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ASPCA
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Compass Learning Logo
The ASPCA® offers books, curricula and videos that help foster responsible pet care and respect for animals and the environment. Sponsor of The ASPCA® Henry Bergh Children's Book Award. Booth #1053 Budgetext is proud to be the vendor of choice in offering quality used textbooks to Elementary, Middle and High School as well as New Classic Literature, Dictionaries and Reference Materials. We have a variety of Managed Services as well to assist you with your needs while helping you keep an eye on your budget. Booth #821 CompassLearning’s “brain compatible” comprehension and vocabulary lessons surround students with rich, research-based content and provide the engaging illusion that students are immersed in conversations with the characters in the lesson. Booth #2360
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Curriculum Associates Logo
Educational Reading Consultants

Continental Press offers Pre-K–8 supplemental books and practice tests for phonics, reading, language arts, intervention, and test prep. Materials are ideal for differentiated instruction! Booth #2927

Curriculum Associates publishes high quality, yet affordable, supplemental materials for reading, writing, language arts, mathematics, test prep, and special education assessment programs that are guaranteed to help students succeed. Booth #2027

Educational Reading Consultants is a leading provider of educational development designed to improve analytical reasoning and critical thinking skills needed to perform well on district-level and standardized exams.

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McGraw Hill Glencoe Logo
Ellison provides premier die-cutting solutions for today's most pressing creative challenges. Our Prestige® and AllStar® machines easily create time-saving quality visuals for any subject area or classroom. Booth #2252 First Performances™ is a suite of three developmentally appropriate literacy and math assessment products for ages Pre-K through Grade 3 that allow teachers to monitor children’s progress along key reading and math benchmarks.
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill and Jamestown Education, as your partners in education, offer innovative, comprehensive, supplemental and core programs in reading, literature, and language arts to serve the needs of today’s secondary classrooms. Booth #2730
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Headsprout
Fountas & Pinnel
Hameray Publishing Group offers high-quality, engaging books and innovative educational resources for striving readers and special needs students. We also have educational software for interactive whiteboards and PCs. Booth #2445 Headsprout is an Internet based K-2 program that teaches the skills and strategies required for reading success. Headsprout’s mission is to help eliminate illiteracy in this country in this decade. Booth #1662

Fountas & Pinnell - Benchmark - Heinemann introduces the official Fountas and Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System. From the authors who brought you Guided Reading, Guiding Readers and Writers, and the A-Z text gradient. Booth #755

Heinemann Firsthand
Heinemann Raintree

Firsthand - From our authors' classrooms to yours, firsthand offers you ready-to-use curricular resources from those educators you know, trust, and depend on to guide you toward teaching and learning. Booth #755

Heinemann - Your all-in-one resource for professional books, workshops, speakers, and seminars, from the foremost names in teacher education. Booth #755

Heinemann Raintree Library provides an incomparable range of eye-popping nonfiction for preK-8, expertly correlated to standards and always reading-level appropriate. Booth #1245


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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Holt McDougal - Visit the Holt McDougal booth for a wide array of high-interest reading selections and interactive learning strategies, enabling all readers to be successful. Booth #1629 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - From StoryTown’s core program, to intervention solutions found in Soar to Success and Intervention Station, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is THE publisher for all your Pre-K–8 reading/language arts needs. Booth #1715

Illumination Arts publishes an award-winning collection of beautifully illustrated children's picture books. It is our mission to inspire the mind, touch the heart, and uplift the spirit. Booth #1415

Kagan

Kaplan K12 Learning Services
Kaplan Early Learning
Kagan - Dedicated to revolutionizing education, Kagan works with educators to implement scientifically proven strategies that increase academic gains, create positive social relations, and foster a love for learning among all students. Booth #1028 Kaplan K12 introduces systematic and effective reading solutions including SpellRead, an intensive intervention program, and TextConnections, an intervention course for striving adolescents Booth #2321

K-5 Kaplan is committed to providing quality educational resources that are hands-on, standards-based, and support differentiated instruction—resources that meet the diverse learning needs in your classroom. Booth #2267

