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Preschool Skills (2 products)

preschool and kindergarten skills workbookPreschool and Kindergarten Skills Workbook

Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten
Price: $3.49
Product #: 3004510
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Enjoy building basic skills with this workbook! Filled with age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games, this teacher-approved book is perfect for extra practice at home or school and during travel or school breaks.

Children will love the 140 full-color stickers included in each book! An incentive chart is also provided to help parents or teachers track the progress of young learners. You can also place a sticker on each completed page or place a sticker on each page when your child meets a time-based or other predetermined goal.

Skills include:

  • Classifying
  • Letter recognition
  • Basic sight word recognition
  • Number sense
  • Tracing and cutting
  • Opposites and visual skills
  • Shapes and colors
  • Rhymes
  • Patterns

Pages: 64


preschool readiness skills teaching suppliesMastering Skills for Preschool

Grade Level: Preschool
Price: $9.95
Product #: 3904049
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Helping Children Succeed!

Reinforce basic skills with educationally sound and developmentally appropriate activities! This educational resource features 160 full-color pages of skills, games, and activities. Specifically you will find: language arts and math activities, activities for year-round learning, a recommended reading list, a list of fun and safe Web sites, skills checklists, awards, mini-books, and a list of contents according to skill area.

Skills covered:

  • Fine Motor/Printing
  • Colors & Shapes
  • Readiness Skills
  • Safety
  • Basic Concepts
  • Numbers
  • Alphabet

160 pages


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Kindergarten Readiness (4 products)

teaching materials - skillsPractice and Learn: Kindergarten

Grade Level: Kindergarten
Price: $18.99
Product #: 1002710
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What every kindergartner needs to know to ensure success in school.

This book has over 200 grade specific activities that reinforce skills appropriate for a kindergarten student.

Both teachers and parents benefit from the variety of pages provided in this book.

A parent can use the book to work with his or her child to provide an introduction to new material or practice and reinforce material already familiar. As your children master these skills, they become better prepared for homework, class assignments, and tests.

Similarly, a teacher can select pages from this book to provide additional practice for concepts taught in the classroom. When tied to what is being covered in class, pages from the book make great homework reinforcement. Practice sheets help build the confidence necessary for success.

The activities are written, tested, and approved by teachers.

The book is divided into sections by curriculum area including:

  • Language Arts - This section provides a great variety of practice working with letters, sounds, and words.
  • Color - By coloring the pages in this section, students can continue to develop their fine motor coordination.
  • Math - The activities in this section invite students to explore and practice math concepts with a strong emphasis on number sense. Students also practice counting, grouping objects, one-to-one correspondence, shapes, patterns, measurement, telling time, and an introduction to addition and subtraction.
  • Basic Skills - This section is devoted to helping children practice and develop skills such as tracking, matching and classifying objects, opposites, visual discrimination, and sequencing.

    Pages: 304

kindergarten readiness workbookGetting Ready for Kindergarten Workbook

Grade Level: Kindergarten
Price: $3.49
Product #: 3004519
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Enjoy building basic skills with this workbook! Filled with age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games, this teacher-approved book is perfect for extra practice at home or school and during travel or school breaks.

Children will love the 140 full-color stickers included in each book! An incentive chart is also provided to help parents or teachers track the progress of young learners. You can also place a sticker on each completed page or place a sticker on each page when your child meets a time-based or other predetermined goal.

Skills include:

  • Letter and letter sound recognition
  • Number recognition
  • Color and shape recognition
  • Fine motor skills
  • Visual skills and opposites
  • Following directions
  • Classifying
  • Patterns

Pages: 60


kindergarten readiness skills teaching resourceMastering Skills for Kindergarten

Grade Level: Kindergarten
Price: $9.95
Product #: 3904050
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Helping Children Succeed!

Reinforce basic skills with educationally sound and developmentally appropriate activities! This educational resource features 160 full-color pages of skills, games, and activities. Specifically you will find: language arts and math activities, activities for year-round learning, a recommended reading list, a list of fun and safe Web sites, skills checklists, awards, mini-books, and a list of contents according to skill area.

