Resource/Activity Books

The Mark Twain Earth and Space Science book challenges students to work together while solving real-world problems.

STEM Labs for Earth and Space Science for sixth–eighth grades provides 26 integrated labs that cover the topics of:

• geology
• oceanography
• meteorology
• astronomy

The integrated labs encourage students to apply scientific inquiry, content knowledge, and technological design.

STEM success requires creativity, communication, and collaboration. Mark Twain's Earth and Space Science workbook for middle school explains STEM education concepts and provides materials for instruction and assessment. Each lab incorporates the following components:

• creativity
• teamwork
• communication
• critical thinking

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Take just one minute a day to quickly assess student progress in basic math skills! This book features 100 quick drill sheets to help students increase speed in math operations and strengthen problem-solving skills. The 10 problems on each sheet can be done in one or two minutes and are a great warm-up to the daily math lesson.

Now there's a way for students to practice their math skills in a timed situation, enhance overall math fluency, and have fun at the same time! Eighth-Grade Math Minutes provides students with practice in every key area of eighth-grade math instruction, including

• multiplication
• division
• problem solving
• probability
• graphing
• place value
• algebra and functions
• geometry
• square roots
• percents, decimals, and fractions
• number sense
• measurement
• spatial connections
• math vocabulary
• and more

Eighth-Grade Math Minutes features 100 "Minutes." Each Minute consists of 10 classroom-tested problems of varying degrees of difficulty for students to complete within a one-to two-minute period. This unique format offers students an ongoing opportunity to improve their own math fluency in a manageable, nonthreatening manner. The quick, timed drills, combined with instant feedback, make this a challenging and motivational assignment students will look forward to using each day. Students become active learners as they discover mathematical relationships, apply acquired understanding to complex situations, and find solutions to the realistic problems in each Minute.

Reading Comprehension Practice for sixth grade supports differentiated instruction by providing:

• supplemental reading for above-level readers
• independent reading for on-level readers
• instructional reading for below-level readers

Build vocabulary one level at a time!

This middle school reading comprehension workbook helps students read with confidence and clarity by improving their ability to:

• recognize and decode words
• relate what they're learning to what they already know
• monitor progress and take action when needed

Mark Twain Media Publishing Company creates products to support success in science, math, language arts, fine arts, history, social studies, government, and character. Designed by educators for educators, the Mark Twain Publishing product line specializes in providing excellent supplemental books and content-rich décor for middle-grade and upper-grade classrooms.

WHY USE INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS?

Interactive Notebooks are great for students!

• Building an Interactive Notebook helps students build organization skills as they take responsibility for their learning resources.
• The Interactive Notebook provides students with an outlet to apply the knowledge they gain in ways that express their own ideas and creativity.
• Guided writing activities incorporated into an Interactive Notebook help your students develop into independent, creative, reflective thinkers.
• And, once completed, an Interactive Notebook becomes a comprehensive and engaging review tool to help your students master content and prepare for tests.

Interactive Notebooks are great for teachers!

• You can easily customize your instruction.
• You direct the learning process and pace.
• You determine where to dig deeper...and when and where to add pizzazz!
• You choose which projects to use as instruction, which projects to use as reinforcement, which projects to use as independent practice, and which projects to use as assessments.
• You can supplement activities with your own texts and projects.
• And, you meet the unique needs of your students—in each and every year!

A true time-saver!

• Step-by-step teacher instructions
• Ready-to-use, reproducible pages
• Writing and reflection prompts
• Student letter
• Supply lists
• Rubric
• And more!

This book is reproducible and has 68 pages.

Enhance learning with daily mini-activities in this resource for language arts teachers.

The Analogies Quick Starts workbook covers concepts such as analogies associated with vocabulary, grammar, phonics, and more, and also helps students solve and construct analogies. Activities include fill-in-the-blank, short answer, true/false, identifying the correct analogies, matching, and word scrambles. Each page features two to four quick starts that can be cut apart and used separately. The entire page may also be used as a whole-class or individual assignment.

The Quick Starts Series provides students in grades 4 through 8+ with quick review activities in science, math, language arts, and social studies. The activities provide students with a quick start for the day's lesson and help students build and maintain a powerful domain-specific vocabulary. Each book is correlated to current state, national, and provincial standards.

• Includes 13 mini-books to be assembled and read multiple times
• Mini-books teach essential social skills related to communication
  
• Simple illustrations allow students to color and personalize their own books
  
• Includes completion certificates and blank mini-book pages