Language Kits
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Kit Number
Title
Year
400 401 SRA pilot library IIa [kit] / by Adelaide Holl and Dorothy Hall Smith, consultant, Don H. Parker.
The 72 selections from some of the best of children’s literature are to be used as a supplementary reading program. For elementary grades.
1963 402 SRA pilot library IIIb. [Kit]
Short excerpts from full-length books, designed as a supplementary reading program for grades 8 and 9. May be used in conjunction with corresponding SRA reading laboratory.
1964 403 SRA pilot library IIc. [Kit]
Short excerpts from full-length books, designed as a supplementary reading program for grades 6 and 7. May be used in conjunction with corresponding SRA reading laboratory.
1962 404 Building pre-reading skills, Kit B : consonants [Kit] / Theodore Clymer [et al.]
Contains word cards, alphabet cards and picture cards for teaching consonant sounds.
1965 405 The Writing center [kit] / Robert Madeley, Sylvia Gibb.
Consists of 49 idea-generating cards grouped into 5 interest areas: adventure, animals, fantasy, poetry and mystery. Each card contains a picture and statements as a starting point for student composition in intermediate and junior high grades. 49 cards, 1 teacher’s manual.
1971 406 Ojibway language assessment [kit]
To teach preschool children Ojibway language skills. 1 set Ojibway same and different cards -- 1 set Ojibway lotto -- 1 set Ojibway language cards -- 1 set Ojibway language assessment.
197? 407 The Phonics games series [kit]
Group sounding game (1945) -- Sight phrase cards (3 sets with manuals, 1948) -- Picture word cards (with manual) -- What letters say (1955) -- Picture word matching game (2 sets with manuals, 1953) -- Basic sight vocabulary cards (2 sets, 1 with manual, 1949) -- Group word teaching game (2 manuals, 1944) -- Look: a Dolch way to better reading) -- Consonant lotto (1 manual, 1956). Parts marked Kit 247
N.D. 408
V.k
Pt. 1
Scholastic literacy place / authors, Cathy Collins Block
GRADE K : High frequency readers; Teacher’s ed.; Assessment handbook; My read and write book; My books; Phonics skills and literacy place components; Phonemic awareness teacher’s guide; Phonics and word building kit guide
2000 408
V.k
Pt. 2
Bookworm Puppet 2000 408
V.1
Scholastic literacy place / authors, Cathy Collins Block
GRADE 1 : Text; All about you; All about you book guide; Phonics readers; Phonics readers teacher’s guide; Trade books; Chapter books teacher’s guide; Teacher’s ed.; Assessment handbook; Oral reading assessment; Scholastic reading inventory; My books; Handwriting practice teacher’s ed.; Practice book teacher’s ed.; Teacher’s resource book ESL/ELD; Spelling resource book; Selection tests; Phonics skills and literacy place components; Phonemic awareness teacher’s guide; Phonics and word building kit guide.
2000 408 (2)
V.2
Scholastic literacy place / authors, Cathy Collins Block
GRADE 2 : Text; Phonics readers; Phonics readers teacher’s guide; Trade books; Chapter books teacher’s guide; Take-home practice readers; Teacher’s ed.; Assessment handbook; Oral reading assessment; Scholastic reading inventory; Handwriting practice teacher’s ed.; Practice book teacher’s ed.; Teacher’s resource book ESL/ELD; Spelling resource book; Selection tests; Phonics skills and literacy place components; Phonics B teacher’s guide; Phonics and word building kit guide; Meet the mentor video : Lisa Stevens : zoo curator; Snapshots audiocassette; Literacy power pack --
2000 408
V.3
Scholastic literacy place / authors, Cathy Collins Block
GRADE 3 : Text; Trade books and guides; Sprint plus student workshop; Sprint plus teacher’s guide; The story in the picture; Chapter books teacher’s guide; Putting it in writing; Take-home practice readers; Teacher’s ed.; Assessment handbook; Oral reading assessment; Scholastic reading inventory; Handwriting practice teacher’s ed.; Practice book teacher’s ed.; Teacher’s resource book ESL/ELD; Spelling resource book; Selection tests; Meet the mentor video; Audiocassettes; Literacy power pack.
