Nat Reed – författare

Number & Operations serve as a stepping stone for young learners to start building their understanding of basic mathematics. Our resource provides task and word problems surrounding real-life scenarios. Count the number of balls in gym class. Use a calculator to practice your adding. Add up all the change you and your friends have altogether. Find out if the number of pails is odd or even. Find the shape that shows the fraction 1/3. Write down all the facts that add up to 9. Counting down, find the number that comes next. Show your work when taking away 6 stuffed animals from your collection. The task sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with prekindergarten and increasing in difficulty to grade 2. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Take young learners' understanding of numbers one step further with early level Algebra. Our resource provides task and word problems surrounding real-life scenarios. Fill out the chart with the numbers that are missing. Finish a pattern by finding what comes next. Make number sentences true by writing in the missing number. Sort numbers in order from biggest to smallest. Show your work as you put two stuffed animal collections together. Use a calculator when learning about order of operations. Find out what the rules are the input-output tables. The task sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with prekindergarten and increasing in difficulty to grade 2. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Gain a deeper understanding of fractions and percentages with Number & Operations. Our resource provides task and word problems surrounding real-life scenarios. Cut a cake into equal parts to share with friends. Dissect fractions with numerators and denominators. Go on the internet to see how many trading cards you can get with $50. Play with percentages by finding out how many people 20% of the total represents. Complete a pattern with the correct integers. Circle numbers on a number line. The task sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 3 and increasing in difficulty to grade 5. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Dip your toes into the world of equations with a look at elementary-level Algebra. Our resource provides task and word problems surrounding real-life scenarios. Calculate the cost of a year's membership using an equation. Do a magic trick using a calculator and math equation. Solve for "e;x"e; in an equation. Graph a solution on a number line. Find the missing number in a pattern. Explain the rule that describes a sequence of numbers. Explore expressions by substituting values with numbers. Solve problems using order of operations. Write a set of base-ten blocks as an equation. The task sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 3 and increasing in difficulty to grade 5. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Be prepared for the real world with math skills that will transfer to your life. Our resource provides task and word problems surrounding real-life scenarios. Use multiplication to find out the total Internet expenses over 4 months. Use fractions and percentages to divide pizzas into slices. Calculate the price per ball based on the provided rate. Translate ratios into percentages. Calculate the total cost of several items. Find the average amount of time spent at a fitness club. Write a story for the fraction 176/12, and tell what you will do with the remainder. The task sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 6 and increasing in difficulty to grade 8. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Start using your Algebra skills to solve day-to-day problems. Our resource provides task and word problems surrounding real-life scenarios. Calculate your total pay for cutting lawns using a formula. Compare equations to find the best deal for running an ad. Match patterns with the rules that govern them. Find the individual prices of different balls using a chart, then calculate the total sum. Graph the solution to "e;x"e; on the number line. Compare the answers of an equation on a scientific and basic calculator. Identify which step in solving an equation was wrong. The task sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 6 and increasing in difficulty to grade 8. