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The St. Andrews Werewolf finds Liz Austen in St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, were she lands a role in a summer production of "Annie". There, Liz and her friend Makiko investigate the legend of the St. Andrews Werewolf, a series of arsons and a mysterious mansion on an island. 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. The St. Andrews Werewolf 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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Our unit is designed for young children to grasp the concept of the months of the year and the days of the week, and to ultimately take part in daily journal entries for developing creative thought and for planning. A lively rebus chant introduces the month. The monthly format gives a visual plan of the events that are to take place in the classroom or school for that month. The squares are large enough for the children to add their own entries. The journal pages have lines for written entries and a space to draw. Also included are two big book stories designed to help students learn about the months of the year, their special occasions, and the days of the week. This Primary Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with reading passages, activities, word search, blank calendar, and big books to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Welcome to the Big Top! Our versatile resource includes a big book, changes, hands-on activities, and many visuals of the circus. Art activities include: Big Top Circus Train and What's Under the Big Top. We've also included a Big Top Poem, My Circus Word Book, the rebus story "A Life in the Circus," illustrations and certificates. Students will explore the early stages of language arts skills using a circus theme. A Big Top chart gives suggested classroom activities that stimulate creative thinking. The circus is an exciting event for all children. Under the Big Top can help you make your theme study more visually attractive. The Big Top Poem uses early math concepts, such as asking the students to put two elephants in the second ring. Students create several Big Books featuring illustrations and text. This Primary Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with illustrations, poems, big book, hands-on activities, word search, and card game to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Discover what matter is, and is not. Learn about and the difference between a mixture and a solution. Chocked full with hands  on activities to understand the various physical and chemical changes to matter. Our resource provides ready-to-use information and activities for remedial students using simplified language and vocabulary. Written to grade these science concepts are presented in a way that makes them more accessible to students and easier to understand. Our resource is jam-packed with experiments, reading passages, and activities all for students in grades 5 to 8. Color mini posters and answer key included and can be used effectively for your whole-class. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy and STEM initiatives.

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Become a master reader. Our combined resource allows students to advance their reading skills through three major elements. Students begin by gaining an understanding of the written text with Reading Comprehension, designed to emphasize several reading skills, such as the main idea, context clues, drawing conclusions, making inferences, and sequencing. Students will then gain the ability to not only understand what they have read, but how to build upon that knowledge independently with Critical Thinking, by encouraging independent thinking, organization skills, asking questions, and problem-solving. Finally, students will engage in the tools to understanding elementary-level literature, such as characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, symbolism, and irony, with Literary Devices. Complete with reading passages, student activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz, and color graphic organizers. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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Find the Fungus Among Us in this captivating resource about trees in our communities. Most trees and shrubs that make up urban forests are not wild or naturally growing; they have been planted by people and to stay healthy, they must be properly cared for. Students explore the benefits and uses of trees, and identify different kinds of trees in their local community. They also investigate the effects and spread of Dutch Elm Disease across Canada and learn about identification and prevention. This Canada lesson provides a teacher and student section with a variety of reading passages, activities, crossword, word search, colouring pages and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Students explore the exciting and intriguing world of space. The first section includes lecture style content combined with interesting assignments and activities to build up an information base about galaxies, solar system, planets and gravity. The second section centers around fun activities devoted to space exploration, space menu, parachute making, egg splat competition and how a rocket works. Included is an extensive reproducible student Activity Handbook that contains related assignments that will guarantee that your students get a "blast" out of. This Earth 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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In this fast-paced unit, students discover that "matter" matters. An engaging array of activities combined with interesting worksheets compliments the concepts brought forward in the student notes. Relating the study of matter, atoms, and molecules to the "real world" is essential. Students delight as they learn about DNA fingerprinting and why a grade two class eating pop and chocolate bars is important to the study of chemistry. Optional activities add flexibility and an element of fun to the unit. Finally, a lesson plan on atoms and molecules that will not give students that "glazed eye - dead fish" look. 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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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 Giver is a Newbery Medal winning story about a child named Jonas who lives in a futuristic society in which everything is managed and controlled, eliminating hatred, hunger, war, love, families and personal decisions. When Jonas is assigned the task of becoming the next Receiver of Memory, the Giver transmits memories of a past world where hatred, war and love existed, revealing the truth to the young boy. Jonas soon realizes the horrors of his perfect society. Through the memories imparted to him from the Giver, Jonas also learns of an alternative, better world. The Giver and Jonas come to the realization that for the good of the community, these memories must be transferred to the entire community. In order to do this, Jonas and the Giver must leave  the Giver through death, and Jonas through escape. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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In our package, you will find patterns to make an interactive big book. Interactive books include your listening audience in the reading of the story. You can make a big book and story pieces that are added to the story as you read along. Place the big book at a reading centre for hours and hours of reading enjoyment. You'll also find patterns to make hands-on activities for a learning centre and flannelboard patterns for "Old Macdonald" that add a visual dimension to a traditional song. Contents include: Story Overview, How To Assemble, Story Patterns, Hands-On Instructions, Hands-On Patterns, Old Macdonald Flannelboard Instructions, and Old Macdonald Patterns. This Primary Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with big books, hands-on activities, and flannelboard activity and song to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Reading with Beverly Cleary (Author Study)

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Reading with Beverly Cleary is a series of five exciting and interesting titles that provide a framework for this new approach to reading. Comprehension is the main focus, with multiple choice and questions designed to ensure students understand why they are reading. Titles include: Ramona The Pest, Ramona Quimby, Age 8, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, Runaway Ralph, and Ellen Tebbits. The high interest  low vocabulary format of these novels is perfect for reluctant readers and is sure to keep students motivated to read. For the teacher, flexibility is key, with students being assigned novels to read individually, in small groups or as a class. This Author Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, story summaries, and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Novel Study)

