focus on growing language arts skills, with more activities for reading comprehension, phonics & parts of speech, 64 pages. Price $4.99

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TCR8616 - Flipping Over Making Words, grade 1. Teach emergent readers how to make words just by flipping pages in a flip book. Includes a flip book template & a word list as well as a variety of activities & reproducible worksheets. Topics include:  Short/long vowels, Hard consonant blends, Double vowels, R-controlled vowels,  Digraphs, Diphthongs, Silent letters, Common endings, 176 pages. Price $17.99

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TCR3261 - Itsy Bitsy Stories for Reading Comprehension, grade 1. Supplement any reading program with short, entertaining stories. Accompanying activities reinforce skills in vocabulary, fluency & comprehension. The easy-to-use format is ideal for use in classroom settings, for tutoring & at home, 48 pages. Price $8.99

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TCR2911 - Paired Passages: Linking Fact to Fiction, grade 1. Help students develop & practice skills they need to compare & contrast fiction & nonfiction passages. After each of the 25 pairs of passages, students are asked both multiple-choice & open-ended questions.  Includes standards & benchmarks, 112 pages. Price $14.99

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EMC3441 - Read & Understand with Leveled Texts, grade 1.   Help students develop reading skills.  Leveled reading selections & follow-up comprehension & vocabulary activities cover skills such as word families, using context clues, relating prior knowledge & more.  Price $19.99

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CTP2242 - Fables Reader's Theater, grades 1-2. Provides high-interest scripts featuring amusing fables, fairy tales, inspiring inventors & historical heroes. Instruction, key vocabulary & engaging comprehension activities. Describes how to direct instruction & coach students as they practice their lines. Can stand alone as fluency instruction or tie in to a related content-area unit. Meets instructional objectives as outlined in the No Child Left Behind Act, 96 pages. Price $14.99

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CTP2257 - Unwrapping A Book, grades 1-2. This resource is designed to teach children to recognize & use text features such as captions, time lines, labels & more. Every activity provides a helpful list of reading selections from an array of curricular areas, 80 pages.  Price $13.99

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TCR8040 - Fluency Practice, grades 1-2.  The ability to read quickly & accurately while using expression & proper phrasing. The ability to express oneself easily & gracefully.  A great way to practice fluency & for teachers to assess fluency. Present oral reading practice in a variety of genres: Nursery Rhymes, Poetry, Haiku, Songs,  Proverbs, Tongue Twisters, Fairy Tales, Readers' Theater,  80+ reading passages designed to engage young students by using humor, compelling plots & exciting new words, 96 pages. Price $13.99

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TCR8026 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, grades 1-2. High-interest, nonfiction articles help learn about science while developing skills in reading comprehension. Followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocabulary & critical reasoning. Similar to that of standardized test, so as students progress through units, they are preparing for success in testing.  Unit provides: Introductory Key Words, High-Interest Story, 5 Test Questions. Targeting: Treading Strategies for Informational Texts, Meaning Clues Including Visuals, Level-Appropriate Sight Vocabulary, Main Idea, 144 pages. Price $16.99

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TCR8027 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, grades 1-2.  High-interest, nonfiction articles help learn while developing skills in reading comprehension. Followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocabulary & critical reasoning. Format is similar to that of standardized test, so as students progress through units, they are preparing for success in testing.  Provides: Introductory Key Words, High-Interest Story, 5 test questions. Target Areas: Treading Strategies for Informational Texts, Meaning Clues Including Visuals, Main Ideas, Level-Appropriate Sight Vocabulary, 144 pages. Price $16.99

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TCR8026 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Science, grades 1-2. High-interest, nonfiction articles help learn about science topics while developing skills in reading comprehension. Stories are followed by questions that cover main idea, detail, vocabulary & critical reasoning. Format is similar to that of standardized test, so as students progress through the book's units, they are preparing for success in testing. Provides: Introductory Key Words, High-Interest Story, 5 test questions, 144 pages. Price $16.99

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TCR3149 - Dr. Fry's Reading Activities, grades 1-2. Designed to reinforce reading skills. Colorful cards & activity boards help students learn important skills & the Instant Words that compose a high percentage of reading material.  Covers Instant Words: grades K-1, Instant Words 1-50, grades 1-2 Instant Words 51-150, grades 2-3 Instant Words 151-300.  grades 1-2 activities include: Blends Bingo, Find The Missing Digraph, Picture Noun Match. Use activities in language arts centers & supplement any reading program, 176 pages. Price $23.99

