Learning Without Tears Fall 2020 Catalog by Learning Without Tears

Product & Professional Development Fall 2020 Catalog

New! Handwriting Without TearsÂŽ An Integrated Print and Digital Solution

For learning in the classroom or from home Page 2

Building Foundations for Success

A Message from the CEO Dear Friends, Today, as we enter a new school year with so much still unknown, you need solutions that prioritize flexible lessons, reach all learners, and build student engagement. You need solutions that embrace the best of what we know about how children learn, solutions that will help mitigate the learning loss of the last few months and provide critical support for key foundational skills. And ultimately, you need solutions that can be delivered remotely. Learning Without Tears has the solutions to help you build those foundational skills with effective remote learning plans and quality, direct, online instruction. Our new Handwriting Without Tears integrated print and digital solution (page 2) was built around a blended instructional approach. We have digitally translated our award-winning print program by building unparalleled interactive teaching tools with easy-to-use student applications. We have created individual student manipulative packs (page 23) to keep students safe, while providing essential multisensory experiences. Like you, we are focused on outcomes. Our products have been updated to offer access to quality resources wherever teachers and students happen to be this year. Keyboarding Without Tears (page 56) was updated to include new teacher resources and digital literacy materials. We have collaborated with Common Sense Education to include relevant and crucial digital citizenship instruction. We have launched a truly unique early learning program, Get Set for School (page 32). This research-proven, developmentally appropriate Pre-K instruction makes sure our youngest learners are kindergarten ready. And we are empowering all educators with our new Virtual Professional Development (page 66). We thank you for all you do, and would be honored to partner with you to help all your students build the foundations for success. Sincerely,

Terry Nealon, CEO

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NEW! For 2020

Look Inside: 2........... Handwriting Progam 10........... Transitional Kindergarten

Handwriting Without Tears速 An Integrated Print and Digital Solution Page 2

12........... Kindergarten 14........... Grade 1 16........... Grade 2 18 ........... Grade 3 20........... Grade 4 22........... Grade 5

Individual Student Manipulative Packs Page 23 Keyboarding Without Tears速 New Updates Page 56 Get Set for School速 Early Learning Program Page 32

24 ........... Spanish Handwriting 26........... Kits 28........... Paper 30........... Writing Practice 32........... Pre-K Program 50 ........... Spanish Pre-K 52.......... Hands-On 56.......... Keyboarding Program 62........... Free Online Resources 64........... Technology 66........... Professional Development 68 ........... Pre-K Workshops 69 ........... Keyboarding Workshop 70 ........... Handwriting Workshops 72........... The Adventures of Mat Man速 (Comic Strip)

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Handwriting Without Tears® An Integrated Print and Digital Solution Our award-winning handwriting program has been adapted to meet the demands of today’s changing classroom environment. This unique, integrated print and digital curriculum provides research-proven resources —in the classroom and online—allowing you to bridge the divide between school and home like never before.

K–5 students spend nearly 60 percent of classroom time on handwriting-based activities. Our curricula give students endless possibilities. Our research supports the efficacy of our programs! Explore our effective, research-based reports to learn the methodology behind our award-winning curricula. LWTears.com/Fall2020

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Ef fective Handwriting Instruction at School and at a Distance WHAT MAKES IT WORK? • An integrated print and digital approach to instruction that combines teacher directed lessons with independent learning and practice

• A recommended developmental teaching order for a scaffolded approach to letter learning and mastery that can be customized to fit your core ELA curriculum • Multisensory strategies reach every student while bringing learning to life • Time-saving cross-curricular activities build skills while enriching content area knowledge • Targeted instruction meets individual student needs • Child friendly, simple language, in English and Spanish, to support ELL classrooms

In English and Spanish

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HANDWRITING

Handwriting Fluency Building the Foundations for Success A comprehensive model meeting the needs of today’s classroom Explicit, thoughtful, and targeted handwriting instruction. • Multisensory teaching strategies appeal to all learning styles • Legibility is achieved through activities focused on double-line control • Innovative, developmentally appropriate letter order promotes easy learning • Cross-curricular connections reinforce content being taught in other subjects • Lefty-friendly design ensures all students can succeed in handwriting • Easy-to-use assessments track students’ progress and supports instruction

Student Interface/Apps

Print Student

Teacher Direct Instruction/ Digital Teaching Tools

Manipulatives

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT

What's Included A Robust Online Experience for Teachers and Students For Teachers • Digital teacher’s guides • Digital letter and number formations • Engaging and purposeful animations, music, and videos NEW! A Lesson Planning Tool featuring:

• Cross-curricular connections, supplemental lessons, and printable activities • Digital student edition • Reporting to easily track student assignments

• Dozens of pre-loaded lesson plans aligned with the Handwriting Without Tears developmental order • Options to change the order of letter instruction to fit your core ELA curriculum • Ability to edit the pre-loaded lesson plans to meet your class needs Support for Group and Individual Instruction: • Assigning to a whole class or an individual student is easy! • Teachers, students and parents can easily collaborate on assignments. • Rich content supports in person or remote learning. • Reporting easily tracks student assignments.

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Easy to set up and manage students through LWT +Live Insights Platform LMS/LTI SSO integrations with Clever, Classlink and Google SSO

HANDWRITING

In-School or At-Home Access The Student Experience Award-winning print student edition featuring: • Specific developmental progression • Integration of multisensory strategies to bring learning to life • Consistency and cross-curricular connections featuring motor development activities

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PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT The Student Digital Experience features: • Intuitive, child friendly language and imagery • Students easily access digital lessons and assignments via any web browser and device, from school or home • Intuitive student dashboard with clear navigation for reviewing and submitting assignments • Students can view and hear a multitude of videos, animations, and songs supporting letter learning and mastery • Students and parents can communicate with teachers through a note or audio file • Students print the practice pages teachers assign

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HANDWRITING

Before

After

See the difference! Handwriting Without Tears helps students learn foundation skills, like good posture and pencil grip, in a fun and engaging way that shows results!

Before

After 8

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HANDWRITING

Before

After

15 minutes per day

is all it takes to make a significant improvement in your studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; handwriting.

Before After

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HANDWRITING

Transitional kindergarten serves as a bridge between preschool and kindergarten. It provides students with time to develop fundamental skills needed for success in school in a developmentally and age-appropriate setting.

Our developmentally appropriate products support the unique needs of our youngest learners.

