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THROUGH LITERATURE

 

 

bluebkpk.jpg (11638 bytes) The Common Sense Reading Program: The Blue Book Program - First grade Skills
• Program Contains: Teacher Book, Student Activity Book, 28 readers, and materials packet. • Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for language arts skills: phonics, reading, spelling, grammar, and higher order thinking skills, even handwriting included! • Games, word-wheels, flipbooks, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. • 36 weekly lessons in easy-to-use daily plans that require little or NO preparation! BTH-1768. $88.20-D
bluest.jpg (9072 bytes) The Common Sense Reading Program: The Blue Student Book - First Grade Skills
• Included in the Blue Book Program, the Student Book is consumable. Purchase Student Books for additional students. BTH-1765. $24.30-D

The Common Sense Reading Program: The Blue Teacher Book - First Grade Skills. Included in the Blue Book Program package, above. BTH-1764. $24.30-D


redbkpk.jpg (12249 bytes)  The Common Sense Reading Program: The Red Book Program: The Red Book - Second Grade Skills
• Program includes Teacher Book, a Student Activity Book, and 6 readers. • A quick review continues to advanced phonics as well as grammar, and even handwriting. Read-aloud stories and "real books" provide a basis for important reading, creative writing, and higher order thinking skills. Spelling lessons include spelling lists, word puzzles, and spelling tips. • Games, word-wheels, flipbooks, and MORE hands-on projects and activities are effective for ALL types of learners. • 36 lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans, which require little or NO preparation. BTH-1769. $79.20-D

  The Common Sense Reading Program: The Red Teacher Book - Second Grade Skills. This is included in the Red Book Program above.  BTH-1770. $23.50-D
redst.jpg (9350 bytes)  The Common Sense Reading Program: The Red Student Book - Second Grade Skills
• Included in the Red Book Program, The Student Book is consumable. Purchase Student Books for additional students.  BTH-1762. $23.50-D

yel-tch.jpg (8172 bytes)  The Yellow Teacher Book - Third Grade Skills
• Includes reading, spelling, grammar, higher-order thinking skills, creative writing, cursive handwriting. • Four Book Studies for vocabulary building, reading for content, and comprehension. • Teacher Notes. Skills Index, Reviews Activities and Assessments included. • 36 weekly lessons divided into daily plans. Little or no teacher preparation!
BTH-1791. $24.30-D

yel-st.jpg (8599 bytes)  The Yellow Student Activity Book - Third Grade Skills
• Perfect companions for The Yellow Book! • Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. • Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. • Provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in the Teacher Book.) BTH-1033. $19.80-D

org-tch.jpg (9860 bytes)  The Orange Teacher Book - Fourth Grade Skills/ - $24.30-D
• Includes units and dictation exercises teaching all the language skills: phonics, reading, and spelling (suggested lists included), grammar, and higher order reasoning skills and creative writing. • Four Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. Units provide application of skills through research, creative writing, and journal writing. • Teacher Notes/answers right in the margin of the Teacher Book with a Skills Index, Review Activities, and Assessments included. • 32 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use lesson plans with with little or no preparation needed! BTH-3732. $24.30-D

 org-st.jpg (9872 bytes)  The Orange Student Activity Book - Fourth Grade Skills/ - $18.00-
• Perfect companions for The Orange Book! • Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. • Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. • Provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in the Teacher Book.)  BTH-1763. $19.80-D

 pur-tch.jpg (8853 bytes)  The Purple Teacher Book - Fifth Grade Skills/ - $22.50-D
• Includes units and dictation teaching all the fifth grade language arts skills: grammar, creative writing, composition, spelling, higher-order reasoning, and study skills. • Four Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. • Review Activities and Assessments provide checkpoints for teachers. • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans with little or no preparation needed! BTH-1790. $24.30-D

 pur-st.jpg (8743 bytes)  The Purple Student Activity Book - Fifth Grade Skills/ - $18.00-D
• Perfect companions for The Purple Book! • Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. • Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. • Provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in the Teacher Book.) BTH-1761. $19.80-D

 tan-tch.jpg (7525 bytes)  The Tan Teacher Book - Sixth Grade Skills
• Integrated language arts lessons include grammar, spelling, higher-order thinking, and study skills. Strong in dictation, encourages expressive, creative writing. • Four Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. • Two units (Library and Research Skills) provide opportunity to apply skills through research, creative writing, journal writing, etc. Reviews Activities and Assessments help teachers evaluate progress. • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans with little or no teacher preparation needed! BTH-3732. $24.30-D

