Elementary Teacher's Book of Lists

Gary Robert Muschla taught reading, writing, and math for more than twenty-five years in Spotswood, New Jersey. Judith A. Muschla taught mathematics in South River, New Jersey, for over twenty-five years. Erin Muschla teaches 7th grade math in Monroe, New Jersey.Gary and Judith are the coauthors of The Math Teacher's Book of Lists, Hands-on Math Projects with Real-Life Applications, Math Starters, Geometry Teacher's Activities Kit, Math Smart, The Math Teacher's Problem-a-Day, and Algebra Teacher's Activities Kit, all published by Jossey-Bass. Gary, Judith, and Erin are the coauthors of the Math Teacher's Survival Guide, also published by Jossey-Bass.

• About This Book viiAbout the Authors ixAcknowledgements xiSection 1 Reading1.1 Long Vowels and Spellings 21.2 Short Vowels and Spellings 31.3 Special Vowel Sounds and Spellings 41.4 Vowels and a Final E 61.5 Consonants and Consonant Sounds 71.6 Common Phonograms 91.7 Common Prefixes 101.8 Common Suffixes 111.9 Synonyms 121.10 Antonyms 151.11 Homographs 181.12 Homophones 221.13 Ways to Build Vocabulary 261.14 Important Words for Primary Students to Know 271.15 Important Words for Elementary Students to Know 291.16 Compound Words 331.17 Idioms 351.18 Comprehension Strategies 371.19 Questions to Aid Comprehension 381.20 Common Signal Words for Readers 401.21 How to Find Main Ideas and Supporting Details 411.22 How to Use Context Clues 421.23 Habits of Good Readers 431.24 Overcoming Poor Reading Habits 441.25 Helping Students Select Books to Read 451.26 Types of Fiction and Nonfiction Your Students Might Read 461.27 Important Parts of a Book 471.28 Major Parts of Stories 481.29 Reading Log Guidelines 491.30 Some Suggestions for Student Entries in Reading Logs 501.31 Famous Children’s Authors 511.32 Books for Pre-Readers 521.33 Books for Beginning Readers 541.34 Great Books for Any Primary or Elementary Classroom 561.35 Books for Reluctant Readers 611.36 Books for Young Readers Written by African American Authors 631.37 Poetry Books for Children 651.38 Magazines for Children 661.39 Suggestions for Parents and Guardians to Help Their Children with Reading 671.40 Reading Teaching Tips 681.41 Checklist for a Successful Reading Program 69Section 2 Writing2.1 The Writing Process: The Way Writers Write 712.2 Habits of Good Student Writers 712.3 Finding Ideas for Writing 722.4 Writing Prompts 732.5 Developing Writing According to the Five W’s and How 742.6 Basic Structure for Composition 752.7 High-Frequency Words for Writing 762.8 Kinds of Sentences 802.9 Sentence Forms 802.10 Subjects and Predicates 812.11 Compound Subjects and Predicates 822.12 Fragments and Run-Ons 832.13 Point of View 842.14 Figurative Language: Similes, Metaphors, and Personification 852.15 Guidelines for Revision 862.16 Guidelines for Proofreading 872.17 Words That Are Easy to Confuse 882.18 The Parts of Speech 902.19 Nouns 922.20 Rules for Forming Plural Nouns 942.21 Special Irregular Plural Nouns 952.22 Possessive Nouns 952.23 Action Verbs 962.24 Linking Verbs 972.25 The Tenses of Verbs 982.26 Rules for Forming Verb Tenses 992.27 Irregular Verbs 1002.28 Verb Contractions with Not 1022.29 Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement 1032.30 Pronouns 1042.31 Subject Pronouns 1042.32 Object Pronouns 1052.33 Possessive Pronouns 1062.34 Pronoun Contractions 1072.35 Adjectives 1082.36 Comparing with Adjectives 1102.37 Some Special Adjectives 1112.38 Adverbs 1122.39 Comparing with Adverbs 1132.40 Negative Words 1132.41 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases 1142.42 Conjunctions 1152.43 Interjections 1162.44 Common Abbreviations 