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TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN Kick Start Kindergarten Activity Book

N ame:

Print Child’s Name

Kick Start Kindergarten

goat

hippo

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The transitional kindergarten activity book provides a bridge from Pre-K to kindergarten with a developmentally appropriate sequence. •

Introduces students to both capital and lowercase letters

•

Builds fine motor skills

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Perfect for second-year Pre-K, junior K, or transitional kindergarten programs

GRADE: TK KSK-18

Handwriting Without Tears®

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Trace

BIG LINE

goat

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hippo

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N ame:

Print Child’s Name

Kick Start Kindergarten

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Teacher’s Guide

KICK START KINDERGARTEN TEACHER’S GUIDE

Kick Start Kindergarten

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Guide to Workbook Lessons and Multisensory Activities by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR

Kick Start Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide Targeted lessons and multisensory activities to build handwriting skill development. GRADE: TK TGKSK-18

Kick Start Kindergarten

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HANDWRITING

The Screener of Handwriting Proficiency FREE Tool to Assess K–5 Handwriting • Provides formative and summative assessments of handwriting skills • Enables teachers to document the effectiveness of Handwriting Without Tears

Writing ournal

Name:

N ame: Name:

Print Child’s Name

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Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

A baby bat

learns to fly.

I think rabbits

Pandas eat

are good pets.

bamboo.

with Wide Double Lines

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Screener of Handwriting Proficiency

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Home

Screener Packets

Class Reports - Early class 1st Grade

Total Classroom Score

Intermediate Print

1st Grade (Intermediate Print) Beginning (Mar-Jun) Beginning (Mar-Jun)

Resources

Class Reports

How the chart works

100 90 80 70

High Score: 100 Median: 75

Low Score: 44

50 40 30 20 10 0

Memory

Expectation

Orientation

Median

Top 20%

Placement

High Score

60%

Bottom 20%

Total

Low Score

Writing Journal A

Building Writers A

New grade-level journals provide one organized tool for strengthening handwriting and independent writing skills.

Building Writers A provides students with grade-appropriate practice in developing early writing skills in narrative, informational, and opinion/argument writing while practicing handwriting.

•

Wide double lines

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Space for drawing

•

Provides a record of the child’s work

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80 pages

GRADE: K BWA-18

GRADE: K WJA-18

ANAL FOOD Write about what food you can grow to feed animals.

I grow

ANAL FOOD Write about food animals eat.

seeds

Nuts are

trees

Nuts grow on Nuts are 10

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food

for animals.

corn

squirrels

sunflowers

birds

spinach

rabbits

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KINDERGARTEN

Laying the Groundwork for Academic Success

B E ST

N ame:

SELLER!

Print Child’s Name

Letters and Numbers for e

bus

walk

stop

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In Spanish! pp. 24–25

Skills learned in kindergarten set up a domino effect for the rest of the child’s cognitive development.

Letters and Numbers for Me Activity Book Kindergarten students, or those working at that level, learn capitals, lowercase letters, numbers, words, and sentences. Includes large, stepby-step models for finger tracing, spacing, and lefty-friendly pages. GRADE: K LN-18

Copy the words.

k it

Words for e

ca ke

dol l

Check

Copy the sentence.

We a[ a

Sentence for e

li ke

k ites.

Magic c

Start on the dot. Copy d.

Dd a[ •

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d •

•

Check Sentence

Letters and Numbers for Me

cake

is for dinosaur.

up like a

•

up higher

•

back down bump

Check

•

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Letters and Numbers for Me

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Handwriting Without Tears®

Letters and Numbers for e Teacher’s Guide

LETTERS AND NUMBERS FOR E TEACHER’S GUIDE

N ame:

Print Child’s Name

Letters and Numbers for e

bus

walk

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BY JAN Z. OLSEN, OTR

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Guide to Workbook Lessons and Multisensory Activities by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR

Letters and Numbers for Me Teacher’s Guide Multisensory strategies and activities for kindergarten handwriting instructions. GRADE: K TGLN-18

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HANDWRITING HANDWRITING

Build Handwriting Automaticity

The Three Ps: • Posture • Paper Position • Pencil Grip



Name:

AAZN ANALS Write facts about each animal using the information below.

Writing ournal

Name:

- has a long spiral tusk

- lives in icy Arctic water

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

- nicknamed unicorn of the sea

Patrick scored. T he crowd cheered!

Baseball helmets are very hard.

I think soccer

A narwhal

is the best

team sport.

narwhal

- migrates to lay eggs

- is a blue, red, or silver color

with Wide & Regular Double Lines

A salmon

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salmon

- has gills

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Writing Journal B

New grade-level journals provide one organized tool for strengthening handwriting and independent writing skills. Updated to include wide and regular double lines. •

Space for drawing

•

Provides additional writing practice

•

80 pages

Building Writers B

Building Writers B provides students with grade-appropriate practice with narrative writing, informational writing, and opinion/argument writing while building handwriting automaticity.

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- hit baseball

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- ran bases

- scored and won

It was Dave’s turn to bat.

GRADE: 1 BWB-18

GRADE: 1 WJB-18

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Tell the baseball story.

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Building Writers B: Narrative Writing

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GRADE GRADE11

Spotlight... on Magic C dive down

Start on the dot. Copy b.

B b



We use the C stroke to begin Check

b B

Copy capital B.

Copy the words.

big

is for bicycle.

around bump

swim up and over

b B

bus

blue

My Printing Book

capitals C, O, G, and Q and

Copy lowercase

bike

lowercase a, d, g, o, and q. It

is of utmost importance we begin

bus

these foundational letters with the C stroke to help foster correct

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Check

Add

b l e.

Add

tabl e ca

LNE PRACTCE

Copy the sentence on double lines.

Zack

saw

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dou

bub

t wo

scr

start, stroke sequence, and letter orientation. Writing from the top

ub.

tub

cat s.

bus

down will also help students write their letters sitting correctly on lines.

cl My Printing Book

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Students get to know Magic C Bunny from the pages of their

Copy the sentence on triple lines.

A va

saw

t wo

student workbook. He appears on

goa t s.

all of the Magic C letter practice pages to help children learn

Copy the sentence on a single line.

Josie

saw

two

what we call the “Magic c habit”

dogs.

(starting from the top center to

My Printing Book

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make the c based stroke). When

we make Magic C letters, we are

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consistent with the wording to View more sample pages at LWTears.com/Fall2020.

help build this Magic c habit. For example, all Magic c lowercase letters begin with the same step…

Handwriting Without Tears®

Name:

logs

truck

Y PRINTING BOOK TEACHER’S GUIDE

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“Magic c.” y Printing Book Teacher’s Guide

Name:

y Printing Book logs

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In Spanish! pp. 24–25

My Printing Book Activity Book

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First grade students, or those working at that level, practice the correct use of lowercase letters in words and sentences. Includes cross-curricular lessons with practice pages for writing on different styles of lines.

Guide to Workbook Lessons and Multisensory Activities by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR

My Printing Book Teacher’s Guide Resources and strategies for helping children master handwriting. GRADE: 1 TGMPB-18

GRADE: 1 MPB-18

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We of fer the option to introduce cursive earlier Start at the top!

