Mapping Skills with Google Earth Gr. PK-2
Mapping Skills with Google Earth Gr. PK-2

Author: Paul Bramley

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2011-01-18

Total Pages: 61

ISBN-13: 1553199677

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Give your primary students the building blocks needed to be successful map readers. Our resource provides the basics of map reading to ensure a solid foundation is laid for further study. Create a treasure map using all the elements learned so far, such as cardinal directions, symbols and legend. Make a map of your classroom with a title, compass rose, legend, date, and author. Draw a route to school using North, East, South or West of certain landmarks. Explore grid lines with Google Earth™ and your town. See if you can find your street and school. Find your continent in Google Earth™. Then, locate the countries and lakes within, and the oceans that surround it. Write down the coordinates of the seven continents and four oceans of the world. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Mapping Skills with Google Earth Big Book Gr. PK-8
Mapping Skills with Google Earth Big Book Gr. PK-8

Author: Paul Bramley

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2011-02-07

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1553199707

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Gain a complete understanding of map reading with our Mapping Skills with Google Earth™ 3-book BUNDLE. Start off by giving your PK-2 students the building blocks to be successful map readers. Make a map of your classroom with a title, compass rose, legend, date, and author. Find your continent and the countries and lakes within it. Then, extend this basic knowledge to give your 3-5 students a thorough understanding of maps. Compare the different times zones found in your country. Learn about topographic maps before exploring steep and gradual elevations. Finally, help your 6-8 students move on to a more complex understanding of map reading. Test your comprehension of a precipitation map by answering questions. Find the highest mountain, longest river and largest lake in your continent. Each concept is paired with a Google Earth™ activity. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional map activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Geometry - Task & Drill Sheets Gr. PK-2
Geometry - Task & Drill Sheets Gr. PK-2

Author: Mary Rosenberg

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2011-01-31

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1553198360

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Help beginner learners gain confidence by becoming familiar with basic shapes. Our resource introduces the mathematical concepts taken from real-life experiences, and provides warm-up and timed practice questions to strengthen procedural proficiency skills. Use different shapes to make a robot or house. Describe where each shape is found in a picture. Transform a shape by turning it, sliding it, or flipping it. Draw the missing half of a symmetrical shape. Match items in your classroom with certain shapes. Identify circles from squares and triangles. Count the number of sides and corners of plane shapes. Count the number of edges, faces and corners of solid shapes. The task and drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with prekindergarten and increasing in difficulty to grade 2. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Measurement - Task & Drill Sheets Gr. PK-2
Measurement - Task & Drill Sheets Gr. PK-2

Author: Chris Forest

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2011-02-22

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1553198379

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Beginner learners will recognize and estimate measurements while getting a sense of how things relate. Our resource introduces the mathematical concepts taken from real-life experiences, and provides warm-up and timed practice questions to strengthen procedural proficiency skills. Use objects to measure lengths of bigger objects. Use a teaspoon, cup and some water to experiment with volume. Use a paper clip to estimate the weight of a pencil. Recognize things that are hot or cold. Identify which item weighs more in each pair. Pick the best unit of measure for each object. Estimate the weight of different items. Write the temperatures shown on a thermometer. The task and drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with prekindergarten and increasing in difficulty to grade 2. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Data Analysis & Probability - Task & Drill Sheets Gr. PK-2
Data Analysis & Probability - Task & Drill Sheets Gr. PK-2

Author: Tanya Cook

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2011-02-26

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 1553198387

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Get introduced to probabilities while reading and understanding information in graphs. Our resource introduces the mathematical concepts taken from real-life experiences, and provides warm-up and timed practice questions to strengthen procedural proficiency skills. Gather information first hand by finding out which month has the most birthdays. Create a class chart for fruits eaten during the week. Count the number of chickens on a farm using a bar graph. Find how many more roses than tulips are in a garden from a circle graph. Count the number of ways you could roll the number seven on two standard dice. Determine whether something is likely or unlikely to happen. The task and drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with prekindergarten and increasing in difficulty to grade 2. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

The Lightning Thief - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6
The Lightning Thief - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

Author: Chad Ibbotson

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2019-11-28

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 0228304989

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Be encouraged to rise above failure and show just what you're made of. The provided Before and After reading activities really help to build student's reading comprehension. Make connections between the novel and well-known Greek myths by identifying the significance of the three old ladies Percy sees knitting. Make predictions about the plot by deciding whether Percy will find out about his parentage. Go back through the novel and make a list of clues that show the author's use of foreshadowing. Put key events from the novel in the order they occurred as Percy learns about his quest. Compare the Greek gods from the novel with their Roman counterparts. Detail some of the ways the gods of Olympus influenced events in the story, and how these influences impacted plot development. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: The Lightning Thief follows the mythical adventures of a young boy with a legendary destiny. Twelve-year-old Percy Jackson is close to being kicked out of another boarding school. But his real concern is the figures from Greek mythology who seem intent on killing him. On a school trip, Percy is attacked by one of his chaperones. He learns this person is really a Fury—a Greek deity of vengeance. With a magic sword tossed to him by his Latin teacher, Percy successfully kills the creature. He soon learns that he is, in fact, a demigod—half human and half Greek god. He makes his way to a summer camp for other demigods. Here he learns of his true parentage and why he struggles so much in school. Things get even stranger for Percy when he is thrust into a quest that can either save the world, or doom him forever.