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TCR8861 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Informational Reading, grades 1-2. Motivate students with interesting, practical reading lessons. Each unit, over 40 per book, introduces an example of environmental print, sign, poster, package, directions, map, schedule, etc., along with a story & 5 questions that help develop skills in comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking & testing, 144 pages.  Price $16.99

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CTP4465 - Teach Math Standards through Engaging Text, grades 1-2. Repetitive, predictable story lines & illustrations match the text provide maximum support to the emergent reader. Engaging stories promote reading comprehension, easy & fun activities extend learning. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary, Text Comprehension & ESL/ELL.  Price $3.49

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REM65G - Primary Cloze Reading Set, grades 1-2. Use Context Clues to Finish Short Stories. You’ll enjoy using these books filled with short stories that have topics to which young learners easily relate. They’ll use context clues to finish each appealing story & then color the delightful illustrations. A proven method to use when building early comprehension skills.  Price $16.99

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REM205B - Following Directions/Making Inferences, grades 1-2.  The 28 lessons utilize word searches, puzzles & color coding to teach students to identify inferences (I have black & white fur - I live in the forest - Sometimes I smell bad - What am I).  Following directions are also covered. (Write the names of each creature pictured (Fred is the biggest, Ned is bigger than Jed, 1 is named Ted, Jed is not the smallest).   Creative illustrations assists the learning process. The activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.  Price $7.99

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REM205A - Analogies, Similarities & Differences, grades 1-2. The 26 visual lessons in this unit utilize word, image & shape associations to make students aware of the similarities & differences between objects & word meanings (See how the pictures are different, How many differences can you find).   Analogies are also covered (Bite is to Dog as Sting is to ___: Bee, Hurt, Bear.). The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.  Price $7.99

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REM205D - Using Logic & Reason, grades 1-2.  The 26, highly visual lessons in this unit utilize a variety of activities to teach logic (Read the clues & write down what Buster does on each day of the week listed - Buster has a soccer game on Thursday - He has swim lessons 3 days before soccer…..). Reason is also covered (Mom asked Jill to stir the soup so it would not burn - What does Jill need to get). Ceative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.  Price $7.99

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REM205C - Drawing Solutions/Finding Facts, grades 1-2. The 25 visual lessons utilize art, calendars, advertisements, signs & more from which students draw solutions (A playground is pictured - Draw a red line to show one way to go from the swings to the pond). Finding facts are also covered (A May calendar is shown - What is the number of the first Monday). The inclusion of creative illustrations greatly assists the learning process. The easy-to-use activities are sure to improve critical thinking skills.  Price $6.99

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KE804058 - Reading Sight Words in Context, grades 1-2. Give students the practice needed to recognize certain critical words instantly & become successful readers using engaging poems & short stories. Reproducible activities, games & follow-up ideas focus on common sight words that form the building blocks on which sentences are created.  Supports NCTE standards. Price $17.99

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KE804032 - Word Family Stories, grades 1-2.  Improve phonics skills, phonological awareness, fluency, vocabulary & comprehension 31 fun, easy-to-decode word family stories. Increases both confidence in & enjoyment of reading. Supports NCTE & NAEYC standards, 64 pages. Price $10.99

KE804032

TCR2935 - Word Family Stories for Reading Comprehension, grades 1-2. Introduce children to reading with very short, illustrated stories. Two+ words from the same word family are used in each story & they are underlined as clues for the beginning reader. Following each story are 2 multiple choice questions that reinforce comprehension as well as a simple writing exercise, 48 pages.  Price $8.99

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IP2630 - Including the Special Needs Child, grades 1-3.  As children are being included & mainstreamed, student populations are more diverse. In the environment where educational needs of different types of students need to be met, adapted lessons are a must. This book begins with an introduction to the included classroom & proceeds to offer adapted lessons in the basic skills: Small Motor Activities, Gross Motor Activities, Sensory Integration, Group Activities & Recipes for Sensory Activities, 96 pages.  Price $12.99

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CD804028 - High Interest/Low Readability, The Fairy Tale Times, grades 1-3.  Ten familiar stories in breaking news format entice students with new, clever endings. Struggling readers can succeed & build confidence by listening to the included CD while following along with the text, then reading independently & completing comprehension activities. Reproducible activities include puzzles, word searches, creative art & writing projects. Supports NCTE standards.   Price $14.99

