Get Ready! for Social Studies: Book Reports, Essays and Research Papers - Paperback

by Nancy White (Author), Francine Weinberg (Author)

Everything parents need to help their kids succeed in social studies

The only comprehensive social studies skill-building series available, the Get Ready! For Social Studies series equips proactive parents with the tools they need to help their children develop the core skills required to perform at grade level in social studies-related subjects.

Book Reports, Essays, and Research Papers provides step-by-step instruction, models, and practice exercises to help parents guide their children through the writing and research process.

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO HELP YOUR KIDS SUCCEED IN SOCIAL STUDIES

You know that how a child performs in the first six years of school has a profound influence on the rest of his or her life. That's why you're so eager to help your kids do the best they can in all the core subjects taught in grade school. Written by experts in primary school education, the Get Ready! for Social Studies series empowers you with the tools you need to help your grade-schoolers develop and hone the skills needed to perform at grade level, or better, in socialstudies-related subjects.

The only comprehensive skill-building series of its kind, the Get Ready! for Social Studies series makes it easy for you to take a proactive role in your children's education and oversee their progress. Each grade-specific guide in this hands-on series corresponds to the content found in social studies curricula across the country. And each features expert tips, techniques, and practice exercises, in abundance, to bring students' classroom performance up to snuff, while also providing them with a head start in preparing for state-mandated tests.

Emphasizing writing skills and the techniques of writing, Get Ready! for Social Studies: Book Reports, Essays, and Research Papers combines step-by-step instruction, examples, and practice exercises in a format that is easy to understand and implement.

Only the Get Ready! for Social Studies series features:

• Sample problems and practice exercises mirroring the content found in classrooms and on standardized tests
• Creative techniques for helping kids master grade-appropriate concepts
• Skill reviews after every section that help parents gauge kid's progress
• Final tests to assess performance levels and identify areas that still need work
• Tables of state-mandated tests

Other volumes in the Get Ready! for Social Studies series include:

Get Ready! for Social Studies: Book Reports, Essays, and Research Papers

Get Ready! for Social Studies: Civics, Government, and Citizenship

Get Ready! for Social Studies: Geography

Get Ready! for Social Studies: World History

Chapters include:

Paragraphs and Essays: What Your Child Needs to Know, Implications, Skills Practice, Top of the Class

Book Reports: What Your Child Needs to Know, Implications, Skills Practice, Top of the Class

Research Reports: What Your Child Needs to Know, Implications, Skills Practice, Top of the Class

Writer's Handbook: Sample Essay Section from Grade 5 Standardized Social Studies Test, Spelling Rules and Tips, Avoiding Sexist Language, How to Read a Dictionary Entry, How to Read a Thesaurus Entry, Using the Library, Tables of Weights and Measures, States of the Union, Countries of the World, Presidents of the United States, Useful Web Sites, Preamble to the United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence, Project-scheduling Form, Idea Organizers, Form for Self-Evaluation of Student Writing

Author Biography

Nancy White is President of Nancy White Communications, Inc., an independent developer and author of school projects. She is a member of the American Book Producers Association, the Author's Guild, and the National Council of Teachers of English.

Francine Weinberg has been an editor in educational publishing since 1967. She is a member of the National Council of Teachers of English and is the founder of Educational Lions, L.I.C.