2000 408
V.4
Scholastic literacy place / authors, Cathy Collins Block
GRADE 4 : Text; Lesson preview teacher’s ed.; Trade books and guides; Sprint plus student workshop; Sprint plus teacher’s guide; Putting it in writing; Checking your grammar; Take-home practice readers; Teacher’s ed.; Assessment handbook; Oral reading assessment; Scholastic reading inventory; Practice book teacher’s ed.; Teacher’s resource book ESL/ELD; Spelling resource book; Selection tests; Meet the mentor video; Chapter by chapter audiocassette; Literacy power pack --
2000 408
V.5
Scholastic literacy place / authors, Cathy Collins Block
GRADE 5 : Text; Trade books and guides; Sprint plus student workshop; Sprint plus teacher’s guide; Putting it in writing; Checking your grammar; Take-home practice readers; Teacher’s ed.; Assessment handbook; Oral reading assessment; Scholastic reading inventory; Practice book teacher’s ed.; Teacher’s resource book ESL/ELD; Spelling resource book; Selection tests; Meet the mentor video; Audiocassettes; Literacy power pack.
2000 409 Speak & spell [game]
Electronic Learning Aid
1980 410 Theater game file / by Viola Spolin.
Designed to let teachers and students, without previous experience, play theater games in the classroom.
1975 411 More write on! : a collection of 50 creative writing ideas for individualized instruction. [kit] / Paulette Condos.
50 creative writing ideas for individualized instruction. For elementary education.
1975 412 The reading box-- 150 reading games & activities. [flash card] / Julia K. Fenderson.
Source of aids, ideas and techniques for supplementing reading programs. Includes activities in reading readiness, listening skills, vocabulary, phonics, comprehension, speed reading and book reports. For elementary grades.
1974 413 Read on! [kit] / Paulette Condos.
Each card contains a short story with a suggested follow-up activity. Mystery & adventure.--Fun & nonsense.--Famous people.--Sports heroes.--Fun things. For elemenary grades.
1975 414 D.O.K. [kit] : disseminators of knowledge
Offers vocabulary development and an opportunity for self-expression. Booster box for imagination and self development (grades primary-12, with manuals) -- Vocabulary fun -- Imagin-action; pantomime games for creative expression (set 1, doing things, set 2, showing feelings, set 3, being things, with manual). Elementary education. Parts marked KIT 249.
197? 415 Acting in action : creative dramatic activities and oral language experiences : Set A. [Kit]
Introduces varied dramatic activities which can be experienced through use of ideas presented on "Acting in action" cards. For grades 1-12.
1975 416 Recipes for creative writing
Designed to motivate and stimulate students to think and write creatively. Consists of a set of note cards divided into ten areas of creativity: awareness, fantasy, poetry, words and things, evaluation, odds and ends, reporting, science, social studies and visual motivation. For primary and elementary education. Set 1 (general) and set 2 (primary) are combined.
1966 417 Ant puppet [toy]
1 hand puppet : plush, black ; 28 x 7 x 7 cm.
1993? 418 URICA [kit] : using reading in creative activities / Cherlyn Sunflower, Gaye McNutt.
By reading and following a set of instructions on two sets of cards on two levels, students with minimal reading and artistic skills can combine creative work with reading comprehension. For grad
1981 419 Sentence-building sequential cards. [kit].
Ten sequences of 3 cards depicting a person or animal (subject), an action of the subject (verb), and an interaction with a person/object. Students may be asked to describe a picture or an already-arranged action sequence, or may arrange a sequence in order and then describe it. For preschool and primary children.
1978 420 School fonts for beginning writing / by Kimberly Voss.
School Fonts for Beginning Writing is a set of 13 different fonts, provided as both PostScript and TrueType, to be used for teaching and learning spelling, reading, and handwriting.
1997 421 Talkstarters : At the zoo [kit] / Scott, Foresman and Company ; authors, Elizabeth A. Loomis, Elenore T. Pounds.
Children look at photographs and listen to stories about various zoo animals. Promotes language development and reading skills. Kindergarten, primary grades
1967 422 Written language cards [game] : general.
Teaches basic English language skills for writing and composing. For special education.
1972 423 Written language cards, careers [kit]
Designed to encourage students to think and write about a variety of jobs and job situations. Cards depict individuals performing duties characteristic of a given career. The students are to imagine themselves in the places of the pictured people and then write, in the designated areas on the cards, whatever they feel appropriate for the specific persons to be saying. This is intended to promote vocabulary and language development. For primary and intermediate grades. 8 laminated cards, 1 wiping cloth, 1 overlay pencil, instruction sheet.
1975 424 ’Tronic phonics. Disc #1 [electronic resource]
" ... allows children to listen to words with targeted phonograms, strengthening their phonics skills and improving their reading and word-use skills"--Container. Who is that? / Kathryn E. Lewis -- Ned and Fred / Virginia A. Arnold -- Five paper ducks / Carly Easton. 1 computer optical disc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher’s guide (31 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.) + 1 user’s manual (47 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.) + 3 books + 1 instructional folder.
