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Ready to build a scary story? First, you’ll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writer’s Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon you’ll be sharing scares like a pro!

You can write about the zombie in your dream. You can collect facts, maps, and ticket stubs. You can jot down thoughts that make you giggle or scream. You can write an amazing journal!

The latest addition to the best-selling Words Are CATegorical® series, this fun-filled guide uses playful puns to creatively clarify the concept of pronouns.

Young listeners will be introduced to these and other lively characters in the wonderful world of relative sizes, classification, and measurement. Small Medium Large is a super-sized adventure featuring Teeny-weeny, Enormous, and their other friends, that bolsters the fun in learning early math concepts.

Азбука! Каждый детский поэт мечтает ее написать. Мне хотелось, чтобы стихотворение на каждую букву было наполнено ее звуком. Ведь звук – главное, что спрятано в букве. Например, звук «с-с-с» тихий, им можно наполнить тихое стихотворение. А звук «ж-ж-ж» – безусловно громкий.

This innovative vocabulary-building audiobook is specifically designed for 2nd graders, aiming to enrich their language skills in an engaging and effective manner. With a careful selection of age-appropriate words (examples: nibble, diagram, exactly, gravity, youth, arrange) the audiobook introduces vocabulary in a fun and interactive way, ensuring that young learners are both entertained and educated.

This ten-session course broadens vocabulary for 8th graders in multiple ways, including definitions of words, usage in context, stories, quiz questions and pairing of words with similar ones. This is an ideal way to foster vocabulary development. Vocabulary included in this 8th grade course includes terms such as juxtapose, velocity, technical, surmise, validate, abhor and many others. 8th grade is a target level for this course, but depending on a child's vocabulary development it may be useful for other or younger children.

This 10-session vocabulary course offers a way for 5th graders to broaden their vocabulary learning, or gaining a deeper understanding of, the meaning and usage of words such as: dedicate, withdraw, enact, pasture, garment and many others. As a 5th grade course the primary age target is 10-11 year olds. However, younger and older children may benefit from the course depending on their level of vocabulary development since there is some variance in each child's language development compared to what might be considered 'average' for a given grade level.

Texte schreiben für Schüler: Mit effektiven Übungen und gezielten Strategien ganz einfach zum Satzakrobaten werden. Deutsch-Schulaufgaben sorgen bei Ihrem Nachwuchs regelmäßig für Sorgenfalten? Ob Inhaltsangabe, Nacherzählung oder Essay, die Kunst der schönen Worte gleicht eher einem Kampf? Und eigentlich herrscht vor allem Unklarheit darüber, worauf es im Text wirklich ankommt? Dann ist dieses Buch die lang ersehnte Rettung für die nächste Klassenarbeit.

Rechtschreibung leicht gemacht: Mit kinderleichten Erklärungen und effektiven Übungen im Handumdrehen zum Rechtschreib-König werden. "Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache" seufzt man nicht ganz ohne Grund, denn die Sprache der Dichter und Denker kennt tatsächlich ein paar Tücken. Die gute Nachricht ist allerdings: Sie folgt auch herrlich klaren Regeln und wie Ihr Nachwuchs diese ganz einfach verinnerlichen und sicher anwenden kann, das zeigt Ihnen dieser kompetente Rechtschreibtrainer.

Coconut and the ghosts - Spielerischer Englischunterricht zur Geisterstunde. Vor einem nächtlichen Gewitter retten sich der kleine Drache Kokosnuss und seine Freundin Matilda ins Schloss Klippenstein. Doch an eine geruhsame Nacht ist nicht zu denken: Beim zwölften Schlag der Turmuhr beginnt die Geisterstunde! Gut, dass ihnen in diesem Moment ihr britischer Freund Robert zu Hilfe eilt! Denn Robert hat nicht nur keine Angst vor Gespenstern, er hat auch jede Menge neuen spannenden Wortschatz mitgebracht.

This is a vocabulary learning course targeted at a 6th grade level. Examples of the words included in this course are arid, thesis, hazardous, verdict, nationality and ratio. Words are examined in multiple ways to reinforce learning, since you need to be exposed to words 10-20 times in different contexts in order to understand new vocabulary and then use it appropriately.

Brought to you by Penguin. Susie Dent, bestselling author, broadcaster and word expert, is on a mission to find light in the deepest, darkest corners of our language. It takes just a short browse through the dictionary to spot how it is filled with negative words. But Susie has searched far and...

Have you ever heard of a prickle of porcupines? Or a tower of giraffes? What about a parcel of penguins? This fun-filled romp through the animal kingdom introduces collective nouns for animals through wordplay. Clever rhymes bring these collective nouns to life in funny ways, making it easy to remember which terms and animals go together. A glossary in the back matter offers further explanation of words used as collective nouns, such as sleuth meaning "detective."

"D" oder "t", mit stummem "h" oder ohne, ein Großbuchstabe am Anfang oder doch nicht – die deutsche Rechtschreibung hält so manche Herausforderungen bereit. Da gute Rechtschreibkompetenzen heute aber wichtig sind als je zuvor, sollte das souveräne Buchstabenjonglieren schon in jungen Jahren gut eingeübt werden, nur leider haben die wenigstens Kinder Lust auf langes Diktateschreiben. Genau dafür liefert dieses Hörbuch die perfekte Lösung: Nämlich in Form von 100 vergnüglichen und spannenden Diktattexten, die in nur fünf Minuten zum Erfolg führen!

From the street to the store, take a trip around town and learn to sign along the way. What's the sign for car? Or for menu? Learn helpful words for restaurants, the doctors office, and even the zoo!

From the classroom to the lunchroom, take a trip around your school and learn to sign along the way. What's the sign for backpack? Or for clock? Learn helpful words for the bus stop, library, playground, and more.

Have you ever wondered how to speak with someone who can’t hear? It’s easier than you might think. Just follow the steps to learn several useful phrases using American Sign Language.

Unzip your backpack of verbs. Do they sing, sketch, listen, or read? Swing, pluck, whistle, or feed?

Discover the colorful, brilliant, dazzling life of an adjective! In this imaginative picture book, young grammarians are introduced to these busy words that describe nouns.