study and teaching (middle school)

A collection of sixty-five one-minute mysteries that help children develop critical thinking skills, covering geometry, data and statistics, algebra, and measurement.

Presents a collection of one-minute mysteries that develop critical thinking skills while covering earth, space, life, physical, chemical, and general science.

A guide for creating writing centers in the school library.

A trait-based teaching resource, presenting examples of middle school student writing, ranging from high to low, that reflects each of six traits, including ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions, and including interactive PDFs on CD.

Offers advice and exercise for middle school composition.

Contains twenty-four mentor texts for writing teachers with "Writer's Notes" for students, including stories, memoir, essays, poems, and novel excerpts, and discussing decision-making for authors, and other related topics.

A guide to teaching research report writing using a structured process approach, with classroom-tested activities, detailed lesson sequences, and supporting handouts.