1172.45 Rules for Using End Punctuation 1192.46 Rules for Using Commas 1202.47 Rules for Using Colons 1212.48 Rules for Using Apostrophes 1212.49 Rules for Using Quotation Marks 1222.50 Rules for Using Italics 1232.51 Rules for Using Hyphens 1232.52 Rules for Capitalization 1242.53 Rules for Spelling Words Correctly 1262.54 Strategies for Improving Spelling 1282.55 Tough Words to Spell 1292.56 Tips for Student Writing Journals 1312.57 Grading Student Writing 1322.58 Ways to Share the Writing of Your Students 1332.59 Checklist for a Successful Writing Program 134Section 3 Mathematics3.1 Math Concepts and Attributes 1363.2 Habits of Good Student Mathematicians 1373.3 Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers 1383.4 Addition Table and Additional Facts 1403.5 Place Value Chart for Whole Numbers 1423.6 Steps for Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers 1433.7 Multiplication Table and Multiplication Facts 1453.8 Prime Numbers 1473.9 Prime Factorization and Factor Trees 1483.10 Composite Numbers 1493.11 Square Numbers and Cube Numbers 1503.12 Divisibility Tests 1513.13 Steps for Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers 1523.14 Big and Very Big Numbers 1543.15 Mathematical Signs and Symbols 1553.16 Place Value Chart for Decimal Numbers 1563.17 Steps for Rounding Numbers 1573.18 Types of Decimals 1593.19 Steps for Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Decimals 1603.20 Steps for Finding the Greatest Common Factor 1633.21 Steps for Finding the Least Common Multiple 1643.22 Types of Fractions 1653.23 Renaming Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions 1663.24 Steps for Simplifying Fractions 1673.25 Steps for Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Fractions 1683.26 Steps for Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Mixed Numbers 1713.27 Steps for Changing Decimals to Fractions 1753.28 Steps for Changing Fractions to Decimals 1763.29 Steps for Changing Decimals to Percents 1773.30 Steps for Changing Percents to Decimals 1783.31 Steps for Changing Fractions to Percents 1793.32 Steps for Changing Percents to Fractions 1803.33 The Customary System of Measures 1813.34 Steps for Converting Units in the Customary System of Measures 1823.35 Steps for Computing with the Customary System of Measures 1833.36 Visualizing the Metric System 1853.37 Metric System Units and Prefixes 1863.38 Steps for Converting Units in the Metric System 1873.39 Steps for Computing in the Metric System 1883.40 Steps for Measuring Length 1893.41 Time Words 1903.42 Measuring Temperature 1913.43 Angles 1923.44 Steps for Measuring and Drawing Angles 1933.45 Polygons 1943.46 Classifying Triangles 1953.47 Classifying Quadrilaterals 1963.48 Tangrams 1973.49 Tessellations 1993.50 Circle Words and Facts 2003.51 Solid Figures 2023.52 Cubes 2033.53 Symmetry 2043.54 Formulas 2063.55 The Number Line 2073.56 Transformations 2083.57 Common Graphs 2093.58 Mean, Median, and Mode 2103.59 Math Manipulatives for Your Classroom 2113.60 Tips for Reading and Solving Math Word Problems 2133.61 Math Problem-Solving Strategies 2143.62 Math and Literature 2153.63 Checklist for a Successful Math Program 217Section 4 Science4.1 Characteristics of Living Things 2194.2 The Kingdoms of Life 2194.3 What Animals Need to Survive 2204.4 Traits of Common Types of Animals 2214.5 Animal Names 2234.6 Migratory Animals 2244.7 Hibernating Animals 2254.8 Nocturnal Animals 2264.9 Animal Superstars 2274.10 Some Incredible Animal Facts 2284.11 Metamorphosis 2294.12 What Plants Need to Live 2304.13 Photosynthesis 2304.14 The Food Chain 2314.15 Biomes of the World 2324.16 Rain Forests 2344.17 Why Rain