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 LESSON PLANS/CURRICULUM SOURCES

http://www.educationworld.com
Education World has a lesson planning center you can access by subject area, including career-technical areas.   One ROCP reports using it for developing creative short math lessons to decrease level of math anxiety.  There are tips for improving writing skills.   It also has a wide variety of resource information for teachers on standards, testing, special education, etc.

 www.horizonshelpr.org
This site features career-technical lesson plans that include academic standards.  Lesson plans are arranged both by career pathway and academic subject area.  Included are worksheets, tests, and links to other sites.

 http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn 
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1700+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). You can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject Area). Each week 5 new sites are added. You can get a list and description of these additions sent to you by signing up.

www.rmcdenver.com/useguide/assessme/identify.htm 
Using performance standards, lesson plan template
 

Hands-on-Academics Premium Series is an e-mail lesson that comes one time per week; site license is $99 per semester

Each Issue focuses on one career and contains four academic activities (English, math, science, social studies) plus a Challenge Level activity in one subject.

Additional features include career information, current events, critical thinking. workplace ethics dilemma, ‘Just for fun,’ and related Web sites.

Every issue contains a comprehensive Instructor's Guide, which includes instructional objectives, academic prerequisites, curriculum correlations, instructional suggestions, assessment plan, and answers to the hands-on-academics activities. Email: cstg@verizon.net

www.sbchorizons.org
Contextual lessons and resources

www.teach-nology.com 
Lesson plans, rubrics, tips

 

LANGUAGE ARTS Links

www.cde.ca.gov/ci/literature
Searchable database of recommended literature

www.open.k12.or.us/scoring/ 
Practice reading and scoring essays.

http://library.thinkquest.org/
Language arts resources

http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/index.php
his interactive site puts students' source information in correct bibliographic form.

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MATH/SCIENCE Links

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/scimathlit/
CDE searchable lists for math and science.

http://www.cut-the-knot.com/Curriculum/index.shtml
Interactive mathematics activities – a plethora of interactive math activities from arithmetic and algebra to geometry, probability and logic.  Includes games & puzzles, other teaching resources

 http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/math.htm
On-line math activities from basic math to pre-algebra

 http://www.mathpower.com
A resource for math help directed at the adult learner dealing with “math anxiety” as well as tutorial help

 http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
"Create a Graph" helps students create their own graphs & charts.  This online
 tool can be used to make 4 kinds of charts & graphs:  bar graphs, line graphs, area graphs, & pie charts.

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com
Practical money skills- Lesson plans for practical money skills, by grade level

Homepage has links for teachers, as well as links for students, parents, and consumers.  Good resource for practical word problems.

 www.csufresno.edu/mathed
SU Mathematics Educator Resource Center" (MERC): This unique online center serves as a major clearinghouse for information useful to all CSU mathematics educators (over 200 in the CSU system), as well as to prospective mathematics education majors, teachers, and administrators.

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 SOCIAL SCIENCES/ECONOMICS Links

http://www.kc.frb.org/fed101/index.cfm
FED101 is an interactive Federal Reserve System economic education web site using Flash technology. This site is best viewed with Netscape 4.73 or Internet Explorer 5.0 and requires Flash player 5.0.

 CAREER / JOB SEARCH Links

www.careervoyages.gov
This government-sponsored site offers career pathway information and guidance, as well as state-by-state workforce needs in a self-guided format for youth, parents, and career changers.

 http://www.fbla-pbl.org/library.htm 
FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) site offers a selected listing of resources that might be of interest to the members and advisers of FBLA-PBL.

 http://www.quintcareers.com 
Comprehensive job, career, college research resource

   RUBRICS/ASSESSMENT Links

www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html
Information on rubrics

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/assessments/ 
Performance assessment strategies, ideas, and information

www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php
A great site for designing rubrics

http://www.ncwiseowl.org/webquest/spider/Rubrics.html 
Rubric development resource site

http://rubistar.4teachers.org 
Rubric templates for educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html 
Makes rubrics

http://teacherweb.com
Low-cost, easy-to-use websites for educators – from teachers to administrators                                                                                  

STANDARDS Links

http://www.educationworld.com/standards/
Handy reference site for national and state content standards

 www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/
California resources and tools for aligning standards

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CAHSEE and CDE Links
        California High School Exit Exam and California Department of Education Sites
 

http://www.shastalink.k12.ca.us/curriculum/exitexam/welcome.htm
CAHSEE resources

The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Study Guides are now available: http://www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/cahsee/ > under "Resources".

www.cde.ca.gov/
Information on California standards, STAR, CAHSEE Teacher Guides, etc.

