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Your students will gain a concrete understanding of the causes and outcomes of the Korean War sometimes called The Forgotten War and the controversial Vietnam War where over 1.4 million military personnel were killed and with an estimated civilian fatality of over 2 million. Using simplified language and vocabulary we explore the key events and their significance, methods and weapons of warfare along with our countries mass media and opposition of the war. We review all noteworthy events and the stake holders positions and opinions at the time. Finally, we outline the significance of each war to the world today. Our ready-to-use resource is written using simplified language and vocabulary is presented in a way that is easier for students to understand. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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"Hands-on" is definitely the order of the day as students inquire into and investigate the magnificent world of machines. Student notes explain the six simple machines (inclined plane, wedge, screw, lever, wheel and axle, pulley). Related teacher demonstrations and simple-to-do student activities and discovery sheets accompany these core lessons. Student notes are included for possible enrichment lessons dealing with gears, hydraulics, and how a car works. More involved, optional assignments stress creative and critical thinking in addition to building a degree of flexibility into the unit. This Physical Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Students study the major systems of the body: Skeletal, Muscular, Respiratory, Circulatory, Digestive and Nervous systems, in this highly motivating unit. The first part, "Core Lessons", covers the body systems with student notes providing a solid foundation of information. Related activities that utilize the visual arts, creative writing, physical activity and mathematics help to solidify the concepts taught in this lesson. Optional activities give teachers flexibility as the unit progresses. This mountain of innovative, time-saving teacher resources is sure to make life easier. This Life Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The Family Under the Bridge (Natalie Savage Carlson)

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In this Literature KitTM, we divide the novel by chapters or sections and feature reading comprehension and vocabulary questions. In every chapter, we include Before You Read and After You Read questions. The Before You Read activities prepare students for reading by setting a purpose for reading. They stimulate background knowledge and experience, and guide students to make connections between what they know and what they will learn. The After You Read activities check students' comprehension and extend their learning. Students are asked to give thoughtful consideration of the text through creative and evaluative short-answer questions and journal prompts. Also included are writing tasks, graphic organizers, comprehension quiz, word search, and crossword to further develop students' critical thinking and writing skills, and analysis of the text. About the Novel: The Family Under the Bridge is a Newbery Honor winning story about the Calcet family  a mother and her three children who end up living under a bridge on the Seine River. Here, they befriend the carefree Parisian hobo, Armand. When two nosy women appear at their makeshift home, and it appears that the authorities have been summoned, Armand takes the family to live with a community of gypsies. Here, they are befriended and their relationship with the old hobo deepens. After promising the children a new home for Christmas, Armand decides his only option is to seek employment, and he manages to get a job as the caretaker of an apartment building, which offers the family a place to stay. Here, they determine to live as one big family, with Armand serving as the grandfather the children never had. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Are Pandas really bears??? Find out with this two-week, integrated science and language arts unit that is sure to keep student interest at its highest. Students brainstorm, study words, alphabetize, rhyme, categorize words, work with synonyms, work with antonyms, read, answer questions in complete sentences, and complete writing activities. Major topics are: Do Pandas Belong To The Bear Family?, What Do Panda Bears Look Like?, Where Do Pandas Live?, What Do Pandas Eat?, How Do Pandas Get Their Food?, Do Pandas Hibernate?, Panda Cubs, Panda Enemies, and Why Are Pandas Protected? This Animal Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, lessons, activities, crossword and word search to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The American Revolutionary War was one of the most important events in United States history, where Britains thirteen colonies established in North America gained independence and became their own country. It took place between 1775 and 1783 between the thirteen colonies and Britain. Using ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students, we have clearly outlined the key events and figures of the war including the events leading up to it. Written to grade, these social studies concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. Comprised of reading passages, student activities and color mini posters, crossword, word search and comprehension quiz. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Study biotic and abiotic Ecosystems presented in a way that makes it more accessible to students and easier to understand. Discover the difference between Producers, Consumers and Decomposers. Look at evolving populations, change in Ecosystems, Food Chains and Webs. Understand what and why we classify what is Photosynthesis and how the water cycle interacts with man to microorganisms. An ecosystem is a group of things that work and live together in an environment. Our resource provides ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students using simplified language and vocabulary. Ready to use reading passages, student activities and color mini posters, our resource is effective for a whole-class, small group and independent work. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEM initiatives.

