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Preschool Mailbox Magazine

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• Early literacy units for letters and sounds
• Early sorting and counting activities to capture their imaginations
• Movement-related songs, rhymes, and activities just for preschoolers
• Exploration-based centers to combine developmentally appropriate skills with play
• Ready-to-go patterns, forms, and activity cards to make the ideas easy to use

• Wild and Woolly! - Thematic fun with lions and lambs.
• Special Delivery! Super Post Office Centers  - dramatic-play area, math center, writing center, sensory center, literacy center
• Are They the Same? Are They Different? - Youngsters work on comparing and contrasting skills with this playful unit!
• My Community Math - What happens when you combine social studies with math? Why, you get this adorable collection of community-themed math ideas!  
• My Many Colored Days - Activities to supplement this book by Dr. Seuss (color recognition, dramatizing a story, making text-to-self connections, color words, responding to the story through art, identifying rhyming words)
• 5 Simple Storage Solutions - (perfect portfolios, recycled jugs, easy ways with displays, terrific totes, nifty puzzle boxes)
• Baby-Themed Fun! - Your preschoolers are sure to enjoy these sweet little baby-themed ideas!
• Words, Words, Words! - Engaging oral language activities
• Ready-To-Use Activity - centerfold: One or Two? (counting syllables) 

• Learning Centers
• Classroom Displays
• Contributor Page
• Science Explorations
• Songs & Such
• Kids in the Kitchen
• Arts & Crafts for Little Hands
• Good to Know
• Problem Solved!
• Instant Seasonal Activities
• Teacher Talk
• Storytime
• Circle Time
• Busy Hands
• Our Readers Write
• Management Tips & Timesavers

• The Book Corner - Activities to supplement the following literature selections: Russell and the Lost Treasure by Rob Scotton, The Emperor's Egg by Martin Jenkins.
• Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner - recalling story details, making predictions, observing changes in matter, writing

• Building Math Skills - addition and subtraction, equivalent units of time
• Gingerbread Math - These fresh ideas are sure to sweeten your youngsters' math skills!
• Ready-to-Use Partner Game - counting by fives

• Simple Science - investigating changing matter, animal disguises and defenses
• Let's Do Social Studies - needs and wants, understanding Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, community helpers

• Gameboard - "Eggs for Sale" (coin identification and value)
• Center Mat - spelling and writing
• Poster - "Winter is Here!" (writing)

• Fresh reading activities to build basic skills
• Math skill-building activities designed to meet and beat your state's standards
• Easy-to-use arts and crafts and classroom display ideas
• Ready-to-go posters, forms, patterns, and activity cards
• A new skill index that lets you find what you need fast

• The Book Corner - Activities to supplement the following literature selections: The Umbrella by Jan Brett, Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.
• Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson - developing new vocabulary, retelling the story, word order, reading with expression

• Building Math Skills - addition, comparing weight, number identification, number order
• Made-to-Order for Money Skills - You can count on these coin activities to provide valuable learning experiences for your kindergartners.
• Ready-to-Use Partner Game - surfaces of solid figures

• Simple Science - understanding how shadows are created, investigating the water cycle
• Let's Do Social Studies - map awareness, Black History Month, Presidents' Day

• 7 Super Seasonal Ideas - Pick and choose your favorite math, literacy, and science activities from this magnificent March collection.
• 'Tis the Season - Where's My Burrow? (word families, number words, addition), Wild and Woolly Writing (figurative language), A Green Treat (St. Patrick's Day treat idea)
• Lotto Frame Game - Buggy Love (initial consonants or numbers to 30)
• Presenting Healthy Smiles - Youngsters are sure to show off their pearly whites with this collection of dental health ideas.

• Gameboard - "Treats for Teddy" (spelling)
• Poster - "Equal Parts?"

