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Breakfast + two snacks + lunch + dinner + dessert = 1,500 tasty and healthy calories

If you want to be healthy and eat a low-calorie diet but the thought of planning every meal makes your head spin, The 1,500-Calorie-a-Day Cookbook is your solution. You'll eat well without sacrificing taste or skipping meals-you can even have snacks!

Choose from such delicious offerings as:

Broccoli-Bacon Frittata with Fresh Oranges, Wheat Bagels, and Herbed Cream CheeseRefried Bean and Avocado Stacker Dip with Corn Tortilla WedgesSmoked Sausage Fryers with Speed-Baked Sweet Potato HalvesSeared Pork Tenderloin and Horseradish-Rosemary Aioli with Quick-Baked Potatoes, Lemon-Zested String Beans, and Caesar's TomatoesFrozen Banana[en dash]Peanut Butter Pie

Each mouth-watering, easy-to-follow recipe includes nutritional information and uses ingredients commonly found at your local grocery store. Some meals can even be made in fifteen minutes or less! The hard part is already done for you-each breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipe is approximately 350 calories; desserts and snacks are about 150 calories. Just mix and match recipes for the day and enjoy!

Imagine savoring three delicious, satisfying meals every day without worrying about counting calories or calculating fat grams. Now you can enjoy hundreds of combinations of tempting, flavorful breakfasts, lunches, dinners--even desserts--all for only 1200 calories a day.

Every dinner contains no more than 400 calories per serving. Each breakfast and lunch contains only 350 calories per serving, and every delicious dessert contains just 100 calories per serving. All you have to do is select the meals you want to combine for any particular day.

Choose from such low-calorie offerings as:

Buttermilk pancakes with blueberry sauce, canadian bacon, and sliced orangesRoast beef salad with blue cheese in pitas and fresh apple slicesSliced turkey with mushroom gravy, whipped potatoes, peppered peas, and apricot halvesRaspberry-kissed pears in phyllo nests

Each low-calorie, low-fat recipe includes easy-tofollow instruction and fat grams per serving. Many recipes can be prepared in 15 minutes or less.

A huge collection of ready-to-use number talks that make math concepts easier for students to learn.

Whether you are new to number talks or have been using them in your classroom for years, this book makes it easier than ever for your students to experience this exciting teaching method. Instead of trying to come up with a new number talk every day, simply select one of the hundreds of great offerings provided in this book.

With chapters on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, Classroom-Ready Number Talks for 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Teachers includes:

- Grade-level specific strategies - Number talk how-tos - Visual and numerical examples - Scaffolding suggestions - Common core alignments - Questions to build understanding

With these ready-to-use number talks, you'll reduce time spent lesson planning and enjoy more time discussing math with your students. It's sure to create a more engaging environment in your classroom and increase student comprehension of math concepts and how numbers function in the world around them.

A huge collection of ready-to-use number talks that make math concepts easier for students to learn.Whether you''re new to number talks or have been using them in your classroom for years, this book makes it easier than ever for your students to experience this exciting teaching method. Instead of trying to come up with a new number talk every day, simply select one of the hundreds of great offerings provided in this book.With chapters on addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, Classroom-Ready Number Talks for 3rd, 4th and 5th Grade Teachers includes:• Grade-level specific strategies• Number talk how-tos• Visual and numerical examples• Scaffolding suggestions• Common core alignments• Questions to build understandingWith these ready-to-use number talks, you''ll reduce time spent lesson-planning and enjoy more time discussing math with your students. It''s sure to create a more engaging environment in your classroom and increase student comprehension of math concepts and how numbers function in the world around them.

A wide variety of ready-to-use number talks that help kindergarten through second-grade students learn math concepts in fun and easy ways.Bringing the exciting teaching method of number talks into your classroom has never been easier. Simply choose from the hundreds of great ideas in this book and get going, with no extra time wasted! From activities on addition and subtraction to fractions and decimals, Classroom-Ready Number Talks for Kindergarten, First and Second Grade Teachers includes:Grade-level specific strategies Number talk how-tos Visual and numerical examples Scaffolding suggestions Common core alignments Questions to build understandingReduce time spent lesson planning and preparing materials and enjoy more time engaging your students in learning important math concepts! These ready-to-use number talks are sure to foster a fresh and exciting learning environment in your classroom, as well as help your students increase their comprehension of numbers and mathematical principles.  

Make learning fun and help your student master math with these parent- and teacher-friendly games and activities designed for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade.An excellent resource for teachers and parents, Math Fluency Activities for K–2 Teachers makes learning basic math facts and number sense a breeze. This book helps students in grades K–2 meet current math fluency standards for their age group. Beyond teaching speed, accuracy, and memorization, this book focuses on getting students to apply math in a variety of real-life situations. Inside you’ll find: Current fluency standards for kindergarten, first grade, and second gradeActivities, games, and ideas for teaching math to studentsConcrete examples and practice sections to reinforce conceptsAnd much more!Ideal for reteaching, at-home practice, or general class time, Math Fluency Activities for K–2 Teachers is the ultimate tool for helping kids achieve math success!