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General Reading, grades 1-3. Teach Reading First principles with favorite tales that connect to math, art, science & social studies. Activities introduce phonemes & build fluency, vocabulary & comprehen- sion. Information about the origin & moral of each tale provides a natural springboard for discussing positive character traits. Supports NCTE & NAEYC standards, 64 pages. Price $10.99

REM0125 - Just For...Series - Set 1, grades 1-3. Fiction & Nonfiction Readings. What girl can resist topics, such as, horses, best friends & fashion? What boy can resist heroes, pirates & skateboard parks? Fiction & nonfiction short stories, articles, interviews & biographies has real-world applications that relate to students’ emotions & experiences. The before, during & after reading exercises incorporate research-based reading comprehension strategies. 24-27 readings per book plus a Teacher’s Guide & answer key, 96 pages each. Price $24.99

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REM62 - Beginning Reading Set, grades 1-3. Get young readers off to a great start.  In this 3-book set, students read kid-friendly stories then answer comprehension questions that challenge them to find facts, read for details, learn new vocabulary words & improve their writing skills.  Fine motor skills get a workout when students color the delightful illustrations. Great for building reading confidence.  Price $24.99

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REM604 - Basic Skills Reading Puzzles, Opposites/ Antonyms, grades 1-3. Self checking reading manipulatives teach basic skills in an entertaining way with these hands-on, self-checking that reinforce visual, auditory & tactile channels of learning. This multi sensory approach ensures that students of varying abilities have an equal chance to succeed. Dozens of attractive puzzles allow to find success on an individual project, making this program perfect for resource & inclusive settings. Large, colorful puzzle cards are made of heavy card stock & laminated for heavy classroom use. Each sturdy box contains between 26 & 30 puzzles. Price $10.99

CD104261 - Step Up to Reading, grades 1-3.   Reproducible activity sheets cover core reading skills at 3 ability levels - basic, intermediate & challenging. Topics include word analysis, vocabulary, reference skills & comprehension. Motivate students by offering multiple approaches to content, instruction & assessment. Supports NCTE standards, 160 pages. Price $19.99

CTP3384 - Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers, grades 1-3. Text Comprehension, grades. This resource features a step-by-step process in which students learn literal, inferential & critical reading comprehension skills that are modeled & practiced through the use of graphic organizers, 96 pages. Price  $14.99

CTP2282 - Making Your Word Wall More Interactive, grades 1-3.  Vocabulary.  This resource book provides ways for students to interact with words & build strong literacy skills.  Activities are organized by whole-class, small-group & independent study, 96 pages.  Price $14.99

A Nonfiction Science Series for Beginning Readers, grades 1-4. Just try to keep these books on the shelves. Children can't resist "diving" into these brightly colored books to explore their favorite topics. Young scientists examine plant parts & animal features "up close" & turn pages to see how smaller parts fit into the "bigger picture." Children will take a close-up view of the powerful ears of a bat, the thorny stem of a blackberry bush, the sticky tongue of a fly, & more. Also perfect for 5-senses study, this 24-book series of books features outstanding photographs by renowned nature photographer Dwight Kuhn & easy-to-read text by award-winning children's author David M. Schwartz, 16 pages.  Price $3.49

Bring the Magic of Nature Indoors, grades 1-4. Great for Reading First, Fluency, Vocabulary & Text Comprehension.  Now students can witness the life cycles of 12 plant & animal species in the classroom or home. From the metamorphosis of a caterpillar to a butterfly, to the life cycle of the Fighting Fish, this series presents the facts with detailed descriptions & brilliantly colorful photos. You'll love Life Cycles, another nature series created by Look Once, Look Again, author David M. Schwartz & photographer Dwight Kuhn, 16 pages. Price $3.49

CTP2323 - Read!  Write!  Publish, grades 1-5. Instructions & diagrams show you & your students how to make 20 different books.  Motivational writing activities & literature suggestions accompany each book idea, 70 pages.  Price $12.99

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CD1050 - Guided Reading, grades 1-5+. Latex free, resource guide. 10” diameter multicolored beach ball with 6 open-ended phrases & one 10” ball with 6 questions to reinforce comprehension skills.  Price $6.99