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible task sheets, drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Get hands-on practice for everyday math. Our resource provides warm-up and timed drill activities to practice procedural proficiency skills. Count the number of base-ten blocks. Find the missing numbers in a pattern. Count the number of balloons. Find the fractions. Count the total amount of money. Use a calculator to practice adding and subtracting. Find the number that comes right before or after another number. Find out if the number of guitars is odd or even. Fill-in-the-blank to make the number sentence true. Find the place value of the underlined digit. The drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with prekindergarten and increasing in difficulty to grade 2. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Help get young learners more comfortable with basic algebra. Our resource provides warm-up and timed drill activities to practice procedural proficiency skills. Finish the patterns with the missing images. Fill-in the missing numbers in a hundreds chart. Find the number that is missing from an addition or subtraction sentence. Choose more than, less than, or equal to. Put numbers in order from biggest to smallest. Find the missing fact from the fact family. Put books into equal groups. The drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with prekindergarten and increasing in difficulty to grade 2. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Understand how numbers work by examining and translating fractions and decimals. Our resource provides warm-up and timed drill activities to practice procedural proficiency skills. Practice multiplication and division. Identify fractions from shaded shapes. Continue a pattern shown on a hundreds chart. Put fractions in order from smallest to biggest. Find the place value of the underlined digit. Write numbers in expanded form. Translate base-ten models to numbers. Round decimals to whole numbers. Compare numbers with less than, more than, and equal to. Find the equivalent fraction. The drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 3 and increasing in difficulty to grade 5. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Transform the way you look at numbers by dissecting algebraic expressions. Our resource provides warm-up and timed drill activities to practice procedural proficiency skills. Complete the patterns using shapes or numbers. Evaluate expressions by substituting the value for a number. Rewrite expressions using the commutative, associative or distributive property. Complete a number family. Write verbal expressions as algebraic expressions. Simplify expressions by combining like values. Find the quotients. Solve equations for the value "e;x"e;. Plot coordinates on a grid. Write algebraic expressions as verbal expressions. The drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 3 and increasing in difficulty to grade 5. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Extend your knowledge of numbers and operations by exploring the least common multiple of rational numbers. Our resource provides warm-up and timed drill activities to practice procedural proficiency skills. List numbers in order from greatest to least. Find the value of each percent. Identify the number of fractions that are shaded. Find the place value of the underlined digits. Practice multiplication and division. Label the ratio of boys to girls in a classroom. Solve multi-step equations. Write numbers in expanded form. Find the mean, median and mode. Reduce fractions to their simplest form. Compare sets of decimals with greater than, less than or equal to. The drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 6 and increasing in difficulty to grade 8. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Get excited about more advanced algebraic equations as you introduce linear functions. Our resource provides warm-up and timed drill activities to practice procedural proficiency skills. Graph the solution to "e;x"e; on a number line. Find the missing numbers in the equations. Substitute a number for "e;x"e; to find the value of an expression. Write algebraic expressions to represent each verbal expression. Simplify expressions using the distributive property. Plot an equation on a grid. Solve the proportions. Write numbers as a scientific notation. Identify the rule that governs a pattern. The drill sheets provide a leveled approach to learning, starting with grade 6 and increasing in difficulty to grade 8. Aligned to your State Standards and meeting the concepts addressed by the NCTM standards, reproducible drill sheets, review and answer key are included.