Name:

Printing Power down bump

seahorse

sailfish

jellyfish

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Start on the dot. Copy

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In Spanish! pp. 24–25

Printing Power Activity Book

Handwriting Without Tears®

Printing Power Teacher’s Guide

Add

ac k .

PRINTING POWER TEACHER’S GUIDE

sack

Name:

Printing Power

jellyfish

gold

will

Check



kick!

Check

ick .

sick

slide away

Start on the dot. Copy

Add

a ke .

ma ke

Check

k Add

i ke .

bike

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will

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Add

Check

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Guide to Workbook Lessons and Multisensory Activities

Check

Printing Power

down bump K.

Start on the dot. Copy .

late

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Start on the dot. Copy

sailfish

late

GRADE: 2 PP-18

seahorse

Check

Copy the words.

Second grade students, or those working at that level, master printing with advanced paragraphs, poems, and language arts activities. Features practice pages for advanced printing on a single line.

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Printing Power

Mike

by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR

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Printing Power Teacher’s Guide Multisensory strategies including multimedia lessons, ESL support, and school-to-home connections. GRADE: 2 TGPP-18

Targeted Writing Practice in Print or Cursive C

Name:

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

My first

fishing trip

was a success! Humpback

whales eat tiny prey.

It’s fun to

snorkel and see turtles.

Building Writers C Building Writers C provides students with practice of increasing complexity as they build writing skills in narrative, information, and opinion/argument writing. GRADE: 2 BWC-18

WHALE & SALON COPARSON Complete the chart. What do both animals have in common? What is different?

 CLASSROO

- mammal

- fish

- warm-blooded

- cold-blooded

- breathes air with lungs

- breathes in water with gills

- has fins and tail

- swims in water

Only whale:

How neat is your classroom? Support your opinion with reasons.

very neat - very easy to find things - very easy to clean up

Only salmon:

- very organized - places for everything

a little messy

- easy to find things

- hard to find things

- easy to clean up

- hard to clean up

- organized

- not organized

- places for most things

- too much stuff

I think my classroom is

Both whale and salmon:

Building Writers C: Information Writing

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Building Writers C: Opinion Writing

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neat enough

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GRADE 2

for students who are developmentally ready! PARARAPH

trailer

tractor

Name:

sleeper landing gear

cab

hitch

Cursive Kickoff

engine

fuel eight wheels

eight wheels

two wheels

This is an 18-wheeler.

The

bridge

Cursive Kickoff Activity Book

Cursive Kickoff

Cursive Kickoff gives second grade students the option of beginning cursive instruction earlier. After a quick review of print, lessons progress to teaching cursive letters in developmental groups based on formation.

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Make the line as straight as a ruler.

bump

down travel up

back down

Copy the words.

Check

yell day

Cursive Kickoff

Teacher’s Guide

Name:

Cursive Kickoff

New York

river

day

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Cursive Kickoff

bridge Check

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turn

GRADE: 2 CK-18

CURSIVE KICKOFF TEACHER’S GUIDE

y y yell day

aim for corner travel away

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Start on the dot. Copy

river

In Spanish! pp. 24–25

tractor has 10 wheels. The trailer

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New York

Guide to Workbook Lessons and Multisensory Activities by Jan Z. Olsen, OTR

Cursive Kickoff Teacher’s Guide Strategies and lessons designed to support a natural transition to cursive. GRADE: 2 TGCK-18

Writing Journal C New grade-level journals provide one organized tool for strengthening handwriting and independent writing skills during writing block.

Writing ournal Name:

with Regular Double Lines

•

Regular double lines

•

Space for drawing

•

Provides additional writing practice

•

80 pages

Some students are developmentally ready to start learning cursive in second grade.

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GRADE: 2 WJC-18

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HANDWRITING

Cursive Writing Instruction Empowering Students Copy

p is

Be sure to stay on the pole when you climb back up.

Copy the words.

cap gap pat path

bump

travel up

p p

Start on the dot. Copy

climb back up and over and around

p p

back down

bump travel away

p p

Check

Copy the sentences.

Pat had a P Papa, catch P

Copy the words.

pad tap patch chap

cap gap pat path

pad tap patch chap

cap. that. Check Sentence

Check

Cursive Handwriting

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pianist

teacher

singer

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Teacher’s Guide

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Name:

Cursive Handwriting pianist

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with Regular & Narrow Double Lines

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Cursive Handwriting

CURSIVE HANDWRITING TEACHER’S GUIDE

Writing ournal Name:

Handwriting Without Tears®

Cursive Handwriting

View more sample pages at LWTears.com/Fall2020.

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Name:

Cursive Handwriting

teacher

singer

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In Spanish! pp. 24–25

Cursive Handwriting Activity Book

Writing Journal D

Third grade students, or those working at that level, easily transition from printing to cursive with cursive warm-ups. Includes activity pages featuring paragraphs, poems, composition, and crosscurricular lessons. GRADE: 3 CH-18

New grade-level journals provide one organized tool for strengthening handwriting and independent writing skills. • Regular and narrow double lines

Cursive Handwriting Teacher’s Guide Streamlined lesson design helps you teach students cursive writing. GRADE: 3 TGCH-18

• Provides additional writing practice • 80 pages GRADE: 3 WJD-18

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GRADE 3

Spotlight on... Vertical Cursive Our simple vertical cursive eliminates unnecessary flourishes and slanting. It’s very similar to print and allows students to develop their own personal style of cursive. The days of elaborate, slanted cursive and curlicues are gone.

ACROSTC POES Use the information below about the accordion to complete the acrostic poem.

bellows

- commonly called squeezebox - produces sounds by squeezing together and pulling apart - has keys similar to a piano - has straps to hold close to chest and arms

keyboard

Name:

bass system

- is popular in Brazil and in Mexico

A C C O R

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

“ W hen I was a general, I led an army.”

Sacajawea helped

Gandhi was

Clark Expedition.

leader.

the Lewis and

an inspirational

D I

FEALE EXPLORERS Write about the female explorers using the supporting facts.

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Amelia Earhart - was the first female to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean 11:38:00 AM - disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean - received US Distinguished Flying Cross

Building Writers D Building Writers D helps students learn how to add their unique voice to their writing. Featuring practice with narrative, information, and opinion/argument writing. Download our free Building Writers Sample Pages for independent writing practice in narrative, information, and opinion/argument writing. GRADE: 3 BWD-18

- was an author

Sacajawea

- guided Lewis & Clark expedition - always carried her baby with her and kept group safe - on US dollar coin - explored new territory the US bought from France 60

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HANDWRITING

Spotlight on...the Digital Student App Our NEW student experience lets teachers, students, and parents easily communicate by leaving a note or recording a message —keeping students and teachers connected in school or at home.

