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Greenhouse Publications, 2001. Softcover. New. This Interactive Reading Book teaches action verbs and pronouns while posing and then answering who, what and where questions. (Ex. Where can she swim? Answer: She can swim in the pool.) Ask additional questions to expand the concept being presented. (For example: In the sentence "I can hide in the tunnel", ask the child to tell you some other places you might hide. In the sentence, "He can throw the bean bags.", ask the child, "What else can you throw?" etc.) These books are designed to be used on many levels. Utilizing the power of visual strategies, the children learn to associate pictures with words. The fun, interactive nature of these books is rewarding to children with and without special needs. Included in each book are several activities created for children of varying ability levels. Even though Interactive Reading Books were developed in a special education program, these interactive books for children have… Read More

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2014. Hardcover. New. The laminated guide Bullying Prevention for Students with Disabilities is designed to help principals, teachers, and other school staff understand the problem of bullying of students with disabilities, including the rights of students with disabilities and responsibilities of schools under federal and state laws. It offers strategies for preventing bullying of students with special needs, dealing with bullying incidents, promoting social competence, and creating a positive and safe classroom and school climate. Written by Dr. Kenneth Shore, author of The ABCs of Bullying Prevention and several laminated guides, including A Teacher's Guide to Working with Parents, A Parent's Guide to Working with Teachers, and An Educator's Guide to Bullying Prevention, this six-page guide is an invaluable quick reference tool that provides specific suggestions for how to . Use the IEP of students with disabilities as an anti-bullying… Read More

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2013. Hardcover. New. Across our nation's classrooms, curriculum is being aligned to match with the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). But, there is nothing common about the students who must learn to master these standards. Each student possesses unique academic, social, emotional, behavioral, physical, communicative, and sensory levels and needs. This laminated reference guide offers baseline knowledge about the CCSS and is intended to translate the goals, expectations, knowledge, and skills into behavior that yields achievement for all students, regardless of ability levels, within inclusive classrooms. Specific curriculum examples for English language arts standards are delineated for populations of learners in grades K-5, with timelines and teacher tips that offer ideas for classroom management, core materials, resources, instruction, and ongoing assessments.

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2012. Hardcover. New. The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) pose an exciting challenge for all educators and their students, each of whom is expected to meet these standards. The CCSS in English Language Arts (ELA) articulate rigorous grade-level expectations focused on higher order thinking processes in the areas of speaking, listening, reading, and writing to prepare all students to be college and career ready. To this end, this reference guide is designed to increase educators' ability to make teaching and learning decisions based on research-based best practices for the academic and language achievement of English language learners (ELLs). It can also serve to initiate professional learning conversations and guide educators to resources that accelerate and improve the teaching and learning of ELL students. 6 pages. 2012

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2014. Hardcover. New. Recognizing the need for our schools to better prepare students to succeed in life beyond high school, states all across the country have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), which clearly identify what students are expected to know in the areas of English language arts (ELA) and mathematics as they progress through primary and secondary school. The CCSS are designed to help ensure that all students are college and career ready in literacy no later than the end of high school. The rigor and complexity of the standards therefore increase as students enter middle and high school. The tri-fold laminated reference guide Common Core Standards & English Language Arts: Strategies for Student Success (Grades 6-12) by Toby Karten presents an at-a-glance overview of the CCSS for English Language Arts (ELA) for students in grades 6-12. It is intended to help middle and high school teachers understand the organization and application… Read More

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2014. Hardcover. New. Common Core Standards & Mathematics: Strategies for Student Success (Grades 6-12) is an easy access, 6-page (tri-fold) laminated guide by Toby Karten. This classroom tool is designed to help middle and high school teachers understand the organization and application of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSS.M), which define the grade-specific knowledge and procedural skills students are expected to achieve in their study of mathematics. Karten, an expert on inclusion, notes that the standards apply to all students--including students with disabilities receiving special education services--and provides ideas for helping diverse students meet grade-level standards. This comprehensive guide defines key terms, such as domains and clusters, and provides multiple quick-reference charts, including ones that that depict Grades K-5 domains, Grades 6-8 domains, Grades 9-12 Categories The Standards for Mathematical Practice… Read More

