Economics And You Grades 5 8

Make economics easy for students in grades 5 and up using Economics and You! This 64-page book features an in-depth, real-world simulation activity that reinforces economic and math concepts while introducing students to the consumer world. Students learn how to balance a checkbook, calculate interest, develop a budget, buy a car, and file taxes.

This book provides students with step-by-step introduction to the principles of economics and real-world applications, including how to balance a checkbook, calculate interest, develop a budget, buy a car, file taxes, and other concepts vital for economic literacy.

Make money talk with Basic Economics for grades 5 and up! This 80-page book helps students develop economic awareness and an awareness of resources and trade. It includes 12 sections, each with worksheets and Internet activities. These sections introduce students to supply and demand, the government's effects on economic behavior, the economic cycle, and global trade. The book also includes an answer key, reproducibles, and review pages.

Bring economic theory into real-world situations with this excellent classroom resource! It presents information on supply and demand, auctions, banking and interest, inflation, checks, credit cards, investments, and more through engaging passages. Reproducible activities reinforce reading comprehension through a variety of fun formats. A complete answer key is also included. Mark Twain Media Publishing Company specializes in providing captivating, supplemental books and decorative resources to complement middle- and upper-grade classrooms. Designed by leading educators, the product line covers a range of subjects including mathematics, sciences, language arts, social studies, history, government, fine arts, and character. Mark Twain Media also provides innovative classroom solutions for bulletin boards and interactive whiteboards. Since 1977, Mark Twain Media has remained a reliable source for a wide variety of engaging classroom resources.

Write on! Write with students in grades 5 and up using Writing: Fundamentals for the Middle-School Classroom. This 128-page book helps students learn how to express themselves through writing. It provides open-ended lessons of personal writing, descriptive writing, short stories, poetry, and reports. This excellent classroom supplement also includes chapters arranged in order of increasing difficulty and activities that allow students to choose their own writing topics. It supports NCTE and IRA standards.

This essential guide for curriculum developers, administrators, teachers, and education and economics professors, the standards were developed to provide a framework and benchmarks for the teaching of economics to our nation's children.

Bring the action and adventure of U.S. history into the classroom with U.S. History Maps for grades 5 and up! From the ice age to the admission of the 50th state, this fascinating 96-page book enhances the study of any era in U.S. history! The maps can be easily reproduced, projected, and scanned, and each map includes classroom activities and brief explanations of historical events. This book covers topics such as the discovery of America, Spanish conquistadors, the New England colonies, wars and conflicts, westward expansion, slavery, and transportation. The book includes answer keys.

Connect students in grades 5Ð8 with science using Science Vocabulary Building. This 80-page book reinforces commonly used science words, builds science vocabulary, and increases students' readability levels. This comprehensive classroom supplement includes alphabetized word lists that provide pronunciations, syllabications, definitions, and context sentences for high-utility science words. Activities allow for differentiated instruction and can be used as warm-ups, homework assignments, and extra practice. The book supports National Science Education Standards.