SHOWN SEQUENCE Sequence is the order of events in a story. Writers show the order of events by using transition words. Write a short story matching the illustrations below. Use transition words to show the order of events.

Name:

Writing ournal Name :

Structured Practice to Build Core Writing Skills

W hen I visit D.C., I want to see the Washington Monument first.

We knew we had reached the U.S. when we saw the Statue of Liberty.

A large statue of Abraham Lincoln sits inside the Lincoln Memorial.

Building Writers E: Narrative Writing

NATURAL DSASTERS

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Read the information about some natural disasters below. Write about the natural disasters and include an introduction, facts, and a conclusion.

with Narrow Double Lines

- deadliest

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natural

disaster

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- happens

Writing Journal E

Building Writers E

•

Regular double lines

Building Writers E helps students take their writing from skill to craft with explicit practice in narrative, information, and opinion/ argument writing.

•

Provides additional writing practice

New grade-level journals provide one organized tool for strengthening handwriting and independent writing skills.

•

80 pages

GRADE: 4 WJE-18

Experience child friendly language and multisensory lessons. Download sample pages of our activity books and teacher’s guides from LWTears.com/Fall2020.

when Earth

earthquake

moves

- also called

cyclones or twisters

tornado

- formed by rotating,

spinning air during

a storm - mountain

connected to molten rock

below Earth’s surface

- erupts and volcano

explodes with

hot lava 52

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shifts and

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GRADE 4

P rint to

Spelling to

Cursive

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3. fit

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Unit 3: Week 16: Day 1

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Focus: Letter G and Number 6

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Grouping: Small group

Build Sentences with Words

• Sound Around Box) o Color Tiles • App, Sound Around Letters, G

1. Introduce G and its sound. G makes a /g/ sound in Gail, goat, gas, and goals. G makes a /j/ sound in George, gym, gentle, and giraffe.

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• I Know My Numbers Booklet 6 (1 per child) • Flip Crayons • Objects to Count Beginning with Letter G • PreKTT, Music, “The Ant, the Bug and the Bee”

Take turns

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Speak in 3+ word sentences Build spoken words into a sentence

Demonstrate active listening

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Position an object for use, placement, or release

Match 1:1, verbally count 1-10

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Check for Understanding: Observe as children listen for and build sentences. Can they say the sentence after they listen to the words?

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Review 6 Using I Know My Numbers Multisensory Introduction: Sing “The Ant, the Bug and the Bee.”

six

1. Review 6 and count 6 objects that begin with S.

2. Place the Sound Around Box and color tiles on table.

5. Children take turns placing color tiles on the Sound Around Box, as you tell them a sentence.

Theme: Community & Play

NUMBERS & MATH

Objective: Children put a spoken word into a sentence.

We’re Learning:

Vocabulary

Use same hand consistently to hold tool, hold a tool with proper grip to write, use helping hand to stabilize object

letter G, color words, goats, grass, green

Trace correctly, step by step, color and draw creatively

Support/ELL: Begin the activity with two-word action sentences. For example, I hop.

2. Give each child I Know My Numbers Booklet 6. Look how the Slate is on the front cover. Make a connection to number 6. 3. Chose what pages you want to complete with children. Use real objects to count. Sing nursery rhymes and songs. 4. Children count 6. Children color the pages. Children trace number 6.

Check for Understanding: Observe as children use the booklet. Do they make a

connection to number 6?

Support/ELL: Use real objects to make a connection to 6. Count 6 gummy bears. Enrichment: Have children review numbers 1–6.

Vocabulary

Enrichment: Challenge children by having them make up their own sentences as they place the color tiles for each word of their sentence.

Unit 3: Week 16 At-A-Glance

six, count, ants, bug, bee

Focus: Letter Gg & Number 6

Children learn to identify Gg and its sound by building sentences with words and write capital letter G through hands-on activities like the Wet-Dry-Try. Identifying, counting, and writing 6 and exploring patterns are covered in math. Science, Social Studies and Oral Language mainly focus on celebrations.

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ORAL LANGUAGE

Day 1 Language & Literacy

Objective: Children learn how to build and sequence capital letters correctly.

Materials:

Grouping: Whole group, small group

• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters • Capital Letter Card: Letter G • Mat for Wood Pieces (1 per child) • PreKTT, Music, “Where do You Start Your Letters?” • PreKTT, Animations, Wood Pieces, G

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4. Describe each step as you build the letter: Watch as I build G. Big Curve. Little Line up. Little Line across. We made G. 5. Now let’s build G on the Mat. Give each child a Mat to place right-side up. Repeat step four on the Mat using My Turn, Your Turn.

Sequence, demonstrate active listening Recognize and name capital letters, position capitals right side up, recognize distinct letter sounds Position an object for use, placement, or release, use visual cues to guide reaching for, grasping, and moving objects

6. It’s capital letter G!

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Check for Understanding: Observe as children build the letter. Are they placing

the pieces correctly?

Support/ELL: Gather the correct pieces for each child and prompt the child to use the Big Curve first.

Take turns, remain engaged, listen/ follow directions Understand print has meaning Repeat words, say sentences, demonstrate understanding of word meaning

Vocabulary invite, visit, party, dinner, friends, family

Vocabulary letter G, capital letters, Big Curve, Little Line, right-side, up, top, bottom

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Objective: Children learn two action verbs, say the words in sentences and use Build spoken words into a sentence Position an object for use, placement, or them in conversation. release

Grouping: Whole group

Verbs: Invite/Visit

Readiness & Writing

Recognize and name capital letters, position capitals right side up, recognize distinct letter sounds

Cooperate with peers, listen/follow directions Recognize and name capital letters, recognize distinct letter sounds

follow directions

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Understand print has meaning

Check for Understanding: Observe as children discuss invite visit. Do they Repeat words, and say sentences, demonstrate understanding of word understand the words, and can they say the sentences? meaning

Learn word vocabulary with words observatio

Sequence, attend to a

Recognize and name capital letters, recognize distinct letter sounds

Recognize recognize

similarities and differences in people, perceive themselves as unique individuals, show care and concern for others, child expresses creativity in thinking and communication Describe local, state, and national cultural events, celebrations, and holidays

App, Music, Live Teaching Video

book, toy, book.

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Recognize recognize

Sequence, listen/follow directions, attend to a simple task

Enrichment: Discuss. You can invite guests by sendingCreate an invitation. Have you sent a sensory bin for the letter G using Help children create simple patterns with Suggestions for 3-Year-Olds various green objects. physical props from the classroom like toy, an invitation?