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KE804028 - High Interest/Low Readability, grades 1-6.  Reading can be riveting. A breaking news format entices with new, clever endings to 10 familiar stories while a multisensory approach paves the path to success for struggling readers.  In this reading experience, students listen while following along with the text, read independently & complete comprehension activities, 64 pages & audio CD.  Price $14.99

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KE804029 - High Interest/Low Readability, grades 1-7. Written as front page news articles with comprehension activities & Audio CD. Stories of child & animal heroes pique interest, children featured are recipients of the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. Stories builds confidence with a multi sensory approach, involves listening to create familiarity with words & content, independently reading & participating in comprehension activities, 64 pages & audio CD. Price $14.99

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KE804056 - High- Interest/Low-Readability, grades 1-7. Articles About Amazing Athletes, 10 High-Interest Real-Life Stories about International Paralympics Games & Athletes.  Stories of how real people have overcome adversity, holds interest & sends a message of hope. Build confidence & reading skills as children listen to the CD & follow along with the text before reading on their own. Includes: puzzles, word searches, creative art & writing projects. Supports NCTE, NCSS & IRA standards, 64 pages. Price $14.99

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REM1080A - Skill-By-Skill Comprehension Practice, grades 1+.  This series highlights 10 essential reading skills/concepts, 1 skill at a time. Short passages are followed by comprehension questions designed to target & improve reading skills. High-interest topics keep students interested, while short passages keep students from feeling overwhelmed & giving up. Ideal for students who get intimidated by longer paragraphs, those with short attention spans & struggling readers. A controlled vocabulary & simple sentence structure help ensure success, 72 pages. Price $11.99

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REM6006A - Keys to Comprehension Game, Level A, grades 1+. Move around the board collecting keys & encountering dangers. After landing on a spot, players spin to determine which specific reading skill to focus on, draw a card, read its short passage & answer the specific skill question. Get it right & they get a key for that skill. Collect all 6 keys & they are on their way to unlocking the buried treasure & winning the game.  Features: humorous &/or intriguing reading passages about strange superstitions, silly laws, unusual creatures & more, 2-6 players, gameboard with spinner, 90 question cards, 36 key cards, 6 pawns & 1 die. Price $21.99

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Reading. Each CD includes a follow-along, echo chant & read-along for the following books.  Price $7.99

EP3555 - Fun Folks, Word Families, grade 1+. A fun & easy way to learn & practice basic language arts skills. Self-checking games can be played in groups of 3 or 5.  Players compete to identify the card in each round that does not have a match. The player holding the card without a match in each round wins that round. Self-checking games promote discussion & peer learning, 2 ways to play, 200 cards, plus directions.  Price $11.99

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Grade 2

Both teachers & parents appreciate how effectively the Practice Makes Perfect Series help students master skills, grade 2.  Provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead, 48 pages. Price $4.99

CD4539 - Reading Comprehension, grade 2. Home Workbooks enjoy building basic skills with these workbooks. Filled with age-appropriate activities, puzzles & games, these teacher-approved books are perfect for extra practice. Children will love the 140 full-color stickers included. An incentive chart is also provided to help track progress of young learners.  Easy-to-use, 64 pages, 7” x 9.25”.  Price $3.49

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CTP2248 - Developing Reading Fluency, grade 2. This series includes a variety of activities that will help meet district, state & national reading standards. Includes intervention instruction for robotic readers as they learn to read with expression, intonation & a natural flow, 90 pages.  Price $14.99

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RBP3810 - Reading Connection, grade 2. Featuring a variety of writing types & exercises to increase reading comprehension skills, activities in these reading workbooks are grade appropriate, controlled vocabulary & focus on comprehension, thinking, phonics & reading skills.  Offers variety in reading students need to foster interest & the various skills needed to make reading possible.  Attention is given to vocabulary development, 96 perforated, reproducible pages.  Price $9.95

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CD3709 - Reading Comprehension & Skills, grade 2.  Develop reading skills, encourage vocabulary development & reinforce reading comprehension with this book. Age-appropriate paragraphs & stories on many different subjects are included, 140 pages. Price $15.99

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IF5032 - Sequencing, grade 2.  Activities reinforce or teach concepts such as first, next, last, following directions ordering events.  Exercise include reviewing schedules, time grids, graphs & maps. These pages may be used to teach a particular skill to the whole class, as enrichment for accelerated learners, or as a review for individual students. This book will make a wonderful supplement to your curriculum, 48 pages, soft cover, 8 3/8” x 10 7/8”.  Price $6.99

