Kagan Publishing

Do you have students who struggle with algebra? Do they find the problems difficult to understand, or of little real-world value? Do they find the repetitive practice boring? The problem may not be algebra. It may be the way students are learning algebra. In this book, master teacher, trainer, and celebrated math author Becky Bride will show you step-by-step, activity-by-activity, and lesson-by-lesson how she used cooperative learning structures to help her students succeed with algebra year after year. When the power of student-to-student interaction is unleashed in algebra, students enjoy learning more and the abstract algebraic concepts become more concrete and understandable. Chapters cover: working with rational numbers, expressions, equations and inequalities, linear functions and vertical lines, linear systems, polynomials, radicals, and quadratic functions. Transform struggling students into successful mathematicians with motivating teamwork activities. Book includes reproducible black-lines for transparencies and activities. 464 pages.

Grammar activities galore! But these aren't just any run-of-the mill grammar worksheets. They're based on favorite Kagan Structures to make grammar an engaging process. Students play Showdown to master verb usage. Students play Quiz-Quiz-Trade to memorize contractions. Students Find Someone Who can fix a punctuation problem. You'll find over 100 ready-to-use grammar blacklines covering all the grammar essentials including antonyms, synonyms, homophones, parts of speech, plurals, possessives, prefixes, suffixes, root words, contractions, capital letters, commas, punctuation, quotation marks, subjects, predicates, clauses, complete sentences, sentence types, and more! 272pp

Give your little ones the gift of good grammar! This book offers 8 engaging structures to teach those need-to-know grammar skills. The book focuses on five core grammar skills: 1) Synonyms & Antonyms, 2) Parts of Speech, 3) Punctuation, 4) Sentences, and 5) Working with Words. For each skill, you receive structure-based activities and worksheets to reinforce the skills. Partners use RallyCoach to coach each other on finding words that are similar. Students stand up and “Find Someone Who" can identify a pronoun on their sheet. Teams play Showdown to select the correct punctuation for the sentence. The class plays Quiz-Quiz-Trade to quiz each other on contractions. Engage those little minds and bodies as they master essential grammar skills.

The best cooperative learning and science book for the elementary and middle grades! Use cooperative learning to teach both science content and process skills. The book includes a complete overview of cooperative learning and co-op structures, cooperative process science, and 15 fantastic step-by-step, hands-on cooperative learning lessons. Loaded with curriculum and literature links, science journal ideas, activities and ready-to-use blackline masters.296 pages

Make geometry come alive using cooperative learning! In this book, you'll receive something you won't find in any textbook – HOW to teach geometry successfully. You will find over 200 step-by-step activities to enhance geometry exploration and mastery. In the process of working together through these carefully crafted activities, your students will learn more and enjoy geometry more than you ever imagined possible! Topics covered: definitions, angles and lines, constructions, triangles, polygons and quadrilaterals, similarity, Pythagorean theorem and special right triangles, area, volume, and circles. Includes reproducible geometry worksheets and blacklines for transparencies. 440 pages.

This classic, best-selling book will show you how to get students to generate higher-level thinking on any topic. Students sharpen their thinking skills and dig deep into the content as they ask and answer higher-level thinking questions. Includes hundreds of activities for language arts, art, social studies, math, science, and literature; and ten detailed cooperative learning, higher-level thinking lesson plans across the curriculum, with blacklines. 284 pages.

This is our best-selling book on cooperative learning and language arts. Jeanne has radically revised and expanded her classic. These step-by-step cooperative learning lessons integrate listening, speaking, reading, and the writing process across a variety of genre: fairy tales, fables, poetry, non-fiction, and autobiography in four domains of writing: sensory/descriptive, imaginative/narrative, practical/informative, and analytical/expository. 264 pages.

Explore literature like never before with this collection of ready-to-do activities. Your students will appreciate and understand literature even more with engaging activities that will get them to think, write, recall and discuss what they read. This book covers 12 literature selections based on lexile and reading level including: Amber Brown is Not a Crayon, Because of Winn-Dixie, The Boxcar Children, Frindle, Gooney Bird Green, Gregor the Overlander, Henry and Ribsy, Little House in the Big Woods, Ramona Quimby, Ravenmaster's Secret, Stuart Little and The Whipping Boy. 280pp

Delve deeper into your students' favorite books. Literature comes alive with engaging activities that get students to think, write, recall, and discuss what they read. Includes activities for 9 literature selections based on lexile and reading level, including: Bridge to Terabithia; The Cricket in Times Square; Ella Enchanted; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; Hatchet; Holes; The Indian in the Cupboard; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; and Matilda. 280pp

This classic includes 179 do-tomorrow activities and 23 complete step-by-step cooperative learning lessons to teach number, measurement, geometry, patterns and functions, statistics, probability, logic, and algebra. Blackline masters galore. The lessons emphasize manipulatives, calculators, performance assessment, creative thinking, problem solving and co-op structures. 200 pages.

Finally. A cooperative learning book specifically for high school mathematics teachers. Includes a rich array of activities for all levels of high school mathematics. You receive half a dozen Kagan cooperative learning structures: Line-Ups, Mix Pair RallyCoach, Mix-N-Match, Inside-Outside Circle, RallyCoach, RoundTable. For each structure you receive numerous activities and blackline masters for Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus. Activities for fractions, geometry definitions, graphs, probability, algebraic expressions, word problems, slope, angle, proofs, equations, functions, parabolas, and much, much more. Nearly 300 activities in all! Your students will work together successfully with these proven cooperative structures. Working together, your students enjoy math more and learn more. 424 pages

Bands play in perfect sync. Orchestras require everyone to play their part. Why then, when we teach students about music don't we take advantage of the power of cooperation? Maybe the reason is, there just hasn't been a music teacher resource guide that provides the blueprint—until now, that is! In this massive, activity-rich resource guide, you will find cooperative structures and activities to teach the fundamentals for singing, playing instruments, reading and notating music. There are tons of ready-made cards and blacklines such as Vocabulary Volley, Bass Clef Bonanza, Interval Insanity to teach the concepts of music composition including melody, rhythm, harmony, form tone color, texture, and expression. All the activities take advantage of Kagan Structures to encourage active participation by every student to ensure everyone is learning about, talking about, and writing about music. Use this book as entire music curriculum or pick and chose activities to enliven your music class. 376 pages