Forests Are Important 2364.18 How to Save the Rain Forests 2374.19 Facts About Endangered Species 2384.20 Examples of Endangered Animals 2394.21 Some Extinct Animals 2404.22 Examples of Endangered Plants 2414.23 Dinosaur Facts 2424.24 Dinosaur Superstars 2434.25 Major Systems of the Human Body 2444.26 Some Amazing Facts About the Human Body 2464.27 The Five Senses and Beyond 2474.28 Healthy Habits 2474.29 Food Groups and MyPyramid 2484.30 Facts About Matter 2494.31 Elements and Atoms 2504.32 Magnetism and Magnets 2514.33 Electricity 2524.34 Facts About Energy 2534.35 Renewable and Nonrenewable Sources of Energy 2544.36 Simple Machines 2554.37 Facts About Earth: Our Home in Space 2574.38 Kinds of Rock 2584.39 Facts About Earthquakes 2594.40 Facts About Volcanoes 2604.41 The Water Cycle 2614.42 The Carbon Oxygen Cycle 2624.43 Weather Words 2634.44 Types of Storms 2644.45 Types of Clouds 2654.46 The Highs and the Lows of Weather 2674.47 Our Solar System 2684.48 Beyond Our Solar System 2724.49 Inventions and Inventors 2734.50 Checklist for a Successful Science Program 275Section 5 Social Studies5.1 Continents of the Earth 2775.2 Oceans of the Earth 2795.3 The Highest Mountains on Earth 2805.4 The Highest Mountains in North America 2815.5 The Earth’s Largest Seas 2825.6 The Earth’s Largest Lakes 2835.7 The Earth’s Longest Rivers 2845.8 Geographic Regions of the United States 2855.9 Your Place in the World 2865.10 Pilgrim Facts 2875.11 The Thirteen Colonies 2885.12 Colonial Firsts 2895.13 Famous Men and Women of Colonial America 2915.14 Causes of the Revolutionary War 2945.15 Events Leading up to the American Revolution 2955.16 Common Colonial and Revolutionary War Words 2975.17 Great Events of the American Revolution 2995.18 Facts About the Declaration of Independence 3015.19 Facts About the Constitution 3025.20 Facts About the Bill of Rights 3045.21 The Branches of the United States Government 3055.22 Famous Native Americans 3075.23 Famous Figures of American Folklore 3095.24 Causes of the Civil War 3105.25 Great Events of the Civil War 3125.26 The Presidents 3135.27 Presidential Trivia 3185.28 Federal Holidays 3195.29 Other Days to Celebrate 3205.30 Major Religions Around the World 3215.31 Major Religious Holidays 3225.32 Famous Human-Made Structures Around the World 3235.33 U.S. Landmarks 3255.34 Calendar Words and Facts 3275.35 Checklist for a Successful Social Studies Program 329Section 6 General Reference for Elementary Teachers6.1 The Elementary Teacher’s Responsibilities 3316.2 Basic Materials and Supplies Your Classroom Should Have 3326.3 How to Create a Positive Classroom Atmosphere 3336.4 Creating an Effective Learning Environment in an Inclusive Classroom 3356.5 Basic Special Education Terminology 3376.6 Basic Learning Styles 3396.7 Assessment Terms 3406.8 Alternative Assessments 3426.9 How to Use Portfolios in Your Class 3436.10 Tips for Managing Your Classroom 3446.11 Tips for Organizing Your Classroom 3466.12 Tips for Managing Time 3486.13 Reward Options for Students 3506.14 Conducting Effective Conferences with Students 3516.15 Conducting Effective Conferences with Parents and Guardians 3526.16 Tips for Communicating with Parents and Guardians 3546.17 Suggestions for a Successful Back-to-School Night 3566.18 Maintaining Positive Relationships with Your Students’ Parents and Guardians 3586.19 Helping Parents and Guardians Help Their Children 3606.20 Bulletin Board Planning Tips 3626.21 Tips for Planning Field Trips 3636.22 How to Become an Expert in All the Subjects You Teach 3656.23 Suggestions for Managing Discipline 3666.24 Useful Web Sites for Teachers 3746.25 Questions for Self-Appraisal 377