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RBP3950 - Reading, grade 2. Offer a variety of writing types to engage & challenge readers. Reading material is grade-level appropriate & the exercises help students master important reading & comprehension skills, including main idea, sequence, details, predicting outcomes & vocabulary. There is also a critical-thinking section, which helps students move beyond comprehen- sion & develop higher-order thinking skills, 80, 6” x 9”,  perforated, reproducible pages. Price $3.99

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CD104304 - Reading Comprehension & Skills, grade 2.  Develop reading skills, encourage vocabulary development & reinforce reading comprehension.  Included are grade- appropriate passages & stories on a variety of engaging subjects, reproducible & perforated skill practice pages, 96 cut-apart flash cards, answer keys, as well as an award certificate. Price $16.99

CD104304

TCR3488 - Daily Warm-ups: Reading, grade 2.  Reading series provides over 150 opportunities to master important reading skills. Includes both fiction & nonfiction reading passages, followed by questions based on Bloom's Taxonomy. Topics include: Animals, Biographies, History, Science, Current Events, Fairy Tales/ Fables, Historical Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy & Mystery/ Suspense/Adventure. Practice needed to improve reading comprehension skills, 176 pages. Price $17.99

TCR3488

REM175B - Score Boosters, grade 2. Fun, easy-to-do lessons will guide students through important skills, 1-by-1, while the illustrations are sure to keep interest soaring.   This comprehensive, teacher-designed workbook is loaded with high-interest lessons that focus on many of the skills required to know on standardized tests. Easy to incorporate into the daily curriculum, these high-interest activities are sure to improve the reading, math & language skills of even the most reluctant learner. Price $14.99

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REM60 - Beginning Reading, grade 2. Get your young readers off to a great start.  Build Basic Skills the hands-on way. Readers will have a great time as they complete the 43 activities designed to improve reading, handwriting, comprehension & fine motor skills. Each delightful lesson includes an easy-to-read mini- story followed by simple writing & comprehension activities. As a reward for completing each lesson, students are invited to color the story's lively illustration. Great for building reading confidence.  Price $8.99

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REM171B - Comprehension Collection, grade 2.  Exercises targeting important comprehension skills.  Read an advertisement, identify parts of a car or draw railroad tracks to map where the circus traveled, the 30 illustrated activities provide an interesting way to boost comprehension skills. From answering questions about quotes presented, identifying true/false statements after reading a paragraph or associating words with creative images, the lessons will make honing reading, writing & spelling skills fun.  Price $8.99

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R202R - Reading First, grade 2.  A guide & resource for understanding & implementing the 5 areas of reading instruction that are crucial for success: phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, comprehension & fluency. The Research Building Blocks for Teaching Children to Read, these research-based activities are necessary for successful reading instruction. From phonics-explicit material to the grade-leveled stories with comprehension & fluency records, an affordable resource that helps teachers ensure that each child will be a successful reader.  Price $7.95

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TCR2552 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension Cards, grade 2. Helps develop comprehension skills & strategies. Cards have grade-appropriate reading passage & multiple choice questions that challenge students to use higher-level thinking skills, 120 durable 4" x 6" cards per box.  Price $19.99

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TCR8642 - Main Idea, grade 2.  Both teachers & parents appreciate how effectively this series helps students master skills in reading, mathematics, penmanship, writing & grammar. Each book provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead. Test practice pages are included, 48 pages.  Price $4.99

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RB904110 - Reading Success, grade 2.   Provide focused practice in areas such as comprehension, phonics, vocabulary, language & reasoning. grade-appropriate flash cards, completion chart & skills matrix are also provided. Meets NCTE standards, 128 pages.  Price $9.95

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HACR102R - Cloze Reading Drills, grade 2. Stemming from the concept of closure, the term cloze means filling in or supplying the missing parts of an incomplete or mutilated message in order to restore meaning to the whole. Students arrive at conclusions by using prior knowledge, a general understanding of the material, phonetic clues, semantic & syntactic information, context clues & a consideration of the parts in relationship to the whole. Teacher's Guide.  Price $6.95