Students get insight into themselves while reading about this group of teenagers' journey to self-discovery. Incorporate a variety of challenging questions dealing with opinions of the reader as well as asking for evidence from the text to support those opinions. Come up with reasons why most people tend to be reluctant to speak their mind. Identify what motivated Pastor Don to give free guitar lessons. Students find quotations that may appear next to their picture in a yearbook and reflect on how it applies to them. Write complete sentences using vocabulary words found in the text. Design an information card for the Rhododendron plant. List the main events from the novel in the order in which they happened on a Sequence Chart. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.About the Novel:Criss Cross is a Newbery Medal-winning story about several teenage characters living in the small town of Seldem in the 1970s. The story intersects between several characters, each with their own issues and each one trying to discover who they are as individuals. There is the shy, introspective Debbie; the multitalented Lenny; the nerdy, guitar-playing Hector; and the brainy, all-together sister of Hector, Rowanne. Criss Cross is a story that deals with first love, the importance of communication among friends and family, self-identity, and coming-of-age. Each character is portrayed in a refreshingly unique and poignant manner, creating a novel that is both humorous and thought-provoking throughout.

Students are taken out of their comfort zone to experience a year in the country. Additional writing tasks offer great options for extra work. List things that are different between Mary Alice's world and the present. Translate two different expressions Mary Alice uses to describe her grandmother. Put events from the story in order as they happened with Mary Alice and Grandma on Halloween. Write a letter to Mary Alice's mother in her own words in an attempt to change her opinion of the grandmother. Students identify who the antagonist of the story is and defend their opinion. Create a travel brochure for Chicago, Illinois. Aligned to your State Standards, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.About the Novel:A Year Down Yonder is a Newbery Medal-winning story about a young girl who must spend a year living with her grandmother in the country. Mary Alice spent her childhood summers staying with her grandmother in a small country-town in Illinois. These summers were packed with enough surprises and drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. Now, Mary Alice is fifteen and must spend a whole year with her grandmother, away from her Chicago home. Over the course of the year, Mary Alice experiences a hurricane, fox-hunting by night, a late-night raid of a pecan tree and pumpkin patch, a huge snake in the attic, and a community rife with hardship and social pretenses. A Year Down Yonder is a hilariously funny and heart-warming novel.

Become part of the Gilbreths and experience what it's like to be part of a large family. The pre-reading and vocabulary sections prepare students for the upcoming chapters. Get an idea of what an efficiency expert is like by brainstorming what their goal might be. Identify statements about the Gilbreth's car as true or false. Describe how the children convinced their parents to buy a family dog. Explore the Gilbreth's life view by finding more efficient ways to do things in the classroom. Investigate the life of F.W. Taylor, whose achievements influenced the Gilbreth's work in efficiency. Using a chart, compare the traits of Mr. Gilbreth with another character in the novel. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: A classic story of a family of twelve children and their adventures while growing up together. Frank and Lillian Gilbreth were renowned efficiency experts, who often practiced their many different theories and experiments on their large family. Written with wit and humor, the book documents a multitude of humorous and touching vignettes-some hilarious and others nostalgic and heart-warming. Family adventures include the family car, a vintage Pierce-Arrow, which is used by the parents for Sunday drives and causes the children no end of embarrassment. As well as a trip out west to visit Mother's straight-laced family. It is a story in which most families will readily identify, and keep the reader turning the pages to the very end.

Experience the miracle of understanding that we all take for granted. An ideal play for students with a low reading level. Gain insight into the difficulties of being blind and/or deaf. Put events from the novel in order as they happened when Annie and Helen were eating dinner. Students attempt to understand the motivations of the characters in the play. Find the synonym of the vocabulary word from the text. Explain the event in Helen's past that made it possible for her to realize what 'water' was. Research the real-life location of Ivy Green and plan a field trip to this important location. Identify all the problems and their solutions in a chart. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: This story is an emotional and vivid portrayal of the relationship between a child and her teacher. Helen Keller is rendered deaf and blind at an early age, and by the time she is six years old, her behavior becomes completely unmanageable. In desperation, her parents send for teacher Annie Sullivan to bring some discipline into the spoiled child's life. Helen and Annie become locked in a ferocious battle of wills, but Annie is determined to bring a sense of discipline into Helen's life. Annie teaches Helen words by constantly spelling them into Helen's palm. Although Helen can spell them back, she doesn't understand that these words actually represent things. At the water pump Annie spells "e;water"e; into Helen's hand and suddenly the miracle happens-Helen understands.

Get a glimpse into the early life of John Steinbeck with this coming-of-age story of loss. A variety of activities are divided into pre and post-reading, with extra writing tasks that offer great options for work. Get to know the characters with multiple choice questions. Explain why Jody found it significant that his father and Billy Buck both wore flat-heeled shoes to breakfast. Predict what will happen to Gabilan's illness. Explore the concept of a 'refuge', and whether it is important to have. Imagine how Doubletree Mutt got his name. Answer true or false questions about the horses Gitano and Easter. Find examples from the novel that deal with sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, and list them in an Observation Chart. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize-winning author, recalls four loosely connected episodes from his own childhood, weaving them together into an unforgettable classic. Growing up on a remote ranch in California, ten-year-old Jody Tiflin's life is forever changed when his father gives him a beautiful red pony. With the help of his father's hired hand-Billy Buck-Jody commits himself whole-heartedly to the raising of this wonderful colt. When the colt grows ill and dies, Jody's world is shattered, as is his faith in Billy Buck, who had assured the boy that the pony would recover. Jody's father promises him a colt that will soon be born to their mare, but dies at the birth. The stories weave together in effortless fashion, chronicling the coming-of-age-story of young Jody Tiflin.