Take turns,

Position an object for use, placement, or release, notice and attach meaning to visual information

1. Look Say the words with Squawker. Position an object for use, placement, or Position an object for use, placement, release, use visual cues to guide reaching release, use both sides of the body, Invite means to ask people to come to something like and a party. Visit meansor for, grasping, moving objects use visual cues to guide reaching for, grasping, and moving objects, reach to go and spend time with family and friends. across midline to get an object from 2. Do Have Squawker go to a corner of the room. Have him invite several children to other side join him. Have himNumbers move and invite the remaining children the other three Demonstrate to active listening Take turns, work with others to solve & Math problems Match 1:1, verbally count 1-10 corners. Have Squawker visit the children. Identify and describe a pattern by telling Use same hand consistently to hold tool, the repeating unit, duplicate and extend 3. Say We invite friends. We visit friends. hold a tool with proper grip to write, use pattern, match 1:1, verbally count 1-10 helping hand to stabilize object 4. Talk Squawker says: You can invite a friend to your house to play. What else Position an object for use, placement, or Trace correctly, step by step, color and release draw creatively can you invite a friend to do? You can visit family or friends for a special dinner. When doOral you visit family or friends? Oral Language Social Studies Language, Science or Social Studies Take turns, remain engaged, listen/ Recognize, appreciate, and respect Closing: Sing “Letters Together Make Words.”

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Draw a picture to solve a problem

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Identify numerals, find and describe patterns, identify and describe a pattern by telling the repeating unit look for a pattern to find a solution

Match 1:1, verbally count 1-10

Position an object for use, placement, or release

Trace correctly, step by step, color and draw creatively

Color and draw creatively

Use same hand to hold tool, hold a tool with proper grip to write, use helping hand to stabilize objects

Science

Oral Language

Show increase in confidence

Take turns, remain engaged, listen/ follow directions

Find and describe patterns, duplicate and extend pattern Observe, investigate, describe and discuss characteristics of organisms Participate in dramatic play

Understand print has meaning Repeat words, say sentences, demonstrate understanding of word meaning

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Multisensory activities for hands-on learning

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Additional educator resources

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Print Child’s Name in Title Case

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This is a favorite activity because it teaches so many skills. You write a chalk letter and teach each step. Children wet the letter, dry it, and then try it with chalk. The little bits of sponge and chalk reinforce correct grip.

F IS H

Activity

Materials/Setup • Slate (one per child)

Teacher’s Part – Write F with chalk Start in the starting corner. Big Line down. Jump to the . Little Line across the top. Little Line across the middle.

• Little Chalk Bits • Little Sponge Cubes • Little cups of water • Paper towels

Child’s Part – Wet-Dry-Try Wet F with sponge. Say the words with the teacher. Wet F with finger the same way. Dry F with crumbled towel. Say the words. Try F with chalk. Say the words.

Grouping 1–5 children Suppor t/ELL You say the words for each step slowly. Children join in when they can.

This is the F page. Do you know: F words? F names? F sounds? F month?

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Look and Learn

Let’s find Fs on this page. Look. There’s a frog and a fish. Frog and fish start with F. How do frogs move? They jump. How do fish move? They swim. What do they use to move?

Color and Draw

Let’s color the frog and fish. Show different ways to color. You can also draw water or grass.

Talk about categories! The goose and the chick are birds. The bear and the buffalo are mammals. The ant and the ladybug are insects. But the octopus and the spider are in different families.

Trace and Write F

Color and Draw

Finger trace the F at the top of the page. (Say directions.)

Color each animal

More To Learn

Let’s write F. Put the crayon on the Little Line across the middle.

Review already learned letters with chalk. You demonstrate on one Slate. Children imitate

Trace and Write

on their Slates. Erase with a tissue.

2: Big Curve to the bottom, Little Line across.

Teacher’s Part

. Big Line down, Jump to the

, Little Line across the top,

✔ Check Observe if children can stop with increasing control. The crayon letters and numbers are at the bottom of pages to help them anticipate when to stop.

4: Little Line down, Little Line across the middle, Big Line down the center.

Child’s Part

Activit y

Look and Learn

Observe if children follow directions. Do they complete the steps to make a letter?

Video Lesson View the video lesson, Letter K on the Slate

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Talk about this page, part by part. The first part has a goose, the number 2, and a chick. Why are they together? The goose and the chick have two legs. Continue.

✔ Check

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Two, four, six, eight! We’re counting legs so don’t be late! The chart sorts animals by the number of legs.

6: Big line down, Turn and curl up. 8. Begin with S, up to the top.

✔ Check

Can students count the animals’ legs? Ask, How many legs does the chick have?

Suppor t/ELL

More To Learn

If children are not ready to trace letters, save that part of

Find two words: FROG and FISH. Compare a frog’s body to

the page for another time. Practice F on the Slate instead

a fish’s body. Act out hopping and swimming.

of tracing F.

Start in the starting corner Big Line down, Jump to  Little Line across the top Little Line across the middle

WET: Wet F with sponge, Wet F with wet finger, Say the words

DRY: Dry F with towel, Dry F with gentle blow, Say the words

Look What We’re Learning

TRY: Try F with chalk, Say the words

Writing • Use helping hand to stabilize objects and papers

letter F

across

• Hold tool with proper grip to write Trace symbols

Big Line

wet

Oral Language • Repeat teacher’s words • Learn words linked to content being taught • Use new words linked to content being taught

Sensory Motor • Use same hand consistently to perform skilled tasks

Little Line

dry

jump

try

top

sponge

smiley face

starting corner

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Use objects to show the concept of 2, 4, 6, 8.

Give the animals shoes! This helps students understand

Look What We’re Learning

one to one correspondence.

Foundation Skills • Use correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for letters • Sequencing

Writing • Hold a crayon with proper grip to write • Use helping hand to stabilize objects and papers • Trace capital letters

Oral Language • Respond to simple questions • Learn words linked to content being taught

Sensory Motor • Use same hand consistently to hold crayons • Use fingers to hold crayons

Foundation Skills • Sequencing • Use correct top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality for numbers • Observe and sort

Foundation Skills • Sequencing • Listen to oral directions to attend to a simple task

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Look What We’re Learning

Vocabulary

Social-Emotional • Interact easily with familiar adults

Suppor t/ELL

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• Use helping hand to stabilize objects and papers

two

ant

Number & Operations • Verbally count a set of objects • Write numerals up to 10

four

octopus

six

chick

eight

buffalo

goose

ladybug

polar bear

spider

Sensory Motor • Use same hand consistently to hold crayons • Use fingers to hold crayons

Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide: Counting & Numbers

Vocabulary frog

sounds

fish

month

shape words names

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Readiness & Writing Kits Stock up on everything you need for readiness and writing success. Kit includes a choice of either 20 My First School Book or My First Book Set, The Pre-K nteractive Teaching Tool, Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters (6), Mat for Wood Pieces (5), Slate Chalkboard (5), Laminated Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces, Roll–A–Dough Letters® (5), Stamp & See Screen® (5), FLIP Crayons®, Pre-K Name Plates, Pre-K Color Wall Cards, Magnetic Lowercase & Blackboard Set (2), and the Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide. GRADE: Pre-K RWMF-KIT RWBSET-KIT

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PRE-K The Get Set for School Interactive Digital Teaching Tool A new digital teaching platform for managing and teaching lessons from our activity books and teacher’s guides with multimedia assets, including digital letter and number formations, instructional videos, music, and more. The Interactive Digital Teaching Tool reduces teacher prep time and is compatible with any whiteboard or projector. Get your children ready for kindergarten with fun readiness lessons! Also available with Readiness & Writing Pre-K Teacher’s Guide. GRADE: Pre-K PREKTT-GSS PREKTT-RW

Student Apps Sold with Get Set for School Curriculum Kit GRADE: Pre-K *Not sold separately

Wet-Dry-Try App* Bring the multisensory genius of our Slate Chalkboard and Blackboard with Double Lines to your iPad.

