The Elementary Teacher's Book of Lists -- Contents -- About This Book -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Section 1 Reading -- 1.1 Long Vowels and Spellings -- 1.2 Short Vowels and Spellings -- 1.3 Special Vowel Sounds and Spellings -- 1.4 Vowels and a Final E -- 1.5 Consonants and Consonant Sounds -- 1.6 Common Phonograms -- 1.7 Common Prefixes -- 1.8 Common Suffixes -- 1.9 Synonyms -- 1.10 Antonyms -- 1.11 Homographs -- 1.12 Homophones -- 1.13 Ways to Build Vocabulary -- 1.14 Important Words for Primary Students to Know -- 1.15 Important Words for Elementary Students to Know -- 1.16 Compound Words -- 1.17 Idioms -- 1.18 Comprehension Strategies -- 1.19 Questions to Aid Comprehension -- 1.20 Common Signal Words for Readers -- 1.21 How to Find Main Ideas and Supporting Details -- 1.22 How to Use Context Clues -- 1.23 Habits of Good Readers -- 1.24 Overcoming Poor Reading Habits -- 1.25 Helping Students Select Books to Read -- 1.26 Types of Fiction and Nonfiction Your Students Might Read -- 1.27 Important Parts of a Book -- 1.28 Major Parts of Stories -- 1.29 Reading Log Guidelines -- 1.30 Some Suggestions for Student Entries in Reading Logs -- 1.31 Famous Children's Authors -- 1.32 Books for Pre-Readers -- 1.33 Books for Beginning Readers -- 1.34 Great Books for Any Primary or Elementary Classroom -- 1.35 Books for Reluctant Readers -- 1.36 Books for Young Readers Written by African American Authors -- 1.37 Poetry Books for Children -- 1.38 Magazines for Children -- 1.39 Suggestions for Parents and Guardians to Help Their Children with Reading -- 1.40 Reading Teaching Tips -- 1.41 Checklist for a Successful Reading Program -- Section 2 Writing -- 2.1 The Writing Process: The Way Writers Write -- 2.2 Habits of Good Student Writers -- 2.3 Finding Ideas for Writing -- 2.4 Writing Prompts.

2.5 Developing Writing According to the Five W's and How -- 2.6 Basic Structure for Composition -- 2.7 High-Frequency Words for Writing -- 2.8 Kinds of Sentences -- 2.9 Sentence Forms -- 2.10 Subjects and Predicates -- 2.11 Compound Subjects and Predicates -- 2.12 Fragments and Run-Ons -- 2.13 Point of View -- 2.14 Figurative Language: Similes, Metaphors, and Personification -- 2.15 Guidelines for Revision -- 2.16 Guidelines for Proofreading -- 2.17 Words That Are Easy to Confuse -- 2.18 The Parts of Speech -- 2.19 Nouns -- 2.20 Rules for Forming Plural Nouns -- 2.21 Special Irregular Plural Nouns -- 2.22 Possessive Nouns -- 2.23 Action Verbs -- 2.24 Linking Verbs -- 2.25 The Tenses of Verbs -- 2.26 Rules for Forming Verb Tenses -- 2.27 Irregular Verbs -- 2.28 Verb Contractions with Not -- 2.29 Rules for Subject-Verb Agreement -- 2.30 Pronouns -- 2.31 Subject Pronouns -- 2.32 Object Pronouns -- 2.33 Possessive Pronouns -- 2.34 Pronoun Contractions -- 2.35 Adjectives -- 2.36 Comparing with Adjectives -- 2.37 Some Special Adjectives -- 2.38 Adverbs -- 2.39 Comparing with Adverbs -- 2.40 Negative Words -- 2.41 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases -- 2.42 Conjunctions -- 2.43 Interjections -- 2.44 Common Abbreviations -- 2.45 Rules for Using End Punctuation -- 2.46 Rules for Using Commas -- 2.47 Rules for Using Colons -- 2.48 Rules for Using Apostrophes -- 2.49 Rules for Using Quotation Marks -- 2.50 Rules for Using Italics -- 2.51 Rules for Using Hyphens -- 2.52 Rules for Capitalization -- 2.53 Rules for Spelling Words Correctly -- 2.54 Strategies for Improving Spelling -- 2.55 Tough Words to Spell -- 2.56 Tips for Student Writing Journals -- 2.57 Grading Student Writing -- 2.58 Ways to Share the Writing of Your Students -- 2.59 Checklist for a Successful Writing Program -- Section 3 Mathematics -- 3.1 Math Concepts and Attributes.

3.2 Habits of Good Student Mathematicians -- 3.3 Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers -- 3.4 Addition Table and Additional Facts -- 3.5 Place Value Chart for Whole Numbers -- 3.6 Steps for Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers -- 3.7 Multiplication Table and Multiplication Facts -- 3.8 Prime Numbers -- 3.9 Prime Factorization and Factor Trees -- 3.10 Composite Numbers -- 3.11 Square Numbers and Cube Numbers -- 3.12 Divisibility Tests -- 3.13 Steps for Multiplying and Dividing Whole Numbers -- 3.14 Big and Very Big Numbers -- 3.15 Mathematical Signs and Symbols -- 3.16 Place Value Chart for Decimal Numbers -- 3.17 Steps for Rounding Numbers -- 3.18 Types of Decimals -- 3.19 Steps for Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Decimals -- 3.20 Steps for Finding the Greatest Common Factor -- 3.21 Steps for Finding the Least Common Multiple -- 3.22 Types of Fractions -- 3.23 Renaming Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions -- 3.24 Steps for Simplifying Fractions -- 3.25 Steps for Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Fractions -- 3.26 Steps for Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing Mixed Numbers -- 3.27 Steps for Changing Decimals to Fractions -- 3.28 Steps for Changing Fractions to Decimals -- 3.29 Steps for Changing Decimals to Percents -- 3.30 Steps for Changing Percents to Decimals -- 3.31 Steps for Changing Fractions to Percents -- 3.32 Steps for Changing Percents to Fractions -- 3.33 The Customary System of Measures -- 3.34 Steps for Converting Units in the Customary System of Measures -- 3.35 Steps for Computing with the Customary System of Measures -- 3.36 Visualizing the Metric System -- 3.37 Metric System Units and Prefixes -- 3.38 Steps for Converting Units in the Metric System -- 3.39 Steps for Computing in the Metric System -- 3.40 Steps for Measuring Length -- 3.41 Time Words -- 3.42 Measuring Temperature -- 3.43 Angles.

