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Fourth Grade Language Arts Teacher Resource Books

main idea and details language arts activitiesPower Practice: Main Idea and Details

Grade Level: Third - Fourth Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 4008365
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Reinforce skills that students must master in order to succeed on standardized tests!

The topics in this teacher resource address areas in which students typically need a great deal of reinforcement before they can experience success on standardized tests. Each skill in this teaching resource is explored in depth by presenting them in a logical sequenced progression of smaller objectives.

The activity pages approach the skills in a variety of ways to provide multiple perspectives on the concept. They have been designed to cover different aspects of the topic, including the following:

  • Identifying the main idea
  • Identifying details
  • Writing details to support a main idea
  • Writing a main idea to go with a list of details
  • Creating webs

Use these ready-to-go activities to "recharge" skill review and give students the power to succeed!

This resource also contains:

  • Varied approaches to teaching the skill
  • Answer key for quick reference and student self-check
  • Great for test prep

Pages: 48
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Power Practice: Fact or Opinion and Cause and Effect
Power Practice: Summary and Inference
Power Practice: Place Value
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punctuation and capitalization teaching resourcePower Practice: Fact or Opinion & Cause and Effect

Grade Level: Third - Fourth Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 4008367
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Reinforce skills that students must master in order to succeed on standardized tests!

The topics in this teacher resource address areas in which students typically need a great deal of reinforcement before they can experience success on standardized tests. Each skill in this teaching resource is explored in depth by presenting them in a logical sequenced progression of smaller objectives.

The activity pages approach the skills in a variety of ways to provide multiple perspectives on the concept. They have been designed to cover different aspects of the topic, including the following:

  • Recognizing statements of fact
  • Recognizing statements of opinion
  • Distinguishing fact from opinion
  • Recognizing cause
  • Recognizing effect
  • Using cause and effect
  • Reading comprehension

Use these ready-to-go activities to "recharge" skill review and give students the power to succeed!

This resource also contains:

  • Varied approaches to teaching the skill
  • Answer key for quick reference and student self-check
  • Great for test prep

Pages: 48
You may also like:
Power Practice: Main Idea and Details
Power Practice: Summary and Inference
Power Practice: Place Value
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summary and inference language arts teaching suppliesPower Practice: Summary and Inference

Grade Level: Third - Fourth Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 4008369
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Reinforce skills that students must master in order to succeed on standardized tests!

The topics in this teacher resource address areas in which students typically need a great deal of reinforcement before they can experience success on standardized tests. Each skill in this teaching resource is explored in depth by presenting them in a logical sequenced progression of smaller objectives.

The activity pages approach the skills in a variety of ways to provide multiple perspectives on the concept. They have been designed to cover different aspects of the topic, including the following:

  • Understanding and recognizing summaries
  • Restating main ideas to be used in summaries
  • Writing summaries
  • Understanding inference
  • Developing reading strategies for making inferences
  • Practicing making inferences

Use these ready-to-go activities to "recharge" skill review and give students the power to succeed!

This resource also contains:

  • Varied approaches to teaching the skill
  • Answer key for quick reference and student self-check
  • Great for test prep

Pages: 48
You may also like:
Power Practice: Main Idea and Details
Power Practice: Fact or Opinion and Cause and Effect
Power Practice: Place Value
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writing strategies education dvdWriting Strategies

Grade Level: Grades 4-12
Price: $19.99
Product #: RL00202
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Captivate readers, ace writing tests, and express yourself clearly—Marko the Pencil will show you how. His Writer’s Toolbox, packed with easy-to-implement strategies, will take your writing from mediocre to magnificent. Stories, essays, term papers, or standardized tests—whatever you write, Marko gives you proven strategies for getting remarkable results. This is the fun way to sharpen your writing skills.

Winner of 4 awards!

• Parents' Choice Silver Honor
• iParenting Media Award
• Coalition for Quality Children's Media Kids First!
• Creative Child Magazine's Toy Award

Join in the fun as Marko helps a friend develop a real writing passage—demonstrating each of his tools in action. You’ll learn how to:

• brainstorm ideas for your assignment
• consider your audience and identify your purpose
• find a hook to interest readers
• organize sentences and ideas effectively
• avoid unclear pronouns
• use transitional phrases
• involve your readers with effective dialogue
• enrich your work with similes, onomatopoeia, alliteration, personification, and more

This animated adventure is ideal for classroom use as well as individual practice. Although it was designed and tested with students in fourth grade, our team of educators discovered that students in higher grades (even high school and college) benefited from the review of writing tools and how to effectively integrate all of them into a writing passage.

We have included a special bonus section: Marko shows you how to proofread your work, and he reveals secrets to score well on multiple-choice writing tests. Plus, you will find free downloadable posters and support material at Marko’s special website.

All of the students using this program during our research loved watching it and commented that many of the writing concepts that they had heard about in school finally made sense to them. Spectacular animation and Marko’s humor keep students focused. We suggest that the main program be viewed at a separate session from the bonus material. The main Writing Program is 34 minutes in length. Students may review certain tools at any time, easily accessible from the DVD menu.

Proofing and Editing, Marko’s bonus material is 37 minutes in length and helps students catch careless errors in their work. Students learn to proof for errors involving paragraphs, quotes, incomplete sentences, subject-verb agreement, misspelled words, punctuation, and much more.

