Jonathan D. Kantrowitz

These extraordinary workbooks each provide dozens of on-grade-level reading comprehension passages. The passages include fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Each passage is followed by a number of multiple-choice questions. The questions test and provide practice for reading comprehension skills, both literal comprehension and critical-thinking skills. An open-ended question follows many passages. These questions provide practice both in reasoning skills and in composition. The Kindergarten through Grade 1 books include extensive illustrations. The Grades 3 through 8 books are very substantial in size-144 to 204 pages each, with hours and hours of reading assignments and practice questions in each. The Grade 3 and Grade 4 books also include some illustrations, to help hold younger students' attention. Teacher Editions provide suggestions for use, correct answers to multiple-choice questions, and suggestions for appropriate responses to open-ended questions.

Do you need a workbook to get your students into "game shape" for the MCA-III? Do you need a workbook that is 100% aligned to the most recent standards? That presents questions just like those your students will see on the MCA-III? That is uncluttered, easy to navigate, and is not intimidating to children? Queue's Rise & Shine Series provides educators with the means to engage their students and to practice and reinforce the skills and concepts essential for success on the MCA-III and in the classroom. These workbooks are an indispensable teaching tool - Each workbook is completely aligned to MCA-III Standards. - The questions match the format that students will see on the MCA-III. - Hundreds of practice questions ensure that students are familiar with the Minnesota mathematics exam format before walking into the test. - Many questions involve graphic representations, an important part of the Minnesota math assessment. - Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targeted skill for those questions. - Grades 3-8 contain two practice tests and are filled with Progress Monitoring Quizzes to keep tabs on the skills and ideas with which students may be struggling. Our mathematics workbooks are the most effective test preparation tools available Also a great resource for home schooling.

Completely Aligned with MCA-II Standards Each of these workbooks provides hours of on-grade-level reading comprehension practice. The grades 3-8 Reading Comprehension titles are completely aligned with MCA-II Standards to serve as outstanding test preparation tools. - Each question is aligned to MCA-II Standards. - The passages match the format that students can expect to see on the MCA-II. - A variety of grade-level-appropriate fiction, nonfiction, and poetry passages are each coupled with multiple-choice and open-ended questions. - In grades 5-8, students will find some passages about Minnesota, as well as general interest passages. - Each of our grades 3-8 titles also offers a guided introductory section designed to help students learn strategies to succeed on statewide assessments. Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targeted skill for those questions. Our reading comprehension books are the most effective test preparation tools available Also great for home-schooled students

Do you need a workbook to get your students into "game shape" for the MCA-III? Do you need a workbook that is 100% aligned to the most recent standards? That presents questions just like those your students will see on the MCA-III? That is uncluttered, easy to navigate, and is not intimidating to children? Queue's Rise & Shine Series provides educators with the means to engage their students and to practice and reinforce the skills and concepts essential for success on the MCA-III and in the classroom. These workbooks are an indispensable teaching tool - Each workbook is completely aligned to MCA-III Standards. - The questions match the format that students will see on the MCA-III. - Hundreds of practice questions ensure that students are familiar with the Minnesota mathematics exam format before walking into the test. - Many questions involve graphic representations, an important part of the Minnesota math assessment. - Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targeted skill for those questions. - Grades 3-8 contain two practice tests and are filled with Progress Monitoring Quizzes to keep tabs on the skills and ideas with which students may be struggling. Our mathematics workbooks are the most effective test preparation tools available Also a great resource for home schooling.

Completely Aligned with Ohio's Academic Content Standards Each of these workbooks provides hours of on-grade-level reading comprehension practice. The grades 2-8 Reading Comprehension titles are completely aligned with the Ohio Content Standards for reading. - Each question is aligned to Ohio's Academic Content Standards. - The passages also match the format and content that students can expect to see on the OAT exam. - Each of our grades 2-8 titles offers a guided introductory section designed to help students learn strategies to succeed on assessment tests. - A variety of grade-level-appropriate fiction, nonfiction, and poetry passages are each coupled with multiple-choice and open-ended questions. - Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targeted skill for those questions. Our reading comprehension books are the most effective test preparation tools available Also great for home schooling

Each of these workbooks provides on-grade-level mathematics practice. These titles are 100% aligned with Virginia's standards for mathematics to serve as even better test preparation tools. Each workbook has been developed based on extensive research and is directly aligned to the mathematics standards as established by the state. Hundreds of practice questions match the format and content that students can expect to see on the SOL Mathematics Test, ensuring that students are familiar with these elements of the test before walking in to take it. Many questions include graphic representations, an important part of the SOL Mathematics Test. And as an added bonus, each workbook includes a pretest and a posttest, a true means of assessing each student's to-date strengths and weaknesses in SOL mathematics. Teacher editions include extensive test-specific introductory guides and show correct and suggested answers for each of the questions asked, as well as the targed standard for the questions.

Common Core State Standards Writing is great for home schooling The book provides in-depth instruction and practice in the elements of good writing - In Part One, students review the components of good writing in such areas as organization, beginning a composition, interesting and descriptive language, details, proper sentence and paragraph construction, and ending a composition. They then proceed through a detailed sample exercise. - Students are presented with at least ten sample exercises in which they are encouraged to recognize and critique organization, relevance, elaboration, tone, purpose, and focus, as well as correct sentence construction and appropriate use of details and dialogue. They are then given a similar writing prompt in a suitable writing genre to apply these same skills of evaluation and critical thinking to their own writing. - In Part Two, students are given a few additional lessons in which they are expected to read a brief composition and rewrite it, based almost exclusively on their expanded understanding of the elements of good writing as they've practiced them and the Writer's Checklist. They are then expected to answer questions related to their rewritten compositions, evaluating their own writing as they would anyone else's.