 www.cde.ca.gov/ci
Curriculum and Instruction

www.cde.ca.gov/rocp
Lists all of the statewide certified courses as well as other reference materials

www.cde.ca.gov/shsd
High School Leadership Division 

www.cde.ca.gov/shsd/aimhigh/toolkit.html 
CA standards assessment information and tools

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Miscellaneous Links
   Miscellaneous Web Sites/Resources for ROP Staff

www.graphic.org 
Templates and directions for creating and using graphic organizers

www. inspiration.com
This web site is for a software product that integrates visuals designed to enhance core academic learning through the use of diagramming, outlining, &brainstorming techniques among others.

 www.jigsaw.org
Jigsaw cooperative learning techniques

www.virtualjobshadow.com
This site gives students the opportunity to shadow real employees in various job titles.  It also has instructor resources.  There are 50 career profiles, each with three components:  a video profile of a ‘day in the life’ of that person; text information that includes required education, earning potential, career descriptions, and trends; interactive video questions and answers.

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Professional Development Links

http://www.nsdc.org/educatorindex.htm  
Downloadable book, Designing Powerful Professional Development for Teachers and Principals, by Dennis Sparks, from the National Staff Development Council Center for Performance Assessment:  Writing Excellence Workshops

www.makingstandardswork.com
Their mission statement: “The mission of the Center for Performance Assessment is to improve student achievement by building the knowledge and skills of educators and school leaders. We are the world's preeminent source of professional development in the areas of standards, assessment, and accountability. The Center approaches its work based on effective professional development, and each component is necessary for the investment of time and resources to be effective in improving student achievement.”

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Books/Publications/Books/Publications/Books/Publications

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Academic Excellence through Career and Technical Education with the CTE Curriculum Matrix for California

(Resource Kit) $295

International Center for Leadership in Education
1587 Route 146
Rexford, NY 12148

Tel: 1-518-399-2776
Fax: 1-518-399-7607

www.LeaderEd.com

info@LeaderEd.com

OR www.daggett.com/book1.html

 The CTE curriculum matrix correlates California language arts, math, and science standards to career-technical subjects, organized within career clusters.  Each standard is rated L (low), M (medium), or H (high) for a specific subject area, indicating frequency of use and/or reinforcement within the career area.  Also noted for each standard is the frequency of assessment on the standards tests. This resource kit includes activities for staff development, gold seal lessons, and two videos.

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Books/Publications 
     Resources from California Dept. of Education

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English-Language Arts Content Standards, 1998, 96 pages           
Kindergarten Through Grade 12 - Item No. 1389  $9.25

Reading/Language Arts Framework, 1999, 304 pages
Kindergarten Through Grade 12 – Item No. 1462  $17.50

Strategic Teaching and Learning: Standards-Based Instruction to Promote Content Literacy in Grades Four Through Twelve, 2000, 192 pages. Item No. 1472  $15.00

Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing as a Process, 1997, 328 pages  High School and College Levels – Item No. 1222  $18.00

Recommended Literature: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, 2000, 584 pages--Item No. 001553  $38.00   NEW!  Fully Annotated!  
(Searchable database: www.cde.ca.gov/ci/literature/ )

Mathematics Content Standards, 1999, 72 pages Kindergarten through Grade 12—Item No. 1457  $8.50   Science Content Standards, 2000, 64 pages. Kindergarten through Grade 12—Item No. 1496  $9.00

Content Standards CD-ROM, PC and Mac compatible. 
Contains the science, English-language arts, history-social science, and mathematics content standards—Item No. 1518   $29.95 
 
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Resources from ACTE
Connecting Mathematics and Science to Workplace Contexts:

A Guide to Curriculum Materials 
Edward Britton, Mary Ann Huntley, Gloria Jacobs & Amy Shulman Weinberg

This easy-to-use guide reviews 23 exemplary programs that tie curricula to workplace experiences. From a hematology laboratory to an agricultural setting to a soft drink-bottling company, these programs present real-life situations to which students can relate. 1999, 254 pp.

ACTE # BCONNMATH $32.70 ($35.95 Non-Member)

 

Schooling for the Real World 
Adria Steinberg, Kathleen Cushman & Robert Riordan  

This book gives powerful voice to what career and technical educators have been saying for years: that work-based learning is appropriate, even vital, for all students. It offers snapshots of nationally recognized schools that are making real progress toward the genuine integration of school, the workplace and the larger community, and offers useful tips about designing projects, creating learning goals and making internships work. 1999, 105pp.