Sound Around Letters App* Children identify, match, and say capital and lowercase letters, their sounds, and words beginning with the target letter.

Touch & Flip Numbers App* Children identify, match, count, say, trace, and write numbers 1–20 with interactive games and familiar Get Set for School activities.

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PRE-K NEW! My First School Book Activity Book Pre-K children learn joyfully with multisensory readiness and social-emotional activities. Color, number, shape, and capital letter lessons help develop grip and crucial readiness and writing skills.

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Check out our how-to videos! From finger plays to grip activities and product implementation tips, you’ll find dozens of lively videos to help you maximize our curriculum!

Magic C Bunny Puppet This fun puppet friend helps you teach the C stroke to begin capitals C, O, G, and Q and lowercase letters a, d, g, o, and q. GRADES: Pre-K–3

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Learning with Music Music, dance, and finger plays reach children the way they learn best—through active, engaging, and real-life experiences. Music boosts memory, fosters body awareness, and builds motor skills in young children. Your favorite Learning Without Tears albums are available on iTunes!

Sing, Sound & Count With Me Music Album

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Rock, Rap, Tap & Learn Music Album

Reinforce language and number concepts with your children as they move and play to 29 upbeat songs.

Children sing, tap, and dance along to 25 songs to develop important social, cognitive, and physical skills.

Children develop self-esteem and body awareness as they rock along to 25 songs.

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Children learn to recognize letters and numbers, match letter sounds, count, and sequence using the puzzle side. The “flip” feature promotes self-checking.

• Develops rhyming, syllable, listening, and cooperation skills with lessons and engaging tiles

A-B-C Touch & Flip Cards include two alphabet decks—one for capital and lowercase matching, and one for tactile lessons and puzzle building. The 1-2-3 Touch & Flip Cards include numbers 0–20 (21 animal cards and 21 counter cards). 4" x 6.25"

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Children develop number formation skills with songs and rhymes. 10 booklets in the set, 1 booklet for each number 1–10, each with 14 pages.

Children sort, sequence, slide, turn, and flip shapes to fit puzzle pieces on 24 different patterns. Box contains an activity booklet with 10 activities, 12 pattern boards, and 84 shape pieces in 6 bright colors.

Children identify, sort, trace, move shapes, build patterns, and learn to measure. Box contains an activity booklet with 10 activities,15 shapes (70 pieces total), and a cloth drawstring back for in-class storage.

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Roll–A–Dough Letters®

Stamp & See Screen®

Children roll lines and curves of dough to make capitals and numbers using the blue tray for guidance. Set includes 18 double-sided capital and number cards, tray, and 12 ounce tub of dough.

Build capitals and numbers on a 4" x 6" magnetic screen using four Wood Piece stamps:Big Line, Little Line, Big Curve, and Little Curve. The magnetic, chalk-like writing tool helps develop grip.

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Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces Ideal for children who are just starting out with capital letters. Set includes 26 double-sided 8.5" x 11" cards, each featuring a letter recognition matching lesson. GRADES: Pre-K–K LAM

Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters Children learn capital formations through imitation. Use the set for teaching size, shape, and position words and concepts! Set includes: 8 Big Lines, 6 Big Curves, 6 Little Lines, and 6 Little Curves. (26 pieces) GRADES: Pre-K–K WP

Mat for Wood Pieces Children who’ve mastered guided letter formation with Capital Letter Cards progress to building letters on the Mat for Wood Pieces. The smiley face on the top left corner reminds them where to start. (8" x 11") GRADES: Pre-K–K MAT

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Get Set for School enables all children to be kindergarten ready in skills and content knowledge by providing every lesson, activity, and student activity book in Spanish.

Research Indicates: Spanish-speaking preschoolers experience significant improvements in their English skills when they have a good grasp of Spanish letters and numbers. An early education

program that connects childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s word and math skills in Spanish to those in English can increase school readiness for Spanishspeaking children. University of Missouri, 2016

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The Wet-Dry-Try Way Prevent and eliminate reversals in a multisensory way! Children learn good letter and number formation habits with Wet-Dry-Try!

Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard •

Develops proper grip using Little Chalk Bits and Little Sponge Cubes

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Wet-Dry-Try App

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Practice formations based on our proven methodology

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Receive audio cues and feedback from a personal handwriting coach

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Slate Chalkboard Teach and remediate capitals and numbers. The Slate Chalkboard reinforces top-to-bottom, left-to-right directionality and prevents and eliminates reversals. (4" x 6") GRADES: Pre-K–2 SLT

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Includes +Live Insights®, the digital dashboard for classroom management and reports. GRADES: Pre-K–2 CLNAPP

Teach children how to make and place all letters on double lines in both printing and cursive using the Wet-Dry-Try method. (10" x 17") GRADES: Pre-K–4 BB

You’ll Also Need: Little Chalk Bits Develop pincer grip and make writing easy for little hands. Includes 200 (1") soft chalk pieces. GRADES: Pre-K–4+ LCB

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Little Sponge Cubes These sponges fit little hands when doing Wet-Dry-Try on the Slate Chalkboard or Blackboard with Double Lines. Includes 100 (½") square cubes per bag. GRADES: Pre-K–4+ SC

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Available in Spanish!

NEW! Magnetic Lowercase & Blackboard Set The Magnetic Lowercase & Blackboard Set engages children with fun, hands-on literacy and pre-writing activities. Use it to help children learn letter size and placement while boosting alphabet knowledge and phonemic awareness. Includes double-sided magnetic board, 42 magnetic letters, and 22 magnetic hands. (11" x 15") GRADES: Pre-K MLBS-20

Multimodality Instruction Engages & Excites Young Learners

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Eye-catching letter and number cards promote correct formations. Includes 36 color letter and number cards. Cards are 8.5" x 11".

Black and white cards promote correct cursive letter formations. Includes 19 letter and number cards, each 11" x 8.5".

