There's a very big rock on Grandpa's beach. How did it get there? And why does it keep disappearing?In this charmingly illustrated book, a giant rock is the main character, taking us through the seasons of the Maine coast. Full of lovely, simple details of animals and plants-and the seaside adventures of grandchildren who come to visit each summer-the rock's story is set against the rhythm of the tides and the vast expanse of the ocean.

Everyday STEAM for the Early Childhood Classroom offers a rich, rewarding pathway for early childhood educators integrating the arts into STEM instruction across ages 0–8. Science, technology, engineering, and math are mainstays of early childhood curricula, but young learners can have even more engaging experiences in these subjects with the inclusion of the arts. In this comprehensive resource, early childhood educators will learn key principles for the effective teaching of STEAM in their classrooms and be guided to leverage their existing knowledge and strengths toward meaningful learning opportunities. Packed with hands-on resources, ready-to-use teaching tools, and developmentally appropriate practices, this book is ideal for in-service and pre-service educators ready to explore and experiment with STEAM.

Strong reading skills are the basis of school success, and Spectrum Reading for grade 4 will help children triumph over language arts and beyond. This standards-based workbook uses engaging text to support understanding theme, summarization, knowledge integration, key ideas, and details. Spectrum Reading will help your child improve their reading habits and strengthen their ability to understand and analyze text. This best-selling series is a favorite of parents and teachers because it is carefully designed to be both effective and engaging—the perfect building blocks for a lifetime of learning.

Spectrum Reading brings curriculum content reading passages to life! The lessons, perfect for students in grade 4, strengthen reading skills by focusing on cause and effect, character analysis, context practice, research skills, and more! Each book provid

Spectrum(R) Grade Specific for Grade 4 includes focused practice for reading, language arts, and math mastery. Skills include grammar and usage, parts of speech and sentence types, vocabulary acquisition and usage, multiplying and dividing, fractions and decimals, measurement conversions, classifying geometric figures, and preparing for algebra. --Each Spectrum(R) Grade Specific workbook includes a writer's guide and step-by-step instructions, helping children with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. Children in grades 1 to 6 will find lessons and exercises that help them progress through increasingly difficult subject matter. Aligned to current state standards, Spectrum is your childÕs path to language arts and math mastery.

This story is about young love, loss, and heartbreak. You will see how God works to show His glory. A young couple that has to make choices that rips their lives apart. Making the decision to put their child first made them choose to live with the consequences of that choice. The agony, hurt, and heartbreak was beyond anything they could have imagined. Years later, God in His infinite wisdom begins to change the lives of this couple to show His magnificent glory. It is astonishing and amazing to see the works of God. His fingerprints are all through this story. It also shows that you do not have to destroy your child before it is born, put it in God's care He will make sure it is cared for. You will see that if you put yourself in God's hands, He will give you the desires of your heart that you could never imagined or conceived. 2