Patterns help organize our lives. Students participating in the Patterns Differentiated Curriculum Kit will experience activities that will help organize their thought processes throughout life. Students will become pattern detectives, pattern creators, and pattern solvers in this three-part series. The books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 1, students will discover the patterns around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In the Patterns Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 1, students will discover patterns in literature, arts, and science. Their investigations will focus on discoveries of the human body, cycles, graphs, economics, biographies, and citizenship. In Patterns Book 1: Literature, Arts, and Science, students will explore poetry, music, and games from the perspective of a pattern detective. In Patterns Book 2: Body, Cycles, and Graphs, students will discover that patterns exist everywhere they look. They will be able to recognize patterns in the body, in cycles, and in graphs. In Patterns Book 3: Economics, Biographies, and Citizenship, students will use keys to unlock patterns. They will be exposed to basic lessons on economics, and will examine their personal goals and citizenship. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools. Grade 1

The Earth is a solid structure on which we live, but it is not unchanging. Forces inside Earth constantly change both the inside and outside of the planet we call home. When students consider the concept of structures, they will discover that the word has many meanings. The Structures Differentiated Curriculum Kit provides exciting activities to help students discover the structures that exist all around them. The books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 5, students will discover the structures around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Structures Book 1: Geology, Expansion, and the Arts, students will learn that structures can be physical, natural, symbolic, and metaphoric. Students will explore natural bridges, earthquakes, erosion, Westward expansion, the Industrial Revolution, and more. In Structures Book 2: Cultures, Geometry, and Energy, students will explore the origins of popular nursery rhymes, racial barriers, and geometry and architecture. In Structures Book 3: Government, Cycles, and Physics, students will study cycles in time, business, monetary value, electricity, and magenetisim. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools. Grade 5

What is a frontier? What are the frontiers of the future? What frontiers are being explored today? These and other questions are presented in this series on frontiers that help make this concept come alive to all students. The books in the Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Grade 6, students will discover the frontiers around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Frontiers Book 1: Pioneers, Genetics, and Energy, students will explore forgotten pioneers in the Westward expansion, the Civil Rights Movement, and medicine. In Frontiers Book 2: Geography, Explorers, and Literature, students will follow the trail of Lewis and Clark, as well as other explorers that broke through geographic and literary frontiers. In Frontiers Book 3: Geology, Astonomy, and Environment, students will explore plate tectonics, the rock cycle, Mars, and conservation of natural resources. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools. Grade 6

Childhood is full of wonders. The Wonders curriculum builds on the questions children ask, creating more opportunities for learning. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated, integrated curriculum based on broad themes. This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time, ensure compliance with national standards, and most importantly, pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Kindergarten, students will discover the wonders around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn. In Wonders Book 1: Nature, Space, and Community, students will take imaginary journeys to space and the great rainforests of our world, and discover the complexity of each community that exists in these places. In Wonders Book 2: Plants, Insects, and Dinosaurs, students' curiosity about ancient dinosaurs, exotic insects, and unique plant life will be satisfied by hands-on activities that include fossil exploration and the study of the anatomy of insects and plants. In Wonders Book 3: Machines, My Body, and Physical Fitness, students will discover the many similarities between machines and their own bodies. Students also will learn the importance of physical fitness. Each book contains detailed lesson plans, reproducible activity sheets, and assessment tools. Grade K

"Reader's Theater . . . and So Much More " is written for grades 3-4. This exciting resource contains plays, skits, and independent research activities with an innovative twist for differentiated instruction. This high-interest book of humorous skits and plays are a jumping-off point for research and creativity for students of all ability levels. Each of the reader's theaters comes with suggestions for differentiating and extending the lesson's content. These plays not only provide a legitimate reason for students to reread text and practice fluency, but they also promote cooperative interaction with peers. Grades 3-4

Kids love exploring complex topics, and the more than 150 ready-to-use projects in this book will get their minds working and their hands investigating as they complete fun tasks like “Can You See Sound?� and “It's All in the Advertising.� The research-oriented activities in this book will help teachers provide differentiated learning experiences for advanced and gifted learners based on grade-level content. Each project is written for learners in grades 3-5 to use independently, and the teacher-friendly projects require few additional materials and very little guidance. The projects are fully integrated, with many employing skills from several content areas. Learners will use 21st-century skills as they explore grade-level content more deeply through specific, intensive online research. Grades 3-5