                     ACTE # BSCHOOLIN $20 ($22 Non-Member)

 

Teaching for Understanding through Integration of Academic and Technical Education

  Gene Bottoms and Deede Sharpe

This book does a good job explaining the how and why of curriculum integration.  It can be used in a jigsaw, with different groups reading chapters (all or part, depending on length) and reporting out to the whole group so everyone has ‘read’ the entire book.

CTE # BTEACHUND $10 ($11 Non-Member)

     

The Pre-Referral Intervention Manual
ISBN 1878372114

Stephen B. McCarney, Ed.D.

Order from:

Hawthorne Educational Services, Inc.

800 Gray Oak Drive

Columbia, MO  65201

800-542-1673

This book is a compendium of intervention strategies for specific and common problems encountered by students in the areas of language arts, math, study skills, behaviors, social interactions, etc.  It is organized by categories (for example, ‘Memory, Abstractions, Generalizations’; ‘Listening’; ‘Speaking’; ‘Reading’; Writing’; ’Spelling’; ‘Mathematical Calculations’; etc.), under which are listed specific problems encountered with students, such as Does not finish assignments because of reading difficulties.  It then lists a page number in the book to find a list of interventions (in this case, 56!) to try with the student. 
Excellent reference book for all instructors!!
 

Resources from Thomson Learning

P.O. Box 6904

Florence, KY 41022

800-354-9706

 

Quick Skills in the Workplace Series

This is a series of booklets—each about 8-10 pages.  Titles are the following:

Workplace Writing (0-538-64197-5) , Reading in the Workplace (0-538-92777-1)Organizing Your Writing (0-538-65852-5), Customer Service, Self-Esteem, Setting Priorities, Organizing Yourself, Telephone Skills, Learning to Listen, Presenting Yourself, Criticism: Giving and Receiving, Team Work, Attitude, Handling Stress, Managing Time, Gathering and Using Information, Listening for Critical Information, Becoming Assertive, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Team Decision Making.

These may be purchase in packs of 15 of one title for $21 (includes teacher’s notes) or purchased individually.

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Books/Publications 
  LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCES

CA Standards-Based Language Arts Coach, Grade 8

(All grades through 8 available; also have Language Arts Standards)

Educational Design

345 Hudson Street

New York, NY 10014

Tel.: 1-800--221-9372

www.triumphlearning.com

This book offers a series of short lessons and associated exercises for California Language arts standards in the domains of reading, writing, and English language conventions.

Approximate cost is $14.

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The following are available from Great Source Publishing:
 

Daily Language Workouts

Grades 6-12

These teacher resource books provide a series of sentences—and later in each book, paragraphs—with a multitude of errors in grammar and mechanics.  They make great warm-up activities; as students come into class, one or more sentences are written on the board and students have to make one correction before they sit down.  They also make excellent keyboarding exercises that at the same time reinforce English skills.  Answers are provided on opposite pages.  Great for sharpening grammar and proofreading skills!

 Lower grades (6-9) are good for reviewing basic skills.  Higher levels become more demanding, with more complicated paragraph exercises. 

Cost: $21.95 each—only one needed per class

See website for ISBNs, etc.  www.greatsource.com

Punctuation Pockets
These are laminated pocket-style folders that list rules of punctuation and are very popular with staff and students.  Call for quantity pricing (approx. $2 each).

School to Work (order #WN-040874), $15.25
his is probably the best all-around text for teaching writing in high school career-technical classes because it includes the writing process, forms of writing, and research papers, and writing in the workplace but also includes speaking and listening and workplace issues.  Also available are sourcebooks that contain models and additional practice.

Write Source 2000 (0-669-46774-X)  $14.25

This has a middle school focus but is excellent for struggling students; even the author used it for high school classes.  Has a user-friendly comprehensive approach to teaching writing and thinking; includes revision strategies; guidelines for writing, designing, and formatting on the computer; writing research papers; student models for different forms of writing, including workplace writing.

Writers Inc. (order # WN-047164) paperback $15.25

This is a student handbook for writing and learning skills that includes the writing process, types of writing, workplace writing, and research papers, as well as a handbook section for grammar and mechanics.  Also available are skills books that provide  more practice.  The target group is grades 9-12.

All Write (Grades 6-8) (ISBN 0669459801) and Write for College

(ISBN#:  0669444022)

Demper, Sebranek, Meyer

All Write teaches basic paragraph and essay writing skills, as well as punctuation and grammar. It is also a good review and resource for instructors wishing to teach writing in ROCP classes.  It is suitable for ESL students and students needing basic skills assistance. Write for College may be used to format a career research paper for a senior project requirement.  It teaches students research and formatting techniques for MLA style papers and also includes proofreading and editing.

