- Beginning Dictionary Skills
What comes next after the letter g? Put these letters in ABC order.
As children move through the 44 lessons in this book, they progress from letter ordering, to word ordering, and on to activities designed to build comfort and use of a dictionary.
Once a basic familiarity with locating words is achieved, students are ready to use what they find. Activities follow on parts of speech and use of word meanings. The final exercises touch on multiple meanings - when the same word has two definitions in the dictionary.
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(Added: Fri Jan 04 2002)
- Gathering Information
Learning to use reference tools!
The 28 lessons in this unit give students the practice needed to become proficient at using an encyclopedia, a dictionary, a thesaurus, an almanac, an atlas, and a globe.
Activities range from researching facts (Where were the Olympic Games held in 1904?) and charting information (Make a chart listing Nobel Prize winners.) to looking up synonyms (Name other words for DISPUTE.)
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(Added: Mon Jan 07 2002)
- Map Skills
Understanding and creating maps.
This book presents 52 actual and fictional maps to demonstrate that there is more to mapping than fold-up road maps and spinning globes. Park maps, property maps, street maps, regional maps, state maps, country maps, world maps, and more are presented.
By the time students complete the exercises found here, they will know how to use accurate directional words and indicators, and will be adept at interpreting the information given on different types of maps. They will be able to recognize picture symbols used on maps, identify routes from place to place, and effectively use a map grid.
Students will have fun while learning a practical life skill.
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- Outlining
Creating a written plan that organizes ideas or facts in a logical order.
The 24 lessons in this book will give students plenty of practice with all the basic aspects of Outlining. Exercises focus on titling, finding main and sub-topics, identifying details, outlining a story, and creating an outline.
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(Added: Fri Dec 28 2001)
- Outlining (Grades 5-8)
Creating a written plan that organizes ideas or facts in a logical order.
The 44 lessons in this book will give students plenty of practice with all aspects of Outlining. Exercises focus on the parts of an outline, finding main and sub-topics, writing paragraphs from an outline, creating an outline and then a report, and more.
With the skills taught in this unit, students will be better equipped to use an outline to write stories and reports.
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- Proofreading (Grades 3-4)
Proofreading is the process of carefully going over a written report, story, or letter before the final copy is made. We proofread to be sure there are no mistakes, and when we find a mistake, we correct it, right?
Unfortunately, for many students proofreading is a foreign concept. All too often students turn in a "finished" classroom assignment that is full of careless mistakes! This step-by-step book was designed to help students learn, practice, and incorporate this vital skill into their written work.
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(Added: Mon Jan 07 2002)
- Proofreading (Grades 5-8)
Proofreading is the process of carefully going over a written report, story, or letter before the final copy is made. We proofread to be sure there are no mistakes, and when we find a mistake, we correct it, right?
Unfortunately, for many students proofreading is a foreign concept. All too often students turn in a "finished" classroom assignment that is full of careless mistakes! This step-by-step book was designed to help students learn, practice, and incorporate this vital skill into their written work.
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- Study Skills
Successful learning.
This lesson unit is packed with 46 exercises designed to expand students' awareness of a wide variety of learning techniques. Scheduling, outlining, note-taking, memorizing, test-taking (essay and objective), and reference tool use are all covered.
Whether learning to skim, using acronyms to remember, or organizing information into idea-grams, students will hone a number of learning styles sure to improve they study habits.
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- Tables & Graphs
Graphically charting information.
This book includes more than 40 exercises that require interpreting and creating visual presentations of facts and information.
As students work the lessons found here, they will become acquainted with a wide variety of tables and charts. They will practice creating graphs and transferring written information to a graph. Finally, students are given situations calling for the gathering of information, the organizing of it, and the creation of tables and graphs using it. Learning comes full circle.
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(Added: Mon Jan 07 2002)
- Using the Dictionary
The 26 lessons in this book take students through a full range of exercises designed to further their dictionary skills. From identifying syllables, compound words and guide words, to comprehending multiple meanings, homonyms and abbreviations, the activities included here will help build a better understanding of the many uses of a dictionary.
Exercises include alphabetization, finding definitions, spelling, determining parts of speech, and more
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(Added: Mon Jan 07 2002)
- Writing About Me
A strong sense of character and positive self-esteem are key ingredients to a student's success in school and in life. Writing About Me gives your students a real chance to develop and reinforce 38 all-important attributes, while simultaneously improving their writing skills.
Each page presents a specific attribute, such as "honesty" or "responsibility," to stimulate group discussion. To help students further understand these characteristics and how they apply to their daily lives, a series of fun and relevant writing activities are included to help students focus on their individual and collective attributes.
So let Remedia Publications help your students have fun learning the very important concepts of character, self-esteem, and writing with this easy-to-use, "accentuate-the-positive" book.
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(Added: Fri Jan 04 2002)
- Writing Book Reports
Students will write great book reports as they follow the guidelines in this concisely-structured book. Outline headings and leading questions prompt students to include essential information and selective portrayals of main characters, settings, or story objectives.
Description-enhancement lessons help to stimulate interesting or colorful accounts of the story's characters and content. A vocabulary enrichment page is included on which readers list unusual or difficult words found in the book. Definitions are added to ensure understanding of the terms.
Tips for oral book reports and fun activities such as designing a book jacket or drawing sequence cartoons representing story parts round off the lessons in this unique book.
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(Added: Fri Jan 04 2002)
- Writing Paragraphs
The step-by-step lessons in this book will result in a complete understanding of the makeup and development of a paragraph. From learning the format, to identifying sentences that do not belong in a given paragraph, to writing a paragraph prompted by leading questions, to understanding the significance of a topic sentence, and maintaining sentence order within a paragraph, students advance to writing their own paragraph about a variety of suggested ideas.
Clearly-stated examples and plentiful practice reinforce comprehension and retention of paragraph development skills. Clever illustrations and high-interest subject matter add to the effectiveness of this comprehensive teaching aid.
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- Writing Stories
Storytellers will become great storywriters as they practice the step-by-step techniques of the writing process in this highly motivating book. Clearly-stated examples and clever illustrations introduce each essential element of creating writing that gradually leads to the composition of an original, interesting, and properly-developed story.
The lessons include: writing descriptive sentences, combining short choppy sentences, avoiding rambling sentences, punctuation, paragraphs and topic sentences, logical order, writing dialog, choosing a topic, selecting a title, organizing ideas, writing the story, proofreading.
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(Added: Fri Jan 04 2002)
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