First Grade Best of the Mailbox Magazine Series of Teaching Books: Learning Centers, Arts & Crafts, Math, Science, Back to School

The Best of the Mailbox series of books are compilations of The Mailbox magazine's best teacher-tested ideas.

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First Grade Back to School Best of The Mailbox

The Best of the Mailbox Back to School

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $12.95
Product #: 2001497
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This school year, like every year, you want to get your class off to a strong start. Meeting your new students, decorating and organizing your classroom, greeting parents at open house, finding the perfect first-day activities, and many other important tasks are on your mind. How can you do it all and do it well?

This resource can help. It's packed with favorite ideas featured in The Mailbox magazine from 1998 - 2002, so you know it's good. Plus you'll find patterns and reproducibles to make school year preparations even easier.

With this all-in-one collection in hand, back to school will be better than ever. Get off to a great start this year! Whether you're an experienced teacher beginning another exciting year or a new teacher about to meet your first class this book will be your ultimate resource for back to school planning.

Inside the pages of this book you'll find:

tips for planning, organizing, and setting up your classroom
back to school activities
ideas for parent communication
reproducibles and patterns
clip art

Table of Contents:

Before School Starts
Classroom Displays
Organizational Tips
Classroom Management
A Royal Welcome
Hanging Out in School
Getting Acquainted
Birthday Celebrations
Parent Communication
Open House
Art Activities
Songs and Such
Clip Art and Student Reproducibles

Pages: 96
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NEW! This handy teacher resource is packed full of creative learning-center ideas. Your students will get the benefit of hands-on learning with the best learning-center games and activities from THE MAILBOX magazine. Now featuring ready-to-go, full-color, tear-out pieces for select centers!

The teacher-tested activities in this handy educational resource will let your kindergarten and first grade students learn at their own pace as they build basic skills. Your students will practice a number of key skills with these creative learning center ideas, such as:

The center ideas in this teaching resource book are organized by center areas, such as language arts, math, science, fine-motor skills, art, and dramatic play. So whether you want to set up a word family center or have students practice their addition and subtraction skills, finding the perfect activity is a snap. Reproducible patterns and a variety of pull-out, colorful cutouts are included to help you create your centers in record time.

Help your students explore and understand important science concepts with the fun activities in this teacher resource book. The hands-on activities are easy to set up, and the ready-to-use reproducibles save you time.

The activities in this teaching resource will make science fun for students and strengthen essential skills . Inside you'll find the following:

Units in this teaching resource book cover the life, earth, and physical science topics that you need, including:

Grade Level: First Grade - Third Grade
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2001491
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Make math more fun and meaningful for your students with this resource. It has 160 pages of practical and innovative teaching ideas and reproducibles. Now you can have the best teacher-tested math units in one easy-to-use resource.

You'll find helpful ideas for math centers, manipulatives and games, class projects, reproducibles, patterns, and more. Have fun reinforcing key skills with the creative ideas from this resource!

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $16.95
Product #: 2061078
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Get a fresh supply of fun and educational arts and crafts activities with this collection of ideas! Arts and crafts will be fun for everyone with the ideas in this teacher resource book! This book features over 150 activities carefully chosen from the 1998-2004 issues of The Mailbox Magazine's preschool edition.

Each activity in this teaching resource uses only easy-to-find materials and features step-by-step directions and a colorful illustration. Plus, patterns and a handy index make planning easy! Activities are divided into five sections-Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Anytime. This resource book will be a year round source of ideas!

Every one of the activities in this teaching book is matched to your preschoolers' skills and abilities. Spend less time planning your arts and crafts and more time enjoying them with your students!

First Grade The Best of the Mailbox Magazine Series of Teaching Books