Middle & Upper Grades

Math Detective™ uses topics and skills drawn from national math standards to prepare your students for advanced math courses and assessments that measure reasoning, reading comprehension, and writing in math. Stories are age-relevant, high-interest, and show students that math is integral to everyday activities. Includes general and student introductions, a lesson that explains the concept of evidence, a chart of topics and key ideas to help select activities, and detailed answers.

What does it take to get hired• Learn what you need to know about getting a job before you dive into the workforce. Whether you are getting ready to attend college, or plan to get to work right after school, you'll need to know about:

• Pursuing a career path
• What employers are looking for
• What employers are not looking for
• The interview process
• Work ethic and other soft skills
• What you need to do to be considered for the position you want.

Don't get caught off guard! Go into the hiring process with confidence. Avoid the pitfalls that keep people out of the jobs of their dreams for years. Author Carole Marsh is an expert as both an employer and entrepreneur. Her straightforward, no-nonsense approach brings in insights from her own experiences and those of her colleagues in order to help teens achieve career success.

WOULD YOU HIRE THIS PERSON?: A Look at Getting Hired (or not!)...From the Point of View of Your (Possible!) Future Employer is part of the highly-anticipated Careers Curriculum series, a line of educational materials designed to prepare students for the "real world" of work, starting in middle school, then high school and beyond. The Careers Curriculum is very much in demand among parents, educators, teenagers and young adults, both in and out of school.

Such realistic scenarios - I got nervous reading them! I wanted the person to get the job, but, gee...I can see why some would not!

Filled with high-interest activities, this valuable series of supplemental books features exciting lessons and assessments to prepare students to take it to the next level. Unit tests familiarize students with typical fill-in-the-bubble standardized tests. An excellent resource for anyone who wants to give their students Skills for Success! 128 pages.

Using the Five Themes of Geography, these resources present concepts using simple language and vocabulary. Includes information passages, ready-to-use activities, full-color maps, blackline student maps, and more. 60 pages, 12 mini posters. Reading Levels 3-4.

Students will learn important skills such as health and hygiene, how to behave in a social environment, and how to budget and best spend their money. Each resource includes reading passages, graphic organizers, real-world activities, crossword, word search and comprehension quiz. 60 pages. Grades 6–12; Reading Level 3.

These resources are designed to help students successfully deal with everyday reading of nonfiction materials. Each book is correlated to Common Core State Standards and includes practice activities, assessment prep, and more! 64 pages.

Start off with an in-depth study of both the muscular and skeletal systems. Then, investigate the organs of the five senses, along with the respiratory system! Using simplified language and vocabulary, you can explore the major organs of four body systems and how they work to keep us alive and healthy. Reading passages, student activities, and 6 mini posters are included. Reading Level 3-4. Human Body Big Book includes (all 3 books combined). 170 pages and 18 mini posters.

This easy-to-use workbook is full of stimulating activities that will give your students a solid introduction to precalculus! A variety of lessons, puzzles, mazes, and practice problems will challenge students to think creatively as they work to build their precalculus skills. Each lesson begins with a clear explanation of a featured precalculus topic, providing extra review and reinforcement. A special assessment section is included at the end of the book to help students prepare for standardized tests. 48 pages.

Up to 12 students can work collaboratively to form a multitude of algebraic equations in each area of study. Each set includes 4 decks of cards and a comprehensive teacher's guide featuring lessons, games, discussion questions, and reproducible activities.

Job Tracks: 60* Great Careers received the ForeWord Reviews' Book of the Year Silver Award and the 2013 Benjamin Franklin Awards Silver Finalist. Learn more about what's out there in terms of real careers! What are you interested in? Where is your passion? Where do you see yourself after high school what career do you think you'd like to pursue what will it take to get into a field that fascinates you there are exciting, in-demand careers out there right now that you may not even know about!

Job Tracks: 60* Great Careers...and How to Get From Where You Are...to Where you Want to Go! details sixty real career tracks available across the nation. These are careers that students need to know about, jobs for today and advice for tomorrow with timely information about a variety of exciting ways to make a difference in the world, or at least a decent living!

Job Tracks: 60* Great Careers...and How to Get From Where You Are...to Where you Want to Go! is part of the highly-anticipated Careers Curriculum series, a line of educational materials designed to prepare students for the "real world" of work, starting in middle school, high school and beyond. The Careers Curriculum is an essential resource for teenagers and young adults, both in and out of school.

Entertaining and charming to read!

Filled with high-interest activities, this valuable series of supplemental books features exciting lessons and assessments to prepare students to take it to the next level. Unit tests familiarize students with typical fill-in-the-bubble standardized tests. An excellent resource for anyone who wants to give their students Skills for Success! 128 pages.