This is not just another 'trace the state and find the capital' book. Instead, The Map Corner offers 72 imaginative activities to help students in grades 4-8 become more familiar with their world, and to make sense of global current events. This book's primary purpose is to develop students' ability to locate positions on the earth by using a variety of references.
Provides a wide range of ideas for expository and creative writing activities. Includes writing prompts that increase students' knowledge about punctuation, grammar, and parts of speech.
The first half of this book glitters like a mine full of gems - that is, the author spins off in quick succession idea after idea about what poetry is and how writing poetry can be taught. Quoting countless poems to illustrate his points, he tosses out useful advice about evoking poetic writing, developing language precision, and sharing poetic writing. These discussions are annotated in the back of the book with references to 50 writing starters on reproducible handouts Grades 4-6. Bibliography. Illustrated. Good Year Books. 115 pages.
All poems are original, and touch upon home, school, holiday, and seasons. Each poem with finger movements and suggested activities. Promotes language development and utilize the motoric capabilites.
180 questions about interesting facts and important locations spark interest in geography and challenge kids to put their knowledge to work! Kids will locate the smallest country in the world, find a place where the sun never sets, learn how glaciers move, and find out how their state got its name. Answers included. Each is spiralbound and conveniently boxed.
180 questions about interesting facts and important locations spark interest in geography and challenge kids to put their knowledge to work! Kids will locate the smallest country in the world, find a place where the sun never sets, learn how glaciers move, and find out how their state got its name. Answers included. Each is spiralbound and conveniently boxed.
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