back to school 2013-2014 catalog by gallopade international
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This year, teachers will take back the classroom! This year, YOU will be the true queen (or king!) of Common Core! I have chosen to embrace Common Core as an opportunity, hopefully, to reinvigorate rigor, relevance, and even more hopefully, energy, joy, enrichment, and all those things many of us once enjoyed in the classroom, whether teacher or student. Is Common Core a cure-all for what ails schools? Probably not! But we are tired of “teaching to the test,” so YES! Let’s try something new and do so with vigor and enthusiasm! Yes, the queen business is sor t of silly (but you gotta love the tiara; I never had one before!), but truly, we have tried to group new Common Core offerings “by subject” to save you time. I got the idea when dreaming that our local grocery store put all the breakfast stuff on one aisle, lunch on another, etc. so that I could zip in and buy bread, peanut but ter, jelly, chips, and Chips-Ahoy all in one fell swoop! Queens are busy, you know. And so are teachers!TRANSCRIPT
TThe source for all you need!“Just what we’ve been waiting for...a trusted source
that nails the required correlations, but makes
Common Core make sense and makes it user-friendly,
turnkey, and easy...and lets us take all the credit!”
–Mrs. Winters, 3rd Grade Teacher
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Greetings from the Queen!
This year, teachers will take back the classroom!
This year, YOU will be the true queen (or king!) of Common
Core!
I have chosen to embrace Common Core as an opportunity,
hopefully, to reinvigorate rigor, relevance, and even more hopefully,
energy, joy, enrichment, and all those things many of us once enjoyed
in the classroom, whether teacher or student.
Is Common Core a cure-all for what ails schools? Probably not!
But we are tired of “teaching to the test,” so YES! Let’s try something new
and do so with vigor and enthusiasm!
Yes, the queen business is sort of silly (but you gotta love the tiara; I never
had one before!), but truly, we have tried to group new Common Core
offerings “by subject” to save you time. I got the idea when dreaming that
our local grocery store put all the breakfast stuff on one aisle, lunch on
another, etc. so that I could zip in and buy bread, peanut butter, jelly,
chips, and Chips-Ahoy all in one fell swoop! Queens are busy, you know.
And so are teachers!
All kidding aside, Gallopade is sincerely committed to Common Core and
making it as easy, painless, productive, and dare I say—FUN for you and
your students.
Now, without further ado, do what we all love to do:
GO SHOPPING!
Here to serve you,
Carole Marsh
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Table of Contents:
Greetings from the Queen! . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Wake Up Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Common Core Concept Signs . . . . . . . . . .5
Writer’s Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Wake Up Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Daily Dozen Classroom Almanac . . . . . . .7
Mimi & Papa’s Amazing Almanac . . . . . . .7
Common Core Lessons & Activities . . . .8
Primary Source Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Real Kids! Real Places! Mysteries . . . . . . .11
Common Core Concept Signs . . . . . . . . .12
21st Century Tech Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Writer’s Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Wonderful, WOW! Writing . . . . . . . . . . .15
Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
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New Back-to-School Common Core Top Choices!
Wake ’em Up!1 Banish bleary eyes and engage brains intwo minutes or less! Kick-off each daywith one of 24 brain-tingling questions ona single subject! Students can’t wait to seewhat card is “pulled out” each morning toget them going! Post the “question of theday” on your classroom door for studentsto see as they enter the room, or let thekids choose a card and read aloud.Remember, what kids choose, they use! 9 different packs available – see page 6!Only $5.99/pack
Wake Up!
©Carole Marsh/Gallopade International
Practice ’em!2 These handy, reproducible little books are jam-packed with100% correlated, made-from-scratch Common Core Lessons& Activities for grades 3-8! With 48 books to choose from,and more than 500 lessons in all, your students will beanswering text-dependent questions, writing opinion andargument pieces, analyzing primary sources, understandingpoints of view, and more in a jiffy!And, you can be rest-assured every single activity is 100%aligned to CCSS – each book even has a page-by-pageCCSS correlation guide listed in the back!See page 8! Only $4.99 each
Wake Up!
STEM
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Hold ’em Up!3
UnBlock ’em!4
Help your students quickly adapt to newCommon Core concepts! Quick-and-easy signsgive students a fun visual to use when studyinga subject, person, fact, or controversy. Witheach sign, the entire class will roar into activeand enthusiastic participation! Common Coredoesn’t need to be a “common bore” —teachers can use these cool tools to bringCommon Core to life in the classroom! See page 12!Only $9.99
Students will never complainabout writer’s block again!Pass around these clever cubes withinstant-start choices to helpstudents stop moaning and groaningand get writing! Five different cubes,with 5 unique sides per cube equalcountless inspiration, ideas, andcreative jump-starts!5 different cubes available – see page 14!Only $6.99/each
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Homeroom Teacher Top Picks!