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Alphabet Desk Strips Place these desk strips on student desks as a visual cue for letter formation. Each sheet has 4 desk strips. Strips are 10.5" x 2". GRADES: K–2 PAS (Print) GRADES: 2–4+ CAS (Cursive)

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Meet Mat Man® Bring your classroom to life with everyone’s favorite hero, Mat Man! Build Mat Man Use the Wood Pieces and Mat for Wood Pieces to build Mat Man and teach important readiness skills to young learners. This multisensory approach builds body awareness, counting, drawing, and social skills.

Explore Mat Man World Take your students on an exciting journey of singing, drawing, and building Mat Man with books, songs, and online games. Read our infographic to find out how Mat Man can make your lessons more interactive! LWTears.com/Fall2020

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Build Mat Man® Kit Get everything you need to build Mat Man in one handy kit. GRADES: Pre-K–K Code: BMM

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Mat Man Book Set Children learn readiness and language arts skills with this four-book boxed set, including Mat Man Shapes, Mat Man Hats, Mat Man On the Go, and Mat Man Opposites. Includes free Mat Man poster. GRADES: Pre-K–K MMBS

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Results-Driven Improvement in Typing Technique, Speed & Accuracy Keyboarding Without Tears is a unique, patented approach to help all students in grades K–5 master the essential twenty-first century skill of keyboarding. What sets Keyboarding Without Tears apart? • Grade-level specific, fun, game-based curriculum • Patented teaching methodology • Rich, cross-curricular content • Proven effective, builds typing fluency and speed • Enhanced educator support materials • New digital literacy and tech readiness activities • Digital citizenship courses from Common Sense Education

Web-based technology works with Clever, Google Single Sign-On (SSO), ClassLink OneClick/OneRoster, PCs/Macs, Chromebooks, and iPads.

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KEYBOARDING Students using Keyboarding Without Tears have had a 43 percent higher average words- per-minute (WPM) score.

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In just 5â&#x20AC;&#x201C;10 minutes per day or 30 minutes per week students learn this essential life skill.

Keyboarding Without Tears integrates typing exercises, cross-curricular themes, and online test preparation. It also includes digital citizenship lessons.

Practice Essential skills for effective communication

Dictation

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Students practice typing what they hear with dictation activities! An excellent exercise for building short-term memory review and note-taking abilities.

Students write their own responses to prompts while practicing their keyboard skills. This begins to lay the foundation for choice based test-taking skills and opinion writing.

Create your own keyboarding adventure with custom activities for your students to practice keyboarding with content from other subjects. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great way to incorporate current events and build foundations necessary for strong, independent writing.

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Explicit Instruction Prepare Your Students for Twenty-First Century Careers Just as handwriting is a foundation skill for literacy, keyboarding is a foundation skill for coding—the new digital literacy! Keyboarding instruction teaches students how to type using proper technique, efficiently use the keyboard and mouse, and safely navigate the internet.

A recent efficacy study highlighted that students in K–2 using Keyboarding Without Tears saw significant improvement in keyboarding technique. Grades K–2 Keyboarding Technique Improvement Students NOT using KWT

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“My students love this program and ask to use it every day! I like the fact that as an educator I can schedule assessments, it has a digital citizenship component, and it is easy to use.” - Lee Martin, Teacher, Grade 3

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Educator Dashboard for Keyboarding Without Tears The +Live Insights digital dashboard enables administrators and educators to: • Manage class and student settings • Access video support for setup and getting started • Review teacher’s guide and student activity previews • Obtain student reports and monitor progress • Enable features to customize the class or student experience

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KINDERGARTEN Keys for Me

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KEYBOARDING

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Supports mastery of typing accuracy and speed

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Shows how to format and type paragraphs

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Enhances language arts and creative writing abilities

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Build a Keyboard activity board Leveraging all we know about multisensory learning, we’ve applied it to teaching keyboarding. Children learn how to locate, match, and identify letter, number, and action keys on an 11" x 17" magnetic board. GRADE: K–2

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“The built-in assessments in Keyboarding Without Tears make it so simple to remember to evaluate my students and track progress.” – Gemma, Teacher, Texas

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The Leader in Professional Development Interactive – Our workshops are built around hands-on interaction with the classroom materials we provide free to every participant. Delivered by someone who understands your classroom and practice – Our workshops are presented by fellow classroom teachers and occupational therapists who are not only topic experts, but also have real world experience implementing in today’s classroom. Sustained over time – Our workshops come with a free, one-year subscription to our Virtual PD Hub, providing you with ongoing practical classroom support beyond the workshop.

NEW! We have gone virtual for 2020. We are very pleased to launch our New Virtual Workshops, and are now offering our complete Pre-K–5 workshops online to provide you with continuing education hours and product training from anywhere. Choose the day and time that works for you. All attendees receive a FREE one-year membership to our online PD Hub, with on-demand training and professional learning right at your fingertips all year. To make sure you get the most from these multisensory virtual workshops, free materials will be sent to your location prior to the event to give you a hands-on experience while virtually training.

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Find the right PD topic for you! • Kindergarten Readiness (Pre-K) • Print • Cursive • Handwriting Assessment • Keyboarding

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT A Multisensory Approach to Pre-Kindergarten (Pre-K) Discover proven and engaging multisensory strategies to foster Kindergarten readiness. This active workshop covers implementation best-practices in our new Get Set for School® complete Pre-K curriculum. During this full-day, center-based workshop, you will experience how to teach play-based lessons that will build students’ readiness, pre-writing, social-emotional, sensory motor, numbers, math, science, social studies, language, and literacy skills through a variety of child-friendly manipulatives, music, movement, and rhymes, as well as digital technology. Session 1: •

Recognize the pedagogical approach and daily lesson structure included in the Teacher’s Guide

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Learn how to integrate the Get Set for School Interactive Digital Teaching Tool with your students to enhance and support your lessons

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Understand the importance of multisensory, readiness activities and identify developmentally appropriate ways to introduce Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters and Mat Man

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Experience hands-on materials that teach letter sounds, alphabet knowledge, comprehension, and social-emotional skills

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Learn age-appropriate ways to teach crayon grip and a developmental approach to grow coloring skills

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Understand the importance of the child-friendly progression from letter play, to tracing capitals, to introducing lowercase letters, and name writing in title case

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Experience hands-on materials that teach number sense, geometry skills, patterns, algebra, and social-emotional skills

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Discover ways to boost oral language, vocabulary, and literacy skills

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Keyboarding Without Tears (grades K–5) The Keyboarding & Digital Citizenship Workshop will provide best practices on how to implement keyboarding skills in the classroom, virtually, or through a hybrid approach. You will leave with a library of award-winning strategies to help your students succeed with today’s computer-based assignments and testing. This is a live, virtual, instructor-led workshop. •

Learn the developmental progression of keyboarding skills to ensure student success

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Review student lessons and learn how to seamlessly implement them into your instructional day and computer-based testing prep

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Maximize the following educator resources to foster success: lesson previews, teacher’s guides, and digital citizenship lessons and assessments

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Use robust reporting tools to adapt and differentiate keyboarding instruction so students meet grade-level benchmarks

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Earn 1.5 Contact Hours

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Print Implementation (grades K–2) This virtual workshop will introduce you to our comprehensive, easy-to-use print curriculum that uses engaging multisensory techniques and research-based methods to make handwriting a natural, automatic skill for children of all ages and abilities. You will learn about the physical approach to handwriting, including grip. We will introduce our teaching order, why we use double lines, and how you can integrate the Handwriting Without Tears Interactive Digital Teaching Tool to plan and implement your lessons.