Marko the Pencil is played by actor Vic Mignogna, Best Actor 2007, American Anime Awards and voice for many popular video games. Writing Strategies is perfect for boosting performance on any writing assignment, state-mandated writing test, or other type of writing exam. Students gain the skills they need to approach writing with fun and confidence.

Writing Strategies includes:

• Marko’s Song
• Brainstorming Your Topic and Getting Started
• The Arranger
• The Hook
• Transitional Cake
• Colorful Words and Expressing Feelings
• Personification
• Dialogue
• Similes
• Onomatopoeia
• More Practice Applying Marko’s Writing Tools
• Alliteration
• Detecting Unclear Pronouns
• How to Make A Lasting Impression
• The Finished Story
• Review of Marko’s Writing Tools

BONUS MATERIAL
• How to Proofread for Careless Errors
• How to Score Well on a Multiple-Choice Writing Test
• Marko’s Posters for Becoming an Outstanding Writer

Total running time: Approx. 70 minutes
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Writing Paragraphs Grade 4 Teacher SuppliesWriting Paragraphs

Grade Level: Fourth Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003343
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Includes practice for Standardized Tests!

Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this resource book helps students master skills in writing. It provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead.

This is a resource to help students practice and reinforce skills taught in the classroom. It reviews basic composition skills for fourth graders. The exercises in this teaching resource can be done sequentially or can be taken out of order, as needed.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this teacher resource book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district because they are considered appropriate for fourth graders.

  • The student is familiar with the basic rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling as well as able to identify and write complete sentences.
  • The student is able to plan a paragraph before beginning to write (choose a topic and organize ideas).
  • The student can develop a paragraph with a beginning, middle, and end.
  • The student can revise and edit a paragraph-use specific details, vary sentence structure, improve word choice, use figurative language, communicate a coherent tone, and maintain a consistent voice throughout the paragraph.
  • The student can proofread a paragraph by checking grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
  • The student can write paragraphs that explain, tell stories, relate personal experiences, compare and contrast, persuade and/or express opinions, and that are letters to friends.
  • The student can write a three-paragraph essay based on the planning and development models used for paragraph writing.

Pages: 48
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Spelling: Gr. 4
Vocabulary: Gr. 4
Reading Comprehension: Gr. 4

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Spelling Grade 4 Teaching Resource BookSpelling

Grade Level: Fourth Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003774
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Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this resource helps students master skills in spelling. 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!

This teacher resource book covers basic spelling skills for fourth graders. The exercises can be completed in any order.

The practice included in this resource book will meet or reinforce educational standards and objectives similar to the ones required by your state and school district for fourth graders:

  • The student will know three-consonant clusters' sounds and spellings.
  • The student will recognize the spelling patterns for silent letters.
  • The student will recognize the pronunciation and spelling patterns for common word parts.
  • The student will know how to write plurals, including unusual plurals.
  • The student will spell verbs ending in "ed" and "ing".
  • The student will spell high-frequency words. High-frequency words are the 3,000 words that make up 90% of all written material. The majority of the words presented in each spelling lesson are high-frequency words.

Pages: 48
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Writing Paragraphs: Gr. 4
Vocabulary: Gr. 4
Reading Comprehension: Gr. 4

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Vocabulary Grade 4 Teacher Resource BookVocabulary Grade 4

Grade Level: Fourth Grade
Price: $4.99
Product #: 1003363
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Both teachers and parents appreciate how effectively this resource book helps students master skills in vocabulary. It provides activities that are great for independent work in class, homework assignments, or extra practice to get ahead. Test practice pages are included!

This teaching book is designed to help practice vocabulary skills that are appropriate for fourth grade. The words that appear in this resource book are standard vocabulary as well as some special and unusual words.

The following standards or objectives will be met or reinforced by completing the practice pages included in this teaching book. These standards and objectives are similar to the ones required by your state and school district. Fourth grade students should be able to do the following:

  • use a dictionary to define vocabulary words
  • identify word meanings in context
  • use a thesaurus to identify and use synonyms and antonyms
  • identify and use homonyms, synonyms, and antonyms
  • identify root words, prefixes, and suffixes
  • change singular words into plural words
  • identify and use unusual plural words
  • develop everyday vocabulary
  • develop an on-going interest in learning and using new words

Several exercises are provided for the student to practice each skill. There is also a section of word play to generate interest and prompt new learning.

An assessment unit at the end of the book reviews all of the concepts covered. This assessment is provided in a Standardized Test format to allow students to practice their knowledge as well as their test-taking skills.

Pages: 48
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Spelling
Writing Paragraphs
Reading Comprehension
Math Review

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Daily Warm-Ups Language Skills Grade 4Daily Warm-Ups: Language Skills

Grade Level: Fourth Grade
Price: $17.99
Product #: 1003994
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Includes Standards and Benchmarks
Ideal for Test Preparation!

Quick, easy, effective activities support standards and help students improve skills they need for success in testing. Sound too good to be true? Not at all! That's just what each book in this series offers.

Over 150 warm-ups that cover parts of speech, sentence structure, vocabulary, and mechanics and usage. Each warm-up provides a brief overview of a particular skill, an example of using the skill correctly, an activity for the skill, and a follow-up writing activity for applying the skill.

Pages: 176
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Daily Warm-Ups: Reading
Daily Warm-Ups: Math

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