Gregor the Overlander - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6
Gregor the Overlander - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

Author: Rosella Westcott

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1771673974

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Fall underground to a magical land where a prophecy is soon to come true. Surpass all expectations with thought-provoking activities. Students give meaning to sentences from the novel. Write the true version of false statements from the book. Determine what a metaphor is and find an example from the story. Recall in detail the complete prophecy as told to Gregor. Choose the definition that matches the underlined vocabulary word from the text. Students explore the concept of betrayal and reflect on a time in which they experienced this. Students create their own Underland and write a short story about how to get there. Compare the Overland and Underland in a graphic organizer. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: Gregor the Overlander is a story of a fantastical world deep beneath the surface of the earth. Gregor is home alone in New York City watching his baby sister and grandmother. After his sister falls through a grate in the basement, Gregor follows her deep underground into a new world. The Underland is filled with humans whose skin is almost see-through, giant bats, rats, mice, and fireflies. A conflict between the human city of Regalia and the rats is creating panic among the inhabitants. It's not until a prophecy is revealed that Gregor finds himself involved in plans to save the Underland. Gregor the Overlander is an epic story of fantasy and destiny.

Fantastic Mr Fox - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4
Fantastic Mr Fox - Literature Kit Gr. 3-4

Author: Michelle Jensen

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2014-11-25

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1771673699

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Demonstrate the power of determination with this tale about a clever Fox who outsmarts the surrounding farmers to feed his family. Our consistent vocabulary, comprehension and short-answer format makes this resource easy to use. Written in such a way so educators can choose to use a small part as supplemental material with their existing unit. Introduce students to grade-level words they will come across during their reading. Test comprehension by answering true or false questions about the farmers. Find a quote in the novel that demonstrates foreshadowing. Become a news reporter and come up with 10 questions to ask the farmers about why they dig up the ground. Complete a character sketch of Mr Fox by identifying what he thinks, hears and loves. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: Fantastic Mr Fox is the classic story by Roald Dahl of a fox who outsmarts a few farmers to steal food from them. Mr Fox lives underground with his wife and children. At night, Mr Fox visits his neighboring farmers and robs them of their livestock. The farmers retaliate by waiting for Mr Fox by his hole, ready to ambush him when he leaves. When that fails, the farmers then try to dig up Mr Fox's home. When that fails, they decide to starve out the Fox family. Mr Fox then comes up with a plan to get food. He gets the help of his friend Badger, and the pair dig their way to the farmers' food. Their success leads to Mr Fox creating an underground neighborhood where all the animals can all live together in safety.

The Westing Game - Literature Kit Gr. 7-8
The Westing Game - Literature Kit Gr. 7-8

Author: Eleanor Summers

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2014-12-17

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1771673702

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Unravel the secrets at the center of an intriguing murder mystery game. Activities are meant to excite students throughout the reading. Using the chapter titles as clues, predict what might happen in each one. Identify elements of foreshadowing from the novel, and imagine what will take place. Follow the clues in the story to solve the game before any of the characters. Identify cause and effect by explaining why each event happened. Keep track of the variety of characters with comprehension questions. Students will write their own prologue and epilogue at the completion of the reading. Compare two different character's perspectives of the same event from the novel. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: The Westing Game is a Newbery Medal winning story about a group of people playing the game of who killed the millionaire. Samuel W. Westing, owner of Westing Paper Products, has died. Sixteen heirs are invited to live in the Sunset Towers apartment building. These heirs come together to read the will of the late self-made millionaire. The will challenges them to solve the murder of Sam Westing by splitting up into eight pairs. Each pair is given a set of clues and $10,000 dollars to play the game. The winner will inherit the $200,000,000 fortune and unravel the secret behind the old man's death.

Number the Stars - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6
Number the Stars - Literature Kit Gr. 5-6

Author: Nat Reed

Publisher: Classroom Complete Press

Published: 2006-09-01

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 1553198743

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Experience the fear and danger of World War II as one girl risks her life to save her Jewish friend. High-quality, detailed questions and support materials go beyond the typical drill questions. Find proof from the text that shows Mama is determined and quick-thinking. Put events at the end of World War II in order that they happened in the novel. Find examples of foreshadowing in the story and explain what it may be hinting at. Match vocabulary words to their underlined synonyms in the sentences. Create questions for the game Jeopardy using information from the story. Conduct an interview with one of the characters from the book with questions and the character's response. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: A story of a ten-year-old girl, her family and their courageous journey to save the lives of their Jewish friends. During the darkest days of World War II living in Copenhagen, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is caught up in these unfolding historical events when she learns that the life of her best friend—Ellen Rosen—is in danger. The Rosens go into hiding and Annemarie’s parents volunteer to take Ellen into their home until the voyage to the safe country of Sweden can be arranged. Annemarie is thrust into several perilous adventures as she does the utmost to save the lives of the Rosens. Annemarie’s courage and ingenuity are severely tested as she is forced to confront German soldiers intent on killing her friend.