Lakeshore
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Learning Links
Lakeshore - With materials that supplement any curriculum, Lakeshore’s exclusive products are designed to engage students and teachers—and help programs nationwide meet state standards in early childhood and elementary education. Booth #2835 The Learning Connection — Voted #1 Publisher for literacy themes, grades PK–8. Language arts, bilingual, parent involvement, early childhood, special needs, multicultural, math and science. Booth #2544 Learning Links offers an exciting way to teach with literature in the classroom. Choose from more than 600 reproducible, ready-to-use, research proven NOVEL-TIES Study Guides and the novels they accompany. Booth #2239
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Macmillan/McGraw Hill logo
mark-my-time.com logo
LernerClassroom and Lerner Publishing Group are your sources for books—leveled nonfiction, fiction, and teaching guides in all subjects—that support your curriculum standards and engage readers. Booth #1929 Macmillan/McGraw-Hill is proud to announce two K–6 research-based parallel reading/language arts programs to help ALL students learn to read in English and Spanish: TREASURES and TESOROS de lectura! Booth #2716

Mark-My-Time, LLC makers of the digital bookmark for reading and digital metronome for music. We take the “work” out of reading homework by digitally tracking your students’ daily reading minutes in a fun and easy to use bookmark. Booth #2467

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Mondo Logo
National Center for Learning Disabilities
Merriam-Webster’s Word Central for kids has been upgraded and redesigned! Exciting, age-appropriate new content includes the fully searchable Merriam-Webster’s Online Student Thesaurus and two great new interactive games. Booth #2228 Mondo Publishing is an educational publisher offering classroom-tested, research-based, literacy solutions to schools/districts nationwide. All products/services are designed to bolster student literacy in the five critical aspects of reading as defined by NCLB. Booth #1335 and 1435 The National Center for Learning Disabilities works to ensure that the nation's 15 million children, adolescents and adults with learning disabilities have the opportunity to succeed in school, work and life. Booth #1250
Nelson USA Education
Newsweek Education Program
Okapi Logo
Nelson Education is a leading publisher of research-based K–8 instructional resources that enable and enhance effective teaching and learning with innovative learning solutions. Booth #837 Newsweek - Need authentic content? Bring engaging nonfiction and a variety of text structures to your students with Newsweek. A classroom subscription includes print resources and access to premium web content. Booth #2127

Okapi Educational Materials Explorations - the next step in nonfiction literacy! 140 all-photographic books teach students how to read and comprehend the nonfiction text types of recount, report, explanation, procedure and argument. Now includes materials for Interactive Whiteboard! Booth #1064

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Peachtree Publishers
Pearson School
Pacific Learning - From literacy-based resources for Grades PreK-12 to customized professional development and parent involvement resources, Pacific Learning offers solutions that increase instructional excellence and student achievement. Booth #1325 Peachtree publishes books for children and teenagers, self-help topics, parenting issues, health-related works, and books about the South. See our program ad for authors signing in our booth #2666. Pearson is the leader in educational publishing, assessment, student information, and services. Our respected imprints and products include Stanford 10, Scott Foresman; Prentice Hall; AGS; Good Habits, Great Readers™; QuickReads®; DRA2; and others. Booth #1563 and 1565.
Pearson Allyn & Bacon
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Plugged-in to Reading
Pearson Allyn & Bacon Click here to see all the newest resources for Literacy Education from Allyn & Bacon/Merrill Professional Development! Booth #1555 Pembroke Publishers - Practical books for the professional development of teachers - including best practices in reading, writing, oral language, drama, and grammar along with engaging books on leadership, classroom management, and student diversity. Booth #1141 Plugged-in to Reading is a reading program for middle and high schools authored by adolescent literacy expert, author, and teacher Dr. Janet Allen and published by Recorded Books. Booth #1320
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Pre-Press PMG
Portage & Main Press publishes professional books and custom written resources for educators. Our impressive and growing list of titles supports classroom practices, school curricula, and your goals as a teacher. Booth #3061 PositivePins - Designer and Manufacturer of Lapel Pins...Your Design. Lowest price guaranteed. For new orders, send the pin you are now using and receive a free die. Over 5,000 stock designs, which include Teacher and Staff Appreciation, Teacher of the Year, Reading and Literacy Awards etc.
Visit our website: www.positivepins.com Booth #1966
Pre-PressPMG, a full-service editorial, art/design, production, and media services company, offers expert content development in all PreK-12 disciplines, and specializes in reading/language arts programs. Booth #2238
Primary Concepts
Rally Education
Read Naturally

Primary Concepts - Come see our newest research-based literacy products, including:

  • The Intervention Tutor
  • Guided Word Building Program
  • Readers’ Theater and Read Along Songs
  • Reading Comprehension Puppets
  • And more!
Booth #1045
RALLY! Education develops practice tests that mirror state tests. Reading and math instructional materials pinpoint student strengths and weaknesses for targeted instruction which improves test scores.
www.RALLYEducation.com
888-99-RALLY Booth #2246 
Read Naturally provides reading solutions for struggling readers, including fluency, comprehension, phonetic practice, and assessment. The flagship program has been used nationwide for over 16 years. Booth #2827
Reading Plus
Reading Recovery
Really Good Stuff
Reading Plus® helps your struggling readers develop silent reading skills that lead to improved fluency and comprehension. Interactive, computer-based practice rapidly improves reading proficiency in intermediate and secondary school students. Booth #2570 Reading Recovery has received high effectiveness ratings by USDE’s What Works Clearinghouse. Lowest-scoring first-graders receive short-term, one-to-one literacy lessons from highly-skilled teachers. University–school partnerships provide professional development. More than 1.7 million children served. Booth #2135

Really Good Stuff Reading - Supplementary literacy materials for all Reading programs. E.Z.C. Reader Strips, Essential Word Sorts, reading manipulatives of all kinds, teacher resource books, reader sets, games & puzzles, teaching tools! And much more! Booth #2539

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Rosen Classroom
Rowland Reading Foundation
Riverside Publishing - For over 90 years, educators have turned to Riverside Publishing for innovative and technically-sound assessments. We have the solutions to help you assist students of all ages and backgrounds in becoming successful readers. Booth #1021

Rosen Classroom Rosen Classroom integrates literacy, language and content instruction Pre-K - 8+. Standards-based instructional materials showcase best practices for all curricular areas. Our books inspire and motivate students. Booth #1759

Rowland Reading Foundation is proud to present Happily Ever After, a reading readiness program, and The Superkids, a beginning reading program. Happily Ever After teaches a rich curriculum of early literacy skills using a highly motivating, multi-modal approach. The Superkids features a cast of lively characters, systematic, explicit phonics, and seamlessly integrated language arts. Booth #944
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Simon and Schuster
Singlish
Sanron Education - Teach Me Writing is a school-wide sequential writing program for K-5. This process-based curriculum promotes achievement and accountability in the subject of writing. Word wall posters now available! Research-Based/NCLB Non-Consumable. Booth #3041 Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing produces quality children's trade hardcover and paperback books, board books, novelty books, and book and audio packages, for grades pre-K through 12. Booth #3046

Singlish accelerates language and learning through songs and singing. A kit includes classic children's songs on large laminated visual aids with charted lyrics, a CD with vocal and insturmental-only tracks and a teacher's guide with sheet music and lessons. Booth #2767

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Souns for literacy
SRA McGraw Hill

Sopris West delivers Response to Intervention (RtI) for students in the bottom 40th percentile: professional development, comprehensive reading programs, screening/progress monitoring assessment, and targeted supplemental literacy instruction and intervention. Booth #2037

Souns is a program for infants and toddlers that affects literacy at its most fundamental level: letter-sound knowledge. Souns is informal, natural, and relies on incidental learning. Booth #3026

SRA/McGraw-Hill publishes research-based reading programs for Pre-K – Grade 8 including Imagine It! and Direct Instruction. In addition, SRA provides intervention programs for reading, math, and science as well as many supplemental programs. Booth #2417
Stenhouse Publishers
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Tango Software Logo
Stenhouse publishes high-quality, cost-effective books and DVDs that draw on the latest research and are grounded in the classroom experience of our authors. Booth #1133

STEPS Professional Development is a global organization dedicated to improving student achievement through the use of research-based resources. STEPS provides professional development and publishes materials for K-12 teachers, schools, and districts in the areas of literacy, mathematics, and classroom management.

Tango Software's Tango Software's intuitive and user friendly handheld solutions along with its integrated research-based curriculum and assessment content modules will instantly let you know what your students know and can do. The Tango Software PK-12 handheld solutions makes assessment, instruction, intervention and reporting for educators intuitive and easy. Booth #745

Teacher Created Materials
Teacher's Gallery
Time for Kids
Teacher Created Materials is a leading online supplier of K–12 educational resources that are research and standards-based—created by teachers for teachers and students. Booth #1315 Teachers' Gallery Teachers' Gallery is an exciting venture created to meet the needs of teachers and administrators with a high level of fun, inspiring gifts, and usable art for the home and classroom. The Teachers' Gallery inventory goes far beyond the wooden apple. Booth #2766   

TIME FOR KIDS is a weekly classroom magazine that brings real news to nearly 4 million students in grades K-6. TFK helps its readers develop an interest in and a connection to world events, and become informed, responsible citizens. Booth #1239