Skills covered:

  • Sight Word Vocabulary
  • Reading Readiness
  • Language Arts/Phonics
  • Math
  • Basic Skills & Concepts
  • Time & Money
  • Handwriting

160 pages


preschool and kindergarten skills workbookPreschool and Kindergarten Skills Workbook

Grade Level: Preschool / Kindergarten
Price: $3.49
Product #: 3004510
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Enjoy building basic skills with this workbook! Filled with age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games, this teacher-approved book is perfect for extra practice at home or school and during travel or school breaks.

Children will love the 140 full-color stickers included in each book! An incentive chart is also provided to help parents or teachers track the progress of young learners. You can also place a sticker on each completed page or place a sticker on each page when your child meets a time-based or other predetermined goal.

Skills include:

  • Classifying
  • Letter recognition
  • Basic sight word recognition
  • Number sense
  • Tracing and cutting
  • Opposites and visual skills
  • Shapes and colors
  • Rhymes
  • Patterns

Pages: 64


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First Grade Readiness (4 products)

first grade readiness teaching materialPractice and Learn: First Grade

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $18.99
Product #: 1002711
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What every first grader needs to know to ensure success in school.

This book has over 200 grade specific activities that reinforce skills appropriate for a first grade student.

Both teachers and parents benefit from the variety of pages provided in this book.

A parent can use the book to work with his or her child to provide an introduction to new material or practice and reinforce material already familiar. As your children master these skills, they become better prepared for homework, class assignments, and tests.

Similarly, a teacher can select pages from this book to provide additional practice for concepts taught in the classroom. When tied to what is being covered in class, pages from the book make great homework reinforcement. Practice sheets help build the confidence necessary for success.

The activities are written, tested, and approved by teachers.

The book is divided into sections by curriculum area including:

  • Language Arts - This section provides pages covering phonics, spelling, grammar, usage, and reading and writing skills.
  • Math - Focuses on increasing students' number sense. In addition to practicing counting, one-to-one correspondence, and number names, students are introduced to addition and subtraction, as well as a variety of other mathematical areas such as measurement, geometry, patterns and fractions.
  • Social Studies and Science- These sections are designed to provide students with specific practice identifying concepts related to these areas of the curriculum.
  • Art - A small arts section is included to provide students with an introduction to color theory and experience in drawing by breaking things down into shapes.
  • Critical Thinking - Provides students with the opportunity to practice comparing and contrasting, categorizing, and deduction at a level appropriate to first grade.

Pages: 304

first grade activitiesFirst Grade Activities Workbook

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $3.49
Product #: 3004531
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Enjoy building basic skills with this workbook! Filled with age-appropriate activities, puzzles, and games, this teacher-approved book is perfect for extra practice at home or school and during travel or school breaks.

Children will love the 140 full-color stickers included in each book! An incentive chart is also provided to help parents or teachers track the progress of young learners. You can also place a sticker on each completed page or place a sticker on each page when your child meets a time-based or other predetermined goal.

Skills include:

  • Phonics
  • Beginning reading and writing
  • One and two digit addition and subtraction
  • Graphing and measurement
  • Rhymes
  • Language arts
  • Opposites
  • Alphabetical order
  • Sequencing
  • Reading comprehension
  • Cause and effect
  • Following directions
  • Patterns
  • Ordinal numbers
  • Greater than, less than
  • Time
  • Fractions

Pages: 60


first grade readiness skills educational materialsMastering Skills for First Grade

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $9.95
Product #: 3904051
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Helping Children Succeed!

Reinforce basic skills with educationally sound and developmentally appropriate activities! This educational resource features 160 full-color pages of skills, games, and activities. Specifically you will find: language arts and math activities, activities for year-round learning, a recommended reading list, a list of fun and safe Web sites, skills checklists, awards, mini-books, and a list of contents according to skill area.

Skills covered:

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Language Arts
  • Writing
  • Math
  • Phonics
  • Grammar
  • Time & Money

160 pages


First Grade Skill and Readiness ActivitiesBig Book of Skill Builders

Grade Level: First Grade
Price: $29.95
Product #: 2060795
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  • Skills matched to your curriculum
  • Helps prepare students for testing
  • Ready to use

Help your students be more successful and build a solid foundation in basic skills with this teaching resource! With over 150 engaging, grade-appropriate reproducible activities, this invaluable resource gives you a wealth of innovative ways to build skills in all of the major curriculum areas.

