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Writers Express:
A Handbook for Young Writers, Thinkers, and Learners
by Dave Kemper, Ruth Nathan, Patrick Sebranek

Gr. 4-7. Colorful, abundant graphics and funky cartoon art may encourage children to pick up this nifty handbook that focuses on writing but contains much, much more. Along with advice on how to write everything from a sentence to a thoroughly researched classroom report to a tall tale, the authors give a few tips on using the library (computer catalogs are mentioned as well as the old-fashioned kind) and provide sensible guidelines for building vocabulary, reading, and math skills; preparing a speech; taking tests; and even reading maps. Also included are a wonderfully useful grammar review, a time line, and a section on word usage. A great refresher and reference source for classroom, library, or home bookshelf.

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
by Siegfried Engelmann, Phyllis Haddox, Elaine Bruner

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SRA's DISTAR is one of the most successful beginning reading programs available to schools. Research has proven that children taught by the DISTAR method outperform their peers. Now, this program has been adapted for use at home. In only 20 minutes a day, this remarkable step-by-step program teaches your child to read--with the love, care, and joy only a parent and child cane share.

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Write Source 2000:
A Guide to Writing, Thinking, & Learning:
by Patrick Sebranek, Verne Meyer, Dave Kemper

It is a user-friendly reference which saves students time and gives them autonomy which they prefer it. It is easy to generate lesson plans to get students started on using the books. Introduce a topic, such as subject-verb agreement or sentence-combining, use examples from Write Source 2000, help students find evidence in their own work of the the problem, and let them see how well the book works to support editing.

The Complete Help Your Child Learn to Read Book
by Sherry Ann Perry

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The book works well with pre-schoolers and older children as well as adults. It shows you how to help a student learn the alphabet: the names of the letters and the sounds they represent. Then you learn how to sound out words, and right away start reading text--little stories about everyday life, and favorite nursery rhymes. Very soon, students are able to "help" Mom and Dad (or their mentor) read other books of interest to them. Because this approach does not involve doing worksheets or memorizing rules and lists of words, the students remain very motivated, and they learn rapidly. This approach is very flexible and responsive to individual interests and rates of learning.

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Barrons Educational Series
covers much of mathematics from Algebra to Geometry to Trigonometry to Calculus and more