Top School Jobs
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Wilson Works Logo
TopSchoolJobs.org is Education Week’s new career community – offering premium career resources to K-12 teachers and administrators as they explore their career potential, and providing K-12 recruiters with access to the most qualified candidates worldwide. Booth #1314 Weekly Reader - Introducing Focus on Reading: Science and Math. Support your curriculum, build reading skills, and meet the instructional needs of all your students. Innovative easy-to-use programs for grades 1-3. Also available in Spanish. Booth #2567

Wilson Fundations® for K-3, and the Wilson Reading System® are multisensory, structured reading and spelling curricula to address prevention, intervention and intensive instructional needs. Booth #2255

Wizards of the Coast MirrorStone
Visit the Wizards of the Coast / Mirrorstone booth #721 to meet authors Candice Ransom (Time Spies) and D.L. Garfinkle (Supernatural Rubber Chicken). Giveaways including books, bookmarks, and sneak peek of A Practical Guide to Wizardry!

 

 

   


Complete list of 2008 Exhibitors

  • A+ Images
  • ABA Educational Art
  • ABDO Publishing - Spotlight
  • Abrams Books/Amulet
  • AccuCut
  • Achieve3000
  • Albert Whitman & Company
  • Alchemy Creative, LLC
  • Allyn & Bacon/Merrill Professional Development
  • American Book Company
  • American Education Corporation
  • America's Choice
  • Anderson's Bookshops
  • Apples, Angels & More
  • Appreciation and Incentives - The Pin Man®
  • Art In History, Inc.
  • Arte Público Press
  • Artesian Press
  • Arts Attack
  • ASPCA- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
  • Autoskill International
  • Award Publishing Ltd.
  • Awesomely Organized, LLC
  • Baker & Taylor
  • Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
  • Beagle Bay, Inc.
  • Benchmark Education
  • Benedictine University
  • Bloomsbury/Walker
  • BMI Educational Services
  • Book & Brain Reading
  • The Book Fair, Inc.
  • BOOK IT!
  • Books on Tape
  • Booksource
  • Boyds Mills Press
  • Brainstorm Interactive
  • Brod Bagert, Author
  • Broderick & Raymond
  • Brookes Publishing
  • Budgetext Corporation
  • Bureau of Education & Research
  • Califone International
  • Campbell's Labels for Education
  • Candlewick Press
  • Capella University
  • Carolina Biological Supply Co.
  • Carson-Dellosa Publishing Company
  • Carus Publishing
  • Charlesbridge
  • Child 1st Publications, LLC
  • Childcraft, School Specialty
  • Children's Choices, The Children's Book Council
  • Children's Literacy Initiative
  • Children's Plus, Inc.
  • Child's Play
  • Chronicle Books
  • CompassLearning
  • Continental Press & Seedling Publications
  • Copernicus Educational Products
  • Corwin Press
  • Cover One
  • Creative Teaching Press
  • Crossbow Education Corporation
  • Curriculum Associates, Inc.
  • Delaney Educational Enterprises
  • Delta Education, School Specialty Science
  • DGP Publishing, Inc.
  • Diamond Book Distributors
  • DIBELS District
  • Dinah-Might Adventures, LP
  • Discover Writing Company
  • DK Publishing
  • Drake Educational Associates
  • Dynamic Literacy
  • ED Products
  • Edcon Publishing Group
  • Education Week/TopSchoolJobs.org
  • Educational Paperback Association
  • Educators Publishing Service, School Specialty
  • Educational Reading Consultants
  • Edupress
  • Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
  • Ellison
  • Elmer's Products, Inc.
  • Embroideries & More
  • ePals
  • ETA/Cuisenaire
  • Evan-Moor Educational Publishers
  • Everbind Books
  • Eye On Education
  • Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
  • Feiwel and Friends
  • Firefly Books
  • Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd.
  • Flocabulary
  • Flying Start Books
  • Frog Publications
  • Frog Street Press
  • Fun Science Materials
  • Gale, A part of Cengage Learning
  • Gallopade International
  • Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
  • Gold Star Registry
  • Good Year Books
  • Gourmet Learning
  • Great American Opportunities
  • Great Books Foundation
  • Great Source Education Group
  • Groundwood Books
  • Guilford Publications
  • Hameray Publishing Group
  • Happi-Pocket Chair Bag
  • Harebrain, Inc.
  • HarperCollins Children's Books
  • Headsprout