3.44 Steps for Measuring and Drawing Angles -- 3.45 Polygons -- 3.46 Classifying Triangles -- 3.47 Classifying Quadrilaterals -- 3.48 Tangrams -- 3.49 Tessellations -- 3.50 Circle Words and Facts -- 3.51 Solid Figures -- 3.52 Cubes -- 3.53 Symmetry -- 3.54 Formulas -- 3.55 The Number Line -- 3.56 Transformations -- 3.57 Common Graphs -- 3.58 Mean, Median, and Mode -- 3.59 Math Manipulatives for Your Classroom -- 3.60 Tips for Reading and Solving Math Word Problems -- 3.61 Math Problem-Solving Strategies -- 3.62 Math and Literature -- 3.63 Checklist for a Successful Math Program -- Section 4 Science -- 4.1 Characteristics of Living Things -- 4.2 The Kingdoms of Life -- 4.3 What Animals Need to Survive -- 4.4 Traits of Common Types of Animals -- 4.5 Animal Names -- 4.6 Migratory Animals -- 4.7 Hibernating Animals -- 4.8 Nocturnal Animals -- 4.9 Animal Superstars -- 4.10 Some Incredible Animal Facts -- 4.11 Metamorphosis -- 4.12 What Plants Need to Live -- 4.13 Photosynthesis -- 4.14 The Food Chain -- 4.15 Biomes of the World -- 4.16 Rain Forests -- 4.17 Why Rain Forests Are Important -- 4.18 How to Save the Rain Forests -- 4.19 Facts About Endangered Species -- 4.20 Examples of Endangered Animals -- 4.21 Some Extinct Animals -- 4.22 Examples of Endangered Plants -- 4.23 Dinosaur Facts -- 4.24 Dinosaur Superstars -- 4.25 Major Systems of the Human Body -- 4.26 Some Amazing Facts About the Human Body -- 4.27 The Five Senses and Beyond -- 4.28 Healthy Habits -- 4.29 Food Groups and MyPyramid -- 4.30 Facts About Matter -- 4.31 Elements and Atoms -- 4.32 Magnetism and Magnets -- 4.33 Electricity -- 4.34 Facts About Energy -- 4.35 Renewable and Nonrenewable Sources of Energy -- 4.36 Simple Machines -- 4.37 Facts About Earth: Our Home in Space -- 4.38 Kinds of Rock -- 4.39 Facts About Earthquakes -- 4.40 Facts About Volcanoes -- 4.41 The Water Cycle.

4.42 The Carbon Oxygen Cycle -- 4.43 Weather Words -- 4.44 Types of Storms -- 4.45 Types of Clouds -- 4.46 The Highs and the Lows of Weather -- 4.47 Our Solar System -- 4.48 Beyond Our Solar System -- 4.49 Inventions and Inventors -- 4.50 Checklist for a Successful Science Program -- Section 5 Social Studies -- 5.1 Continents of the Earth -- 5.2 Oceans of the Earth -- 5.3 The Highest Mountains on Earth -- 5.4 The Highest Mountains in North America -- 5.5 The Earth's Largest Seas -- 5.6 The Earth's Largest Lakes -- 5.7 The Earth's Longest Rivers -- 5.8 Geographic Regions of the United States -- 5.9 Your Place in the World -- 5.10 Pilgrim Facts -- 5.11 The Thirteen Colonies -- 5.12 Colonial Firsts -- 5.13 Famous Men and Women of Colonial America -- 5.14 Causes of the Revolutionary War -- 5.15 Events Leading up to the American Revolution -- 5.16 Common Colonial and Revolutionary War Words -- 5.17 Great Events of the American Revolution -- 5.18 Facts About the Declaration of Independence -- 5.19 Facts About the Constitution -- 5.20 Facts About the Bill of Rights -- 5.21 The Branches of the United States Government -- 5.22 Famous Native Americans -- 5.23 Famous Figures of American Folklore -- 5.24 Causes of the Civil War -- 5.25 Great Events of the Civil War -- 5.26 The Presidents -- 5.27 Presidential Trivia -- 5.28 Federal Holidays -- 5.29 Other Days to Celebrate -- 5.30 Major Religions Around the World -- 5.31 Major Religious Holidays -- 5.32 Famous Human-Made Structures Around the World -- 5.33 U.S. Landmarks -- 5.34 Calendar Words and Facts -- 5.35 Checklist for a Successful Social Studies Program -- Section 6 General Reference for Elementary Teachers -- 6.1 The Elementary Teacher's Responsibilities -- 6.2 Basic Materials and Supplies Your Classroom Should Have -- 6.3 How to Create a Positive Classroom Atmosphere.

6.4 Creating an Effective Learning Environment in an Inclusive Classroom.