Even on the coldest winter days its easy to have fun outside! Early readers learn all they need is a pair of ice skates and a bit of patience, and they can enjoy the winter weather in style. From lacing up a pair of skates tightly to wearing a helmet for safety, readers learn all the basics needed to get on the ice and give skating a try for themselves! Accessible text presented alongside colorful photographs showing young children skating helps budding readers get motivated to stay active and have fun no matter what the weather outside.
Author Kim Norman (Crocodaddy) and illustrator Liza Woodruff have whipped up a rollicking, jolly, snow-filled adventure! In the land of the midnight sun, all the animals are having fun speeding down the hill on Caribous sled. But as they go faster and faster, Seal, Hare, Walrus, and the others all fall off…until just Caribous left, only and lonely. Now, a reindeer likes flying-but never alone, so…one through ten, all leap on again! An ideal picture book for reading-and singing along with-over and over.
If you are a teacher of grades K-6, you might be asking, Shoud I teach grammar in my class on a daily basis? How would I go about doing this? And how can I teach grammar so it isn't boring to my kids? Grammar Matters , Lynne Dofman and Diane Dougherty answer these questions and more. Using mentor texts as the cornerstone for how best to teach grammar, this book provides teachers with almost everything they need to get kids not only engaged but excited about learning grammar. Divided into four parts--Narrative Writing, Informational Writing, Opinion Writing, and Grammar Conversations--this hand reference provides practical teaching tips, assessment ideas, grammar definitions, and specific mentor texts to help students learn about parts of speech, idoms, usage issues, and punctuation. Through Your Turn Lessons, conversations, conferences, and drafting, revising, and editing exercies, students will learn not only specific concepts but also how to reflect upon and transfer what they have learned to other writing tasks, no matter the subject. The Treasure Chest of Children's Books provides an extensive list of both fiction and nonfiction books that fit naturally into grammar instruction. Eight appendices provide even more resources, including information on homophones, using mentor texts to teach grammar and conventions, checklists, comma rules, help for ELL students, and a glossary of ramar terms.Grammar Matters links instruction to the Common Core State Standards and features quality, classroom-tested tools that help teachers provide their students with the gifts of grammar and literacy.
Abby Marlow, computer security expert, lands a job at the best IT security firm in the country. Her sole focus is financial independence so she never has to rely on others again, especially a man. But why does her boss make her wires short circuit? Ted Endicott, CEO and founder of the IT security firm, is hard of hearing. Although an expert in his field, he's still uncomfortable admitting his hearing problem to clients or employees. So why is he willing to accept Abby's help? As Ted and Abby work together, barriers fall away, and the lines blur between colleagues and lovers. But a security glitch in a client's system shows one of Ted's employees is the hacker, and all signs point to Abby. Can they get past the suspicion and find a future together?
Debbie White visited River’s End Ranch over Christmas to spend time with her daughter, and she fell in love with the place. When she realizes there’s a job open in her chosen field, she jumps at the chance to move there. As the director of the Kids’ Korral, she has a lot to do to get it ready to open before one of the daughters of the family has her baby. She can’t let her focus be derailed by a handsome pilot who she meets on her first day of work. Frank Watson, baseball cap collector and retiree of the US Air Force, is the official pilot of River’s End Ranch. In his late forties, he’s never married and isn’t sure he would ever want to. When he first meets Debbie, all his plans for life change. Suddenly he can see himself as a family man. Can he convince Debbie that it’s time for her to move on with a relationship? Or will she continue to be alone?
This collection is the first 3 books in the By Death series. Those books are: Touched By Death Death had touched anthropologist Jade Hansen in Haiti once before, costing her an unborn child and perhaps her very sanity. A year later, determined to face her own issues, she returns to Haiti with a mortuary team to recover the bodies of an American family from a mass grave. Visiting his brother after the quake, independent contractor Dane Carter puts his life on hold to help the sleepy town of Jacmel rebuild. But he finds it hard to like his brother’s pregnant wife or her family. He wants to go home, until he meets Jade – and realizes what’s missing in his own life. When the mortuary team begins work, it’s as if malevolence has been released from the earth. Instead of laying her ghosts to rest, Jade finds herself confronting death and terror again. And the man who unexpectedly awakens her heart – is right in the middle of it all. Haunted By Death Death haunts anthropologist Meg Pearce… In her last summer before college, an innocent camping trip ended in a friend’s disappearance…and destroyed her life. She lost everything. Her innocence. Her plans for her future. Her best friend and lover. Seventeen years later, she returns reluctantly to the same area, hoping to move on. But a gruesome discovery sends her reeling back to that dark time. Detective Chad Ingram has spent the last seventeen years trying to solve the mystery of that camping trip so he too can regain his life…and the lost love of his life. Only death isn’t done shaking up their lives…and this time they are in the crossfire. Chilled By Death After losing several friends in an accident, Stacey became a loner. She knows she needs to grow past it, but a career working with the dead is not a warm and cozy conversation starter. When her brother coaxes her back to the same mountain for a holiday to help her heal, she realizes it’s time. Royce can’t believe Stacey is back and fighting her depression. He blew their last time together and this might be his one and only second chance with her. Now if only he could figure out how to not blow it… But once out in the winter wonderland, the holiday atmosphere quickly shifts when they find a dead man. Then one of their own goes missing… It will take everything Stacy and Royce have to make it through this nightmare…. They can’t trust anyone — maybe not even each other… After losing several friends in an accident, Stacey became a loner. She knows she needs to grow past it, but a career working with the dead is not a warm and cozy conversation starter. When her brother coaxes her back to the same mountain for a holiday to help her heal, she realizes it’s time. Royce can’t believe Stacey is back and fighting her depression. He blew their last time together and this might be his one and only second chance with her. Now if only he could figure out how to not blow it… But once out in the winter wonderland, the holiday atmosphere quickly shifts when they find a dead man. Then one of their own goes missing… It will take everything Stacy and Royce have to make it through this nightmare…. They can’t trust anyone — maybe not even each other… serial killers; murder; psychological suspense; crime; mysteries; Thriller; By Death series; romance; mystery; psychological thriller; Romantic Suspense; Thriller; serial killers; murder; hard boiled
Celebrate the last book in the beloved Toot & Puddle series with a Christmas story about the gift of friendship. Includes Read Aloud functionality where available. With a nod to previous books in the Toot & Puddle series, Holly Hobbie, shows readers that the best kind of present for the best kind of friend is one that shows just how much you care.
Get Your Kids Excited About Jesus It’s All About Jesus! offers 48 contemporary short stories to engage elementary-age children in discussions about the Ten Commandments, holidays from a Christian perspective, and many other topics. Each story is followed by relevant scripture, thought-provoking questions, guided prayer, and fun activities to reinforce the Biblical truth presented. Encourage children to get to know Jesus through fictional stories that lead them to scripture and God’s truth. Through demonstration and practice, they can learn to obtain the guidance they need from the Holy Bible. Designed for families and church groups, this book provides many activities to point children to Jesus and a lifelong relationship with their Lord and Savior.
