Resource/Activity Books

• 3 levels of nonfiction reading selections on the same topic
• Text-based comprehension questions (multiple choice and open-ended)
• Words to Know lists with vocabulary for each reading selection
• Visual literacy page to enrich learning and support focused discussions
• Text-based writing prompt and a writing form
• Graphic organizers

• Social Studies: The Iroquois Nations; Women in the American Revolution; Art Reflects History; Ways to Earn a Living
• Science: Earth's Water; Matter and Mass; Relationships in Nature; The Sun and Stars
• Mathematics: Extraordinary Food, Ordinary Math; A Business Uses Math; Video Game Development
• Technology: The Field of Prosthetics; Engineers Do Important Work; Inventions Impact Our Lives
• The Arts: Augusta Savage; Art or Garbage?; Ice Hotels 

Help children spell their way to success! Strong spelling is the blueprint children need to become masters of communication. Spectrum Spelling® for grade 4 engages learners with fun, full-color puzzles and riddles to keep them entertained while they build an essential skill that lasts a lifetime.

Give your fourth grader a fun-filled way to build and reinforce spelling skills. Spectrum Spelling for grade 4 provides progressive lessons in prefixes, suffixes, vowel sounds, compound words, easily misspelled words, and dictionary skills. This exciting language arts workbook encourages children to explore spelling with brainteasers, puzzles, and more!

Don't let your child's spelling skills depend on spell-check and autocorrect. Make sure your child has the knowledge and skills to spell words with confidence–and without assistance from digital sources. Complete with a speller's dictionary, a proofreader's guide, and an answer key, Spectrum Spelling offers the perfect way to help children strengthen this important language arts skill.

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• Answer Key

Evidence-Based Reading for grade 3 offers 64 pages of reading practice. It is aligned with current state standards and includes a reading comprehension rubric, a standards alignment chart, and pages of reading passages with evidence-based questions to encourage higher-level thinking and thoughtful answers. Each question is designed so that students learn to support their answers with evidence from the text. A variety of literature and informational passages are included to engage learners in a range of texts.

The Applying the Standards: Evidence-Based Reading series emphasizes close reading by requiring students to answer text-dependent questions in both literary and informational texts. This is a series of six 64-page books for students in kindergarten to grade 5. Various reading and vocabulary skills are covered, and a culminating reflection question for each passage engages students' higher-level thinking skills. Of particular emphasis throughout the series are current state standards and the teaching of evidence-based reading.

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• Answer Key

Personalize the learning process with interactive notebooks for science students.

Encourage students to create their own learning portfolios with Interactive Notebook: Earth and Space Science for grades five through eight. This interactive notebook for science students includes 29 lessons in these four units of study:

• geology
• oceanography
• meteorology
• astronomy

This personalized resource helps students review and study for tests.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, this product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Provide ELA practice for each day of the week with a comprehensive language arts workbook for students.

Language Arts 4 Today: Daily Skill Practice for third grade contains reproducible activities designed to help students learn these skills and concepts:

• vocabulary
• conventions
• comprehensions
• writing

The Language Arts 4 Today book for third grade aligns with current state standards.

Language Arts 4 Today: Daily Skill Practice for third grade provides 40 weeks of learning activities for each day of the week. This language arts workbook for students only requires 10 minutes of review and practice each day, and it includes fluency activities, reproducible activities, and writing prompts. An assessment of the skills covered for the week is provided for the fifth day to help teachers easily monitor progress.

The 4 Today series is a comprehensive, quick, and easy-to-use language arts workbook. The reproducible activities review essential skills during a four-day period. On the fifth day, an assessment with related skills is provided. Each week begins with a Fluency Blast section to provide students with repeated, daily practice for essential skills. The format and style of the 4 Today books provide excellent practice for standardized tests. The series also includes a fluency-tracking reproducible, a standards alignment chart, tips for fostering a school-to-home connection, and an answer key