Life Skills
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Project-Based Learning Tasks for Common Core State Standards Resource Book Grade 6-8
$10.00 Add to cartProject-Based Learning Tasks for Common Core State Standards is designed to help middle-school students use research skills, teamwork, communication, and critical thinking to solve real-life problems. Includes a Common Core State Standards matrix.
Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, 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 mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.
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Project-Based Activities Resource Book Grade 6-8
$10.00 Add to cartEncourage students to work together to solve real-world problems using language arts skills.
Build teamwork, enhance communication, and refine critical thinking with Mark Twain Project-Based Activities for sixth–eighth grades. The exercises in this book require students to collaborate while creating graphic novels, virtual systems, book trailers, school brochures, and more.
To achieve success, it is essential to work together to accomplish goals— both in and out of the classroom. Project-Based Activities promotes teamwork while challenging students to:
- create unforgettable story characters
- utilize informational text
- write argumentative essays
- cite sources
- use explanatory writing
- write book reviews
Mark Twain Media Publishing Company provides engaging supplemental books and eye-catching decorations for middle-grade and upper-grade classrooms. This product line is designed by leading educators and features a variety of subjects, including history, fine arts, science, language arts, social studies, government, math, and positive behavior.
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Practical Life Skills Big Book
$33.99 Add to cartEmpower students with the confidence to live on their own.
Our in-depth study combines the three lessons in this series: Independent Living, Managing Money, and Employment & Volunteering. Students will start by finding their own place to live and knowing how to get around. Then, students learn how to budget and prepare for their future. Finally, students join the workforce by learning how to write a resume and gaining valuable interview skills. Comprised of reading passages, graphic organizers, real-world activities, crossword, word search and comprehension quiz, our resource continues the study of necessary Life Skills everyone should learn before venturing out on their own. All of our content is reproducible and aligned to your State Standards and are written to Bloom’s Taxonomy.
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Grade Assigned
The Mindup Curriculum Grades 3-5
$30.00 Add to cartA comprehensive guide to helping all learners focus and reach their potential through brain-centered management and teaching strategies! Includes a full-color, innovative teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain!
This research-based curriculum features 15 lessons that use the latest information about the brain to dramatically improve behavior and learning for all students. Each lesson offers easy strategies for helping students focus their attention, improve their self-regulation skills, build resilience to stress, and develop a positive mind-set in both school and life. The lessons fit easily into any schedule and require minimal preparation. Classroom management tips and content-area activities help you extend the benefits of MindUP throughout your day, week, and year.
Includes a BIG, colorful teaching poster with fascinating facts about the brain!
- Research-based and tested in dozens of classrooms
- Transforms classrooms into focused learning environments
- Helps teachers motivate at-risk learners so each child can thrive-academically, socially, and emotionally
- Kids love learning about how their brains work ― and how the can help their brains “grow”!
- Includes high-interest activities to connect MindUP learning to all content areas
- Fosters a cohesive, caring classroom climate that enhances learning
- Correlates with social and emotional learning goals created by the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)
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Life Skills
Math on the Job: Building a Business
$9.95 Add to cartA large bakery wants a regular supply of your homemade brownies. What if you could figure out how to do it out of your parents’ kitchen using math? This amazing book makes you a math problem solver by putting you into situations faced by people who are building their own businesses. Math is an important part of the job of running a pet store or a bakery, or creating a video game. Three exciting stories lead to a problem you must solve using math. A toolbox section helps take you through similar examples and provides math exercises you can do that will help give you a better understanding of how to solve the problem in the story.
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Math at the Store
$9.95 Add to cartKate goes to a store to buy cupcakes for her class. Simple text and photos illustrate basic math concepts.
Series Information Emergent-reader nonfiction takes on a whole new face! Consistent print placement, predictable text patterns and strong picture clues make this series ideal for emergent readers. -
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Managing Money
$16.99 Add to cartStudents find out how to best manage their money.
Create a monthly budget and identify ways to save money on purchases. Understand how credit works and become familiar with the pitfalls before applying for a credit card. Get to know how to open a savings account, and how to plan for the future. Understand contracts and know what your commitments are when co-signing a loan for someone. Comprised of reading passages, graphic organizers, real-world activities, crossword, word search and comprehension quiz, our resource combines high interest concepts with low vocabulary to ensure all learners comprehend the essential skills required in life. All of our content is reproducible and aligned to your State Standards and are written to Bloom’s Taxonomy.
