Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide
10 best books like Everything You Need to Ace English Language Arts in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (Elizabeth Irwin): Human, Sound and Sense: An Introduction to Poetry, Big Words for Little Geniuses, Story of the Orchestra: Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music!, Uncovering the Logic of English, Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide, Everything You Need to Ace American History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide, A Smart Girl's Guide to Knowing What to Say: Finding the Words to Fit Any Situation, Maker Lab: 28 Super Cool Projects, Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading
| Author | Robert Winston |
| ISBN | 0756605202 |
A highly comprehensive and illustrated account of what makes us what we are: how we evolved, how our bodies work and develop, and how we think and behave, this unbelievable reference examines the qualities all humans share but also highlights the diversity of human society and culture. Profiling more...
| Author | Laurence Perrine |
| ISBN | 0155826107 |
Sound and Sense in a nutshell:
Poetry is deep and thought-provoking. Let me tell you exactly how and what you're supposed to think about it.
No, sorry, it doesn't work that way. Telling me what to think kills the process of allowing me to think for myself, and I feel like that defeats the...
| Author | Susan Patterson |
| ISBN | 0316502936 |
There's no "gobbledygook" in this picture book by James and Susan Patterson, with each letter of the alphabet providing a sophisticated word and definition for "Lilliputian" children to learn. Adults will appreciate the "juxtaposition" of young kids properly using impressive words that many grownups...
| Author | Robert Levine |
| ISBN | 1579121489 |
Eye-catching illustrations, engaging text and delightful musical selections on the accompanying 70-minute CD lead children ages 8 to 12 (and parents, too!) on an exciting and educational tour through the instruments and music of the orchestra. Illustrated in exquisite and colorful detail with...
| Author | Denise Eide |
| ISBN | 1936706008 |
Multiple award-winning book on reading and spelling education that will transform how you think about English! Discover the method that Dr. Temple Grandin called "really helpful for teaching reading to children who are mathematical pattern thinkers..."
For the past 70 years students...
| Author | Ximena Vengoecheo |
| ISBN | 0761160949 |
It’s the revolutionary world history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
Everything You Need to Ace World History . . . kicks off with the Paleolithic Era and transports the reader to ancient civilizations—from Africa and beyond; the...
| Author | Lily Rothman |
| ISBN | 0761160833 |
It’s the revolutionary American history study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
Everything You Need to Ace American History . . . covers Native Americans to the war in Iraq. There are units on Colonial America; the Revolutionary War and the...
| Author | Patti Kelley Criswell |
| ISBN | 1593697724 |
A friend talks about you behind your back. What do you say to her? You want to watch a TV show that's on past your bedtime. How do you ask your parents? You break your friend's favorite CD. How do you apologize? In American Girl's latest Smart Girl's Guide, you'll learn the exact words to say in these situations,...
| Author | Jack Challoner |
| ISBN | 1465451358 |
Create your own science lab and try out amazing experiments with Maker Lab: Make Your Own Science Experiments.
Put on that lab coat and secure those safety glasses before testing over 30 kid-safe experiments that use common household items. Grow geodes in eggshells, make a bouncing ball out...
| Author | Lawrence Goldstone |
| ISBN | 0812970284 |
“Books are like puzzles,” write Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone. “The author’s ideas are hidden, and it is up to all of us to figure them out.” In this indispensable reading companion, the Goldstones–noted parent-child book club experts–encourage grownups and young readers alike to...
| Author | Bunpei Yorifuji |
| ISBN | 1593274238 |
Get to Know the Elements!
From the brilliant mind of Japanese artist Bunpei Yorifuji comes Wonderful Life with the Elements, an illustrated guide to the periodic table that gives chemistry a friendly face.
In this super periodic table, every element is a unique character whose properties...
| Author | H.A. Rey |
| ISBN | 0395244188 |
Containing star charts, a guide to the constellations, and details about seasons and the movement of the objects we see in the sky, this classic book makes H. A. Rey’s passion for astronomy evident on every page.
Second edition updates concentrate on the planetary and solar system information...
| Author | Kylene Beers |
| ISBN | 0325011281 |
A study guide is available for this title. Click here to download (PDF, 117KB).
This is the time to think boldly about adolescent literacy. So much of what we know about adolescents and their learning has changed in the last decade, and since then both the world of education and the world at large...
| Author | Stephanie Bearce |
| ISBN | 1618215701 |
Nikola Tesla was crazy smart. He invented the idea for cell phones in 1893, discovered alternating current, and invented a death ray gun. Of course, he also talked to pigeons, ate only boiled food, and was scared of women who wore jewelry. He was an insane inventor. So was Henry Cavendish, who discovered...
| Author | Altair Peterson |
| ISBN | 0761160965 |
It’s the revolutionary math study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
Everything You Need to Ace Math . . . covers everything to get a student over any math hump: fractions, decimals, and how to multiply and divide them; ratios, proportions,...
| Author | Robert E. Wells |
| ISBN | 0807534218 |
Publishers of nonfiction for children please note: a lot more people would read nonfiction if it was. . . better! Take a look at this book, that manages to convey complex ideas about simple machines in a highly imaginative way, but does not talk down to the reader. For sure the dense language and concepts...
| Author | Christopher Lehman |
| ISBN | 0325043574 |
"When we embrace the messy excitement of the [research] process and the drive to inspire others, we can energize our students, our instruction, and ourselves."
Christopher Lehman
Sit down with Christopher Lehman as he shares the strategies he has used to make research reading and writing...
| Author | Kelly Gallagher |
| ISBN | 1625310447 |
What is in the best interest of our students? Is it teaching to the newest standards movement, like the Common Core? Teaching that prepares students to take a test? Or is it something more meaningful and authentic?
In his new book, In the Best Interest of Students, Kelly Gallagher notes that there...
| Author | Michael Geisen |
| ISBN | 0761160957 |
It’s the revolutionary science study guide just for middle school students from the brains behind Brain Quest.
Everything You Need to Ace Science . . . takes readers from scientific investigation and the engineering design process to the Periodic Table; forces and motion; forms...
Veteran teacher and author Colleen Cruz has seen it all and done it all in the writing classroom-and she's got something to admit: this is hard work. Real hard. In The Unstoppable Writing Teacher she takes on the common concerns, struggles, and roadblocks that we all face in writing instruction and helps...
Odious Oceans (Horrible Geography)
| Author | Anita Ganeri |
| ISBN | 0590543741 |
I expected that this book will cover a lot more of biology than it did. It was sort of a mixture of biology, chemistry, geography and history.
Some of the images were funnier that other, but overall I was not impressed. I did learn a couple of things, but I am secretly scared that because of the format...
| Author | Pam Pollack |
| ISBN | 0448483025 |
Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure.
Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four....
| Author | Eric R. Eaton |
| ISBN | 0618153101 |
Comprehensive yet compact, authoritative yet easy to understand, this is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to know more about the fascinating and diverse insects of North America.
Many insects are difficult even for the experts to identify, but here readers will find a wealth...
| Author | David A. White |
| ISBN | 1882664701 |
Inspire animated discussions of questions that concern kids--and all of us--with this innovative, interactive book. Open your students' minds to the wonders of philosophy.
Allow them to grapple with the questions philosophers have discussed since the ancient Greeks. Questions include:...
| Author | Ken Jennings |
| ISBN | 1442473282 |
Discover the fun facts about the world and become a master of geography with this interactive trivia book from Jeopardy! champ and New York Times bestselling author Ken Jennings.
With this Junior Genius Guide to maps and geography, you’ll become an expert and wow your friends and teachers...