• Skills in Your Issue
• Good to Know
• Problem Solved!
• Our Readers Write
• Management Tips and Timesavers
• Displays That Do More Than Decorate!
• Arts and Crafts
• Teacher Talk
• Contributor Form

• Fresh reading activities to build basic skills
• Math skill-building activities designed to meet and beat your state's standards
• Easy-to-use arts and crafts and classroom display ideas
• Ready-to-go posters, forms, patterns, and activity cards
• A new skill index that lets you find what you need fast

• Literacy and Math
• Center Mat and Cards - comparing numbers
• Step-by-Step Center Activity - word families -ail, -ake

• Sorting Activity - short a, i, and o words
• Partner Game: initial consonants and vowels
• Read and Do!
• Balanced for Reading Success- surefire skill-building ideas
• Write On! - penguin booklet, developing a writing topic, verb activity
• Reading Tips & Tools: retelling a story, consonant blends, text features, silent e words, short vowels
• Spin a Story - writing prompts

• The Book Corner - Activities to supplement the following literature selections: 100th Day Worries by Margaret Cuyler, Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
• NEW! Ready-to-Use Lesson: "The Guest" from Owl at Home

• Building Math Skills - combining figures to form new figures, modeling fractions
• Partner Game - addition and subtraction facts
• At Your Fingertips! Mitten-Themed Math Activities - odd and even numbers, problem solving, fact families, determining the number that is ten more, tally charts, probability
• Marvelous Math Displays - We're Sweet on Place Value, At Home with Math

• Simple Science - observing weather, recording temperatures, forces and motion
• Science "Write-Away" - snowflakes
• Let's Do Social Studies - producers and consumers, Kwanzaa, cardinal directions

• Choose and Do! - Independent Activities
• Seasonal Activity Cards - equal shares, counting coins, word families -ake and -ate, asking and answering questions
• 'Tis the Season - Gift with Words (silent e words and short a words), Teamwork Trees (fact families), Happy to Hibernate! (writing activity)
• Brrr! Warm Up Essential Skills - The forecast is for science, math, and literacy fun with these snow and ice-themed ideas.
• Arts & Crafts for the Season - endearing reindeer, stylish snowpal

• Gameboard - "Shooting Hoops" (synonyms)
• Poster - Stumped by a Problem?

• Good to Know
• Not just for Boards! 6 Clever Ideas for Bulletin Board Trim
• Problem Solved!
• Teacher Talk
• Our Readers Write

• Fresh reading activities to build basic skills
• Math skill-building activities designed to meet and beat your state's standards
• Easy-to-use arts and crafts and classroom display ideas
• Ready-to-go posters, forms, patterns, and activity cards
• A new skill index that lets you find what you need fast

• Literacy and Math
• Center Mat and Cards - high-frequency words
• Step-by-Step Center Activity - fractional parts of a set

• Really Cool Writing Displays
• Absolutely "Tree-rific" Ways to Sharpen Writing Skills - When it comes to completing these skill-boosting activities, there's no doubt students will be eager beavers.
• Read and Do!
• Partner Game - contractions
• Write On! - prewriting, booklet, chant
• Reading Tips & Tools: compound words, story elements, asking and answering questions, changing vowels to make new words, responding to literature, word recognition
• Writing Activity Cards - writing a story, descriptive writing
• Sorting Activity - plurals with s and es

• Laugh and Learn! Limericks for Favorite Dr. Seuss Books
• Ready-to-Use Lesson: The Sneeches from The Sneeches and Other Stories

• Building Math Skills - solid figures, time to the half hour, missing addends
• Partner Game - place value
• Swinging Into Two-Digit Addition With the Greatest of Ease

• Simple Science - properties of liquids, water cycle
• Science "Write-Away" - interdependence
• Let's Do Social Studies! - contributions of historic figures, Benjamin Franklin, continents

• Made in the Shade! February Skill Practice
• Seasonal Activity Cards - problem solving, main idea and details, role of the US President, contractions, subtraction
• 'Tis the Season - February 29? (number patterns, writing and supporting opinions), Heart Focus (mixed math practice), Comprehension Kite
• Partner Game - place value
• No Blarney Here! Golden St. Patrick's Day Ideas
• Brain Boosters - Word Work, Vocabulary, Language Arts, Math

• Writing Activity Cards 
• Writing Poster - Be An Author!
• Math Poster - Got Coins?