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is about a young boy who travels to a school for wizards and learns of a magical world far away from his mundane life. Our unit provides teachers with a highly structured format for teaching language arts as students develop a love for reading longer materials like novels. Various areas such as reading comprehension, vocabulary development, spelling, grammar, and writing are all entwined in this integrated approach, eliminating the need for teaching these skills separately. This Novel Study provides a teacher and student section with a variety of activities, chapter questions, word search and answer key to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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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 Road is a Pulitzer Prize winning story about a father and son's journey through post apocalyptic America. After an unspecified disaster destroys most life on Earth, a father and son must travel across a desolate landscape in hopes of making it to the coast. Along their way, they are faced with starvation, thieves, and cannibals. The landscape is without vegetation and living animals, and is covered with ash. The sky is dark, the wind is cold, and snow falls gray. Armed only with a revolver and two rounds to protect them, the father and son set out on the road. They finally reach the sea, but the father falls ill and must prepare the son for the time when he will not be around to protect him. The Road is a captivating post apocalyptic tale. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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A city consists of many communities and of many cultures. The students will recognize that Canada's cities are multicultural and that the First Nations were in Canada long before European settlement. Contents include: List of Resources, Student Objectives, Multicultural Faces of A City, Making The Big Book, Story Patterns, Read The Story, Joseph of Ukraine, Preparing The Flannelboard, Telling The Story, Story and Flannelboard Patterns, and Additional Reading. Students will realize that Canada is multicultural, that some people who live in Canada came from other countries, that people of the First Nations lived here long before us, will listen to a story, will participate in a class discussion, and will locate different countries on a map or globe. This Canada lesson provides a teacher and student section with big book pattern, and flannelboard story to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Water, an extremely precious resource, is the basis for this exciting, hands-on unit on oceans. Student notes will have students playing in the waves, comparing fresh water and salt water, and creating oil spills right in their own classroom. The worksheets supplement all of the core lessons. Complete with optional activities that will have your students cooking and drawing, will give students a different perspective about oceans. A final exam to test students knowledge of the information contained in this unit is also included. This Earth 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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Our Sunsational Spring resource is perfect for teaching about Springtime and all things that go with this season of re-birth. Hands-on activities and a rebus story with activities for creative thinking make up the majority of our lesson plan. Contents include: Scarecrows visual discrimination, Scarecrows sets to numerals, I am a Tulip color recognition, Rainbow Colours colour recognition, Mushrooms color recognition, Boots and Umbrellas word recognition, Hens and Chicks letter recognition, I am a Caterpillar word recognition, Mushrooms Big to Small ordering, and Creative Rebus Stories. This Holidays lesson provides a teacher and student section with hands-on activities, sequence, visual discrimination, color recognition, word recognition, letter recognition, ordering, and rebus stories to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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Just for pre-school-aged children, Pre-school Prehistorics includes hands-on songs and dinosaur patterns to make learning about dinosaurs fun and exciting. Students recreate the classic fairytale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears with a twist using the flannelboard patterns. Students enhance their critical thinking skills by finding what is different in the Visual Discrimination Activity; then, reinforcing the idea of time by discussing what objects are out of place with the dinosaur illustrations. Students then get their hands dirty as they recreate a dinosaurs environment in the sandbox with the Sandbox Dinosaur Landscape activity. Finally, students create their own dinosaur fossils with Fossil Making. This Primary Studies lesson provides a teacher and student section with illustrations, puzzles, big book, hands-on activities, and certificate to create a well-rounded lesson plan.

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The Viking Princess is about a twelve-year-old girl named Edith Valgardsdottir, who is expected to tend the familys sheep and clear rocks from her fathers fields. But Edith dreams of exploring glorious new worlds, and becoming a leader of her people. Trapped aboard a Viking ship, Edith suddenly has the unwelcomed opportunity of being among the first of her village to explore the far-off coast of Markland (Labrador). That is, if she can survive her first encounters with the crew of the Signe. Capture first-hand the flavor and spirit of life with the Norsemen. 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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Aquatic ecosystems are facing severe change in fresh water and ocean environments around the globe. Our resource focuses on identifying and locating aquatic ecosystems and recognizing how climate change and human activities are affecting their delicate balances. We also look at what initiatives are being done to conserve the worlds waterway habitats. We offer a global scientific approach for middle school students by covering critical factors facing plant and animal life located in fresh and marine water ecosystems. All concepts and vocabulary are presented in a way that makes it accessible to students and easier to understand. Our resource is comprised of reading passages, graphic organizers, comprehension questions, hands-on activities and color mini posters. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.

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This combined resource extensively covers the Gulf War (1990-1991) and the Iraq War (2003-2010). Written in simplified language, students will learn about the background of the region, the origins of each conflict, and the parties involved. The beginnings of each war, their progression, the outcomes and their significance to the world today are all explored. Find out why Iraq remains a country in turmoil and why strong and conflicting feelings about the war linger in the United States. Using simplified vocabulary and written in a way that makes it easier for students to understand, our resource provides ready-to-use information and activities for students in grades 5-8. Packed with reading passages, comprehension questions, hands-on activities, crossword puzzles, word searches, comprehension quizzes and color mini posters, this resource can be used effectively for whole class, small group and independent work. All of our content meets the Common Core State Standards and are written to Bloom's Taxonomy.