Uses humorous rhyming text and colorful illustrations to explain the concept of prefixes and show how they affect words and their meanings.

Learn how to research a subject and give a detailed report on the information you discovered.

Some essays are short and written for a specific purpose, such as answering a test question. Others need research, a detailed outline, and should include revision in the writing process. Readers should know how to do it all! The main content takes readers step-by-step through the construction of a strong essay using the Common Core standards, including the basic concepts of grammar, transitions, and vocabulary choice. Colorful photographs and helpful...

"The Elements of Style has been restored to the world of letters because of its tested usefulness in helping people to write effectively and well. Mr. White has judiciously revised the book and has contributed a final chapter that seeks to lead the reader beyond mere correctness toward distinction in English style. This part of the book is concerned with attitudes in writing, with Mr. White's personal list of "do's" and "don'ts" and with style as...

"Reading and writing are one of the educational issues that generates the most controversy and questions among educators and families. This book will show a new approach and a new conception of literacy skills, spelling, and the prevention of both. Simple, practical, and adaptable to the evolutionary rhythms of our future readers."--Publisher's descrption.

"Provides an introduction to verbs, explaining what they are, and looking at how they function in sentences."--

"Explains what prepositions are, presents examples, discusses prepositional phrases, dangling prepositions, objects of prepositions, and tricky prepositions."--