Organized for convenience and ease of use, this comprehensive resource offers fresh, fun ways to build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies. The eye-catching and educationally sound activities are delivered in formats that engage students and make learning fun!

Units are organized by curriculum areas, and skills progress sequentially throughout the year. Each student page is clearly labeled with a skill and subject area icon so you can quickly see how the activity fits with your curriculum.

In addition, a detailed table of contents makes it easy for you to locate the specific pages you want to use in your lessons. Organized for the way you teach and ready for you to use, this teacher resource is a tool that you can use to build skills all year long!

320 pages


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Second Grade Readiness (2 products)

second grade readiness teaching materialsPractice and Learn: Second Grade

Grade Level: 2nd Grade
Price: $18.99
Product #: 1002712
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What every second grader needs to know to ensure success in school.

This book has over 200 grade specific activities that reinforce skills appropriate for a second grade student.

Both teachers and parents benefit from the variety of pages provided in this book.

A parent can use the book to work with his or her child to provide an introduction to new material or practice and reinforce material already familiar. As your children master these skills, they become better prepared for homework, class assignments, and tests.

Similarly, a teacher can select pages from this book to provide additional practice for concepts taught in the classroom. When tied to what is being covered in class, pages from the book make great homework reinforcement. Practice sheets help build the confidence necessary for success.

The activities are written, tested, and approved by teachers.

Skills are reinforced in the following areas:

  • Handwriting
  • Spelling and Phonics
  • Grammar
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Math

Pages: 304

second grade readiness skills teaching materialsMastering Skills for Second Grade

Grade Level: Second Grade
Price: $9.95
Product #: 3904052
Sample Pages

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Helping Children Succeed!

Reinforce basic skills with educationally sound and developmentally appropriate activities! This educational resource features 160 full-color pages of skills, games, and activities. Specifically you will find: language arts and math activities, activities for year-round learning, a recommended reading list, a list of fun and safe Web sites, skills checklists, awards, mini-books, and a list of contents according to skill area.

Skills covered:

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Language Arts
  • Writing
  • Math
  • Phonics
  • Grammar
  • Time & Money

 

 

Third Grade Readiness (2 products)

third grade readiness teaching resourcePractice and Learn: Third Grade

Grade Level: 3rd Grade
Price: $18.99
Product #: 1002713
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What every third grader needs to know to ensure success in school.

This book has over 200 grade specific activities that reinforce skills appropriate for a third grade student.

Both teachers and parents benefit from the variety of pages provided in this book.

A parent can use the book to work with his or her child to provide an introduction to new material or practice and reinforce material already familiar. As your children master these skills, they become better prepared for homework, class assignments, and tests.

Similarly, a teacher can select pages from this book to provide additional practice for concepts taught in the classroom. When tied to what is being covered in class, pages from the book make great homework reinforcement. Practice sheets help build the confidence necessary for success.

The activities are written, tested, and approved by teachers.

Within this book are hundreds of pages designed to teach and reinforce the skills that are mandatory for successful completion of third grade curricular standards. Skills are reinforced in the following areas:

  • Grammar
  • Reading
  • Spelling and Phonics
  • Cursive Writing
  • Writing
  • Math

Pages: 304

third grade readiness skills teaching suppliesMastering Skills for Third Grade

Grade Level: Third Grade
Price: $9.95
Product #: 3904053
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Helping Children Succeed!

Reinforce basic skills with educationally sound and developmentally appropriate activities! This educational resource features 160 full-color pages of skills, games, and activities. Specifically you will find: language arts and math activities, activities for year-round learning, a recommended reading list, a list of fun and safe Web sites, skills checklists, awards, mini-books, and a list of contents according to skill area.

Skills Covered:

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Language Arts
  • Writing
  • Math
  • Phonics
  • Grammar
  • Dictionary Skills
  • Time & Money

160 pages



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