Franki Sibberson's fourth and fifth grade students use binders to organize their weekly news magazines in a compilation for use throughout the year. In this classroom vignette, the students use these magazines collected and organized over many weeks as part of their social studies curriculum considering the legal system. After the classroom sequence, Franki and Karen Szymusiak, an elementary principal, discuss the many natural curriculum extensions...

Robin Williams portrays Jack, no ordinary kid. Jack has a rare medical condition which has caused him to age at four times the normal rate, making him a child in a man's body. Jack's encounters in the fifth grade become the adventure of his life.

The new boy in Nina, Jeff, and Cassidy's class is strange! He's see-through. He floats above his chair. And he never seems to leave the classroom. Could the new boy be a new ghost? Nina and her friends are afraid to find out. And so are the other ghosts! Could this mean more fun for the class in the basement, or more haunting?

"Jam-packed with hundreds of curriculum-based activities, exercises, and games in every subject, [this book] reinforces what kids are learning in the classroom. The workbook's lively layout and easy-to-follow explanations make learning fun, interactive, and concrete. Plus, it's written to help parents follow and explain key concepts. Includes spelling and vocabulary reading comprehension, parts of speech, odds and evens, magic squares, multiplication...

"Spectrum(R) Reading for Main Ideas and Details in Informational Text teaches and reinforces the essential reading comprehension skills your fourth graders are learning in the classroom. Aligning with state standards, this workbook covers using text evidence to answer questions, drawing inferences, finding the main idea, summarizing, and more. --Including a complete introduction to each literary concept, Spectrum(R) Focus reinforces each skill through...