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180 Days of Reading for Sixth Grade (eBook)
This resource provides sixth grade teachers and parents of sixth grade students with 180 daily practice activities to build and gauge students' reading comprehension and word study skills. Great for after school and intervention programs, students gain regular practice through these quick diagnostic-based activities. Both fiction and nonfiction passages are provided as well as data-driven assessment tips and a ZIP file with assessment analysis and electronic versions of the daily practice activi
5th - 7th
English Language Arts, Reading, Reading Strategies
180 Days of Social Studies for Sixth Grade (eBook)
Supplement your social studies curriculum with 180 days of daily practice! This essential classroom resource provides teachers with weekly social studies units that build students' content-area literacy, and are easy to incorporate into the classroom. Students will analyze primary sources, answer text-dependent questions, and improve their grade-level social studies knowledge. Each week covers a particular topic within one of the four social studies disciplines: history, economics, civics, and g
5th - 7th
Social Studies
180 Days of Science for Sixth Grade (eBook)
Supplement your science curriculum with 180 days of daily practice! This invaluable classroom resource provides teachers with weekly science units that build students' content-area literacy, and are easy to incorporate into the classroom. Students will analyze and evaluate scientific data and scenarios, improve their understanding of science and engineering practices, answer constructed-response questions, and increase their higher-order thinking skills. Each week covers a particular topic with
5th - 7th
Science
180 Days of Math for Sixth Grade (eBook)
This book provides 6th grade teachers and parents with 180 daily practice activities to build and gauge students' mathematical fluency. Each problem is tied to a specific mathematical concept. Students gain regular practice through these quick, diagnostic-based activities. Data-driven assessment tips are provided, and the included ZIP file contains assessment analysis resources. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards, is aligned to the interdisciplinary themes from the P
5th - 7th
Algebra, Math, Other (Math)
180 Days of Math for Fifth Grade (eBook)
This book provides 5th grade teachers and parents with 180 daily practice activities to build and gauge students' mathematical fluency. Each problem is tied to a specific mathematical concept. Students gain regular practice through these quick, diagnostic-based activities. Try a free lesson plan here.Data-driven assessment tips are provided, and the included ZIP file contains assessment analysis resources. This resource is correlated to the Common Core State Standards, is aligned to the interdi
4th - 7th
Math, Other (Math)
180 Days of Language for Sixth Grade (eBook)
These practice pages build sixth graders' language skills. Each question is tied to a specific grammar, usage, and mechanics concept. Daily practice through these quick activities will help your young students. Great formative assessment tool! One year of activities to build strength in language skills through practice for sixth graders.
5th - 7th
English Language Arts, Grammar, Reading
Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning (eBook)
Implement these strategies and suggestions to support culturally and linguistically diverse students. The five pedagogical areas addressed in this resource are Classroom Management, Use of Text, Academic Vocabulary, Situational Appropriateness, and Learning Environment.
K - 12th
Leveled Text-Dependent Question Stems (eBook)
Create effective text-dependent questions to increase students' understanding of text through in-depth examinations. This teacher resource enables students to study broad concepts, such as text structure and point of view, as well as analyze the overarching themes, concepts, arguments, and claims presented in texts. Written at a variety of grade level ranges, these text-dependent question stems allow teachers to differentiate content so all students can access and understand the concepts explore
K - 12th
English Language Arts, Reading
Reader's Theater Scripts--Texas History (eBook)
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. Engage students through Reader's Theater to make learning fun while building knowledge of Texas history and the significant people, events, and places that make Texas what it is today. Improve vocabulary and comprehension with repeated practice and performance of the scripts along with TEKS-based activities in the lesson plans, which include word study, comprehension qu
4th - 7th
Literature, Social Studies, U.S. History
Getting to the Roots of Science Vocabulary Levels 6-8 (eBook)
Make learning science vocabulary fun with a roots approach! This resource, geared towards secondary grades, focuses on root words for science and includes teaching tips and strategies, standards-based lessons, and student activity pages. This resource focuses on root words for specific science content vocabulary.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Vocabulary Activities
These vocabulary activities for The Boy in the Striped Pajamas incorporate key skills from the Common Core. The activities integrate vocabulary with the study of the texts. Includes text-dependent questions, definitions, and text-based sentences. Rigorously study the vocabulary from these great works of young adult literature in an interesting, engaging, and relevant way.
4th - 8th
ELA Test Prep, English Language Arts, Vocabulary
An Instructional Guide for Literature: The Dark Is Rising (eBook)
This literature guide incorporates key skills from the Common Core. The lessons have integrated vocabulary, close-reading tasks, text-dependent questions, cross-curricular activities, higher-order thinking, as well as diverse and relevant assessment. Buy the physical book here.