Greenhouse Publications, 2001. Softcover. New. Children learn to identify pictures of emotions in this book. Sentences such as "I feel when I do a good job," allow the children to label their feelings. (There are no wrong answers.) Open ended questions at the end of the book allow teachers, therapists, parents or children to make up their own sentences. Even if the child is nonverbal or does not speak English, once they can identify the pictures you can read the sentence and the child can give you or point to the picture that labels their emotion. Another fun activity and way to assess a childs emotions is to take the pictures and put them face down. Have the child pick a picture. Ask them to give you an example of what might make them feel that way. (For example: A child picks a card that says, "excited," ask the child to tell you something that would make them feel excited.) These books are designed to be used on many levels. Utilizing the power of visual strategies, the children learn to associate… Read More

Greenhouse Publications, 2000. Softcover. New. This book teaches children to match, identify, label and sequence numbers 1-12. They learn to read number words, one through twelve and simple nouns (Ex: six suns) Quantity concepts are taught by matching number to picture and picture to number. (Ex: Have the student put the number "2" card on the picture that has 2 "shoes" or the child picks a picture card, counts the items and places it on the appropriate number card. Simple math activities can also be performed. (Ex. Using the picture cards: 2 shoes + 3 pigs= ? Answer: the number card "5"; or (using the number cards: 3 + 4=? Answer: the child finds the picture card of 7 balloons) These books are designed to be used on many levels. Utilizing the power of visual strategies, the children learn to associate pictures with words. The fun, interactive nature of these books is rewarding to children with and without special needs. Included in each book are several activities… Read More

Greenhouse Publications, 2000. Softcover. New. I Go To School" teaches activities and the vocabulary of a school day. The pictures in this book resemble a visual schedule. Aside from matching, identifying, labeling, creating sentences and learning to read, the children can also use the pictures to answer simple questions. If the child is verbal he can respond verbally, if nonverbal the child can point to a picture. (What do you do with a pencil? Answer: Write) These books are designed to be used on many levels. Utilizing the power of visual strategies, the children learn to associate pictures with words. The fun, interactive nature of these books is rewarding to children with and without special needs. Included in each book are several activities created for children of varying ability levels. Even though Interactive Reading Books were developed in a special education program, these interactive books for children have proven to be equally powerful learning aids for kindergarten reading… Read More

Greenhouse Publications, 2006. Softcover. New. Exploring word families has never been more fun.... Students seek out members of the same word family from each of the three sentences per page and attach the correct answers to the appropriate squares. Each simple sentence uses action verbs and pronouns. Like all the other Interactive Reading Books you start with matching, identifying and labeling of objects followed by reading sentences with pictures, without pictures and in random order For example: "She can spread the berry jam. He can slice the warm baked ham. I can cook the large sweet yam." How many other members of a word family can you name? Even though Interactive Reading Books were developed in a special education program, these interactive books for children have proven to be equally powerful learning aids for kindergarten reading and all beginning readers! Interactive Reading Books are in compliance with California State Standards and meet or exceed educational standards in… Read More

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2009. Hardcover. New. Imagine using an instructional technique that is flexible, applies across grade levels and content areas and benefits all students including those with academic, behavioral and interpersonal challenges. One of the most compelling classroom interventions is now at your fingertips. Class-wide Peer Tutoring changes the learning environment through peer instruction and interaction. This guide includes: . A description of class wide peer tutoring . The background, research and benefits of using peers for instruction . An explanation of the various peer-tutoring formats . How class-wide peer tutoring can be used as an RTI Tier 1 intervention . Step by step instructions for implementation Every teacher who aspires to engage all students and increase academic achievement will want this reference guide. 6 pages. 2009

Greenhouse Publications, 2004. Softcover. New. This book is a study in prepositions, animals and rhyming words. Students attach pictures of an animal, a preposition and a word that rhymes with the animal's name to each sentence page. (Example) the cat is on the mat. On the back of each sentence page you'll find a colorful illustration of the sentence. The book can be read front to back while learning the vocabulary and in reverse once the vocabulary has been mastered. Great fun! Even though Interactive Reading Books were developed in a special education program, these interactive books for children have proven to be equally powerful learning aids for kindergarten reading and all beginning readers! Interactive Reading Books are in compliance with California State Standards and meet or exceed educational standards in many other states. 2004