1997 425 Sing a sound [music recording] : grades K-2.
3 sound cassettes ; in container 30 cm. + 1 booklet (15 p. ; 28 cm.)
1997 426 Spotlight on literacy. / Elaine Mei Aoki ... [et al.].
Includes Phonics Patterns book, Spotlight Books, ABC Cards, Alphabet Posters, Word Building Kit.
1997 427 Speech and language development chart [chart] / Addy Gard, Leslea Gilman, Jim Gorman. (2nd ed)
1 wall chart : col. ; 66 x 96 cm.
1993 428 The The rabbit in the moon : folktales from China and Japan : a curriculum unit for upper elementary grades
Folktales from China and Japan with skill-development exercises and follow-up activities designed for use in the upper elementary grades (3-6). Slides illustrate "The funny little woman." 89 p. : ill., map ; 28 cm. + 37 slides (col.)
1995 429 Professional communities at work [kit] / NCTE.
Adolescent literacy -- Grammar -- Poetry -- Writing workshop Bridging literature & mathematics. Kits include books, pamphets, and sheets for teaching secondary school language arts skills.
2004 430 Reading and language family fun-pack set [game] / Frog Publications.
Uses a game format to teach reading and language arts. Two or more may play. 5 sets of games (boards, game cards, tokens, instructions) ; in plastic file boxes.
2001 431 Reading and mathematics family fun-pack set [game] / Frog Publications.
Uses a game format to teach reading and language arts. Two or more may play. 1set of games (boards, game cards, tokens, instructions) ; in plastic file box.
2001 432 Reading Fluency Indicator [kit] : a quick, individualized assessment / Kathleen T. Williams.
1 manual, 1 passage booklet, 30 progress record forms.
2004 433
Coll. 1
Read, play, and learn! : storybook activities for young children / Toni W. Linder.
Contains activities based on 16 popular children’s books designed to enhance emergent literacy skills and promote growth across other areas of the curriculum as well. For ages 3-6 years (1-6 years developmentally). Collection 1 includes modules based on: 1. The kissing hand / Audrey Penn -- 2. Somebody and the three Blairs / Marilyn Tolhurst -- 3. Picking apples & pumpkins / Amy and Richard Hutchings -- 4. The little old lady who was not afraid of anything / Linda Williams -- 5. The knight and the dragon / Tomie dePaola -- 6. Abiyoyo / Pete Seeger -- 7. Night tree / Eve Bunting -- 8. The snowy day / Ezra Jack Keats.
1999 433
Coll. 2
Read, play, and learn! : storybook activities for young children / Toni W. Linder.
Collection 2 includes modules based on: 9. A porcupine named Fluffy / Helen Lester -- 10. First flight / David McPhail -- 11. Friends / Helme Heine -- 12. The three billy goats gruff / Janet Stevens -- 13. The three little javelinas / Susan Lowell -- 14. A rainbow of friends / P.K. Hallinan -- 15. Franklin has a sleepover / Paulette Bourgeois -- 16. The rainbow fish / Marcus Pfister.
1999 434 Harcourt trophies : a Harcourt trophies : a Harcourt reading/language arts program
Intervention Sampler, Intervention Teachers Guide, Intervention Practice Book; Integrated Technology Components; Teaching Transparencies Sampler; English Language Learners; Bookd: Giggle and Snort, The Best Stunt of All, Robert's Rules, F is for Found.
2007 435 Harcourt trophies : a Harcourt trophies : a Harcourt reading/language arts program
Teaching Transparencies for Language Arts Sampler; Teaching transperiencies; Integrated Technology Components.
2007 436 Houghton Mifflin reading
Try it Out Technology Sampler; Houghton Mifflin Reading Cards; Level 1 Sampler; Sound/Spelling Cards; Leveled Reading Passages; Vocabulary Readers Sampler; Introductional Technology, Classroom Management Kit Sampler; Introducing Houghton Mifflin Leveled Reading Sampler
2006 437 Houghton Mifflin reading
Teacher's Guide; Teacher's Notes; Introducing Houghton Mifflin Leveled Reading Sampler; vocabulary Reader's Sampler; Houghton Mifflin - Reading Cards; Sound/Spelling Cards; Try it Out Technology Sampler; Story Map.
2006 438
Reading for details in stories [game] : super fun deck
Designed to help students identify and remember the important details in a story. Students read the story on the cards and answer the comprehension question that follows, using the secret decoder to check their answers. A screwdriver is included to open the battery compartment. Level 1. 30 stories, 6-8 sentences with a 2nd-3rd grade readability level -- Level 2. 50 stories, 10-12 sentences with a 4th-5th grade readability level -- Level 3. 20 stories, [10-12 sentences with a 4th-5th grade readability level], including stories about people, geography, animals, and more.