• Good to Know
• Contributor Form
• 2 Art Projects + 6 Skills = Learning Fun
• Problem Solved!
• Teacher Talk 
• Our Readers Write

• Graphing and measurement activities for building math skills
• All new standards-based activities for language skills and paragraph writing
• Ready-to-go patterns, forms, and activity cards
• Bright, colorful, perforated curriculum posters for class instruction
• A new skill index that lets you find what you need fast

• Reading Tips & Tools - summarizing, synonyms, fact and opinion, character traits, documenting reading progress
• Partner Game - contractions
• Graphic organizer: writing a friendly letter
• Writing Tips and Tools! - adding descriptive details, writing dialogue, revising a draft, writing a paragraph, main idea and details, linking verbs
• Journal Prompts
• Brain Boosters
• Reading Practice Pages - using a glossary
• Activity Cards - author's purpose, paragraph, synonyms, transition words

• Math Tips & Tools - customary linear measurements, modeling and extending patterns, comparing money amounts, recognizing properties of addition, reviewing basic facts
• Activity Cards - symmetry, congruency, expanded form, properties, two-digit subtraction, no regrouping
• Mind Builders
• Practice Pages - comparing and ordering numbers, comparing fractions
• Multiply Understanding With These Hands-On Helpers!
• Partner Game: multiplication
• Step-by-Step Center: division readiness

• Exploring Social Studies - local government, traits of leaders, community features
• Social Studies Prompts
• Simply Science - moon phases, weather, temperature, forces of motion

• Gameboard and Cards - Score! (nonfiction text)
• Poster and Recording Sheet - Sizing Up Shapes
• Partner Games - multiplication, contractions

• Learning Centers - main idea and details, guide words, two-digit addition with and without regrouping, congruent shapes
• Celebrate the Season! - writing dialogue, drawing conclusions, organizing a paragraph
• Seasonal Practice Pages - verb tenses
• Sweeten Skills Practice With The Gingerbread Man!

• Displays That Do More Than Decorate
• Problem Solved
• Arts and Crafts
• Teacher Talk
• Skills in Your Issue
• Good to Know
• Our Readers Write
• Answer Keys
• Contributor Form
• Management Tips & Timesavers

• Graphing and measurement activities for building math skills
• All new standards-based activities for language skills and paragraph writing
• Ready-to-go patterns, forms, and activity cards
• Bright, colorful, perforated curriculum posters for class instruction
• A new skill index that lets you find what you need fast

• Reading Tips & Tools - character traits, story elements, visualizing, sequencing plot, test vocabulary
• Mini Poster: making inferences
• Love Connections! 3 Valentine's Day Read-Alouds and Activities for Making Connections
• Graphic organizer: writing an imaginative narrative
• Writing Tips & Tools - distinguishing types of sentences, varying sentence lengths, identifying coordinating conjunctions, organizing details, spelling
• Journal Prompts
• Brain Boosters
• Reading Practice Pages - silent consonants: k, w, figurative language, character traits
• Practice Page - adding -ed and -ing
• Activity Cards - adding -er, sounds of c, sentences of different lengths, friendly letter
• Step-by-Step Center: naming and using adjectives

• Math Tips & Tools - addition and multiplication facts, estimate and measure length, two-digit addition and subtraction, place value, improper fractions and mixed numbers
• Activity Cards - slides, flips, turns, fractions of a group, multiplication facts, skip-counting by 4
• Mind Builders
• Practice Pages - time to five minutes, identifying polygons
• Numbers to Noodle On: measurement, money

• Exploring Social Studies - natural resources, economics, maps and globes
• Wonderful Work, Ladies! National Women's History Month 
• Simply Science - force and motion, states of matter, fossils

• Math Game - Who's the Better Baker? (comparing fractions)
• Reading Poster - Asking questions as you read helps you understand the text.

• Learning Centers - editing sentences, syllabication, comparing fractions, multiplication
• Celebrate the Season! - letter writing, measurement, historic figures
• Seasonal Practice Pages - R-controlled vowels, reading comprehension, organizing data
• Hooray for Presidents' Day

• Displays That Do More Than Decorate
• Arts & Crafts
• Skills in Your Issue
• Management Tips & Timesavers
• Our Readers Write
• Answer Keys
• Contributor Form
• Good to Know
• Problem Solved!
• Teacher Talk

• Easy-to-use activities for math skills including fractions and measurement
• Standards-based activities for sentence skills and reference materials
• Ready-to-go forms, patterns, and activity cards
• Bright, colorful, perforated curriculum posters for class instruction
• A new skill index that lets you find what you need fast

