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SD0439767547 BIGGIE Patterns With a
Purpose
160 Jumbo Patterns With Standards-Based
Activities for Teaching & Learning All Year Long
By Pamela Chanko
More Than 500 Standards-Based
Activities!
Finally, every classroom pattern you need is in one tidy place! Turn to this
giant bank of big, thematic images all year to add pizzazz to every subject
area‹AND meet the standards. Each sturdy card features a bold reproducible
pattern on one side and learning-rich companion activities on the other.
Copy the templates to create adorable bulletin boards, collaborative books,
newsletters, invitations, signs, and everything in between. Includes a
16-page teaching guide and more than 400 usage ideas!
BIGGIE CARD FEATURES:
Activities - Each activity used the pattern on the front of the card and
builds on it to teach theme-related concepts in areas such as math, language
arts, dramatic play, science, social studies, music, and movement.
Standards Boxes - Each activity includes a box listing the content standards
and skills covered.
Book Links - This feature suggests book titles relating to the theme and
includes the author, publisher, and a short synopsis of each book.
Tip Boxes: English Language Learners and Learning Differences - On some
cards, you'll find a featured tip to help meet the needs of ELL students.
These tips can be used to modify or extend a particular activity, or they
may provide useful, overall strategies related to the theme. Other cards
feature tips for meeting the needs of students with different learning
styles, as well as children with special needs. Again, these tips may help
you modify a specific activity, or they may procide useful theme-related
strategies.
BOX SET INCLUDES:
• 160 8-1/2" x 11" pattern cards with standards-based activities on the
reverse side
• 4 sturdy divider cards
• 16-page teaching guide with activities and an index of all 160 patterns
160 patterns cards, 16-pg teaching
guide, sturdy storage box Cards: 8-1/2" x 11", Box (comes shrinkwrapped):
11"h x 12-5/8"w x 4"d
Grades PreK-2 $39.99 Each
About the Author(s):
Pamela Chanko
Pamela Chanko began her career in the
educational field at the Bank Street Graduate School of Education, where she
received her Master¹s degree in Early Childhood and Elementary studies. She
taught both preschool and elementary-level classrooms before entering the
educational publishing field. She now works as both an editor and author of
numerous books for educators and their students.

 
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