Call for current pricing; each runs about $15.  

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Reader’s Handbook (middle school: order #WN-048857, $15.75; high school level, order #WN-049006, $16.75)

This is an excellent and accessible guide to reading strategies.  For students who are struggling, the middle school version is appropriate.  Also available are content focused reading handbooks in math, science, and social studies.

Great Source Education Group

P.O. Box 7050

Wilmington, MA  01887

Attn:  Order Processing

1-800-289-4490          

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Available from Crisp learning:
 

Improve Your Reading/Improve Your Job
Jeanne Miller
 

Clear Writing
Diana Bonet

 

Technical Writing in the Corporate World
Herman Estrin and Norbert Eliot
 

And others…

Crisp markets to the business world with these ‘fifty minute’ books that are easy to read, short (about 80 pages) and inexpensive.  All offer instruction and plenty of  practice.

Crisp Learning

Order Dept. COB

1200 Hamilton Court

Menlo Park, CA  94025

ISBN 1-56052-086-8

1-800-772-7477

 From J. Weston Walch, Publisher  (Costs range from $11.95-$25)

Remedial Writing Teacher’s Handbook (0-28447-301)
Reproducible classroom materials; basic skills from sentence and paragraph building to writing essays; real life applications

Solving 50 Common Writing Problems (0-28994-301)
Addresses the most common writing problems; guides students in banishing dangling modifiers, fragments, bad dictions, etc.

Survival Writing Skills for the Workplace (0-28978-530)
Give students practice in different kinds of writing needed for presenting information, making proposals, giving clear instructions., keeping logs, creating reports, documenting problems, etc.

View from My Window (0-26231-530)

Excellent for teaching basic paragraph writing; uses writing ‘frames’ to guide students through exercises that have them write about themselves and their experiences.

 

Writing with a Purpose (0-30905-301)
Provides models and patterns to teach writing for different purposes.  Excellent for paragraph and short essay writing.

 8 Kinds of Writing (0-42555-301)
Easy to follow lessons and practice or different kinds of essays; readability level grade 6; uses good graphic organizers; good for students with basic skills deficiencies

J. Weston Walch, Publisher 

321 Valley St.

P.O. Box 658

Portland, ME  04104-0658

1-800-341-6094

www.walch.com

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Learning English Skills through Word Processing

Michael Frew

DDC Publishing

275 Madison Avenue

New York, NY  10016

ISBN 1-56243-624-4

1-800-528-3897              

San Antonio ROP Quick and Easy Literacy Guidebook

Bonita and Pomona Unified School Districts

Order from:

Ms. Lynn Rogers

Operations Specialist

San Antonio ROP

1425 E. Holt Avenue, Suite 101

Pomona, CA 91767

            (909) 469-2304

$100 for site license and unlimited use; $25 for single copy for one instructor

This is a teacher-developed compendium of literacy enhancement activities and assessments.  Section 1 provides several assessment and evaluation tools; section 2 offers skill building exercises in math, punctuation, and vocabulary; and section 3 gives strategies for language instruction.  This is a low-cost, easy-to-implement resource.

Strategic Teaching and Learning:  Standards-Based Instruction to Promote Content Literacy in Grades Four through Twelve

Order from:

California Dept. of Ed. 2002

$15.00 plus shipping and tax

CDE Press, Sales Office

California Dept. of Education

P.O. Box 271

Sacramento, CA 95812-0271

FAX 916-323-0823

A compendium of instructional strategies for teaching reading and writing across the curriculum

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Technical Communication:  A Guided Approach

June Postal, Deborah St. Vincent

This books focuses on effective oral and written communication on the job, including letters, reports, visuals,  and common errors.  Hardcover test; call for current pricing.
 

West Publishing Company

610 Opperman Drive

P.O. Box 64526

St. Paul, MN 55164-0526

ISBN - Student - 0-314-06935-6

ISBN - Teacher - 0-314-07013-3

1-800-354-9706

Writing Power, 2^nd Edition

By Nancy White

Kaplan Publishing (available through Amazon, Barnes&Noble,etc.)

ISBN#:  0743205197

$12.00

Reviews rules of writing, organization of ideas, effective writing skills; students get involved by completing short writing exercises; easy to read

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Books/Publications 
  MATH RESOURCES  

CA Standards-Based Mathematics Coach, Grade 8

(All grades through 8 available; also have Language Arts Standards)

This book offers a series of short lessons and associated exercises for California mathematics standards.