• Reading Organizer - nonfiction
• Practice Pages - noun, pronoun agreement, identifying important details
• Brain Boosters
• Write Now! - writing process, how-to writing, forming and supporting an opinion
• 6 Simply Super Ideas to Use With Old Magazines
• Writing Organizer - imaginative narrative
• Reading Response Prompts
• Writing Prompts
• Activity Cards - hyperbole, suffixes -ible -able, writing a persuasive letter, sentence fragments
• A Way With Words - Want your students to use easily confused words the right way? Check out these creative ideas!
• Ready-to-Use Center: dropping the final e
• Tips & Tools - plural possessives, identifying theme, supporting ideas, identifying and using appropriate resources
• Language Arts Skill Builder

• Math Mind Builders
• Tips and Tools - division, volume, mean, median, mode, range, probability, simplest form
• Merry Math Minutes: problem-solving
• Math Prompts
• Independent Practice Grid - patterns
• Practice Pages - measuring, identifying angles, adding, subtracting mixed numbers, multiplication, division
• Activity Cards - lines, temperature, adding, subtracting fractions, two-digit multiplication

• Simply Science - elements and compounds, electric series circuit
• 3 Explorations With a Bottle and Air
• Exploring Social Studies - investigating culture, map skills, American Revolution, writing a persuasive letter
• Geography Puzzlers

• Poster and practice page - Greek roots
• Gameboard and cards - measurements
• Ready -to-Use Center - dropping the final e in CVCe words

• Monthly Writing Prompts
• Skills for the Season - comparing fractions and decimals, mixed review, elements of plot, greatest common factor, word origins, midyear math review
• Practice Pages - comparing, ordering fractions and decimals, irregular verbs, converting customary length, combining sentences
• Ready-to-Use Activity Cards - lines, temperature, adding, subtracting fractions, two-digit multiplication, hyperbole, suffixes -ible -able, writing a persuasive letter, sentence fragments
• Think Snow! - Kid-pleasing ideas that celebrate winter.

• Skills in Your Issue
• Good to Know
• Classroom Displays
• Our Readers Write
• Teacher Talk
• Problem Solved
• Answer Keys

• Easy-to-use activities for math skills including fractions and measurement
• Standards-based activities for sentence skills and reference materials
• Ready-to-go forms, patterns, and activity cards
• Bright, colorful, perforated curriculum posters for class instruction
• A new skill index that lets you find what you need fast

• Tips & Tools - writing in response to reading, spelling, writing, presenting a persuasive speech
• Practice Pages - using commas, making inferences, drawing conclusions, using editing symbols
• Brain Boosters
• Write Now! - writing process, writing a five-paragraph narrative, sentence variety
• Comprehension-Building Prompts 
• Writing Prompts
• Activity Cards - problem and solution, cause and effect, word analysis, verbs, collective nouns
• Research Writing Page

• Tips and Tools - capacity, measuring angles, problem solving, order of operations, fractions, mixed review, decimal computation
• Activity Cards: division, area, problem solving, logic, symmetry, congruency
• Math Prompts
• Skill Review 
• Practice Pages - solving equations, elapsed time, multiplying decimals
• Mind Builders
• Ready-to-Use Center: capacity

• Simply Science - properties of matter, sound, listening, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks
• Independent Practice Grid: Life science, food chains, ecosystems
• Exploring Social Studies - geography, map skills, history, state agriculture
• Lawmaker for a Day - Help students get a grip on our government and how it works with a simulation they'll never forget!

• Poster - How Likely Is It?
• Gameboard and Cards - analogies

• Monthly Writing Prompts
• 5 "Heart-y" Cross-Curricular Activities!
• Skills for the Season - point of view, number patterns, Black History Month, map skills, research, skimming, summarizing, St. Patrick's Day
• Practice Pages - fact and opinion, Presidents' Day, measuring angles in a circle
• Ready-to-Use Activity Cards

• Skills in Your Issue
• Good to Know
• Displays That Do More Than Decorate
• Our Readers Write
• Teacher Talk
• Problem Solved
• Answer Keys
• Management Tips and Timesavers
• Parent-Teacher Conferences Special
• Contributor Form
• 5 Timely Tips for Character Education