Academic Support for ROP Staff
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Here is your opportunitiy to review the newly revised draft of:
Career Technical Education (CTE) Model Curriculum Standards from the California Department of Education
Visit the
CTE
Standards webpage to review and provide input on the newly revised
standards.
The California Department of Education (CDE) is pleased to announce
the release, for public review, of the newly revised draft Career
Technical Education (CTE) Model Curriculum Standards. Education Code
Section 51226 provides legal authority to develop the CTE standards and
framework. This legislation requires the development and adoption of CTE
standards that incorporate the integration of career technical and
academic education no later than June 1, 2005.The CTE Model Curriculum
Standards were adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE) on May 11,
2005. The standards, written for grades seven through twelve, specify
learning goals in 58 career pathways organized around 15 industry
sectors. Building on the previous CTE Standards, the revised draft
standards were created with input from more than 300 representatives
from business, industry, labor, postsecondary, and secondary education
and reviewed by others in the education community. The draft standards
are written to demand high quality coursework for students to complete
on their way to a future career and are aligned with the Common Core
State Standards in English-Language Arts and mathematics. They are also
a component of Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson’s
Career Readiness Initiative. The standards are rigorous, evidence-based,
relevant and reasonable in scope. They offer clear guidelines for course
content development and expectations for student achievement.
To download, review, and provide input on the standards visit the
CTE Standards webpage (http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/sf/ctemcstandards.asp).
Public hearings will be conducted September 17, 2012 in Los Angeles and
September 19, 2012 in Sacramento with all public input concluding on
September 19, 2012. It is anticipated that the revised draft standards
will be presented for approval to the State Board of Education in
January 2013.
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
This 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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Comprehensive job, career, college research resource
RUBRICS/ASSESSMENT Links
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
Rubric templates for educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Makes rubrics
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
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".
Information on California standards, STAR, CAHSEE
Teacher Guides, etc.
Curriculum and Instruction
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.
Jigsaw cooperative learning techniques
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
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
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.
Resources from
California Dept. of Education
CDE Press, Sales Office
P.O. Box 271 Sacramento, CA
95812-0271
(916) 445-1260 FAX (916)
323-0823
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
Books/Publications
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.
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
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
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
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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, 2nd 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
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
Approx. cost: $14
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(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
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
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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 for Manufacturing
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
Catalog link: http://www.quikreg.com/links/catalog/?agencyID=nocrop
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