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The Best of the Mailbox Series of Teaching Books by The Education Center

The Best of the Mailbox series of books are compilations of The Mailbox magazine's best teacher-tested ideas. Please click the appropriate links for more information on these teaching resource books.

Language Arts
Writing
Social Studies
Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays
Math

Science

Bulletin Boards
Learning Centers
Arts and Crafts

Back to School
Preschool
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
The Mailbox Magazine

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Language Arts: Best of The Mailbox

first grade, second grade, third grade language arts teaching resourceThe Best of The Mailbox - Language Arts

Grade Level: First Grade - Third Grade
Price: $17.95
Product #: 2001459
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Make language arts fun with hundreds of creative ideas, now in one extensive volume for grades 1-3. This compilation of teaching units will energize your language arts lessons and strengthen students' skills. From vocabulary enrichment to reading motivation, to letter writing and poetry, and more, these quality and teacher-tested ideas will get results.

Includes the following:

  • Using the Dictionary and the Newspaper
  • Vowels
  • Main Idea
  • Vocabulary Enrichment
  • Antonyms & Synonyms
  • Response to Literature
  • Reading Motivation
  • Parts of Speech
  • Writing Mechanics
  • Journal Ideas
  • Spelling
  • Writing Letters, Poetry, and Reports
  • Handwriting
  • Dictionary Skills

Pages: 160
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Language Arts Independent Practice Gr. 1, Gr. 2, and Gr. 3
Daily Journal Prompts (Gr. K-1 and Gr. 1-3)
Prompt, Plan, and Write Gr. 1, Gr. 2, and Gr. 3
Our complete collection of Language Arts teacher resource books
Our complete collection of The Best of The Mailbox series of books
The Mailbox Magazine

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Writing: The Best of The Mailbox

Writing Skills Teaching BookThe Best of The Mailbox: Writing

Grade Level: First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade
Price: $14.95
Product #: 2001495
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-Creative ideas for daily writing practice
-Ready-to-use reproducible skill pages
-Easy-to-do activities for developing great writers

Get your students started on the "write" foot with this teaching resource book. Inside you'll find skill-building activities and reproducibles, seasonal writing ideas, writing-based bulletin boards, and more. It's everything you need to improve students' writing and make writing more fun in one tremendous resource from THE MAILBOX® magazine.

Each idea is teacher tested, practical, fun, and -best of all-guaranteed to successfully build your students' writing skills.

In this book you'll find ideas for the following:

  • writing process steps
  • journal and letter writing
  • writing reports
  • publishing students' writing
  • seasonal writing fun
  • learning centers, bulletin boards, ready-to-use reproducible skill pages, and much more!

If you want your students to love learning the essentials of writing, then this teaching resource is for you!

112 pages.
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Daily Journal Prompts
Prompt, Plan, & Write: Grade 1
Prompt, Plan, & Write: Grade 2
Prompt, Plan, & Write: Grade 3
Our collection of Language Arts teaching materials
Our complete line of The Best of The Mailbox Magazine series of teaching books
The Mailbox Magazine

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Social Studies: Best of The Mailbox (2 products)

Social Studies Teaching Resource Kindergarten - 1st GradeThe Best of the Mailbox: Social Studies

Grade Level: Kindergarten - First Grade
Price: $14.95 $12.70
Product #: 2060937
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Reinforce key social studies skills and concepts with these teacher-tested ideas and student reproducibles. Use these popular units to integrate social studies across all areas of your curriculum and increase your students' understanding of key topics.

You know social studies is a fascinating topic, but how do you get your students exited about it? This teaching resource can do the trick! Inside this easy-to-use resource, you'll find the best social studies units selected from The Mailbox magazine's kindergarten and primary editions.

The activities and ready-to-use reproducibles inside will build your students' understanding of the social studies topics you must teach, reinforcing a variety of important skills and concepts along the way. No more searching for effective, easy-to-do (and fun!) activities to supplement your social studies curriculum. Now they're all here in one handy book !

Inside you'll find the following:

  • social studies-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • center ideas
  • fun, skill-based games
  • songs
  • cooking activities
  • arts-and-crafts ideas
  • independent and small-group activities
  • literature links
  • student reproducibles
  • timesaving patterns

Units include:

  • All About Me
  • Building Character
  • Family
  • Homes
  • Careers
  • Maps and Geography
  • Transportation
  • Patriotism
  • Holidays and Celebrations

112 pages 
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Our entire collection of Social Studies teaching resources
Our complete collection of The Best of The Mailbox series of books
The Mailbox Magazine

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Social Studies Teaching Resource 2nd - 3rd GradeThe Best of The Mailbox: Social Studies

Grade Level: Second - Third Grade
Price: $14.95 $12.70
Product #: 2060938
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Reinforce key social studies skills and concepts with these teacher-tested ideas and student reproducibles. Use these popular units to integrate social studies across all areas of your curriculum and increase your students' understanding of key topics.

You know social studies is a fascinating topic, but how do you get your students exited about it? This teaching resource can do the trick! Inside this easy-to-use resource, you'll find the best social studies units selected from The Mailbox magazine's kindergarten and primary editions.

The activities and ready-to-use reproducibles inside will build your students' understanding of the social studies topics you must teach, reinforcing a variety of important skills and concepts along the way. No more searching for effective, easy-to-do (and fun!) activities to supplement your social studies curriculum. Now they're all here in one handy book !

Inside you'll find the following:

  • social studies-based thematic units with across-the-curriculum activities
  • center ideas
  • fun, skill-based games
  • songs
  • cooking activities
  • arts-and-crafts ideas
  • independent and small-group activities
  • literature links
  • student reproducibles
  • timesaving patterns
  • easy-to-do projects

Units include:

  • Communities
  • Building Character
  • Geography
  • The United States
  • Black History
  • Economics
  • Rx for Earth
  • 'Tis the Season for...Grandparents
  • Christmas Celebrations Around the World

112 pages
You may also like:
Our entire collection of Social Studies teaching resources
Our complete collection of The Best of The Mailbox series of books
The Mailbox Magazine

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Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays: Best of The Mailbox

songs, poems, and fingerplays teaching resourceThe Best of The Mailbox Songs, Poems, and Fingerplays

Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten
Price: $22.95
Product #: 2060858
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Sing, rhyme, and play all the way to stronger early learning skills with this comprehensive collection of more than 300 songs, poems, and fingerplays from The Mailbox magazine.

This creative collection is designed to help early childhood teachers develop youngsters' skills and generate excitement about learning. To save you time, the ideas are organized by seasons, curriculum areas, and popular early childhood themes, so it's easy to add just the right activity to your lesson plans.

Here are just a few of the topics you'll find in this exciting teacher resource book:

  • Beginning-of-school icebreakers
  • Seasonal topics, such as pumpkins, winter, rainbows, and butterflies
  • Holidays throughout the year
  • Basic concepts in literacy, math, and science
  • Thematic topics, such as "All About Me", weather, and animals

In addition, you'll find a timesaving index that will help you find what you're looking for when you need it. The next time you're searching for a simple song, the perfect poem, or a fabulous fingerplay, turn to this teaching resource

Pages: 192
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Sing a Song of Seasons
Our entire collection of The Best of The Mailbox teacher resource books
The Mailbox Magazine
Educational Songs/CDs

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