4th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Reading
Creating a Google Apps Classroom: The Educator's Cookbook (eBook)
Cook up amazing recipes with this engaging, resourceful Google™ cookbook! Great for both the beginning and seasoned Google-using teacher, this resource is the perfect tool to help guide teachers using, or preparing to use, Google Apps for Education™. Featuring Appetizer Recipes (warm-ups), Entrée Recipes (fresh take on an old standby lesson), Side Dish Recipes (used at any point in in lesson or unit), and Dessert Recipes (creative lessons to enjoy with your classroom), this resource will help yo
PreK - 12th
Computer Science - Technology, Instructional Technology
Leveled Texts: Louisiana Purchase
All students can learn about the Louisiana Purchase through text written at four different reading levels. Symbols on the pages represent reading-level ranges to help differentiate instruction. Provided comprehension questions complement the text. Engage and motivate students with this high-interest, leveled text about the Louisiana Purchase.
4th - 12th
Reading, Social Studies, U.S. History
Strategies for Building Text-Dependent Questions (eBook)
Use this professional resource e-book to support students' reading development and the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. With the help of this versatile resource, teachers will be able to ensure that students are using evidence from the text to support their ideas and conclusions, support close reading and critical comprehension, and build their own text-dependent questions using the sample questions and stems provided. Containing digital versions of the model text passages and
PreK - 12th
Close Reading, For All Subjects
Vocabulary Instruction for Academic Success (eBook)
Based on current research , this user-friendly resource provides vocabulary development strategies that are grouped together according to purpose. Key features of the book include an explanation on how students acquire and develop their vocabularies, the academic necessity of a wide vocabulary, and important approaches on how best to help students build their vocabularies. Practical ideas, tips, and easy-to-implement strategies for vocabulary instruction include how to foster wide reading to bui
K - 12th
English Language Arts, Vocabulary
Guided Math Conferences (eBook)
This professional resource provides teachers with suggestions, tips, management, and implementation methods for using effective conferencing with students within the Guided Math framework. Templates, planning tools, and other resources are provided to help teachers stay organized and effective while conferring. Buy the physical book here.
K - 8th
Math
Getting to the Roots of Social Studies Vocabulary Levels 6-8 (eBook)
Make learning social studies vocabulary fun with a roots approach! This resource, geared towards secondary grades, focuses on root words for social science and includes tips and strategies, standards-based lessons, and student activity pages. This resource focuses on root words for specific social studies content vocabulary.
6th - 8th
English Language Arts, Literature, Vocabulary
Map Projections--Perspective Detectives Hands-On Activity (eLesson)
Make geography fun and interactive to motivate your students. Encourage teamwork, creativity, reflection, and decision making. Take an active approach to teaching while inspiring your students to make their own explorations of geography. This fun activity generates excitement in students as they learn about map projections
3rd - 8th
Geography, Social Studies
Hands-on History: Geography Activities (eBook)
Make history fun and interactive to motivate your social studies students. This book includes game-formatted activities for major historical topics. While the goal of these activities is to create excitement and to spark interest in further study, they are also standards based and include grading rubrics and ideas for assessment. Encouraging teamwork, creativity, intelligent reflection, and decision making, the games of Hands-on History Activities will help you take an active approach to teachin
3rd - 8th
Geography, Social Studies, World History
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About the store
Experience
Shell Education creates supplemental educational resources including practical, classroom-tested ideas and professional development resources to administrators and educators internationally.
Teaching style
Shell Education creates innovative solutions and professional development resources for the educational market in the U.S. and around the world. These supplemental educational resources are research-based and, where applicable, are correlated to the CCSS, the standards of all 50 states, and those of Canadian provinces. All of the high-quality resources designed and developed by Shell Education are field tested and based on valued input from educators. Using current educational research and best practices, Shell Education provides practical ideas and approaches that are specifically designed to meet the needs of teachers, students, and parents.
Awards & shining teacher moments
AEP's 2012 DAA Finalists:
Leveled Texts for Mathematics series
What’s Your Math Problem!?!
Purposeful Play for Early Childhood Phonological Awareness
Teaching the Alphabet
AEP's 2010 DAA Finalists!
Differentiation Strategies for the Content Areas series
Academic Vocabulary Professional Development DVD
Strategies for Teaching Mathematics
2009 Distinguished Achievement Award: Leveled Texts for Science is the 2009 AEP Distinguished Achievement Award winner in the the Special Education category.
2008 Distinguished Achievement Award Winners from the Association of Educational Publishers
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas for Elementary Teachers
Reading and Writing Strategies series
(Science and Social Studies)
Reading Strategies
Writing Strategies
Leveled Texts for Social Studies series
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My own education history
Founded in 2004 by Rachelle Cracchiolo, a former classroom teacher seeking to share her passion for teaching, Shell Education creates practical, easy-to-use, and teacher-friendly materials by teachers, for teachers and students, in order to help educators do what they do best—teach!
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Shell Education creates engaging supplemental educational resources that are perfect for teachers who are looking to expand their curriculum and for parents who are looking to offer more practice for their little learners.
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