Books
The following books and materials have been written by the Dear Teacher columnists. All are available from our Dear Teacher Bookstore on Amazon.com.
Career books
These books are designed for young people in middle school, high school, and college. They provide basic information on careers as well as interviews with successful people in each career.
Careers for Series – McGraw-Hill
- Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary Types
- Careers for Culture Lovers & Other Artsy Types
- Careers for Computer Buffs & Other Technological Types
- Careers for Cyber Surfers & Other Online Types
- Careers for Financial Mavens & Other Money Movers
- Careers for Good Samaritans & Other Humanitarian Types
- Careers for Hard Hats & Other Construction Types
- Careers for High Energy People & Other Go-Getters
- Careers for Kids at Heart & Others Who Adore Children
- Careers for People on the Move & Other Road Warriors
- Careers for Talkative Types & Others with the Gift of Gab
Opportunities in Series – McGraw-Hill
- Opportunities in Education Careers
- Opportunities in Recreation and Leisure Careers
- Opportunities in Writing Careers
Vgm’s Career Portraits – McGraw-Hill
Designed for middle school students
- Cars, Computers, Law, Nature, Teaching
Language arts materials
Learning Resources.
Fluency and Comprehension Kits
Readers, pre-reading and post-reading activities, instruction and activity books for Level 1 (ages 5 and 6) Level 2 (ages 6 and 7) to be used with certain Reading Rods® (for classroom use).
Mentor™
One instructional guide and four card sets (alphabet and phonemic awareness – ages 4-6, rhyming and word families – ages 6-7, word building – ages 6-8, sentence building – ages 7-9) to be used with Mentor™ and certain Reading Rods® (for classroom use).
Radius™ Digital Learning System
One book and card set to be used with Radius™ to teach vocabulary comprehension skills in math, science, and social studies skills (for classroom use).
Short Story Cards
80 short story cards for the "Big Picture Game" – grade 2.
Workbooks
- Improving Student Reading Comprehension – a systematic approach to building comprehension skills – workbook for grades 1-2.
- Improving Student Reading Comprehension – a systematic approach to building comprehension skills – workbook for grades 3-4.
- Improving Student Reading Comprehension - a systematic approach to building comprehension skills – workbook for grades 5-6.
Mathematics books
GoodYear Books.
- Helping Children with Mathematics – Grades 3-5 – a guide for parents to teach their children basic math concepts through fun activities.
- Math Challenge Level 1: 190 Fun and Creative Problems for Kids – grades 3-5.
- Math Challenge Level 2: 190 Fun and Creative Problems for Kids – grade 5+.
Phonics Practice Readers
Modern Curriculum Press – this series of books is designed for beginning readers.
- At the Shore (sh digraph)
- Blanche Can Reach (ch digraph)
- Chimp Chumps (ch digraph)
- The Crab and the Crow (l, r blends)
- Les Is Last (final blends)
- Moth Babies (consonant digraphs)
- Ping Pong King (ng digraph)
- The Prize (blends)
- Rick Chick and Cluck (ck digraph)
- Scrub and Spray (3-letter blends)
- Spike on Stage (s blends)
- A Spot to Sleep (s blends)
- Stars and Stripes (letter s blends)
- Sweet Shop (s blends)
- Three Pals (consonant digraphs)
- Why Wheat? (wh digraph)
- Win White’s Home (wh digraph)
Skill books
World Book, Inc. These books relate to the acquisition of specific skills for the high school level and above.
- Winning with Words: How to Speak Effectively
- Winning with Words: How to Write Effectively