Wake Up the Class! 24-Question PacksEvery morning, you can pull out a card, and voila! - a quick and easy day-starting brain tickler!These fun cards engage students directly with Common Core concepts; cards have questions thatencourage them to analyze, compare and contrast, share opinions, and use higher-order thinkingskills. Plus, they cover a myriad of subjects and facts — perfect for any time of the day!Only $5.99 per pack
New!
Fit for a Queen!• 24 cards per pack; each card shows a colorful
graphic and engaging whole-class question onfront and answers for the teacher on back
• Cards are printed on sturdy cardstock for useyear after year, and packaged for easy storage
9 subject-specific packs available:1. STEM Challenge Pack: Science, technology, engineering and math!2. Two-Minute Quiz Pack: Timed individual, and team quizzes!3. Exciting Quick Writing Pack: Quick-step writing or literature cards!4. Good Golly Geography Pack: Geography-based cards!5. The Bible! Pack: Bible-based facts, trivia, quizzes and more!6. “Who Is It?” Biography Pack: Three facts per card, guess who it is!7. Black History Pack: African American history and people!8. American History Challenge Pack: Facts from sea to shining sea!9. Critical Thinking Skills Pack: Daily debate starters!
Wake Up
!
STEM
Wake Up
!
QUIZ
Listen carefully as I read the
Georgie was a young colonial boy
hot and he was 2 tired and this was not really
decided 2 pick 2 more rows and then take a 2
Wake Up
!WRITING
Noises are words, too!
You can liven up your writing by
using sounds. However, you may
have to make up the sounds and
their spelling!
Make up (out loud!) each of these noises!
Figure out how to spell them so they read well
in print! GO!
Wake Up!CRITICAL THINKING
The God Particle
In March 2013, it was announced that
scientists believe that they might have
God particle.” Using a super-conducting super-
evidence of this particle which may explain how
atoms work and what creates mass in the universe,
including dark matter.
amazing discovery.
Wake Up
!
HISTORY
We call Europe the Old
World, and the Americas
the New World.
If you had a chance to stay in the Old
World…or come to the New World,
back in the days of exploration and
colonization, which would you have
chosen?
Wake Up
!BLACK HISTORY
He was once chased from an
airport with a broom, but he
wanted to be a pilot since he was
8-years-old. He had been inspired
the airplane calledThe Spirit of St. Louis.
Alfred “Chief” Anderson, a black man, bought
Debate and discuss the traits it takes to
Wake Up
!BIOGRAPHY
WHO IS IT?
He was an explorer born in
Italy and his most famous
expedition was paid for by
the Queen of Spain.
He dove overboard and swam six miles
to shore!
Though he made four trips to the New
World, he died never knowing the true
Wake Up
!
BIBLE
Learning is the
breakfast of
champions!
Do you know what boy
defeated a giant in the Bible?
What “weapon” did he use?
Who was the giant?
Wake Up
!
GEOGRAPHY
Ok, sleepyheads…tell me
this:
What makes some
geographic places more
“accessible” than others?
Make a list!
What does accessible mean?
How important is “accessibility?”
Name the most accessible place you know.
Name the least accessible place you can
think of!
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Daily Dozen! Classroom Almanac
Mimi & Papa’s Everyday Amazing Almanac
This unique, innovative and turnkey whiteboardproduct makes the start of each school dayinteresting and exciting! With 12 clever, fun, andeducational bites – 366 screens in all – the DailyDozen will have kids rolling with laughter,scratching their heads in bafflement, and shoutingout trivia answers every single morning!
Just wait, students will come trampling into yourclassroom at top speed to sneak a peek at theDaily Dozen Classroom Almanac every morning ofevery school day!
Only $149 $99 ClassroomLicense - Save $50!
In the fashion of Poor Richard’s Almanac, andthe old-timey Farmer’s Almanac, this book isa modern-day, kid-friendly book of days thatis perfect for teachers to whip out in a flashand read to their classes on a daily basis. Thebook’s trusted-companion feel will resonatewith students, as will the 100 pages of funfacts and information that kids love to learn!Also available as eBook
Only $14.99
“The Amazing Almanac is likely to
spark ideas…inspire a new hobby…
generate new ideas for school projects,
and even encourage children and adults
to invent new trivia-based games.”
