Middle & Upper Grades

• 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.

This language arts tutorial book engages middle school students while they refine important skills.

Language Arts Tutor: Grammar, Capitalization, and Punctuation for fourth–eighth grades helps students master the following concepts:

• parts of speech
• capitalization
• punctuation

This Mark Twain language arts book uses stories, games, and riddles to appeal to students at various learning levels.

Language Arts Tutor: Grammar, Capitalization, and Punctuation focuses on one skill at a time to help students build proficiency and confidence. Each page includes clear definitions and examples to explain the concept being reinforced. Written for teachers, parents, families, and students, you can use this Mark Twain middle school book as a full unit of study or for individual lessons to supplement other books.

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing engaging supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects, including math, science, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character.

Bring the action and adventure of U.S. history into the classroom with U.S. History Maps for grades 5 and up!

From the ice age to the admission of the 50th state, this fascinating 96-page resource book enhances the study of any era in U.S. history! The maps can be easily reproduced, projected, and scanned, and each map includes classroom activities and brief explanations of historical events.

This middle grade social studies book covers topics such as the discovery of America, Spanish conquistadors, the New England colonies, wars and conflicts, westward expansion, slavery, and transportation. The book includes answer keys.

Features:

• Answer Key

A really practical application of math. Each book includes activities such as reading comprehension, filling out forms, using a glossary, and answering math word problems.

The multi-step word problems cover adding and subtracting money, multiplying and dividing money, figuring percentages, working with large numbers, and more. This life skills program will help students master math skills that are essential to everyday life! Each book includes an answer key.

Students will gain hands-on experience practicing the math they will use in the real world. The realistic activities in this series will teach students about paying bills, keeping a transaction register, filling out a credit card application, shopping online, using a debit card, making and keeping to a budget, shopping for the best buy, and so much more!

Providing an overview of grammar and an introduction to basic composition, this 96-page language arts resource book teaches the fundamentals of the English language.

Grammar and Composition begins with words and progresses to sentences, paragraphs, and complete composition.

The book covers:

• the parts of speech
• clauses
• punctuation
• prose

It also promotes critical thinking, provides writing practice, and supports the Common Core State Standards and NCTE standards.

Earth Science for grades 5 to 8 is designed to aid in the review and practice of earth science topics. Earth Science covers topics such as Earth, the moon, the solar system, rocks and minerals, landforms, and weather patterns. The book includes realistic diagrams and engaging activities to support practice in all areas of earth science.

The 100+ Series science books span grades 5 to 12. The activities in each book reinforce essential science skill practice in the areas of life science, physical science, and earth science. The books include engaging, grade-appropriate activities and clear thumbnail answer keys. Each book has 128 pages and 100 pages (or more) of reproducible content to help students review and reinforce essential skills in individual science topics. The series is aligned to current science standards.

Features:

• Answer Key

This very practical series will help adolescents and adults alike to understand mathematics as it relates to their everyday lives. Each book covers basic math concepts and skills before exploring the more specific topics. Clear explanations are followed by ample practice. Each section also has a pretest, a section review, and a posttest.