Become swept up in a tale of love, feuds and tragedy. Before and after reading questions and activities are designed to help guide student comprehension as they read the novel. Identify the central problem of this play. Defend or refute statements about the play by using evidence from the text. Find an example of hyperbole in Romeo's soliloquy. Get a handle on the difficult vocabulary by finding their synonyms based on their context. Identify the use of alliteration within Romeo and Mercutio's conversation. Answer true or false questions concerning the Capulet's plans to have Juliet marry Paris. Compare the feud between the Capulets and Montagues with another famous feud from history. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: William Shakespeare's timeless tragic tale of two doomed young lovers caught between feuding families. The two young people fall in love and are secretly married. When Romeo kills Juliet's kinsmen in a duel, he is banished and forced to live in exile. Distraught, Juliet formulates a plan to bring Romeo back by drinking a substance that renders her into a death-like state for several hours. Her family-assuming she is dead-lays Juliet to rest in the family vault. Romeo, also believing Juliet is dead, drinks poison and dies. Juliet recovers, sees Romeo dead beside her, and stabs herself to death. Both the Capulet and Montague families arrive at the tomb and are devastated; however, as a result of the tragedy they reconcile.

Jump into a world filled with mystery and intrigue as one boy discovers his heritage. Our all-in-one resource provides everything needed for student comprehension, including vocabulary and writing prompts with each chapter. Determine whether Crispin would support the viewpoint, "e;cruelty is contagious in uncivilized communities"e;. Brainstorm possible inscriptions on Crispin's cross that would cause Bear's reaction. Investigate the trade of a tinker as it would appear during the time of the novel. Consider the battle between Bear and John Aycliffe from a different perspective, then complete a chart. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: Crispin: The Cross of Lead is the Newbery Medal winning story of a young boy hiding from the law. Set in 14th Century England, a young boy-only known as Crispin-finds himself on the run from Lord Furnival and his evil steward, John Aycliffe. When Crispin overhears the private conversation of Aycliffe and another man in the forest, he becomes the object of a massive hunt. Crispin then flees from the area after his only allies-his mother and Father Quinel-are dead. Crispin soon meets up with Bear-a traveling entertainer-who trains him in the arts of the mummer. However, Bear is not what he seems, and Crispin is thrown into a life full of dangerous adventures that lead to a dramatic ending, where the secret of Crispin's heritage is revealed.

Get the facts about the U.S.-led Operation Desert Storm. From 1990 to 1991, our resource highlights the events that occurred shortly after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. Complete a map activity of Iraq. Conduct a research report on the process of extracting oil to establish the motivations behind the invasion of Kuwait. Get to know Saddam Hussein, from his early life to his involvement with the Baath Party, and finally the leader of Iraq. Read about the invasion of Kuwait and how other countries and the UN reacted to this. Learn about Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, and how the U.S. sent troops to the Gulf to help protect other nations from Hussein. Show your artistic side by designing a comic strip, poster or diorama showcasing some aspect of the Persian Gulf War. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional hands-on activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.

Jump into the complex and controversial military operation that saw the United States act to topple the regime of dictator Saddam Hussein. From 2003 to 2010, our resource brings to life the unrest and instability of Iraq, as well as the anti-war feelings and protests in the U.S. that resulted from this conflict. Create a poster that encourages tourism in Iraq. Complete a map activity to get a full picture of the area where these events took place. Learn the events of the Persian Gulf War, and how this led to the war in Iraq. Find out about world terrorism and how the fear of weapons of mass destruction being made in Iraq escalated this conflict. Read about Operation Iraqi Freedom and how it compared to strategies during the Persian Gulf War. Write a poem that tells the story of someone's experiences in wartime. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional hands-on activities, crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included.