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CD104304 - Reading Comprehension & Skills, grade 2.  Develop reading skills, encourage vocabulary development & reinforce reading comprehension. Included:  grade-appropriate passages & stories on a variety of engaging subjects, reproducible & perforated skill practice pages, 1 certificate, 96 cut-apart flash cards, answer keys & an award certificate, 128 pages  Price: $15.99

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TCR6222 - Reading & Writing, grade 2, with 2 CDs.  A practical, teacher-tested system for preparing students to master the content that states require them to know. Straightforward lessons & activities to activate students' prior knowledge of a particular skill. Teach curriculum, confident that your students are ready to learn. Lack some skills, additional PAL Packets are available on the CDs. Parent-Assisted Learning activities help  catch up with the rest of the class. The PAL activities are provided in both English & Spanish. Price $29.99

TCR6222

KE804056 - High- Interest/Low-Readability: Articles About Amazing Athletes.  Suitable For: Reading Level(s): 2.0-3.6. True stories of how real people have over- come adversity hold students’ interest & send a message of hope. Build confidence & reading skills as children listen to the CD & follow along with the text before reading on their own. Includes comprehension activities such as puzzles, word searches, creative art & writing projects. Supports NCTE, NCSS & IRA standards, 64 pages with CD. Price: $14.99

KE804056

KE804057 - High-Interest/Low-Readability: Miles & Lizzie Save the Earth. Suitable For Reading Levels .8 - 2.2 Comic-book style & super-hero themes keep students reading to find out how time-traveling Lizzie Blizzard & mystery-solving Miles Masters save the Earth.  Build confidence a& reading skills as children listen to the CD & follow along with the text before reading on their own. Includes comprehension activities such as puzzles, word searches, creative art & writing projects. Supports NCTE, NSE & IRA standards, 64 pages plus CD.  Price $14.99

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KE804070 - Reading for Details, grades 1-3+. Comprised of a wide variety of high-interest reading passages, news articles, short stories, science articles, letters, recipes, postcards, fliers, advertisements, billboards, directions & more. To strengthen reading comprehension skills, the 5 “W” questions are featured at the end of each reading passage. Included:  49 fun-to-read leveled passages, instructions for using the passages as diagnostics in determining individual student’s reading levels & extension writing activities. Topics & engaging passages, it’s easy to differentiate instruction. Supports NCTE standards, 64 pages. Price $10.99

KE804070

TCR3262 - Itsy Bitsy Stories for Reading Comprehension, grade 2.  Supplement any reading program with short, entertaining stories. Accompanying activities reinforce skills in vocabulary, fluency & comprehension. The easy-to-use format is ideal for use in classroom settings, tutoring & at home, 48 pages. Price $8.99

TCR3262

TCR2912 - Paired Passages: Linking Fact to Fiction, grade 2. Help students develop & practice skills they need to compare & contrast fiction & nonfiction passages. After each of the 25 pairs of passages, students are asked both multiple-choice & open-ended questions. Includes standards & benchmarks, 112 pages.  Price $14.99

TCR2912

TCR5938 - Ready-Set-Learn: Reading Comprehension grade 2.  Fun-filled activities to give children a head start on learning basic skills needed for success in school. The 7" x 9" is just right for a young child. Colorful stickers provide motivation. An incentive chart highlights the child's progress. A ribbon sticker rewards the child for a job well done. Choose from 56 titles that focus on alphabet, numbers, reading, math, mazes, puzzles, word games, printing, cursive writing & more, 64 pages.  Price $2.99

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TCR3022 - Reading First Activities, grade 2. Teacher-directed lessons & independent student activities focus on the 5 key elements of reading as identified by the National Reading Panel: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary & comprehension. Target areas: Phonemic Awareness, Uses Meaning Clues Such as Pictures, Captions, Sentences, Main Idea/ Theme, Making Inferences or Predictions, Summarization, 176 pages. Price $17.99

TCR3022

TCR6222 - Essential Skills: Reading & Writing, grade 2 plus 2 CD’s.  Lessons & activities to activate students' prior knowledge of a particular skill. Upon completion, students will be ready for on-grade instruction that builds upon that skill. If students lack some skills they need, additional PAL Packets are available on the CDs that come with the books. These Parent-Assisted Learning activities help students catch up with the rest of the class. The PAL activities are provided in both English & Spanish. Price $29.99

