Alien Alert Author:Tamim Ansary MASTER THE POWER SKILLS - Skills Alert Story #1 Valuable grammar and vocabulary practice PLUS an exciting mystery about Aliens rolled into one! This book is brimming with challenging activities woven right into the plot of the story! Students actually have fun as they learn to: — - Identify and apply core skills in a variety of contexts. — - Ap... more »ply and transfer core skills to solve problems in various real-life contexts.
- Exercise higher-order thinking and develop problem-solving strategies. - Distinguish skills they've mastered from those they need to review and practice. Covers POWER SKILLS for Grades 4-6, but easily adaptable for middle-schoolers, and great for anyone looking for a new approach to review and practice. Ideal for home or classroom. STORY SYNOPSIS: Einstein O'Toole, boy genius, discovers something amazing: Aliens from the planet Antonymus are on their way to Earth! Should we welcome these Aliens or prepare to defend ourselves? We can't possibly know until we decode their language. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY POWER SKILLS: Alphabetical Order, Context Clues, Glossary, Base Words, Prefixes/Suffixes, Synonyms/Antonyms OTHER BOOKS IN THE ADVENTURES PLUS Series: All That Jazz, Raise the Gigantic, Runaway Spaceship, Lost in Time, That's Some Dog, The Show Must Go On!, Case of the Missing Millie, Treasure Hunt, Score Booster Handbook for Reading and Language Arts, and Score Booster Practice Guides, Books One, Two and Three« less