Educational Design

345 Hudson Street

New York, NY 10014

Tel.: 1-800--221-9372

www.triumphlearning.com

Approx. cost: $14

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Quick-Math, Handbook for Everyday Mathematicians (Intermediate, Advanced levels)

These are Inexpensive review booklets in basic math.  Little practice is provided, but booklets are good for a whole-class or individual quick review at a low readability level.

The Intermediate Handbook (40 pages) includes math terms/concepts such as place value, area and volume, estimating, averages, coordinates,algebra

The Advanced Handbook (40 pages includes more complex uses of math concepts from the intermediate level, plus such advanced concepts as exponents,  box and whisker plots, ratios, mean, median, mode, square roots, flips, turns, slides

The handbooks also feature reference guides for common math symbols, abbreviations,

 measurement tools, and frequently-used formulas.

Curriculum Associates, Inc.

North Billerica, MA 01862

Tel.:1-800-225-0248

www.curriculumassociates.com

cainfo@curriculumassociates.com

Approx. $1.50 each for 10 or more; 6.95 each for 1-9 copies.

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Basic Mathematics by Walter Brown

ISBN#: 1-56637-377-8

$13.50

Basic math concepts in an easy-to-read and understandable format. 

 

Applied Mathematics by R. Jesse Phagan

ISBN 1-56637-117-1

$33.60

Instructor’s manual and workbook available

Emphasis on career-technical applications and problem-solving

Both available from Goodheart /Wilcox Company

800-323-0440

18604 West Creek Drive

Tinley Park, IL 60477-6243

www.goodheartwilcox.com
 

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Contractor’s Math Short-Cuts

Builder’s Book, Inc.

8001 Canoga Ave.

Canoga Park, CA 91304

Tel: 818-887-7828

This is a pocket-folder-style, laminated card that lists key math formulas, etc., for construction trades.

Cost:  $7.95 (plus 20% discount for quantity orders)

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When Are We Ever Gonna Have to Use This?

(Book and Poster)

Pearson Learning

P.O. Box 2649

Columbus, OH  43216-2649

1-800-321-3106

Approx. $15
                             
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The following are all from Delmar (Thomson Learning). 
Call for pricing and updated editions.

ITP School Publishers

Attn:  Order Fulfillment

P.O. Box 6904

Florence, KY  41022

1-800-347-7707

This paperback series offers a wonderful opportunity for instructors to show students why they need math skills.  Each book gives numerous applications within a specific career area and across all levels of math.

 Fundamental Mathematics for Health Careers
  Hayden and Davis

Mathematics for Health Occupations
 Kathi A. Dunlap

Mathematics for Machine Technology 
 Robert D. Smith

Mathematics for Plumbers and Pipefitters
  Smith, D’Arcangelo, Guest

Practical Problems in Mathematics for
  Automotive Technician
  George Moore

  Practical Problems in Mathematics for Carpenters
  Harry C. Huth

Practical Problems in Mathematics for  Drafting and CAD
  John C. Larkin

Practical Problems in Mathematics for  Electricians
  Herman and Garrard

Practical Problems in Mathematics for  Electronic Technicians
  Herman and Sullivan
 

Practical Problems in Mathematics for Graphic Artists
  Vermeersch and Southwick
 

Practical Problems in Mathematics for Health Occupations 
  Louise Simmers
          

Practical Problems in Mathematics for  Heating and Cooling Technicians
 Russell B. DeVore
 

Practical Problems in Mathematics for  Industrial Technology
  Donna Boatwright
 

Practical Problems in Mathematics forManufacturing 

  Dennis D. Davis
 

Practical Problems in Mathematics for Masons 
 John E. Ball
 

Practical Problems in Mathematics for  Welders 
 Schell and Matlock
 

Technical Mathematics
John Peterson
 

Vocational-Technical Mathematics
  Robert D. Smith

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Real Life Algebra

0-38094-530

Gives real life, problem-based examples of algebra applications.

J. Weston Walch, Publisher

321 Valley St.

P.O. Box 658

Portland, ME  04104-0658

1-800-341-6094               

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Essential Math for Life Series

Books 1-8

• Whole Numbers

• Decimals and Fractions

• Percents and Proportions

• Graphs, Measurements, and Statistics

• Geometry

• Algebra

• Review of Whole Numbers through Algebra

• Problem Solving

These books do a terrific job of teaching math skills in an easy-to-follow format at a readability level of 5-7.   The paperback texts provide lots of opportunity for practice, with answers at the back.   These can be used in individualized or whole group instruction.  Life skills applications and ample problem-solving are included.

Each book costs approximately $12.          

McGraw Hill Co. Glencoe Division

P.O. Box 543

Blacklick, Ohio 43004-0543

1-800-334-7344

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