TCR6222

CD104363 - Reading Comprehension, grade 2. This book offers educational & entertaining activities, puzzles & games based on academic standards & provides early learning skills children need to be successful in school. Skills cover beginning & ending consonants, blends & digraphs, long & short vowel sounds, word families & more. An incentive chart & 140 stickers are included. Perfect for home, school, summer breaks & road trips, 64 pages.  Price $4.49

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TCR8617 - Flipping Over Making Words, grade 2. Teach emergent readers how to make words just by flipping pages in a flip book.  Includes a flip book template & a word list as well as a variety of activities & reproducible worksheets. Topics include:  Short/long vowels, Hard consonant blends, Double vowels, R-controlled vowels, Digraphs, Diphthongs, Silent letters, Common endings, 176 pages. Price $17.99

TCR8617

CTP6734 - Reading, grade 2.  Designed to help master critical concepts, boost achievement & build confidence in reading. Includes Ultimate Advantage Quiz Cards. Features a snapshot review of each workbook’s key concepts in a fun game format for independent or small-group play. Ffeature an easy-to-use extension of workbook activities. Young learner get the ultimate learning advantage by: Preparing for the year ahead with curriculum-based activities that meet national & state standards, Practicing during the year with clear directions that enable learners to work independently, Reinforce key skills with high-interest activities & motivating features to reinforce learning & reward progress, 120 pages.  Price $9.99

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EMC3442 - Read & Understand with Leveled Texts, grade 2. Help students develop comprehension & vocabulary skills. Leveled reading selections & follow-up comprehension & vocabulary activities cover skills such as synonyms, recalling information, using context clues & more. Price $19.99

EMC3442

EP2360 - Inference, grades 2-3+.  Reinforce critical reading skills with a diverse range of classroom activities. Detailed teacher instruction pages.  Leveled reading passages & reproducible activities, individual, small-group & whole-class activities.  Skills & reading levels correspond to our best-selling Reading Comprehension Practice Cards & Learning Well® game titles, 8.5” x 11” 48 pages.  Price $7.99

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EP2362 - Cause & Effect, grades 2-3+. Reinforce critical reading skills with a diverse range of classroom activities. Detailed teacher instruction pages, leveled reading passages & reproducible activities.  Individual, small-group & whole-class activities.  Skills & reading levels correspond to our best-selling Reading Comprehension Practice Cards & Learning Well® game titles, 8.5” x 11”, 48 pages.  Price $7.99

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EP2364 - Main Idea, grades 2-3+.  Reinforce critical reading skills with a diverse range of classroom activities. Detailed teacher instruction pages, leveled reading passages & reproducible activities.  Individual, small-group & whole-class activities. Skills & reading levels correspond to our best-selling Reading Comprehension Practice Cards & Learning Well® game titles, 8.5” x 11”, 48 pages.  Price $7.99

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EP2366 - Context Clues, grades 2-3+.  Reinforce critical reading skills with a diverse range of classroom activities. Detailed teacher instruction pages, leveled reading passages & reproducible activities.  Individual, small-group & whole-class activities.  Skills & reading levels correspond to our best-selling Reading Comprehension Practice Cards & Learning Well® game titles, 8.5” x 11”, 48 pages.  Price $7.99

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EP2368 - Reading for Detail, grades 2-3+.  Reinforce critical reading skills with a diverse range of classroom activities. Detailed teacher instruction pages, leveled reading passages & reproducible activities.  Individual, small-group & whole-class activities.  Skills & reading levels correspond to our best-selling Reading Comprehension Practice Cards & Learning Well® game titles, 8.5” x 11”, 48 pages.  Price $7.99

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EP2370 - Figurative Language, grades 2-3+. Reinforce critical reading skills with a diverse range of classroom activities.  Detailed teacher instruction pages, leveled reading passages & reproducible activities.  Individual, small-group & whole-class activities.  Skills & reading levels correspond to our best-selling Reading Comprehension Practice Cards & Learning Well® game titles, 8.5” x 11”, 48 pages.  Price $7.99

EP2370

REM157 - Sentence Sequencing, grades 2-3.  Essential sequencing skills the "hands-on" way with this highly effective skill-based book.  Begin at a basic level where students manipulate language by cutting & pasting short stories into meaningful sequence. Activities progress to where students are required to copy short stories in proper sequence. Students formulate original sentences & write in meaningful sequence. Sequencing is a prerequisite skill necessary for accurate comprehension, drawing conclusions & predicting outcomes. Gives a solid foundation on which to build with this essential book.  Price $8.99