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Learn how a Democratic Government operates and compare historical and present world electoral systems and reform. Find out the differences between the Presidential and Parliamentary system of running a country and why Dictatorship governments still exist. Also covered is Suffrage, female voters, voting systems and voter turnout. We use simplified language and vocabulary, making concepts presented accessible to students and easier to understand. Comprised of reading passages, student activities, color mini posters, crossword, word search and comprehension quiz. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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These illuminating topics include "Light and Color", where students are introduced to luminous and illuminated objects, transparent, translucent and opaque objects, and investigate light's property of travelling in straight lines. Refraction, bending light and the use of prisms to "break" white light into the colors of the rainbow are also explored. Section 2 focuses on the Human Eye, where students learn about the parts of the human eye, experiment with pupil size, and find their blind spot. Included are notes suitable for hand-outs or on a projection system that convey much of the knowledge-based material. This Physical Science lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search, exam and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Great Big Wonderful Me focuses on the body, family, birthdays, nutrition and safety using hands-on and rebus activities. Our resource package is based on the "all about me" theme. Teachers will find hands-on activities for their learning centres, rebus activities to bring out creativity in their classroom, a class feeling chart, and more. Activities include "This Is Me!", where students build a model of themselves using the provided face and hair components; "My Family Tree", where students will construct their own personal family tree; and "Baking a Cake", where students will place the cards in their correct sequence. This Social Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with reading passages, activities and matching games to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Find out the truth about Hickory Dickory Dock and enjoy our version of Hey Diddle Diddle with a twist! Instead of jumping, "The cow sang a song under the moon  There's no udder like you." We've re-written these two nursery rhyme classics for your students to enjoy in big book and little book formats. Follow-up hands-on activities reinforce sequencing, counting and telling time. Activities include: mixed up rhyme game, flannelboard  fun with prepositional phrases, "What Time Is It?" board game with instructions, and picture match for visual discrimination. This Nursery Rhymes lesson provides a teacher and student section with big book, little book, hands-on activities, and board game to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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We've packaged together 2 books on Learning Centres. The first book "I Love My Learning Centres," contains illustrations for 24 different centres in your classroom. Your students will become familiar with the pictures that identify their favourite centres. The second book "Record Sheets," contains 24 different Record Sheets on 19 different themes. These can be used with commercial stamps or stickers. Identification Pictures included in our resource are: Listening or Music, Painting, Puppets, Playhouse, Blackboard, Games, Blocks and Toys, Make-believe, Sandbox, Puzzles, Water Table, Work Jobs, Felt Board of Storytelling, Art, Play Dough, Beads, Small Blocks, Typewriter, Writing, Computer, Large Blocks, Reading, Science or Wonder, and Tools. This Big Books lesson provides a teacher and student section with reading passages, record sheets, and big book assembly to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Interest is at it's highest peak as students explore the world of explorers. Our highly adaptable unit is broken into four parts with teachers choosing to do all four sections or selecting the parts that best meet the needs of their class. Part one is a structured, knowledge-based section focused on important European explorers from the Vikings to Columbus to Hudson. Students read about each of these explorers and complete a related assignment. Part two focuses on explorers relevant to Canada. Part three contains a series of optional activities and part four contains a collection of seven diagrams depicting each of the explorers. This History lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Take the mystery out of motion. Our resource gives you everything you need to teach young scientists about motion. Students will learn about linear, accelerating, rotating and oscillating motion, and how these relate to everyday life  and even the solar system. Measuring and graphing motion is easy, and the concepts of speed, velocity and acceleration are clearly explained. Reading passages, comprehension questions, color mini posters and lots of hands-on activities all help teach and reinforce key concepts. Vocabulary and language are simplified in our resource to make them accessible to struggling readers. Crossword, Word Search and Comprehension Quiz also included. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEM initiatives.

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Cold Midnight In Vieux Quebec (Novel Study)

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Cold Midnight in Vieux Quebec follows Tom Austen as he teams up with Dietmar Oban to stop a plot to prevent the end of chemical weapons by the leaders of the world's superpowers in Quebec City. Appealing to children's inherent keen interest in mystery, Eric Wilson has skillfully woven accurate Canadian geographic and historic information into his writing. As such, these novels lend themselves to the integrated study of the mystery genre with Canadian geography topics in social studies, and investigation units in science. Cold Midnight in Vieux Quebec provides rich material for the study of setting, characterization and plot development. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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This unit examines all aspects of World War II  from its causes to its end. Canada's role is highlighted against the backdrop of a world at war. Topics include causes of the war and Hitlers rise to power, Blitzkrieg, Pearl Harbor, Dieppe, and D-Day. The unit is divided into three parts, combining optional lessons and a pictorial history suitable for coloring with the main, information-based body of the unit. Optional lessons include current events, and a look at some of the famous battles. Finally, a unit about World War II, written from a Canadian perspective. This History lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Creative Classroom Cooking contains 36 non-cook recipes for the independent cooking centre. Included are nutritious snacks, easy-to-read instructions, and minimal teacher preparation. Recipe words, such as ingredients, utensils and methods are used for technical literacy. Journal word cards are included for student reference. The recipes are provided in metric for young Canadian cooks. This Social Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with reading passages, activities, recipes, and word search to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Macdonald Hall: Lights, Camera, Disaster (Novel Study)

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Macdonald Hall: Lights, Camera, Disaster! is about an all-boys school that has been chosen to be the setting for Academy Blues, starring Jordie Jones. Bruno Walton will do anything to be in this movie. Seth Dinkman  the director  will do anything to keep him out. Bruno tries everything from being a bush, a tap-dancing garbage picker, to a stuntman. Jordie and Bruno strike up a friendship when Jordie is invited to a card game at Macdonald Hall. Unknown to Seth Dinkman and the trip supervisors, Jordie joins the boys on a wilderness survival trip in Algonquin Park. The group gets lost in the park and is rescued by girls from Miss Scrimmages School. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, crossword, word search, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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What is causing Global Warming? What are the effects? What can we do to stop or reduce Global Warming? We take a critical look from a scientific perspective that will help students separate fact from fiction in popular accounts in order to make informed decisions about products and lifestyle choices that affect the Earth System. We also look at rising sea levels and altered patterns of weather and agriculture which are cited as direct consequences of Global Warming. Finally, we look at creative ways to reduce human consumption and output, all in an effort to help clean up our planet. Our ready-to-use resource is written using simplified language and vocabulary which are presented in a way that is easier for students to understand. Comprised of reading passages, student activities, color mini posters, crossword, word search and a comprehension quiz. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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For grades 3-5, our combined resource meets the geometry concepts addressed by the NCTM standards and encourages the students to review the concepts in unique ways. The task sheets introduce the mathematical concepts to the students around a central problem taken from real-life experiences, while the drill sheets provide warm-up and timed practice questions for the students to strengthen their procedural proficiency skills. Included in our resource are activities on two- and three-dimensional shapes, fractions, coordinate points, and composing and decomposing shapes. The combined task & drill sheets offer space for reflection, and opportunity for the appropriate use of technology. Also contained are review sheets, color activity posters and bonus worksheets. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy, STEM, and NCTM standards.