–Maria Siano, ForeWord Reviews, 2012
2012Crea
tive Child Magazine
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Purchase once, and use in your classroom year after year!
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Common Core Lessons & Activities
New Common Core Lessons & Activities lessons are perfect for grades 3-8!
Are you struggling to incorporate Common Core State Standards into your lesson plans withoutlosing your tried-and-true curriculum? Now, you can supplement the lessons you already havewith CCSS-aligned lessons and activities! And, you will be covering Science and Social Studiestopics and standards at the same time!
With Common Core Lessons & Activities, you can:• Teach new Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts AND new Common Core
State Standards for Literacy and Writing in History!
• Meet existing standards, AND integrate new analysis, inference, text-dependent questions,rigor, and more into daily instruction!
• Supplement the resources you already have by choosing the books in this series that matchthe social studies and science topics you are responsible for teaching!
• Reproduce ready-to-use pages that are the exact kinds of Common Core lessons andactivities needed to meet the new added requirements of Common Core!
Our Best Time-Savers: CCSS-Aligned Activities & Primary Source Packs
More than 500 reproducible, made-from-scratchlessons that YOU can start using TODAY!
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These books contain a page-by-page correlation guide toCommon Core State Standards and lessons that utilize:
• Text-Dependent Questions
• Writing: Opinions, Arguments, & Informational
• Primary Source Analysis
• Determining Explicit & Inferred Meanings
• Understanding Point-of-View
• Academic Vocabulary
• And more!
Only $4.99 per book!(That’s less than a pack of dry erase markers!)48 titles include:
Social StudiesU.S. Constitution•Declaration of Independence•Road to the Civil War•Jamestown•Bill of Rights•Key Events of World War II•Civil Rights Movement•Ancient Greece•Branches of Government•Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears•Basic Economic Concepts•Women's Suffrage•The American Revolution•Explorers•The Olympics•Underground Railroad•Forms of Government: Democracy,•Monarchy, Oligarchy & MoreAncient Egypt•Native Americans•The Civil War: Key Battles and Events•Inventors and Inventions•Map Skills•Westward Expansion•Communities•
ScienceHabitats•States of Matter•Cell Structure•Weather•Water Cycle•Energy•Solar System•Sound•Mammals•Light•Rocks & Minerals•Oceans•Heredity & Genetics•Magnetism•Natural Resources•Ecosystems•Force & Motion•History of the Earth•Life Cycles•Wave Properties•Landforms•Classification of Organisms•Electricity•The Scientific Method•
New! Don’t Start School Without ’Em!
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Each pack is chock-full of 20 historical documents to help students to think critically andanalytically, interpret events, and question the various perspectives of history. Great for small-group projects and gallery walks, these documents will provide you and your students with thetools you need to integrate and evaluate other sources of information and deepen yourstudents’ overall understanding of important historical events.
Imagine a classroom full of students who…
• Think critically and analytically, interpret events, and question various perspectives of history
• Participate in active learning by creating their own interpretations instead of memorizingfacts and a writer's interpretations
• Integrate and evaluate information provided in diverse media formats to deepen theirunderstanding of historical events
• Take away a more relevant and meaningful learning experience
It can happen…and with Primary Source Packs, it will!
Choose from 5 Primary Source Packs:1. Civil War Primary Sources2. Civil Rights Movement Primary Sources3. Westward Expansion Primary Sources4. World War II Primary Sources5. Great Depression & New Deal Primary Sources
State-specificPrimary SourcePacks areavailable for all 50 States(including yours!)
Only $11.99 eachSpecial Offer:
Set of 5 only$53.95
Primary Source Packs
“These mysteries are
chock-full of factual
information.” – School
Library Journal
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Real Kids! Real Places! mysteries are an excellent source of literature,necessary for meeting Common Core State Standards for ELA for grades 2-6.Each book is rich with figurative language, including idioms, personification,similes, metaphors, and more, as well as vocabulary, dialog, rising action,cause-and-effect events, scenarios for students to analyze how characters’actions express their points of view, opportunities for students to read forexplicit meaning, make inferences, synthesize, and much more!
Selected titles are featured under the Common Core Curriculum MAPS, andall 48 titles effectively align to meet Common Core State Standards!