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TEC61116 - Word Skills Fun, grades 2-3.  Strengthen students' skills with phonics, vocabulary, spelling, word analysis & more with simple activities, reproducible practice pages & tear-out-&-use games & centers, 96 pages. Price: $16.95

TEC61116

TEC61168 - The Best of The Mailbox, grades 2-3.  One of our most popular best sellers, The Best of The Mailbox® is a compilation of our subscribers' best teacher-tested ideas. Take advantage of bulletin boards, art activities, centers & many more creative & practical timesaving ideas, 192 pages. Price: $22.95

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TCR8041 - Fluency Practice, grades 2-3.  Reading fluency is the ability to read quickly & accurately while using expression & proper phrasing. Speaking fluency: the ability to express oneself easily & gracefully.  Oral reading: practice fluency & for teachers to assess fluency. Oral reading practice in a variety of genres:  Nursery Rhymes, Poetry, Haiku, Songs, Proverbs, Tongue Twisters. Fairy Tales. Readers' Theater, 80+ reading passages that are designed to engage students by using humor, compelling plots & exciting new words, 96 pages. Price $13.99

TCR8041

TCR8862 - Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Informational Reading, grades 2-3. Motivate students with interesting, practical reading lessons. Each unit (over 40 per book) introduces an example of environmental print (sign, poster, package, directions, map, schedule, etc.) along with a story & 5 questions that help develop skills in comprehension, vocabulary, critical thinking & testing, 144 pages. Price $16.99

TCR8862

TCR3150 - Dr. Fry's Reading Activities, grades 2-3.  Designed to reinforce reading skills. Colorful cards & activity boards help learn important reading skills & the Instant Words that compose a high percentage of all reading material.  Covers: grades K-1 Instant Words 1-50, grades 1-2 Instant Words 51-150, grades 2-3 Instant Words 151-300, grades 2-3 activities include: Identifying Word Parts, Story Puzzlers, Comprehension Cards. Teachers can use versatile activities in language arts centers & to supplement any reading program, 176 pages.  Price $23.99

TCR315

REM173A - Improving Reading Fluency & Comprehension, grades 2-3. Nonfiction stories with skill-building activities simple sentences & short, paragraphs are paired with compelling illustra- tions for a strong picture-text correspondence. Age-appropriate topics & controlled vocabulary motivate & help ensure success. Reading skills:  finding the main idea, making inferences, reading for details, locating information, using context clues & more. Activities challenge students to reread each passage up to 4 times. This research-based series is a way to improve fluency & comprehension skills, 104 pages. Price $13.99

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REM494C - Did You Follow Directions, grades 2-3. Great for Test Preparation.  The more than 100 illustrated direction exercises in this book begin at a basic level of reading & follow 1-&-1-step instructions using pictures & words. When mastered, the completed exercises are analyzed to determine if the directions were actually followed.  Activity promotes higher level thinking skills & increases students’ ability to check & edit their work. From here, students are challenged to match completed exercises with given directions. In all, this 24-lesson learning unit helps to enhance proofreading abilities. Price $6.99

REM494C

REM494A - Context Clues 1, grades, 2-3.  High-Interest Topics Boost Comprehension Improve a child’s reading & comprehension skills. Using a variety of teaching tools, each of the 24 lessons found in this book highlights 4-6 words. After using the words to complete a short paragraph on subjects ranging from earthworms to fingerprints, students are challenged with a 2nd task. Following directions, they complete crossword puzzles, practice telling time, connect-the-dots, tackle word searches & much more. Price $7.99

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REM802 - Inference, grades 2-3.  Reading comprehension board game.  School has never been cooler. Players work their way from elementary school through college by reading story cards. Correct answers to inference questions send players on the fast track to success.  Compact gameboard, 96 story cards, directions, answer key, 6 pawns, die, 2-6 players Price $21.99

REM802

BR621 - Developing Critical Reading Skills, grades 2-3.  A seven-grade workbook series that covers essential critical reading & thinking skills that invariably receive inadequate attention in basal readers. Lesson themes engage the attention of readers while fresh, appealing themes & a varied format sustain interest. Illustrated, 6” x 9” workbook. Skills range from finding the main idea & remembering order of events to such topics as realism & fantasy. Teacher's Key, 48 pages.  Price $3.50