study and teaching (middle school)

Includes a collection of station-based activities to provide students with opportunities to practice and apply the mathematical skills and concepts they are learning. Contains 21 sets of activities, each with 4 separate stations. Focuses on the five Grade 8 Common Core mathematics strands: the number system, expressions and equations, functions, geometry, and statistics and probability.

Includes a collection of station-based activities to provide students with opportunities to practice and apply the mathematical skills and concepts they are learning. Contains 17 sets of activities, each with 4 separate stations. Focuses on the five Grade 7 Common Core mathematics strands: ratios and proportional relationships, the number system, expressions and equations, geometry, and statistics and probability.

Presents a three-part story comprised of enough "Caught'ya" sentences--problem-filled sentences that teach vocabulary words and grammar, usage, and mechanics skills--for all three years of middle school, and includes classroom-tested writing assignment suggestions, mini-lessons, and teaching tips; tests; and a CD-ROM containing the tools from the book and the "Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Guide.".

Explains an easy-to-implement, step-by-step protocol designed to help students improve their writing skills, focusing on constructing well thought out test responses, with lesson plans, narratives and question prompts, tips for monitoring student progress, an extensive bibliography, and a CD-ROM with support material.

Presents the sentence-composing approach to learning grammar for middle school students, with activities to learn how to imitate the grammar of famous writers.