Earn 2.5 Contact Hours

Free Materials! • Letters and Numbers for Me • My Printing Book • Printing Power • Blackboard with Double Lines • Slate Chalkboard

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Cursive Implementation (grades 2–5) Cursive Virtual Workshop | Earn 2.5 Contact Hours | Intermediate Level This virtual workshop will introduce you to our comprehensive, easy-to-use cursive curriculum that uses engaging multisensory techniques and research-based methods to make handwriting a natural and automatic skill for children of all ages and abilities. You will learn why we teach cursive in the age of technology and learn about our unique teaching order and vertical style of cursive. You will discover Tow Truck Letters and how Review & Mastery lessons will help ensure cursive success. •

Learn the importance of teaching cursive handwriting to boost academic success in your students

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Identify a multisensory, child-friendly teaching order to teach cursive connections, lowercase and capital letters

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Learn how to integrate the Handwriting Without Tears Interactive Digital Teaching Tool with your students to enhance and support your lessons

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Explore engaging ways to incorporate writing activities and Building Writing into your daily instruction

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Locate additional resources to support your year-long handwriting instruction, including the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency

Earn 2.5 Contact Hours

Free Materials! • Cursive Handwriting • Cursive Success • Can-Do Cursive • Blackboard with Double Lines • PD Hub Membership • Handwriting Without Tears nteractive Digital Teaching Tool (60-day all access)

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Handwriting Assessment (grades K–5) This workshop is required to complete your Level 1 Certification! The Handwriting Assessment Virtual Workshop will provide all the training necessary for you to assess a range of developmental levels. Learn how to administer and score the Screener of Handwriting Proficiency and The Print Tool®, and how to choose remediation materials and strategies based on results. This is an intermediate-level workshop. At the end of the workshop, you will be able to: •

Describe the seven basic handwriting components essential to handwriting success

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Understand different handwriting curricula, discover new handwriting resources, and use The Print Tool® with various populations

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Identify the benefits and process of becoming a certified handwriting specialist for evidencebased practice

Earn 5 Contact Hours

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The Print Tool® Evaluation & Remediation Package The Print Tool is a one-on-one assessment used to evaluate and remediate capitals, lowercase letters, and numbers. Includes: •

The Print Tool guide book

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Student sample worksheets, evaluation scoresheets, and handwriting remediation plan forms (10 each)

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Host Your Own Tailored virtual sessions led by a Certified National Trainer will equip your team of educators with the tools and strategies they need to effectively implement Learning Without Tears’ curricula. Benefits of hosting a customized virtual workshop: •

Full and half-day customized workshops available to meet your learning needs

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Certificates of attendance provided to attendees

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Customized to your organization’s curricula and goals

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Effectively implement the following Learning Without Tears’ curricula: • Get Set for School (Pre-K) • Handwriting Print (grades K–2) • Handwriting Cursive (grades 2–5) • Keyboarding (grades K–5)

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Here's What Our Customers Are Saying... As a Teacher... I had lots of different learners, with lots of different styles of learning. It’s very easy to scaffold. On Workshops... I was trained by Jan herself. We, as a staff, are hooked! On Vertical Cursive... I can tell you first hand that it is much easier for children to learn cursive without having to worry about the slants and the loops. On Print to Cursive Transition... They found it very consistent and easy to transition from printing to cursive with Handwriting Without Tears. On Teacher’s Guides... The lesson plans give you a lot of ideas and opportunities to enrich or support. On the Blackboard with Double Lines... The feedback from the chalk to the blackboard helps code their little brains when we are working on a new skill. The kids love the Blackboard with Double Lines and it’s my favorite too. On the nteractive Digital Teaching Tool... It really catches the kids’ attention and keeps them engaged. I think that every classroom in America should have the nteractive Digital Teaching Tool. On Differentiated Instruction... At the end of the day, we’re not all the same, we don’t work the same. You want to be able to meet kids where they are. The ability to have different materials in the classroom that address specific skills and needs of all kids is a wonderful feature of the curriculum.

The Adventures of Mat Man® Mat Man gets a letter from The Reverser. Reverser I’ll send him one of LWT’s Individual Manipulative Packs! The Wood Pieces are fun, but maybe they’ll teach him to stop reversing his letters.

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On Tag Bags... They are so appealing and the diversity of skills you can teach is truly amazing. On the Connection to Early Writing and Literacy... You can’t underestimate the importance of letter recognition and the importance of learning to write. All of those pieces, if that foundation is not there, makes everything else twice as difficult to teach. Get Set for School is really special because it emphasizes those pieces and critical fine motor pieces, such as coloring. On Fine Motor Instruction... There is a connection between early fine motor and letter recognition that sets the tone for an incredibly successful academic career. The fine motor aspect of Pre-K and early learning impacts cognitive abilities, makes learning easier, and builds automaticity. Because of this, children don’t have to think as hard about simple tasks. Academically that makes a complete difference. On the Slate, the Blackboard, and the Magnetic Lowercase & Blackboard Set... The Slate, the Blackboard, and the Magnetic Lowercase Blackboard Set are the most genius and effective tools. The retention and the memory they get from (these tools) is outstanding. It never felt like learning for the kids. Kids really just thought they were having fun. On Manipulatives... Even if the children don’t know what they are, they are so attractive and engaging that they automatically want them. They can’t resist. Their eyes light up. They don’t know it’s an educational tool. They are excited to touch it and experience it.

On Keyboarding Without Tears... It’s a wonderful application to work with. The students are so energized by the program because it’s game-based, but also includes familiar topics and content that resonates with them. This is a very fun way for them to learn a life skill. On Enrichment Activities.. These are wonderful opportunities to extend the learning in areas like independent writing. On Hear It, Type It... This is powerful because it starts to build those note-taking skills students will need later in life. It’s never too early. On Student Success… My students’ speed and accuracy have increased tremendously. They are very proud to show their score after they take one of the Speed and Accuracy Assessments.

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