 tan-st.jpg (7825 bytes)  The Tan Student Activity Book - Sixth Grade Skills/ - $18.00-D
• Perfect companions for The Tan Book! • Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. • Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. • Provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in the Teacher Book.) BTH-1766. $19.80-D

 grn-tch.jpg (8489 bytes)  The Green Teacher Book - Seventh Grade Skills/ -
• Integrated language arts lessons include grammar, spelling, higher-order thinking, and study skills. • Four units: Grammar Unit (dictation, sentence structure, and diagramming using classical literature); Poetry Unit (encourages appreciation while memorizing, composition, reciting, and analyzing various poetry); Short Story Unit (analyze the elements of a story, develop a plot line of a story, write dialogue and much more); Research Unit (easy step-by-step plan for student and teacher). • Three Book Studies contain a summary, vocabulary skills, reading comprehension, and exciting activities. Reviews Activities and Assessments help evaluate progress. • 36 weekly lessons divided into easy-to-use daily plans with little or no teacher preparation needed!
BTH-2185. $24.30-D

 grn-st.jpg (8848 bytes)  The Green Student Activity Book - Seventh Grade Skills Instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. • Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. • Provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in the Teacher Book.) BTH-1759. $19.80

 gra-tch.jpg (7659 bytes)  The Gray Teacher Book - Eighth Grade Skills
• Primarily based on dictation, lessons include grammar, spelling, higher order thinking, creative writing and study skills. • Spelling list included. Vocabulary Building exercises prepare students for college testing. The Writing Unit prepares students for high school writing and research. • Four Book Studies expand understanding through various activities involving reading and writing skills. • Reviews and Assessments are provided for student evaluation. 36 weekly lessons are divided into daily plans with little or no preparation needed!
BTH-3418. $24.30-D

 gra-st.jpg (8179 bytes) The Gray Student Activity Book - Eighth Grade Skills
• Perfect companions for The Gray Book! • Everything in one book: student instruction, a place for writing, and a tool for easy record keeping. • Allows for more independent work, a BONUS for teachers. • Provides Enrichment Activities such as word puzzles, analogies, logic/reasoning activities and more found ONLY in the SAB. (Answers are found in the Teacher Book.)  BTH-1767. $19.80-D

 goldbook.jpg (8116 bytes)  The Gold Teacher/Student Book - High School Skills/ American Literature-

Includes 36 weekly lessons similar in format to the other editions of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature series. Written in conversational form, with story summaries and complete answers provided for the discussion questions, this book is easy for any teacher to use. Information has been interwoven into the lessons so that the student becomes familiar with famous American authors. Most lessons include vocabulary-expanding applications.

The book is designed for Teacher directed use, or the Student can use it on his own. Answers are found at the end of each lesson. The Student is expected to keep a four-section notebook for assigned writings.

The Gold Book - American Literature includes famous American short stories, novels, and poetry. The student will analyze selections of literature, learn literary terminology, write characterizations and other short analyses, essays, short stories, and poetry.

Supplemental Books* for use with The Gold Book - American Literature:

Great American Short Stories
The Mentor Book of American Poets
The Old Man and the Sea
The Red Badge of Courage
The Pearl

BTH-36.93. $24.30-D

The Gold Book-British Literature, all-inclusive Student/Teacher Book: Includes 36 weekly lessons similar in format to the other editions of the Learning Language Arts Through Literature series. Written in conversational form, with story summaries and complete answers provided for the discussion questions, this book is easy for any teacher to use. Information has been interwoven into the lessons so that the student becomes familiar with famous British authors.

The book is designed for teacher directed use, or the student can use it on his own. Answers are found at the end of each lesson. We recommend the student keep a four-section notebook for assigned writings.

The Gold Book - British Literature contains a section on the history of poetry, and a selection of famous British novels and poetry throughout the Romantic, Victorian, and Modern Eras. The student will analyze selections of literature, learn literary terminology, write characterizations and other short analyses, essays, book reviews, and poetry.

Works studied include

Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, published by Bantam Books, any edition of the 1818 publication.

Emma, by Jane Austen,

A Tale of Two Cities,

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells (any unabridged publication)

Animal Farm, by George Orwell (any unabridged publication)

The Mentor Book of Major British Poets, edited by Oscar Williams, published by Penguin Group

BTH-3725. $24.30-D

 

 

 

 

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