2006
439
Twist & turn word builders, 4-letter words. [game]
Users turn the beads to create simple four-letter words. 10 rods strung with 4 square beads creating letter combinations : col. ; 16 x 3 cm., + 1 teacher’s guide in box 18 x 16 x 7 cm.
2008
440
Twist & turn word builders, 3-letter words. [game]
Users turn the beads to create simple CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words. 10 rods strung with 3 square beads creating letter combinations : col. ; 13 x 3 cm., in box 18 x 16 x 7 cm.
2008
441
Word family flip books [kit]
"30 books make 300 words." Ail -- Ake -- All -- Ame -- An -- Ap -- Ash -- At -- Ate -- Aw -- Ay -- Eat -- Ell -- Est -- Ice -- Ick -- Ight -- Ill -- On -- Ine -- Ing -- Ink -- Ip -- It -- Ock -- Op -- Ot -- Uck -- Ug -- Ump.
200?
442
Levels 1-4Read, write & spell sight-words [kit]
Reinforces identification and spelling of regular and irregular sight-words. Includes: spiral-bound word cards, pocket of magnetic letters, pen, dry-erase board.
2004
443
Tactile letter cards. Kindergarten
Flashcards cards with one embossed Roman letter per card, in both upper and lower case. Vowels are in a different color. 53 cards : cardboard, col. ; 8 x 8 cm.
2004?
444
Magnetic letters [kit]
1 kit (1 set of upper case letters, 2 sets of lower case letters) ; in plastic bag (32 x 11 cm.). 78 piece magnetic letters
2001?
445
Set of five word builders [kit]
1 kit (5 sets of 57 word builder cards in plastic cases, 5 word builder cards) ; in plastic box (26 x 32 x 4 cm.)
2007?
446
Write-on board [kit]
1 kit (6 boards (28 x 22 cm.), 6 markers) ; in plastic bag.
2001?
447
Sight Word Space Station [game]
"Uncover the alien’s space station as you learn to read essential sight words!" 1 game board, 96 game cards : col. ; in container 22 x 22 x 8 cm.
2008
448
I spy a mouse in the house! [game] : picture rhymes
Build phonemic awareness and develop vocabulary by identifying rhyming objects in the house and collecting game cards. Included are 36 durable cards, a colorful game board, and an activity guide for 3 games to play. 1 to 3 players. 1 game (36 game cards, 1 game board); in box, 21 x 25 x 5 cm. + Instruction sheet.
2003
449
Ladybug letters [game] : learning the alphabet
Teaches upper and lowercase letters through 3 different games. No reading required. 1 game (26 puzzle pieces, 26 letter pieces) : col., cardboard ; in box, 21 x 25 x 5 cm. + instruction sheet.
2004
450
Counting up to 30+ [game]
The cards can be placed on the fabric chart in groups or pairs for counting, making sets, number sequencing, or numeration activities. Instruction sheet includes instructions for 3 games in English and Spanish. 1 game board, 108 cards, 1 instruction sheet : col. ; in box, 21 x 25 x 5 cm.
2003?
451
What do you see? [game] : colors
Students choose colorful photograph cards to cover the matching spaces on individual games boards. When the boards is full, each player will have a collection of eight colorful items 1 game (60 picture cards, 6 game boards); in box, 21 x 25 x 5 cm. + Instruction sheet.
2003
452
All around town [game]
Develops sorting, classifying and thinking skills as player travels all around town in a race to become the first to collect something from every store. 1 game ; in box 21 x 21 x 8 cm. Ages 4-6.
2008
453
Name that word [game]
Is it a preposition, adjective, adverb, noun, conjunction, pronoun, article, or verb? When your piece lands on the square, it s up to you to figure it out! This entertaining game puts a lively twist to learning parts of speech. Simple and appealing, it involves spinning the spinner, moving the indicated number of spaces on the full-color gameboard, and deciding what part of speech defines the highlighted word. All words are used in sentences and are coded so that the game can be played over and over again without getting the same word twice! It s guaranteed learning enjoyment for all ages! Playing pieces, score sheets, and instructions included. 2-4 players.
2008
454
Wall chart of Chinese character [graphic]
Written by Chinese teaching experts from China and the United States and international schools in Beijing and Shanghai, this series features a unique teaching method which makes it easy for teachers to give guidance and instruction to students mastering the language. 6 posters (42 x 73 cm.) : col. ; in box (44 x 9 x 7 cm.)
2005
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