Paperback $7.99 each; Reading Sets availableAlso available as eBook and School-Wide eBook
Love Real Kids! Real Places!mysteries? If so, then CommonCore State Standards just goteasier! The NEW CommonCore State Standards TeacherResource puts Common Coreconnections, activities, text-based questions, figurativelanguage discovery, point-of-view analysis, vocabularyenhancers, and much more inYOUR hands!
Visit www.gallopade.com todownload your FREE Real Kids!Real Places! CCSS TeacherResource today!
Don’t miss this!
Award-Winning Realistic Fiction + Free Common CoreTeacher Resource!
New!
Fit for a Queen!
48EducationalMysteries!
Teacher’s
Guides
available
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Common Core Concept SignsNew!
Fit for a Queen!• Each set contains six 6” X 8” two-sided signs
• Colorful signs are constructed of sturdy cardstock, with a woodenhandle attached
• Backside lists Common Core correlations covered
These sturdy, color-rich, quick-and-easy signs encourage student-led discussions that build onideas, express opinions, and elaborate on details in order to demonstrate comprehension. Nowyou can engage your students directly with Common Core concepts; the signs encourage themto analyze facts, compare and contrast, share opinions, and use higher-order thinking skills.
The signs apply to a myriad of subjects and facts, seamlessly incorporating Common Coreconcepts into any lesson or subject. Use them when you are teaching Social Studies, Vocabulary,English, Science, and more!Only $9.99 per pack
6 colorful signs included in each setBig Brain: Use Your Brain for Higher-Order Thinking!Big Debate: Collaborate and Comprehend!Big View: Closely Analyze the Facts!Big Question: Don’t Miss the Point!Big Pencil: Write Eagerly and With Purpose!Big “W”’s: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Integrate Knowledge of Them
Teacher Tools
two-sided
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New! 21st Century Tech Tools
Today's tech-savvy generation has no shortage of digitaldevices and they are eager to use them. Do you have theresources you need to incorporate BYOT into yourcurriculum in an engaging, enriching way?
The 21st Century Tech Tools series brings tech literacyinto the classroom with attention-grabbing activities thatencourage kids to think critically, solve real-worldproblems, create, and collaborate.
This hot new series will:
• engage the whole class in tech-savvy activities
• cover indispensable, next-generation skills
• incorporate BYOT technology into curriculum
What’s Inside:Each Tech Tools book includes 20 lesson plans you canuse with ease, covering cross-curricular concepts with thehelp of some of today’s favorite devices. Whether kidsare using technology to explore global time zones, createa news story, or describe music, they are always buildingskills, and knowledge!
Only $8 .99 per book!
Special offer:Set of all 6 books$53.94 $48.54
Be a Technology Trailblazerin the Classroom!
New!
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Writer’s Block
Fit for a Queen!• Each durable cube has 5 “story prompt” sides
• Colorful sides allow students to choose a story setting, plot,characters, themes, and more
• FREE Writing Tips and Reproducible Writing Plan Worksheetavailable online for teachers to access and distribute to students
This new, ground-breaking, hands-on learning tool compels students to exercise decision-makingskills and creativity! The Writer’s Block can literally yield hundreds of story combinations – amissing treasure in the White House, a runaway horse during the Civil War… the possibilities areendless!
With just a few quick turns, reluctant writers have a friendly, hands-on aid to get started andenjoy writing. Writer’s Block is the solution to easily and painlessly incorporating Common Coreessentials while prompting your students to think outside the box and get ideas flowing!Only $6.99 per cube
5 Common CoreWriter’s Blocksavailable:1. Mystery Narrative Writer’s Block2. Historical Narrative Writer’s Block3. Opinion Piece Writer’s Block4. Informative Report Writer’s Block5. Creative Narrative Writer’s Block
Wonderful, WOW! Writing
Example: Creative Narrative Block sides 1-5
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Why you will LOVE Writing Tree!• Activities prompt young writers to
examine a topic by conveying ideasand information clearly
• Inspiring and interactive writingguides prepare students to supporta point of view with reasons
• The Writing Tree 22” X 34”laminated chart is perfect forbrainstorming to help studentsvisually organize their thoughts andwords
• Each Writing Tree lesson bookprovides all the information neededto teach each lesson and includeseasy-to-use activities andenrichment tools
Only $299 per Set!Set items also sold individually.
Aligned 100% to 3rd Grade Common Core State Standards for ELA!Take the fear out of writing with an easy-to-use, interactive process! The Writing Tree programhelps you teach your students valuable writing skills alongside renowned author, Carole Marsh!Watch as students learn to build sentences, outline essays, develop characters, plan their writing,revise and edit their work, and more!
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