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2011. Hardcover. New. The greatest number of teacher referrals to the RTI process has been struggling readers in their classrooms. Therefore, teachers must be knowledgeable about the reading process, its research-base, and the key skills needed for students to become proficient readers. This laminated reference guide written by Karen Kemp, co-author of RTI: The Classroom Connection for Literacy, provides strategies and techniques to address phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and text comprehension. This guide serves as a valuable tool to any classroom teacher committed to helping students with reading difficulties who are involved in the RTI process within their classroom environment. Laminated Reference Guide 4 pages. 2011

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2012. Hardcover. New. Written by Mary Little, associate professor at the University of Central Florida, and co-principal investigator for the RTI for Teaching Learning Connections, this laminated reference guide provides valuable strategies designed as a blueprint for educators to provide research-based curriculum and evidence-based interventions to students in middle schools who struggle with learning and mastering mathematics, including the newly adopted common core state standards. RTI in Mathematics will empower educators to select, implement, differentiate, and evaluate instruction and interventions in mathematics to improve learning for students in middle school classrooms. 6 pages. 2012

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2011. Hardcover. New. Finally, an RTI reference guide specifically designed for use by middle school educators! Most available RTI materials are written for elementary schools where RTI has flourished. However, more and more middle schools are exploring the use of RTI to address the needs of their struggling learners. This laminated reference guide provides essential information on RTI and how to implement this process in middle school environments. Topics include: the multi-tiered model, grade level teams and RTI, establishing RTI middle school teams, the role of guidance, universal screening and the types of assessment. Every teacher and staff member working in a middle school environment needs this valuable RTI resource! Laminated Reference Guide 4 pages. 2011

National Professional Resources (NPR), 2012. Hardcover. New. Written by school data expert Nancy Love, this guide provides a proven-effective inquiry process and practical tools for grade level (elementary) or subject-area (middle and high school) teams of teachers to maximize their impact on student achievement by: Building a strong foundation, including shared purpose, collaborative norms, and commitments to rigorous standards add to each student's learning Identifying a common focus for improvement through analysis of state and local common assessments and student work Verifying causes of student-learning problems through research, error-analysis, and data about practices and perceptions Generating solutions by sharing successful teaching strategies and reteaching and extending learning based on students' needs Ongoing monitoring of the team's impact on instruction and on student learning 6 pages. 2012

Greenhouse Publications, 2000. Softcover. New. This book teaches the vocabulary of activities performed at home. The pictures can be used as a visual schedule or as communication cards in the home. The children work on matching, identifying, and labeling pictures. They create sentences with the pictures and read the sentences with and then without the pictures. As in I Go To School, pictures can also be used to answer simple functional questions. (Ex. Where do you go when you are tired? Answer: To bed!) These books are designed to be used on many levels. Utilizing the power of visual strategies, the children learn to associate pictures with words. The fun, interactive nature of these books is rewarding to children with and without special needs. Included in each book are several activities created for children of varying ability levels. Even though Interactive Reading Books were developed in a special education program, these interactive books for children have proven to be equally powerful… Read More

Greenhouse Publications, 2000. Softcover. New. This book teaches children how to match, identify and label colors. They also learn to read their color words which are included in simple sentences. (Ex. "The apple is red.") The colors are also taught by association. (Ex. The "apple" is matched to the red square and the "red square" goes on the apple. This way when a child hears the word "red" he can "see" the red apple in his head and remember the colors more easily!) These books are designed to be used on many levels. Colorful velcro-backed original drawings are used to match, identify, label, sequence and create sentences. Utilizing the power of visual strategies, the children learn to associate pictures with words. The fun, interactive nature of these books is rewarding to children with and without special needs. Children in special education, pre-school, kindergarten, and learning English as a second language call all have fun and succeed.… Read More

Greenhouse Publications, 2011. Softcover. New. Idioms are plentiful in the English language and are used constantly as colorful ways to convey meanings. Idioms can also be confusing because their meanings, if taken literally, make no sense. This book helps what some commonly used idioms really mean. For example, when someone says, "You crack me up!" they really mean, "You're funny." Author Joan Green taught special education in the Los Angeles school system for 16 years and was selected as Special Education Teacher of the Year. She served as a member of an autism task force where she co-authored a certification of competency for teaching children with autism. As an educational consultant she is frequently called upon as a guest speaker for national organizations. "We are so thrilled with your Interactive Reading Books! I have a pediatric practice and my clinicians are finding these books to be invaluable for children with emerging language skills. They are easy to… Read More