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Changes are constantly occurring in life. The increase of technology and the needs of mankind continuously force change. The Changes curriculum asks students three main questions: “Can people control changes?” “Can using past information help you predict change?” and “Are changes positive or negative?”The books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 2, students will discover the changes around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Changes Book 1: Rights, Resources, and the Weather, students will investigate how the weather can affect and change many events, as well as change the shape of our planet. In Changes Book 2: Progress, Reactions, and History, students will investigate the universal concept of change. Students also will learn about chemical changes by examining the effects of salt on buoyancy, water on pasta, and heat on popcorn kernels. In Changes Book 3: Communication, Honesty, and Inventions, students will investigage the different ways to communicate, such as with the Braille system. Students also will come to understand language barriers and how to overcome these barriers.Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.Grade 2

What is a frontier? What are the frontiers of the future? What frontiers are being explored today? These and other questions are presented in this series on frontiers that help make this concept come alive to all students.The books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6, students will discover the frontiers around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Frontiers Book 1: Pioneers, Genetics, and Energy, students will explore forgotten pioneers in the Westward expansion, the Civil Rights Movement, and medicine. In Frontiers Book 2: Geography, Explorers, and Literature, students will follow the trail of Lewis and Clark, as well as other explorers that broke through geographic and literary frontiers. In Frontiers Book 3: Geology, Astonomy, and Environment, students will explore plate tectonics, the rock cycle, Mars, and conservation of natural resources.Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.Grade 6

Patterns help organize our lives. Students participating in the Patterns Differentiated Curriculum Kit will experience activities that will help organize their thought processes throughout life. Students will become pattern detectives, pattern creators, and pattern solvers in this three-part series.The books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 1, students will discover the patterns around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In the Patterns Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 1, students will discover patterns in literature, arts, and science. Their investigations will focus on discoveries of the human body, cycles, graphs, economics, biographies, and citizenship.In Patterns Book 1: Literature, Arts, and Science, students will explore poetry, music, and games from the perspective of a pattern detective. In Patterns Book 2: Body, Cycles, and Graphs, students will discover that patterns exist everywhere they look. They will be able to recognize patterns in the body, in cycles, and in graphs. In Patterns Book 3: Economics, Biographies, and Citizenship, students will use keys to unlock patterns. They will be exposed to basic lessons on economics, and will examine their personal goals and citizenship.Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.Grade 1

What are relationships? How do they affect students? There are many different types of relationships to explore and this series helps make this topic one that is meaningful to all students. The books in the Relationships Differentiated Curriculum Kit provide exciting activities to help students discover the relationships that exist all around them.The books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 3, students will discover the relationships around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Relationships Book 1: Ecosystems, Comparisons, and Power, students will investigate the interdependent relationships between animals and plants. Students also will compare rules and laws with our rights and freedoms in order to determine the relationships between our government and its citizens. In Relationships Book 2: Environment, Cause, and Effect, students will explore the relationships found between people in a community, the relationship between humans and the environment, and the relatonships in students' daily lives. In Relationships Book 3: Economics, Opposites, and Social Action, students will explore topics such as place value, decimals, inverse operations, banking, antonyms and synonyms, physical disabilities, women's suffrage, and minority groups.Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.Grade 3

What would happen if we had automobiles, but no roads? Light bulbs, but no electricity? Our world functions smoothly when systems are in place. Transportation, health care, and education are all organized into systems that we depend upon daily. The Systems Differentiated Curriculum Kit provides exciting activities to help students discover the systems that exist all around them. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 4, students will discover the systems around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Systems Book 1: Exploration, Culture, and Ecology, students will discover the solar system, the water cycle, and their family history (among many other things). In Systems Book 2: Settlement, Currency, and Measurement, students will discover their hometown history, probability math, and climatology (among many other things). In Systems Book 3: Economics, Climate, and Comparisons, students will explore the system of free enterprise, weather systems, and the systems on other planets (among many other things).Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.Grade 4

Childhood is full of wonders. The Wonders curriculum builds on the questions children ask, creating more opportunities for learning. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Kindergarten, students will discover the wonders around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.In Wonders Book 1: Nature, Space, and Community, students will take imaginary journeys to space and the great rainforests of our world, and discover the complexity of each community that exists in these places. In Wonders Book 2: Plants, Insects, and Dinosaurs, students' curiosity about ancient dinosaurs, exotic insects, and unique plant life will be satisfied by hands-on activities that include fossil exploration and the study of the anatomy of insects and plants. In Wonders Book 3: Machines, My Body, and Physical Fitness, students will discover the many similarities between machines and their own bodies. Students also will learn the importance of physical fitness.Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.Grade K

The Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6 provides students with exciting and interesting activities about topics such as nutrition, government, math, explorations, debate questioning, and critical thinking.The books in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grades 4-6, students will discover the world around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.The books in this series of Multiage Differentiated Curriculum Units for Grades 4-6 include Balances, Choices, Explorations, Questions, and Viewpoints. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools.In Balances, students explore the universal concept of balance from many angles, including government, nutrition, mathematics, and even elevators. Choices enlightens students to the many choices they make every day, while teaching decision-making strategies, consequences, and the implications of choice. Explorations challenges students to go beyond the explorers before them to discover new concepts, such as winter survival tactics, alternative sources of energy, the effects of ancient inventions on today's society, and more. In Questions, students examine the Five W's of questioning, Socratic-style questions, and the need for important questions to enact change. Viewpoints provides critical thinking activities to help students learn to consider the views of others in both formal debate and difficult decisions.Teachers and students alike will enjoy this kit of exciting multiage curriculum. Not only will these books save teachers time and ease their minds by meeting and exceeding national gifted education standards, they will challenge and expand students' minds with enjoyable hands-on activities.Grades 4-6

Reader's Theater . . . and So Much More! is written for grades 3-4. This exciting resource contains plays, skits, and independent research activities with an innovative twist for differentiated instruction. This high-interest book of humorous skits and plays is a jumping-off point for research and creativity for students of all ability levels. Each of the reader's theaters comes with suggestions for differentiating and extending the lesson's content. These plays not only provide a legitimate reason for students to reread texts and practice fluency, but they also promote cooperative interaction with peers.Grades 3-4